Iran: questionable success

July 24 are in the prison of Torbat-e-jaam, Khorasan province, 7 people hanged.
Daily Khorasan reported that they all were sentenced for drugstrafficking.
Noone was identified by name.



The Iranian human rights group Defenders of Human Rights Centre from Shirin Ebadi has protested at the massexecution from 29 people who were hanged on Sunday and doubt if the convicts had been given a fair trial.
Authorities claim capital punishment is an effective deterrent that is used only after an exhaustive judicial process.
As part of a crackdown to improve security in society, Iran has stepped up its use of the death penalty.
But the human rights group dismissed that justification, and says that the use of capital punishment will have no effect in cutting crime and will rather increase crime.


55% females have successfully toppassed Iranian University Entrance Exam for the academic year 2008-2009.
Out of 36 topqualifiers in five fields of mathematics, natural sciences, humanities, arts, and foreign languages, were 20 females.
Seven out of 10 top exam passers in mathematics were male and 3 were female.
In humanities, the results were vice versa.
The nationwide exam was held on July 26-28, 2008.



Iranian border security guards arrested Sunday 30 illegal immigrants on the border with Pakistan.
According the police, the illegal immigrants crossed the border near Taftan and wanted to proceed to some European countries.



The police seized the past two days in East-Iran 510 kg of hashish, 91 kg of heroin and more than 580 kg of opium.
Five smugglers have been detained in connection with the cases.
The deputy coordinator of the Rasul-e Akram (Law Enforcement Police) Operational Base,said in an interview that following intense intelligence and operational measures, the law enforcement squads from Abuzar Commando regiment 4 of Kerman province raided the convoy in a cohesive operation.
The traffickers smuggled the drugs into Iran via the country's eastern borders with Afghanistan.
During a separate operation, they also managed to identify the hideout of three well-known armed bandits and insurgents. They arrested them, and seized a number of weapons and munition.
Rasul-e Akram Operational Base is the Law Enforcement Police headquarters in southeastern Iran with five bases covering provinces of Sistan-e-Baluchestan, Kerman, South Khorassan, and parts of Hormozgan.


Afghan border guards say that they seized 50kg drugs in the Kohsan District of Herat Province.
The cargo was seized near one of the border posts in the district.
Two policemen from the post have also been arrested for alleged collusion with 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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