740 drug traffickers were executed in Iran in 1999
740 drug traffickers were executed in Iran in 1999
1 MIN READ
740 drug traffickers were executed in Iran in 1999. Iran started strict anti-drug campaigns in 1989 after the Iranian Majlis (parliament) passed an anti-drug law authorizing capital punishment for drug traffickers.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Xinhua News Agency Bulletin, 17/01/2000)
KEEP READING
ALL THE NEWS · DEATH PENALTY On the same front
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 10, 2026
Oman: new law introduces death penalty in drug crimes
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 10, 2026
USA - Florida. Daniel Conahan, 72, White, was executed on September 10
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 9, 2026
Pakistan: LHC acquits death-row prisoner after nearly seven years
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 9, 2026
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on September 9
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 8, 2026
Thailand: killer of Hua Hin hotel receptionist sentenced to death
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 8, 2026