Iran: controversial

The former singer of the band The Smiths, which broke up in 1987, Morrissey, wants to perform in Iran this summer. He wants to perform with local artists and Arab pop star Kazem al-Sahir.
His management is awaiting a formal response from Iran's Ministry Of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
His whole career Morrissey is known for his occasional controversial statements, like about the Iraq war and president Bush.



Extreme blizzards killed at least 28 people in Iran.
40.000 people were stuck on the roads and eight people froze to death.
Another 20 people were killed in road accidents.
Schools and government offices were forced to close in Tehran and other regions in northern Iran over the last two days. They will remain shut on Wednesday. According to IRNA the government announced that state offices and schools would probably be closed on Thursday too due to the drop in temperatures and gas pressure.
The cold and an unexpected cut in imports from Turkmenistan,causes problems in gassupply.
Statetelelevision said that the lowest temperature overnight was minus 24 degrees Celsius in Shahre Kord in Western Iran, while the capital Tehran registered minus seven degrees Celsius.


A delegation of Columbia University professors and deans of faculties plans to visit Iran. They want to officially apologize to Iranian President Ahmadinejad for the insulting speech Columbia University President Bollinger directed at Ahmadinejad during his visit on September 24.
Since the incident came criticism towards Bollinger from the faculties of history, anthropology, Middle Eastern studies, philosophy and Islamic studies.
Bollinger has warned the delegation that their trip to Iran should be a private visit and should not be undertaken as an official visit endorsed by the university.
A anonymous member of the delegation said that the delegation prepared its itinerary.
They also plan to visit Iranian universities in various cities and to hold talks with professors and students.


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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