Iran: carry out

Iran wants to execute 20 people in the coming days.
The judiciary spokesman, Alireza Jamshidi, told that "thugs convicted of rape, sodomy and assault and battery would be hanged in the coming days once prosecutors had decided whether to execute them in public.".
The condemned include at least 15 persons, detained in May during the "public morals" crackdown.



The head of Tehran's Bus Drivers Union Mansour Osanloo is Tuesdaynight kidnapped while leaving a bus in Tehran. Plain clothed men dragged him in a car.
There is strong reason to believe Mr Osanloo is being held by the Iranian authorities.
Last year Osanloo spent 7 months in jail for organizing a strike.

The International Transport Workers' Federation asked for his release.



Only hours after it had resumed transmission following a week-long suspension, Iran's judiciary banned Newsagency ILNA. A judge said the ban is based on many complaints and the order has been given to block the agency's site.
The report also said that Abotorab Fazel was appointed the new head of ILNA after the week-long suspension, and that the last transmission had been just before noon.
According to ISNA the former head of ILNA, Masoud Heydari,said that there are rumors about the ban, which he denies.
ILNA, which mainly dealt with labour issues, is close to the moderate-reformist coalition and critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the government's economic policies.



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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