Iran: moral

In the LAtimes you find two (english) backgroundarticles about the dayly life in Iran.
One article is about the crackdown on women, youth, journalists and dissidents, the other about young men who joined the religious Bassij.

The articles can be found here and here.



June 9th, a benefit exhibition of visual arts for the assistance of cancer patients opened at the Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran.
150 artworks by 130 prominent artists including Iran Darrudi, Mohammad Ehsaii, Gizella Sinaii, Habibollah Sadeqi, Bahram Dabiri, Hamid Ajami, Hossein Mahjubi, and Shahla Homayuni are being exhibited.

The exhibit will continue until June 16.



Floods, caused by cyclone Gonu took 12 lives and trapped 40.000 people in Hormuzgan and Sistan-e-Baluchestan provinces.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps IRGC is bringing aid to the victims.
Some 3000 livestock were also killed in the cyclone. State emergency chief Farzad Panahi said that there have been no outbreaks of disease in the cyclone-hit areas so far, but since the people are facing a drinking water shortage, there is a possibility of health problems arising.


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