Footage of Police Brutality in Iran
By Kamangir • May 25th, 2007 • Category: IranHorrible footage of Police brutality against low-level gang members. For background see this.
Please don’t mind the irrelevant Persian text on the screen.
Thanks to a tip from a friend I have never met.
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I’m not going to watch any of the videos because it’s too upseting. But thank you for posting this savagery. Here is a fitting and timely article.
I also would like to add if this had happened in Los Angeles, or NYC. The liberal media would have had a field day! We would hear no end of police brutality. But its ok in Islamic Republic, the police brutality can be justified by being “anti-Great Satan”:))
با درود
عزیز جان نمی دانم تا Ú†Ù‡ اندازه از دوره قبل انقلاب خبر دارید ولی گمان Ù…ÛŒ کنم Ú©Ù‡ آگاه هستید به اینکه این رژیم از بستر همین اوباش Ùˆ اراذل پدید آمد. در آنزمان اوباش از شرایط هرج Ùˆ مرج سواستÙاده کرده Ùˆ به هیکل نمایی Ùˆ یکه تازی پرداختند تا جاییکه نه مردم Ùˆ نه دولت، هیچکدام امنیت نداشتند Ùˆ این شد Ú©Ù‡ اÙسار جامعه بدست این اوباش کمیته ای اÙتاد. Øال همین اوباش دیروز Ú©Ù‡ دولتمردان امروز هستند رÙتار پیشین خویش را در هیبت دوباره نمایان شده اوباش امروزی Ù…ÛŒ بینند Ùˆ سخت در هراسند Ú©Ù‡ اگر Øرکتی Ú©ÙˆÚ†Ú© در توده مردم رخ دهد همین اوباش نسخه رژیم را خواهند پیچید. پس این Ø·Ø±Ø Ø§Ù…Ù†ÛŒØª برای پیشگیری از هرگونه اقدام براندازی مشابه دوره انقلاب است
Kaman that was a comment from another blog but I hit the submit button too fast.
I can only see the ramped up brutality as psyops. They may be wearing ski masks, but they are practically throwing the guy across the car so people with cell phones get a good look at the agony on his face. They want to send a message to Persian activists that $75 million from the Bush administration and Bush’s non-violent presidential finding/covert operations will not usurp the usurpers because they are willing to resort to anything to keep the status quo. Then there are rumors circulating here that Cheney is going to get around Bush and do something really, really stupid. Whether or not this turns out to be true, U.S. funding for Persian democracy + cover operations + a naval build-up off the Persian Gulf = nervous regime. The IRI can’t do much about this, but they can suppress opposition within its territory by letting citizens know what will happen if they get any funny ideas.
Police brutality is going on right now all over the world, but the IRI has the stage for the moment, and is taking every opportunity to send a clear message to everyone who doesn’t sympathize with the regime. I don’t blame the cell phone witnesses, but they are inadvertently helping the regime.
God, and that idiot Hossein thinks the IRI is mobilizing against women in defense of morality. What a one-dimensional tool.
I also would like to add if this had happened in Los Angeles, or NYC. The liberal media would have had a field day! We would hear no end of police brutality.
I disagree. This video never got much play in the national media. Maybe because it’s the LAPD and they have earned their reputation and no one is shocked by it. I think the Rodney King beating has numbed the public to police brutality, and Americans simply gives government authorities the benefit of the doubt in general, unfortunately.
Translation of the above Persian comment:
Bardia from Iran: Dear, I don’t know how much you know about the period before the revolution but I don’t think you’re aware that this regime rose or (was created) from the bed of these criminals and thugs. At that time during the chaos of revolution, the criminals took advantage of the lawlessness and turmoil and started to brutalize (in a totalitarian manner) to where that neither the people nor the government had saftey. And that was the reason that the rein of society fell into the hands of this Committee of mob (Komiteh). Now the same criminals and rabbles of the past have become current statesmen and government officials. And they see their own past conduct in the criminals of today and are extremely alarmed that if a tiny uprising occurs, the same criminals are going to give them the taste of their own medicine. Therefore, this so-called new “Saftey and Security Operation” is to prevent any uprising similar to what happened during the revolution.–End Translation
I think Bardia’s comments are pretty much spot on given the harsh treatment and unpercedent call for their executions. Tehran Friday’s Sermon Imam, Ahmad Khatami, has called for the execution of some.
http://www.cyrusnews.com/news/fa/?mi=9&ni=22600
Arash,
How sure are you that these are “low-level bandits”? Is there not a possibility that these could be any innocent Iranian citizen which the Islamist Regime does not approve of? Could these be Iranians who have stood up against oppression and dictatorship? Irregardless, this is inexcusable and inhumane treatment of any kind of person.
shakhsi be name ayatollah Ghorbani gofte ke dastgirie arazel o obash ba’ese ijade amniat mardom shode va ma in kar ra edame midahaim…..
hala ina ke faghat arazelo obasho nemigiran ….
vaz’ inja kheili kharabe…kheili kharab…..
khabary dar morede tajavoze 3 nafar az mamoorane nirooye entezami be yek dokhtare nojavoon :
http://alieh7.blogfa.com/
kare dorosti kardim vali aya fayedei ham dasht ? man 5 sobh to meydone ponka dobare shahede dargiri boodam vali hichi be hichi , nabayad az ein mardom entezari dasht …
I have no idea about the background of what transpired. Even assuming that the suspect is actually a terrorist, once those handcuffs go on and you have them under control, the violence should abrubtly end. The cops were in no danger.
I wish I could shine some light on the who, what, why, where, and when. It sure doesn’t look good.
