Tehran, YJC. Iran’s parliament has defined 6-month to 2-year sentences on cold weapons.
Member
of the Judicial and Legal Committee of Majlis board of directors says the
parliament has passed a bill to ban the use of cold weapons.
Speaking
in interview with ICANA, Abolfazl Abutorabi stated that 1,100 people are
annually murdered in Iran, 90 percent of which are killed by cold weapons.
He added
"Many cases of fight, rape, and bank robbery are carried out with cold weapons,
which will be diminished with the bill to ban cold weapons and intensify
crackdown on violent crime.”
Abutorabi
further said "Accordingly, the manufacturing of brass knuckles, cutlasses,
cutters, ratchet knives, and chain whips is illegal.”
He added
that the law considers violators liable for 6 months to 2 years in prison.