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Iran hangs two convicted drug smugglers
Two convicted drug smugglers have been hanged in Tehran, Iran's state newspaper said on Wednesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:40 August 20, 2008
Tehran: Two convicted drug smugglers have been hanged in Tehran, Iran's state newspaper said on Wednesday.
"The two men were drug smugglers. They were executed inside Tehran's Ghezel Hesar prison on Tuesday morning," the Iran newspaper said.
One of the men was serving a life term which was upgraded to a death sentence after he tried to smuggle narcotics into the jail.
"Police found out he was trying to smuggle heroin and opium he got from his friend when returning to the prison from the court," the daily said.
The hangings are the latest in a series of executions that has been widely criticised.
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