From the regime’s media…

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

· Only 5.2% of Iranians find Ahmadinejad’s outfit suitable. In a 1300 person poll taken in Tehran last week, 68.5% had enough courage to admit that they found Ahmadinejad’s attire to be a complete embarrassment. READ MORE

· Seven million people in Iran are diabetic; only 1.5 million of those receive treatment. (Fars News Agency, Nov. 7th).

· The disciplinary forces of the Province of Qom, aiming to “purge various guilds, professions and organizations from propagation of social corruption” have begun confiscating plastic store mannequins and shutting down 110 boutiques and dress shops! (From a weekly report of the above-mentioned forces in Qom)

· On any given day, in Shiraz, more than 20 thousand drug syringes are found. Four thousand of these came from one drug trafficking ring alone. (ISNA, Nov. 7th).