Dou-Che gear HERE.
The rest of us will take a REAL revolutionary- Ahmed Batebi...
Iranian student activist Ahmed Batebi has escaped to the United States!
The brave Iranian student activist who was sentenced to death and who was severely tortured for years in the notorious Evin Prison in Iran has arrived safely in the United States!
Ahmed Batebi is the Iranian student who gained international fame for his appearance on the cover of The Economist magazine holding up a bloodied shirt claiming to belong to a fellow student beaten by the Basij paramilitaries. The photo, which has been called "an icon for Iran's student reform movement," was taken during the Iranian Student Protests in July 1999 in Tehran. Human Rights activist Shirin Ebadi, reports that the shirt belonged to Ezzat Ebrahim-Nejad, a student who was shot and killed reportedly by a plainclothes police or vigilante.
Ahmed Batebi was imprisoned and tortured for years.
He escaped the regime traveling through the Democratic Iraq and Austria before arriving in Washington DC this week.
Again... This is a MAJOR BLOW to the brutal Iranian Regime!
Winston and Aryamehr have more on this courageous man.
WELCOME TO AMERICA AHMED BATEBI!
Thank you again, Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi for this wonderful news!
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Related... It was a rough week for Che fans, with the Colombia rescue and all.
Bummer.
I was wondering what was up with that picture on the side bar and now I know. And knowing is half the battle.
ReplyDeleteI notice that there are a lot of Progressive messages of welcome. (Missing.)
ReplyDeleteI guess it's because they're so heavily invested in saving the Iranian regime.
I doubt he'll get to speak at Columbia University, unless they hold a pie throwing contest for extra credit.
ReplyDeleteTime to update the T-shirts. He is a very good looking young man and Che is so cold and moldy.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, this man was gravely ill because of his treatment in Evan prison in Iran. I hope he is able to regain full health and live a full life in his new country, and maybe help his country be free at last.