Fakhravar Badly Beaten Up

[Amber]

This is reason #4173 to get rid of the Islamic regime in Iran and not accept Shirin Ebadi to do that.

Fakhravar Badly Beaten Up  

Amir Abbas (Siavash) Fakhravar, jailed Iranian student and the subject of the
recent Channel 4 documentary, Iran Uncovered, has been badly beaten up by other
criminal inmates. The prison authorities have refused to provide him medical
treatment.

Fakhravar is kept in a cell with 25 other common criminals at the Qasr prison.
All are dangerous prisoners jailed for serious offences. There are still 3000
prisoners kept at Qasr prison while the other 5000 have been moved to another
prison.

It is a customary practice by Islamic Republic to keep political prisoners with
common criminals and use these thugs to beat up political prisoners.

Fakhravar was visited by Shirin Ebadi before she left for Oslo to collect her
Nobel peace prize. Fakhravar begged her to mention the plight of jailed Iranian
students, but Shirin Ebadi refused saying the speech was already written and
sent off for translation. Fakhravar then reminded her that she could mention
the atrocities in her press interviews but again Shirin Ebadi refused saying
she does not want to meddle in Iranian politics. Fakhravar then reminded Ebadi
that if she does not want to meddle in politics then she should not ask the
Iranian people to participate in the next Islamic elections either which are
due to be held in February where candidates are pre-selected and approved by
the unelected Guardian Council before and after the "elections".

[devia]

Objectiveness creed number 1 (maybe not number one but right up there).

Defend your own country and people; do not become involved in personal vendettas against an outside regime that you do not have any control over.

One of my best friends is from Iran, he's a vet who's been trying to get licensed here for 7 years and still hasn't grasped the language well enough.
Yes, from what I have heard from him the majority of his country folk are secular Moslems. However it's also statistically true that 90% of both Jews and Palestine's would abandon their homes in fought over lands for a cash payout.  

Let them sort out their own mess while we build our defenses. I say.

[Amber]

Whatever.  As far as Objectivism is concerned, Objectivists have been calling on the US to overthrow the Iranian government since October 2001.  As I said, the above is just #4173 reason to topple this regime.

[Amber]

>
>
> Amber,
>
> The source of the news is from Fakhravar's parents. Yesterday ISNA
issued a
> statement on behalf of the chief of the prisons saying Fakhravar
had a slight
> tassle with a cell mate over a phone but his father visited him and
he was not
> in need of medical help. But it is not true.
>
> You may know I was involved in making the documentary shown on
Channel 4 and I
> have had lots of contacts with Fakhravar. The last time I spoke to
him on his
> mobile was on Friday, when he told me about the Shirin Ebadi visit
and lots of
> other things.
>
> If you wish to interview Jane Kokan who went to Iran under the
cover of an
> archaelogist I can put you in touch with her.
> ---



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