A group of five prisoners were hanged in the city of Shahrood in Iran, state-run ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday. Another prisoner also was hanged in the city of Tabas.
The prisoners were identified by their first initials, M.Y, 40; Q.M, 27; Q.R, 42; A.N, 21 and Q.S, 56.
They have been all arrested on drug related charges, the report said.
Meanwhile, the Mohammad-Javad Larijani, Secretary of the Iranian regime ’s Human Rights Council, said on Tuesday that the his regime rejects the human rights norms and standards accepted by western states, according Fars news agency.
The Iranian regime’s “affinity for human rights is rooted” in its “cultural principles and we don’t accept the West-imposed human rights (principles) which want to change our way of life (lifestyle),” Larijani told a delegation from Ireland visiting Tehran on Tuesday.
