Iran: sweet and sour

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Yazd late Saturdaynight.
No damage to people or property was reported.



Iranian sugar import tariffs will double.
Import tariffs of sugar will increase from 10 to 20 percent to support domestic producers with its most severe crisis in the past 110 years.
Experts say that the price of sugar in the market is about 2,000 rials less than factories’ cost price.
As a result, sugar mills have been unable to repay their debts to banks and farmers.
Over 150 parliamentarians wrote a letter to President Ahmadinejad ten days ago, calling for solving the challenges facing the industry.



The US has refused visas for Iran's national cycling team .
The cyclists were to attend the Los Angeles World Cup as a preliminary qualifier for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.


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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