One executed in Sine

iran_-_executionSINE, East of Kurdistan, – One prisoner was executed on Tuesday morning in the central prison of Sine.

According to the Iranian official publications the accused person, whose name has not been revealed, was hanged with the charges of ‘social problem’.

The numbers of executions have increased to a large extent compared to the previous years in Iran. During the last 7 months of 2012 about 342 people were hanged; this is according to official Iranian statistics.