IRAN: STEP BY STEP TO STOP DEATH PENALTY

March 13, 2014: Eight key activists have launched the Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty campaign, demanding an end to executions in Iran. The eight, including Jafar Panahi, film director of The Circle (which in 2000 won the Gold Lion at Venice) and Red Gold, and Mohammad Maleki, former president of Tehran University, call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to end public executions, the use of stoning, exempt children from capital punishment, and alter the law from execution to a system of rehabilitation. Supporters can join the campaign by adding their name to the petition and joining the “Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty” Facebook page.
More about the “Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty” campaign:
http://united4iran.org/step-by-step-to-stop-death-penalty/ (Sources: united4iran.org, 13/03/2014)