Oct 15, 2022 · International. Blaze, shots heard from prison in Iran capital amid protests Protests have swept the country after public outrage over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.

Iran is currently fighting a major drug war on its provinces in the east, primarily Sistan and Baluchistan province and parts of Khorasan province. Since Iran borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, the two largest opium-producing countries in the world, Iran is a major trafficking route to Europe and the west. Since 2000, up to 2,000 Iranian ...

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime.Historically, capital punishment has been used in almost every part of the world. Currently, the large majority of countries have either abolished or discontinued the practice.

Oct 15, 2022 · This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. AP A huge fire blazed at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital.

Capital punishment was abolished in Turkey in 2004, and no prisoners have been executed since October 1984. The method of execution was hanging History ... Turkey's gallows were very simple and inexpensive (similar to Iran). People convicted …

Oct 15, 2022 · At least 233 protesters have been killed since demonstrations swept Iran on Sept. 17, according to U.S.-based rights monitor HRANA. The group said 32 among the dead were below the age of 18.

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Russia, but is not used due to a moratorium and no death sentences or executions have occurred since 2 August 1996.Russia has a moratorium implicitly established by President Boris Yeltsin in 1996, and explicitly established by the Constitutional Court of Russia in 1999 and reaffirmed in 2009. Three foreign fighters were sentenced to death …

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Oct 15, 2022 · A huge fire blazed Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital, injuring at least nine people, according to state media. Online videos and local media reported gunshots, as nationwide protests entered a fifth week. Iran's state-run IRNA reported there were clashes between prisoners in one ward …

In his nightly address, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President has said: "It is obvious for everyone what Ukraine is, what the presence of our flag is. "When there is a Ukrainian flag, there is ...