Saudi Arabia beheaded Iranian national Raza Abbas Fadhil Aderisawi in the east of the country on 2 September after convicting him of attempting to smuggle a large quantity of hashish in by sea.[1][2] The same day, three Syrians, Hamoud Fayez Hassoun, Hassan Taha Musalamani and Youssef Abdullah al-Halqi, were beheaded in the northern al-Jawf region for drug trafficking.[1] The executions brought the number put to death in the kingdom that year to 45, with 30 killed in the previous four weeks alone.[1][2] Human Rights Watch called executions for crimes such as drug smuggling that result in no loss of life particularly egregious.[1]
Saudi Arabia beheads Iranian for hashish smuggled by sea
Saudi Arabia beheaded Iranian national Raza Abbas Fadhil Aderisawi in the east of the country on 2 September 2014 for attempting to smuggle a large quantity of hashish in by sea. Three Syrians were beheaded for drug trafficking the same day, bringing the year's execution total to 45.
🇸🇦 Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
- Deaths
- 1
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Executed
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Deaths
- 1
- Agency type
- Anti-narcotics agency
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Activity
- Smuggling, Trafficking
- Setting
- Street or public place
- Case stage
- Executed
- Sentence
- Death sentence
Sources
- Islamic Invitation Turkeyislamicinvitationturkey.comSaudi Arabia beheads Iranian national
- Rete delle donneretedelledonne.orgSaudi executes 4 people for drug smuggling
Open questions the AI reported
- One opened outlet describes all four men as hashish smugglers, while the wire report speaks of pills and hashish together without assigning each substance to each man; the report attributes hashish only to the Iranian, as both sources do.
- The government did not name the city of the execution; 2 September is the announcement date.