Posted on 07/31/2007 12:58:44 AM PDT by Democracy in the Middle East
As the U.S. wound up its second meeting with Iran to discuss the security of Iraq, the Iranian regime continued to face its own escalating insecurity. The deterioration of Iran’s economy, increase in civil unrest and sharp deterioration of human rights under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are three examples of a nation unraveling at the seams.
Ahmadinejad has taken desperate measures to reign in the escalating civil unrest throughout Iranian society by closing newspapers, enforcing strict dress codes and stepping up public hangings and stonings. The high priority of implementing these new “security measures” was made clear in a July 2007 interview with the director of Iran’s prison system, Ali Akbar Yessaqi, who spoke with Iran’s state-controlled news agency (ISNA). In his interview, Yessaqi conceded the existence of the regime’s secret prisons [torture centers] for political prisoners, the execution of juveniles and the policy of making arbitrary arrests, and also reported that Tehran is building 41 new prisons in Iran.
The Iranian regime’s rise in executions in recent weeks included a group execution in Tehran’s Evin Prison on July 22, where 12 prisoners were hung simultaneously. Two out of the 12 condemned men were political prisoners who were transferred from another prison to be executed with the others — an all-too-common method of silencing dissidents in Iran. On many occasions, political prisoners have been tagged with trumped-up convictions of drug trafficking and other crimes in order to receive the death penalty.
Amnesty International has recorded at least 124 executions since the beginning of 2007. Two recent victims of the Iranian authorities' use of the death penalty were those whose alleged crimes were committed before the age of 18.
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They're both equally pathetic, but for different reasons.
“They’re both equally pathetic, but for different reasons.”
I dunno, seems like Obama is worse as he’s condoning the pig-kisser for his own personal gain. He’s also said the genocide in Africa is no business of ours. Can’t put my finger on why but it just seems like Obama’s acceptance of evil and efforts to gloss it over are worse.
Pretty soon the little raghead will catch up to the clintons..
The fact that the US is talking to Iran lays down some cover fire for Ahmedeadman’s crackdown. But it won’t work in the long run. He’ll die of lead poisoning.
These http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlines_of_Iran have a tendency to malfunction ;-)
I’m sure those are just coincidences, too.
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