Execution of Rape Victims in Iran
On August 15th 2004, a 16-year-old girl was hanged in a public square in Neka, Iran, a small industrial town by the Caspian Sea. Her death sentence was for crimes against chastity. Her name was Atefah Sahaaleh. The only evidence against Atefah was her own forced confession. Atefah railed against her judge in court for its unfairness, but this was her undoing. Judge Haji Rezai, who was also the local mullah, prosecutor and head of the city administration, personally obtained permission from Iran's Supreme Court to execute her, and put the noose around her neck himself before she was hoisted on a crane jib arm to her death. Using undercover footage, eyewitness accounts and drama recontruction, this film tells an unforgettable story of the life and tragic death of an ordinary teenage girl under Iran's mullahs.
The producer of the documentary explains how she risked her life to secretly make the film in Iran: http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1830833,00.html?gusrc=rss
Length: 48 mins.
WATCH MOVIE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHqnSe3EqpA&mode=related&search=
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The Case of Nazanin Fatehi
Please help save Nazanin. On January 3, 2006, 18-year-old Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi was sentenced to death for murder by court in Iran after she stabbed one of three men who attempted to rape her and her 16-year-old niece in a park in Karaj (a suburb of Tehran) in March 2005. She was seventeen at the time. The court sentenced her to death by hanging. Her sentence was later overturned and a re-trial was held. However, there has been no verdict and she remains in prison indefinitely. She may still be sentenced to death by hanging (lofted by crane).
ABOVE VIDEO: A spokesperson for the Save Nazanin Campaign.
UK-RAP GROUP MAKES SONG: The group named Persian Princes has a very moving song called "Nazanin" which can be heard on their myspace website or downloaded here (3.83 Meg MP3). Their radio interview (in Farsi) regarding the plight of those suffering in Iran can be heard on their website under the link "The Music." It's an emotional interview.
Nazanin Afshin-Jam is Miss Canada 2003 and an accomplished singer, and is notably responsible to bringing world attention to the campaign to save Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi (on death row in Iran). Her music and pictures can be viewed at: http://www.myspace.com/nazaninmusic
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