Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi in August 2015. (Tasnim News Agency/Mohammad Ali Marizad)Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi in August 2015. (Tasnim News Agency/Mohammad Ali Marizad)
The Guardian: Iran executed all adult men in one village for drug offences, official reveals
UN anti-drug agency urged to stop funding Iran’s war on narcotics until Tehran ends use of death penalty for drug offences.
The entire adult male population of a village in southern Iran has been executed for drug offences, according to Iran’s vice-president for women and family affairs.
The matter came to light earlier this week after Shahindokht Molaverdi revealed it during an interview with the semi-official Mehr news agency in rare comments from a senior government official highlighting the country’s high rate of executions of drug traffickers.
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More News On Reports That Iran Executed All Adult Males In One Village For Drug Offensives
Iran Executed All Men In A Village Over Drug Offenses, Government Official Reveals -- IBTimes
Iran executes men of entire village for drug smuggling -- Times of israel
Every man in Iranian village 'executed on drugs charges' -- The Independent
EVERY man in an Iranian village has been executed for drugs offences, says human rights group -- Daily Mail
Every man in an Iranian village in Sistan and Baluchistan has been executed -- Ya Liban
All men in Iranian village executed for drug offences, says minister -- Middle East Monitor
Sounds about right.
ReplyDeleteSounds fishy, with no corroboration. I find nothing at Mehr nor any other Iran news source. Therefore pending proof of the statement and the facts I put it down to US propaganda, demonizing US enemies.
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