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Shirin Ebadi is in Danger
Sunday 21 Sep 08
Iran's official government news agency (IRNA) accused Shirin Ebadi and her daughter, who is a university student at Canada’s McGill University, of belonging to the Bahai religious sect. Regardless of other accusations that have also been aired, the news agency report is worrisome and demonstrates a threatening net cast in Shirin Ebadi's path. It seems that those behind the story want to puncture the protective umbrella that the 2003 Nobel Peace prize brought for Ebadi. To show the importance of the issue, I will cite several legal articles and addendums.
If We Love Iran …
Sunday 21 Sep 08
It is now many years that Iran is hostage to the rivalry between the two major political factions in the country, each vying to take the lead in normalizing relations with the US and claim the accomplishment as its own in Iranian history, and unilaterally profit from its benefits. But this race has been damaging. Not only have the factions not cooperated in the necessity of normalization together, each has actually engaged in sabotaging the efforts of the other.
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