Four drug traffickers hanged in Iran

BERLIN - Four convicted drug traffickers were hanged in Iran, news reports said Tuesday.

Three inmates were hanged Monday in a prison in the south-eastern city of Kerman, the daily Kayhan reported.

Another was hanged in a prison in the south-western city of Ahvaz after his death sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court.

Murder, rape, armed robbery and trafficking of drugs weighing more than 5 kg are among crimes punishable by death in Iran.