Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Jun. 9 – Iranian authorities hanged a man in North Khorrasan Province, north-eastern Iran, state media reported on Monday.

The man whose identity was not given was hanged in a prison in the city of Bojnourd, the hard-line daily Jomhouri Eslami wrote.

He was accused of drug trafficking.

Iranian authorities routinely execute dissidents on bogus charges such as armed robbery and drug smuggling.

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