Press release

Press conference on immediate danger of Nazanin Fatehi’s execution

5 January 2007

In respond to “Save Nazanin” campaign; lunched by Nazanin Afshin Jam & the call from Committee against Capital punishment in Iran, human rights activists and lawyers push for Nazanin Fatehi’s exoneration.
Iranian communities around the globe are pleading to save Nazanin Fatehi. Nazanin is condemned to death by the Iranian regime for acting in self-defense against her rapists. She was 17 when she stabbed one of 3 men who attempted to rape her and her16 years old niece. Unfortunately, the man later died in hospital. The Islamic government of Iran, based on its inhuman Islamic “Sharia law” is applying the rule of “an eye for an eye” and condemned her to death. A review trail is set for 10 January 2007.

We strongly believe that this is unjust and must be stopped.
We call for the immediate release of Nazanin Fatehi!
We call for an end to capital punishment in Iran!
We call for the abolition of the reactionary law of blood for blood.

A press conference will be held by Human rights organizations and lawyers to save Nazanin.

We invite the media to attend this press conference and learn first hand information on this case and the violation of basic human rights in Iran.


11:00 Sunday, January 7, 2007

Meeting room, Mosaic services society,
1720 Grant Street (off Commercial Drive), East Vancouver, BC.

Federation of Iranian Refugees-Western Canada
Organization for women’s Liberation – BC
Victoria Iranian-Canadian Centre

For info:
Abbas Mohammadi 250) 380-1319 vicc22@hotmail.com
Zari asli (zariasli@yahoo.ca)Fahimeh Sadeghi 604) 727-8689