AFP, Tehran, Nov 22, 2008 – An Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking has been hanged in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

The man, identified only by his first name Majid, was hanged for smuggling more than 300 kilos (660 pounds) of morphine, Etemad newspaper said, without specifying when the execution took place.

The latest hanging brings to at least 203 the number of executions in Iran this year, according to an AFP count.

Amnesty International says Iran carried out more death sentences in 2007 than any other country apart from China, executing 317 people.