Code Pink and Medea Benjamin chartering a jet to Iran in 3, 2, 1……………..
Via WFB
The Iranian regime is slated to hang on Tuesday a 26-year-old woman charged with fatally stabbing her accused rapist, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Rayhaneh Jabbari, a 26-year-old former interior designer, is scheduled to be hanged this week after serving the last seven years in prison for stabbing a doctor who she claims drugged her and attempted to rape her.
The case has drawn international outrage from human rights activists, who are fighting to stay the execution. These activists have cast a spotlight on Iran’s flawed judicial system, which executed more than 500 people in 2013 and is on pace to kill even more this year.
A petition aimed at pressuring Iran to stop the hanging has already drawn more than 126,700 signatures online, but has not appeared to sway the Iranian judiciary, the head of which recently upheld the execution order and insisted that it be carried out on Tuesday.
There are also signs that the Iranian regime has been secretly meddling in the case, potentially destroying evidence that could save Jabbari’s life, according to her mother, Sholeh Pakravan, who agreed to speak to the Free Beacon via translators.
New information from Jabbari’s family and human rights activists working on the case indicate that a third mysterious individual may have been involved in the incident and set Jabbari up to take the fall for the murder.
Jabbari’s family, now fearing for its safety, has been subject to surveillance and was recently chased on the streets by unknown persons, Pakravan told the Free Beacon.