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Rights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this year

Human rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post.

Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad. She has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and death in separate cases heard by a revolutionary and a criminal court.

A source close to Amini’s family told the US-based Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) that Amini was sentenced to death on charges of “sab ol-nabi” (insulting the prophet). She was reportedly arrested following online monitoring by Iran’s Cyber Police (Fata). The exact content of her posts has not been publicly disclosed.

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[–] Aqivex@fedinsfw.app 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I thought quokk was an anarchist instance. Hmm.

See, supporting Iran's right to self determination and wishing them the best in kicking the teeth out of the hegemon's mouth is only half the equation from the anarchist POV.

Only tankies would leave it at that.

Condemning stupid hierarchical bullshit masquerading as religious freedom such as this though, should be pretty easy.

This situation is probably going to be the best and most poignant example today of why we proclaim "No Gods, no masters".

[–] MrNobody@quokk.au 3 points 1 day ago

Being an anarchist does not mean I don’t want a country to stop being attacked by another. It’s also why I want Ukraine to win against Russian imperialism.

If people are not in a state of war started by another nation, they are more capable of focusing on internal change of which the Iranians were literally doing before the US stopped that.

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like that part goes without saying when talking to other leftists

[–] Aqivex@fedinsfw.app 3 points 1 day ago

What is being a leftist if not engaging in the ad nauseam repetition of things you feel ought to go without saying to one's comrades, though?