Iran has sentenced a former aide to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to two years in jail, an opposition website reported on Thursday.
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WSJ: Iran’s 7th-Century Justice
… the revolution enacted a version of Islamic law extraordinarily harsh even by the standards of the Muslim world. Under the new regime, extramarital sex was a crime punishable by law…
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi’s Message on Eve of Anniversary of 2009 Iran Presidential Election
United4Iran has posted the following video of Iranian Nobel Laureate, Shirin Ebadi, giving a message on the eve of the anniversary of the 2009 Iran (heavily disputed and likely rigged) election:
Exclusive Video: Nobel Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi in Vancouver Discusses Human Rights In Iran, Talks to Iran News Now
On Friday, April 23, 2010, Dr. Shirin Ebadi appeared at the Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver to give a lecture on the appalling human rights situation in Iran since the Islamic Republic came into being in 1979 and since the disputed presidential election of 2009 that gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second term in office. [...]
Live-blog: Lecture with Nobel Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, in Vancouver – April 23, 2010
This is a live-blogging report on the lecture with Nobel Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, in Vancouver on April 23, 2010. To read this in chronological order it must be read from the bottom of this page upwards. NOTE: We will do our best to capture as much of the lecture and subsequent discussion as we [...]
Sister of Nobel Prize Winner, Shirin Ebadi, arrested in Iran
The Iranian government has arrested Shirin Ebadi’s sister, Noushin Ebadi, in Iran in an attempt to intimidate the Nobel Prize winner. Shirin Ebadi is currently not inside Iran. She spoke today with Reza Sayah from CNN. Click here to read the full story on CNN.
Iranian Nobel Laureate [Shirin Ebadi] Threatened, Harassed
(RFE/RL)) November 20, 2009 Iranian human rights advocate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi said she has been receiving death threats, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 and who is currently outside of Iran, told RFE/RL that Iranian security agents have warned her husband that she “is not safe no [...]
Live-blogging Iran August 5th, Ahmadinejad Inauguration Day News and Events
[2:12 AM (August 6) Tehran Time] On the night of Ahmadinejads inauguration as President-Select, the people of Iran protest against the regime by chanting “Allah-o-Akbar!” and “Down with the dictator!” from their rooftops and balconies. One cannot help but feel awe-inspired by their bravery: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H8EGyzd8o0] [1:52 AM (August 6) Tehran Time] A full-page ad has [...]
Green Report #23 – Fresh News from Iran – July 9
I’m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar – twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter – and I’ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from [...]
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