Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Iran: refect

In Khorramabad, Lorestan province,is Tuesday a man hanged in public.
The man was identified only as Hamed P.




Iran warned Turkmenistan to remain committed to its 25-year gas contract and not to force Iran into lodging a complaint . The signed contract clearly specifies that Tehran is entitled the right to file a complaint with the International Court of Justice in case of a violation in the gas deal agreement.



The Financial Times has a backgroundarticle about the effects of the sanctions to Iran.
Doing business today, f.e. with China is, due to the fact that foreign banks are not allowed transferring money to Iran,done through money transfer agents in Dubai and sometimes with cash.
For many businessmen this is a time-consuming procedure, with higher costs, causing prices to rise.
Official inflation is 17%, because of shortages of everyday goods such as tomatoes and detergent, increased import costs, and the government’s expansionist fiscal policies.
Critics say the government has been trying to deflect responsibility for the price rises away from its mismanagement of the economy and onto the international pressure.

Almost 3000 candidates are banned from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iran.
According to Tehran Times are political figures as Javad Eta’at and Abolfazl Shakouri, former MP's Elyas Hazrati and Mohammad-Javad Haqshenas, former Gilan province’s governor Masoud Soltanifar, and former Tehran mayor Morteza Alviri banned from running for the March elections,
The banned candidates can protest against the outcome.


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl

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