Police in Iran's capital Tehran have said they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution.

SOME 300 drug traffickers are on death row in Iran, the judiciary has announced, reflecting Tehran’s hard line on narcotics which has added to international concerns over its extensive use of capital punishment.

Iran today mourned the 115 people killed when a military plane crashed into an apartment building in Tehran, with the media running tributes to the many journalists on board and relatives criticising the government.

DISSIDENT Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji was last night reported to be continuing on hunger strikdespite claims from an official who said he was eating again.