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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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[–] tackleberry@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 hour ago

According to the Iranian newspaper Khorasan, which confirmed the judicial proceedings, Amini told the court she had posted the remarks while hallucinating after taking psychedelic mushrooms with friends and her defence argued it was a “slip of the tongue”.

The presiding judge rejected her defence, reportedly asking: “Why, in that same hallucinatory state, did you not insult other individuals or opponents of the regime, such as America and Israel?”

Amini’s death sentence is not final and remains subject to appeal before Iran’s supreme court.

Good news here is that the ruling remains subject to appeal.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

The Republic of Iran is evil incarnate to its own people, and everybody else.

The USA should stay out of it. But, instead, we've been a very poor example, from choosing to found Israel after WW2 all the way to today. We are totally invested in Israel (our 51st state), and therefore, will always be in conflict with a good deal of the middle east.

Jerusalem has been Jewish, then Roman, then Muslim, then Christian, then Muslim again, now Jewish. These Abrahamic fundamentalists will always fight for the Holy Land and kill each other for all time, as they always have.

The Jews should have been accepted into the USA after WWII, in my opinion, with no nation building and no CIA-backed coups in Iran. As it is, there's no end to it at this point, the fundies will take us with them and drag us all into hell.

[–] Denfa@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

We can and should support the women of Iran by repeatedly bombing them and their families, destroying the cities they live in along with schools and hospitals, and possibly by obliterating the jail cell she’s being held in. I should probably add, this is sarcasm, because it also seems to be official US policy regarding the middle east in general.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

This is all on you America. This is your doing. This was not normal in Iran before Israel and America wiped out their moderate government.

YOUR warmongering has insured that Iranian hardliners will remain in power for generations to come.

You want to help those people? THEN GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST.

Cause you sure as shit ain't going to "liberate" a single person with your sad pathetic enshitified military.

A source close to Amini’s family told the US-based Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) that Amini was sentenced to death.

By the way this story is probably CIA horseshit to begin with.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

Poster: Iran is a shit hole and it is all Americas fault

Same poster: This is a made up CIA story about Iran being a shit hole.

So strange that the CIA has to make up stories about a country being shit that they helped ruin. Perhaps, just maybe it isn't a made up sorry and Iran is just a shit hole?

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah but they're not gonna live stream it to the world. They're not monsters.

[–] miadidi@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Works either way

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world -2 points 10 hours ago

Sure buddy.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 52 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This is conservatism. Conservatives will always naturally push toward violent authoritarianism. Always.

[–] Radical_Socialist_t00t@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago

Just look at the US

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[–] GonzoAtBarstow@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago

At the moment the US is killing more innocent Iranians than Iran is.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

In other news, Iran is at war with America and its stooges following a failed coup attempt by America and its stooges.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's ok. Trump to the rescue. That regime change should be coming any day now.

Any day....

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[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 149 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (23 children)

Imagine living in a country of mental patients where if you insult their favorite storybook character, they have this burning urge to kill you. It’s manic obsession.

What kind of ~~profit~~ prophet wants people to die in their name for an insult?

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[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 day ago (34 children)

Does anyone know what she actually said?

[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

according to the article

The exact content of her posts has not been publicly disclosed.

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