Iran: announced

The execution of Behnoud Shojaee, 21, who was scheduled this morning is postponed.
Shojaee is sentenced to death for a murder he committed when he was 16-year-old.
Yesterday, lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei received a notice that Shojaee this morning should be executed, he has been transferred to solitary confinement as a routine 24 hours before the execution.
This morning newspaper Etemad reported(fa) that the execution was postponed.
In 2008 the execution was postponed 4 times, in May, June, July and December.
The execution of 6 others is according to ILNA also postponed. It was not clear whether the executions would go ahead at a later date.
source: iranhr.net source: washingtonpost.com



Shaker Baghi is sentenced to death for endangering national security and membership in Kurdish organizations. He is transferred from Sanandaj prison to Kashmar prison.
Baghi, who is political prisoner from Turkey was arrested in 2007 and interrogated and foltered in cells of the Intelligence Ministry.
After 2 years he finally was allowed supervised visitation with his family.
Initially he was sentenced to 30 years in exile to Kashmar's prison by the court in Sanandaj, but, while he had no legal representation, the appeals court of Kurdistan changed his sentence to death this past April.
source: hra-iran.net



The killing of merchants in bordertowns continues.
Last week in Surin-Saghez Kurdish citizen Ahmad Ghaderi was shot and that same day in region Balehsur-Salmas, Khaled was shot and injured.
Day before yesterday around Hamzeh-Abad in the region of Biranshahr,the armed forces opened fire on a number of cars under the guise of narcotics suspicion, and Mameh Khaledi from Mahabad was killed and several others wounded.
source: hra-iranhr.net


Televised confessions in Iran of high-profile reformists who confessed to more or less the same crimes, phrased in very similar ways, did people create a website called "Watch me Confess" inviting anyone and everyone to submit their own videotaped confession.
Global Voices Online collected some "confessions".


Reuters reports that Mehdi Karoubi on Wednesday asked to meet top officials including the president to be able to present evidence of the rape of some detained post-election protesters,
His website reports that Karroubi wrote a letter to parliament speaker Ali Larijani, who has dismissed Karoubi's rape allegations last week as "baseless."
source: reuters




Wednesday, Fars newsagency reported a new list of Ahmadinejad's proposed ministers.
Kamran Daneshjou proposed Minister of Science, Research and Technology,
Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, proposed Minister of Interior.
Manouchehr Mottaki remains Foreign Minister.
Mohammad Hosseini proposed Minister van Culture and Islamic Guidance.
Either Mohammad Soleymani or Reza Taqipour will appointed to Minister of Communication and Information Technology.
Abdol-Reza Sheikholeslami proposed minister van Sociale Affairs and Labor.
Sousan Keshavarz, Minister of Education,
Massoud Mir-Kazemi, Minister of Oil.
Mohammad Aliabadi Minister of Energy.
Sadeq Khalilian, Minister van Commerce,
Ali Nikzad, het Ministerie van Housing and Urban Development.
Hamid Behbahani, Minister van Roads and Transportation.
Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Montazeri proposed Minister of Justice.
Ahmad Vahidi , Minister of Defense.
Habibollah Bourbour t, Minister of Agriculture.
Last Sunday, Ahmadinejad already announced six names.
source: PressTV



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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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