18 Tir and anti-execution protest in London

WPI UK went to the IRI's embassy in London on Friday 9 July (18 Tir) to protest on the anniversary of the student uprising in 1999 and against executions and stoning in Iran.

WPI protests in support of Sakine & 18 Tir

This week, two important dates are coming up. The first one is the International Day against Stoning on Sunday 11 July. The other is the anniversary of the student uprising in Iran in 1999 this Friday 9 July (18 Tir).
WPI branches in various countries have organised around these dates to protest against Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani's death sentence by stoning in Iran and in memory of the student uprising.

Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani has been in prisone since 2005 and was convicted in 2006 for adultery and received 99 lashes. However she has subsequently been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. For more information on her case go here


Oslo, Norway
Thursday 8 July
4pm
Outside Parliament building

Gothenburg, Sweden
Thursday 8 July
5pm
Brunnsparken

Frankfurt, Germany
Thursday 8 July
7pm
Hauptwache
(organised together with the Communist Party of Iran)

London, UK
Friday 9 July
5-9pm
opposite the IRI embassy, 16 Prince's Gate SW7 1PT
Contact: Jalil Jalili +44 7950924434

Ottawa, Canada
Friday 9 July
12-2pm
Iranian embassy

Vancouver, Canada
Saturday 10 July
3-5pm
Art Gallery/Georgia
(organised together with International Federation of Iranian Refugees)

Iranian regime's survival tactics

In the WPI Press Centre's briefing of 8 July Patty Debonitas interviews Hamid Taqvaee on the survival tactics of the Islamic regime in the face of ongoing protests and the upcoming 10th anniversary of the bloody repression of student protests in Iran.