{"id":6991,"date":"2024-01-02T13:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2024-01-02T13:23:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:23:14","slug":"iran-hangs-nine-convicted-drug-traffickers-report-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=6991","title":{"rendered":"Iran hangs nine convicted drug traffickers: Report | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<p>Iran has hanged 9 convicted drug traffickers in current days, state media reported Tuesday, because it retains up one of many world&#8217;s highest charges of execution.<\/p>\n<figure> <amp-img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2024\/01\/02\/550x309\/2021-02-23T064917Z_1_LYNXMPEH1M09H_RTROPTP_3_IRAN-_1704201116006_1704201116185.JPG\" width=\"355\" height=\"199\" layout=\"responsive\"> <\/amp-img><figcaption> An Iranian flag flutters.(Reuters) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND NOT usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<p>Three had been hanged at a jail within the northwestern province of Ardabil on costs of &#8220;shopping for and transporting heroin and opium&#8221;, the official IRNA information company mentioned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt10 mb10\">Wrap up the 12 months passed by &amp; gear up for 2024 with HT! <a class=\"whatsappChannelsSecondPara\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/2024-planner-guide-and-2023-top-events-recap\">Click here<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The opposite six had been executed individually on costs of trafficking &#8220;methamphetamine, heroin and hashish&#8221;, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Iran lies on a serious opium-smuggling route between Afghanistan and Europe and has one of many world&#8217;s highest charges of home opiate use.<\/p>\n<p>Figures cited by the UN Workplace on Medication and Crime (UNODC) in 2021 recommend 2.8 million folks have a drug downside in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian authorities have launched a number of campaigns to battle drug abuse and trafficking, and often announce giant seizures of opiates smuggled from neighbouring Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND NOT usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<p>In June, Amnesty Worldwide reported that Iranian authorities had executed no less than 173 folks convicted of drug-related offences in the course of the first 5 months of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The determine made up round two thirds of all executions in Iran throughout that interval, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Iran says executions are carried out solely after exhaustive authorized proceedings and are a vital deterrent towards drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>It executes extra folks per 12 months than another nation besides China, in line with Amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>The Norway-based Iran Human Rights group mentioned in November that the Islamic republic had executed greater than 700 folks in 2023, the very best determine in eight years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"followHT\"> Unlock a world of Advantages with HT! 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