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Outrage As Iran Carries Out First Execution Linked To Anti-Hijab Protests

Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over the protests that have shaken the regime since September, sparking international condemnation and warnings from rights groups that more hangings are imminent.

Mohsen Shekari, 23, had been convicted and sentenced to death for blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary during the early phase of the protests in mid-September, after a legal process denounced as a show trial by rights groups.

At least a dozen other people are currently at risk of imminent execution after being sentenced to hang over the protests in recent weeks, human rights groups warned.

Demonstrations have swept Iran for nearly three months since Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22, died after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for an alleged breach of the country's strict hijab dress code for women.

The protests, described by the authorities as "riots", are posing the biggest challenge to the Islamic republic since it was established following the ouster of the shah in 1979.

"Mohsen Shekari, a rioter who blocked Sattar Khan Street in Tehran on September 25 and wounded one of the security guards with a machete, was executed this morning," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.

Amnesty International said it was "horrified" by the execution, which it said came just three weeks after Shekari was condemned in a "grossly unfair sham trial".

"His execution exposes the inhumanity of Iran's so-called justice system as dozens of others face the same fate," it added.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR), urged a strong international reaction, warning that otherwise "we will face mass execution of protesters".

"Mohsen Shekari was executed after a hasty and unfair trial without a lawyer," he said, adding it had been carried out a mere 75 days after his arrest.

Iran's Fars news agency carried a video report of Shekari talking about the attack while in detention, which IHR described as "forced confessions" with his face "visibly injured".

'Boundless contempt'

Western governments echoed the anger of the rights groups.

"The Iranian regime's contempt for human life is boundless," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tweeted, describing the legal process as a "perfidious summary trial".

But she added: "The threat of execution will not suffocate the will for freedom."

"This execution comes on top of other serious and unacceptable violations," French foreign ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre told reporters, condemning in the "strongest terms" the execution.

The revolutionary court in Tehran heard Shekari had been arrested after striking the member of the Basij paramilitary force in the shoulder with the blade, an injury that required 13 stitches, Mizan Online said.

The judiciary said Shekari was found guilty of fighting and drawing a weapon "with the intention of killing, causing terror and disturbing the order and security of society".

It convicted him of "moharebeh" -- or waging "war against God" under Iran's Islamic sharia law -- on November 1, said Mizan, adding he appealed the ruling but the supreme court upheld it on November 20.

Iran executes more people annually than any nation other than China. IHR said earlier this week it had already executed over 500 people this year, a sharp jump on last year's figure.

'Imminent danger'

The largely peaceful protest movement has been marked by actions included removing and burning headscarves in the streets, chanting anti-government slogans and confronting the security forces.

In a relatively new tactic, protest supporters staged three days of nationwide strikes up to Wednesday which closed down shops in several major cities including Tehran, according to rights groups.

The security forces have responded with a crackdown that has killed at least 458 people, including 63 children, according to an updated death count issued by IHR on Wednesday.

An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced five more people to death by hanging for killing a member of the Basij, bringing to 11 the number of people in Iran sentenced to death in connection with the protests, according to IHR.

Freedom of expression group Article 19 said urgent action was needed "as the lives of others on death row in relation to the uprising are in imminent danger".

In a tweet, former Iranian football star Ali Karimi, a strong supporter of the protests, warned: "If we stay silent today, tomorrow we will be using the 'Do not execute' hashtag for other children of Iran."

Prior to the latest execution, Amnesty had said at least 28 people, including three children, could face the death penalty in connection with the nationwide protests.

Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi, recently released after a spell in jail, warned the authorities: "The execution of any protester will have serious consequences for you.

"Taking the life of one person is taking all of our lives," he wrote on Twitter. "Do you have enough gallows?"

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What thugs. Must be terrified of the situation hence the heavy handed response
 
KingKhanWC said:
People living in the west are sadly the most dumbed down humans , feed on any propaganda.

You wont see it on the BBC or CNN but tens of thousands have been protesting in support of Iran and its headwear policy.

The majority of Iranians are happy with their laws.

Its hilarious this thread is still going .
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You got this info from living in Iran?
 
Iran Triggers Fresh Outrage With 1st Hanging Over Anti-Government Protests

Iran was slapped with new sanctions Friday and activists called for fresh protests after the Islamic republic carried out its first execution over demonstrations that have shaken the regime for nearly three months.

Mohsen Shekari, 23, was hanged Thursday after being convicted of "moharebeh" -- or "enmity against God" -- after what rights groups denounced as a show trial.

The judiciary said Shekari was arrested after blocking a Tehran street and wounding a member of the Basij, a paramilitary force linked to Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iran said it was exercising "utmost restraint" in the face of the protests that flared over the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the country's strict dress code for women.

Britain announced sanctions against 30 targets, including officials in Iran whom it accused of pursuing "egregious sentences" against protesters.

Canada imposed sanctions on 22 senior members of Iran's judiciary, prison system and police as well top aides to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

European diplomats said the EU was also set to impose more punitive measures on Iran over the crackdown that has killed at least 458 people, including more than 60 children, according to Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR).

Amnesty International said it was "horrified" by Shekari's execution, which followed a "grossly unfair sham trial".

IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said "Shekari was executed after a hasty and unfair trial without a lawyer".

The families of political prisoners put to death in mass executions in 1988 joined in the condemnation.

"Mohsen's execution is a reminder of the loss of our loved ones, who... just like Mohsen, were tried in minutes-long sham trials and, in the absence of lawyers and without having a chance to defend themselves, were sentenced to death," they said in a statement published by US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.

- Calls for more protests -

Shekari's body was buried 24 hours after his execution in the presence of a few family members and security forces in Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, the 1500tasvir social media monitor reported.

Overnight, protesters took to the street where he was arrested, shouting, "They took away our Mohsen and brought back his body," in a video shared by 1500tasvir.

Elsewhere, chants of "Death to the dictator" and "Death to Sepahi" were heard at a demonstration in Tehran's Chitgar district, in reference to Khamenei and Revolutionary Guards.

1500tasvir said Shekari's execution happened with such haste that his family had still been waiting to hear the outcome of his appeal.

It posted harrowing footage of what it said was the moment his family learnt the news outside their Tehran home, with a woman doubled up in pain and grief, repeatedly screaming his name.

Hamed Esmaeilion, an Iranian-Canadian activist who has organised mass protests in Berlin, Paris and other cities, said more demonstrations would be held at the weekend.

"Regardless of belief and ideology, let's join these gatherings in protest against the brutal execution of #MohsenShekari," he tweeted.

- 'Chilling effect' -

UN rights chief Volker Turk described the execution as "very troubling and clearly designed to send a chilling effect to the rest of the protesters".

Western governments, which had already imposed waves of sanctions against Iran over the protest crackdown, also expressed anger.

Washington called Shekari's execution "a grim escalation" and vowed to hold the Iranian regime to account for violence "against its own people."

Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador, a diplomatic source said, without providing further details.

Iran has defended its response to the protests and accused the West of hypocrisy.

"In countering riots, Iran has shown utmost restraint and, unlike many Western regimes... Iran has employed proportionate and standard anti-riot methods," its foreign ministry said.

"The same is true for the judicial process: restraint and proportionality," it tweeted late Thursday, adding: "Public security is a red line."

According to Amnesty, Iran executes more people annually than any nation other than China.

IHR this week warned the Islamic republic had already executed more than 500 people in 2022, a sharp jump on last year.

At least a dozen other people are currently at risk of execution after being sentenced to hang in connection with the protests, human rights groups warned.

