Five people were executed in the city of Qom, south of Tehran, Thursday December 18

Dec. 22, 2008, 3:56 a.m.

Iran Human Rights, december 21: Five people were hanged in the prison of Qom early Thursday morning December 18, reported the Iranian news agency Aftab.

The men, according to the report, were:

Mohammad Reza (37), convicted of sexually abusing a boy two years ago

Hamid (22) convicted of sexually abusing a boy (not mentioned when)

Alireza (41) convicted of immoral relationships and claiming that he was the 14th Shiite Imam

Hossein (37) and Ismaeil (26) convicted og drug trafficking.