I wonder who in Iran made this decision, and why
President Trump on Wednesday said Iran will not executive eight Iranian women accused being involved in protests against the regime, as previously planned.
“Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
The president said four of the women will be immediately released and the four others will be sentenced to one month in prison, a day after he urged the Islamic Republic to halt their executions.
Perhaps the regime never intended to go through with it in the first place. Now they get to look so very magnanimous.
There is no reason to trust them on anything, period.
[ADDENDUM: Ace writes about some Iranian attacks on ships going through the Strait, as well as the sparing of the eight women. First, on the women:
Iran can take an infinite number of its own people hostage and then release them as a “concession.
Exactly; they are hostages, and Iran is completely in control of their apprehension and their release. What a fun game.
Iran is attacking shipping. This is not them saying “SOS.” This is Iran attacking shipping.
Yes, they are collapsing financially — but that will take a while. In the meantime, they’re attacking shipping, and for some reason, we’re not blowing up their attack boats.
Because of the “cease-fire” that only we are observing.
Why are we not attacking the fast attack boats? Why are we not dropping air-burst bombs over their harbors?
I think we will be. But I’m not sure, and I agree with Ace that at this point our forbearance seems ridiculous. However, there may be things going on behind the scenes of which I’m unaware: time for assets to get into place (either ours or Israel’s), or perhaps some machinations regarding the Gulf States.]
I don’t trust them either. There are plenty of fanatics in the IRGC, who is going to stop them? Trump is putting them on the hook, nothing more.
When I saw these typos, I thought at first that Trump must be drunk-tweeting, although he doesn’t touch alcohol.
“…Iran will not executive eight Iranian women accused being involved …”
However, looking at Neo’s link, that’s the lead paragraph from The Hill.
How does something like that get onto a high-profile national publication?
Rhetorical question, I know.
They halted an earlier execution, tortured the man, and then hanged him anyhow. Nothing coming from the current regime is trustworthy.
At AesopFan at 5:09 pm:
I taught college grammar/writing/literature back when that actually meant something. This is not to say that I never make a mistake, but if in doubt, I almost always look up the grammatical standard. I see glaring typos and errors online all the time. To me it looks like human beings just don’t edit anymore. Our AI future? Spare me. The purpose of grammar, spelling, and writing rules is to make the content as clear, exact, and easy to read as possible. Maybe no one cares anymore. Personally, I don’t read much beyond the glaring error(s).
who in Iran made this decision
Does anyone know at all? I like to think the Mossad has well placed assets in Iran and at least they know, but that may be wishful thinking.
vahidi is a blood thirsty ghoul, with a past that goes back to beirut and buenos aires,
like they would say in texas ‘he needs killing’
allegedly he had the foreign minister, the speaker and at least one other detained to prevent him from going to the negotiations,
vahidi is a blood thirsty ghoul
Ok. So…kill him. This is a nation that can’t defend itself. Do I have to think of all this crap myself?
We don’t know what the play(s) is or are. My first pass guess is that Trump is working to embolden and strengthen the group within Iran than seeks to work with us to end the war, accede to our demands, and bring Iran into the ME coalition. The folks that continue to push back by attacking boats and such simply identify themselves as the enemy. An additional benefit is that by acting this way we reinforce that our aim is to dismantle Iran’s terror machine, eliminate their nuclear ambitions, and make the ME stable – showing the world that we are not warmongering, blood for oil types.
My opinion is that the Warthogs need to be unleashed, and hunt down the Iranian boats. And, will the Marines go in and take over the ships Iran has captured?
Left is saying that the blockade is over because some ships have supposedly ran it. Again, what is real and what is Memorex.