IRAN HANGS THREE CRIMINALS

Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking and armed assault in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, the official media reported. The men, identified as Abdolaziz Esmail Zehi, Abdoljamal Shahbakhsh and Ali Akbar Shahbakhsh, were hanged in a prison in the provincial capital of Zahedan, the website of state broadcasting said.