Due to worldwide pressure and exposure, and by direct order of Ayatollah Shahrudi, the highest authority of the Iranian Judiciary, the death sentence of Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi has been removed.
Can't see this diaried on here so far. Some GREAT news for a change.
Last week sonicreducr and redsox diaried on here about Iranian 18 year old Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi who had been sentenced to death in Iran for killing a man to defend herself from rape.
I've just seen this post Nazanin will live.
More below
From the
Save Nazanin page
Through our contacts in Iran, including the International Committee Against Execution and Amnesty International in London, we have just been alerted to an article in the Iranian Newspaper "Hamshari" which reports that the Supreme Court has rejected the death sentence against Nazanin
From Amnesty International Canada
John Tackaberry, of Amnesty International Canada, said Amnesty's Iran researchers say that the newspaper Hamshahri reported yesterday that following a request by the head of the Iranian judiciary, the country's supreme court has stayed Ms. Fatehi's earlier sentence.
"We are trying to get the full details, but at this point I understand that the supreme court rejected the death sentence against her, apparently on the orders of the head of the judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi," Mr. Tackaberry said.
However from the myspace page,
as singer and namesake Nazanin Afshin-Jam wrote in her letter today: "The Save Nazanin Campaign is far from over as "further investigation" has been ordered into the case."
and
she has to pay blood money to the family of the killed attacker according to the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran..
Hopefully more news will be forthcoming.
So well done to everyone who recommended Sonicreducr's diary to bring Dkos attention to this and especially all those who took further action to strengthen the Dkos contribution to what appears to have been a successful effort.
:-)