IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Iran hanged a convicted drug trafficker in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the official IRNA news agency reported. The man identified as Nader Kalbali was sent to the gallows in a prison in Zahedan for carrying 2 kgs of heroin. Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, of which Zahedan is the capital, borders Afghanistan and Pakistan and is regarded as a key transit point in the international opium and heroin trade.