Iranian of the Day

a light in the darkness

Khayli mamnoon, congratulations, Mr. Baghi. You are seeker of justice and a light in the darkness. I admire your fierce courage.

impressed and not impressed

since when did the US become the reference point for human rights?? why do we have to compare the situation in iran with the US to make a point about it being just or unjust?
the judicial system in both countries has problems and shortcomings, and the death penalty should be abolished in both.

Not-impressed

Picking a fight with the government is sign of seeking fame? what about when a person who is supposedly in search of such a fame goes through the torture and tolerates long prison terms, in other words he is willing to pay the price by putting his own life on the line for the sake of others?

Comparing the capital punishment laws in iran and the states and in making the claim that they are more advanced in iran, you tend to omit the fact that in US there are ways for the convict to have his sentence overturned based on various appeals and allowing new evidence to be introduced in the case, and if all else fails, There is the Undeniable evidence by testing the DNA. In iran, as was evidenced by the recent death of Darabi, apparently non of this matters and even a flimsy and unreliable forgiveness by the victim's parents may be hard to obtain.

His efforts are being supported by various organizations on an international level, not to mention the SCE, Are they also all about fame and recognition? He can not single handedly make efforts in creating reforms in the education system in iran and improving governments (how can you improve a goverment that operates based on facism?) BUt he is doing what he can do best and that is being visually vocal about this huge dillema in our judicial system.

Murder disguised as justice

Life is not something that human beings have given to each other. If any one who believe in God as the IRI pretend to do they would realize that life is holy and capital punishment does not decrease crime rate. America is a good example of it. Compare the crime rate between countries that have capital punishment and those that don't and you would see that crime is considrabley higher in those countries that decide to take human life as punishment. Since IRI does not believe in the universal God and lack the skills and competency to find the root causes of crime and seem to take a short cut by washing blood with blood it is up to people who care to do something about this evil act of murder under the disguise of 'justice'.

Farid Parsa

I am not impressed

I think there are thousands, maybe millions of ways to improve Iran. To pick a fight with the government is not an honorable one under current conditions. It is more a sign of personal need for fame, or wanting to be known as a hero, etc. Capital punishment exists in many countries, including our own US. In fact strictly from the viewpoint of government involvement and the law, Iranian law is far more advanced as it allows the victim's family to decide if a death sentence should be executed. But in the US it is the government that forces it! So to say that Iranian government is executing people is really a falsehood as the government simply executes the will of the victim's family. If somebody has an issue with that they should fight the people of Iran not the government. It is at best hypocrisy and a cry for violence and fight and the disruption of things. Currently there is no solution really available to people to replace capital punishment - not a solution that is agreeable by people. If this guy worked towards helping his people get better educated or improve government system and all the other millions of similar ways, the issue of capital punishment would be resolved automatically without the need for any such show-offs. But of course fame and wanting to be a hero is a desire hard to resists, especially when one is not very good at true help!

Iranian Solidarnosc ;0)

More Power to Iran's Civil Society. Congrat to Mr Emad Baghi

More power to him

A true "Farzand' pak' meehan"