Man could face death for car sticker

Reuters ^ | Thu, Dec 18, 2003

[presidio9]

An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term or even the death penalty for attaching a sticker to the rear window of his car proclaiming "The era of arrogant rulers is over".

"My client faces jail for acting against national security just because of that sticker," attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told Reuters on Thursday.

The charge of acting against national security normally carries a hefty prison sentence and in some cases has led to the death penalty being imposed.

Dadkhah said Ali Akbar Najafi, 27, an unlicensed taxi (news - web sites) driver, was arrested in June in southern Tehran. He said his client had thought up the slogan himself, but that it was not specifically aimed at Iran's clerical establishment.

"After being kept blindfolded in solitary confinement for 53 days he now suffers psychological problems," said Dadkhah, who was asked by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, to represent Najafi.

Najafi was released on bail of $25,000 (17,300 pounds) and ordered to appear before a branch of the Revolutionary Court on December 28.

His arrest in June coincided with a rash of pro-democracy protests during which around 4,000 people were arrested. The vast majority of them were released without charge.

When asked on Wednesday whether Saddam Hussein ought to receive the death penalty, Iran's President Mohammad Khatami said: "If anyone is to be executed, the most appropriate person would be Saddam. But it don't want any human being, even a criminal, to be killed if there is an alternative."

[Bonaparte]

"But I don't want any human being, even a criminal, to be killed if there is an alternative." [said Khatami]
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Here is Khatami's track record on executions, floggings and the like.

[Bonaparte]

"What's the penalty for having a REELECT THE PRESIDENT bumper sticker on your car in Berkeley?"

I live nextdoor to that place.

First offense: A keying.

Second offense: Broken window.

Third offense: Spiked tires.

[presidio9]

I prefer cniredrum's.

[.cnI redruM]

There are people who can hook you up with that deal!!!!!!!

http://www.deanpeoplesuck.com/

[presidio9]

Nice, but $18 + $4 shipping is kinda pricey for a tshirt, doncha think?

[.cnI redruM]

Someone could go to a flea-market, get 50 shirts for about $100, get a 'Dean People Suck' logo emblazoned for about $5 a shirt at a teeshirt shop. You could outfit a Freepin' Army for $350 the next time Dean invades your neck of the woods.

[Spok]

The Iranian government just has a culturally diverse prospective on the issue of free speech. Let's quit trying to shove our political system down the throats of other countries. (sarcasm)

[DLfromthedesert]

Please don't tell John McCain. It may give him ideas for his new bumpersticker reform plan.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Oooh. O man. That's classic. The orignal version - born of hypocrisy - is turned around and aimed at the ultimate hypocrites.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[nuconvert]

"But it don't want any human being, even a criminal, to be killed if there is an alternative."

There's an alternative in Iran.......Torture. And Khatami knows well.

[nuconvert]

Thanks for the ping

[1st-P-In-The-Pod]

I don't think you seriously expect an answer to that post, so I won't.