The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Wednesday, January 1, executed six Iranians sentenced for drug trafficking.
The executed were identified as:
Jssim Mohammed Shabani
Abdul-Ridha Younis Tangasir
Khalil Shahid Samri
Mohammed Jawad Abdul-Jalil
Mahdi Kanaan Ghanemi
Har Mohammed Shabani.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that the Iranians were executed in Dammam after being convicted of smuggling hashish into the Kingdom.