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  In 633AD, Iran used to be a country torn apart by a theocratic civil war.  They still are, but they used to be, too.
context: Iran has basically made it clear they'll be murdering literally ANYONE who goes against the state. >
  
  Also anyone who doesn't go against the state.
  Remember that this whole thing started when Mahsa Amini was killed, and it is reported that Mahsa was not interested in politics and didn't really care to go against the regime. Yet they killed her because the morality police had a bad day that day. >
  
  The morality police are nothing more than serial rapists given carte blanche to do as they please with women of any age. >
  
  Exactly, she likely resisted their assaults and paid for it with her life. >
  
  Yeah.  Most of the females murdered by them show signs of gang rape. >
  
  It's worse: They can't kill virgins or some other lame reason, so they rape them first to be sure, only then they are allowed to kill. >
  
  What the actual fuck. >
  
  Its a culture that stalled in the 12th century. >
  
  I'm under the impression that they were more civilized back then. >
  
  Well it'd be hard to be less civilized. >
  
  imagine killing your best citizens because you can't handle seeing a woman's head >
  
  I’ve noticed that more than half the people posted on r/NewIran who have been killed by the Iranian regime were talented in some way. They were either athletes or artists. 
  Sports people seem to be the number one target. >
  
  These people killed are admirable. The regime thinks that if people have noone to admire they will submit blindly to whatever bullshit they want to push across. The literally want iranians to stay illiterate, with no ties to the outside world, just like mindless androids who follow blindly the ass backwards beliefs. >
  
  They want to be North Korea so bad. >
  
  Reminds me of Cambodia/Khmer Rouge tbh. Not quite there yet, but on the track. >
  
  
  Reminds me of Cambodia/Khmer Rouge tbh. Not quite there yet
  
  Well that's an understatement. 
  Yeah, Iran is not at the point of swinging kids by their feet to smash their heads against a tree just so they can save ammo. >
  
  Yeah, Cambodia definitely went next level under pol pot. Didn’t he kill like a third of the country? I remember watching the Killing fields documentary about Tuol Sleng (sp?) >
  
  Yeah, the highest percentage of a population killing itself in known history. And what happened at Tuol Sleng is insane. Literally a forced confession / execution factory. 
  I'll never get that shit out of my head after reading about it. >
  
  I went the holocaust museum in DC, and that left a lasting impact. But honestly, even just reading about the Khmer Rouge and seeing the pictures was even more traumatic and heart-breaking. For as horrible as Nazism was, something like the Khmer Rouge was somehow even worse. Like not even waging war against a race but humanity itself. But an ideological black hole, this emotional sucking void that sought to erase the very light of the human soul. I am not a religious person, but I don't know how else to say it. >
  
  It’s all rooted in the same cause; a blatant disdain for people who don’t fit the mold of what you want them to be. >
  
  All of these people have families, neighbors, loved ones. At what point do people say they have had enough?
  I assume the general population knows who is responsible and where they live.
  I don't consider myself a violent man. Kill my children and that may change. >
  
  They've already had enough and the revolution has morphed into something else. Instead of protesting in the streets, partisan groups have been formed and are targeting officials. I wish there was an English resource I could share with you. Recently a very high level judge who was responsible for so many death sentences for political prisoners was assassinated. The regime has denied it so far but that just made people more sure that it has happened. I guess we'll see in a few days.
  Edit: for those asking for sources in Farsi, they are mainly Twitter accounts that have proven to be credible over time. Jupiter, Vaazh and Hashshaashin mostly share the news about the assassinations of officials. 1500Tasvir and VahidOnline are the most credible sources covering the revolution.
  Of course there are other accounts as well but these are the ones people trust most. The r/NewIran shares some of the news here on Reddit.
  Also, thank you kind stranger for the award. >
  
  Share anything even non-English. I’d love to read up on this, and Google translate will at least give me a sense >
  
  Sadly its just twitter accounts & telegram pages that have built a reputation through time >
  
  Instagram has a pretty decent translate tool. I've been following Masih Alinejad's page  to see some first hand accounts. >
  
  Really hope they overthrow these fuckers soon >
  
  They can’t since they don’t have weapons >
  
  Keep making martyrs and see what happens. Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it >
  
  Agreed. 25 men can't hold a good nation down forever. People just want to live free. The nation knows what must be done to the 25 men. >
  
