Iran Criticized for Executing Drug Offenders

Rights groups have called on the United Nations to halt its counternarcotics aid to the country because of its mandatory death penalty for drug crimes. [Source]

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Capital Punishment

Topics: crimes, penalty, death, mandatory, because, country, counternarcotics, Nations, United, called, groups, Rights, Offenders, Executing, Criticized

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