Peyvast

Israel started attacking Gaza during the transition of power in US and Islamic republic has multiplied its harassment and attacks on Dr. Shirin Ebadi while most of world attention is focused on human rights violations in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Obviously both are TIMING their actions for own agendas.

Harassments of Dr. Ebadi has increased substantially in the past few months and now multiplied especially that she had been politically more critical and also has suggested a secular solution for Iran. Learning from Shah’s under estimation of Khomeini, Islamic Regime wants to see Ebadi vanished or at least out of the country. I will not be surprised if Islamic Regime does not let her back in after one of her foreign trips .

Because of Shirin Ebadi’s unique status,  she may ’someday” end up as a unifying center among most Iranians and the opposition forces.

The current events on all fronts may calm down but any such events at anytime also could possibly start a non-reversible domino effect depending on the reactions of on each side .

Regardless , violations of Dr. Ebadi’s human rights must be raised by Iranians inside and outside Iran as well as human rights advocates worldwide, despite the limited media attention that it has already has gained worldwide but the key point to observe is what will happen inside Iran as a result, if any.

I have asked many international human rights orginzations to issue more direct statements (and possibly a joint one too) and PETITION in support of Dr. Shirin Ebadi but until then there is a more limited petition that is on internet that you can sign:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/424/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1787