TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Thirty people convicted of drug and other criminal charges will be hanged on Sunday, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported Saturday.
The 30 had their cases tried by the highest judicial authorities and were found guilty of the charges brought against them, Iran’s judiciary said in a statement.
The verdicts are final, and the sentences will be carried out Sunday, according to Fars.
According to Amnesty International, Iran executed 317 people last year, second only to China’s 470. The U.S. executed 42 people in 2007, according to Amnesty International.
The Iranian judiciary’s statement said that all 30 were convicted of crimes including murder, murder in commission of a crime, disturbing public safety and security, being a public nuisance while drunk and being involved in illegal relationships — relationships between men and women who are not married to each other.
Kidnapping and using weapons while committing a crime were among the charges.
The statement said that 20 of the people were convicted of drug and alcohol dealing, armed robbery and smuggling arms.
Thank goodness the streets of Iran are now free of the dangers of unmarried men and womenwho engage in relationships. I am sure the average Iranian now feels a thousand times safer walking the streets of Tehran. /sarc
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