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Zahra Bahrami

Dutch-Iranian executed, accused of drug trafficking

iranhumanrights.org: Just a few days ago, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Zahra Bahrami’s daughter denied all drug-related charges leveled against her mother. However, a few hours ago, Fars News Agency reported of the execution of the Dutch-Iranian prisoner. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran was able to contact Bahrami’s lawyer, Jinoos Sharif Razi in Tehran a few minutes ago; Sharif Razi was not aware of the execution. “I am shocked. I was absolutely not informed about this. They should have informed her lawyer of the execution, but I had no idea. I don’t know what to say. Just that I am shocked,” she said. An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that during Zahra Bahrami’s detention, her interrogation team was the Iranian Intelligence Ministry’s Anti-Espionage Team. Therefore the possibility that her initial charges were drug-related is nil. According to the said source, during her first few weeks of detention in prison, Zahra Bahrami was physically and psychologically tortured to provide televised confessions according to a pre-written scenario >>>

29-Jan-2011
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G. Rahmanian

اقازاده ثروتش ازراه نا مشروع كلان است!

G. Rahmanian


نظام ضدانساني-ضدايراني جمهوري اسلامي مخالفان را به جرمهاي دروغين از جمله فروش مواد مخدر محكوم به اعدام ميكند. اين در حاليست كه اقازاده ها و سردمداران نظام از راه فروش مواد مخدر ثروتمند ميشوند. نابود باد جمهوري اسلامي !


fussygorilla

just wondering

by fussygorilla on

is that a stuffed animal she is holding? .....may be stuffed with cocaine?


Mash Ghasem

Comrade, can I answer you something?

by Mash Ghasem on

Remember her the same way you remember tens and hundereds and ... of Iranian people Tudeh Party  [on the orders of KGB] handed over to IR for their execution (by giving information on their locations and whereabouts).

You simply don't/can't remeber them, can you? do you?

espasipa, tavarish


aynak

This can happen to any Iranian visiting Iran

by aynak on

I know many people are planning to cancel or not make their trip to Iran.   In reality, when the law of jungle rules, who knows if you go there if you can return?   May be that is what the regime wants.   For no one to go for visit.

 The murderers did  this while the world is watching Egypt.   I was in Iran during Ashura, and this could have happenend to me.

The terror is entering a new phase.   We need to come together around the globe and condmn this in strongest term possible.

May we all have good dreams.


G. Rahmanian

The IR Supporters

by G. Rahmanian on

of different SHADES and COLORS make all sorts of excuses to keep the regime in power. Shameless as they are, they can hardly hide behind "innocent" theories and "smooth" phraseology which, indeed, are employed to cover up their manifest double-dealings and treason. These implacable enemies of Iran and Iranians would resort to any ploy to distort and discredit all moves to bring down the murderous regime of IR.


pedramx

banning execution ........

by pedramx on

I wish in my life time I would be able to see a ban on execution in iran and elsewhere.

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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuEpRyWh7CI


Anahid Hojjati

This case is so troublesome

by Anahid Hojjati on

Few months ago, I met this Iranian lady who is in Diaspora. In summer of 2009, she went back to Iran and participated in demontrations. She told me some account of what happened.To think that what happened to Zahra Bahrami, could have hapened to her makes this case even more horrible than it is. To execute people for participation in demonstrations, that is another exmaple that how only a revolution can get rid of IRI. No more talk of reform like we had in 2009 and 2010. No more people saying that what we had in Iran was like struggle of blacks few decades ago in United States.


ahang1001

این دستهای خون آلود

ahang1001


این دستهای خون آلود حاکمان پلید ایران

با هزاران بار وضو نیز پاک نخواهد شد

لعنت بر همه شان

از اصول گرا گرفته تا اصلاح طلبان اسلامی

از عمامه بسران گرفته تا اوباشان آدم کش

و همچنین

آفرین بر همه شان که نمایشگر چهره کریه اسلام به تمام جهان شده اند.


default

comrade

by Doctor mohandes on

You do have a tendency to spice everything up don't you?
What kinda question is that anyway??

Who are those that are squeezing ...things into a time-capsule??!!


Simorgh5555

Doctor

by Simorgh5555 on

Not my fault! 