  25 and the army they have. >
  
  Large armies are always able to deal with insurgencies, right? >
  
  Iran is an extremely disarmed country, idk where the populace would find the resources for an insurgency. >
  
  Bald Eagle screech can be heard in the distance
  Who wants weapons now?? >
  
  Yeah there is absolutely no public support for another war in the middle east. >
  
  When has that ever made a difference when there money on the line? >
  
  Didn’t Pol Pot do the same thing? Executed the educated and talented. >
  
  Pol Pot did it in a much larger scale. He basically rounded up all the educated and talented, whether they spoke out or not. >
  
  Like literally having glasses would get you killed >
  
  What? Why. >
  
  Glasses = Smart nerd
  Duh >
  
  Most glasses are nearsighted too. All I would be able to do without glasses is read ffs.
  Im a much better laborer with glasses. >
  
  
  Most glasses are nearsighted too. All I would be able to do without glasses is read ffs.
  
  Yea but most people couldn't read unless you were educated. >
  
  Islamic Republic is delusional if they think we can go back to what they consider normal. I talk with friends and family back in Iran, everyone says they’re afraid but attitudes have changed drastically. Everyone has decided it’s time for the regime to go. Many cities are in martial law like state, the economy is crumbling and kangaroo courts everywhere. Government goons constantly whining on social media about how they are the true victims because everyone hates them. >
  
  I saw someone post a rumour like 12 hours ago on r/NewIran saying that their execution was imminent and to call representatives in the EU and US to put pressure on the regime to stop it. 
  And then the executions actually happened like a few hours later with no notice from the government. Made me feel like shit because I kind of blew it off as just another rumour. >
  
  I saw that too! I can’t believe it happened less than 2 hours after. RIP. They were two good young men. >
  
  So get cought protesting gets you the same punishment as planting a bomb under one of their "leaders" car? >
  
  Pretty soon civilians will happily join the revolution knowing punishment is the same >
  
  When the punishment for protesting is the same as the punishment for violent revolution… >
  
  I still can't believe that people have had the audacity to tell me that the Western World's sanctions against Iran are unreasonable and that "Iran is no worse than any Western Country" >
  
  That is the Islamic republics minion argument. They are pros at deflecting. They kill their own citizens because “the west is bad”. The world needs to stand up, earth would be a way better place without the Islamic republic of hell. >
  
  I'm Iranian in the diaspora. If anyone wants to help, here's what you can do:
  
  
  1) Spread information about what is happening in Iran on social media. This is the one social movement where social media is activism. It saves lives and is one of the only tools everyday people can use to have a true and significant impact. Use the appropriate hashtags- #iranrevolution, #stopexecutionsiniran, #mahsaamini, #womelifefreedom 
  
  
  2) Talk to your family and friends in your life and let them know about the revolution and the Islamic Republic’s corruption. This movement is almost 4 months old and I encounter new people almost every week who have no idea about it. Don’t assume people know, spread the word. 
  
  
  3) Contact your congressional/parliamentary representatives and demand they and the government cut all diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic. We need to cutoff their legitimacy and severing diplomatic ties are a way to do that.
  
  
  Furthermore, encourage these representatives to sanction individual members of the regime and their family members. Freeze their accounts and seize their assets the way they did Russian oligarchs after the Ukraine war. Rescind their green cards and visas and send them back to Iran. They should not benefit from western freedoms while denying their own people such rights. 
  
  
  4) Due to sanctions, it is not possible to send any money to Iran. However, you can donate to some diaspora organizations who are using that money to buy billboards and ad-space to reach those in other countries. I can vouch for @iraniandiasporacollective and anything supported by activists Nazanin Nour, Tara Grammy, and Nazanin Boniadi  
  
  
  5) For up to date and accurate info on Iran, Instagram is the best resource, as well as the subreddit r/NewIran. 
  
