Actually, Iranian courts put a moratorium on stoning to death over 20 years ago, and the practice is still legal in American-allied Saudi Arabia.
He was an evil bastard who was second in command of a regime full of human rights abuse that meddles in and disrupts the entire region on a scale that previously required associating with a British monarch. To the point that there is a lot of footage of the people of Iran cheering in the streets.
Fuck 'em.
Alright, I'll bite.
How are people misinterpreting the Khamenei regime's human rights issues (particularly against women)? And by "people" I, of course, mean orgs like Amnesty International.
Here is some "propaganda" for you to refute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Iran
Here is some "propaganda" for you to refute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Iran
Following the pro-Shah coup d'état that overthrew the Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953, the Shah again cracked down on his opponents, and political freedom waned. He outlawed Mosaddegh's political group the National Front, and arrested most of its leaders.[13] Over 4000 political activists of the Tudeh party were arrested,[14] (including 477 in the armed forces), forty were executed, another 14 died under torture and over 200 were sentenced to life imprisonment.[13][15][16]
During the height of its power, the shah's secret police SAVAK had virtually unlimited powers. The agency closely collaborated with the CIA.[17]
According to Amnesty International's Annual Report for 1974–1975 "the total number of political prisoners has been reported at times throughout the year [1975] to be anything from 25,000 to 100,000."[18]
Wow, that is super fucked up. I hope somebody overthrows the Shah.
that meddles in and disrupts the entire region
Are you talking about America? Because in every single instance Iran has been the stabilizing force, providing arms and training to local militias in order to defend themselves against America-backed threats including ISIS, the Saudis, and the IOF.
Just because one evil prick is still alive doesn't mean we can't cheer that a different evil prick died.
To the point that there is a lot of footage of the people of Iran cheering in the streets.
we're really doing this propaganda again? can we please get more interesting stuff than the "my people yearn for freedom from this tyrant"?
if there was any consistency to zizek and other "psychoanalysts" they would come up with a convoluted explanation for the psychological condition that causes leftists (hopefully meaning people interested in decolonization and antiimperialism) to delude themselves into thinking zizek and the onion are on their side, but not the leaders of the few countries in the world supporting the palestinian struggle for liberation
perhaps you don't believe there is any revolutionary potential in iran and it's better off a crumpled up state like libya, where pure leftism can finally emerge from the ashes. i like seeing people slosh around from third worldism to anarchism and other stuff searching for an explanation of why they found a based way to agree with neocons so i'd love to hear it
