Iran: treaty treaties

A man was hanged in public on Tuesday in the city of Jahrom.
According to ISNA the man, Ali Mohammad A. was accused of murdering 12 relatives over a land dispute.






The European Union sharply condemned on Wednesday the arrest of Mansour Ossanloo, the President of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company.
It urged Tehran to respect fully the rights to freedom of expression and association and the right to form or join trade unions.
The EU calls on Iran to uphold its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and to honour its commitments under the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work



Iran's income from exports of crude oil and its by-products saw an increase of 15% in the first eight months of its calendar year.Despite the income growth, President Ahmadinejad plans to ask parliament for a supplementary budget as his government will run out of money in the last three months of the current year (December-March).
This comes at a time when, in a surprise move, the government has withdrawn $12.2 bln from its Oil Stabilisation Fund,
The fund was initially set up in 2000 to prevent lavish spending of oil revenues, support the private sector to create job opportunities and create a buffer to protect the country's heavily oil-dependent economy in case of oil price fluctuations
Economists have criticised Ahmadinejad for spending pledges he has given on provincial trips as well as for spending oil revenues on construction projects
Iran produces about four mln barrels per day of oil.


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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