Iran: increase

Hundreds of Iranian students protested yesterday at Tehrans university against the recent governmental crackdown on student-activists.
According to several reports on student-websites and a witness who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, there were some 1500 students involved.
It was the 2nd demonstration within a weeks time.
Also students from other universities in the country took part on the demonstration which lasted two hours and during which one of the gates around the university broke down.


Iran's Oil Minister announced that the monthly gasoline ration of private cars would go to 120 from current 100 liters.
He said that at the moment, they were trying to identify the weak and strong points of the first gasoline rationing plan



Reza Jafarzadeh,speaker of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization said that there are no barriers for the employment of Iranian women in various fields of the aviation industry.
He said no resolution has been made, or circular issued to prohibit women’s employment in this industry.
Aviation companies are allowed to employ male or female competent forces including pilots, copilots, aviation engineers, or workers for other sections.




Newsagency Fars reported that a 24-year-old French student has been shot dead at a busstation in Isfahan.
The criminal is known with police, but could yet not be arrested.
The French embassy confirmed the police statements.

The city of Isfahan is visited by thousands of foreign tourists each year.


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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