IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Iran hanged two people convicted of smuggling drugs in a South-eastern province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, official media reported. The two were put to death in Zahedan prison in the volatile border province of Sistan-Baluchestan, which is notorious for clashes between security forces and drug traffickers, the official IRNA news agency reported. "Mehdi Rigi Javan and Naser Hediyeh Saloosi were convicted of buying, delivering and keeping 59 kg of drugs... and the sentence was carried out this morning," IRNA said.