Iran: storm

The arrested 23 sailors of 3 fishingboats which were intercepted and seized on June 25 near Abu Musa, are released.
The Indian ambassador got the announcement yesterday that the Indian crewmembers are no longer prisoners.

Iranian authorities will send the three vessels back to the UAE once the rough seas near Bandar Abbas subsided and it was safe to make the journey.



Cyclone Yemyin reached Iran yesterday evening in weakened form and caused severe weather in Sistan-e-Baluchestan province.
Roads were damaged and villages flooded. Relieforganizations evacuated about 10,000 people.
The provincial government's spokesman told that the weather was improving and Water is receding
This was the second big storm this season.



The PMOI remains on the European Union list of terrorist organizations.
On the list are 30 organizations in total, including Hamas and Hezbollah.
In December ruled the European Court of Justice in favor of the PMOI about freezing of its assets.


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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