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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust in case you feel bad about the Iranian president's death.....
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@yashar - 2m
In 1988, Ebrahim Raisi helped to oversee the mass execution of political prisoners in Iran.
Many thousands of prisoners, who were already serving their sentences, were murdered.
My moms cousin, the Iranian freedom fighter Monireh Bardaran, was a political prisoner at the time and provided her detailed testimony on what she witnessed at the time.
OAITW r.2.0
(25,052 posts)Cha
(298,833 posts)Cha
(298,833 posts)taken down from the Sky at 63. That wiped the smug off his face.
Frasier Balzov
(2,718 posts)Something scary enough that the men in charge take their turbans off to avoid being targeted and beaten.
Qutzupalotl
(14,397 posts)Cheezoholic
(2,082 posts)All these dimwitted shits over here would do is crack the door open for real evil then there's would be the first hanging corpses staining the spring cherry blossoms in DC.
Btw, where's Baron? Anybody seen Baron? Shit...
BigmanPigman
(51,774 posts)NOT a martyr. Good riddance. Should've happened long ago.
I bet Jason Rezaian isn't sorry to see him meet his maker.
"On July 22, 2014, Iranian authorities arrested Rezaian and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and took the couple into custody, accusing them of espionage. While Salehi also a journalist was released on October 6, Rezaian remained in custody at Evin Prison, a detention center in Tehran known for housing political prisoners and intellectuals. After nine months, it was made public on April 20, 2015, that Iranian authorities had indicted him on four charges, including espionage and "propaganda against the establishment". His trial began on May 26, 2015. His conviction was announced on October 11, 2015. On November 22, 2015, Iranian officials said he had been sentenced to a prison term, the length of which was not disclosed. On January 16, 2016, it was announced that he had been released."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Rezaian#:~:text=Rezaian%20was%20the%202016%20recipient,%2C%20544%20days%2C%20in%202021.
Bucky
(54,189 posts)niyad
(114,542 posts)usonian
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As my brother says: Satin. (sic)
He always was a bad speller.
Autocorrect just doubles down on it.
Its the work of the
Oops.
Well, however you spell his name, he has two more pals today.
littlemissmartypants
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Ask the foreign policy and national security experts. They are just now starting to speak cogently about Iran's role in the extensive pot stirring they are engaging in and how every single agitator entity and each corresponding area of conflict in the ME is being supported by the MIC of Iran. Every single one.
Iran's Ebrahim Raisi: The hardline cleric who became president
7 hours ago
By David Gritten,
BBC News
Snip...
In March 2023, his government agreed to a surprise rapprochement with Iran's bitter rival...snip
But regional tensions soared that October ...snip
At the same time, Iran's network of allied armed groups and proxies operating across the Middle East - including Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and various militias in Iraq and Syria - significantly stepped up their attacks against Israel in what they said was a demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinians.
Fears that the escalation would spark a regional war were heightened in April...snip..
Mr Raisi supported the decision to launch more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel ...
Snip...played down the significance of that attack and said Iran's missile and drone strike "showed the steely determination of our nation".
On Sunday, hours before his helicopter crashed in north-western Iran, Mr Raisi emphasised Iran's support for the Palestinians, declaring that "Palestine is the first issue of the Muslim world".
Snip...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57421235
ETA Video
Fast forward to 11:20
Hat Tip to Texas Towlie.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/132119929
tornado34jh
(1,023 posts)The structure is still the same. The president has little, if any power. While yes, that is one less theocrat down, but at the end of the day, unless you take down the Ayatollah and the IRGC, it doesn't matter who the president is. His replacement is probably not going to be much, if any, better. Now if this leads to a massive revolt and the ayatollah and the current Iranian government is overthrown, then yes, it may lead to something. But that assumes that the whole structure would have to collapse, and remember, Iran isn't without allies. To be quite frank, I barely even know who is the president of Iran most of the time, and that's because he is not the center of power. The only one I knew of well was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. After that, I don't really remember anyone else.
carpetbagger
(4,403 posts)Now that he's gone, there's a power play that's going to happen. Khamenei is 85. So now whomever the council selects will not have Reisi's depth of experience and connections, and only a few years to solidify his position. I don't see a great degree of palace intrigue, but a weak head would make the generals and the key functionaries less likely to cling to the regime in a pinch.
tornado34jh
(1,023 posts)The IRGC are still a powerful force, and assuming Khamenei dies, they still will want someone that still fits their ideology.
LeftInTX
(26,115 posts)The world would be a much better place without a religious tyrant with his finger on the bomb.
JI7
(89,343 posts)of people.
AllyCat
(16,325 posts)Anyone got plans for the weekend?
Xavier Breath
(3,742 posts)William769
(55,267 posts)Raine
(30,565 posts)ColinC
(8,408 posts)He was the supreme leaders sons main obstacle to replacing the supreme leader.
Now hes not!
no_hypocrisy
(46,527 posts)LeftInTX
(26,115 posts)Even the airports in Azerbaijan and Armenia were showing issues. Think of what happened with Stevie Ray Vaughan!
I don't even know if this helicopter could fly in anything but VFR conditions.
The helicopter was sold to Iran from the US in 1976 and due to sanctions starting in 1979, they have not been able to obtain the correct parts.
RandySF
(60,769 posts)NoRethugFriends
(2,406 posts)ColinC
(8,408 posts)Leaders family tremendously. Starting with the new appointees of the acting President being Khomeinei relatives and the fact that Khomeneis son is now a shoe-in to succeed his father. As far as your reply goes: The former is correct, the latter is absurd.
drmeow
(5,067 posts)I was thinking "don't feel bad about this one at all" - no effing loss unless he's replaced with someone worse