Iran: safety

The newspaper Kayhan reported that nine drug traffickers are hanged in prison of the city of Bojnourd, North Khorasan province.
One man was hanged in public.
The date of the executions was not given.
It is the first time a man is executed publicly, since judiciary chief Hashemi Shahroudi ordered in January that there should be no more public executions without his approval.
In the prison of the city Ahwaz are, according to newspaper Quds, three men hanged on May 4.They were convicted for rape and keeping arms. Newsagency IRNA reported April 30 that Abdolreza K., Abbas H en Naser Z., age between 18 and 30 years, were convicted to death and the sentences were sent to the section for implementation of the verdict.
Fars newsagency reported that in the prison of the city of Ardebil an unnamed man was hanged.
He was sentenced to death for a murder he committed five years ago.


In the city of Hamedan were forty-nine men and women arrested for violating the Islamic dress codes.
The news was posted on the site of the State Security Forces (SSF) and the website added that the arrests were made to boost public security.



Former president Khatami is strongly criticized for remarks he made accusing clerical leaders of supporting insurgents in the Middle East.
Hardline newspaper Kayhan accused Khatami of tarnishing the Islamic republic's reputation by implying it was carrying out "sabotage" work in other countries through insurgent groups.
In a speech for students in Gilan, Khatami referred to Ayatollah Khomeini who wanted to export the 1979 Islamic revolution around the world, and asked what he meant.
He said did he mean that we take up arms, that we blow up places in other nations and we create groups to carry out sabotage in other countries?
He said that the imam was vehemently against this and was confronting it.
By some observers this speech of Khatami is seen as an accusation to the Iranian authorities of encouraging militants to destabilize the Middle East, in particular Iraq and Lebanon.


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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