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Iran’s hanging of Reyhaneh Jabbari condemned

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Reyhaneh Jabbari hangedIran has gone ahead with an execution of a woman despite an international campaign urging a reprieve.

Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, was hanged in a Tehran prison on Saturday morning. She had been convicted of killing a man she said was trying to sexually abuse her.

Jabbari was arrested in 2007 for the murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former intelligence ministry worker.

Human rights group Amnesty International said her execution was “deeply disappointing in the extreme”.

Both the US State Department and British Foreign Office condemned the execution.
UK Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood MP called on Iran to abolish the use of the death penalty.

“The UN noted that her conviction was allegedly based on confessions made while under threat. I urge Iran to put a moratorium on all executions,” he said in a statement.

A campaign calling for a halt to the execution was launched on Facebook and Twitter last month and appeared to have brought a temporary stay in execution.

However, government news agency Tasnim said on Saturday that Jabbari had been executed after her relatives failed to gain consent from the victim’s family for a reprieve.

It said her claims of self-defence had not been proved in court.

A Facebook page set up to campaign for a stay now says simply: “Rest in peace”.

‘True intentions’

Reyhaneh Jabbari defends herself at a court hearing
Reyhaneh Jabbari defends herself at a court hearing

After her arrest, Jabbari had been placed in solitary confinement for two months, where she reportedly did not have access to a lawyer or her family.

She was sentenced to death by a criminal court in Tehran in 2009.

Amnesty International said she was convicted after a deeply flawed investigation.

Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme said: “This is another bloody stain on Iran’s human rights record.”
“Tragically, this case is far from uncommon. Once again Iran has insisted on applying the death penalty despite serious concerns over the fairness of the trial.”

Amnesty said that although Jabbari admitted to stabbing Abdolali Sarbandi once in the back, she alleged that there was someone else in the house who actually killed him.

Jalal Sarbandi, the victim’s eldest son, said Jabbari had refused to identify the man.

He told Iranian media in April: “Only when her true intentions are exposed and she tells the truth about her accomplice and what really went down will we be prepared to grant mercy,”

The United Nations says Iran has executed about 250 people this year.

BBC

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28 responses to “Iran’s hanging of Reyhaneh Jabbari condemned”

  1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    Yes hanging this poor woman who was sexually assaulted by the Ayatollah puppets..there is no difference between ISIS and Iranian gov’t. they both the same except Iran does things quietly until it gets caught. What about the extremists who attacked 4 women with acids 2 weeks ago because they were not veil.. what happened to these mother fuckers.. tell me Khameini you damned bastard..

    1. ProudShia Avatar
      ProudShia

      How dare you? Ayatollahs are no Isis or them sunnis. You don’t know squat. You ignorant lebo christian. Lebanon and its army is owned by us Persians, forgot!?

      1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
        nagy_michael2

        I don’t know squat. what the hell Iran and Hezbollah doing in Syria assisting Shabiha in slaughtering Syrians before ISiS came over? what the hello are you doing in Lebanon causing it war after war and causing LAF to die for your sake? what have you done by controlling lebanon other than kill every fiber of lebanese society and economy? Have you forgotten the assasinations of many lebanese leaders and civilians? have you no eyes or ears listening to the ayatollahs of iran telling us the Lebanon is a second front against israel and we will use it when we see fit. Where were you when Iran and Syrian allowing Al Qaada to kill american soldiers and shiites even in order to cause chaos.. even Maliki accused Bashar then of opening the roads to Al Qaada. what difference does it make if you kill us slowly or fast like ISIS? go put your head in the sands because you ain’t worth nothing you punk. And lastly no i didn’t forget that you own Lebanon but also the Ayatollah owns you. Dumb people like you follow the hypocrites and the devils like him blindly of course..
        what have you to be proud of you idiot???? do not be so proud soon the ISIS will turn against you but for now you are in bed together.. Otherwise why don’t help your fellow shiites in Iraq and bomb them? so what does that make you Iran=ISIS.. no difference..

        1. ProudShia Avatar
          ProudShia

          Many things actually…defending, resisting, saving lives, etc. against those nasibis.
          What can you do about it? Same ol’ rhetoric’s but Iran and shias are still standing, winning, and ruling all over ME.
          Good joke, Isis will turn against us. Keep dreaming. Why would they? How would they? We are not some Sunnis or nasibi country that they can just come and take over.
          Isis = iran another lie. Dont you people get tired of lying? Do you have any prove or just same stupid propaganda like them dumb Sunnis?
          BTW, go and ask protection and help from mighty nasrallah like that maronite christian Aoun if you want to live happily in our province, Lebanon.

