16 Responses to “ Public Execution in Iran ”

1. serendip on September 2nd, 2007 4:08 pm

   This is too much….

2. rostam farrokhzad on September 2nd, 2007 4:35 pm

   yet another example of the inhuman mindless brutality of the Islamic Republic. the silence of the world in the face of these continued atrocities is deafening.

3. serendip on September 2nd, 2007 7:16 pm

   Domestic Terror in Iran:
   http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/20962

4. Ferigaan on September 2nd, 2007 7:58 pm

   You people are ignorant as can be. If you read the post, it says he murdered a judge. Did you not expect a death penalty? My God.

5. serendip on September 2nd, 2007 8:39 pm

   Nineteen years ago, during the months of August to September, a hideous crime was taking place in Iran. As Ayatollah Khomeini drank the “posion chalice” and signed the peace treaty with Saddam Hossein, he feared the release of the Iranian political prisoners would result in organising the mass discontent of how the war was handled, into a serious political challenge to the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Thus personally, in his own handwriting, Khomeini gave the go ahead for the massacre. He wanted absolute fear to reign over the population in the aftermath of the war.

   Iran’s political prisoners were called in to face kangaroo courts of three clerics. The prisoners were asked two questions each, “Do you believe in Allah?”, “Are you prepared to renounce your organisation?”. The prisoners had no idea about the consequences of their replies. In fact a ‘No’ to any of the above questions meant immediate execution. Many of the prisoners had already finished their prison sentences but were still not released, some were even brought back after they had been released.

   The victims included teenagers, whole families, men and women. During the months of August and September, all prison visits were cancelled, families were told not to bring any medicine or food for their loved ones. All this time the killing inside Iran’s prisons continued.

   Those executed were buried in unmarked mass graves on the outskirts of the towns. In Tehran, one mass burial was accidentally discovered by an Armenian priest who had become curious as to why stray dogs kept digging there for bones.

   Even the successor to the position of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Montazeri, could not stay silent about the crime and protested to Ayatollah Khomeini. His protests resulted in his removal from the position of successor to Khomeini and his house arrest for the last 19 years. Yet while an Ayatollah protested at this massacre, the rest of the world remained silent and offered no sympathy.

   Watch the documentary, , to learn more about the 1988 massacre of Iranian political prisoners.
   From: http://azarmehr.blogspot.com/2007/08/19th-anniversary-of-massacre-of-iranian.html

   Partial list of the name of the vicitms
   http://asre-nou.net/1386/shahrivar/6/koshtar/m-liste-koshtar.html

   Cyber memorial for victims of murderous Islamic republic:
   http://www.abfiran.org/english/memorial.php

   Kamangir: Thanks Serendip.

6. serendip on September 2nd, 2007 8:44 pm

   Video:Gathering at Khavaran cemetery in Tehran commemorating the 19th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners. Includes speeches and revolutionary song. From http://www.avayedigar.com

   http://www.iranian.com/main/singlepage/2007/khavaran-2007

   The cold-blooded execution of thousands of political prisoners in the summer of 1988 is the worst crime against humanity committed after the 1979 revolution in Iran. Khomeini, who ordered the death squads into action, is dead. But all others involved in this horrible tragedy must be exposed and brought to justice in a fair, internationally-observed, trial. The loss of so many young innocents purely for their political views in a matter of days was breathtaking in its level of cruelty and disregard for the sanctity of life. Keep their memory alive, along with the thousands of others who perished under the Islamic Republic of Intolerance.

7. serendip on September 2nd, 2007 10:14 pm

   You’re more than welcome, Kaman.

8. L on September 3rd, 2007 11:39 am

   ترا جدت اینقدر از این تصاویر در وبلاگ نگذار بدون هشدار دادن. لینک عکس را بگذار و در کنارش بنویس که دلخراش است. من آدرس وبلاگ شما را به چند نفر داده ام ولی به خاطر این تصاویر دیگر سر نمیزنند. ممنون

   Translation: Stop posting graphic images.

   Kamangir: I do apologize. I always try to post the more graphic ones in the photoblog and use less irritating ones here. It seems that I have failed. Sorry.

9. serendip on September 3rd, 2007 11:57 am

   In death, a martyr’s smile foretells victory

   http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_6586810

   هنوز هم ستاره مي كشند

   http://iranian.com/main/2007-30

   Kamangir: With all respect, I found the language of that post biased and offensive. The person who kills is a murderer, be it the one who hangs someone or the person who kills a judge.

10. serendip on September 3rd, 2007 2:24 pm

    dear kaman: Then you should find the entire Islamic Republic ruling class as offensive because they are all murderers, whether directly or indirectly.

    Kamangir: Serendip Jan, I have a lot of reasons to dislike and even hate the Islamic Republic administration, but I do refrain from making the same mistake as they have long been making. To my understanding, and with all respect to your beliefs, a person who kills another person is a murderer. No cause justifies killing an individual.

11. serendip on September 3rd, 2007 3:01 pm

    kamangir: That is true too…however, there are extenuating circumstance. I’m sure those who are well-versed in ethics can help out…I agree though, at the end of the day, the judge should have been given a fair trial and due process of real laws not the phony laws of sharia.

    Kamangir: :)

12. serendip on September 3rd, 2007 3:23 pm

    Kaman: did you get an upsurge in the number of your hit for your blog? I posted your shake up on IRGC post on dailykos.com

    Kamangir: Thanks! Do you write for Dailykos? Why can’t I find the link there? Any way, thanks. :)

13. serendip on September 3rd, 2007 3:59 pm

    Kaman: There are hundreds of diaries. No, I don’t write for them but I used to comment a lot on it 3 years ago…not anymore though.

    Here is the link:

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/2/2318/26629

    look for mithra, my user name.

    Kamangir: Thanks. :)

14. Bloodthirsty Liberal » Hangin’ With the Homeinis on September 5th, 2007 9:12 am

    [...] And Kamangir has the pictures. [...]

15. Barb on September 5th, 2007 11:29 am

    ***L Says:
    September 3rd, 2007 at 11:39 am
    ترا جدت اینقدر از این تصاویر در وبلاگ نگذار بدون هشدار دادن. لینک عکس را بگذار و در کنارش بنویس که دلخراش است. من آدرس وبلاگ شما را به چند نفر داده ام ولی به خاطر این تصاویر دیگر سر نمیزنند. ممنون

    Translation: Stop posting graphic images.

    Kamangir: I do apologize. I always try to post the more graphic ones in the photoblog and use less irritating ones here. It seems that I have failed. Sorry.***

    No, do not stop posting the images. If people do not want to see them, they themselves should not look at them. The world needs to know. Plus, the judge this man killed was as corrupt and demonic as the “leaders” he bent over for.

16. wally on September 5th, 2007 9:06 pm

    there should never be death sentences. no killing anyone at anytime, that is reseved for offenders/murderers who are locked up for life.

    notice the string tied around the ankles ? they pay attention to detail, someone had to cut him down and handle the feet and body. do they use “plastic pants” on the condemned in these circumstances ?

    i also imagine crane drivers would be happy to “capitalise” on death sentences. maybe they would be looking for work, just like undertakers policing the nieghbours, looking for someone to bury.

    better not to have capital punishment. iran should beat US by stopping capital punishment first. be a leader, not a follower.

    dont kill, anyone, anytime, for any reason, ever, just dont kill !! ever.

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