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Esmail Salmanpour,one of the students who were arrested during a ceremony to pay tribute to Engineer Bazargan, was transferred to the medical unit of Evin Prison while he was suffering from extreme weakness.
At this moment 9 students of Amir Kabir university are in solitary detention in ward 209 of Evin prison.
Their names are: Majid Tavakoli, Hussein Tarkashvand, Esmail Salmanpour, Koroush Daneshyar, Ahmad Ghasaban, Abas Hakimzadeh, Nariman Mostafavi, Mehdi Mashayekhi, and Yaser Turkman.
source: ihrv.org



Hundreds of students from Bou Ali Sina University in the city of Hamedan declared a hungerstrike to protest against the poor quality of food served.
They held a sit-in protest with on their list grievances included improvement in the quality of food served in the university, clarity on the issues of the dormitories, book subsidies and others.
Amir Kabir Newsletter wrote that they placed a petition on the main door of the cafeteria and collected signatures.
source: ihrv.org


Imitation saffron of a Saudi Arabian brand is sold to Iranian pilgrims. The fake saffran "Saffrea Yellow " is chemically coloured, so when it is immersed in water or milk, a yellow color is extracted very quickly.
There is also an imitation brand "Red and White", exported from India, in Iran available.
Saffran is an expensive spice, which is being exported to the UAE and Spain, Sweden, Italy and also Saudi Arabia, which is a major importer.
Annually, 210 tons of saffron are grown, harvested, processed and distributed annually in the world.
source: Press-TV



In Qum province is Thursday the biggest watertunnel in the Middle East inaugurated.
Five years took construction of the 43.7-kilometer-long tunnel to transfer water from the Dez River to Qomrud River.
Per year, 120 millions of cubic metres will be transferred through the tunnel.
Desert provinces in central Iran have faced a shortage of water over the past year due to below-average rainfalls.
source: Press-TV


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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