| Brutalities in the name of Islam | | The tortured body of Ms. Zohreh Eizadi, 25, student of Medical Science University in Tehran, who had a major role in the recent anti dictatorship demonstrations of the Beheshti University Students was found on the yard of the university on Friday May 6th, 94. She was kidnapped on May 5th, tortured and killed. Reported by Daily Salam newspaper, May 10, 94. An American woman, Mary Jones, a 35 year old Texan, mother of two was sentenced to 80 lashes and 10,000 rials ($5.70) fine for drunken behavior in public. Two weeks later she was suspected of spying. Reported by Reuter, may 8, 94. | | | Laws in Iran | | Article 514, The punishment for insulting or criticizing, Imam Khomeini, the Islamic Republic or the leader of the Islamic Republic will be from 6 months to two years in jail. | | | Iran's International Human Rights Obligations - Parvin Darabi | | According to the 1992 United Nations Human Rights Report, "Iran continues to be a major abuser of human rights, and there was no evidence of improvement in 1992. Abuses continued to include summary executions; widespread tortures; repression of the freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and association; arbitrary detentions; lack of fair trials; repression of Baha'i religious community; denial of citizens right to change their government; and severe restriction on women and worker rights." | | | Open Letter to Christiane Amanpour - by Parvin Darabi | | Open letter to Ms. Amanpour. "Iranian Women are better off today" Are they? On Monday, March 12 the Society of Iranian Professionals in San Jose had sponsored a meeting with Ms. Amanpour, the famous CNN Foreign Correspondent Reporter. | | | Today in Iran - Parvin Darabi | | "The specific task of women in this society is to marry and bear children. They will be discouraged from entering legislative, judicial, or what ever careers which may require decision making, as women lack the intellectual ability and discerning judgment required for these careers." - Ayatollah Mutahari | |
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