Hands Off Cain
IRAN·DEATH PENALTY·FEBRUARY 16, 1999·1 MIN READ

On February 16, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, Khatami's...

On February 16, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, Khatami's representative on drug issues, said "executing drug smugglers is not a suitable way to fight drugs and our ten-year experience shows that this has not been a solution

On February 16, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, Khatami's representative on drug issues, said "executing drug smugglers is not a suitable way to fight drugs and our ten-year experience shows that this has not been a solution." Referring to the hanging of a young man that had taken place in the town a few days previously, he said: "This execution is no loss to Mafia gangs which direct the region's drug trade."