D3ads Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/a ... oryid=5183 Tehran, Iran, Jan. 07 – An Iranian court has sentenced a teenage rape victim to death by hanging after she weepingly confessed that she had unintentionally killed a man who had tried to rape both her and her niece. The state-run daily Etemaad reported on Saturday that 18-year-old Nazanin confessed to stabbing one of three men who had attacked the pair along with their boyfriends while they were spending some time in a park west of the Iranian capital in March 2005. Nazanin, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident, said that after the three men started to throw stones at them, the two girls’ boyfriends quickly escaped on their motorbikes leaving the pair helpless. She described how the three men pushed her and her 16-year-old niece Somayeh onto the ground and tried to rape them, and said that she took out a knife from her pocket and stabbed one of the men in the hand. As the girls tried to escape, the men once again attacked them, and at this point, Nazanin said, she stabbed one of the men in the chest. The teenage girl, however, broke down in tears in court as she explained that she had no intention of killing the man but was merely defending herself and her younger niece from rape, the report said. The court, however, issued on Tuesday a sentence for Nazanin to be hanged to death. Last week, a court in the city of Rasht, northern Iran, sentenced Delara Darabi to death by hanging charged with murder when she was 17 years old. Darabi has denied the charges. In August 2004, Iran’s Islamic penal system sentenced a 16-year-old girl, Atefeh Rajabi, to death after a sham trial, in which she was accused of committing “acts incompatible with chastity”. The teenage victim had no access to a lawyer at any stage and efforts by her family to retain one were to no avail. Atefeh personally defended herself and told the religious judge that he should punish those who force women into adultery, not the victims. She was eventually hanged in public in the northern town of Neka. Christ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleinluka Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Yeah I heard about this. Part of the judge's reasoning for the death sentence was "to make an example out of the case, so that no other woman will ever raise their hand against a man again." It's just sickening. What I find hilarious: Nazanin, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident, said that after the three men started to throw stones at them, the two girls’ boyfriends quickly escaped on their motorbikes leaving the pair helpless. Awesome boyfriends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 They are just animals, no weight on human life at all, and that is how they treat their women, think of what they think of those who are not their countrymen or from the same religion. Scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Postman Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Huzzah for theocracies! This is fucking awful. She's the victim of rape and they fucking hang her? Oh fundamentalist regimes, I fucking hate you with a passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izuno Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 wow...almost hard to believe. I don't have time to research it right now, but did this story make any other larger market news sites like Yahoo or MSN or CNN or etc? Just curious. My first throught was, is this real? I would hope not. Gah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 I heard about it before. I think this happens quite alot over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bic-B@ll Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 she didn't even draw a cartoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaanO Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 That would be awesome, an Iranian woman drawing a cartoon, all Arabs burning Iranian flags, including the Iranians, everybody left confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
⌐■_■ Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 This happened before. Lots of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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