This is a case of double jeopardy where in the victim is subjected to both the sexist regime of Sharia law in Iran and the ruling classes discrimination against ethnic minorities in Iran.
Today on Parliament Hill MP's from all parties gathered to denounce the pending death sentence for Nazanin Fatehi who killed a rapist attacking her. She is Kurdish in a largely Farsi country. Double Jeopardy.
Congratulations to all the Women MP's who united to make this case their cause and held an all party joint press conference withNazanin Afhin-Jam on Parliament Hill today to celebrate the news that a new trial for Nazanin Fatehi maybe pending.
Update: Nazanin's death sentence has been overturned by the Iranian head of Judiciary Ayatollah Shahroudi. The case will now be sent back to a lower court Read more
And congratulations to Nazanin Afhin-Jam who has used her celebrity for a just cause.Ex-beauty queen spearheads fight
Sign and spread this petition, started by the Canadian model and singer Nazanin Afshin-Jam.
The MP's should offer Canada as an asylum for Nazanin since we know she will not get a fair trial under the Ayatollahs.
18-year old Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi (f) was sentenced to death after she reportedly admitted stabbing to death one of three men who attempted to rape her and her niece in a park in Karaj in March 2005. She was 17 at the time. During her trial, she reportedly told the court “I wanted to defend myself and my niece. I did not want to kill that boy. At the heat of the moment I did not know what to do because no one came to our help”.
Bodog Music Recording Artist Nazanin Afshin-Jam Pleas to World Media, Kofi Annan and the UN to Save the Life of Another Nazanin in Iran
Save Nazanin
This website was created to spread information about the 18-year old Iranian girl Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi, who has been sentenced to death by hanging. Nazanin`s "crime" was killing a man who ambushed and tried to rape her. Please take a few moments to read about her case and what you can do to stop the execution and save Nazanin`s life.