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Iran has hanged up to 30 people in the past month amid a clampdown prompted by alleged U.S.-backed plots to topple the regime.
Originally posted by Tranceopticalinclined
Iranians Need to start standing up for their Freewill. God gives that to all, But Somehow, Their Prez or Iran is better then God.
Originally posted by Peyre
maybe that the Americans and the West have moved on from the dark ages, and the Islamic world hasn't?
Iran Dupes Bush : The US invaded Iraq for WMDs, went after Saddam, found Saddam, handed him to Iran, watched as Iran dominated the so-called free court, watched as Saddam was prosecuted for charges stemming from the Iraq-Iran war, watched as Iran executed Saddam and then sat back as Iran proceeded to occupy 80% of Baghdad and 40% of Iraq.
Iranian media has also tried to buy Iraqi journalists by first interviewing them for some special program about Iraq, then soliciting them for work, and then bribing them with money.
Iran is following a very programmed, very schematic approach to annihilating Iraq. First go after the big fry: The Iraqi Army, the Baathists, the government hierarchy and infrastructure. Then murder its leaders, its scientists, its clergymen, destroy its institutions. Finally work your way down the ladder and go after senior, mid-level, and junior personalities who are a threat.
This is Iran's game. Make no mistake about it.
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Girl, 16, hanged in public in Iran
On Sunday, August 15, a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka, northern Iran, was executed. Ateqeh Sahaleh was hanged in public on Simetry Street off Rah Ahan Street at the city center.
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The judge personally pursued Ateqeh’s death sentence, beyond all normal procedures and finally gained the approval of the Supreme Court. After her execution Rezai said her punishment was not execution but he had her executed for her “sharp tongue”.
Iranian woman to hang
07/01/2006 13:24 - (SA)
Tehran - An 18-year-old Iranian woman has been sentenced to death for killing the man she says tried to rape her.
Nazanin, 17 at the time, had been out with her niece and their boyfriends in Tehran when two men started harassing them. She said the men tried to rape them after their boyfriends had run away.
Nazanin told the newspaper: "I committed murder to defend myself and my niece, I did not mean to kill him. I did not know what to do because nobody came to help us."
Iran To Hang Political Prisoner On July 4
Ghazal Omid - 7/3/2007
Khaled Hardani, a political prisoner since 2000, was last able to call from prison on June 12, 2007. His death sentence was reaffirmed May 31, 2007. He is to be hanged July 4, 2007, according to UN officer Mr. Gram. Khaled has been separated from the prison population since June 17; quarantined in an undisclosed location in Raji Shahr prison. According to UN officer Grams and other political prisoners this is usually an indication that a prisoner will be hanged and also is mandated as mental torture by the UN. He was last seen in medical clinic on June 20 when he told witnesses he was four days into a dry hunger; meaning he was not eating or drinking at all. Khaled refused medical attention until he was returned to his UN-disclosed location the same day. He is not allowed to communicate with anyone and the only news I have about him is through other political prisoners who see him getting progressively weaker when brought to the Raji Shahr Clinic daily.
Iran hangs political prisoner
Wed. 15 Feb 2006
United Press International
TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Hojjat Zamani, a political prisoner and member of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, west of Tehran was hanged Feb. 7.
Zamani was under torture and pressure since 2001, for five years. Ali Haji Kazem, the warden of Gohardasht prison, and two others known as Arjmandi and Seyyed, an executive deputy for implementation of the verdicts, were among those involved in the execution.
Iran: execution of political prisoners under the pretence of common criminals
Thursday, 26 July 2007
NCRI - On Sunday, the mullahs’ regime hanged two political prisoners among twelve other prisoners, according to information received. The regime transferred Fazel Ramezani and Haj-Morad Mohammadi, members of the Bakhtyari Tribe (southwestern Iran), from the notorious Gohardasht Prison to the Evin Prison where they were executed with ten other prisoners.
Executing political prisoners such as members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as common criminals under the pretext of drug smugglers has been a common practice in Iran
Originally posted by Peyre
maybe that the Americans and the West have moved on from the dark ages, and the Islamic world hasn't?
Originally posted by resistance911
Because day by day we lose are rights sooner or later Bush will be the one hanging people.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
Muaddib
Well, certainly there are cases like the ones you point out. Those are probably the most extreme among hundreds (I think Iran probably executes more people per capita than even the Americans or the Chinese).
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
One could say the same thing about this country. I mean, we have no qualms executing retarded people or people with a troubled past, or people with drug problems.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
In Iran, their laws prohibit promiscuity (as in the case of the 16 year old girl). Is it any different from locking up a California thief for life, for stealing his third candy bar (three strikes)? I don't agree with it...
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
I think it's stupid and wrong to legislate morality, but I agree with the notion of the rule of law: the notion that a sovereign nation can decide for themselves what is and what is not acceptable in terms of behavior.