Iran: objects

In the Nar art gallery in Tehran will be an exhibition held from Jan. 30 to Feb. 10, 2009,of works of the cartoonist/artist Kambiz Derambakhsh.
20 of the artist's latest works in 1mx1m and 1mx1.5m dimensions will be shown and there will be large versions of a selection of works from among 5 to 6,000 sketches.
Over the years his work was exhibited around the globe in the Wilhelm Busch Museum, Dusseldorf Arts Gallery, Basel Caricature Museum and Austria's Afro-Asian Muslim student Society.
Kambiz Derambakhsh.



Press-TV reports that Iraq says that Camp Ashraf will be shut down in two months.
Iraq's National Security Adviser says that Iraq would not let the members of Mujahedin Khalq Organization carry out acts of terror against neighboring countries.
He said that the Iraqi government would deal with the members of the organization in a legal way, saying the MKO members should either return to Iran or select a third country.
Camp Ashraf, the MKO headquarters and training site, was put back from American to Iraqi control as of January 1, 2009.


According to the International Herald Tribune there are reports in Sarmayeh Business Daily and other Iranians that counting students and housewives among the ranks of the employed has helped lower Iran's jobless rate.
The report comes from an employee of the official Iranian statistical center who wishes to remain anonymous.
Earlier this month another development economist said the unofficial unemployment rate was considerably higher than the official figure of around 10 percent.



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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