Iran: consumption

The Iranian police has during a crackdown in Sistan-e-Baluchestan province, killed six drugsmugglers.
Also one soldier was killed.
The crackdown is still being seriously enforced. The border Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan is a busy narcotics smuggling route.
At the latest action, almost five tons of narcotics were confiscated and the police managed to control the region in the past 72 hours.


In Tehran is the third festival of aquatics and health held in the fruits and shrimp center. 15 companies from this sector were present.
In Iran the average consumption of fish and seafood is 7.2 kg a year, but in Tehran this is 8.8kg of fish per capita per year.
Tehran is the main consumption market of the country.
The festival is to promote consumtion of aquatics and health in Iran.



Candidate for president Mehdi Karroubi wants to include female ministers and deputies in his Cabinet should he be elected.
He said in a speech that Iranian culture does not welcome the public presence of women in political, social and even cultural spheres. Religious figures even object.
He also said that imam Khomeini fought against such convictions and significantly changed the status of Iranian women.
Karroubi was speaking on the eve of the International Women's day.



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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