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Are the Beautiful People's Pens Mightier Than the Iranian Regime's Stones? by Phyllis Chesler NewsRealBlog December 15, 2010 http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/913/iranian-regime-stones Send Comment RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. Excerpt: The Beautiful People have just weighed in on the matter of She-Who-Would-Be-Stoned. More than eighty actors, models, singers, musicians, comedians, authors, philosophers, artists, and parliamentarians (mainly based in Europe), have just signed a letter on behalf of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. The letter is addressed to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, and President Ahmadinejad. The signatories include V.S. Naipaul, Wole Soyinka, Carla Bruni, (the first lady of France), Sting, Lady Antonia Fraser, Damien Hirst, Howard Jacobson, Isabelle Huppert, Bernard Kouchner, Bernard-Henri Levy—and American actors Mia Farrow, Robert De Niro, and Robert Redford. A month ago, I had a surprising conversation with a prominent Israeli expert on Iran. He said: Trust me. They are very sensitive to criticism. The international campaign on behalf of the woman they wish to stone is proving effective. They will have to respond. Read the complete original version of this item...
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