3 convicted drug traffickers hanged in public in Iran

The report, quoting the local judiciary and giving only their first names, said Gholamreza, Mohammad and Hamid, were convicted of drug and arms trafficking.

Gholamreza was also found guilty of dealing in alcohol, which is strictly banned in Islamic Iran.

Some 3,500 kilos (nearly 7700 pounds) of opium and morphine, 11 Kalashnikovs, and other weapons that were in possession of the last two were seized, the report said.

Murder, armed robbery, rape, apostasy and serious drug trafficking are all punishable by death in the Islamic republic.