Iran: review

Amnesty International calls for urgent action (PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 13/056/2008) for Hossein Haghi, 21, who is sentenced to death for stabbing another boy to death in a fight in 2004, when he was 16-year-old.
After a petition to review the case was rejected, the case was re-examined, and has now been referred to Branch 33 of the Supreme Court by the Head of the Judiciary.



Press-tv reports that according to the latest results from the run-off Majlis elections, 52 of the Principlist candidates and 30 reformists have won across Iran.
The Iranian minister of internal affairs said that the turn-out at yesterday's election was 5% higher than in the previous round.
The results are here.



Fars newsagency writes that former president Khatami has said on Friday that he plans to withdraw from politics.
He told this to journalists after he voted in parliamentary elections.
He also would not put himself forward for the presidential elections to be held next year.
Khatami said that he intends to withdraw from politics completely and do other things.


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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