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Iran Again Summons UK, German Envoys Over Anti-Hijab Protests

Iran on Saturday again called in the British ambassador, marking the 15th time in less than three months a foreign envoy has been summoned, as protests shake the country.

The foreign ministry called in British ambassador Simon Shercliff, a day after his German counterpart, Hans-Udo Muzel, had to appear, the state news agency IRNA said.

This brings to at least 15 times in about 10 weeks the number of times envoys, almost all from Western countries, have been summoned.

"This is a reaction of Iranian diplomacy to unprecedented pressure against Iran," IRNA said.

Shercliff has now been summoned five times since the demonstrations sparked by the death of Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22.

She died in custody on September 16 after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women.

Iran calls the protests "riots" and says they have been encouraged by its foreign foes.

IRNA said the foreign ministry protested the United Kingdom's support for "terror and unrest", and sanctions it has imposed.

On Friday the ministry summoned Muzel for the fourth time in the same span of time, IRNA said.

The ministry expressed "its utmost objection toward Germany's unacceptable intervention," after Berlin's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock criticised the "perfidious summary trial" which issued a death sentence against Mohsen Shekari.

Iran hanged him on Thursday in the first known execution connected with the protests.

He was convicted of blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary during the early phase of the protests.

Germany also summoned Iran's ambassador, a diplomatic source said. Other Western governments also condemned the execution of Shekari, and some including the UK imposed additional sanctions.

Iran has also summoned the French representative twice. Ambassadors from Australia, Norway and Denmark have also been called in over the protests.

Tehran's foreign ministry has upbraided the envoys for various reasons including "anti-Iranian positions about the protests," and "anti-Iranian propaganda" by media based in the countries, IRNA said.

After widespread international outrage at Shekari's execution Iran said it was exercising restraint, both in the response by security forces, and the "proportionality" of the judicial process.

Thousands of people have been arrested, and in late November a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that more than 300 people have died, including dozens of security forces members.

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Iran Executes Second Anti-Hijab Protester Within A Week

The Islamic Republic of Iran hanged a man in public on Monday who had been convicted of killing two members of security forces, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported, the second execution linked to anti-government protests in less than a week.

"Majid Reza Rahnavard was hanged in public in (the holy Shi'ite city of) Mashahd this morning ... he was sentenced to death for 'waging war against God' after stabbing to death two members of security forces," Mizan said.

Iran's hanging of another man, Mohsen Shekari, on Thursday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, have been widely condemned by the United States and its allies.

Rights groups have said Shekari was tortured and forced to confess.

Amnesty International has said Iranian authorities are seeking the death penalty for at least 21 people in what it called "sham trials designed to intimidate those participating in the popular uprising that has rocked Iran".

Nationwide protests that erupted after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16 represent one of the biggest challenges to the Islamic Republic since its establishment in 1979.

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"Leadership Fears Own People": US Slams 2nd Iran Execution Amid Protests

The United States on Monday denounced Iran's second execution over ongoing protests, saying the latest killing, carried out in public, showed the clerical leadership feared its own people.

"We denounce this draconian treatment in the strongest terms," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.

"These harsh sentences, and now the first public execution at least, are meant to intimidate Iran's people, they're meant to suppress dissent and they simply just underscore how much the Iranian leadership actually fears its own people," he said.

At the United Nations, spokesman Stephane Dujarric called for a halt to executions, saying "there's no place for capital punishment."

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "believed that the circumstances of this were particularly cruel," Dujarric said.

Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, had been sentenced to death by a court in the city of Mashhad for killing two members of the security forces with a knife, and wounding four other people, the judiciary's Mizan Online news agency reported.

It said he was hanged in public in the city, rather than inside prison.

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Iran Pushes Global List Of Jailed Journalists To Record High

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday.

The figure is up from 488 in 2021, already a record, according to the France-based NGO.

More than half are detained in just five countries: China, which remains "the world's biggest jailer of journalists" with 110, followed by Myanmar (62), Iran (47), Vietnam (39) and Belarus (31).

"Dictatorial and authoritarian regimes are filling their prisons faster than ever by jailing journalists," said Christophe Deloire, RSF Secretary-General, in a statement.

"This new record in the number of detained journalists confirms the pressing and urgent need to resist these unscrupulous governments and to extend our active solidarity to all those who embody the ideal of journalistic freedom, independence and pluralism."

Iran is the only country that was not part of the list last year, said RSF, which has been publishing the annual tally since 1995.

It said Iran had locked up an "unprecedented" 34 media professionals since protests broke out in September over the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for breaching the country's strict dress code.

'Deliberately targeted'

The number of women journalists in prison is also at an all-time high worldwide, rising from 60 to 78 since 2021, largely due to greater numbers entering the profession.

It highlighted the cases of Iranians Nilufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi -- among 15 female journalists arrested during the protests -- who drew attention to the death of Mahsa Amini and now face a potential death penalty.

It is "indicative of the Iranian authorities' desire to systematically reduce women to silence," RSF said.

The NGO awarded its Prize for Courage on Monday to one of their number, Narges Mohammadi, who has been repeatedly imprisoned over the past decade.

Three quarters of jailed journalists are concentrated in Asia and the Middle East, RSF, while noting a sharp increase in media repression in Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.

The number of journalists killed has also risen -- to 57 -- due particularly to the war in Ukraine, up from "historic lows" of 48 and 50 in the last two years, respectively.

Eight journalists have been killed reporting on the war, five of them from non-combatant countries.

RSF said nearly 80 percent of media professionals killed around the world in 2022 were "deliberately targeted in connection with their work or the stories they were covering", such as organised crime and corruption cases.

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Iran Blames US For Its Expulsion From UN Women's Body

Iran on Thursday accused the United States of orchestrating its removal from a UN women's rights body over its response to protests triggered by death of Mahsa Amini.

The Islamic republic has seen waves of protests since the September 16 custodial death of Amini, a young Iranian Kurd who had been arrested for allegedly violating the country's dress code for women.

Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands arrested in the street violence, leading to international condemnation and Iran's removal Wednesday from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).

Iran pointed the finger of blame at the United States, saying the move was a result of its arch-foe's concerted efforts and that it lacked "legal justification".

"This one-sided action of the US... is an attempt to impose unilateral political demands and ignore electoral procedures in international institutions," foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said.

"Removing a legal member of the commission is a political heresy which discredits this international organisation and also creates a unilateral procedure for future abuses of international institutions," he added.

Iran, which was elected to the body in April for a four-year term, was stripped of its membership with immediate effect.

A simple majority was needed to adopt the move, which was approved after 29 members of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted in favour, eight countries including Russia and China voted against and 16 abstained.

The text of the UN resolution said the Iranian authorities "continuously undermine and increasingly suppress the human rights of women and girls, including the right to freedom of expression and opinion, often with the use of excessive force."

The head of Iran's high council for human rights, Kazem Gharibabadi, said the motive of the United States for supporting the resolution was to protect its own interests.

The US "only pursues its inhumane and anti-human rights interests and goals" by issuing "false and hypocritical statements and comments" against Iran, he said in a Twitter post.

Iran said on December 3 that more than 200 people had been killed in the unrest, including security personnel. Human rights groups based abroad say the country's security forces have killed more than 450 people.

Iran has handed down 11 death sentences in connection with the protests. It has carried out two executions in the past week. Campaigners say a dozen other defendants face charges that could see them also receive the death penalty.

