The clock is ticking

On Wednesday at 10:30 AM in Iran (11:30 PM Pacific Standard Time Tuesday January 9th in the USA), a woman goes on trial for the second time facing a death sentence for defending herself in a rape attempt. Nazanin Afshin is a 19 year old woman who stabbed and killed one of three men who were attempting to rape her and her 15 year old neice in a park in Karaj, a suburb of Tehran, in March of 2005. She was 17 at the time. On June 1, 2006, the Head of Judiciary, Ayatollah Sharoudi, announced a stay of execution and the call for a retrial. Nazanin Fatehi’s retrial will take place in a matter of hours.