Iran: turn

ISCAnews reported that the Iranian Supreme Court approved the deathsentence for Kamal, a childoffender, sentenced to death for a murder he committed when he was 17.
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The site VOAnews, part of Voice of America, reports that it obtained a copy of a report (fa), prepared for Iran's parliament with detailed instances of corruption throughout the country's judiciary.
The report never made it to parliament.
In the 200-pages report are cases of corruption mentioned.
According to the report, these range from cases of judicial officials conspiring with convicted drug dealers who received reduced jail sentences or were allowed to escape custody, to instances of apparent profiteering by judicial officials who collaborated with private businesses for personal gain.
The names of top political and religious leaders allegedly linked to corruption are not mentioned, although in June arrested Abbas Palizdar mentioned examples from this report at the accusations he made before his arrest.
Palizdar is a supporter of Iranian President Ahmadinejad who in the past threatened to expose officials involved in corruption.
Many of the persons, named by Palizdar were conservative backers of supreme leader Khamenei.


At the Car Design News Contest won Seyyed Javad Ghaffarian a prize in the student category car designing.
He designed the "Magic Tricycle", a car which drives on all three wheels at normal use, but is capable of rotating around a longitudinal axis running from the front to the rear right wheel, lifting the third wheel, so the vehicle can be used as a motorcycle.
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The Iranian Foreign Ministery announced to take action against the illegal trade in Persian artifacts.
Smuggling items out of Iran has been going on for years; items are sold both online and in auction houses worldwide.
Stricter customs and border control will make smuggling artifacts more difficult.
The government will develop closer cooperation with other countries to ensure the safe return of artifacts to the country.


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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