Tehran has advised Malaysia against executing two Iranian women, who Kuala Lumpur has accused of having smuggled illicit drugs into the Southeast Asian country.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said Malaysia should avoid carrying out the executions so that the cordial relationship between the two countries can continue.
“The execution of the two Iranian women in Malaysia will have a negative impact on bilateral relations,” Qashqavi said.
The two Iranian women in question have been sentenced to death over an alleged attempt to transfer methamphetamine into Malaysia in December 2010.

Meanwhile, Iran’s counternarcotics police chief, Brigadier General Ali Mo’ayyedi, referred to the case of the two Iranian women in Malaysia and said that drug traffickers usually deceive Iranian nationals by asking them to take “suspicious packages” into Southeast Asian countries in exchange for free trips.

“Smugglers deceive people by offering them free trips to Southeast Asian countries in exchange for carrying suspicious packages and delivering them to certain individuals in that country. People unaware of the contents of the packages fulfill the request for free trips and [then] they are nabbed by police,” he added.

By Press TV

 

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