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Young Iranians Facing Death Penalty Over Anti-Hijab Protests

A doctor, rap artists and a footballer are among around two dozen Iranians who risk being hanged as Tehran uses capital punishment as an intimidation tactic to quell protests, rights groups say.

The executions in the past week of Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, both 23 and the first people put to death over the protests, sparked an outcry, especially as Rahnavard was hanged from a crane in public rather than in prison.

But campaigners warn that more executions will inevitably follow without tougher international action, with a dozen more people already sentenced to death over the protests and a similar number charged with crimes that could see them hanged.

"Unless the political cost of the executions is increased significantly, we will be facing mass executions," said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group.

He accused Iran's leaders of using executions to "spread fear among people and save the regime from the nationwide protests".

The largely peaceful demonstrations sparked by the death in September of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating Iran's strict dress code for women, are posing the biggest challenge to the Islamic republic since the 1979 revolution.

There have been no reports of a slackening in protest activity in recent days, including after the executions, but the movement has been marked by phases of more and less intense demonstrations.

Authorities describe those facing death sentences as "rioters" who are being judged in full accordance with the country's sharia law.

But activists express alarm over the use of vaguely worded sharia legal charges against protesters, such as "enmity against God," "corruption on earth" and "armed rebellion", all of which are capital crimes in Iran.

- 'Unfair trial, torture' -

Amnesty International currently confirms 11 cases of death sentences issued against individuals over the protests, and another nine cases where individuals have been charged with crimes that could see them given the death penalty.

One young protester, Sahand Nourmohammad-Zadeh, was sentenced to death over charges -- which he denied -- that he did no more than tear down highway railings and set fire to rubbish bins and tyres, the rights group said.

Mohammad Ghobadlou, aged 22, was sentenced to death on charges of running over police officials with a car, killing one and injuring several others, Amnesty said, adding it had "serious concerns" he was subjected to torture and other abuse in jail.

Saman Seydi, a young Kurdish rapper, was sentenced to death on charges of firing a pistol three times into the air during protests, the group said, adding it had received information he had also been subjected to torture to extract forced confessions.

Before his arrest, Seydi had posted material on Instagram in support of the protests, while his rap songs had also been critical of the authorities.

Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou, a doctor, and his wife Farzaneh Ghare-Hasanlou were on their way to the funeral of a killed protester when they were "caught up in the chaos" of a fatal assault on a member of the Basij militia, Amnesty said.

Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou was sentenced to death and his wife to 25 years in prison, with the court relying on incriminating statements from his wife which Amnesty said were coerced and later retracted by her in court.

Her husband was tortured in custody and hospitalised with broken ribs, it said.

Mahan Sadrat, another young man Amnesty had been concerned about, was granted a stay of execution after a conviction based on allegations he had drawn a knife to attack an individual, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Those who face the death penalty after being charged with capital crimes include Toomaj Salehi, 32, a prominent rapper who was charged "solely in connection with critical music and social media posts," Amnesty said, adding that he had been tortured in detention.

The professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani, 26, is in a similar position after being charged over the deaths of three security officials in November in the city of Isfahan, it said.

The world union of professional footballers FIFPRO said it was "shocked and sickened" by the reports he faces death.

- Executed 'at any moment' -

Campaigners are seeking to highlight all individuals facing the death penalty in the hope that increased scrutiny on specific cases can help spare lives.

But they warn the executions often come with little or no advance notice.

Rahnavard was hanged just 23 days after his arrest and shortly after a last meeting with his mother, who was given no inkling her son was about to be put to death.

Activists were also unaware of Shekari's case until his execution was announced by state media.

Amnesty said Iranian authorities are issuing, upholding and carrying out death sentences in a "speedy manner" and there is a "serious risk" that people whose death sentences have not been made public could be executed "at any moment".

"The executions of two people connected to the protests in Iran are appalling, and we are extremely worried for the lives of others who have been similarly sentenced to death," the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told AFP.

It added that Iran had "ignored" its pleas not to carry out the executions.

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Don't Read Quran, Celebrate: Iranian Man's Last Wish Before Execution

A 23-year-old executed in Iran in connection with the anti-government protests, has left instructions before his death that no one is to mourn him or read Quran at his grave. Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged in public on Monday in the city of Mashhad.

Rahnavard's execution took place four days after Mohsen Shekari, also aged 23, was executed on charges of wounding a member of the security forces. It was the first case of death penalty being used against a protester, defying international outcry.

A video surfaced today that showed Rahnavard expressing what was probably his last wishes. In it, Rahnavard, blindfolded and flanked by two masked guards, is seen speaking to the camera.

"I don't want anyone to mourn upon my grave. I don't want them to read Quran or pray. Just celebrate and play celebrating music," read the translation supers. The authenticity of the video could not be verified by NDTV.

Darya Safai, Member of the Belgian Parliament and a Women's rights activist, tweeted:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just before he’s hanged on Dec.12 by Iran's regime,they interrogate <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MajidrezaRahnavard?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MajidrezaRahnavard</a> <br><br>His last words:I don't want Quran to be read or prayed on my grave,just celebrate<br><br>Sharia law is the reason he’s gone<br>His verdict:War with Allah<br><br>Only because he demonstrated for his rights <a href="https://t.co/1uQpYhpGIq">pic.twitter.com/1uQpYhpGIq</a></p>— Darya Safai MP (@SafaiDarya) <a href="https://twitter.com/SafaiDarya/status/1603406964331085825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rahnavard was sentenced to death by a court for stabbing to death two members of the security forces and wounding four other people, the judiciary's Mizan Online news agency reported.

The director of Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, said Rahnavard "was sentenced to death based on coerced confessions after a... show trial", reported news agency AFP.

"The public execution of a young protester, 23 days after his arrest, is another serious crime committed by the Islamic republic's leaders," he was quoted as saying by AFP.

The protest monitor social media channel 1500tasvir said his family had been informed of the execution only after it was carried out, reported AFPt. It published pictures of a last meeting between the condemned man and his mother, saying she had left with no idea he was about to die.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They allowed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MajidRezaRahnavard?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MajidRezaRahnavard</a>’s mother to visit him, and didn’t speak of execution at all. She left smiling and hoping that her son would be released soon.<br>This morning she arrived when her son’s murderers were burying his dead body alone.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopExecutionInIran?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopExecutionInIran</a> <a href="https://t.co/9n2k02uE60">pic.twitter.com/9n2k02uE60</a></p>— 1500tasvir_en (@1500tasvir_en) <a href="https://twitter.com/1500tasvir_en/status/1602239715217915905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The anti-government protests have shaken the regime for months. Iran calls the protests "riots" and says they have been encouraged by its foreign foes.

The protests started four months ago after the custody death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian arrested by the morality police for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women, was executed.

The protests represent the biggest challenge to the regime since the Shah's ouster in 1979 and have been met with a crackdown that activists say aims to instil fear among the people.

The executions drew a sharp rebuke from Iran's arch-foe the United States, with State Department spokesman Ned Price saying they "underscore how much the Iranian leadership actually fears its own people".

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A prominent dissident Sunni Muslim cleric urged Iranian authorities on Friday to free thousands of detained protesters and stop executions as the three-month-old unrest churned on with street marches in a restive southeastern province.

Amnesty International said 26 people faced possible execution after the Islamic Republic hanged two people arrested over the protests that erupted after the death in police custody of young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16.

The unrest, in which demonstrators from all walks of life have called for the fall of Iran's ruling theocracy, poses one of the biggest challenges to the Shi'ite Muslim-ruled Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution.

