Iran: Quantities

On the anniversary of the 1999 student riots, Iranian authorities arrested a number of student activists in Tehran and Mashhad
Ali Gholizadeh, secretary of the Islamic Student Association of Shahroud University
Ali Saberi, former secretary of Islamic Student Association of Polytechnical University
Salman Sima, Azad University student activist,
Mehdi Khodayee, Azad University student activist
Reza Arab, Mehdi Qodsi, Amir Sarabi, Majid Asadi, Mojtaba Emadpour, Bayat, Towhid Dowlatshenas, Mohammad Zera'ati, Farzad Hassanzadeh, Sajjad Rajabi, Mohammad Mizban, Ashkan Arshian, student activists
Mohammad Ehsani, both Sistan va Balouchestan University student activist and former secretary of the Islamic Student Association.
According to Advarnews(fa) the arrested students are transferred to ward 209, Evinprison.


The head of Iran's Tobacco Company has denied that the country directly imports cigarettes from the United States.
He said that Iran imports cigarettes through multinational firms and not directly from the US.
He said this in response to a report which said that the US has exported $158 million worth of cigarettes to Iran during George W. Bush's term as president.
The american presidential candidate McCain recently joked in response to the report that the US could kill Iranians by sending them cigarettes.



President Ahmadinejad replaced the Minister for Transportation.
As caretaker he apponted Hamid Behbahani.
He told journalists that it is not unusual to make changes in a country of 70 million, provided these changes do not negatively affect the country's affairs.
The Supreme Leader Ayatolla Khamenei appointed new commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
Brigadier-General Mohammad Jafar Assadi was appointed commander of IRGC's ground force, and Hojjatoleslam Hossein Taeb was named the new commander of IRGC's Basij force.
Brigadier-general Mohammad Hejazi, retaining his post as acting IRGC commander, was appointed commander of the Sarallah Military Base.


Iran released 22 Indian nationals.
They were aboard 5 Saudi fishing boats that were seized last week while fishing in Iranian territorial waters near Bushehr.
According to the head of Saudi borderpolice all vessels returned “safely” to Darin, on the Saudi east coast.



The Iranian police discovered 1500 kg drugs and arms in Iranshahr, Sistan-e-Baluchestan province.
This happened after chasing and stopping two suspect vehicles. Three people were arrested.
Also a large amount of weapons such as RPGs, automatic weapons and Kalashnikovs and a large amount of munitions were seized from the smugglers.


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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