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January 9th, 2007 - One Day Left!

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. Iran is signatory to international treaties which forbid them to execute any one under the age of 18; however they continue to do so.

Nazanin retrial will take place January 10th, 2007.
In this new trial the Islamic Republic Court will either:

a) spare the life of Nazanin and release her from prison or
b) announce a prison sentence of x number of years or
c) re-condemn Nazanin for execution or
d) ask Nazanin to negotiate "dieh" (Blood Money) with the family of the alleged rapist and have her released subject to her paying that amount.

There is still some time to make a difference.
Please click here and sign the online petition being sent to the Secretary General of the United Nations, The United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights, Louise Arbour, The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, and The Head of the Judiciary of IRI, Ayatollah Mahmoud Has.


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