I even wrote a Blog on this! I hate double posts. I have asked Admin to explain why my posts are posted twice (sometimes three times if I'm lucky) and I have not been given an explanation. Apparently, the Admin people or Jahnshah Javid are too damagh sarbala to give me a response.   


default

stop it man

by Doctor mohandes on

Why the hell are you double - posting ????

My god.


Simorgh5555

Comrade

by Simorgh5555 on

just another simple Iranian woman whose life was taken from her leaving two children behind. The fact that she is just an ordinary Iranian makes it, in my opinion, all the more tragic. 


comrade

Can I ask something?

by comrade on

 

 

How am I supposed to remember her? Or better, how is she supposed to be categorized on our collective list of IRI victims? A regular citizen? A political activist? A simpleton dupe?

We should stop this practice of squeezing human lives into a time-capsule which only covers the moment of their death at the  hands of the IRI. 

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

 


Simorgh5555

Raoul

by Simorgh5555 on

You are right: any one who opposes the Islamic Republic should expect a harsh reaction. My impression from your post was that you were trying to justify it which you are not so I will apologise for attacking you. 

Muslim regimes are exactly what you say: violent and illogical and therefore the only way to remove them is by use of force. I wish they can be reasoned with but they won't.

I also agree with your last point and you are 100% correct. I have not taken a position as yet about Tunisia or Egypt. Any Islamic government would in either of those countries will take the countries back into the stone age. God forbid an Islamic 'revolution' takes place there. 


vildemose

Aljazaree reportin that

by vildemose on

Aljazaree reportin that Mubark might be fleeing to Israel.


Raoul1955

Azadeh

by Raoul1955 on

Insensitive yes, irrational, well:
By now everyone knows that muslims are the most violent and illogical people on the planet.  Therefore, anyone who openly opposes them should expect the harshest reaction from them.
Is it a surprise that muslims kill anyone critical of them, or their founder?  In this case they kill all those who are opposed to the Islamic republic.

I hope that we have learned from Iran's history and won't let Tunisians or Egyptians bring to power a 'democratic' Islamic regime.

Cheers now


Simorgh5555

Mehrdad

by Simorgh5555 on

Mehrdad I know you and I could not disagree more on military action. As a veteran I fully understand you position and I totally respect you. Would you not however agree that as a matter of principle Iranians (not foreigners) have the right to bear arms against this regime? 


Bavafa

Stop state sponsored murder

by Bavafa on

Death penalty is nothing but State sponsored murder and they can do it under many disguise or excuse.  This barbaric act must be condemned by all and unconditionally.

"Do me a favor: just imagine Iranians are living in Gaza and the Islamic Republic is Israel. Believe it or not Iranians are human beings just like the Palestinian folk you so passionately speak up for"

This is precisely why I feel as passionately as I do for those oppressed in Gaza, much like the Iranian people that are being oppressed by IRI in Iran.

Mehrdad


Simorgh5555

Azadeh

by Simorgh5555 on

What Raoul is saying is this: Zahra was not a Palestinian so her life is not worth a dime! Because Israel did not kill her then any sympathy for her is uncalled for. 


shushtari

i agree with simorgh....

by shushtari on

we must form a liberation coalition and army.....

these filthy murderers only fear force, that's it......I read that khamenei has a force of 10K armed thugs to protect him and his $36B he has stolen from iran over the past 30 years

 

it was a lot easier in 1979, when someone could have shot that devil out of the sky.....or a sniper could have sent him to hell in mehrabad airport......

it's much tougher now......BUT, and this is a big positive, that these thugs will all pick up and run, when they know their regime is in danger....

here's to that day! 


Azadeh Azad

Raoul

by Azadeh Azad on

You are being both insensitive and irrational.

Zahra had the right to have a dual citizenship, she had the right to go back to her motherland (by using the IRI passport, which is the only way to do so at this time) and participate in Green demonstrations. How you could bring yourself to blaming a victim of the IRI's atrocities is beyond me.  75 million people cannot all emigrate to the West and remain there in order to avoid the IRI thugs.

Azadeh


vildemose

Do me a favour: just

by vildemose on

Do me a favour: just imagine Iranians are living in Gaza and the Islamic Republic is Israel. Believe it or not Iranians are human beings just like the Palestinian folk you so passionately speak up for. 

Good one Simorgh.


