Earlier this week two German nationals were arrested in Iran. In a public announcement Tehran judiciary authorities declared the two illegally attempted to interview the relative(s) of Sakineh Ashtiani who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Whether they have been able to conduct the interview is not clear. If the two Germans had actually journalist visas and only had no permission for this special interview is uncertain too.
It is hard to grasp how a European who by culture takes necessary precautions before traveling by getting familiar to local laws and conditions even when on holiday can ignore such a crucial risk in a country infamous toward journalists. The Ashtiani case is not only an eccentrically extraordinary issue internationally, domestically too it may reveal sorts of conflicts inside the decision makers in Tehran. When a month after Ahmadinejad pronounced Astiani's stoning case as an organized media propaganda against Iran, Judiciaries spokesman, Eje'e told reporters in a press conference that the judges are independent here and she is sentenced to death by stoning and we do not compromise with the Islamic laws just because of some influences from out side who themselves are number one in violating the human rights.
Although the initiatives of these two Germans for the action that undoubtedly puts their government in a big trouble matters a little now, but speculations on this swing between good and evil. One can think they are 2 freelancer seeking fame in a country that can blast a layman into a news making figure. Or these two are sacrificing their freedom keeping Ashtiani's issue live hoping to change her destiny, which in this case I can title them Pahlavans.
It is hard to grasp how a European who by culture takes necessary precautions before traveling by getting familiar to local laws and conditions even when on holiday can ignore such a crucial risk in a country infamous toward journalists. The Ashtiani case is not only an eccentrically extraordinary issue internationally, domestically too it may reveal sorts of conflicts inside the decision makers in Tehran. When a month after Ahmadinejad pronounced Astiani's stoning case as an organized media propaganda against Iran, Judiciaries spokesman, Eje'e told reporters in a press conference that the judges are independent here and she is sentenced to death by stoning and we do not compromise with the Islamic laws just because of some influences from out side who themselves are number one in violating the human rights.
Although the initiatives of these two Germans for the action that undoubtedly puts their government in a big trouble matters a little now, but speculations on this swing between good and evil. One can think they are 2 freelancer seeking fame in a country that can blast a layman into a news making figure. Or these two are sacrificing their freedom keeping Ashtiani's issue live hoping to change her destiny, which in this case I can title them Pahlavans.
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