Iran: environment

In Khuzestan province(Ahwaz, Ramez, Tostar en Amedeya)), 12 people are convicted of armed robbery, involving the theft of 22 cows, 104 sheep, a television set and one million toman (US$1,100) in cash,

Abbas (aka Zeabel), 33 years old - public execution, 300 lashes and five million rials (US$550) fine
Hamad, 45 years old - 10 years imprisonment, public execution
Al C (aka Ka'abi), 37 years old - 10 years imprisonment, public execution
Rahim A (aka Askarawi and Bejawi) - amputation of right hand and left foot, 10 years imprisonment
Sabbah M - amputation of right hand and left foot, 10 years imprisonment
Hanash A (aka Kasraji) - 10 years imprisonment, 74 lashes
Salah Sh - 10 years imprisonment, 74 lashes
Karim Sh (aka Bader Na'ami) - 10 years imprisonment, 74 lashes
Marzogh A, 45 years old - 10 years imprisonment, 74 lashes
Mohammed Sh, 43 years old - 10 years imprisonment, 74 lashes
Jalil Kh (aka Jenadeleh), 27 years old - 10 years imprisonment, 74 lashes
Sadegh L - 10 years imprisonment, 74 lashes


Nasser Bani Assad, spokesman for the British Ahwazi Friendship Society (BAFS), said that timing of these convictions and the harshness of the punishments is alarming, that nobody wants to pretend that Ahwazis do not commit crimes, but they are aware that the regime wants to use executions, amputations, beatings and long prison sentences against Ahwazis as a show of force.
He added that last year's Eid al-Fitr was marked by peaceful protests by Ahwazis, which were violently put down by the government and this year, the regime wants to remind Ahwazis of its cruelty and that it is prepared to kill to silence dissent.
"These sentences are also intended to smear the Ahwazi people, sending out a message to the rest of Iran that Arabs are uncivilised and criminal. Such racism against non-Persian minorities is endemic in Iran - Arabs are criminals, Azeris are stupid, Balochis are drug smugglers, etc - and is intended to justify poor treatment of these groups.".


Qatar has imposed an indefinite ban on the import of all kinds of fish and seafood from Iran and Pakistan.
Kuwait discovered high rate of radiation in the imported shrimps.
Qatar has taken the samples of the shrimps and sent to the labs to check whether the shrimps in Qatar market are polluted or not.





An iranian petro-chemical factory denies the death of thousands of fish off the Mahshahr (Mashour) coast was related to its poor environmental standards.
The pollution is believed to have come from a nearby petrochemical complex run by the Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company , a subsidiary of the state-owned National Petrochemical Company,The manager claimed that further research was needed before a conclusion could be reached on the cause of the pollution.




In Iran deathpenalty is in use. Also for child offenders.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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