I saw another article today where the EU is trying to step in.

Haven't seen anything yet about whether Harper's government is trying to intervene.

The repression there is mind boggling. Sentenced this poor guy to death because he created a technology that someone else used to upload "porn"? To the mullah crowd, that could mean someone showing off a new hairstyle.

I saw in another thread that you used to live there. I have friends whose family left in 1979 when the revolution was happening and things got so violent. The Persian people deserve better, IMO.