1-0 for us, Or Viva Iranian Citizen Journalism
By Kamangir • Jun 20th, 2007 • Category: IranBackground: Help! Help! Help! The stoning will take place in a few hours!
Fars news agency, which is state-run, reported this today,
The stoning verdict will not be carries out. The head of Qzvin Judiciary stated “According to an order from the head of the Judiciary, the stoning of these two individuals will not be carried out”…A source in the Judiciary mentioned “Following the issue of the stoning verdict, the planing was started. Late last night, the local head of the Judiciary gave a restrict order to stop this verdict. He has blamed the involved people for such a verdict.
Fars finishes with “Some websites and media sources had reported about the stoning, referring to a women’s activist”. That’s the Iranian blogestan showing its power. People in Balatarin started calling everywhere. The result? The stoning is canceled and the news has started to spread out. The Norwegian Foreign Minister summoned the Iranian ambassador and Amnesty International issued an appeal.
One, more, for us! :)
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When I read the source text in fars news, at first they say, the news was not true at all and then they say they have prepared for the event!!! I do’t get it; why would they get ready to do something that is not a news in the first place?
Good job,Kamangir,try to write the complete story on.
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Saluting the “power of the people”!
Hurra for bloggers in Iran!!!
That’s a great news. *jumps up and down*
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A very interesting website! Good work, and Peace be upon you.
This was really great news. I linked to your site since you seemed to have the news first.
You might enjoy this picture. I’m not sure if we are always going to agree, but you might just find this humorous, politics aside.
http://paleo.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/who-really-runs-the-show-in-iran/
From The Religion Of Peace…
These photos are from Michell Malkin’s blog. Michelle gives a challenge to Amnesty International, and the progressive left to post these pictures on their blogs, so the world can see how Iran is treating those that don’t do what the Muslim moral……
Kamangir, so far nearly 15 000 norwegians have signed a petition.
Exerpt: “Nevertheless, we are disturbed by the fact that your decision is only a temporary measure, and that Mokarrameh Ebrahimi and her male co-defendant are still sentenced to death and risk execution by stoning or another method in the future.”
See the whole thing here:
http://www.opprop.no/opprop.php?id=ebrahimi
The Norwegian Parliaments foreign policy committee (not sure about the proper translation) is in Iran right now, and will give the petition to a “newly created Iranian human rights group”.
Link in norwegian: http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2007/06/25/504484.html
Let me get this straight…
The Governor of a province in Iran reversed the decision of a judge to execute a man because some people said mean things about it on the internet.
Iran has way more issues than I previously thought.
I admire your angle of look.
Munafiq
You got it wrong.
Judiciary wanted to stone man and a woman (btw. woman does not count for you?). Bloggers got the info about it out on the internet. People in Iran started to call their government protesting this execution. However, bloggers are also read by international audience. As the stoning to death relates in minds of most people with savagery, barbarism and inhumanity people outside Iran took notice and started to protest. That made government of IRI to reverse, although temporarily, this decision.
Iran has many problems but the government of IRI do not like people to think that in some aspects they are straight out of the middle ages.
They prefer that no-one knows the sad truth ;-)
Kamangir: Good clarification Ella. Thanks.