Iran Executes 6, Including Member of Bahai Religion
Three drug smugglers, two Afghan highway robbers and a member of the Bahai faith were executed at dawn in the southeast Iranian city of Zahedan, the daily newspaper Islamic Republic said Sunday.
The Bahai, Fedrous Shabrogh, was executed for “acting against the security of the Islamic Republic, spying for Israel and direct financial aid to Israel,” the paper said.
Narcotics are an acknowledged major problem in Iran, and one of those executed, Ghader Shahouzehi, was charged with trading 5,399 bags of opium.
Zahedan, 710 miles southeast of Tehran, is the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan province.
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