Posted on 09/10/2019 6:30:20 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
An Iranian woman detained for dressing as a man to sneak into a soccer stadium to watch a match has died after setting herself on fire upon learning she could spend six months in prison, semi-official news outlets reported Tuesday.
The self-immolation death of 29-year-old Sahar Khodayari has shocked Iranian officials and the public, becoming an immediate hashtag trend across social media in the Islamic Republic.
It also comes as FIFA is working with Iranian authorities to overcome a ban on women entering stadiums for men’s games, a ban in place since the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. FIFA wants the issue resolved before Oct. 10 when Iran — the top-ranked team in Asia — hosts its first home World Cup qualifier against Cambodia.
Khodayari died on Monday at a Tehran hospital after suffering burns across 90% of her body. She had been on a respirator since dousing herself with gasoline in front of Tehran’s Ershad Courthouse on Sept. 2, according to the Iranian news website Rokna, which publishes in Iran with government permission.
She had just learned she could be tried by a Revolutionary Court in Iran and be put in prison for six months, her father told the website.
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No. Of course not, but you know how the world is. If Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc. had been offered a big donation from Charles Manson (when he was alive), there would be the Manson Family Chair of Ethics named after him - if that's what he had wanted. That's not such a stretch. Look at the recent story about all the money MIT got from Epstein and his 'friends'. They tried to hide it. They, and the rest of society, will very often do what they perceive is in their best interests, and they will do whatever they can to avoid scrutiny and tarnishing of their image.
Doing the right thing, particularly when you will lose something, is hard for people to do, unfortunately.
"How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it." Mathew 7:14 (and I am the furthest person from being an expert on scripture)
It’s not just a prison sentence.
As a female, she knew she’d be gang raped and sodomized by the guards every day.
Chances are fair certain she’d have died in prison from the abuse. Slowly. and in great and prolonged pain.
Excellent question.
You are probably entirely correct. Sadly.
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