Iran is executing people in record-breaking numbers not seen for more than 15 years in the Islamic nation . . . The situation is so dire that activists have petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council to take action about what they described as a massive uptick in the number of individuals killed by the Iranian government.
More than 600 of these executions, many of them carried up publicly, have taken place under the tenure of current Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who promised the world that he would act as a force for moderation.
At least 895 political prisoners are currently incarcerated in Iran for exercising free speech and other basic rights, according to the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran.
Another 687 Iranians were executed in 2013, many without fair trials, according to a revised counting of the number of executions last year. Thirty of those killed were woman, while at least three were juveniles, according to the group Iran Human Rights (IHR), which recently released in annual report on the death penalty in Iran.
When the Iranian people rose up against their regime in 2009, we did nothing.
Why is it your ilk views us as some sort of policeman for the world, or worse, an ally of any group seeking to overthrow sovereign power in another country which you deem unacceptable?
ReplyDeleteBecause there is such a thing as right and such a thing as wrong.
ReplyDeleteAnd why you find the regime depicted in this post acceptable is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteIran has been at war with the US since 1979. It is the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. It collaborates with North Korea on technology for the nuclear programs of each country. And it has a horrific human-rights record.
ReplyDeleteVery frustrating isn't it? Shall we attack them alone or in concert with other countries?
ReplyDeleteWe're not going to lift a finger. Israel is going to deal with it unilaterally.
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