"At least 26 people are at great risk of execution in connection with nationwide protests after Iranian authorities arbitrarily executed two individuals following grossly unfair sham trials in a bid to instil fear among the public and end protests," Amnesty International said in a statement.

"Of the 26, at least 11 are sentenced to death and 15 are charged with capital offences and awaiting or undergoing trials," it said.

Molavi Abdolhamid, an outspoken Sunni cleric, criticised the death sentences, according to his website.

"We compassionately recommend that you release the recent prisoners who were detained during these protests and not treat them harshly. Most of them are young and very young. Free the young men and women," Molavi Abdolhamid said.

"Don't charge them with (capital offences), and if they are, they should not be sentenced to death and put to death," the cleric said in a Friday prayers sermon.

After the sermon, demonstrators took to the streets of Zahedan, capital of impoverished Sistan-Baluchistan province in the southeast. "This nation wants freedom, it wants a prosperous country!" they chanted, in videos posted on social media. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage.

In continued unrest in other parts of Iran, unidentified attackers damaged a mosque in western Lorestan province early on Friday by throwing petrol bombs, state media reported.

According to the activist HRANA news agency, 495 protesters have been killed as of Thursday, including 68 minors. Sixty-two members of the security forces have also been killed. It said more than 18,400 are estimated to have been arrested.

On Wednesday, Iran was ousted from a United Nations women's group for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States over Tehran's violent crackdown on protests often led by women.

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Don't Read Quran, Celebrate: Iranian Man's Last Wish Before Execution

A 23-year-old executed in Iran in connection with the anti-government protests, has left instructions before his death that no one is to mourn him or read Quran at his grave. Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged in public on Monday in the city of Mashhad.

Rahnavard's execution took place four days after Mohsen Shekari, also aged 23, was executed on charges of wounding a member of the security forces. It was the first case of death penalty being used against a protester, defying international outcry.

A video surfaced today that showed Rahnavard expressing what was probably his last wishes. In it, Rahnavard, blindfolded and flanked by two masked guards, is seen speaking to the camera.

"I don't want anyone to mourn upon my grave. I don't want them to read Quran or pray. Just celebrate and play celebrating music," read the translation supers. The authenticity of the video could not be verified by NDTV.

Darya Safai, Member of the Belgian Parliament and a Women's rights activist, tweeted:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just before he’s hanged on Dec.12 by Iran's regime,they interrogate <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MajidrezaRahnavard?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MajidrezaRahnavard</a> <br><br>His last words:I don't want Quran to be read or prayed on my grave,just celebrate<br><br>Sharia law is the reason he’s gone<br>His verdict:War with Allah<br><br>Only because he demonstrated for his rights <a href="https://t.co/1uQpYhpGIq">pic.twitter.com/1uQpYhpGIq</a></p>— Darya Safai MP (@SafaiDarya) <a href="https://twitter.com/SafaiDarya/status/1603406964331085825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rahnavard was sentenced to death by a court for stabbing to death two members of the security forces and wounding four other people, the judiciary's Mizan Online news agency reported.


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So, this clown killed two members of the security forces and wounded four other people. He was rightfully put down. This type of dangerous criminal should be executed swiftly.

Also, his last words made me shake my head. Dude just potentially threw away his akhirah over a silly protest.

Good riddance.
 
Iran Actor Arrested After Voicing Support For Protests

Iran arrested a prominent actor Saturday after she voiced support for the three month old protest movement triggered by the death of a woman in custody, Iranian media reported Saturday.

Taraneh Alidoosti, 38, was detained for "publishing false and distorted content and inciting chaos," the Tasnim news agency reported.

She is best known for her role in the Oscar-winning 2016 film "The Salesman".

Alidoosti's most recent social media post was on December 8, the same day Mohsen Shekari, 23, became the first person executed by authorities over the protests.

"Your silence means the support of the oppression and the oppressor", read text on an image shared to her Instagram account.

"Every international organisation who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action, is a disgrace to humanity," Alidoosti wrote in the caption of her post.

The actor has been a prominent presence in Iranian cinema since she was a teenager. Recently, she starred in the film "Leila's Brothers", which screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The Islamic republic has been rocked by protests triggered by the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the country's dress code.

On the day of Amini's death, Alidoosti posted a photo to Instagram with text saying: "Damnation to this captivity".

The caption to the post read: "Don't forget what Iran's women go through" and asked people to "say her name, spread the word".

On November 9, she posted an image of herself without a headscarf, holding a paper with the words "Woman, life, freedom", the main slogan of the protests.

Hot on the heels of Shekari's execution, Iran publicly hanged protester Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, on December 12.

Nine other people arrested in connection with the unrest have been sentenced to death.

Thousands of people have been detained since the protests erupted and 400 have received jail sentences of up to 10 years for their involvement in the unrest, Iran's judiciary said Tuesday.

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Seems the brutal regime is scared. Hence the heavy handed actions. Days are numbered for this crackpot of a regime
 
sweep_shot said:
So, this clown killed two members of the security forces and wounded four other people. He was rightfully put down. This type of dangerous criminal should be executed swiftly.

Also, his last words made me shake my head. Dude just potentially threw away his akhirah over a silly protest.

Good riddance.
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Astaghfirullah... sad
 
About 200-250 people have died in this pointless protest. Here are the stats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsa_Amini_protests#Casualties.

What are they achieving? Absolutely nothing.

I think Iranian government should declare martial law and bring back law and order. Anyone who breaks curfew should be arrested. Anyone who gets violent should face more serious consequences (including executions in some cases).
 
The brutal regime on the last leg. Give it A few more years . One of the largest oil deposits and the country has achieved nothing under this brutal regime
 
4 Iran Revolutionary Guard Members Killed In "Terror" Attack: Report

A 'terrorist' attack killed four members of Iran's security forces in the country's southeast, the state news agency IRNA reported on Monday.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members were killed "during a terrorist act" in the Saravan region of Sistan-Baluchistan province near the Pakistani border, it said.

The region is one of Iran's poorest and is home to the Baluchi minority, who adhere to Sunni Islam rather than the Shiite branch predominant in Iran.

"The powerful presence of the security forces pushed elements of the group to flee towards Pakistan," IRNA said, without providing further details on the assailants.

The area has previously seen clashes with drug smuggling gangs as well as rebels from the Baluchi minority and Sunni Muslim extremist groups.

Since the September 16 death in morality police custody of Mahsa Amini in the capital Tehran, protesters in Sistan-Baluchistan have also rallied in anti-regime protests which have spread nationwide.

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Iran Rapper, Protester To Face Retrial On Death Over Anti-Hijab Protest

Iran's supreme court has ordered the retrial of two men, including a Kurdish rapper, who were reportedly sentenced to death over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said Saturday.

Protests have gripped Iran since the September 16 death of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's dress code for women.

Iran this month executed two people in connection with the protests. It has sentenced another 11 people to death. One of them, Mahan Sadrat, won an appeal against the ruling earlier this week.

On Saturday the judiciary's Mizan Online website said the Kurdish rapper Saman Seydi -- also known as Saman Yasin -- and another protester, Mohammad Ghobadlou, would be retried.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ira...rial-on-death-over-anti-hijab-protest-3635222

How does it matter whther it goes to retrial or not? The sentence will already be decided by the regime.
 
Iranian rapper wins appeal against protests-linked death sentence

An Iranian rapper has won an appeal against his death sentence in relation to the country’s ongoing protests, while another man’s bid against a similar sentence was rejected.

