Iran: (il)legal

The daily Etemad Melli announced that a court in East-Azerbaijan sentenced four men to dead for raping a man after a fight.
One of the convicted men Mehdi is a minor and 17-year-old.
Thee names of the other three are: Hamid, Ebrahim and Mohammad.
The verdict needs still approval by the Supreme Court.
The daily reported that the men denied the charge and said police had forced them to sign a fake confession.



At a ceremony of the Law Enforcement Forces, the chief of natinal police said that the rates for violent crimes, including, murder, armed robbery and kidnapping over the two last years have dropped by 50%.
He added that over 85% of overall crimes and 90% of violent crimes are detected by police officers.
He also predicted that during the fifth Five-Year Development Plan (2005-2010) the traffic fatalities will decrease by 50% and the number of addicts will be reduced by 80%.




Friday August 4 is Khaled Ghasemi,35 by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Saghez, Kurdistan province sentenced to 5 years in prison.He was arrested six years ago and was later released after posting a bail bond.
Due to complications with his case,the case took a long time.
He was not allowed to hire a lawyer to represent him in the court.
Reza Ghaderi, 25 is sentenced by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Saghez to five years imprisonment on charge with association with the Kurdistan Free Living Party (PZAK).
He also was not allowed to hire a lawyer to represent him in court.
Six cultural and human rights activists who were arrested in July for supporting Farzad Kamangaran are still being held in a detention center affiliated with the ministry of intelligence in the city of Sanandaj.
Their names are Hasan Ghorbani and Keveh Rostami, teachers and Sama Bahmani, Habib Bahmani, Farzad Hasan-Mirzai, human rights activists.
Their legal status is unknown.
Ahmad Ghorbani is released after paying bail.
Saifullah Javanmardi, a teacher from the city of Sanandaj who was originally detained on August 3, 2008 for reciting a text during the closure of the gathering of July 19, 2008, was released after four days.


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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