MRX1

There will be more

by MRX1 on

executions to come, you can count on it! how many people wrere  arrested post emonstration, 4000 people?

Some of us who are old enough have been advocating  removal of this regime and these islamo creep monsters  by military strike and assisinations as early 1978 even before these roaches took the power, but no one listened to us. Terror of General oveisi and Bakhtiar, death of general Ariana, destruction of Iranian Air force after unsuccessfull 1981 uprising, pretty much took away a great chance of achieveing this. Situation is even worst now with the  community activist in the white house surrounded by liberal idiots who like to appease to any two bit low life dictatorship out there and monsters in tehran chasing to get a nuclear bomb.

Sorry I blame all those anti war people Iranian or otherwise  for This death and thousends like this and thousends in the future. That's all I got to say, now every one can go write email to U.N and wear a green bandena and follow moussavi, karoubi and rest of charlatans out there.....


G. Rahmanian

"The Netherlands has frozen diplomatic contacts with IRI..."

by G. Rahmanian on

This insanity must end. To isolate IR the democratic world must cut off all diplomatic ties with the murderous regime of IR. Death to IR.


Simorgh5555

Raoul

by Simorgh5555 on

Zahra was arrested for her participation in the demonstrations in the summer of '09 and for contacting international media outlets as an amateur reporter. She was a demonstrator no more and no less. What is tragic is that you actually believe the charges of drug smuggling brought against her? Are you in possession of the documents or have you seen the physical evidence against her? Don't you see a pattern emerging? Sakineh Ashtiani was also arrested on suspicion of adultery and later convicted of a more serious charge of murder? 

If you were living in the Islamic Republic and brainwashed by the media there then you could be forgiven for your ignorance.

P.S. Why would anyone want to have a crappy Islamic Republic passport? It does not represent Iran and it has that horrible 'Allah' symbol on it. I wouldn't be caught dead having one of those. 


Raoul1955

Simorgh5555

by Raoul1955 on

It is unusual for me to respond to this type of post, but are you in possession of documents that demonstrate that the said woman was fighting on behalf of the Iranian people to overthrow the Iranian regime? 
My understanding is that she changed her citizenship, then returned to Iran…and there goes the rest of the story.  Did the other folks leave their country of origin, obtain a second citizenship, and follow a similar path as the deceased woman?
Perhaps if people took a deep breath and didn’t jump based on emotional issues, they would have less trivial problems to deal with. 


Simorgh5555

Raoul

by Simorgh5555 on

Therefore when Nelson Mandela and members of the ANC ended up in prison in South Africa it was their fault. Had Mandela shut his mouth and simply been content to live in shanty towns he would not have ended up in prison for 30 years.

Had all the black folks in the civil rights movement just shut up and been content with 'the separate but equal policy' laws of the South then they would not have been beaten in the street and thrown into prison. 

Had  Aung San Suu Kyi just shut her mouth in Burma she would not have been under house arrest for 20years.

Your rationale is simple: if you get beaten up and raped by the Islamic Republic then its your fault for starting trouble.

Do me a favour: just imagine Iranians are living in Gaza and the Islamic Republic is Israel. Believe it or not Iranians are human beings just like the Palestinian folk you so passionately speak up for. 


G. Rahmanian

Death To IR

by G. Rahmanian on

In the IR confession under duress is nothing new. As long as the murderous regime of IR is in power, these crimes will not end.


Raoul1955

We have read similar stories...

by Raoul1955 on

I have been reading stuff on line for the past few years and know the following:
1) Iran is a dangerous place where anyone can get arrested, violated, and killed;
2) Iranians do not recognize dual citizenship;
3) Iranians do NOT recognize what we call 'the human rights.'
This case reminds me of other cases involving two Canadians that returned to Iran…
This woman was a Dutch citizen, but still holding Iranian citizenship!  Why would anyone do that?   
She returned to Iran...she then participated in street demonstrations, and...Either she took a calculated risk knowing that she would be executed based on prior events involving dual nationals travelling to Iran, or she was [fill in the blank with your choice of words.]

Well, this should serve as a learning lesson to those folks who are 'slow learners.'


statira

:Tunesians have more

by statira on

Gheirat than Iranians. A young Tunesian burned himself and the whole country sympathized him and pour into the streets. But we just watch a government to rape, kill and torture our best people and will do nothing.