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IRNA reported that police in the city of Isfahan detained a large number of mourners for mutilating themselves.
Ashura is an islamic day where shi'ites mourn the dead of Mohammeds grandson Imam Hussein by punishing themselves by hitting on their heads.
According to police these people were disturbing the public order and used daggers as well as slashing their shoulders with spiked chains.




Central Bank of Iran has reported the positive development of greater tax revenues .
Financing government expenditure with taxes is a sign of improvement in government operational efficiency and according to the president is making the government less dependant on oil revenues.
Since March 2007, the tax contribution to government budget has jumped from 37.9 percent to 45 percent. The government wants to increase the figure to 50 percent next year.



According to the Iranian tourism office the number of foreign tourist arrivals grew by 25 percent during 2007.
Chief of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) announced that the customs department reported that 1.5 million tourists visited Iran in the year 2007.
Iran's 20-Year Vision document projects investments of more than $32 billion in the country's tourism sector.




Supreme Leader ayatollah Kamenei has backed Iranian parliament in a dispute with president Ahmadinejad. He had objected to several measures adopted by MPs.
The parliament overturned his decision to dissolve several institutions, including the Monetary and Credit Council as well as his abolition of summer time in Iran.
In a letter to speaker of parliament Gholam Ali Hadad Adel, Kamenei wrote that
"Laws adopted through the process defined by the constitution must be respected by all organs,".
Hadad Adel had sought the opinion of the supreme leader, who has the final say on all key policy issues, after receiving Ahmadinejad's complaint.


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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