On Friday, April 23, 2010, Dr. Shirin Ebadi appeared at the Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver to give a lecture on the appalling human rights situation in Iran since the Islamic Republic came into being in 1979 and since the disputed presidential election of 2009 that gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second term in office.

Watch the full lecture, followed by a Q&A session with the audience and media here.

Shirin Ebadi Lecture – Vancouver – April 23, 2010 – with English translation from Dave Siavashi on Vimeo.

Video of the post-lecture Q&A session with the audience, followed by media interview session (including a question from IranNewsNow):

Shirin Ebadi Post-lecture Question and Answer – Vancouver – April 23, 2010 – with English translation from Dave Siavashi on Vimeo.

We will post the full video in Farsi (Persian) as well shortly.