Iran: woven

In the city of Mashad, Khorassan province , are seven men publicly hanged on Wednesday.
They were convicted of rape, kidnapping and robbery and hanged in two groups in the provincial capital Mashad.


The Iranian judiciary has confirmed that two Iranian Kurdish journalists have been sentenced to death for being "enemies of God."
Adnan Hassanpur and Hiwa Butimar are July 16 sentenced to death. The whereabouts of the men are still unknown.
Reporters without Borders has called for international pressure against Iran to reverse the ruling.
Hassanpur has writen articles on local politics, while Butimar was a member of an environmental group.
Reports say the two men had contacts with Iranian armed opposition groups.



Emad Baghi the head of the Society to Defend the Rights of Prisoners, has been sentenced to a three-year suspended jail term on security charges, including acting against Iran's national security.
Baghi's wife and daughter have also been sentenced to prison in connection with their participation in a conference abroad.




The largest hand-woven carpet of the world was displayed at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla prayer grounds in Tehran on Tuesday.
The carpet measures 5,627 square meters, has been woven by 1200 Iranians in one year and is worth $8.5 millions and used some 30 tons of wool and 15 tons of cotton.
The carpet was ordered for the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan mosque in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.




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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