EXTRACTED from THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW (march 16 2006)
No mercy for Iranian minorsOn Jan 3, 18 yr old Nazanin was sentenced to death after she is to said to have admitted stabbing to death one of three men who attempted to rape her and 16 yr old niece in a park in Karaj in March 2005.She was 17 at the time.
Her sentece , as with all death sentences, is subject to review by the Court of Appeal and-if upheld-to confirmation by the supreme Court.
According to reports in the Iranian newspaper E'temaad,Nazanin told the court that three men had approached her and her niece ,forced them to the ground and tried to rape them.Seeking to defend her niece and herself,Nazanin stabbed one man in the hand with a knife that she possessed and then , when the men continued to pursue them,stabbed another of the men in the chest.
She reportedly told the court:"I wanted to defend myself and my niece.I did not want to kill that boy.At the heat of the moment i did not know what to do because no one came to our help."
posted by zaraki85 @ 10:04 pm
1 Comments:
Evil! Seems unjust. Or is this an example of inequality for the gentler sex?
Hmmm, cepherio.blogspot.com. Have fun.
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