Saturday, December 19, 2009

Iran: old

Reuters reports that Iran is looking for a diplomatic solution for the dispute with Iraq about the Fakka oilfield that was seized by Iranian troops.
The Iraqi interior minister says that this intrusion is the latest incident in a series this week.
Mehrnews reported that National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) denies the reports.
A senior engineer from Maysan Oil Company Company, which operates the field said that Iranian troops had taken temporary control of an inoperative well in a disputed border area, four or five times this year.
source: Reuters, tehrantimes.com


Amnesty International has called for the release of December 7th arrested studentsleader Majid Tavakkoli.
Since his arrest, the whereabouts of Tavakkoli are unknown.
He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Amnesty International believes he and the other detained students are prisoners of conscience, held solely for their peaceful expression of their right to freedom of expression, association and assembly.
source: amnestyusa.org


PressTV reports that archeologists have found at excavations in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province more then 200 ancient sites from the Middle Paleolithic to the Qajar eras.
They also found shards of pottery, stone pieces, cemeteries and ancient sites located on natural mounds.
The majority of the discovered sites were inhabited by nomadic tribes of ancient Persia as well as Elamite and Islamic periods.
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.
Poster amnesty.nl

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