Iran: further

December 13 were in the city of Rostam, province Fars 2 men hanged in public.
The men, Samer R. and Hossein M. were convicted for kidnapping and rape.
In Rasht, province Gilan is Mohammadreza Tal son of Ali,hanged in public.
He was convicted of keeping and selling of 44 kg of heroin.
In Aran Bigdel, province Isfahan is on December 14 a not named man hanged.
According to the judiciary website he was convicted for posession of 639 grams of crack and 12 grams of hashish.
source: iranhr.net


Reporters without Borders reports that there is no end to the suppression and crackdown on media and journalists in Iran.
The Tehran monthly Chashm Andaz is closed and the weekly Saymareh, from Kudasht, province Lorestan, has been forced to cease activity as a result of judicial pressure.
source: en.rsf.org


Six of seven Kurdish students who were arrested in recent months in Sanandaj, all members and former members of Kurdish Students Democratic Union (the Union), have been released on bail.
The 6 students were charged with propaganda against the regime and acting against national security.
Their names are Arman Zamani, Asaad Bagheri, Suran Daneshvar, Millad Karimi, Shirzad Karimi, and Mehdi Doagoo.
Rahim Bajur, of Payam Noor University in Marivan and member of Kurdish Students Democratic Union and Marivan’s Anjoman-e Sabz-e Chia, stays in detention.
source: iranhumanrights.org



Alireza Seyedin, 31 a muslim who is converted to christianity four years ago, is convicted to 6 years in prison by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court on charges of propagating against the regime and acting against national security.
He held his baptism in Turkey.
source: iranhumanrights.org



Saeed Naimi who is transferred from Karajprison to Tabrizprison, is being charged with assistance in espionage.
Naimi, a student and member of Policy Council of Advar Tahkim Vahdat was arrested May 9.
He spent 3 months in isolation.
source: iranhumanrights.org

Ali Alikhani from Sheeti, province Azerbaijan was arrested about 40 days ago and transferred to an unknown location.
Since then nothing is heard about him.
source: iranhumanrights.org




The explosion on December 10 at Yazd Ghadir Rolling Steel factory took the lives of 13 of 23 workers who were present, 6 of them are in critical condition.
The explosion was caused by explosive material brought to Rolling Steel from the Western provinces.
No safety precautions were put into place.
source: iranlaborreport.com



Jaras reported that dissident cleric Hasanali Mostafaei in Najaf Abad is arrested by security forces.
There is no further information about his arrest.
source: en.greenvoice.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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