Followup on the “Hand-Shaking Scandal”
By Kamangir • Jun 13th, 2007 • Category: IranFollowing former president’s hand-shaking scandal, Rooz carries this cartoon (in Persian).
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While Israel improves in addressing human trafficking problem,
Iran ranks among worst human trafficking states
Why am I not surprised. After pistachios and narcotics, they’re probably IRGC’s largest export.
The U.S. State Department accused Iran on Tuesday of being a major hub of human trafficking.
The State Department 2007 annual Trafficking in Persons Report listed Iran alongside Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, North Korea, Sudan, Bahrain, Oman, Syria, Burma, Kuwait, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela as the worse offenders.
“Iran is a source, transit, and destination country for women trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary servitudeâ€, the report said.
“Iranian women are trafficked internally for the purpose of forced prostitution and forced marriages to settle debts. Children are trafficked internally and from Afghanistan for the purpose of forced marriages, commercial sexual exploitation, and involuntary servitude as beggars or laborers.
“According to nongovernmental sources, Iranian women and girls are also trafficked to Pakistan, Turkey, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom for commercial sexual exploitation. Media sources reported that 54 Iranian females between the ages of 16 and 25 are sold into commercial sexual exploitation in Pakistan every day.
“Nothing is more threadbare than the claim of Islamists to defend Muslim womanhood. Islamist radicals (like the penny-a-marriage mullahs of Iran) are the world’s most prolific pimps. The same networks that move female flesh across borders also provide illegal passage for jihadis, and the proceeds of human trafficking often support Islamist terrorists. From Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur to Sarajevo to Tirana, the criminals who trade in women overlap with jihadist networks…and they worry about handshakes with women!!!
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3411879,00.html
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11547
nice carton
i like it