The Iranian judiciary said on Saturday the Supreme Court had accepted the appeal of Saman Seyyedi, an ethnic Kurd rapper also known as Saman Yasin. It cited flaws in the investigation of the case without disclosing further details.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022...-protests-linked-death-sentence?sf174033748=1
 
A hundred days after they began, the longest running anti-government protests in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution have shaken the regime, but at a heavy cost to the people.

More than 500 protesters, including 69 children, have been killed, according to the Human Rights Activists' News Agency (HRANA). Two protesters have been executed and at least 26 others face the same fate, after what Amnesty International calls "sham trials".

Although nationwide demonstrations have swept Iran before - once in 2017 lasting until early 2018, and another in November 2019 - the current protests are unique, as they involve people from across society and women are taking a lead role under the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom".

Some Iranian celebrities have taken irrevocable steps to support protests, leading to their arrest or exile.

Taraneh Alidoosti, a well-known Iranian actress, is being held in the notorious Evin prison after she condemned the execution of a young protester. Previously, she published a photo of herself without a mandatory headscarf, holding a sign with the protesters' slogan.

"I have worked with Taraneh on four films and now she is in prison for her rightful support of her fellow countrymen and her opposition to the unjust sentences being issued," Asghar Farhadi, who directed Alidoosti in his Oscar-winning film The Salesman, wrote on Instagram.

"If showing such support is a crime, then tens of millions of people of this land are criminals," Mr Farhadi added.

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Iran Reroutes International Flight To Deboard Football Legend's Family

Iranian football legend Ali Daei, who has backed protests following Mahsa Amini's death, said Monday an airplane from Tehran to Dubai had been rerouted and his family ordered off.

Protests have gripped Iran since the September 16 death of Iranian-Kurdish Amini, 22, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the country's strict dress code for women. Tehran generally calls the protests "riots".

Daei, 53, a former German Bundesliga striker whose 109 goals at international level were long unsurpassed until Cristiano Ronaldo overtook him, is one of Iran's most famous footballers.

Daei said his wife and daughter had flown on a Mahan Air flight, taking off from the capital Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport, headed to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, ISNA news agency reported.

But the plane was rerouted and made to land on Iran's Kish island in the Gulf, where his family was removed, the state news agency IRNA said.

Quoting the judiciary, IRNA said that "Daei's wife had pledged to inform the relevant institutions of her decision before leaving the country", following their "association with the groups against the Islamic revolution and rioters and calling for strikes".

The IRNA report added that "the flight landed at Kish airport and Ali Daei's wife and daughter got off the plane".

'Taken off'

The former Bayern Munich player, who played in Iran's 2-1 World Cup victory against the United States in 1998, has said he has been targeted by threats after backing the protests triggered by the death of Amini.

"My daughter and wife were taken off the flight, but they were not arrested", Daei said, ISNA reported.

"Had they been banned (from leaving), the passport police system should have shown it: no one has given me an answer about this. I really don't know what is the reason for these things".

Daei said he was trying to arrange his family's return to Tehran.

"Did they want to arrest a terrorist? My wife and daughter were going to Dubai for a few days trip and back", he added.

Daei on September 27 used social media to call on the government to "solve the problems of the Iranian people rather than using repression, violence and arrests".

In October, Daei told AFP his passport was confiscated by police upon his return from abroad, before being returned to him a few days later.

He said he had not gone to the World Cup in Qatar due to the Iranian authorities' crackdown on the protests.

Earlier in December, his jewellery shop and restaurant in Tehran's fashionable north were sealed, with local media reporting they had been ordered shut for "cooperation with anti-revolutionary groups in cyberspace to disrupt peace and business of the market."

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"Will Show No Mercy": Iran's Raisi Vows Action Against "Hostile" Protests

President Ebrahim Raisi said Tuesday Iran would show "no mercy" towards "hostile" opponents of the Islamic republic, gripped by more than 100 days of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.

The "riots", as Tehran generally refers to them, were triggered by the September 16 death in custody of Iranian-Kurdish Amini, 22, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the strict dress code for women.

Addressing a crowd in Tehran, Raisi accused "hypocrites, monarchists and all anti-revolutionary currents".

"The embrace of the nation is open to all those who were lured," said the ultraconservative president at a funeral procession for unidentified soldiers who perished during its eight-year war in the 1980s with neighbouring Iraq.

"The embrace of the nation is open to everyone, but we will show no mercy to those who are hostile."

Iranian officials say hundreds of people have been killed, including members of the security forces, and thousands have been arrested nationwide.

Foreign-based rights groups have put the toll among protesters at more than 450.

Earlier in December, Iran executed two people in connection to the protests. The judiciary has said nine others have been sentenced to death, two of whom have been allowed retrials.

Campaigners say about a dozen other defendants have been charged with offences that could see them receive the death penalty.

Iranian officials have accused hostile foreign powers, including the United States and some European countries, of stoking the unrest.

They aim "to derail the Islamic society from its high goals" by "spreading rumours and fracturing society", said Raisi.

But foreign countries are "wrong" to think that would achieve their goals, Raisi argued, calling their moves miscalculated.

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Iranian Chess Player Warned Not To Return After Competing Without Hijab

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An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan.

Sara Khadem, born in 1997, took part in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty without the hijab - a headscarf mandatory under Iran's strict dress codes.

The source, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said Khadem subsequently received multiple phone calls in which individuals warned her against returning home after the tournament, while others said she should come back, promising to "solve her problem".

The source also said Khadem's relatives and parents, who are in Iran, had also received threats, without giving further details.

Iran's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the case.

Khadem, who is also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, arrived in Spain on Tuesday, the source said.

She has not responded to Reuters request for comment. Newspapers including Le Figaro and El Pais reported last week that Khadem would not be returning to Iran and moving to Spain.

The phone calls led to organisers deciding to provide security with the cooperation of Kazakh police, resulting in four bodyguards being stationed outside Khadem's hotel room, the source said.

Iran has been swept by demonstrations against the country's clerical leadership since mid-September, when 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the custody of morality police who detained her for "inappropriate attire."

Laws enforcing mandatory hijab wearing have become a flashpoint during the unrest, with a string of sportswomen competing overseas appearing without their headscarves in public.

Khadem is ranked 804 in the world, according to the International Chess Federation website. The website for the Dec. 25-30 event listed her as a participant in both the Rapid and Blitz competitions.

The protests mark one of the boldest challenges to Iran's leadership since its 1979 revolution and have drawn in Iranians from all walks of life.

Women have played a prominent role, removing and in some cases burning headscarves, while protesters have taken heart from what they have seen as shows of support from both female and male Iranian athletes.

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UK To Declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard As "Terror Group" Over Protest: Report

Britain will officially declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which has arrested seven people with links to the United Kingdom over anti-government protests, as a terrorist group, the Telegraph reported on Monday, citing sources.

The move, which will be announced within weeks, is supported by Britain's security minister, Tom Tugendhat, and Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the report said.

Proscribing Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group would mean that it would become a criminal offence to belong to the group, attend its meetings, and carry its logo in public.

The UK Home Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Telegraph report.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards last week arrested seven people with links to Britain over anti-government protests that have rocked the country following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian who was arrested for wearing "inappropriate attire" under Iran's strict Islamic dress code for women.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday urged Iran to stop detaining dual nationals, saying the practice should not be used to obtain "diplomatic leverage".

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ex-q-zit said:
Iranian Chess Player Warned Not To Return After Competing Without Hijab

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An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan.

Sara Khadem, born in 1997, took part in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty without the hijab - a headscarf mandatory under Iran's strict dress codes.