  People to follow: Nazanin Boniadi, Yashar Ali, Tara Grammy, Nazanin Nour, Nasim Pedrad, Samira Mohyeddin, Nicole Najafi, Masih Alinejad
  Instagrams accounts to follow: @1500tasvir (mostly all in Farsi but the best account to see videos coming out of Iran), @diasporaforiran, @middleeastmatters, @collectiveforblackiranians, @en.hrana, @from_iran
  
  Honestly, I know many of us have joked about how much can a hashtag help, but in this case, it might be the biggest yet easiest thing you can do. 
  I’ve seen this movement grow from just a few of my aunties and uncles posting about it in the days after Mahsa Jina Amini died and small protests with a 100 people to a massive movement that has the likes of Harry Styles, Viola Davis, Jon Stewart, Lizzo, and Juliette Binoche to name a few all come out in support of Iran and Iranian women. And there are protests every single weekend with some having tens of thousands of attendees. 
  The hashtags mean something. Posting on your Instagram stories mean something. Time and time again, the call from Iran is the same, “Be Our Voice”.  
  This regime only knows escalation. They are becoming more and more brutal in hopes the people will back down. 
  But goddamn are Iranians fierce and brave as hell. They fight and die and more join in. In and out of Iran, we are done with this regime. We will not be silenced any longer. 
  Our battle cry is thus: Zan Zendegi Azadi - Women Life Freedom
  If you have any more questions or want me to elaborate more about anything, let me know! >
  
  Thank you. I’ve been wondering what can I do?  Power to the people. ✊🏽 May all people be free. >
  
  Killing people has never stopped a dictatorship from falling, just makes people more vengeful after it crumbles >
  
  This is why religion and politics should not mix. >
  
  Alot of Americans take separation of church and state for granted. >
  
  A lot of Americans actively work against it. We're a weirdly juxtaposed nation of progressive and conservative idealogies. >
  
  We got some cancer to excise from the country. >
  
  It will take centuries at the current rate.
  1865 - Abolition of Slavery
  1964 - Civil Rights Act 
  2013-2022 - Supreme Court dismantles the Voting Rights Act
  2022 - Roe v Wade overturned... >
  
  That's the way it used to work. People used to be really good at understanding this. "If I'm going to get punished for doing nothing, I might as well do something." It's that classic spark of revolution. What happened to humanity that they stopped doing this? >
  
  our capitalist overlords perfected the formula for a docile populace >
  
  I don't think North Korea runs on capitalism and they are a shining example of this phenomena. >
  
  i suppose you could edit my comment to just say ‘overlords’ then >
  
  Only you have those capabilities >
  
  Iranian executions aren’t pleasant either.
  It’s unfortunate these men were born in such a backwards country. >
  
  A backward regime. The country itself is a very pleasant place full of very pleasant people wanting to live a peaceful existence. >
  
  Well the religion people practice in this region might have a hand in this nonsense also. >
  
  People don’t need religion for this, look at North Korea. Actively atheist countries are right up there with the worst in recent history. >
  
  North Korea reveres it’s leader as if he were a god. It’s the same formula. >
  
  
  North Korea (is forced to) revere it’s leader as if he were a god. It’s the same formula.     
  
  FTFY >
  
  Is there that much difference between that and forcing your citizens to follow the religious practices in Iran or face execution? >
  
  That sounds like the exact same thing. >
  
  Criminals and rapists are not gonna sacrifice themselves for a good cause. After a while ur gonna end up with a state that killed off all its good valuable people and ur gonna be left with the worst of them. This is the dumbest thing possible fuck Iran seriously >
  
  I hope they hang the Iranian regime in the streets with headscarves. >
  
  Iran’s gone off the rails and doubling down. >
  
  Come over to r/newiran, it's appalling what the IR is doing to the Iranian people. Support Iranian freedom in any way you can >
  
  If I had to imagine things that literal demonic entities would do. This would be it... There is no way for any of this to be seen as righteous. >
  
  Keep killing the citizens and eventually the citizens will kill you >
  
  The Iranian people will be free. >
  
  How? How does protesting against a government that doesn’t care, that will slaughter you for trying, and execute the rest lead to freedom for the Iranian people? 
  People on Reddit keep saying if you execute people for protesting then they’ll just start killing government officials because it’s the same sentence either way. Has there been any government officials that have been killed yet? 
  The Iranian people won’t be free until every government official backing the power of the state has been killed or put in prison, and all I’ve seen is just innocent protesters being massacred and executed. So I ask again how? How will the Iranian people be free? >
  
  Outside intervention. >
  
  Unfortunately I probably agree. Fuck totalitarian leaders. There’s never a good answer to stopping them. No matter what it seems the innocent citizens take to brunt of the violence. >
  
