{"id":3442,"date":"2007-05-14T10:35:12","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T09:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/3442-iran-hangs-15-men-in-mashhad"},"modified":"2023-01-12T20:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:01:22","slug":"iran-hangs-15-men-in-mashhad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-hangs-15-men-in-mashhad\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran hangs 15 men in Mashhad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hangs_4\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-30635\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2007\/04\/hangs_4.jpg\" width=\"120\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/hangs_4.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/hangs_4-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>TEHRAN (AFP) &#8211; Iran has hanged 15 men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi province, the Quds newspaper reported on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The judiciary decisively hits back at those who are behind insecurity and drug trafficking and has executed 15 drug traffickers,&quot; it quoted the chief of Mashhad prosecutors Gholam Hossein Esmaeeli as saying. <\/p>\n<p>The paper said the executions took place in the past 10 days. <\/p>\n<p>The hangings bring to at least 72 the number of executions carried out in Iran so far this year. 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