Six men were hanged in Tehran today
May 9, 2010, 12:10 a.m.
Iran Human Rights, May 8: Six men were hanged in the Ghazal Hesar prison of Karaj, west of Tehran early this morning Saturday 8, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.
According to the report the men were identified as
Arsalan Asadi son of Amanollah
Mohammad Ali Fakhri son of Mohammad Hossein
Abbas Garavand son of Yousefbeik
Parviz Taghizadeh son of Soleiman
Saeid Michaeili son of Rashid
They were all convicted of drug trafficking. Age of none of those executed today was mentioned in the report.
Iranian authorities have started a new wave of executions since the beginning of the Iranian new year.
Ghezel Hesar prison is rarely used for executions.