Iran: more December 17, 2012

Iran critized the EU for awarding the 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and filmmaker Jafar Panahi

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The spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that the EU had a political goal by giving the prize and should focus on rights shortcomings inside the EU.
source: rferl.org




Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani , son of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been released on bail on December 16, 2012, following completing the investigation.
He was arrested in September accused of inciting unrest following the 2009 Iranian presidential election.
source: rferl.org

Antiviruscompany Symantec said that Iranian authorities discovered a new computervirus that wipes files on different drives in various predefined times. It also wipes files from the desktop.
According to CERTCC.ir it is not a complicated virus without being recognized by anti-virus software.
source: security.nl


The naval chief of Revolutionary Guard said that Iran captured at least 2 other American drones before unveiling the capture of the ScanEagle earlier this month.
Newsagency IRNA did not report when this happened.
source: dailystar.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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