Zhivko Rusev, a Bulgarian national who was arrested in Iran over allegations of drug trafficking is going to go to trial

Zhivko Rusev, a Bulgarian national who was arrested in Iran over allegations of drug trafficking is going to go to trial in the Islamic Republic as the process begins on Monday.If the Iranian prosecution proves that he had been a part of a drug trafficking network, Rusev will be sentenced to death by hanging, which is the punishment for such an act in Iran, even for the smallest quantities.The Bulgarian was arrested in September 2008 near the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz by the local anti-drug police services. A package of 135 kilograms of heroin was found in his truck.The Bulgarian Embassy in Tehran has hired local lawyer Moghaddam Far to defend Roussev. According to Dragovest Goranov, spokesperson for the Bulgarian FA Ministry, he was recommended to Bulgaria by employees of the Turkish Embassy in Iran.