Iran: to carry out

President Ahmadinejad presented a bill to the Iranian parliament calling for longer prison terms for those found guilty of possessing or smuggling firearms. IRNA reports that the law aimed at preventing the crime, which is rising due to the insecurity in the eastern and western neighboring states of Afghanistan and Iraq,
The punishment, ranging from three to 15 years in prison, has been envisaged for manufacturing firearms and munitions, keeping, smuggling or carrying firearms, as well as chemical, radioactive and microbiological ingredients, used for producing munitions.
The bill also envisages life in prison and death penalty for those who resist arrest by the police.


Independent rightwing lawmakers urged President Ahmadinejad to respect Article 24 of the constitution which supports a free information society.
They said in a letter, which was handed out to parliamentary reporters, that if the current information atmosphere were to continue, the domestic media will lose credibility in foreign and domestic circles.
The letter states that it is necessary for the government to create a situation wherein criticism is a principle and they expect the government to accept others criticism.


The Iranfocus website shows shocking footage of a public execution of a woman and two men in Iran.The video was made by a bystander and smuggled out of the country.
Satellitechannel Simay-e Azadi aired the footage and said it obtained the video from supporters of the People’s Mojahedin (MeK).


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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