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“Necessary Facilities” Lacking For Stoning After keeping quiet about the fate of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian authorities suddenly issued a statement saying that the stoning sentence passed on her could be substituted with a hanging sentence because the prison lacks the “necessary facilities” to execute a stoning sentence. About The Case In 2006, 44-year old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was [...] Putting Secular Nationalism Ahead Of Islam? It is ironic that while President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is viewed as an extreme hardliner abroad, at home he is more like a nationalist fighting against Islamic extremism. His oponents led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei view President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his followers as a ”deviant current” that puts secular nationalism ahead [...] Prominent Celebrities, Artists And Nobel Laureates Outraged The international community’s scrutiny on the case of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is intensifying. In an open letter published on the front page of The Times of London newspaper recently, celebrities including Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Sting, Colin Firth, artist Damien Hirst, Nobel literature laureates Wole Soyinka and [...] “Oppression Still Exists” Finally a call has gone out for more women’s rights by someone of influence in Iran. But the question is whether this call will lead to any change in a country where women have very few rights. Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaie Sounding the clarion call for more women’s rights is Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaie, who is related to President Mahmoud [...] Hojatoleslam Kazen Sedighi Says Women Are The Culprits While scientists, seismologists and geologists all over the world are talking about fault lines and tectonic plates, an Iranian cleric said recently that the real cause of earthquakes is actually the promiscuous women. Now this is a new theory to me, but Iran’s acting Friday prayer leader Hojatoleslam Kazen Sedighi believes [...] How true the old saying: He who pays the piper calls the tune. In blogosphere, there are several reports (from the same source – therealitycheck.org) that a new hospital in Bolivia, funded by Iran, has bowed to the demands of the Iranians that all female nurses there must wear the hijab as part of their uniform. It [...] |
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