Over international protests, according to some new sites, Iran has already executed Rayhaneh Jabbari, 26. However, Fox News is reporting that the execution has been delayed. Jabbari claimed that a former Iranian Intelligence Ministry employee tried to rape her and that she stabbed in him the shoulder to escape. Despite the fact that a drink given to her was found to contain a date rape drug, the Iranian officials still wanted her hanged and they have now carried out their intent. As she was being led away to be hanged, a guard showed mercy and gave her his phone to type a final message to her mother. Her reported message below is poignant and tragic as a final goodbye to her mother. [Update: there are both reports that the execution has occurred and that the execution has been delayed. Amnesty is reporting that the execution is “imminent.”]
Jabbari wrote:
“I am currently handcuffed and there is a car waiting outside to take me for the execution of the sentence. Goodbye, dear Mum. All of my pains will finish early tomorrow morning. I’m sorry I cannot lessen your pain. Be patient. We believe in life after death. I’ll see you in the next world and I will never leave you again because being separated from you is the most difficult thing to do in the world.”
When her mother called the prison to ask what she could do, they told her to pick up the body of her daughter.
Jabbari was a decorator who said that she was contacted Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, who arranged a meeting. She said that Sarbandi drugged her and tried to rape her after the two met at a café and she agreed to go to his office to discuss a business deal. She said that Sarbandi took her to a remote building and offered her a fruit drink which was later found to contain the date-rape drug. Her family noted that the wounds from a small pocket knife to the shoulder would not have caused death.
After her arrest, her family said that she was tortured to confess.
If she has been executed, it is another notch in the belt of Iran’s Sharia courts and medieval prison system . . . and a particularly sad day for all of humanity.
annie,
agree. Pat Robertson would be the A.G,, and Joel Osteen would be the head Mullah, and Jimmie Swaggert would be the sermon Imam – or whatever the equivalent is called. Salt Lake City would be renamed Qum Lake City.
Yikes, I need to put my glasses on. There should be a period after penalty. Christians of the progressive variety are most often against the death penalty
SWM – Christians of the progressive variety are an oxymoron. 😉
Annie, Yep, right wing christians love the death penalty, They says it is based in scripture.
SWM – slavery is based in Scripture. Get over it. 😉
Don’t get me wrong, if the facts in the article is true, that is a serious problem with Iranian justice, ab initio. That being said, the fact pattern presented is one of, at the very minimum, imperfect self defense, hardly anything that would justify capital punishment. Something tells me that there is more than meets the eye here, that she was probably convicted of murder and that it was her DEFENSE that she was being raped.
Who is the bigger Bogeyman for Dems, the Koch Brothers or Pat Robertson? Just from reading all types of news sources I would say the Koch’s. What if one of the Koch’s married Pat Robertson? Wait, that wouldn’t work.
SWM and Bill W,
Of course it wouldn’t be called Sharia Law if the theocrats had their way. It would be called Eye for and Eye Law, or Jesus Law, or simply Morality Laws. I remember sermons about “lukewarm” Christians and the admonitions by the Pastor that God would spit out the lukewarm Christians, He demands you to be on fire for Christ! No taking the Bible literally in fundamentalist Christianity! Nope.
Issac you sound like a convicted Neocon. Like that is really going to solve the worlds problems. A giant Siraq State because they are tame compared to Iranians
PAUL-
Have you ever taken a course in logic or debate? I ask because you make so many unfounded, evidence-free statements. Name one progressive or liberal government in the world that has Sharia law. You can’t, because only countries that have right wing governments and/or dictators have Sharia law.
bill mcwilliams – I have taken a couple of logic courses and gotten A’s in them. The type of thinking used by Progressives and the type of thinking used by Sharias is exactly the same.
No, Nick, I prefer Raisinettes or Jr Mints for a good show.
No one ever argues with the facts, or the Economist article. It’s always an emotional argument. They just FEEL right. There MUST be Amish who stone, flog, and behead people out there, because they’re fundamentalist Christians. Or they confuse freedom OF religion with freedom FROM religion. Christians just HAVE to be as bad as Muslims, even though Muslim extremists are the only ones suicide bombing and beheading people en masse.
