Iran: some

The daily Shargh reported that 54 people detained over the gasoline rationing riots have been released.
The other detainees are still under investigation of the public prosecutor’s office.




Iranian statetelevision reported that at least 18 people are killed and 24 others are injured in a road accident when a truck collided with a passengerbus.
The accident ocurred in Semnan. The half-asleep truck driver diverted his vehicle into the opposite lane, causing a head-on collision with an incoming bus.


Iranian artillery shelled near Iraq several Kurd villages during clashes with Kurdish rebels.
It was the third day of shelling in two areas along the border in northern Iraq.
Residents of the areas said the bombardment had not caused casualties but had killed farm animals and started a fire on a mountain.




Skynews reported that newsagency IRNA reported that police has taken 14 squirrels into custody - because they are suspected of spying.
The rodents were found near the Iranian border allegedly equipped with eavesdropping devices.
A Foreign Office source told Sky News: "The story is nuts."
IRNA reported that the squirrels were kitted out by foreign intelligence services - but they were captured two weeks ago by police officers.

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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