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In the town of Ravar in Kerman province are five drugstraffickers hanged.
This was reported by Iranian media.

Further information is not known.



Sunday has a man put himself on fire outside the offices of President Ahmadinejad. The reasons are not known.
The man was immediately rushed to a burns unit of a local Tehran hospital by ambulance.
He has suffered 80 percent burns and is in critical condition.
The man was not identified by name.


Zeinab Peyghambar Zaded is arrested two days ago and transferred to Evinprison.
Her father, along with Zeinab’s lawyer, Nasim Qanavi, went to the Revolutionary Courts to post bail in an effort to secure the release of his daughter. In her short phone conversation yesterday, Zeinab had informed her father that she was being transferred to Evin because she was unable to post the 20 million toman bail required of her by the courts.
According to Ms. Qanavi, the Security Branch of the Revolutionary Courts refused to allow them entry into court or to post bail for the release of Zeinab.
She is an activist at the "One million signatures"campaign.
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An Iranian-Amercan academic from Washington is arrested by Iranian authorities and brought to Evinprison.
Haleh Esfandiari was visiting her mother in December and was unable to leave the country since.
She endured repeated interrogations about her work at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where she is director of the Middle East program, and Wednesday she was arrested.

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According to Farsnews the last week arrested Hossein Moussavian will Wednesday be released on bail of $215,000.
The newsagency reported that the court ruling has been issued Tuesday afternoon and that Moussavian will be released midday.
The introductory investigations have been accomplished.
Moussavian was arrested on charge of espionage.
Iranmania said that Moussavian would be released during a special ceremony attended by reporters.



In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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