According to Iran's Ministry of Justice , authorities on May 20 carried out the death sentence on the leader of a human trafficking and prostitution ring, just one day after Tehran executed three people involved in violent protests.
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| Iran executes leader of human trafficking ring, just one day after Tehran executed three people involved in violent protests. (Source: Reuters) |
The ministry's news site stated: "After confirming the Supreme Court's verdict on Shahrouz Sokhanvari, also known as Alex, he was hanged on the morning of May 20. Sokhanvari created and managed a large international prostitution network, luring Iranian and foreign girls."
Sokhanvari fled Iran in 1983 and lived in India, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine and the United States before being arrested and extradited to Iran in 2020.
On May 19, Iran's execution agency executed three men for "crimes against God" for shooting dead three security officers during protests in the country last November.
According to the Norway-based Iranian human rights organization, since the beginning of 2023, Tehran has executed over 220 prisoners, the second most in the world after China.
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