Iranian authorities have executed finish of October 4 folks convicted of promoting unlawful alcohol, which poisoned and killed 17 folks final 12 months. Greater than 190 individuals who consumed the harmful drink had been hospitalized.
The loss of life sentence in opposition to the accused within the case was carried out within the Karaj Central Jail.
In response to human rights organizations together with Amnesty Worldwide, Iran carries out the very best variety of executions per 12 months after China.
After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Tehran banned the manufacturing and consumption of alcoholic drinks. Since then, the sale of unlawful alcohol on the black market has flourished, resulting in mass poisonings. The most recent case, reported by Iranian media, has killed round 40 folks in northern Iran in latest months.
Solely Iran’s acknowledged Christian minorities, such because the nation’s Armenian group, are allowed to supply and devour alcohol, however discreetly and solely at residence.
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