[The Mashad hangings, broadcast live on local television, are among a series of public executions ordered by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month as part of a campaign to terrorize an increasingly restive population. Over the past six weeks, at least 118 people have been executed, including four who were stoned to death. According to Saeed Mortazavi, the chief Islamic prosecutor, at least 150 more people, including five women, are scheduled to be hanged or stoned to death in the coming weeks.
The latest wave of executions is the biggest Iran has suffered in the same time span since 1984, when thousands of opposition prisoners were shot on orders from Ayatollah Khomeini.]
[Not all executions take place in public. In the provinces of Kurdistan and Khuzestan, where ethnic Kurdish and Arab minorities are demanding greater rights, several activists have been put to death in secret, their families informed only days after the event.]
can't imagine how many we don't know about.. where's our infamous International Community, otherwise known as the "UN"?? *sigh*
OMG!! and the "touchy-feely" crowd cry "free Tookie" & adminstering the ever so painful "put you to sleep" needle to proved guilty & confessed murderers here?? gah!!
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we already know about..
DOMESTIC TERROR IN IRAN
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[The Mashad hangings, broadcast live on local television, are among a series of public executions ordered by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month as part of a campaign to terrorize an increasingly restive population. Over the past six weeks, at least 118 people have been executed, including four who were stoned to death. According to Saeed Mortazavi, the chief Islamic prosecutor, at least 150 more people, including five women, are scheduled to be hanged or stoned to death in the coming weeks.
The latest wave of executions is the biggest Iran has suffered in the same time span since 1984, when thousands of opposition prisoners were shot on orders from Ayatollah Khomeini.]
[Not all executions take place in public. In the provinces of Kurdistan and Khuzestan, where ethnic Kurdish and Arab minorities are demanding greater rights, several activists have been put to death in secret, their families informed only days after the event.]
can't imagine how many we don't know about.. where's our infamous International Community, otherwise known as the "UN"?? *sigh*
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Maybe its all just a cultural thingie with those following the teachings excreted by the pedophile prophet...
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OMG!! and the "touchy-feely" crowd cry "free Tookie" & adminstering the ever so painful "put you to sleep" needle to proved guilty & confessed murderers here?? gah!!
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