Iran: announces, announces?

Friday is in the city of Qom a 25-year-old man flogged in public.
Local residents protested the sentence especially when the man's last name was also exposed by the local judge assigned to enforce the verdict.
In an interview last year with the head of judiciary Shahroudi, he said that flogging is one of most just sentences that can be inflicted on someone who has committed a crime.
Amnesty International says flogging was outlawed under Article 7 of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.



Former president Khatami has announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections of June.
According to a report by Fars newsagency Khatami announced his final decision Monday.
Also in the report is that he is likely to choose former prime minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi as his vice president.
Whether president Ahmadinejad will seek a second term is unknown.
Former parliament speaker Mehdi Karoubi, who heads the reformist Etemad-e Melli (national confidence) party, has also declared his bid for presidency.
Former interior minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi did also announce his candidacy.


The Central Bank of Iran announced that the inflation rate has decreased by nearly two percent in December.
The inflationrate is now estimated at 26.4 percent.
The report said that consumer prices increased by 1.3% during the Iranian month of Azar (ended December 20) in comparison to the previous month.
In November the CBI said that Iran had the highest annual inflation rate among Middle Eastern countries.



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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