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Death sentence for a teenage girl in Iran condemned |
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Sunday, 08 January 2006 |
 The state-run daily Etemad reported that the clerical regime's
judiciary has condemned an 18-year-old girl for killing a man who
attempted to rape her.
The victim, identified as Nazanin, was attacked when only 17 by three
men who attempted to rape her and her niece. In the scuffle that
followed, Nazanin acted in self-defense which resulted in the death of
one of the attackers. She testified in court: "I only committed
homicide while trying to defend myself and my niece. I had no intention
of killing that man. At that moment I didn't know what to do because
nobody came to help us."
The murderous judges ignored Nazanin's testimony, the facts in the case
and the testimony of eye-witnesses that corroborated her version of the
incident, and condemned her to death. The assailants were reportedly
members of the suppressive paramilitary Bassij force in the city of
Karaj (west of Tehran).
Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, Chair of the Women's Committee of the National
Resistance Council of Iran, condemned the death sentence for this young
girl who had acted in legitimate defense of herself and her niece. Ms.
Chitsaz said: "The regime's own penal code states that an individual,
who 'commits an act that would constitute an offence while defending
the life or dignity of her/himself or of another person... is not liable
for prosecution or punishment.'"
Ms. Chitsaz added: "The tragic plight of Nazanin is only one instance
of the thousands of transgressions against the rights of Iranian women
under the mullahs' misogynous rule in Iran." She called on all women's
rights and human rights organizations to condemn the criminal sentence
and act to prevent the execution of the young Iranian girl.
Women's Committee of National Council of Resistance of Iran
January 8, 2006 |
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