The source, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said Khadem subsequently received multiple phone calls in which individuals warned her against returning home after the tournament, while others said she should come back, promising to "solve her problem".

The source also said Khadem's relatives and parents, who are in Iran, had also received threats, without giving further details.

Iran's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the case.

Khadem, who is also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, arrived in Spain on Tuesday, the source said.

She has not responded to Reuters request for comment. Newspapers including Le Figaro and El Pais reported last week that Khadem would not be returning to Iran and moving to Spain.

The phone calls led to organisers deciding to provide security with the cooperation of Kazakh police, resulting in four bodyguards being stationed outside Khadem's hotel room, the source said.

Iran has been swept by demonstrations against the country's clerical leadership since mid-September, when 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the custody of morality police who detained her for "inappropriate attire."

Laws enforcing mandatory hijab wearing have become a flashpoint during the unrest, with a string of sportswomen competing overseas appearing without their headscarves in public.

Khadem is ranked 804 in the world, according to the International Chess Federation website. The website for the Dec. 25-30 event listed her as a participant in both the Rapid and Blitz competitions.

The protests mark one of the boldest challenges to Iran's leadership since its 1979 revolution and have drawn in Iranians from all walks of life.

Women have played a prominent role, removing and in some cases burning headscarves, while protesters have taken heart from what they have seen as shows of support from both female and male Iranian athletes.

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Brave woman.
 
ex-q-zit said:
Iranian Chess Player Warned Not To Return After Competing Without Hijab

rpCBL8y.jpg


An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan.

Sara Khadem, born in 1997, took part in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty without the hijab - a headscarf mandatory under Iran's strict dress codes.

The source, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said Khadem subsequently received multiple phone calls in which individuals warned her against returning home after the tournament, while others said she should come back, promising to "solve her problem".

The source also said Khadem's relatives and parents, who are in Iran, had also received threats, without giving further details.

Iran's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the case.

Khadem, who is also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, arrived in Spain on Tuesday, the source said.

She has not responded to Reuters request for comment. Newspapers including Le Figaro and El Pais reported last week that Khadem would not be returning to Iran and moving to Spain.

The phone calls led to organisers deciding to provide security with the cooperation of Kazakh police, resulting in four bodyguards being stationed outside Khadem's hotel room, the source said.

Iran has been swept by demonstrations against the country's clerical leadership since mid-September, when 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the custody of morality police who detained her for "inappropriate attire."

Laws enforcing mandatory hijab wearing have become a flashpoint during the unrest, with a string of sportswomen competing overseas appearing without their headscarves in public.

Khadem is ranked 804 in the world, according to the International Chess Federation website. The website for the Dec. 25-30 event listed her as a participant in both the Rapid and Blitz competitions.

The protests mark one of the boldest challenges to Iran's leadership since its 1979 revolution and have drawn in Iranians from all walks of life.

Women have played a prominent role, removing and in some cases burning headscarves, while protesters have taken heart from what they have seen as shows of support from both female and male Iranian athletes.

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Some of these foolish women think removing hijabs is something revolutionary.

If you want to "protest" against the government, there are many dignifying ways of doing it.

It is good that God is exposing these hypocrites who were probably wearing hijabs just to show off.

Hijab is supposed to be about personal piety; it shouldn't be impacted by government/protest.
 
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UK To Declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard As "Terror Group" Over Protest: Report

Britain will officially declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which has arrested seven people with links to the United Kingdom over anti-government protests, as a terrorist group, the Telegraph reported on Monday, citing sources.

The move, which will be announced within weeks, is supported by Britain's security minister, Tom Tugendhat, and Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the report said.

Proscribing Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group would mean that it would become a criminal offence to belong to the group, attend its meetings, and carry its logo in public.

The UK Home Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Telegraph report.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards last week arrested seven people with links to Britain over anti-government protests that have rocked the country following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian who was arrested for wearing "inappropriate attire" under Iran's strict Islamic dress code for women.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday urged Iran to stop detaining dual nationals, saying the practice should not be used to obtain "diplomatic leverage".

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If Iranian Revolutionary Guard is a terror group, American armed force should be declared a terror group too. American Armed force has committed many war crimes in Middle East and possibly other places too (false flag operations and whatnot).
 
sweep_shot said:
Some of these foolish women think removing hijabs is something revolutionary.

If you want to "protest" against the government, there are many dignifying ways of doing it.

It is good that God is exposing these hypocrites who were probably wearing hijabs just to show off.

Hijab is supposed to be about personal piety; it shouldn't be impacted by government/protest.
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She is modestly dressed, completely covered ,professional and even then you have an issue with it?

This is the most non violent way of protesting.
 
JaDed said:
She is modestly dressed, completely covered ,professional and even then you have an issue with it?

This is the most non violent way of protesting.
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She can do whatever. If she wants to burn in Hellfire, that's not my problem.

But, I am just calling out the hypocrisy.

A hijab should be a personal choice based on piety. The fact she is removing it to "protest" shows her true color.

If there was one good thing that came out of this protest, it was the exposures of hypocrites.
 
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sweep_shot said:
Some of these foolish women think removing hijabs is something revolutionary.

If you want to "protest" against the government, there are many dignifying ways of doing it.

It is good that God is exposing these hypocrites who were probably wearing hijabs just to show off.

Hijab is supposed to be about personal piety; it shouldn't be impacted by government/protest.
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She is a national chess player. I bet not foolish by any standards. Also if it’s personal piety than let it be personal. Why is the government mandating it
 
JaDed said:
She is modestly dressed, completely covered ,professional and even then you have an issue with it?

This is the most non violent way of protesting.
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People have issues with women in power. That has been exposed
 
sweep_shot said:
She can do whatever. If she wants to burn in Hellfire, that's not my problem.

But, I am just calling out the hypocrisy.

A hijab should be a personal choice based on piety. The fact she is removing it to "protest" shows her true color.

If there was one good thing that came out of this protest, it was the exposures of hypocrites.
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Why would she burn in hellfire? What are you on about?
You had issue even they were protesting with hijab calling it conspiracy.
 
sweep_shot said:
She can do whatever. If she wants to burn in Hellfire, that's not my problem.

But, I am just calling out the hypocrisy.

A hijab should be a personal choice based on piety. The fact she is removing it to "protest" shows her true color.

If there was one good thing that came out of this protest, it was the exposures of hypocrites.
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How are they hypocrites especially if they're forced to have to wear a hijab?

I must be really dumb, far stupider then even I thought because your post makes zero sense.
 
IMMY69 said:
How are they hypocrites especially if they're forced to have to wear a hijab?

I must be really dumb, far stupider then even I thought because your post makes zero sense.
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Is she wearing hijab for piety or to show off? That's my question.

If it was for piety, she wouldn't be removing it for any reason.

That's why I said it was phony/hypocritical.
 
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Why would she burn in hellfire? What are you on about?
You had issue even they were protesting with hijab calling it conspiracy.
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It is possible enemies are instigating protests in both Iran and China.

"They" are after Iran, China, and Russia. This is an old game and you should know it by now.
 
sweep_shot said:
Is she wearing hijab for piety or to show off? That's my question.

If it was for piety, she wouldn't be removing it for any reason.
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You have absolutely no knowledge of Iran whatsoever that is much is pretty obvious.

Women are forced to wear the hijab in public. Whether you are pious, agnostic of an atheist...
So the question of hypocrisy doesn't even come into it.
 
sweep_shot said:
It is possible enemies are instigating protests in both Iran and China.

