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 [...]
PR 76 September 29, 2010 Sajjad Asks Municipalities around the World to Help Free His Mother In a letter that Sajjad Ghaderzadeh has written on September 26, he has sought support from municipalities worldwide in demanding his mother’s release. In this letter, Sajjad thanks individuals and organizations who have worked to save his mother. He [...]
PR 75 September 27, 2010 The Danger of Execution Is Still Hanging Over Sakineh’s Head Mohsen Ejaei, spokesperson of the Judiciary power of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced today, September 27, 2010, that Sakineh was sentenced to stoning as well as execution [for the fabricated murder charge invented by the regime], and that the [...]
To OFCOM I am writing to complain about BBC Sunday Morning Live’s factually incorrect statements on a 5th September programme entitled “Is it Right to Condemn Iran for Stoning?” The principal reason for my complaint is statements made by Susanna Reid which were factually false and which gave the impression that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is [...]
Dear Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban-ki Moon, I salute you and your colleagues. More power to you all. I hope you will listen to what I humbly present to you in this letter. My name is Sajad Ghaderzadeh. I am the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. I know that my mother’s name [...]
Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie Larry King’s overly cordial interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad failed to press the head of a repressive Islamic Republic of Iran on many issues raised, including on the Iran stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. When asked about the stoning case, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad replied: ‘This lady’s case has not been completely [...]
I accept this ‘accusation’ with pride! A reply to Ahmadinejad’s denial of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s stoning verdict On Sunday 19 September, in an interview with ABC Television in the US, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke of Sakineh Mohamadi Ashtiani’s sentence to stoning and said “This lady has never been sentenced to stoning.” He also said, “An individual [...]
On Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s lies about stoning By Farshad Hoseini This is the second year that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presence is causing a storm of international protests. Last year, it was primarily due to Neda Agha-Soltan’s murder in broad daylight at a Tehran protest and this year it is the Iran stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. [...]
This is the first photo of Sajjad, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s 22 year old son. He is with Hatun Kian, Sakineh’s lawyer. This photo may be used by the media without permission. Credit, however, must be given to the International Committee against Stoning. A new handwritten letter from Sajjad in Persian follows.
Urgent Action: Call on UN General Assembly to condemn stoning, demand Sakineh’s release and boycott Ahmadinejad’s government September 22, 2010 Mahmoud Ahamdinejad’s address to the UN General Assembly yesterday was in effect boycotted by delegates. Very few turned up to hear him speak and even less understood what he had to say as there was [...]
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 [...]
The following open letter calling for Ahmadinejad and his government to be boycotted at the upcoming UN General Assembly Meeting was published in the Guardian on 21 September 2010: We, the undersigned, are writing to ask that the UN General Assembly condemn stoning as a crime against humanity and issue an emergency resolution calling for [...]
UPDATE: 21 September 2010: Facebook reinstated both accounts. Thanks to everyone who protested their action and got us back in! Protest Facebook’s disabling of Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazi’s accounts Since Monday 14 September, Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie’s Facebook accounts have been disabled. This attack on the campaign to save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani must [...]
PR 72 September 19, 2010 Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani: Open letter to the honorable editors of the ABC News Network, I challenge Mr. Ahmadinejad to a debate on your network. This morning, Sunday, September 19, we read from various Iranian news networks that Mr. Ahmadinejad has commented about the case of our [...]
18 September protests: A visual report AUSTRIA Vienna CANADA Misisssauga Ottawa Toronto Vancouver Vancouver2 Vancouver FRANCE Becancon Lyon GERMANY Bremen Durtmond Frankfurt Hamburg Laipzik GREECE Athens NETHERLANDS Amsterdam NORWAY Oslo SWEDEN Boras Karlskrona Malmo Orebro Stockholm [...]
