Iran: in-print

The daily Kayhan wrote that in the city of Khonooj November 3 a not identified man is hanged.




Tehran police have broken up a ring engaged in fabricating false university degrees.
They were tipped of by officials from Azadi University.
According to the commander of Tehran public security police the detainees did confess to having sold such fake certificates from various Iranian universities for about a year.


The website of the daily Aftabnews writes that the spokesman for the Association of Defending Freedom of the Press, Mashaallah Shamsolvaezin, claims that the press is facing a serious crisis, as severe that investment in publications is not worthwhile and a money-losing endeavor under the prevailing conditions.
Furthermore he said that the current crisis will endure until a new policy on the national media is adopted.




The website of International Journalists Network writes that the Association of Iranian Journalists (AOIJ) says on its site that a letter (farsi) signed by more than 200 young journalists in Iran reproaches media managers and executives for failing to sufficiently protect their rights.
According to AOIJ, the letter complains that some managers, who often are also important political or business people, abuse their position and abandon the rights of their own employees.
The young journalists also say there is very little security for them in Iran, especially for those who work for independent media.


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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