Maritime News Agency of Iran Maritime News Agency of Iran [Iran] Maritime News Agency (MANA)is a private news agency in Iran launched in 2004. Its purpose is to cover a variety of marine, shipping, tourism and navy news along with other fields related to the industry. The website states it is the sole news wire service to cover marine news in the Iran. The news agency has given large coverage to events such as shipping and Persian Gulf news, as well as the Caspian Sea. MANA's main headquarters for news is based in Iran's capital Tehran, with reporters across the country and region. The news
Capital punishment in Iran trial that lasted a couple of minutes. His wife insists Hosseini was innocent. She says Hosseini was arrested because he got into an altercation with the authorities, and the drugs were actually discovered by authorities in another place. Hosseini never pleaded guilty. At that Judge Tayerani replied: "If you are innocent, then you will go to heaven after you are hanged." Capital punishment in Iran Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iran. Crimes punishable by death include murder; rape; child molestation; sodomy; drug trafficking; armed robbery; kidnapping; terrorism; burglary; pedophilia; homosexuality; incestuous relations; fornication; prohibited sexual relations; sexual misconduct;