This just in from Banafsheh...
"Hi Everyone,
PLEASE help us Iranians by telling EVERYONE you know to boycot this event.
Shirin Ebadi is nothing more than another Khatami, window dressing that the Islamic Republic has propped up for well-meaning westerners to appreciate; she is a subtle proxy for a morally bankrupt and criminal regime.
She has betrayed the innocent and exhausted people of Iran who have suffered the utter pain and weight of a group of old men whose rage wishes to drag everyone who is not THEM, down to an anti-Democratic and feudal way of life that contradicts sophisticed and visionary 21st century values.
PLEASE pass this on to EVERYONE you know and also let PACE UNIVERSITY and LEHMAN COLLEGE know that this woman who comes and lectures at these American Universities forgets to tell the students and academics of those institutions about the nightmare ALL Iranian University Students endure!
Thank you.
Banafsheh"
Hmmm.......I don't think I agree with Banafsheh.
I don't think Shirin Ebadi is window dressing for Khatami that Islamic Republic has propped up..."
I think she's a 'peacenik' with her own ideas, who has helped women and children of Iran. (among others)
I wish she'd speak out more against the regime and point out more sufferings of the people. But I don't think she's in cahoots with the regime. I could be wrong.......