Iran: view

The Japanese student Satoshi Nakamura, 23, who was kidnapped in Sistan-e-Baluchestan in October 2007, is still not released.
Februar 15 wrote IRNA that Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura asked Iran to spend more efforts aimed at freedom of the student.
He asked this in a meeting with the secretary of Iran's Human Rights Headquarters, Mohammad-Javad Larijani.
Larijani assured him that Iran would take advantage of the entire possibilities at its disposal, to put a happy ending to this sad incidence.

He also said that Nakamura has been kidnapped by a notorious group of bandits.


In a meeting with a journalist from Tokyo Shimbun daily, the Vice President in charge of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), invited Japanese tourists to visit Iran.
At this way they can learn first-hand about the rich Persian civilization and cultural heritage.
Before he said that in spite of neighboring war-torn countries, Iran enjoys security and peace



The World Baha'i Service announced that the Iranian parliament is considering legislation to The Penal Code of which in particular Section 5 violates human rights.
Section5 states that punishment for apostate is death.


(english) , (farsi) Article 225-1:
Any Muslim who clearly announces that he/she has left Islam and declares blasphemy is an apostate.

Information about islam and blasphemy is here.

The principal representative of the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations says that if adopted, the code will permit the government and the clergy to act with impunity against Iran's citizens on the sole basis of their religious affiliation.


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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