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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Sep. 05 –
A man was hanged in public on Monday in one of Iran’s most volatile provinces.
The man, identified as Gholam-Reza Rigi, was publicly hanged at dawn in the town of Saravan,
the official news agency IRNA reported.
He was accused of drug smuggling.
Iranian authorities routinely execute dissidents on the bogus charge of
drug smuggling.
Saravan is situated in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchestan
which has been a hotbed of anti-government activities.
In recent months, Iranian authorities have stepped up executions in the
restive province in what many Baluchis believe is
a response to a spate of attacks by dissidents on government and security
officials.
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