Iran is executing its protesters
Evil doings in Iran [emphasis mine]:
On December 8, 2022, the Iranian regime hanged 23-year-old Mohsen Shekari (pictured, left), after a secret trial in Iran’s Revolutionary Court. Four days later, in defiance of international condemnation of Shekari’s execution, Iran publicly hanged 23-year-old Majidreza Rahnavard (pictured, right) in the Shiite holy city of Mashhad. Iranian authorities left Rahnavard’s bound body on public display, hanging by his neck on a construction crane…
Both Rahnavard and Shekari were convicted of “moharabeh,” or “waging war against God,” and after expedited legal proceedings, characterized by human rights groups as “sham trials,” were sentenced to death. Human rights advocates have highlighted the unlawfulness of the trials, lack of legal representation, and the prevalence of “coerced confessions” stemming from torture.
Medieval. But the Iranian regime has not hesitated to kill any citizen who would get in its way, right from the start. It is almost certain that more executions will follow, because thousands more protesters are reportedly imprisoned:
Iranian authorities have confirmed that another 12 individuals linked to the protests have been sentenced to death, while human rights groups have identified another 12 who have been indicted on charges carrying the death penalty.
The first man executed was accused of “blocking a street in Teheran and assaulting a member of the Basij militia, a pro-goverment paramilitary volunteer militia, with a knife.” The second supposedly “stabbed two members of the Basij militia to death.” Whether these accusations are true or not is impossible to know, but there is no reason to imagine the regime is telling the truth, and certainly no way to know the exact circumstances of anything that has happened, except the executions. Confessions were apparently gained through torture:
Mohammad Mehdi Karami says he was tortured into making a confession to security forces who were looking to pin the blame on him and 15 other protesters for the death of a member of the Basij paramilitary force during nationwide demonstrations…
Earlier, the opposition activist collective 1500tasvir reported that Mohammad Mehdi Karami said in a meeting with his family that officers beat him so badly during his arrest that they left his body in the street, thinking he was dead. They realized he wasn’t just as they were leaving…
Among the others sentenced to death in the case are Hamid Qarahasanlou, a doctor whose brother had previously revealed the severe torture that officers had inflicted on him and his wife.
The government of Iran has been roundly condemned by the usual human rights organizations and world leaders. Iran does not care in the least.
[NOTE: Our own January 6th political prisoners come to mind, of course. They have been treated harshly by US standards, but of course by Iranian standards they have gotten mere slaps on the wrist.]
[NOTE II: Please read this previous post of mine about how Iran has dealt with protesters in the past.]
The government of Iran has been roundly condemned by the usual human rights organizations and world leaders.
Funny that the MSM aren’t included among those human rights orgs and world ‘leaders’. Aren’t MSM editorial boards the very last word on what media readers should know? Is it not true?
Despite all that is happening in Iran , the joke of a president, joke bidet, and his unbelievably stupid advisers, are still trying to work out some deal with Iran re: their nuclear program (as if Iran will abide by any agreement with the USA).
But hey, joke bidet and his bunch are demokrats so whatever will hopefully (in their minds) be detrimental to Israel is just fine.
Speaking of demokrats, three dem members of the US House of Representatives just visited Cuba and were warmly received by the thugs that own that nation. No need to mention how the Cuban coast guard rams vessels of refugees trying to escape by boat, or simply mows down with machine guns.
We have some truly reprehensible , disgusting POS in our govt.
But then again, the people vote them in.
“Hanging from a Crane” means he strangled to death. Not a good way, very Medieval.
I know a young woman here, an Iranian, who had tickets for a visit home and cancelled. Her sister is still there, caring for their elderly father. The sister is keeping her head down. The whole family are non-believers.
[NOTE: Our own January 6th political prisoners come to mind, of course. They have been treated harshly by US standards, but of course by Iranian standards they have gotten mere slaps on the wrist.]
Yes, but both reflect a lack of rule of law and a government willing to repress its people. Expect the US “standards” to decay towards those of Iran.
Don:
I believe that the US standards will remain much the same for the foreseeable future. They don’t need to get worse to do the trick of having a chilling effect. If they were worse they might arouse too much sympathy.
