Iran: to increase

Police in Tehran have recently shut down six bookshop-cafes. Police says the booksellers' union does not allow two separate professions -- namely, selling books and selling refreshments -- to be practiced together.
According to Hafez Mussavi, a writer and publisher in Tehran, the he crackdown is linked to a broader pattern in which Islamic authorities have stepped up efforts to suppress dissent across all segments of society.



National Iranian Oil Company plans to build eight new oil refineries together with private investors.
They are intended to supply domestic market needs, but the surplus will be exported to neighboring countries. The refineries will be built in some cities including Shiraz, Kermanshah, Tabriz, Arak and Neka. When finished, the production will be over 1.4 million barrels of oil per day.Iran has nine oil refineries operational at the moment, these can refine 1.7 million barrels of crude oil per day.



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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