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Four young men, Mohammad Saadat Fath, Nader Ebrahimi, Ali Farsameh and Davoud Jafari were publicly hanged in Arak, western Iran on 30 January 2003. They were accused of 'raping people's honour'. There has also been a news report that a young woman and man who have been accused of 'adultery' and 'murder' are to be executed in Karaj rather than stoned to death. This is the first case of an alternative form of execution since stoning to death was temporarily suspended by the Islamic regime in Iran due to international pressure.

Numerous women, men and youth are currently awaiting execution. At a time of escalating public protest against the government, the Islamic regime has stepped up executions in the public arena to intimidate the population at large. The Campaign against Executions in Iran unequivocally condemns the Islamic regime of Iran for these hangings and execution sentences. International public pressure can and must remove this brutal means at the Islamic regime's disposal and impel it to immediately stop all executions.

The Campaign against Executions in Iran unequivocally opposes capital punishment in all instances and calls for its abolition in all countries. The Campaign aims to:

* mobilise international protest against and condemnation of executions in Iran

* galvanise public pressure against the Islamic regime in Iran and its Western government supporters

* save the lives of those under execution sentences

* stop executions in Iran

Contact: Maryam Namazie at P. O. Box 27236, London N11 2ZF, UK, Tel: +447719166731, m.namazie@ukonline.co.uk.

"* galvanise public pressure against the Islamic regime in Iran and its Western government supporters"

How bizar... does anybody know this Campaign against Executions?

Personnally I am totally opposed against capital punishment, be it in Iran or in China or in the US of A.
It seems very strange to me, though, that this Campaign not only wants to abolish executions, but at the same time also the Islamic regime itself (and put pressure on 'its Western government supporters').
What spontaneously comes in mind when I read a text like this, is the parallels I see with the 'moral indignation' US-propaganda showed against the 'couveuse-babies' in Koeweit right before the second Gulf War, or the moral crusade of US-soldiers against the treatment of women by the Taliban?
And is the Regime in Iran not one of those countries of the 'axes of evil'-politics that Georgie Bush wants to play? 'Wouldn't it be a good idea to 'liberate' the people of Iran too, once those brave americans have landed in the Gulf?'

Boy, I hate it when propagandists use genuine emotions in order to get down their personal agenda's. Makes me puke.

Maybe something for Guido, or other cybersurfexperts: is this a genuine moral movement that has posted this article, or could it be just one of those propaganda-setups?

This is what I found, it's not really clear if this is propaganda or not, but the Campaign against Executions comes from the Worker Communist Party of Iran.

Anyway, there is a political agenda behind it.

About the executions
>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1494921.stm

The first press-release you can find on http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2003/01/8886.shtml

The campaign comes from the Worker-communist Party of Iran and was started in November 2002http://www.wpiran.org/cam.htm

Weekly Summary of the WPI's Press Releases
http://www.wpibriefing.com/PR%20previous%20isues.htm

Arrests in the USA and the response
Interview with Ali Javadi
http://www.wpiran.org/Arrests%20in%20the%20USA%20and%20the%20response.htm