They Stone Lawyers, Don’t They?

It’s tough being a lawyer at the best of times – well, kind of – but being a lawyer in Iran is beyond even being a South Auckland boot-banger.  Take women’s rights activist Shiva Ahari, (pictured) for instance, who now faces the highly sophisticated threat of being stoned to death for dodgy charges levelled against her by the Nazis in Teheran.  On Saturday Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has represented several political activists and protesters arrested in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election last summer, was arrested and charged with “propaganda against the regime” and “acting against national security”.  Already Shadi Sadr, an award-winning human rights lawyer who was forced to leave Iran for his work in another stoning case, the Guardian reports.

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