Iran: growth

Iran has arrested one of the most international wanted international drug traffickers Jomeh Khan.
The trafficker smuggled 50 tons of narcotics from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iran each year and transited a part of these cargoes to Europe.
last (Iranian) year he kidnapped and killed several Iranian policeofficers then he escaped from his headquarters in Iran's southeastern region of Saravan and went to Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally to Dubai where he formed a new center for his activities.
He returned to Tehran under an alias name and by using forged IDs and finally was arrested.




The EU has published a pressrelease (.pdf) in which she sses her concerns about the death sentences on the two Kurdish
journalists, Adnan Hassanpour and Abdolwahed Boutimar.
The EU is also concerned about the series of collective public executions that have been
taking place in several regions of Iran during the last month, as well as with the growing
number of death sentences both at first level courts and at the Supreme Court.
The EU urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to fully respect its Criminal Procedure Code
and to grant the right to a fair trial to all individuals, namely by allowing them to have
access to a lawyer from the beginning of the judicial process.



European governments are warning Congress of the impact proposed US sanctions on Iran could have on other interests.
The Financial Times has an article that among the companies already targeted by a US campaign to disinvest in energy companies that trade with Iran are Royal Dutch Shell, Total of France and Repsol of Spain.
According to the report, the companies are looking for oil in US territorial waters in the Gulf of Mexico, but are also involved in a project worth up to $10 bln to produce Iran's first liquefied natural gas.
The companies are expected to make a final decision about their investment in 2008.



Iran's Minister of Agriculture Mohammad-Reza Eskandari says investment in agriculture has seen a 10.1 % growth in 2006.
Iran will be self-sufficient in providing the country's agricultural needs in the near future.
According to Eskandari, 94 percent of the fruits and vegetables, which are consumed in Iran, are currently produced domestically.


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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