Iran: more

The revolutionary court in Tabriz convicted Azeri-activists Younes Soleimani, Mahmoud Fazli, Naeim Ahmadi, Aidin Khajei, Shahram Radmehr, Yashar Karimi, and Hamideh Farajzadeh each to 6 months in prison.
Alireza Abdollahi, Behboud Gholizadeh and Akbar Azad are also sentenced to 6 months of suspended imprisonment for 5 years.
Hassan Rahimi is acquitted after 4 months of solitary confinement.
These people were charged with membership in a party by the name of “Gamouh” and acting against national security.They spent 8 months in prison, 5 months of which was in solitary confinement.
Yourosh Mehrali Biglou, Latif Hosseini and Zahra Farajzadeh, other Azeri political activists, will be tried in the next days.
source: rahana.org

Saturday the Ministry of Information in Iran said that it dismantled a complete espionage and sabotage network, spying for CIA.
More then 30 people were arrested.
PressTV reported that 42 people were arrested.
There was no immediate response by U.S. officials.
source: presstv.ir, latimesblogs.latimes.com

The U.S. State Department announced that restrictions for Iranian students in USA are eased, making it possible to receive multiple-entry visas that are valid for up to two years.
source: rferl.org

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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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