Seven prisoners were hanged in Iran in the past 48 hours, according to human rights associations in the country.

Four prisoners were hanged in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Wednesday while another two were hanged on Thursday in the central prison of Bandar Abbas.

These latest executions followed at least another 11 in recent days. One woman was reported hanged in Ghezelhesar prison of Karaj (west of Tehran).

The female prisoner was transferred from the Gharchak prison of Varamin to Ghezelhesar for execution.

The executions were reported by the groups "Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran" and HRANA. Iran Human Rights (IHR) has confirmed the executions through independent sources and has the names of the ten Ghezelhesar prisoners.