Iran executes 3 convicted drug cartel members

IRAN executed three convicted drug cartel members today, the judiciary said, after the United Nations warned of a “frighteningly” high number of executions in the country.

“The death sentence of three members of the Panjak gang, the largest cocaine distribution cartel, which was one of the main drug cartels in the country, was carried out this morning after legal procedures,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.