Iran: need

December 7, Amnesty International repeated her call for urgent action on behalf of the Ahwaz-Arabs in fear of imminent execution. For completeness here the list of names as provided by Amnesty International:

Abdullah Suleymani (m) 27
Abdulreza Sanawati Zergani (m)
Qasem Salamat (m) 43
Mohammad Jaab Pour (m)
Abdulamir Farjallah Jaab (m)
Alireza Asakreh (m)
Majed Alboghubaish (m)
Khalaf Derhab Khudayrawi (m)
Malek Banitamim (m) 30
Abdul Husain Haribi (m)
Husain Maramazi (m)
Husain Asakreh (m)




Amnesty gave an update on charges against Human Rights Defender Abdolfattah Soltani .

Abdolfattah Soltani is currently free from prison on bail while he appeals his sentence.
Abdolfattah Soltani has stated
"my crime is accepting political cases including cases of journalists, students, and two nuclear defendants…otherwise, I did not break the law. They are trying to treat me in a way so that no other lawyer would accept political cases."
Amnesty thanks everybody who sent appeals on Abdolfattah Soltani’s behalf.
Furthermore Amnesty asks to please continue to send politely worded appeals.


Fars News agency says that The Netherlands' Economy Minister Joop Wijn voiced enthusiasm for the Dutch companies for developing trade ties with Iran.
Wijn made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Amsterdam on Friday.
Both Ministers stressed over the need for an agreement which deals with Dutch and Iranian trade.



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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