Iran & Instruments of Oppression
As Iran continues to defy international concerns about its
nuclear weapons program by resuming uranium enrichment at Natanz
nuclear site, internally Human Rights situation keeps on
deteriorating further as number of executions handed down to
prisoners keep on rising. Disturbing, are the news about the
ages of these victims. A recent example of this is the case of
Delara Darabi who was 17 when she committed her crime or Nazanin
who tried to defend herself from being raped.
On 'stopfundamentalism.com' website we have just launched a new
campaign to condemn juvenile execution in Iran and call on
international communities and organizations to put pressure on
Iran to stop these inhuman punishments. There is also a new
petition page there for visitors to sign. Please find a little
time to sign this petition and if you can please invite others
to do the same. In the West the subject of capital punishment
and whether it is right or wrong to use as a deterrent to crime,
has always been a major topic of discussion. There are those who
support it and also those who do not.
Right or wrong, the fact is that in countries like Iran, capital
punishment takes a totally different nature and becomes an
instrument of oppression.
As the pressure mounts on Iran to give up its nuclear desires,
the theocratic government, in order to be able to hold on to its
grip on power, will expand the usage of inhuman punishments
inside the country.
Since the youth and students are basically the main source of
dissent -- keeping in mind that 70% of Iran's population is
under the age of 30-- we will be witnessing more and more of
such punishments directed towards the young.