Iran hanged four drug traffickers in the central city of Kerman,

Iran hanged four drug traffickers in the central city of Kerman, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Wednesday.

The unidentified drug traffickers were charged with armed smuggling of and keeping different kinds of narcotic, said the report.

The committed people were hanged in the central prison of Kerman, said Mehr without specifying the time of execution.

On Tuesday, the local English language Iran Daily reported that 300 drug traffickers are on death row in Iran.

Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said Sunday "300 people have been sentenced to death in relation to drug smuggling,” said Iran Daily.

Drug abuse remains a primary concern among Iranian public opinion, Jafari-Dolatabadi said, adding that curbing the distribution and transport of illegal drugs is one of the main approaches in fighting drug trafficking.

Iran is located at the crossroad of international drug smuggling from Afghanistan, the world's top opium producer, to Europe.



Drug trafficking, along with some other crimes including murder, adultery, rape and armed robbery, is subject to death penalty in Iran.