Save common sense

Eighteen-year-old Iranian, Nazarin, is not a child offender. She unintentionally killed a man in self-defence against three of them who attempted to rape her niece and her in March this year.

Now she is facing (has faced?) the gallows (as of 19 May, we have about one week to petition against this sentencing - according to a release by Canada's University of Winnipeg whose president, Lloyd Axworthy, is the former Canada Foreign Affairs minister). I am unable to find more information, but I have signed the petition.

She is but a child whose common sense – and sense of righteousness – is way beyond her years, acting in self-defence, defending her body and her niece's under duress.

Shame on the courts (probably run by adults), the authorities (adults again), and especially to the men who tried to rape innocent young girls. Shame on Iran.

It has not been widely reported, so I've tried to verify the authenticity of this case and it appears to be true.

Given below is the link to the international petition calling for a review of her case and the appalling verdict against her. Also, there are the links to the Amnesty International report and the website of one her top defenders - Iranian-born Miss Canada 2003, Nazanin Afshin Jam.

The Petition.

Amnesty International.

Nazanin Afshin Jam.