"They" are after Iran, China, and Russia. This is an old game and you should know it by now.
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That's right.
If in doubt fall back on"conspiracy" theories.
 
sweep_shot said:
It is possible enemies are instigating protests in both Iran and China.

"They" are after Iran, China, and Russia. This is an old game and you should know it by now.
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Just to add, Iran, China, Russia, and other normal countries should ensure these anarchists don't take over.

These anarchists need to be neutralized before they get too big.

I am not referring to peaceful benign protesters. I am referring to instigators and violent protesters. They should be disciplined decisively.
 
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Just to add, Iran, China, Russia, and other normal countries should ensure these anarchists don't take over.

These anarchists need to be neutralized before they get too big.

I am not referring to peaceful benign protesters. I am referring to instigators and violent protesters. They should be disciplined decisively.
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Dude what are you on about. You are just ranting . Making zero sense
 
sweep_shot said:
Is she wearing hijab for piety or to show off? That's my question.

If it was for piety, she wouldn't be removing it for any reason.

That's why I said it was phony/hypocritical.
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The only hypocrisy here is men forcing a hijab on women, when they clearly don’t want to wear one. Women can be religious without wearing a hijab too, you know.
 
dildilpak said:
The only hypocrisy here is men forcing a hijab on women, when they clearly don’t want to wear one. Women can be religious without wearing a hijab too, you know.
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Correct.
Also how happy will god be when women are forced to wear something?
It's the same as forced conversions...

This isn't Islam, surely?
 
IMMY69 said:
Correct.
Also how happy will god be when women are forced to wear something?
It's the same as forced conversions...

This isn't Islam, surely?
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dildilpak said:
The only hypocrisy here is men forcing a hijab on women, when they clearly don’t want to wear one. Women can be religious without wearing a hijab too, you know.
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I never said woman should be forced. Don't put words in my mouth.

I was pointing out the anarchic and phony nature of this "protest". It seems like it is being controlled by external elements.

Iranian government is not perfect. As a Sunni man, I also do not identify with Shia Iranian regime (for the record). However, their opposition seems like a worse option. There needs to be a middle path.
 
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I never said woman should be forced. Don't put words in my mouth.

I was pointing out the anarchic and phony nature of this "protest". It seems like it is being controlled by external elements.

Iranian government is not perfect. As a Sunni man, I also do not identify with Shia Iranian regime (for the record). However, their opposition seems like a worse option. There needs to be a middle path.
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There are no external forces. Do you not understand that some women might kit want to wear it.
 
sweep_shot said:
I never said woman should be forced. Don't put words in my mouth.

I was pointing out the anarchic and phony nature of this "protest". It seems like it is being controlled by external elements.
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How often do I have to tell you that you are wrong?
You believe in conspiracies but when I tell you that I have family connections with Iranians, living both in Iran and abroad and that women are forced to wear hijab in public and the women I know do not want to wear the hijab.

You will believe in someone on Instagram spouting nonsense but refuse to believe what you see on TV? Hundreds of thousands of Iranian women protesting both inside and out of Iran.

It is Islamic to force people to wear hijab?
What is the difference between forcing a woman to wear hijab and to forceably convert someone to follow Islam?

Surely the hypocrisy is someone forcing someone else to dress in a certain way?
 
While the protests in Iran are genuine and not surprising considering the pathetic brutality on display, its also pretty obvious (and sad) that the West only reports protests in nations hostile to it: Iran, China and Russia.

Nothing on the protests and the subsequent vile treatment handed down to the Pakistani people and Pakistani ournalists on their media other than the snippets here or there.
 
I think it’s because Pakistan is not a major player on what stage .also the treatment of the journalist is kit as big golf an event as the mass protests in iran.
 
Pakpak said:
While the protests in Iran are genuine and not surprising considering the pathetic brutality on display, its also pretty obvious (and sad) that the West only reports protests in nations hostile to it: Iran, China and Russia.

Nothing on the protests and the subsequent vile treatment handed down to the Pakistani people and Pakistani ournalists on their media other than the snippets here or there.
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I think they report a lot against Right wings too eventhough Qatar is actually an ally they report against them, even with India Congress gets the best press in west even when they might be wrong.

Above is probably true due to journalists majorly being left Liberals as well.
 
Iran Actor Arrested For Anti-Hijab Protest Gets Bail After 18 Days: Report

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Iranian authorities on Wednesday released actor Taraneh Alidoosti on bail after keeping her in jail for more than two weeks, CNN reported citing state-aligned ISNA.

Last year, in December, Alidoosti was arrested for criticizing the execution of a man who was involved in the nationwide protests. She condemned the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, who was killed in December in the first known execution linked to the protests.

Alidoosti's lawyer told ISNA that she was released on bail. After her release, various photos of her got flourished on social media space. She was seen with flowers and supporters after her release, according to CNN.

Alidoosti, who starred in the 2016 Oscar-winning film "The Salesman" and has appeared in various popular Iranian TV shows, is known for her activism in the MeToo movement in Iran's cinema industry and was one of several Iranian celebrities to express support for the protests.

Earlier, 'Avengers' star Mark Ruffalo shared a photo which stated that over 600 artists worldwide have already signed the petition for the freedom of Alidoosti.

The open letter, titled "Free Taraneh Alidoosti," was signed by notable figures including Emma Thompson, Mark Ruffalo, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Kristen Stewart, according to CNN.

He wrote, "Over 600 artists worldwide have signed an open letter calling for the release of award-winning actor and writer Taraneh Alidoosti. We demand her freedom. Join us. Petition link below."

In the tweet, Ruffalo also attached a list of some of the artists who have come out to support the cause. It included stars like Jason Momoa, Amma Thompson, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet, John Oliver and Kristen Stewart among others.

Alidoosti was arrested as there was a "lack of evidence for her claims," CNN reported citing Fars news agency. In November, she shared a picture of herself on Instagram without the Islamic hijab and holding a sign reading "Women, Life, Freedom" to offer support for the protest movement.

After Shekari's execution, Taraneh Alidoosti in another post said, "Your silence means supporting tyranny and tyrants," adding that "every international organization who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action, is a disgrace to humanity," according to CNN. Since then, her account on Instagram has been deleted.

She has featured in the 2016 Oscar-winning movie, 'The Salesman', and has starred in various popular Iranian TV shows.

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SalimBhai said:
She was in jail for not wearing the hijab?
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For disorderly conduct I believe.

These people should go home and try to approach this through dialogues/diplomacy. Anarchic protest is unlikely to achieve anything.

I am shocked these people have time to protest for over 4 months.
 
Iran on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during unprecedented protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody.

The latest hangings double the number of executions to four over the nationwide protests, which escalated since mid-September into calls for an end to Iran's clerical regime.

DAWN
 
EU "Appalled" By New Protester Executions In Iran

The European Union said it was "appalled" after Iran on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during protests sparked by a young woman's death in custody.

"The EU is appalled by the execution of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini arrested and sentenced to death in connection with the ongoing protests in Iran," the spokesperson for EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.

"This is yet another sign of the Iranian authorities' violent repression of civilian demonstrations," he said.

"The European Union calls once again on the Iranian authorities to immediately end the strongly condemnable practice of imposing and carrying out death sentences against protesters."

The statement came after Iran executed two more men to double the number of executions to four over the nationwide protests, which escalated since mid-September into calls for an end to Iran's clerical regime.

Two men were put to death in December, sparking global outrage and new Western sanctions against Iran.

Authorities have arrested thousands of people in the wave of demonstrations that began with the September death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22.

The Iranian Kurdish woman had been arrested by morality police for allegedly breaching the regime's strict dress code for women.

