Iran: incident

In the city of Bandar Abbas are according to ISNA Saturday 4 drugstraffickers hanged.
Malek S. 30, was hanged for trading 1.018 kilosof heroin.
Javad S., 23,was convicted for possessing 29 kilos of opium and weapons.
Qasem and Kavoos, were executed for having 154 kilos of opium and weapons.


Iran has criticised the British government for its decision to give a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.
Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the decision to praise the "apostate" put the UK in confrontation with other people. He also said that the decision to give a knighthood to Rushdie showed that the proces of insulting islam was not accidental but is being supported by some Western countries.
Salman Rushdie was among 950 people appearing on the Queens List of Honour.

Nine people were killed in road accidents in the past seven days in Golestan province.
Colonel Mohammad Reza Kabousi, commander of Golestan Highway Police told IRNA that high speed, diversion to the left and reckless driving caused the fatal road accidents.
He said that using mobile phones is another high-risk behavior during driving, adding that a majority of drivers are unable to control the car while talking on the phone.
More than 250 accidents occurred in the past seven days, in which 121 people were wounded and hospitalized.

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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