Iran: more January 10, 2013

Australia has announced an expansion of the sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
The Australian minister of foreign affairs said that the new sanctions target Iran’s financial, trade, energy, and transport sectors.
The Australian sanctions are in line with measures already imposed by the European Union and other countries.
source: rferl.org



Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that three civil activists were arrested in Azerbaijan: Ayat Mehr Ali Biglu in Soufian, Sirvan Hossein Panahi in Dehgolan and Mohammad Khatibi in Tabriz.
Five members of an undergroundband were arrested suspected of producing music for Farsi-speaking, dissident satellite channels based in the U.S.
source: en-hrana.com

The swap of 2139 prisoners of the Syrian regime against 48 Iranian hostages exposes the extent of the Syrian regime's dependence on Tehran, said Syrian National Council.
According to them Syria is the only regime in the world that exchanges its own citizens' freedom for the freedom of citizens of foreign states.
source: dailystar.com.lb



After several years of Internet activists asking Yahoo! to secure its email service by adding a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) option, Yahoo! has recently begun to provide this option.
In a joint letter of November 2012, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and 25 other organizations and activists asked Yahoo! to provide the HTTPS option to its users.
source: iranhumanrights.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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