Iran: *cracking*

In the prison of Zahedan, Sistan-e-Baluchistan province are December 6, three men hanged.
The men, M.M., P.D., A.R. were sentenced to death for drugstrafficking.



In Assalouyeh, Bushehr province,the head of the National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC) said that the world's largest ethylene unit,Jam Petrochemical Complex will be opened Monday. The construction costed $2.2 billion.
The unit will produce over 1,320 million metric tons of ethylene, 306,000 tons of propylene, 600,000 tons of linear light and heavy polyethylene, 300,000 tons of polypropylene and 443,000 tons of ethylene glycol every year.

The Guardian Council has rejected parlementarian amendments to the country's presidential electoral law.
According to this new law only qualified applicants aged between 40 and 75 who held the equivalent of a master's degree to run for president.
The spokesman for the Guardian Council, (a body which reviews parliamentary decisions to avoid inconsistencies with the constitution) said that the new criteria for candidates who want to run for president are "in conflict with the constitution."


Secretary General of National Trust Party (NTP) Mehdi Karrubi warned students to avoid radicalism in their activities.
He adressed a group of political and social activists from universities across Iran for Students Day and said that Irans future is in their hands.


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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