Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.

Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
"Seventeen smugglers were hanged this morning after all legal procedures were carried out," Colonel Alipour, a police spokesman, was quoted as saying by IRIB, which gave his last name only. The men executed were: Massoomeh Aramideh, Rahndel Shireh, Golam hossein Saljoogi, Hossein Golami, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Reza Davoodi, Mohsen Afshar barki, Mohamad Borgani, Hassan reza Saeiidi, Esmaiil Kosh kerdar, Sharafodine Gol mohamadi, Mahmood Hafezi far, Mohamad Saraeii, Javad Kayat azad, Reza Jafarzadeh, Ali Naderian, and Mohamad Saiid Zabiholah habibi.