NDTV
 
ex-q-zit said:
EU "Appalled" By New Protester Executions In Iran

The European Union said it was "appalled" after Iran on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during protests sparked by a young woman's death in custody.

"The EU is appalled by the execution of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini arrested and sentenced to death in connection with the ongoing protests in Iran," the spokesperson for EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.

"This is yet another sign of the Iranian authorities' violent repression of civilian demonstrations," he said.

"The European Union calls once again on the Iranian authorities to immediately end the strongly condemnable practice of imposing and carrying out death sentences against protesters."

The statement came after Iran executed two more men to double the number of executions to four over the nationwide protests, which escalated since mid-September into calls for an end to Iran's clerical regime.

Two men were put to death in December, sparking global outrage and new Western sanctions against Iran.

Authorities have arrested thousands of people in the wave of demonstrations that began with the September death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22.

The Iranian Kurdish woman had been arrested by morality police for allegedly breaching the regime's strict dress code for women.

NDTV
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The brutal regime is scared. Hence the heavy handed responses. It will call sooner than later
 
3 More People Face Death Penalty In Iran Over Anti-Hijab Protests

Iran has sentenced to death three people accused of killing three members of the security forces during the protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary said Monday.

The Islamic republic has been rocked by civil unrest since the September 16 death of Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, following her arrest for allegedly violating Iran's strict dress code for women.

The latest sentences, which can still be appealed, bring to 17 the total number of people condemned to death in connection with the more than three months of protests.

Four of those convicted have been executed and two others are on death row after their sentences were upheld by the country's supreme court.

Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were sentenced to death on charges of "moharebeh" -- or waging "war against God" -- the judiciary's Mizan Online news website reported.

Two others were handed prison terms for the incident that led to the deaths of three security force members in the central province of Isfahan on November 16, Mizan said.

All the sentences can be appealed before the supreme court, it added.

On Saturday, Iran executed Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini for killing a paramilitary force member in November in Karaj west of Tehran.

Two other men, Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, were put to death in December after being convicted of separate attacks on security forces.

The executions have sparked global outrage and new Western sanctions against Tehran.

NDTV
 
Meta's Oversight Body Allows Post Calling For Death Of Iran's Supreme Leader

Meta's Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company's decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian leader, saying it did not violate a rule barring violent threats.

The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said in a ruling that the phrase is often used to mean "down with Khamenei" in referring to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been leading a violent crackdown on nationwide protests in recent months.

It also urged the company to develop better ways of factoring such context into its content policies and outline clearly when rhetorical threats against heads of state were permitted.

"In the context of the post, and the broader social, political and linguistic situation in Iran, 'marg bar Khamenei' should be understood as 'down with.' It is a rhetorical, political slogan, not a credible threat," the board wrote.

Iran has been gripped by demonstrations since mid-September, following the death in detention of a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman arrested for wearing "inappropriate attire" under the country's strict dress code for women.

The protests, in which demonstrators from all walks of life have called for the fall of Iran's ruling theocracy, have posed one of the biggest challenges to the government of the Shi'ite Muslim-ruled Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.

The unrest created a now-familiar conundrum for Meta, which has wavered repeatedly in its treatment of violent political rhetoric on its platforms.

The company bans language that incites "serious violence" but aims to avoid overreach by limiting enforcement to credible threats, leaving ambiguity around when and how the rule applies.

After Russia invaded Ukraine last year, for example, Meta introduced a temporary exemption to allow calls for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin, aiming to give users in the region space to express their anger over the war.

However, days later it reversed the exemption after Reuters reported its existence.

Meta also has faced scrutiny over how its platforms were used to organize in the run-up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Phrases like "kill them all" appeared in thousands of U.S.-based Facebook Groups before the attack, including calls for violence against specific U.S. political leaders.

The Oversight Board said in its ruling that "death to Khamenei" statements differed from threats posted around Jan. 6, as politicians were then "clearly at risk" in the U.S. context and "death to" was not a rhetorical statement in English.

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SalimBhai said:
The brutal regime is scared. Hence the heavy handed responses. It will call sooner than later
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lol. This western attempt against Iran has once again fallen flat on its face , like Bidens forehead. The majority of Iranians support their regime.

You call it brutal but Iran doesnt go around the world bombing children while they are asleep, your God America does but thats ok for you.
 
KingKhanWC said:
lol. This western attempt against Iran has once again fallen flat on its face , like Bidens forehead. The majority of Iranians support their regime.

You call it brutal but Iran doesnt go around the world bombing children while they are asleep, your God America does but thats ok for you.
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Not it's not ok for me. See unlike you can judge without prejudice. America has a terrible forerign policy. That can't be defended. This brutal regime will fall in our life time. Sooner than later. Stay tuned.
 
Two wrongs dont make a right. I have the capacity top agree that American foreign policy is a disaster and Iranian crackpot regime is evil. Also I usually dont support dictators or regimes. Thats more of your speciality.
 
Some of the violent protesters should be executed. Totally justified.

Security risks.
 
SalimBhai said:
Not it's not ok for me. See unlike you can judge without prejudice. America has a terrible forerign policy. That can't be defended. This brutal regime will fall in our life time. Sooner than later. Stay tuned.
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You call bombing kids , killing millions foreign policy, being an apologist.

Iran and its people can do what they like, live how they like because they dont go around blowing up children. But to you they are more evil, such is your absurd and idiotic logic.
 
Two wrongs dont make a right. I have the capacity to agree that American foreign policy is a disaster and Iranian crackpot regime is evil. Also I usually dont support dictators or regimes. Thats more of your speciality.
 
sweep_shot said:
She can do whatever. If she wants to burn in Hellfire, that's not my problem.

But, I am just calling out the hypocrisy.

A hijab should be a personal choice based on piety. The fact she is removing it to "protest" shows her true color.

If there was one good thing that came out of this protest, it was the exposures of hypocrites.
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If it's a personal choice, then why are they asking her not to return to Iran?
 
Iran's Executions Of Protestors "State-Sanctioned Killing": UN

Iran is weaponising the death penalty to frighten the public and crush dissent, and its execution of protesters without due process amounts to state-sanctioned killing, the UN said on Tuesday.

Tehran has executed four people in connection with nearly four months of demonstrations in the country, with two more executions scheduled imminently and at least 17 other individuals reportedly sentenced to death, the United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva said.

"Criminal proceedings and the death penalty are being weaponised by the Iranian government to punish individuals participating in protests and to strike fear into the population so as to stamp out dissent, in violation of international human rights law," UN rights chief Volker Turk's office said.

The Islamic republic has been rocked by a wave of protests since the death in custody on September 16 of Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, following her arrest for allegedly violating Iran's strict dress code for women.

"The weaponisation of criminal procedures to punish people for exercising their basic rights -- such as those participating in or organising demonstrations -- amounts to state-sanctioned killing," Turk said.

"The government of Iran would better serve its interests and those of its people by listening to their grievances, and by undertaking the legal and policy reforms necessary to ensure respect for diversity of opinion, the rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and the full respect and protection of the rights of women in all areas of life."

The UN Human Rights Office said it had received information that two further executions are imminent -- that of 19-year-old Mohammad Boroughani, and Mohammad Ghobadiou, 22.

"I reiterate once more my call to the government of Iran to respect the lives and voices of its people, to impose an immediate moratorium on the death penalty and to halt all executions," Mr Turk said.

"Iran must take sincere steps to embark on the reforms that are required and demanded by their own people for the respect and protection of their human rights."

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