
The Blind folded Fariba Tajiani Emamqoli
aged 29, shortly before her execution in 19/03/2001
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IRAN'S critics believe the overall intention of the Iranian regime in using such harsh punishment is to instil fear in the population at a time when Tehran is under growing international pressure over its nuclear programme. The repression is seen as a message from the hardliners that they are firmly in charge, despite American efforts to isolate Iran and inflict damage on its economy.
"Iran's current crop of hardliners are religious ideologues with a Machiavellian world view. They would rather rule over a population that fears them than a population that likes them," Karim Sadjadpour, a Washington-based analyst for the International Crisis Group, told The Scotsman. ( from The Scotsman 3/8/2007)
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Zahra Kazemi Was a dedicated journalist. She was passionate about human rights. She was murdered by the direct orders of the so-called reformist president Mohammad Khatami while in custody of Thug Mortazavi. Shahram Azam, a former military staff physician who left Iran and sought asylum in Canada in 2004, has stated that he examined Kazemi's body and observed evidence of rape and torture, including a skull fracture, broken nose, crushed toe, broken fingers, and severe abdominal bruising
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