Iran has carried out a mass execution of twelve inmates at a prison in the southeast, an NGO said on Tuesday.
Eleven men and one woman, all convicted either on drugs-related or murder charges, were hanged on Monday morning in the main prison of Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan province close to the borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said.
The woman identified only with the last name, Gergich, was hanged with the men following being taken to solitary confinement on Saturday, June 4.