Two men were hanged in Zahedan (south-eastern Iran) yesterday January 3

Jan. 4, 2009, 10:39 a.m.

Iran Human Rights, January 4: Two men were hanged in the south eastern Iranian city of Zahedan yesterday morning reported the Iranian daily newspaper Etemaad.

The men who were not identified by name were convicted of armed robbety, drug smugling and disruption of order and were sentenced to death by the revolutionary court according to the report.

According to the semi-officail newspaper Kayhan, the two men were identified as Bahador Naroui and Jalal Akbar Jome Albalushi.