"Iranian woman is reportedly lashed" by New York Times | September 6, 2010
LONDON — A mix-up over a photograph led to a sentence of 99 lashes for the Iranian woman whose earlier death sentence by stoning from Iranian authorities caused an international outcry, a lawyer for the woman said yesterday.
Related: Stoning Spat
I'm not for the lashing, either; however, I have no standing being from a country that has tortured people and murdered millions of Muslims over lies.
The lashing of the woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, was carried out in the northern Iran prison where she is being held, according to the lawyer, Javid Kian. But another lawyer for Ashtiani disputed that account.
In a telephone interview from Iran, Kian said that he had not had contact with Ashtiani since Aug. 11, when she gave what he called a false and coerced videotaped statement that she was involved in the murder of her husband.
The statement was broadcast on Iranian state television in an apparent effort to deflect criticism from around the world of the Iranian government’s sentence that Ashtiani be executed by stoning for a 2006 adultery conviction. The authorities lifted the stoning sentence, but there have been signs that Ashtiani, who is being held in Tabriz prison in northern Iran, would be hanged instead.
The latest episode began Aug. 28, when The Times of London published a photograph on its front page of a dark-haired woman wearing earrings and what appeared to be pink lipstick, which can be seen because the woman is not wearing the chador, or traditional Islamic veil. The headline with the photograph said, “Revealed: true face of the woman Iran wants to stone.’’ Inside, an editorial urged continued pressure on Tehran not to execute Ashtiani.
Five days later, The Times published an apology, saying the photo “was not of Ms. Ashtiani, but of Susan Hejrat, an Iranian exile who lives in Sweden.’’
Translation; You can NOT BELIEVE a THING YOU SEE in the western MSM!!
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And seeing as that agenda-pushing avenue is now discredited:
"Home of high-profile Iranian opposition leader is attacked; Militiamen strike on eve of state’s anti-Israel rally" by Nasser Karimi, Associated Press | September 4, 2010
Mahdi Karroubi’s guards had to fire gunshots in the air to clear crowds that broke down the door of his home on Thursday night after days of gatherings outside, said the Sahamnews website, which supports Iran’s proreform movement.
The report said the attackers were members of the plainclothes Basij militia, which led the crackdown on protests that swept the country in response to allegations of fraud in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s June 2009 reelection. Karroubi was one of the proreform candidates who ran against Ahmadinejad.
The brazen assault on Karroubi’s doorstep suggests the Basij and other government security forces have increasingly turned their attention to opposition leaders after crackdowns derailed street protests.
Karroubi has remained the most public dissenter, with his car being the target of progovernment mobs several times....
Crowds also encircled Karroubi’s residence for several hours yesterday as Iranians filled Tehran’s streets for the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day. The government uses the occasion as an anti-Israel outpouring and to show its support for the Palestinians.
Yeah, can't have one without the other in my Zionist paper.
But last year, Karroubi and other opposition leaders marked the day by gathering tens of thousands of their supporters into the streets, and violent clashes broke out with security forces.
It was an attempted soft coup that failed.
Crowds of hard-line protesters have gathered at the gate of Karroubi’s home for several days, apparently because they believed he would try to attend the rally again this year, though none of the opposition leaders has called for demonstrations.
Translation: any coup attempt is dead.
Karroubi’s son, Hossein, said that dozens of hard-liners targeted the leader’s home for several hours yesterday but they later dispersed.
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