The Iranian government has executed three prisoners on drug-related charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison on 26 May.
They were taken to solitary confinement cells a day before their execution, according to a local source who spoke to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).
The executed were Osamn Hassani, Salahadin Shafiekia and Ramazan Mukhtari, the source said.
Hassani was from the town of Sardasht, the source said, adding that Shafiekia and Mukhtari were from Orumiyeh.
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