Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for August 1st, 2007

“The Executed Individuals were Tortured First”

By Kamangir • Aug 1st, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Iran, Islamic Republic

“The executed individuals have been tortured beforehand”, stated Shiva Nazar Ahari, a human rights’ activist, to Rooz.
The interview was carried out right before the execution of fifteen individuals, a short while ago. Shiva says “They were arrested more than eighty days ago and fifteen of them are to be executed today. The families do not [...]



Execution, a “Technical” Question

By Kamangir • Aug 1st, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

While looking at the pictures taken at today’s executions, a face caught my eyes. The man who is standing at the center does not look like what you would expect him to do. I have put together some of the images which show him. My guess is he is either mentally ill or deeply in [...]



Execution Madness

By Kamangir • Aug 1st, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

1- Five gang members were executed in public in the holy city of Mashhad. After the execution, Mashhad Public Prosecutor stated “Public execution is geared towards stopping those who have the potential to become criminal”. The executed individuals were accused of “rubbery and sexual assault”. Fars reports seven men were in total executed in Mashhad. [...]



State-Run Newspaper: “Veil is for Sexual Arousal, Jews are Fine with Incest”

By Kamangir • Aug 1st, 2007 • Category: Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

“Veil, for Enhancing the Sexual Passion or for Suppressing it?” is the title of an article published in Resalat, a far-right state-run newspaper. The author, Seiied Reza Alavi ( سيد رضا علوي) writes, “Jewish culture is one of the sexiest in the world, in which sexual relationship between father and daughter, son and mother, [...]