34 years: history of silent crimes against humanity by Islamic Republic of Iran

(I posted a link to this article on Facebook below, but a lucky few cannot read Facebook, so here is the article supplied by Shadi herself for publication here)

By: Shadi Paveh

Amidst the Iranian Revolution, The Shah reluctantly left Iran on Jan 16, 1979, hoping to reclaim his throne upon his quick return. Instead, many of his loyal high ranking officers, politicians and secret agents faced the firing squad by the hundreds under the new Islamic Republic (IR) founded by Ayatollah Khomeini; an austere fundamentalist Muslim clergy whose intolerance for opposition and minority groups covered Iran in an impenetrable blanket of repression for the next thirty three years and sent tens of thousands to the gallows.

In a speech addressed to the people, Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic (IR); the man of God who had extensively criticized the Shah’s human rights violations, declared all who opposed or criticized the Islamic government, “Enemies of God”,  and assured their elimination. Along with political dissidents, the government put in place over one hundred capital offences which included drug trafficking, adultery and homosexuality. This brought forth an unprecedented wave of arrests and executions in the ensuing years. In order to justify the executions of political opponents to the public, the officials started using antiquated torture methods to coerce dictated confessions. Since all mandates of the previous regime were replaced with strict Islamic laws, the old Judges were ousted in lieu of Islamic clergy who had no training in the field of law. Therefore, the fate of the accused solely rested on the residing Judge’s discretion, which operated the vast majority of trials in absence of lawyers, witnesses or evidence.  This resulted in the rapid deterioration of the judiciary system, and permanently dissolved lawful trials.

The first victims of the IR, or Enemies of God, were the people of the province of Kurdistan, the largest minority group in Iran, who had dutifully fought for the revolution in the hopes of achieving regional autonomy denied them under the previous regime. Naturally they resisted the control of the newly formed government, which incensed the Ayatollah.  After failed negotiations, the Ayatollah angrily issued a fatwa (Islamic edict) to crush the Kurds and sent 110.000 troops complete with heavy artillery, fighter jets and armed helicopters to Kurdistan. The fighting was so intense that residents were forced to flee into the harsh mountains for survival. A group of volunteer surgeons and medical staff rushed from the capital to help the wounded but within days of their arrival they were put against the outside wall of the hospital and shot. Kurdish men were executed dozens at a time; a photograph of which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980.

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Bomb seems to target Egyptian interior ministry. Much damage.

H/T M

Story here:

21 wounded, no deaths in a bombing targeting Egypt’s interior minister convoy Thursday, minister survives

Ahram Online , Thursday 5 Sep 2013
Bomb

A photo from the blast (Photo : Hashim Abou-El-Amayem)

Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim survived an assassination attempt when a bomb detonated early on Thursday near his convoy in northeast Cairo, officials told Ahram Online.

Earlier reports said the blast resulted from a car bomb, but state TV said that the bomb was thrown by unknown assailants from a nearby building at around 10:30 am.

Islamist detainees die in ‘escape bid’

H/T TL

BBC:

Egyptian army soldiers take out barbed wire that was surrounding the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo ahead of planned demonstrations on Sunday Protests by the Muslim Brotherhood have continued in some cities despite authorities’ attempts to suppress them

At least 36 Islamist prisoners have died in Egypt during an apparent attempt to escape during their transfer to a prison outside Cairo.

The interior ministry gave conflicting accounts of the deaths, initially saying the men died from gunfire during an attack by unidentified gunmen.

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How to hate your cake and eat it too. The Islamic approach to public demonstrations.

In Toronto a couple of years ago during an anti-Isreal demo sponsored by the Iranian regime, Muslims did their parade-of-destruction over the existence of the state of Israel while simultaneously demanding that no-one photograph the women in the demonstration. Remembering that these women were both part of the demonstration and even had some signs I believe, I find it quite peculiar that someone who participates in a public political protest would, at the same time, not want to be seen, initially to be comically ironic. But as you watch this demonstration in support of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood in Paris you see a similar thing happen as great effort is made to stop the cameraman from filming the demo using physical methods as well as trying to block the camera with an Egyptian flag.

When a thing appears to be irrational its usually because you are missing a piece of the puzzle. That piece in this case I suspect is the degree of contempt and supremacy that Muslims hold towards the rest of us world wide. It does at least offer an explanation.

Here is a video that was allowed of the French Pro Morsi protest. Interestingly, comments, embedding and even downloading have been disabled for these videos.

(An article about a women in Toronto who punched a man for taking a photo of her in a public place. Police pressed no charges)

Egypt Friday Aug 16 2013

Typically, the real violence starts on the Muslim ‘sabbath’ Friday. Normally because that is when the imams fire up all the faithful in the mosques and then get them to go run amok in the streets looking to kill, burn, generally riot or ‘martyr’ themselves trying.

So the headline here is understandable.

Thanks Richard for the links.

Egypt braces itself for protests:

Egypt ‘Day of Rage’ turns violent, protesters killed

Protesters, police killed as Egypt army deploys to guard govt buildings

Mass demo in Tunis demands Ennahda-led government quit

Seems Tunisia is following the Egyptian lead here.

Story here at Yahoo News:

 More than 40,000 people massed Tuesday outside Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly to demand the resignation of the government led by the moderate Islamic movement Ennahda.

The elected body had earlier suspended its work until the government and opposition open negotiations over a showdown sparked by the July 25 murder of opposition lawmaker Mohamed Brahmi.

Many of the protesters carried pictures of Brahmi as well as another opposition politician, Chokri Belaid, who was gunned down in February.

 

H/T M

One of Morsi’s prime dickheads captured by anti-Morsi protestors and treated very well by Egyptian standards.

When watching this, its worth remembering the literally hundreds of videos of Morsi and Brotherhood supporters who tore people apart in the streets, lynched them in public and slowly and painfully, all with Islamic justification. These guys indulge in a little public ridicule but remember, he was a very public and assertive demander of sharia for all.

H/T M

Some links and news of coverage from the horror that was Egypt today.

There is a lot of material thanks very much to M and Richard and others. So I will post one or two links here and the rest and the bulk of the videos below the crease. Please feel free to add videos and links updating the Egyptian situation in the comments.

Some links:

1. Daily Mail: 100 killed as Morsi accused

2. Egyptian Army launches counter insurgency op in Sinai.

(This op is alleged to be ‘Counter-Islamist’ according to RT.)

3. Yahoo News: Violence Deepens in Egypt


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