URGENT: A Mother Faces Execution Following the January Uprising
Leila Abolhassani, a 43-year-old mother of two, has been sentenced to death by the regime in Iran.
Her "crime"? Recording a store fire on her phone during the January nationwide uprising in Shahinshahr, Isfahan province.
The regime convicted her on the sham charge of "waging war against God" (Moharebeh). After seven months in Isfahan’s Dowlatabad Prison, her life hangs on an upcoming Supreme Court appeal decision.
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It was a pleasure to speak with Crown Prince @PahlaviReza about the mission for a free and democratic Iran, returned to the Iranian people and free from the terror of the regime in Tehran.
I shared with him the tremendous support I saw from Canada’s Persian community in Vancouver and their hope for freedom and democratic change in Iran.
We discussed the importance of sustained international pressure on the Islamic Republic, maintaining internet access for Iranians, using frozen Iranian regime assets rather than Western taxpayer dollars to support the Iranian people, and ensuring that Iranians themselves determine the future of their country through free elections and a democratic constitutional process.
Conservatives support comprehensive sanctions and the seizure of regime assets, expelling the IRGC from Canada, protecting Persian and Jewish communities here at home from threats and intimidation, and maintaining the Conservative policy of no formal diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic.
I was also pleased to invite the Crown Prince to visit Canada and look forward to continuing our discussions about how Canada can support the Iranian people in reclaiming their country and securing a free and democratic future.