伊朗国家媒体报导说，伊朗把10个走私毒品犯处以绞刑。一个人权组织说伊朗今年处死的人数达到57个。国家媒体说，这些被判死罪的人在德黑兰以西的卡拉季市一所监狱里被处死。他们被判定犯有走私、出售和窝藏毒品罪。
设在美国的国际人权运动组织说，伊朗政府处于“处决的狂热之中”，2011年到目前为止平均每8个小时就处死一个人。 该团体说，没有报告的处决可能使处死的人数更高。伊朗今年处死的大部分人是因为走私毒品。这个人权团体说，伊朗处死的人按人均计算超过了世界上任何一个国家。
Iranian state media report that Iran has hanged 10 people for smuggling drugs, while a rights group places the number of executions in Iran this year at 57. State-run media say the condemned people were executed in a prison in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran. They were convicted of smuggling, selling and storing narcotics.
The U.S.-based group International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says the Iranian government is on an “execution binge,” averaging one execution every eight hours so far in 2011. The group says that unreported executions may take the toll higher. Most of the executions in Iran this year have been for drug trafficking. The rights group says Iran executes more people per capita than any other country.