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Iran's Raisi warns against 'acts of chaos' as protests over woman's death rage

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In the Western countries, when a violent protestor is arrested, there are 20 videos of this put on social media, the cops provide water and the person is booked, give a phone call, and a court date, then released, depending on the damage done. They aren't "disappeared".

If a law is unjust, the jury system allows the jury to rule any way they like, regardless of the law. "A jury of your peers" - it matters.

Also, on a public street, you can say almost anything you like in the USA. Obviously, you can't touch others or prevent them from going about their business, but talking is protected. And in much of the US, women are free to wear nearly anything like like in public - some go topless - as part of their freedom of speech. I'm serious. https://apnews.com/article/ad8e5bbaf332420dbe7dc92a3dab6b61

The independence of the judiciary relies on the separation of powers but, in the Islamic Republic, all three branches of government work under the supervision of the Supreme Leader.

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The court’s verdict was based on confessions that Afkari said had been extracted from him under torture.

Iranian torture. That seems like a fair system of justice. Well, perhaps not.

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The women of Iran should just burn all the ugly black clothing the men-hypocrites have forced them to wear and go on a sex strike, but they'll also have to disrobe the mullahs and lock 'em up before they can live free, independent lives as women. It's going to take a little more time, but real change is coming. Let's pray the women come out on top.

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Iran has a VERY young population. If the extremists and the supreme leader was removed, Iran could have a very bright future.

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Women have played a prominent role in the demonstrations, waving and burning their veils, with some cutting their hair in public in a direct challenge to clerical leaders.

Right wing bigots trying to control what women do with their bodies is a disturbingly common trend across geographies!

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u_s__reamerToday  08:22 am JST

The women of Iran should just burn all the ugly black clothing the men-hypocrites have forced them to wear and go on a sex strike, but they'll also have to disrobe the mullahs and lock 'em up before they can live free, independent lives as women. It's going to take a little more time, but real change is coming. Let's pray the women come out on top.

Iran is not Islamic nor is it a republic. it's a totalitarian theocracy run by hypocrites, an example of why religion and governent must be kept separate. As for a 'sex strike', they started up in America when Traitor Don hijacked the WH and continued every January until the pandemic hit the world.

BordeauxToday  08:39 am JST

Iran has a VERY young population. If the extremists and the supreme leader was removed, Iran could have a very bright future.

The early 1979 Revolution deposed the last Shah, and most Iranians don't remember it. Just like Communism ruled Eastern Europe for 40-odd years and fell because of peaceful protests (mostly) by people wanting change, the desire for change is brewing in Iran too. I hope the youth there can pull it off and remove the mantle.

ulyssesToday  09:59 am JST

Women have played a prominent role in the demonstrations, waving and burning their veils, with some cutting their hair in public in a direct challenge to clerical leaders.

Right wing bigots trying to control what women do with their bodies is a disturbingly common trend across geographies!

Raisi is a fanatical loudmouth and a despot. He's not a woman and he just needs to shut his hateful mouth. The people of Iran are sick and tired of him, his hypocritical cohorts and their twisted up bullcrap.

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I really hope this is the straw that breaks the camel's back. We will see.

In 2009, the protests over the absurd election "results" were big too but very cruelly crushed.

This is less about religious fervor and more about grift.

The IRG has infiltrated every corner of the economy and is the equivalent of a crime family running a protection racket.

To run the racket, the IRG needs to stay in power (by which I mean keep their clerics in power).

So it will crush any dissent to maintain its grift.

That's what this is really about.

The government and the regular army are more or less powerless as the IRG has become Iran's Hezbollah - an unelected criminal/terrorist organization sucking the blood of the state. As long as they are not challenged, they will play all but want good government?

Someone might get "hurt"......

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