Iran has the second-highest annual rate of executions in the world, after China.[1]According to the regime, those executed are criminals convicted of felonies such as murder, rape and drug trafficking; human rights activists say that some are regime opponents.[2]
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Syrian army ‘using children as human shields’
Syrian troops are using children as young as nine-years-old as human shields, forcing them to ride on top of government tanks to deter opposition attacks, a UN report has stated.
Ministry of Health alarmed about smoking rates for children
Iran’s Health Minister has warned that Iranian students are taking up smoking at increasingly younger ages.
Annan: ‘Bold steps’ needed for Syria peace
Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has called on the country’s government to take bold steps to prove its commitment to restoring peace during a visit to Damascus.
The Children of Prisons
The deputy of Management and Expansion of Prisons stated that currently 70 children live in prisons because their mothers are imprisoned.
UN confirms ‘massacre’ of children in Houla
UN leader Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan have condemned a massacre of more than 90 civilians in Syria as an “appalling and brutal” breach of international law.
Iran’s rules change for children born to foreign fathers
New legislation passed by the Iranian Parliament grants permanent residency to children to born to Iranian mothers and foreign fathers.
Gonabadi Dervish Was Fired From “Institute For Intellectual Development Of Children Of Lorestan”
Gonabadi dervish, Mrs.Mahtab Bazvand the contemporary sonneteer poet due to dependence to the Gonabadi Dervishes Order, after serving 12 years in the “Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and young Adult of Lorestan” Was fired.
Five children killed daily in traffic accidents in Iran
A Tehran city official reports that traffic accidents claim the lives of five children on a daily basis in Iran.
Street-children and child-labourers run high risk of contracting AIDS
“More than 32% percent of street-children and child-labourers are sexually abused, and most suffer from physical and psychological disorders,”