MCS: I suggest you learn about Sharia jurisprudence. Because each and every country that practices Sharia Law has similar sentences for rape victims, homosexuals, etc. They apply the law of the Qu’ran literally. I have an excellent book on the topic written by a Muslim lawyer, and will try to dig it out to share the title.
” Progressives are the most sharia like in the United States.” Paul C Not that I have noticed. Right wingers are generally the ones that want state sponsored religion.
SWM – I have yet to see a right-winger who wants a state sponsored religion. Could you point one out?
That is totally messed up and has nothing to do with Sharia in any true sense. Did the guy guy die from being stabbed in the shoulder? Rape is a capital crime in that country so why isn’t self defense respected? It seems that had she passively accepted it, she would have been called immoral. Can’t win in some places, can you??
There was a hilarious scene in the Simpson’s Sunday. Grandpa was given an opportunity to choose his death bed fantasy. He asked to hear Glenn Miller music while watching cops beat up hippies. mattcarmody’s angst ridden comment. I see the US Haters are all coming out. Shall I make some popcorn?
Bob, I am fed up w/ half measures. I used to be more of an isolationists lite. But, Obama and his metrosexual Commander in Chief, combined w/ the half measures by the prior Bushes, tell me it’s time to go medieval on these b@stards. All they understand is power. They actually believe they can beat us because we have tried to be prudent. Look where the hell that has gotten us. I’m channeling my hero, Churchill. “There can be no peace w/o victory.”
The fundamentalists in this country can hardly wait to get separation of church and state implemented so they can start stoning some of us dirty hippies. It might not happen tomorrow but if things don’t seriously change here soon it’ll happen.
THEO
If you want to make someone mad, tell them (Nicky etal.) a lie. If you want to make them furious, tell them the truth. You did.
Some of the folks here don’t seem to know the difference between right wing propaganda, and history(of which they know little). And when they vote – if they do – they probably vote against their own economic interest. But give ’em a chance to vote for having SHARIA law in this country, and they’ll vote YES, just like the 1% would.
bill mcwilliams – in all the time I have been on this blog I have almost always disagreed with you. However, on this issue I think you mistook right-wing for left wing. Progressives are the most sharia like in the United States.
Anonymous – THANK YOU for the good news. I so very much hope it’s true!!!
Theo:
The facts do not bear out your statements against capitalism. Actually, capitalism has done more to lift people out of poverty than any other system in the world, bar none. This should also be intuitively obvious, as who is better off, the poor person who depends on a monthly hand out of stale government bread, or the poor person who is able to start his own small business and sustain his family himself?
There seems to be persistent confusion about modern capitalism, as many believe that support for “capitalism” is a desire to return to days like The Jungle, and where workers are thrown into pits of asbestos. In reality, completely unregulated capitalism does not exist in America. Modern capitalism is governed (or should be governed) by reasonable regulations that keep products and employees safe, while allowing business to thrive. Gone are the days of the Lords and caste systems, where if you were not born to inherit a successful business, you were doomed to a life of hardscrabble poverty. The American Dream was an incredible, unheard of opportunity, unique in a world where your economic fate was determined at birth.
Contrast, for example, the life of my friend from Maldova, which was Socialist under the former USSR. She said everyone was equally poor and miserable. The only people who lived well were the ruling government elite. Her father operated a small business that the entire family had to hide, because they would be in very serious trouble if their government ever found out. And neighbors were encouraged to turn neighbors in for such things. She said they ate better and had warmer clothes because of this underground business. Even after the fall of the USSR, Socialism persists there with the universal healthcare. When she returned to visit family, her young son fell very ill. She had to bribe the doctor to ensure he would be cared for.
Who in their right mind would choose Socialism over Capitalism to improve the lives of everyone, and the poor in general?
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21578665-nearly-1-billion-people-have-been-taken-out-extreme-poverty-20-years-world-should-aim
Jonathan Turley wrote: “Goodbye, Dear Mum”: Iran Executes Rayhaneh Jabbari
Not so fast, JT:
“Iran postpones execution of woman accused of killing attempted rapist”
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/29/iran-set-to-execute-woman-accused-killing-attempted-rapist/
Dredd ~
Dominion has proven itself ruthless.
Is there a cite or a link for this story? I haven’t been able to find a single article that says the execution was carried out.