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Liebe FC und liebe Freitag Redaktion,

gestern Abend bekam ich von Hamed Beheshti einem PhD Kandidaten am Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik der FU Berlin folgende Email:

"Dear Friends
I need your urgent support to save life of some Environment Guards.
Please read the below letter, and those who would like to endorse it please contact me as soon as possible via email.
Regards
Hamed
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Your Excellency, Ayatollah Larijani
The Head of Iran Judiciary Organization

CC:
- Iran department of Environment, Mr. Mohammadizadeh
- Iran Parliament, Mr. Ali Larijani
- Iran University of Environment, Dr. Asghar Fazel

Referring to the announcement by Iran Supreme Court, regarding the death penalty that has been given to an official Environment Guard who has no sin other than using his legal capacity to protect the wild life against illegal poachers, we the undersigned group of environmental institutions and individuals appeal to your wisdom and quick intervention in the hope that you will avert the execution of the environment guard.
In August 2008, Asad Takizade, 32 years old, one of the official guards of Dena protected area, was patrolling Kharidun Mountains and intercepted an illegal poaching operation. He and his colleagues warned the hunters, who did not obey and instead opened fire on the patrols. During the exchange of fire, one of the poachers was injured. Asad helped him, and carried him on his back to the nearest infirmary. Unfortunately 20 minutes later the poacher passed away. The guards confiscated a carcass of an antelope from the illegal hunters, as a proof for their illegal action.
Since then, Asad, a guard with 10 years of experience who was also awarded best officer three times by the local authorities, has spent 3 years in jail for performing his duty and protecting the environment from illegal poachers. Recently, we also got news that the Iran Supreme Court has approved the capital punishment against Asad.
Your Excellency, It is worth mentioning that during the past 30 years 120 of environment guards in Iran have been brutally murdered by illegal poachers during their mission to protect the remaining 10 percent of the animal wild life in the country. While none of the poachers/murderers have been faced with strong punishment, Asad is going to be executed soon because he was conducting his duty and using the authority that the law gave him.
We are even more shocked to be informed that Asad’s case is not unique and that another five guards are also waiting for their appeal to the death penalty. Environment Guards- around the world- are key in the preservation of wild life and natural resources against unleashed greedy opportunists. The fragile environment in Iran needs people like Asad and his colleagues. According to the World Bank, Environmental degradation cost in Iran amount up to 10 percent of the country’s GDP. These resources belong to the whole Iranian society, and Asad was ready to defend their right.
We, the group of environmental organizations and individuals worldwide, strongly appeal to your quick action to grant clemency to Mr Asad Takizade, and the other environment guards who are facing similar situation.
We also firmly believe that Iran’s parliament should set new supportive regulations and laws that can prevent the occurrence of such injustice in the future."

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Hamed Beheshti dürfte für iranische Verhältnisse ein sehr unbequemer Zeitgenosse sein, da er in seinem highranking Paper (erschienen bei Elsevier) dezidiert das iranische Atomprogramm ad absurdum führt.

Vielleicht liest Herr Augstein mit und kann helfen :-)

Udate:

Die kleine Bewegung hat nun eine Facebook Gruppe gegründet und hier noch eine Seite des 'Human Chain Projects' wo einige Informationen und ein Bild des Prakwächters zu sehen ist: tinyurl.com/3dxb43d