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Public hangings continue in Iran

NCR Secretariat, Mar. 17 - The regime's media reported the executions of 10 people last week. On March 12, two people were hanged publicly in the city of Sedeh and two others in the city of Shahin-Shahr in Isfahan province (central Iran). In Shahin-Shahr, the mullahs used two cranes. Before the hangings, the executioners flogged the victims, Jamshid Mehrban, 22, Ali Mir-Enayat, 23, Nasser Sa'adat and Mohammad Mehdi Baladi, respectively. The same day, four were hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison on so-called moral offenses. Two others, Jahangir Eshaqi and Beheshti-pour were hanged on March 11 in Mashad prison, northeast Iran. Previously, in the first week of March, 12 people were hanged in northeastern Khorassan and northwestern Azerbaijan provinces, bringing to 22 the number of publicly announced executions in the first two weeks of this month.

National Security Council meets

Tehran radio, Mar. 16 - In the last session of the National Security Council for the current year, the latest security incidents and problems were considered. Interior Minister Besharati summarized the state of security across the country and the remarkable achievement of the government in maintaining security.

Official admits oil workers still in jail

Radio Israel, Mar. 14 - Alireza Mahjoub, a deputy from Tehran said that 20 oil workers who took part in demonstrations in front of the Ministry of Oil in Tehran last month are still in jail. Western news agencies had reported the arrest of 300 workers.

Guards Corps holds war games

Resaalat, Mar. 13 - The Guards Corps' 17th division staged an operational-combat exercise near Qom, south of Tehran. The seven-day maneuver involves a bridge, an anti-aircraft battalion and the division's armored regiment in a 100 square kilometer area. The division commander said that the exercise essentially combines armored units with infantry forces. The aim is to maintain their combat capability against surprise action by the enemy.

24-hour patrol battalions set up

State radio (Ilam), Mar. 11 - The commander of the State security forces in Ilam province (western Iran) said that in order to maintain calm in the province during Nowrooz celebrations, 24-hour patrol battalions, and 85 temporary security stations in the main and periphery roads would be set up to control the movement of the people during Nowrooz holidays. To control bus drivers, a number of traffic personnel will be on board buses as undercover agents. mobile teams will be stationed in hotels and motels on a 24-hour basis. C-130 crash kills all 86 on board

AFP, Mar. 14- IRNA reported that none of the passengers survived the crash of a military jet near Mashad, northeast Iran. Among the 86 on board the C-130 plane, 45 were from the ground forces, 22 technicians, eight were members of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and three were air force personnel. The accident occurred the day after Khamenei met a group of air force officers in Dezful (southwestern Khuzistan province). The plane was on its way to Mashad from Dezful. Observers in Tehran said a number military officials may have been on board.

36,000 accidents every year

Abrar, Mar. 13 - Transportation Minister Akbar Torkan said there are 120 accidents for every 10,000 vehicles in Iran. The figure in other countries is 12 per 10,000. He added annually, 36,000 accidents are reported for three million cars.

Mullahs' prevarications denied

PMI, Mar. 13 - A Mojahedin press spokesman categorically denied the baseless claim made today by the mullahs concerning an alleged attack on "the Mojahedin command headquarters in Baghdad" on Saturday March 8. The spokesman described the fabricated report as a desperate reaction by the clerical regime in the face of successive gains and victories by the Iranian Resistance in different areas, and especially the rising support accorded to the Resistance and its President-elect Maryam Rajavi by the people of Iran.

Exporting physicians! Tehran radio, Mar. 14 - Excerpts from Rafsanjani's sermon at Tehran's Friday prayers: Some of my comments may prompt you to chant Allah-o Akbar (God is the greatest), but for the sake of brevity I'll try to be brief. The shortage of doctors from which we suffered in the past is now turning into a problem of surplus physicians. We are after a plan to export physicians.

No comment!

State radio (Kermanshah), Mar. 15 - Mullah Zarandi, Friday Prayer leader of Kermanshah: Today is March 14. [Several years ago] today a number of our beloved were killed by the blind-hearted Mojahedin during Tehran's Friday prayers. These are the kind of people who intend to come to Iran. His wife wants to become your President and he himself wants to become the leader. This is why they do these things. His wife wants to become the President and he himself wants to become the leader. Did you see how they read the marriage vows together? I listened to the tape, they read the marriage vows jointly... If, God forbid, God forbid, they were to come to Iran and establish a government, you can imagine what they will do! This woman and this man! There will be nothing left for you, because they themselves do not have anything.

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