Twenty-nine people convicted of crimes including drug 
trafficking, murder and rape were hanged in Iran yesterday, in the country's 
biggest mass execution in years.

                  The executions were in defiance of growing criticism of 
Iran's human rights record.

                  Eight women and a man also face death by stoning for 
adultery, despite a moratorium introduced in 2002 on such executions, an 
Iranian human rights group said last week.

                  Saeed Mortazavi, Tehran's prosecutor, said: “The 29 who 
were executed were involved in the smuggling of narcotics on a wide scale, 
organised crime, murder and armed robbery. We are hoping Tehran will become 
the most unsafe place for drug dealers, thugs and troublemakers and also 
violators of people's honour.”
                  Amnesty International said that Iran executed at least 317 
people last year, trailing only China, which carried out 470 death 
sentences.

                  And we are expected to sit back and welcome Iran as a 
nuclear power !!
                  Both US presidential candidates HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT 
THEY WILL NOT ALLOW IRAN TO BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER.

                  Can anyone possibly imagine this part of the world , 
Cyprus included , becoming part of the Iranian sphere of influence , if Iran 
was to become a super power in the M.East that is, having first oblitarated 
Israel as per General Paphitis !! . No more swimming no more WINE no more 
barbers , stoning to death a regular occurrence and of course no more 
infidelities !! The Russian women will most probably be sent to Siberia !!! 
Are we to sit back and become a nation of theocratic wankers !

"and also violators of peoples honour"
heh heh.   We are talking Arabs here!