As a caring citizen of the world, I am outraged! Does The Islamic
Republic of Iran have the blood of an innocent woman on their hands,
again?!
[Shahla Jaahed has been imprisoned in Evin prison in a special
women’s unit where she’s been living with nightmares for eight years.
In the past few days her execution order was confirmed by Laarijaani,
the head of Islamic Judiciary, and the order has now been sent to the
Criminal Court, which means Shahla could be executed any day!
Shahla was to be executed by hanging several times before this date,
but the widespread protests inside and outside of Iran had stopped the
government. Now that the Islamic government of Iran feels restrained
and pressured not to kill Sakineh, it seems like that they want to
prove their power by executing a woman! By killing Shahla they want to
say “We have not bowed to international pressure”. We ask all kind and
concerned people around the world to stand up and help prevent Shahla
from being executed.
Shahla was a nurse. She fell in love with a famous Iranian footballer,
Naser Mohammad-Khani. The two of them started living together and
began their hidden life together in Tehran. Naser however was married
to another woman, Laleh Saharkhizan, at the same time. Laleh was
murdered in Tehran on Autumn 1981, and while Naser was away in
Germany, Shahla was arrested and convicted of the killing.
Even before any appropriate investigation took place, the Islamic
Republic media announced her guilt and named her as the murderer. The
interrogation, along with torture soon commenced. A few years ago
during a phone conversation, Shahla told me: “the interrogation lasted
for weeks. They did all they could to me, they tortured until I wished
I was dead, and on occasions, and until they forced me to confess and
sign what they dictated. They even threatened to bring in a little
girl from my family, who is like a daughter to me, and hurt her if I
did not comply. I did all they asked and confessed. After the torture,
in the courts, I protested and retracted my confession; I told them I
am not the murderer, but no one would listen to me.”
Shala’s lawyer, Abdulsamad Khoramshahi, has always emphasised that the
case has ten legal errors: the half smoked cigarette found in the
scene was given as evidence, while Shahla does not smoke; the
stabbings were done by a left handed person, while Shahla is right
handed; the body was washed and dressed in clean clothes after the
killing, something Shahla would be unable to do. The whole
investigation was not clear and transparent, the search for evidence
was not done with formality***, many leads were left unattended, many
witnesses and those with information did not show up in court and
nothing was done scientifically! However, they were quick to come to
the conclusion! Later the result from forensic examination showed
Laleh was raped before she was murdered. The government judiciary
system had made their decision before the interrogation and before any
evidence was shown. The government had intended to announce Shahla as
the murderer and used her ‘confession’ and thus sentenced her to
death.
Shahla’s criminal court case*** and everybody had heard from Shahla
that she had been tortured and threatened in order to force her
confession. Shahla critisised the barbaric treatment she received in
prison and the court’s unjustness towards her, and stated that they
wanted to victimise her to prevent the investigation of the original
case.Shahla is a smart young woman who loves poetry and arts. She
continues writing poems in prison and is well loved and respected by
other inmates due to her abilities and characteristics. During the
previous years, there has been widespread activity to stop her
execution, within Iran and internationally. Among these activities was
the making of the movie “The Red Card”, which has been screened in
international media and in some festivals, including the Holland film
festival. Shahla is one of many victims of a misogynist and tyrannical
regime. We have not let them execute her, and now that the government
has been paralyzed from executing Sakineh, we will not let them
victimize Shahla instead.]
Source: http://notonemoreexecution.org/2010/11/11/the-islamic-republic-of-iran-is-about-to-execute-shahla-jaahed-let-us-not-allow-this-young-woman-to-be-executed/
Clearly, Shahla WAS victimized! What are the odds of a confession
under duress? What are the odds the killer is still at large? What are
the odds of REMOVING a bloodthirsty Regime from power? How many more
innocents have to die, needlessly?
Based on the evidence, Shahla's case was flawed from the beginning, in
which case I blame all those in power, who suffer from bystander
syndrome, for her death!