Iran: explosions

In the prison of Behbehan is May 23 a man hanged.
The man, Saeed S. (30), was sentenced to death for keeping 80 kilos of opium.
source: iranhr.net



During a visit of president Ahmadinejad at a refinery in Abadan, an explosion occurred, killing 2 people and wounding 22.
It is yet unclear whether the explosion was an accident or an attack. Newsagencies reported that a gasleak caused the explosion.
The president appeared live on state television giving a scheduled speech to mark the inauguration of a new phase of the refinery in Abadan.
source: rferl.org


On May 21 are during raids against the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education for online/correspondence education, established for Bahai who are deprived from university education in Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan, and Shiraz, 30 Bahai arrested.
source: iranhumanrights.org



Verdicts and fines were handed out to the students who were victims in the attack on the dormitory of Tehran university.
According to Daneshjoonews more then than 40 students were sentencedt to prison and high fines.
Earlier Avat Rezania, a Kurdish student at Tehran university was convicted of “disturbing public order” and sentenced to a 3 month suspended prison term along with 74 lashes that can be substituted with a $3,000 fine.
Also Habib Farhazadi is sentenced to a 10 month suspended prison term with 74 lashes that can be substituted with $5,000.
Verdicts were made without official reports and in these cases the students who were considered to be the victims and plaintiffs ended up being the ones convicted.
source: HRHI

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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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