Iran: economy

Some 40 students demonstrated on Saturday outside the Netherlands embassy in Tehran against the Wilders-film.
They threw eggs at the building and called slogans against the Netherlands, Shell, USA and Israel. More then 100 policemen surrounded the embassy.
The imam who led weekly prayers on Friday said Israel was behind the film.
According to Reuters, Iran's parliament speaker called on Muslim nations on Sunday to boycott Dutch products.



The reports that the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Davoud Danesh-Jafari will be replaced, are increasing.PressTV announces the minister will remain in place, till a substitute is found.
Although government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham on Saturday rejected rejected the replacement, various media report the resignment.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reports that on the website belonging to Mohsen Rezaii, the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed the report and that there are three more "forced resignations" to come: Mostafa Pourmohamadi, the interior minister; Manouchehr Motakki, the foreign minister and Mohammad Rahmati, the transportation minister.
The last few months, inflation was strongly increasing.

April 12, a German cruiseship will dock in the harbour of Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan province for 2 days.
On board are 200 foreign tourists. The director of the travel-agency said that the tourists are scheduled to visit a number of Iranian cities in Iran, including the cities of Shiraz, Isfahan and Bushehr.
March 15 and 23 two other foreign cruiseships already docked off the coasts of Kish Island (in Persian Gulf) and Bandar Abbas.


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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