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Dork.

          2. doron Avatar
            doron

            and you know..sometimes people call me arrogant lol..you just shot out of the scale..
            be careful..arab never forgets

          3. nagy_michael2 Avatar
            nagy_michael2

            my thoughts exactly

          4. ProudShia Avatar
            ProudShia

            Really? What anyone can do about it? You are arrogant where as we are the protectors of human life’s who actually care about life. Resisting oppression from people like you is what we do. We bring peace unlike you who brings destruction.

          5. doron Avatar
            doron

            hahahaha…you got that right, i bring as much arrogant as you are a protector of human lives lol…and of the executioners of this woman alike 😉

          6. nagy_michael2 Avatar
            nagy_michael2

            you are so stupid and arrogant that makes you even dumber. i am not going to bother engaging you in any conversation here..

          7. ProudShia Avatar
            ProudShia

            Good as truth hurts. Iran and Hezbollah are untouchable powers. It’s better you accept that reality fast before you are out of time n luck.

        2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
          TheUSequalsTheIS

          “I don’t know squat” u in a nutshell

      2. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Squat is what they walk in.
        In some places those ‘religious boneheads’ rape the woman, then accuse her of adultery or anything ‘naughty’ that comes to mind, drag her to a stoning booth where the crowd can have some target practice, and kill her that way.
        In ‘Sharia’ it seems it’s all and always the woman’s fault.
        And did anyone really expect the son of ‘a former intelligence ministry worker’ (non-specific job description there) to grant any kind of leniency??
        The ‘men’ couldn’t stand to be having to feed their cow while it was locked up in prison, and not ‘working’ at the baby-factory.

        1. ProudShia Avatar
          ProudShia

          You don’t know squat. No use of even trying.

      3. doron Avatar
        doron

        so why are they stoning this woman?
        to me it looks as a reminder to women they are nothing but a tool for the pleasure of men and a warning to never defend themselves against the current rapist/women beater..
        i guess they feel generous in Iran, they only hanged here instead of stonning

        1. ProudShia Avatar
          ProudShia

          Keep your views n thoughts where you think can handle. You don’t know squat about Shiism, Iran, or the mighty Hezbollah. Its better you keep your long nose out of our business.

          1. doron Avatar
            doron

            I’m not questioning the mighty mouse or his masters, i’m questioning why hanging a woman who killed her rapist is justified in your country

    2. doron Avatar
      doron

      the Iraninas dress better but thats as far as the difference goes

      1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
        nagy_michael2

        i agree but don’t forget the muwallas they wear the same funcking and stinking dresses..

        1. doron Avatar
          doron

          religious thing..we got some of those Rabbis as well

  2. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    All hail the great Iranian civilization. Who said there’s no justice in Iran?

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Correction … ‘Sharia Justice’ …. it’s not for women.
      But at least she got the bastard who has killed her, first.

      1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
        TheUSequalsTheIS

        israel carpet bombs gaza and nobody talks of justice, one single iranian woman is hanged by the mollahs, u all cry me a river to push forward ur own baised agenda. btw ur ally KSA doesnt even allow women to drive a dang car

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Not my ally, of course. I wouldn’t go there if you paid for the sweet-meats and Scotch on the plane. I already know they have Coliseums for the public displays of ‘justice’ … and popcorn is something I don’t need more of, let alone falafels.
          I doubt I would have been a tourist in China anytime either – although the postcards sent home by tourists at the beginning of the 20th century would have out-done the ‘modern justice shows’ of the Muddled East.
          I assume the photography is better these days … but one could get into the picture there …. all was on display for ‘the public’. 😉
          ChinaExecutuions 20th century (warning … very yucchy stuff)
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFvdclgHcBc&spfreload=1

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            We are NOT so far from the cave … unless we WANT to be.

          2. ProudShia Avatar
            ProudShia

            Really?? Wishful delusion. You don’t know what you talking about.

          3. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            ok

  3. doron Avatar
    doron

    such an advanced culture……where is Iranian angle to try and spin this one ?

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