At least two women were hanged to death on the eve of International Women’s Day in a prison in Iran. One of the prisoners, identified as Mehrnoosh Qavasi, was in her fifties. She was executed after serving many years in prison.
Before being transferred to Qezel Hesar Prison in the city of Karaj for execution, the two victims were held in the infamous Qarchak (Gharchak) women’s prison in the city of Varamin where conditions are harsh.
On Saturday, March 7, a grand gathering, “For Tolerance and Equality against Fundamentalism and Misogyny”, was held in Berlin to mark the International Women’s Day and address the many challenges and hurdles in the pursuit of gender equality. One of the major themes discussed at the event was the extremely destructive role of Islamic Fundamentalism in relation to women rights. Be it the Middle East or Africa, Asia or Europe – Islamic Fundamentalism has emerged as a serious threat to human and women rights, and has to be overcome for the advancement of the cause.
During an event titled “Right to access to medical care” held on February 20, calls were made in favour of lifting the cruel medical siege on Camp Liberty, which has severely added to the many hardships faced by unarmed residents.
Saman Naseem, an Iranian-Kurdish man was arrested at the mere age of seventeen; he underwent false trials where he was prosecuted on the charges of “enmity with God” and “Corruption on Earth”.
He was sentenced to death by these sham Mullah Courts and the decision was upheld by the regimes supreme courts in 2014. Catherine Ray the EU spokesperson for foreign affairs urged the Iranian authorities not to execute Saman. Mrs Ray said, “We call on the Iranian authorities to abide by international human rights law, under which the execution of juvenile offenders is a violation of international minimum standards, and not to carry out the execution of Mr Naseem or any other juvenile offender.”
The Iranian regime continues to commit gross violations of human rights despite repeated calls by rights groups and other countries for revision of policy. In Iran, people are subjected to medieval laws that proscribe death penalty and other cruel punishments for a wide range of crimes.
Two men, were hanged to death in a southeastern city of Iran on Sunday. The two men had been in prison for four years prior to their execution. They had been sentenced to death for enmity with God.
Somewhere in Iran in a grimy cell lies Saman Naseem, a political prisoner in the grasp of the Fundamentalist regime beaten, bruised and tortured physically and mentally.
This poor soul is scheduled to be executed on 19th February. According to Amnesty International Saman was tortured and a forced confession was recorded to air on television.
The Islamic State’s (IS or ISIS) lust for blood remains unsatisfied as it continues to subject innocent people to inhumane treatment under the pretext of religion. A series of incidents involving beheadings, immolation, rapes and murders has made it clear that the terrorist group’s depravity knows no bounds. The idea is to remain at the center of everyone’s attention and spread terror through mainstream and social media. Recent videos show that ISIS is investing in production and desperate to create a spectacle to ensure that it gets the coverage it deserves.
The only objective of holding negotiations with Iran should be to reach a deal, which ensures that the regime does not become a nuclear power. Any deal, which leaves Iran with the technology and capability to work on its nuclear programme, would prove to be extremely damaging in the future for the Iranian regime will eventually attempt to make a nuclear bomb. P5+1 countries (US, UK, Russia, China, France and Germany) would have achieved nothing more than a temporary lull if they go ahead with the proposed nuclear deal.
The current Iranian regime, one that is subsumed with ‘Mullahs’ has once again called for a correction of the ‘true’ image of Islam, one they coerce the Iranians to follow. A protest erupted in Tehran, after Iranian police began removing satellite dishes from the roofs of homes and hurling them into the street below. It was only halted, when there was fear that the protest could spread to other areas of the city.
This police action was part of the latest crackdown on satellite TV by the regime’s rulers, who have also used teenage members of the Basij paramilitary force, an organization of civilian volunteers, to remove dishes and confiscate satellite equipment in other parts of the country.
