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Iran Executed Nearly 500 Drug Offenders Last Year

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Iran executed nearly 500 people for drug crimes last year, according to a new report from Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based NGO. Drug executions made up more than 70% of all executions in the Islamic Republic. Chronicle story here.

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