Iranian Human Rights film wins Amnesty International award

City boy: I just heard the great news that the undercover documentary Execution of a teenage girl produced by Arash Sahami (left in the picture) won the television documentary award at the Amnesty International Media Awards tonight. Arash Sahami and his team risked their lives by going undercover in Iran to capture the story of this little girl and the tragic end to her life..
The Observer (July, 2006) described the documentary as:
An almost impossible to watch documentary about the life of Atefeh Sahaaleh. a 16-year-old girl who was hanged in a public square in Iran in 2004 after being charged with ‘crimes against chastity’. Using eyewitness accounts, reconstructions and undercover footage, the programme slowly recreates Atefeh’s life and shows why the same life was brutally extinguished. At times you really just want to look away from the screen unable to believe this is happening - but don’t, because this truly is one of the best documentaries of the year and one of the most important
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Related:TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Authorities have arrested some 80 suspects on the charge of damaging gas stations and looting shops during last week's protests against fuel rationing, state-run television reported.

PeykeIran: Those who participated in the riots are kept in solitary confinment in the infamous Evin Prison and the name of those who will be executed will be annonuced in a few days.