This is a disgrace and should be widely publicised. That poor, poor man. Even once he was handcuffed, they kept beating is arm - I am certain they were trying to break his upper arm.
I hope these bastards rot in hell….actually, I hope they each have the same thing done to them someday.
The recent “Security Program” and “Combating Immodesty” measures were written (either by Ahmadinejad or other hardliners) before Ahmadinejad was selected to become a president. It is only now that they are implementing them. This is part of a long-term plan that was envisioned by Ahmadinejad et al after being chosen by Khameni to do something about the growing discontent among the people and insolvable and self-destructive structural problems within the econmic and social system of the regime.
What would have happened if they had not taken these measures to scare the silent majority from exploding? People would be mobilized more easily to demand economic security and more social freedom. Two things that would be the death of the regime and will make Islamic Ayatollahs and their antiquated ideology and religious commerce irrelevant.
It is only now that they are implementing them.
Yeah, but why now if not for increased tensions between the U.S. and Iran? Timing is everything.
Lesly: They are implementing it because they deem it to be the best time to do so…whether there was pressure or not.
Serendip,
Truly, police brutality is happening all over the world. One of my good friends, an English teacher in one of the favelas of Rio, was murdered by a police officer Thursday night on his birthday. The officer singled him out, wrestled with him at a club and then shot him in the abdomen. He bled to death and the officer was arrested for homicide (thankfully).
They are paid to protect…but to protect what? The government or the people?
Tom: I understand that but this is unprecedented in Iran, at least the publicity of it. Here is a blogger’s take from Iran:
به هر Øال تا کنون در این سه دهه گذشته چنین رÙتاری از دولت ندیده بودیم یا بهتر است بگویم تا این Øد اراذل Ùˆ اوباش نداشتیم تا جاییکه سه چهار سال پیش این قشر از جامعه Ú©Ù‡ پدیده استبدادگری است رنگ وبویی اÙسارگسیخته بخود گرÙت. ولی نکته ای Ú©Ù‡ شا یان توجه است اینست Ú©Ù‡ این اوباش - Ú©Ù‡ من دوست ندارم آنها را به این اسم نام ببرم چون بدلیل Ùقر طبقاتی Ú©Ù‡ رژیم ایجاد کرده بوجود آمده اند- بدلیل نترس بودن Ùˆ روØیه یکه تازی دستگیر Ù…ÛŒ شوند نه بخاطر اعتیاد یا مزاØمتهای اجتماعی. دلیل دستگیری را نیز بیشتر جرایم ناموسی Ùˆ تجاوز به عن٠وانمود Ù…ÛŒ کنند Ú©Ù‡ دیگر هیچ وجدانی در دÙاع از ایشان بر نیاید
ولی در مورد اعتیاد، در اخبار اعلام شد Ú©Ù‡ معتادینی Ú©Ù‡ کارت سلامت دریاÙت کنند از خدمات ویژه برخوردار خواهند شد. این دلیلی استوار است در راستای سیاستهای دولت مبنی بر ترویج اعتیاد تا جوانان بیشتر از پیش در رخوت Ùرو روند. پس دیگر هیچ خطری رژیم را تهدید نخواهد کرد Ùˆ توده مردم از وجود سینه چاکان - بجای اوباش - برای براندازی Øکومت بهره نخواهند برد
Translation:
Until now, I had not seen anything in the past 3 decades like this. Or better to say, we did not have so many gangs and hoodlums to where three or four years ago this segment of the society, which is a product of dictatorship transformed into an unruly mob. But the point that is interesting to pay attention to is that this gang get arrested– I don’t like to call them that because of this class of indigence (poor class) is creation of this regime–because of being fearless and their audaciousness not because they are addicts or public nuisance. The cause for their arrest are said to be crimes of violation of of woman’s honor and reputation so no one with conscience would defend them…And about the addiction, it was announced in the news that those addicts who receive the “Health Card” are eligible for special privileges. This is a solid reason in line with policy of the regime based on cultivation of drug-dependency so that more youths than ever before are sunk into a stupor so there would be no danger to the regime and the masses of people won’t be able to utilize *these gangs* to topple the regime.
Yikes. Looks like a scare tactic to me.
طوری با هاشون(با اراذل Ùˆ اوباش) برخورد Ù…ÛŒ کنن Ú©Ù‡ آدم دلش به Øال اراذل Ù…ÛŒ سوزه
طرز برخوردشون اون هم در ملاء عام باعث شده مردم هوادار اشرار بشن
Serendip: I hear you. Though, the only thing you get when you put a thug in charge is more “thuggery”. It’s not a coincedence. Look at America, Zimbabwe, etc etc. :-p
Hi Kamangir,
Many thanks for remembering to check my blog and to add the links. I do appreciate it.
Yours,
Ghoghnoos
Tom: Using ‘false-equality’ arguments doesn’t make your ‘belief’ a true statement. Bush’s or America’s so-called thuggery dwarfs the wanton brutality that the fascists mullahs continue to perpetrate on their own citizens.
And to add to what Serendip said, neither is Bush in the same league as Zimbabwe’s sick bastards.
And Serendip, surely you mean “is dwarfed by”. ;-)
#16 Serendip: there is MUCH wisdom in your post!
The Iranian regime long ago turned AWAY from the LOVE and KNOWLEDGE brought by the Glory of God, Baha’u'llah, and embraces instead the HATRED and IGNORANCE in His absence.
That hatred and ignorance has material analogs in heroin, hash-hish and meth. Forbidden by the Glory of God as ways to develop spiritually, yet the Iranian government subtly encourages them and makes them available TO CASTRATE and GENTLE the populace, especially now that SO MANY non-Baha’is are seeing the truth, that “nothing is working right in Iran!”
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