Iran: more December 18, 2012

In the prison of Kashan is on December 17 one man hanged.
The report says that the man was arrested in 2009 and he is convicted for keeping and trafficking of 681 grams of crack.
The man was not named.
source: iranhr.net

A commander of IRGC said on Monday that Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) plans to hold military drills in the Street of Hormuz before the end of the Iranian calendaryear (March 20).
The exact date and nature of the drills were not mentioned.
source: iranbriefing.net




Nika en Nava Kholosi two bahai sisters from Mashhad had been arrested two months ago and are in jail since.
No reason for their arrest has been given to their families.
source: iranbriefing.net

In Tabas, Yazd province a colemine collapsed, killing 4 miners and another four missing. The probable cause is an explosion of gas.
According to officials the explosion blocked the main entranc to the tunnel.
source: dailystar.com

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei announced on December 13 a Facebookpage. For more than five years the office of Khamenei is active on the internet and he has a Twitteraccount with 72.000 followers and 32000 tweets and an Instagramaccount.
Meanwhile the Iranian government blocks websites, including Facebook and Twitter and Iranian users can only access them through proxies.
source: radiozamaneh.com

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In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.


Children are being hanged to death.

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