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Philippines Grant Iranian Beauty Queen Asylum Following Extradition Request
[Jpost] Bahareh Zare Bahiri,
Republic, and putting a temporary suspension on her international visa. The "red notice," which Bahari, 31, was notified thereof upon her arrival at the Philippine airport in Manila on October 17, after returning from a trip to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, was issued by Iranian authorities citing a warrant for her arrest stemming from an offense committed in Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan,the abbreviation IRGCis a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either Shahor Führeror maybe both, and they hate - a claim which the beauty queen vehemently denies. Bahari in contrast, who has been living in the Phillipines since 2014 and has not returned to Iran since, claims that the charges are false and that instead the Iranian regime wishes to extradite her in order to charge her for political dissidence and for openly condemning archaic government practices within the Islamic Theocratic Republic. "They will kill me", Bahari told Britannia’s Daily Telegraph last month, claiming that she feared for her life if she were to be deported from the southeastern Asian country. Bahari used her social media following to rally support from the international community, including the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. “When I got out of Iran I started to be a voice of my people, especially women. I always think: ’How can I make my voice louder?’ So I decided to participate in the beauty pageant. I thought it’d be a good chance to talk about politics," Bahari told the Guardian. "The real reason [Tehran is seeking to extradite me] is that the regime is against political activists and is anti-women. They are trying to silence me, to scare other women in Iran to become quiet. The women of Iran are tired of this regime that doesn’t give basic freedom. When they come to the street sharia police stop them and bring them to the police office: ’Why do you wear clothes like that?’ It’s like we’re in prison," she continued. The Phillipine justice department gave Bahari her refugee status on November 6, the document from the department said on Saturday. She has now been ordered to go to the Bureau of Immigration so that she may receive her official visa and registration certificate to work and live within the Phillipines - travel documents will also be issued to the Iranian-national stemming from the Phillipine government and Philippine Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete. "She will be getting out of the airport and coming into Philippine territory," Perete said. She represented Iran at the Miss Intercontinental beauty pageant held in Manila last year, and has gained wide notoriety for her work as a model and actress within the country. She entered stardom in 2018, when she raised a poster of Reza Pahlavi, former exiled Iranian crown prince from the revolution of 1979 and harsh critic of the current Iranian government - in addition, Bahari wore a dress representing the flag of the ousted regime of the time during her catwalk. Bahari has been studying dentistry in the southeastern Asian country since 2014, the same year she left the Islamic Theocratic Republic, according to a Facebook video. The decision to grant her asylum request was approved after Bahari revealed her deteriorating mental health due to her four-week detention in the airport - following fears she would be executed upon her deportation. "I’m not in good condition," Bahareh Zare Bahari, 31, told the Guardian on Wednesday from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino international airport. "My hair has started falling [out, and is in] bad condition because of the stress. Sometimes mentally I become too sick... I have no privacy here, because there’s no door in the room, so I’m always worried when I want to change my clothes." "All the walls here are white, the bed is white, everything is white ... there is always light here. When I check my phone I can’t understand if it’s 7am or 7pm. I’m losing time, sometimes I’m losing my mind." According to Bahari's Facebook page, she is still reportedly holed up in the airport, fearing for her life if she leaves, acting on recommendations from her counsel - one day after being given asylum. "I don’t need a government to spend money on me, I can stand on my feet. I just need a safe place to continue my life," she concluded. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-10 |
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