A week ago, “Asia Times” reported that turban tossing is the latest form of protest against the mullahs in Iran (https://tinyurl.com/2577mdn8):
“[T]his new protest campaign involves another form of headwear – the amameh, or turban, worn by Shi’a clergy. Protesters have been deliberately knocking amameh off the heads of passing clerics. The movement, known as amameh parani, has spread across Iran since early November. It has become particularly popular with young Iranians. Videos posted on twitter under #TurbanTossing and ?????_?????# show amameh being knocked off in streets, cars, buses, metro stations and almost everywhere clergy appear in public.”
Unsurprisingly, in Iran, turban tossing is an act of great irreverence. Here’s a link to the kind of video that’s been posted to Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/4674tczf
It’s funny, but very dangerous. I have to wonder whether Twitter, before Musk, would have shown this.
Call me cynical, but I don’t think knocking turbans off fanatical Mullah’s heads is going to lead to a lessening of oppression. Fanatics double down when challenged and are enraged when humiliated. The Mullah’s are serious that they see any challenge to their authority and policies as a “War against Allah” because their ideology has appointed them as Allah’s agents, so whatever they do in Allah’s name is pre-approved.
Wait. It is my understanding from all the cosplay Offreds in their red handmaids cloaks that it is American conservative Christians that are the real danger to women.
I would say that there is one American Christian that holds quite a large amount of blame for the evil befalling the Iranians. Jimmy Carter’s administration abandoned an imperfect ally in the Shah and helped the Gandhi like Ayatollah Khomeini come to power there.
Maybe a small thing, but I think that the campaign of knocking the turbans off of Mullahs heads is a good sign. Ridicule and humiliation can be an effective form of protest.
I believe there are many Democrats that would be very happy to execute anyone who disagrees with them. I know for a fact that they would execute Mr. Trump, if they could.
Trump launched his first campaign in June, 2015. Get back to me months after then, next year — then polls will matter.
I would say that there is one American Christian that holds quite a large amount of blame for the evil befalling the Iranians. Jimmy Carter’s administration abandoned an imperfect ally in the Shah and helped the Gandhi like Ayatollah Khomeini come to power there.
I think you’re mistaken there. One of the Shah’s prime ministers during the last six months of the regime told an American official ‘the Shah cannot make up his mind, and for that reason the country is lost’. Carter wasn’t a salutary addition to the situation, but it was quite a juggernaut barrelling down on the Shah. Trouble is, the seven digit populations demonstrating in the street had scant idea what a monster Khomeini was. His successor is evil, but his regime has been much less sanguinary.
“…if they could.’
What we have been witnessing since at least November 2016, is the attempted (and at least partially, of not mostly, successful) political/social defenestration—insofar as the US is STILL a “nation of laws”—of DJT.
This has been followed by the defenestration of Trump supporters (and the right of center, generally—even non-supporters who demand adherence to the Constitution in such matters, e.g., Alan Dershowitz) since the election or 2020 (including, of course, the runup to the election).
The Democrats and their supporters have been able to achieve this by running an intense and concerted campaign of virulent demonization.
What this means, ultimately, is that anyone—of any part of the spectrum, right, center or left—may ultimately find themselves demonized as “enemies of the state” for WHATEVER reason du jour.
(Because this is how these things work.)
I wonder if PBS (TV) will still show- the “Rick Steves in Europe” episode, where Rick travels to Iran.
That’s the episode where Rick’s message amounts to:
“Iran is a [beautiful] country, with great cafes and friendly people. OK, OK, so their stern government needs some work, but it’s [still] a fun country.”
I see.
Do you like how the Iranian Government- treats Iran’s women, and Iran’s protesters, Mr. Steves?
It’s on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYoa9hI3CXg
Our way of life is dying, quenched by tyrannical Democrats, PBS and its running dogs, dolts like Rick Steves, who would not p**s on his own shoe if it were on fire.
But the federal dole to PBS continues yearly. We are all locked into an institute for the insane of our own making.
Caroline Glick Show, “The Women’s Revolution in Iran”, with Banafseh Zand: https://youtu.be/cJ0vBxV5jw8
Have a listen. Ms Zand asserts the Iranian regime is over. Its sole expectation can be its end, iys annihilation. The regime knows it and the Iranian people know it. Time, of course must pass (and with time, great still suffering to be endured), yet the outcome — she says — is already determined.
Rick Steves,
Luckiest S.O.B. on the planet. How that no talent hack landed that job is beyond me.