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They wanted to make examples, justice wasn’t even a concern >

That place is a real shit hole in every way imaginable >

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Mohammad Mehdi Karami, an Iranian protester who was executed on January 7, was given less than 15 minutes to defend himself against the death penalty, sources who spoke to BBC Persian said.
Iran executed Karami, 22, a karate champion, alongside Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, after finding them guilty of killing a member of a paramilitary force in Karaj, west of Tehran, in November.
Karami was arrested during protests in the city of Karaj for his involvement in the killing of a member of Iran's paramilitary Basij force on November 3.


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Should have demanded trial by combat. >

I think that's what they gave him. They just didn't give him a weapon against the firing squad. >

Hey choose poorly.... >

Thank goodness we have preserved the integrity of our whackadoo theocracy by murdering one of the finest athletes our country has ever produced. >

If only it had been a kungfoo theocracy instead of a whackadoo theocracy. Maybe then the karate champion might have had a fighting chance.
/jk >

This is like the dumbest comment I've ever seen I love it lmao >

They wanted to make examples, justice wasn’t even a concern >

time we make examples of they >

Whos "we" and what should be done? >

I'm not going to tell you what people should do to Iranian government and all this religious lunatics because I will be probably banned. But IN MINECRAFT they should be killed. >

I'm gonna tell my crush that I totally want to be with her, like, in Minecraft >

This case sets an interesting precedent for future protestors... you're not even going to get a fair trial, they're going to kill you, so the logical thing to do is as much damage as you can to the establishment and their goons when they try to apprehend you.
Seems like this will have some blowback. >

Idk. Look at china. >

Interesting comment. I have always heard of the Chinese oppression but there must be dissidents and people revolting and taking things in their hand too ... like it is being suggested here. Is there? Apart from HK street protests, never heard of that. >

they had protests there a few weeks ago if im not mistaken >

The protests are not over, they're not the same protests, sure, but they're protests still >

That place is a real shit hole in every way imaginable >

Religion is the biggest tool in the authoritarian kit >

Soviet Union, China, North Korea... >

At the root of it is dogmatism. The Soviet Union (and other communist regimes) sought to replace established religions with religious adherence to the ruling party/dictator and their dangerous ideologies.
North Korea on the other hand literally made a religion around Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un. >

Yup.  This is an important point.
Fundamentalist Christians, when faced with the atrocities committed by their zealous dictators, are quick to point out that atheism is worse - just look at Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc.
Religion isn't the real problem.  Like you said, it's dogmatism.  That is, being forced to accept the doctrine of a psychopathic ruler who fortifies their ideology not with evidence, but instead with coercion, intimidation and the penalty of death. >

One could argue that both religion and ideology demand that exact same type of compliance as a rule, so they are both bad. >

Agreed.  God in the bible is a lot like a North Korean dictator.  Absolute worship, torture and pain if you don't conform completely.  It's all garbage about control. >

This is absolutely wrong, at least in the New Testament. 
And no I don’t practice any form of religion >

I didn't realise the New Testament abolished hell or sins. >

Even better, the New Testament introduced hell in the first place. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 71%. (I'm a bot)


Mohammad Mehdi Karami, an Iranian protester who was executed on January 7, was given less than 15 minutes to defend himself against the death penalty, sources who spoke to BBC Persian said.
Iran executed Karami, 22, a karate champion, alongside Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, after finding them guilty of killing a member of a paramilitary force in Karaj, west of Tehran, in November.
Karami was arrested during protests in the city of Karaj for his involvement in the killing of a member of Iran's paramilitary Basij force on November 3.


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How young, how sad it ended this way >

I guess its a dont get caught by the police at all cost game. Thats how you create terrorits >

I mean he did literally kill someone. He wasn't just a protestor. >

Well… he was accused of killing someone, given a fake lawyer and not allowed to choose his own, and not given a real trial. I’m not gonna take Iran’s word that he killed someone, here. >

And the person he is accused of killing was a paramilitary, so like... I'm not saying he deserved to die, but I bet if he hadn't been violently suppressing a legitimate protest, he wouldn't have been killed by protesters... >

This country is run by serial killers... >

Iran's version of Nazi Kangaroo Court that ignore how court should operate.  The victim's fate was decided beforehand. >

They believe in swift justice /s
Edit: Not many DS9 fans, noted >

Should have demanded trial by combat. >

I think that's what they gave him. They just didn't give him a weapon against the firing squad. >

You know what they say, don't bring a karate belt to a gun fight /s >

What happens if they are to judge a marksman? >

Anti-air cannon >

The Iranian people strike me as generally good and decent people, and they deserve so much better than the dogshit theocracy running their country. >

Well the USA is partly to blame for that though right?  In particular, the overthrow of Mossadeq, the leader of Iran, in 1951 by the CIA. >

We also helped the Shah gov’t kill and torture members of the former democratic party that was overthrown. We purposefully destroyed the secular democratic movement in Iran, and helped opened the way for this.
Of course, you will NEVER hear the gov’t admit to any of this. >

It's known by anyone who bothers to read the history of Iran. It's not exactly a secret. Most people just don't care enough to learn.
The truth is that during the Cold War the US under most administrations believed a pro-US dictatorship was better than a pro-Soviet democracy or even a neutral country. It was us versus them. When Iran moved to cut BP put of their oil deals the UK deemed them as a danger to the ongoing fight against Communism and the Soviets. So the US helped assassinate and overthrow the government to appoint a pro-US dictator. Similar actions took place all over Asia and South America. It's a fucked up history so we tend not to concentrate on it. Plus most Americans didn't really know we were doing it at the time. >

The point I’m focusing on is the fact that after the coup, we helped the Shah kill and torture members of the former secular-democratic party. This goes beyond a coup attempt to a proxy political mass murder. >

RIP. Honestly the balls of these protestors is something to admire. I know I wouldn’t have the courage to risk my life like this >

Rest In Power Mohammad Mehdi Karami . I cried so many tears for you and your family . I wish we could donate to them - his father is a paper towel vendor and they have a disabled child Mohammad helped care for . They also relied heavily on the income he was bringing in as they are impoverished Kurds 😣😭 fuck the Islamic Regime - bisharafs all of them >

What is a bisharaf? What context can it be used to describe someone? I must go Google this one, I'm always interested in fresh new insults for my friends and enemies. >

Sharaf=honor
Shareef=honorable person
Bi-sharaf=without honor >

Oh in arabic it would be bila-sharaf >

Fucking monsters. >

That's 15 minutes more than I would have expected from that shitty government.  Needs an overhaul. >

Great Grandpa radical and his cronnies have run it for decades.
Rules for thee, not for me
Brave Iranian protesters, I salute you >

Kangaroo court. Although the theocracy pretends at having a judicial system, it's just that, pretence. >

This is what religion does >

"We've got a lot of executions to schedule, so if you could be brief, we'll get right to yours." >

I thought this was so fucked up as with everything the IRGC when I saw it but I'm glad it made it to world news now >

That's not unexpected, the religious don't want to hear any truth, they want to live in lies and fantasy then retire to a world of power and wealth. >

No words. These people are so cruel. May they get what they deserve >

Wtf is all I’ve got. >

Although all protester executions are abhorrent, there is something so sickening and hideously inverted about a government purposefully killing off its own country’s athletes. >

Replace "athlete" with "citizen" and I'm with you. >

“Have anything to declare?”
“Yeah! Don’t go to Iran!”