Iran: glibly

In the Susangerd oilfield in Khuzestan province, Iran discovered reserves to a depth of 5,026 meters, and approximately over 8.83 billion barrels of oil.
The oilminister described it as the most significant discovery in the past 5 years.
source: PressTV



From the 290 lawmakers invited to a party hosted by the president night, only 20 attended
The reformist paper Etemad cited unidentified members of parliament as saying their absence signaled disappointment at the president's proposed cabinet.
The assembly is due to start voting on the nominees on August 30.
source: reuters


Iranian officials blamed a victim of jailhouse rape and said it was his own fault for protesting the results of Iran's June 12 presidential election.
The website of Mehdi Karroubi writes that one of the victims asked two interrogators and a judge why he and other prisoners were raped in jail.
One of them answered that when the Supreme Leader confirmed the election result, everyone should have recognized it.
On Karroubi's website is the interview (fa).
The boy told also he was very suicidal and depressed at first, but after he and Karroubi had many conversations Karrroubi convinced him that when someone is raped with his hands and feet tied he is not a sinner and is on the contrary an oppressed.
source: latimesblogs.latimes.com


This morning the fourth showproces of senior reformers was being held in Tehran.
Iranian newsagencies report that several reformist politicians are standing trial, former deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh, former deputy foreign Mohsen Aminzadeh, former governmental speaker Abdollah Ramezanzadeh and Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh.
Statetelevision broadcasted the accused sitting in rows.
Also Saaed Hajjarian former deputy minister of intelligence and one of the architects of the reformist movement stand trial. After an assassination attempt in 2000 he is severely disabled and in bad health.
So-called "confessions" were read.
Fars neewsagency published photo's of the trial.
source: reuters.com


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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.
Poster amnesty.nl