Iran: endangering

In Zahedan, Sistan-e-Baluchistan province is a man, named S. Gh,alias Rahmatollah hanged for armed revolt, belonging to a terrorist group, bombing and assassinating four policemen. This was reported by Fars Newsagency.
Also four drugstraffickers are hanged for the smuggling of 600kg of opium in Birjand, Khorasan province.


Iran has lifted the ban on news network Al-jazeera.
The network apologised for the controversial talkshow, broadcasted May 6, during which a Shia cleric was insulted.

According to Mohsen Moqaddas Zadeh of the Ministry of Culture, the network officially apologized to Iran and made some changes at managerial level.


Iran has officially charged the three arrested Iranian-Americans for espionage.

Haleh Esfandiary,





Kian Tajbakhsh and






Parnaz Nazima




are charged with endangering national security through propaganda against the system and espionage for foreigners.
Ali Reza Jamshidi, judiciary spokesman said that no trial date has been announced and that the investigation against all three is continuing.



Iranian lawmakers passed a draft forbidding the production, sale and possession of killing tools, including sword, dagger and clasp knife.

If approved by the Guardians Council, the production, sale and possession of killing tools used in physical fights will be banned and violators will be sentenced from six months to two years in prison.




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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