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Ahmadinejad on Roxana Saberi: In Iran, Judiciary is Independent
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by Blue Crush | April 22, 2009 at 06:25 am
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells ABC News he cannot weigh in on the imprisonment of Roxana Saberi
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George Stephanopoulos of ABC News has travelled to Iran to conduct an exclusive interview with their President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
He 'pressed' him on the Roxana Saberi case.
"I am not a judge, and I do not pass judgment over judicial cases," Ahmadinejad said in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "In Iran, the judiciary is independent. I have stressed like others she should be accorded her full rights."
"I think Mr. Obama, as a sign of change and also to encourage friendship, should allow laws to be processed fairly and allow the judiciary to carry out its duties," Ahmadinejad said, when asked whether he would release the 31-year-old as a humanitarian good will gesture. "I am sure she is not being mistreated."
See exclusive George Stephanopoulos' ABC News video here.
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at 06:53 on April 22nd, 2009
judiciary independent in Iran? does he think we are all stupid?
at 07:04 on April 22nd, 2009
Technically and in accordance to Iranian Laws he is right. Iran is also a democracy and was a theocracy at first.
The Islamic Republic Party was Iran's ruling political party and for some years its only political party until its dissolution in 1987. Iran had no functioning political parties until theExecutives of Construction Party formed in 1994 to run for the fifth parliamentary elections, mainly out of executive body of the government close to the then-president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. After the election of Mohammad Khatami in 1997, more parties started to work, mostly of the reformist movement and opposed by hard-liners. This led to incorporation and official activity of many other groups, including hard-liners. The Iranian Government is opposed by a few armed political groups, including the Mojahedin-e-Khalq, the People's Fedayeen, and the Kurdish Democratic Party.
at 14:32 on April 22nd, 2009
Gosh, this situation is so complicated; I honestly don't know what to say.
at 17:33 on April 22nd, 2009
yeah, I think so
at 03:29 on April 23rd, 2009
Thank you for this post. Pashen thanks for your historical update. Will watch the outcome with interest.