An Iraqi court has passed death sentences on seven drug dealers, including a foreigner.
The Supreme Judicial Council
said in a statement, without specifying the nationality of the foreigner, that
the Central Criminal Court issued a verdict to execute seven drug dealers,
including a foreigner, who were convicted of trafficking narcotic substances.
The council noted that the
convicts were sentenced to death for importing and exporting narcotic
substances from neighboring countries.
The chaos and conflicts that
have engulfed Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003 have impeded Iraqi
governments from effectively addressing the threat of drugs.
In May 2023, Iraqi Prime
Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani underlined the importance of waging “a war on
drugs.
He said that drug dealing
remains one of the main ways of financing terrorism, and the circulation of
drugs flourishes in the shadow of terrorism.
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