Six people were hanged in Isfahan (Central Iran) early this morning

Iran Human Rights, January 9: Six people were hanged in the prison of Isfahan (central Iran) early this morning, reported the state run Iranian news agency ISNA.

Quoting Isfahan’s prosecutor, the report said: "Five of these people were members of an organized narcotics smugling league. They used false ID cards and cars with logos belonging to teh revolutionary guards (IRGC) and security forces for drug smugling. The sixth person had previously been jailed for drug trafficking and was this time arrested with 38 kilograms of opium."

The report didn’t mention the gender, identity or age of those executed this morning.

Iran Human Rights underlines that the charges mentioned in the report have not been confirmed but independent sources.