Iran hangs 13 on single day: reports 03

Eight people convicted of murder, including one woman, were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison on Wednesday morning, according to the ISNA news agency.

Three drug smugglers were publicly executed in the holy city of Qom, south of the capital, the official IRNA news agency said.

Two other drug traffickers were hanged in the southeastern city of Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan province, notorious for clashes between security forces and smugglers, the state broadcaster reported.

"Of the 11 people who were supposed to be hanged in Evin prison today ... 8 were executed," ISNA said, adding that one of them was a woman identified only by her first name, Raheleh.

IRNA quoted local judiciary official Hoda Tarshizi as saying that those executed in Qom "had a background in drug smuggling and had served time in jail but had continued with their criminal activities after they were released."