Iran hangs 22 men for drug trafficking
USA TODAY / Reuters
19-Sep-2011

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) –An Iranian state-owned newspaper says authorities have hanged 22 people convicted of drug trafficking.
The report by IRAN daily says the executions were carried out Sunday in Tehran Evin prison as well as a prison in the city of Karaj, some 25 miles (45 kilometers) west of the capital, Tehran.
It says all the men, who were only identified by their first names, had previous criminal convictions.

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