Iran: accused December 11, 2012

In the prison of Semnan is on December 10 a man hanged.
The man, M. H. has been convicted of carrying 3470 grams of crack.
source: iranhr.net

Two of the 37 wounded students at the fire in the elementary school in Piranshahr have died.Three students are still in critical condition.
Activists have released a statement asking the resignation of the Minister of Education over this fire and numerous incidents that have befallen students at schools and school camps.
source: mehrnews.com, radiozamaneh.com




Activist Mahdi Hamidi Shafigh has been arrested in Tabriz to serve a prisonsentence of 21 months after being summoned by the local Intelligence Ministry.
He had been arrested in September along with 28 others and charged with conspiring against national security.
source: iranbriefing.net

The securitychief in Yemen asked Iran to stop training and funding Shi’ite Muslim rebels who, along with al Qaeda-backed Islamists and southern separatists, are staging the unrest in Yemen.
The president of Yemen’s National Security Board said that AlQaeda appeared not to number more than 700-800 in the country, including a few hundred Saudis.
source: iranbriefing.net

The British bank HSBC agreed to pay $1.9 billion to settle money-laundering charges.
The bank is accused of transferring billions of dollars for Iran, despite international sanctions, and transferring money from Mexican drug cartels through the U.S. financial system to legitimize the funds.
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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