Iran: old-new

Tomorrow, March 21 Dutch time hr0107, worldtimetable here, the Iranian newyear starts: Norooz.
JTWnetwork has a site (Dutch) where you can find what Norooz is all about, Farsinet also has a site (English).

Coming Iranian year is 1386.






The two wives and other relatives of former Iranian Deputy-Minister of Defense Ali Reza Asghari have asked information from the Turkish ambassador over his whereabouts, and they said Turkey is responsible for his kidnapping.
Turkey denies these allegations as being speculations.
Last week Washington Post and Sunday Times reported Asghari has left his country for the West.
. Here it is said in the last paragraph of the article
and having been assured his family was safe,



The ban on conservative website Baztab has been lifted.
The site had published articles critical of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his economical politics and the holocaustconference. But the site also has a record of being equally critical of Iran's reformists.



In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl