Iran continues bad behavior, executing protesters

[CivilDiscourse]

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/article/iran-protests-death-sentences-executions.html

They are a doctor, a rapper, a karate champion, a barber and an actor, sons, grandsons and fathers. They are among the 13 people Iran has hurriedly sentenced to death in its campaign to quash the monthslong uprising against the Islamic Republic.

In December, two men were hanged in quick succession. On Jan. 7, two others met the same fate, while nine others remain at risk of execution, according to the human rights group Amnesty International. Other groups cite higher numbers, which The New York Times was not able to independently verify.

Most of the men have been charged with “moharebe,” a broad term that means waging a war on God and typically carries the death penalty in Iran.

Their trials were fast-tracked behind closed doors by Iran’s Revolutionary Court system, with government-assigned lawyers representing the defendants. The evidence presented has often been opaque, sometimes relying on coerced confessions or grainy video footage. Rights groups say that in some of the cases of the accused, there are accounts and evidence of torture.

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Iran has done some bad things in the past, certainly. How long exactly do you propose holding their past actions against them? Indefinitely? Are they ever allowed to repent and start over in your book? Mostly Iran has a history of being victimized by America. America overthrew their democratically elected government and installed a totalitarian one. America shot down one of their civilian airliners, killing everyone on board, and never apologized. The list goes on. Iran has every right to be angry for how America has mistreated them. But how long exactly do you think they should hold America's past actions against it? Indefinitely? Should they ever forgive and start over?

So....should we be looping this new bad behavior into their behavior?

[rogue06]

Who in the #$@%@ does Iran think they are? China?

[Stoic]

Who in the #$@%@ does Iran think they are? China?

Or Russia...

[Gondwanaland]

Or Russia...

But when Russia does it it's okay because they're 'Christian', see.

[One Bad Pig]

But when Russia does it it's okay because they're 'Christian', see.

Well, no.