Iranians who own dogs could be fined 100 million rials and punished with 74 lashes for walking their pets or even keeping them at home, under a proposed law.
A court in Iran staged a trial this month for Ghoncheh Ghavami, the British Iranian activist who was arrested for attending a volleyball game, but she still awaits the final verdict.
A judge in Iran sentenced a Christian man to having his lips burnt with a lit cigarette because he ate food at daytime during the holy month of Ramadan.