Iran: union

Saturday is a man hanged in Isfahan.
The man was identified as Akbar A. and was accused of rape.



Mahmoud Salehi, leader and one of the founders of the Bakery Workers Association of Saqez is imprisoned since April 9.
That day he was ordered to visit the office of the prosecutor in Saquez, where him was told that the Kurdistan Appeal Court has reached the final verdict on his May Day 2004 case and that he has been sentenced to one year imprisonment and a three year suspended prison sentence.
He was arrested and was not allowed to contact his family, lawyer and colleagues. He was taken immediately to the Sanandaj Central Prison.
Since then his medical condition has worsened dramatically, as one of his kidneys has stopped working and the other one is almost failing. Up till now he has been denied of any medical treatment.
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July 3 , Ebrahm Madadi, the Vice-president of the board of directors of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was arrested.
Mahadi was at the Western Tehran Labor Department to follow up on the situation of 40 terminated workers, and was at first forbidden by the guards to enter the building.
After an hour he was arrested and taken to the police-station.
He was freed without any conditions on July 4.



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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