  That's how I feel. I don't see a way out of this for Iranians, it's horrible and everyone's just getting killed. Nothing is happening. No big armed insurrection is going to put this down. It's scary. I feel horrible for them. They can't fight against their government, they're going to keep getting hurt. It's absolutely garbage.
  We saw how outside intervention can be pretty freaking shitty and not actually help in the long run...
  But frankly, Iranians getting executed by their own government without any form of able resistance... Is just I don't really see any other help they can get. 
  Weapons will fall into the wrong hands. 
  A united force forcing the government to cease is probably the best option.
  It's just, we've seen how that's been before so I don't really know if it's going to bring any stability in the long run.. but I'd rather people stop getting murdered in their fight for freedom. >
  
  It's so sad that the Iranian regime fears its own people. All that sorrow will eventually bite them right back, but those losses are a terrible crime against humanity which can never be undone >
  
  The waste and stupidity by the current regime borders on madness and only widens the rift. >
  
  A government that will not hesitate to execute its own citizens cannot be overthrown by peaceful means. >
  
  The regime is counting that this will intimidate every citizen. But if everyone cowers so their own life spared, this world will be run be thugs and thieves. I only hope there’s more of his kind. >
  
  Rotten bastards >
  
  I guess Iranian government was so busy trying not to end up like the Shah’s that it became 100x worse. If I had to choose, I’d always take a secular government over a religious extremist one. >
  
  The only way Iran changes is if the people use the same tactics and brutality as their oppressors. Words do not change anything when the government is perfectly okay killing you as option 1. >
  
  So here's the deal: this regime and regimes like it do exactly what everyone says they do that has fled from them and that protests against them. They kill just about everybody they want to kill, and torture and/or rape you if they feel you are worth that treatment too if they can. They are inhumane and often, as in this case, shroud themselves in and create legitimacy through religion (notice China and Russia don't really give two shits about religion).
  You may accuse the West of many things, but this kind of behaviour isn't one of them, not like this. Not the behaviour itself of violent suppression of protest, or cramming religion down your throat by having a state religion either, two utterly crucial human rights.
  Fuck you theocratic government of Iran, you're a bunch of dicks. >
  
  Fuck Iran >
  
  Fuck the Iranian government. Free Iran. >
  
  Remember.. in Iran.. you go against the state your going against god.. because Iran's god is a killing god, and aligns with modern day Mafia consortium.. 
  As trouble some as Mohammed was, even he would have problems with Iran..
  I'm pretty sure Iran would hang Mohammed as well.. ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯ >
  
  Appeal
  to your your gov
  1. Recall ambassadors
  2. Close the embassies
  3. Downgrade all diplomatic relations
  4. End all contracts and business with this regime
  SHARE, LIKE, SAVE, COMMENT, TAG #WomanLifeFreedom >
  
  Fucking savages >
  
  Fyck Ali Khamenei >
  
  The key to every great civilization is to get rid of your best young people and keep your old corrupt nobility in power. Joke aside, I wish Iran can find it's way for a better future! >
  
  All this over a woman's face... Smh >
  
  Not even her face. Hijab only basically covers hair which makes it worse >
  
  Do not say execute. The correct word is "murder".
  Execute implies a level of legitimacy. >
  
  I hope Putin and Iranian Politicians all get ass cancer >
  
  I hope Iranian officials all have gay sons that make them commit suicide. >
  
  Hope the mullahs and ayatollahs burn in hell. >
  
  Time to do unto Iran's so called leaders as they will do unto Iran's citizens. Until these insane power hungry hypocrites feel the same pain they cause, nothing changes. Sad to say. >
  
  "People are protesting because someone was killed for no good reason.  Obviously, if we kill more people that will make them stop protesting."
  Flawless logic. >
  
  a country run by animals and cowards. >
  
  How can Iran continue this archaic form of law? The whole world is watching them make examples of people who just want simple human rights. 
  Things seemed to be progressing there in the late 60's early 70"s until the Shah was deposed.
  They've been slowly oppressing the people to this point. These are needless executions. 
  The ruling classes are way too old to be running the show. They have outdated ideas that are setting their country back 45 years. >
  
  Iran did not just " execute " as the 2 men were slowly tortured to their deaths.
  Execution in iran does not use the conventional way of hanging when you fall and then break your neck and die without pain - iran uses a crane that slowly lifts the hanged person up in the air leaving the person to fight beathing for a minute or so before passing out and die 
  Teenagers are next in line >
  
  Islamic State of Iran , to give it its full name 😡 >
  
  Religion should be disrespected in nations where religion mixes with politics.
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