Iran: pillars of the revolution

Three men were hanged on Wednesday in Tehran's Evin Prison, the official daily Iran reported.
The name of one of the men is Qadir. The names of the other two men were not given.
Two of the men were accused of murder, while the third was accused of rape.




Iran's parliament has passed a bill that would raise the minimum voting age in legislative and presidential elections from 15 to 18.

Proponents of the bill argued that the move brings voting in line with the minimum age for military service and driving while the government said Iran's youth was more than capable of voting as a "pillar of the revolution".
One hundred and fifty-one deputies in the parliament voted in favour of the bill and just 30 voted against, with seven abstentions.
To become law, the bill still has to be passed by the Guardians Council .


On Monday, three Ahwazi Arabs were sentenced to death on charges of "waging war against God" and acting against national security, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).

The Iranian media has referred to the three men only by their initials: H A, A M and H H.
Tuesday president Ahmadinejad visited Khuzestan(Ahwaz) on his tour through the country and held a speech in Ahwaz City.
Although this visit was portrayed by the official media as an opportunity to listen to local people's concerns and problems, he used his speech as an opportunity to grandstand Iran's foreign policies amid the country's growing international isolation.


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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