Iran: decide

Next Monday and Tuesday, May 25 and 26, this blog will not appear in the Dutch version. (proefondervindelijk).



In the prison of the city of Isfahan is May 19 a man hanged.
Newsagency Fars reported that the man Mahmood, 25 was convicted of the murder of another man.
source: iranhr.net



The lawyer of Akram Mahdavi (34) has told in an interview with Rooz Online that the case is in consultation with the head of the judiciary.
She is sentenced to death and is in Rajai Shahr prison in the city of Karaj.
$ 18,500 is collected but the victims family refuses to give clemency.
Akram Mahdavi murdered her 50-year older husband, after eight years of forced marriage and two refused divorce applications.
source: ihrv.org


Human rightslawyer and founder of Society for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights, Emad Baghi, has won the the 2009 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.
His documenting of death row prisoners in Iran, including juvenile offenders, has served as an important resource for United Nations and other rights groups.
Baghi spent the past four years in prison and is released August 2008 with a critical condition.
He suffers from heart and kidney ailments, and still faces charges for his work for prisoners' rights. These charges include research that showed Islamic law holds no doctrinal requirement for maintaining capital punishment.
source: in.reuters.com


Presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi's wife, told a gathering of young women who support Mousavi, that women in Iran should have a greater social freedom.
They must feel both secure and liberated, in other words, they must be allowed to freely choose their career, work environment, and clothing [in compliance with Islamic dress code].
Zahra Rahnavard Arts professor at the University of Tehran, also said that with the adoption of the correct policies, discrimination could end.
Mousavi himself said Tuesday that he promises to try to broaden women's rights by seeking changes in legislation.
He is the first candidate in Iranian politics to introduce his wife in an active role in the campaign.
source: Press TV


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl