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Nazanin Afshin-Jam is former Miss World Canada, who has been fighting to save the life of Nazanin Fatehi, a 19 year old Iranian Woman. Fatehi received the death sentence in her home country of Iran after she stabbed to death a man who had tried to rape her and her 16 year old niece. Fatehi was 17 years old at the time of the stabbing.

Afshin-Jam received the news yesterday that the death sentence against Fatehi has been dropped.

Fatehi’s lawyer confirmed Monday that the Iranian court had commuted the sentence after recognizing the incident as an act of self-defence. However, the court ruled Fatehi used excessive force and asked her to pay blood money to receive a pardon from the dead man’s family.

This case has gathered world wide attention in part due to Afshin-Jam's efforts.

Using her fame as Miss Canada and knowledge gained through an international relations degree, Afshin-Jam started a petition to save Nazanin. So far, she has collected nearly 300,000 signatures, which have been delivered to the Iranian government. She has also visited Ottawa and the United Nations headquarters in New York, asking politicians to put political pressure on Iran to stop the execution.

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