Iran is not going to execute Nazanin Fatehi after all. She has been exonerated from the bogus murder charge, but her act of self-defense against attempted rape was ruled to be too "excessive." She has to pay the family of the dead man for his death.
Nazanin still sits in prison while her lawyers appeal the ruling that she pay "blood money." An effort is currently underway to raise the bail money needed to secure her release. For more information go here.
Nazanin is alive today due to international pressure, yet I have heard no out cry among America's main stream media or feminist organizations? Why the silence? Why can I read about this from NRO but not the New York Times? According to the helpnazanin.com website, some main stream media outlets reported on the story, but I've not seen the sort of outrage that you'd think this story should have provoked. I guess the only human rights abuse stories that merit front page coverage are those that involve American soldiers.
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