Tehran, Iran - Iran has hanged a young Dutch-Iranian he said was a drug dealer, the news agency's semi-official Fars, although the Dutch government has expressed "great concern" to his case three weeks ago.
Fars said Zahra Bahrami cocaine smuggled into Iran by using a Dutch partner. She was executed on Saturday, the report said.
But the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran suggested the drug was only a pretext to run it.
The campaign said she was initially accused of crimes against the security in the wake of massive protests against the government over a disputed presidential election in June 2009.
His lawyer was "shocked" to find she had been hanged, the group said.
"I was not aware of this. They should inform the lawyer's doing, but I had no idea. I do not know what to say. I'm just shocked," said Razi Sharif Jinoos group.
The campaign said he learned of the girl's curtain Bahrami.
Bahrami was accused of cocaine imported into the country twice and sell it. Cocaine and opium were found during a search of his house, told Fars.
His sentence to 70 lashes and a fine of $ 1,400, reported Fars.
Fars added that during a search of his home when he was charged with security crimes, 450 grams of cocaine and 420 grams of opium were found and further investigation revealed that he had also distributed 150 grams of cocaine.
Bahrami, Iran has denied access to consular assistance to the Netherlands and do not let the Dutch civil servants to participate in the process, because Iran does not recognize dual citizenship, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the 5 January.
"I am very concerned about the situation Zahra Bahrami, and I immediately asked the Iranian authorities to clarify a very disturbing report which had been condemned to death," Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said in a statement after.
It is unclear if Iran never responded to that request.