Iran hangs Iranian-Dutch woman Sahra Bahrami

[MH1]

Source: BBC

A Dutch-Iranian woman, arrested after taking part in anti-government protests in Iran, has been hanged for drug smuggling, Iranian officials have said.

Sahra Bahrami, 46, was jailed for a year after being arrested after joining a protest in 2009, while visiting relatives.

Dutch officials had said they were extremely concerned about her case.

Her execution brings the total number hanged in the country so far this year to 66, according to media reports.

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But Ms Bahrami's daughter has been quoted as telling the New York-based rights group International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the drug charges were fabricated.

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"I am bewildered as to how my client's death sentence was issued while her security charges had not yet been reviewed," Jinoos Sharif is quoted as telling the group.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12314886

[patrice]

1. The Human race NEEDS an international court of justice that is actually respected by the most powerf

ul nations.

[Hulk]

2. Won't happen.....we are among the hypocrites...

It won't happen....just like everything else. The USA is among the most powerful nations...yet, barely...and we are guilty of as much as anyone else. The Russians, the Israelis, and EVERY OTHER nation, major and minor, are all involved in such atrocities. We proved that pretty well with the idiot in the White House...but it was going on LONG before he was in office, and still continues to this day.

After all....where should "the idiot" and his "darth vader buddy" be right now? Right! At a war crimes trial...but it will NEVER happen.

[patrice]

3. I know. I just need JUSTICE out there for people to compare to the absolute fucking HELL of War. nt

[CJvR]

9. Pointless

Without an international army to enforce the court's decissions, and a decission of such a court would be a declaration of war make no mistake about it

[patrice]

20. Of course police are necessary in some situations in which voluntary compliance is rejected. I am

saying that there should be more respect for legal processes that address issues, and their consequences, consensually, so that America isn't left holding the bag ALL of the time and defeating the goals of justice in the process.

[Ter]

28. No thanks, the NWO is the root of all evil

n/t

[micraphone]

4. Dutch freeze contacts with Iran after execution

"The Netherlands says it is cutting off contacts with Iran in the wake of the hanging of an Iranian-Dutch woman in the Islamic republic which the Hague decried as an "act committed by a barbarous regime".

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14803209,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-eu-2092-rdf

Death is obviously confirmed. Bastards.

[iamthebandfanman]

5. id expect more of this , especially right now

with tension spreading across other countrys

id imagine leaders in iran are made nervous by the actions of those in egypt... wouldnt want those to inspire any new protests

[sulphurdunn]

6. Let's see, a foreign national

smuggles half a kilo of drugs into her native land, where she knows the penalty for that offense is death. Then she joins a political protest for human rights, apparently too naive and idealistic to know the government is watching her every move because she is a foreigner, an ex-patriot and a woman. Something is very, very wrong with this picture.

[RZM]

11. Clearly she exercised poor judgment

To say the least . . . but is the issue here that she smuggled drugs into Iran, or that the penalty for smuggling drugs into Iran is death? And then there's her political activities as well. I wouldn't begrudge the government for punishing her -- the problem is the nature of the punishment.

[WildEyedLiberal]

16. "I wouldn't begrudge the government for punishing her"

Are you fucking serious? You think it's a-okay that the Iran HANGED A WOMAN for participating in a political protest? Am I reading DU?

[Fumesucker]

18. You're reading the new and improved DU..

Since Jan 20, 2009 a goodly chunk of DU has dived down the rabbit hole and taken a sharp right turn through the looking glass.

[RZM]

26. I think you misunderstood my intention

And/or I didnt express myself clearly. Of course the regime is abhorrent. What I meant was that if she were guilty of a drug offense, then I could see a little time maybe, but the death penalty is way, way beynod the pale. Sorry I wasn't clearer.

[MH1]

24. I think 'the issue here' in the post you replied to, is the story makes NO sense

i.e. the government's line is highly suspect to say the least.

[RZM]

27. I think I misunderstood the post

It happens. Thanks :)

[oberliner]

14. Let's see, a peace activist says the drug charge was fabricated while a RW regime claims otherwise

Interesting where you would choose to land on that one.

[laylah]

21. What part of

"But Ms Bahrami's daughter has been quoted as telling the New York-based rights group International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the drug charges were fabricated." do you not get? :shrug:

Jenn

[sulphurdunn]

23. Of course I get it.

International drug dealers don't normally march around for civil rights in democracies let alone theocracies. That was my point.

[MH1]

25. for what it's worth, I understood your post

but around here lately you will see similar posts that are less subtle and mean exactly what several folks thought you meant.

if you post sarcasm at DU, make sure to use the sarcasm thingie, or you will get jumped on by those with broken sarcasm detectors.

[sulphurdunn]

30. Thanks.

I am rarely sarcastic. I usually try to be logical. It doesn't take great powers of reason to know that this poor woman was most likely framed and murdered by the Iranian government. I'm amazed that anyone could conclude otherwise.

[Fumesucker]

7. I wonder if Ahmadinnerjacket mocked the woman's pleas for mercy?

Like Bush did for a woman executed in Texas when he was governor..

[cali]

8. who cares?

what the heck has bush got to do with this?

[Fumesucker]

10. When I hear of executions for some reason Dubya springs to mind..

I can't imagine why..

[RZM]

12. For drug smuggling though?

That's not the same as murder.

[Fumesucker]

13. How about executions for nothing at all?

Like what probably happened in Texas a few years back.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann

[RZM]

15. I don't know if this guy was guilty or not

And that's not really the point regarding my earlier comment. He was accused of murder, not of drug smuggling. If he was innocent, then the state made a terrible error, but they didn't put him on trial and give him the death penalty for a drug offense.

[Fumesucker]

17. And my point is that our capital punishment process is so corrupt and error prone..

That we have little room to be criticizing Iran about executions, for murder, drugs or anything else.

[RZM]

29. Wrong

There's plenty of room for criticism. This case is an example. People are not executed for drug offenses here. Apparently they are in Iran.

[RSillsbee]

19. Let's not forget

that the woman in question (Karla Faye Brown) freely admitted her guilt and took 100% full responsibility for her actions

TYPO

[VermeerLives]

22. So once again we see that

Iran does not care about world opinion. And of course the charges were fabricated. This poor woman really never had a chance.