Iran: in run-up to

Hayedeh Tabesh, member of the OneMillionSignaturesCampaign in Isfahan is summoned for interrogation at the local office of the Ministry for Information.
Juli 2009 she was banned from leaving the country, without charges.
The OneMillionSignaturescampaign is awarded with The German Quadriga Award and the Anna Politkovskaya Award in October.

source: sign4change.org


Defenselawyer Mohammad Mostafaei writes that Mostafa Naghdi and Amir Khaleghi will be released in coming days.
Both were convicted to death as juvenile offenders.
Naghdi has been forgiven by the victims parents and bloodmoney is paid for Khaleghi.
source: stopchildexecutions.com



The expediency council approved a plan to move the city of Tehran to other parts of the country.
Seismologists are warning for years that Tehran can easilly be struck by a big earthquake. Tehran is built on at least 100 faultlines, including one nearly 60 miles long.
Twenty years ago there were already plans for a new capital.
Iran has had numerous capitals during its history, including Isfahan, Qazvin, Shiraz, Mashhad and Hamedan. Since 1795 Tehran is the political, social, economical and cultural capital of the country.
Estimatedly there live 12 million people in Tehran.
source: guardian.co.uk


The Revolutionary Guards warned the opposition not to rally on November 4th, 13 Aban.
That day is the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
Worldwide and in Iran are big rallys planned by the "Greens".
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.
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