Iran may change certain drug executions to imprisonment

EghtesadOnline: Majlis (the Iranian parliament) agreed with changing capital punishment to jail sentence for certain drug criminals on Sunday.

News ID: ۷۷۸۵۶۵

19 August 2017

According to IRNA, the new law says that the drug criminals will be executed only if they have one of the following conditions:

1.if the criminal uses a gun, or carries a gun to use against the law enforcement agents;
2.if the criminal is the head of the criminal gang, supports them financially, is the investor, or uses minors to commit the crime;
3.if the criminal is already sentenced to death, life or more than 15 years of imprisonment;
4.if the criminals make, import, distribute, or sell drugs exceeding certain amounts specified in the related laws.

If the drug-related criminals do not have any of the above-mentioned conditions, they will receive a sentence from 1 to 30 years of imprisonment.