Iran: willpower

According to the lawyer of Bahman Soleymanian, is his execution, which was scheduled for tomorrow been halted after orders from the head of the judiciary Shahroudi.
There are no further details.




Newsagency ISCA and various other newssources report that the Supreme Court has confirmed the sentence of blinding a man, who threw acid in the face of a woman.
According to the sentence ten drops of acid sulphuric will be poured in each of Majid’s eyes. The sentence is an eye for an eye retribution.
He also has to pay a financial compensation to the woman.


Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that there will be no visa issued to the American woman badminton team who was invited to compete Friday in a tournament in Tehran.
According to him it is a time-consuming process to handle such applications.
The Iranian Badminton Federation, a part of Iran's Physical Education Organization, invited the Americans.
The head of the Badminton Federation's public relations office said that they are very disappointed and that they hope the Americans will forgive them. The Federation did all the necessary follow-ups for the visas.
Thirteen other foreign teams will take part in the tournament.
The Washington Post writes that the Obama administration was mystified by the visa refusal, especially because the president and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have expressed a willingness to engage with Tehran.


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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