Iran: crackdown

Pictures of the crackdown against 'thugs', young criminals and youth , can be seen here, here, here and here .


Haleh Esfandiari is accused of trying to establish a network that would work “against the sovereignty of the country.”.
She allegedly worked together with USA based organizations, whose goal is to foment a velvet revolution.
According to a statement from the Iranian Intelligence Service, these organizations are under the umbrella of such titles as democracy, human rights, trying to overthrow the Iranian government.


Prominent Iranian Sufi leader Nurali Tabandeh (aka Majzub Ali Shah) was detained today by security forces on the outskirts of the city of Gonabad.
Last October 300 security forces surrounded Tabandeh's Gonabad residence after he refused to leave his city of birth.
The reasons for the arrest of Tabandeh, a leader of the Nematollahi Gonabadi dervish order, are still unclear.
Tabandeh's arrest has upset many supporters, who have said they will peacefully protest his arrest and call for his release.



Iran has carried out an operation aimed at the Danish based, Kurdish station Roj TV .
Thousand of satellitedishes enabling Iranian Kurds to watch the channelhave been confiscated and those found in possession of the reception equipment could end up in court and liable for a $5,500 fine or imprisonment.
Roj-tv is closely tied with PKK.


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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