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Last week Kerman police seized 2,740 kg of drugs.
Police Commander Mohammad Reza Es’haqi told IRNA that during an anti-crime operation codenamed ’Nasr 11’
61 people were arrested in connection with the smuggling of goods, including fuel, automobiles, cigarettes and alcohol worth 4,776,000,000 rials(394.909,77 EUR) along with 43 traffickers and 175 drug addicts.
The police chief added that 49 stolen vehicles were recovered and 18 people were arrested with illegal firearms.
2,710 illegal Afghans were arrested and sent to camps for deportation.



Gas consumption grew 45 percent during Nov. 22-December 22, 2006 compared to the figure for the corresponding period the previous year.Due to the cold weather in most parts of Iran, gasconsumption has increased.
National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) asked households as well as trade and industrial units to be judicious.

Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hameneh told Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler on the phone that natural gas consumption has risen due to extreme cold weather in the country, and production diminished.
According to the turkish newsagency Anatolia Iran has been pumping natural gas below the agreed amount since the beginning of December last year.
According to the daily Iran the government has given top priority to supplying gas to impoverished regions to help improve local economy.
NIGC has been tasked by the government to transfer gas from the southern gas-rich Asalouyeh region to the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan via a 900-kilometer pipeline, traversing Bushehr, Fars, Hormuzgan and Kerman provinces.
The total cost of pipeline construction and laying project are estimated at $1.3 billion rials (107.487,86 EUR)

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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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