Iran: counter

The Iranian stateradio reported that a man is on trial in Tehran's Revolutionary Court on charges of spying for Israel.
The man was not named but the charges against him include spying for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.
According to the report more details would be released in the next few days.


The Dubai based broadcasterAl Arabiya reported that two more of 16 Iranian border police were executed.
The broadcaster said that Jundullah (Soldiers of God) has said that the Tehran government had "two more weeks" to answer their demands or risk seeing the remaining captives killed also.



Reporters without Borders strongly criticized a new move by Iran’s government to ban the Association of Iranian Journalists.
In a statement they say that this is yet another attempt by the Iranian authorities to silence those who defend free expression in Iran.
June 24 said the Minister of Labor in a letter to the association, that the organization is illegal and could be closed down soon.
The authorities have been pressing for the removal of the association’s executive committee, which was elected in 2006, on the grounds of alleged procedural irregularities in the voting.
Also officials have been pressured to include pro-government journalists in its decision-making bodies.
Currently has the 1997 created association of Iranian journalists and 4000 members and since August 2006 several pro-government journalists tried unsuccessfully to take control.
This independent body is the only national organisation defending journalists.
It has since then been in open conflict with the Ahmadinejad government.



June 25, is Gholamreza Gholamhosseini, member of the Vahed Syndicate Executive Board from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) ordered by a judge to detention in Evin prison.
Judge Hassan Dehghan Dehnavi ordered that Gholamhosseini, , who is not charged with any crime, should be detained for an indefinite period whilst his case is investigated.
Gholamhosseini was arrested while visiting an event to mark Iran's Women's Day.
Security officials prevented him from entering and he was arrested. The event took place in Shirudi Stadium and was sponsored by Sherkat Vahed.
After the 2006 strike action Gholamhosseini had been dismissed from the company.
Although the court has ordered his reinstatement, the company is refusing to comply.

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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