Iranian parliament adopts bill replacing death penalty for drug offenders
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- 23 November, 2016
- 14:29
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Baku. 23 November. REPPORT.AZ/ Iranian parliament approved the replacing death penalty for drug offenders.
Report informs, referring to the TASS, Iranian television spread the information.
Iranian lawmakers proposed to replace death penalty with 30 years of imprisonment.
Notably, the bill was presented to parliament after mass protests in Iran against application of death sentences for drug offences.
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