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Iran Votes to Execute 14k Protesters, Says Rebels Need 'Hard Lesson

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This news leaves me speechless. I can't imagine the torment felt by the arrested protesters and their families. Those fighting for their rights are unspeakably brave.

If true, (is newsweek a reliable source for Iran coverage?) this would be an immensely risky and possibly stupid move. If they will kill you for protesting what deters you from terrorism and assassination?

The fact that they will likely take it out on your family, friends and anyone suspected of knowing about your actions. Not to mention the shit that happens before they kill you.

Man is a predator ape. Don't get it twisted.

Mass executions lead to only 2 outcomes: total fear or total war.

Newsweek isn't a reliable source for any coverage. It essentially went under in 2013 and its brand assets were acquired by a company with deep ties to "The Community", a Korean religious sect (parallels to UPI and the Unification Church). Regardless of how you feel about "The Community", the Newsweek you're seeing today has essentially no relationship to the historical Newsweek.

It's always worth checking the bylines on Newsweek articles and trying to trace back where the writers came from. For awhile, most of the Newsweek stories I saw were written by people with SEO backgrounds, not journalists. (You might reasonably be fine with this, too, but the branding is misleading).

I think my first clue was when they "outed" Satoshi Nakamoto as a completely-random retired Asian guy in SoCal. Guess that happened after the acquisition by the Korean sect. I hadn't heard about that.

This isn't true. Newsweek is reporting an unverified tweet which is from an account focused on the conflict in Ukraine. The tweet itself seems to be referring to the letter on sunday signed by 227 lawmakers urging the death penalty.

I hope the protesters teach the Iranian parliament some "Hard Lessons". It seems like this move will only anger the protesters further, it's not like the Iranian regime has been treating them with kid gloves so far and this is a massive step over the line. I can't imagine what those families might be thinking/feeling. In their place I feel like it'd motivate me to take a few steps beyond "protesting" if I had family/friends who had been arrested, and now sentenced, en masse, without trial, to death.

Does the parliament have the authority for this vote to be enforced? How do politics work in Iran?

edit: Found an article with more detail here, I think, if it's referencing the same event? I'm not sure, tbh https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/iranian-leader...

The world won't exactly rush over to stop Iran from killing it's own future, so good for these 227 old men for putting themselves first once again. If you think about this is how the entire world works, and somehow these old men can always bear the shame.

Do you have a reference for all 227 being men? According to Wikipedia ~6-8% of Parliamentary lawmakers are women. It's certainly possible all 227 were men out of the 290 total; but one's sex doesn't necessarily dictate one's politics.

Currently 16 of the 290 are women or 5.9%, and sex absolutely has everything to do with it. It's a patriarchal society and women lack many basic rights and are treated horribly. The protest is a reaction to a 22-year old woman killed for wearing an improper hijab, in violation of Iran's mandatory hijab law.

Taking for granted that sex or ethnicity dictate how someone votes is responsible for countless political failures in actually protecting the rights of women and others. The undercurrents supporting hard-right politics (and even "patriarchal" politics, or any kind of politics, really) are complex.

Plus, I was legitimately curious.

Iran doesn't have free elections, and it's ruled by a Supreme Leader, who is the highest political and religious authority.

It's a patriarchal society. Iran is ranked 140 out of 144 for gender parity and things only got worst for women there in recent years.

Gotta love modern journalism. Go on Twatter and grab a load of tweets. Put them on a page and then write them out underneath again.

Is there another source for this? I wish badly for this article to be misrepresenting the situation

14k, largely students, crazy

If 1 death incited this small rebellion, I don't think the Iranian parliament would survive this event should they actually start such naziesque deathcamps. What a fucking mess.

Amazing when people decide gasoline is good for putting out fires.

Civil war incoming…

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