Iran: judicial

The daily Iran wrote that Wednesday in Evinprison 8 men and 1 woman all convicted for murder, were hanged.
The men were only identified by their first name, the woman was Fakhteh, 30.

In the city of Shiraz are Wednesday 3 men hanged in public.
Fars reported that the men, Vahid E., Mohammad A. and Ahmad E. were convicted for kidnapping and disrupting public order.


ISNA reported that writer/activist Akbar Ganji, former head of Book Department at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the publisher of a recent book, written by Ganji, have been charged with ‘propaganda against the Islamic system’.
Public prosecutor was the plaintiff in the case.
Ganji’s case was first referred to a circuit at Tehran Public Court, but the judge referred the case to the Revolutionary Court.
Ganji was also notified of the charges of ‘insulting the officials and publishing sheer lies’.


According to a government spokesman in Tokyo the abducted student
Satoshi Nakamura has been confirmed safe, but it was unknown when he would be released.
Japan's Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs went to Tehran on Tuesday to help secure Nakamura's release.
Iran's Foreign Ministry has denied that a deal would take place with the kidnappers but has said the government was hopeful Nakamura would be released soon.


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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