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December 24 were in the prison of Urmia(Orumieh) seven prisoners hanged, one of them a woman.
According to the report of the judiciary, their names are Yousef A, Heydar D., Mehdi S, Ghorbanali Sh., Saeid M., Sirus M. and the woman Nahid A.. They all were convicted for drugstrafficking.
In the prison of Rasht December 24, were 2 prisoners hanged which were convicted for drugstrafficking.
One name is unknown, the other was Sajjad Tal, 26, the brother of Mohammadreza Tal who was hanged in public in Rasht, 2 weeks ago.
source: iranhr.net


Parvin Mokhtareh, the mother of detained human rightsactivist Kouhyar Goudarzi (photo)is sentenced by the revolutionary court in Kerman to 23 months in prison for defending her sons rights in the media.
She was arrested in July one day after him and charged with "propaganda against the regime” and “insulting the martyrs and the Supreme Leader”. She has also been deprived of a lawyer during her entire trial.
Kouhyar Goodarzi is already 5 months in limbo in Ward 209 of Evinprison.
source: banouyesabz.wordpress.com


After seven years in prison, political prisoner Behrouz Javid Tehrani, has been released from Rajai Shahr Prison in the city of Karaj.
He was in prison on charges of being affiliated with groups who want to overthrow the government.
source: freedomessenger.com



Saham News made a short interview with Fatemeh Karroubi, the wife of Mehdi Karroubi(photo) regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections.
At this interview she tells that in her husband’s eyes these upcoming elections wouldn’t mount to any other than “rubber-stamp elections.
source: droi.wordpress.com, en.greenvoice.com


Fars newsagency reported that today a fight occurred during an open meeting of Iranian parliament.The president of Targeted Subsidies Organization Behrooz Moradi and parliamentsmember Hossein Hosseini first started a wordfight, which later turned into a fist fight.
Other members of parliament and officials prevented the fight from going further.
source: en.trend.az

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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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