Iran: sentence

The website of the state broadcaster says that in the prison of the city Bushehr 3 men are hanged.
They were convicted for a rape, which only was referred to as "Chah Kootah Forest".



According to the Guardian are 9 women and one man sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted for adultery.
Lawyers say that these senteces are a resurgence of hardline Islamic fundamentalism.
Despite a moratorium the sentences have been imposed in courts across the country.
The lawyers say most of the nine have been victims of violence and are mostly illiterate.
Many of the sentences were handed down after hearings held in private without the presence of witnesses and defence lawyers.
One woman, Kobra Najar, an etnic Kurd, is condemned after her husband forced her to work as an prostitute.
Another defendant Shamame Qorbani, was raped but the allegation was not investigated.
Details of the sentences were revealed Sunday by Iranian lawyers in Tehran, as they attempted to generate international support for a campaign to force Iran's government to abolish stoning.



The newspaper Kargozaran reported that
Safar Ali (35), Ali (39) en Rahmatollah (40) are sentenced to 74 lashes and amputation of four fingers of the right hand and three years in prison.
All three are convicted for robbery.



The deputy bureau chief of AFP in Tehran, Stuart Williams, has been told to leave Iran within a few days.
A reason was not given.
Williams has been in the country for two years,and held a renewable resident's permit which was valid until August 28.
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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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