On September 29, IranWire hosted a webinar entitled “Religions, the right to life and punishments that take away life.” Kamran Jamshidi, a Zoroastrian mobed (cleric); Farshid Fathi, a Christian Biblical instructor; Sedighe Vasmaghi, an Islamic scholar; sociologist and human geography scholar Shadyar Omrani, and Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the non-profit organization Iran Human Rights, spoke at the event.
Pooya Dayanim, head of the Iranian Jewish Public Affairs Committee (IJPAC), had also agreed to take part, but was unable to join the discussion due to unforeseen circumstances.
IranWire also invited speakers from the Bahai faith, the Yarsan faith, as well as representatives from other branches of Christianity and Islam, but none were available to take part in the web discussion. Future webinars will aim to include them.