OPINION Publish Your Opinion too. Make sure that it is: A) Related to the Save Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani Campaign B) Exclusively written for ICAS site, C) Comprehensible D) Free from profanity and ad hominem Abbas Goya September 7, 2010 Factors involved In my opinion, there is no such a thing as an absolute self-relied phenomena [...]
In defence of Teresa Lewis and Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani By Maryam Namazie 41 year old Teresa Lewis was executed on Thursday 23 September in the US state of Virginia despite having learning difficulties. Her case made headlines because she was the first woman to be put to death in the US for five years and [...]
By Maryam Namazie The Islamic Republic of Iran and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have raised the issue of 41 year old Teresa Lewis’ impending execution in the US to challenge the “storm” surrounding 43 year old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani who has been sentenced to death by stoning in Iran. Clearly both women must not be executed. Executions [...]
Asqar Karimi September 18, 2010 Twenty-two years ago In the summer of 1988, in days like these days, the Islamic Republic committed a horrendous crime: it executed thousands of political prisoners in just a few weeks’ time, and buried them in unmarked graves. As a result of rising protest by the people who had been [...]
On the 5 September BBC Sunday Morning Live debate on ‘whether it is right to condemn Iran for stoning, studio guest psychologist Aric Sigmund made some interesting (to say the least) contributions during the debate ‘is it right to condemn Iran for stoning.’ He said: ‘I have been to Iran by the way, and like [...]
A woman’s life is at stake A BBC Sunday Morning Live Executive Producer has responded to my complaint about their programme’s bias against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s stoning case. Below you will see his email and my reply. 8 September 2010 Dear Maryam Namazie Thank you for your email to Sunday Morning Live this afternoon, which [...]
Open letter to BBC Sunday Morning Live on its unfair and biased reporting Maryam Namazie 8 September 2010 BBC Sunday Morning Live invited me to join its debate on whether ‘it is right to condemn Iran for stoning’ on 5 September 2010 via webcam. During the debate, the programme allowed only two interventions via webcam [...]
Abbas Goya September 6, 2010 Fact Sheet: Mohammad Mostafaei is NOT Sakineh’s lawyer. Sakineh’s children have dismissed Mostafaei officially. As per Sajjad’s open letter Mostafaei has never directly taken the status of Sakineh’s lawyer but via a female lawyer, and even that lasted for a short time and cost Sakineh’s family a considerable amount of [...]
