Iran has hanged four men convicted of murder or drug trafficking in the capital Tehran and central city of Isfahan, government newspaper 'Iran' reported on Thursday. The men executed in Tehran's Evin prison on Wednesday were identified as Mehdi, 35, found guilty of murdering an elderly woman during a burglary and Moharam-Ali, 37, convicted of killing the 12-year-old boy of a relative.
The men hanged in Isfahan prison on Wednesday were Mansour, 51, accused of possessing 294 grams (less than a pound) of heroin and Meisam, 24, said to have stabbed another man to death in a fight. The latest hangings bring to at least 225 the number of people executed in the Islamic republic so far this year, according to an AFP count based on news reports.