Tehran  - Six convicts, including two women, were hanged last week in south-western Iran, the Kayhan newspaper reported Tuesday.

The six - five of them drug-traffickers, including the two women, the other one a murderer - were hanged between October 6 and 8 in Ahvaz, the report said.

Murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking of quantities in excess of 5 kilograms are among the crimes punishable by death in Iran. (dpa)