Iran: decrease

In the city of Borazjan, Bushehr province, are July 10, four men hanged in public.
Their initials are H. N. A - P. M - h. G (fa).
They all were convicted for murder. One of them was an Afghan national, the other three men were from Bushehr province.
The public hangings were a warning to "ashrar", a term used for those who disrupt public order and who fight with the authorities.


The unemployment rate in Iran has fallen below the 10 percent mark for the first time in recent years.
According to the latest data by the Iran Statistics Center,unemployment stood at 9.6 percent during the past season.
Compared to spring 2007 this is a 1.1 percent fall, and compared to spring 2006, this is a fall from 1.4 percent.
Reducing unemployment rate below 10% has always been a challenge to Iran.
Every year 750,000 people enter the labor market.


The Dutch newspaper NRC reports(du) July 9, that a group of Iranian-Dutch students has protested against the decision of Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen to exclude Iranian students from specified studies.
This decision comes after a change in the law dealing with the sanctions because of UN-resolution 1737 concerning Iran.
Through these extended sanctions (du) Iranians, also those with a Dutch passport are excluded from 9 studies at Dutch universities and work at specified companies.




The weblog Critical Distance shows a video about the entertaining Tehran traffic.

In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl