One prisoner was executed in northwestern Iran this morning

Iran Human Rights, September 11: One prisoner was hanged in the prisoner of Meshgin shahr (in the northwest Iranian province of Ardebil) early morning SUnday September 11.

According to the state-run Iranian news agency ISNA, the prisoner who was not identified by name, was convicted of drug trafficking.

In the last week at least 17 people have been executed in the Iranian prisons, 13 of them being confirmed by the official Iranian sources.

Iran Human Rights has previously warnedagainst a new wave of executions in the weeks after the month of Ramedan.