SHOCK EXECUTION OF 2 POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN

Badp Bloggers Againstdeathpenalty:

In an attempt to intimidate people and prevent more protests, Iran executed Arash Rahmani Pour (20) and Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani yesterday.

Arash Rahmani Pour

Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani

Arash Rahmani Pour and Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani were arrested well before the elections but went on a mass trial with those arrested in the protests.

Their lawyers and the family were not informed of the execution and were not present.

Ms. Sotudeh, their lawyer said, Arash Rahmanipour was forced to confess when his pregnant sister was kept in prison for two months and ultimately lost her baby.

11 more are in imminent danger of execution on similarly false charges.

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AHMAD SHAMLOU - THE FINAL WORD

"The Final Word (2008-2009,U.S); Moslem Mansouri's second documentary film about the legendary late Ahmad Shamlou, one of the most prominent and influential contemporary Iranian poets. The film is a 55-minute collection of unpublished interviews with the poet and his long time partner, Aida, two years before he died. [+ POEMS!]
In his poetry, Mr. Shamlou, spoke consciously of human suffering, injustice and love. Through his distinctive expression of language, he skilfully sided with the oppressed and opposed cruel regimes and their inhumane institutions."