Iranian of the Day

One Million Signatures Campaign-- Last Fall I heard about the Campaign and decided to join the effort. I started my activities in the Arts Committee of the Campaign in Tehran. As part of my activities in this Committee last Winter I directed a Play about Raheleh Zamani, a woman who was executed. The play was staged at Allameh Tabatabi’e University and was well received. It also promoted much discussion about the issue of executions in Iran, and particularly about women who commit crimes, sometimes violent crimes, because they have few or no legal recourse available to them in addressing their family disputes—circumstances and disputes which are often violent and unjust >>> Interview