Legitimized by the United Nations
"The Islamic Republic is in danger."Government officials in the Islamic Republic of Iran and security agencies were given their marching orders. Stop the protests. Do whatever it will take to stop them. What then ensued was a bloody crackdown on protesters where approximately 1,500 Iranians were killed in a two-week period of unrest that began on November 15 and unrestrained violence on the part of Iranian security that followed. That number was provided by three Iranian interior ministry officials.
"Do whatever it takes to end it."
"You have my order."
Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
And of that total, 17 were teens, and roughly 400 women. Some members of the security forces and the police were also included in the toll of 1,500. Altogether higher than what was previously considered to be the case reflecting figures from international human rights groups and an investigation by the United States. Even a December 15 Amnesty International report claimed the death toll stood at 304. Understated, all.
A spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council spoke of the death toll figure as "fake news", reported the semi-official Tasnim new agency. However, on social media sites, video clips surreptitiously posted by Iranians gave a startling first-hand account of what was transpiring in the country during the protest period, the rage of the people, the response of the security forces.
No joke: the Islamic Republic of #Iran was just appointed to the @UN_Women's rights committee that judges complaints of women's rights violations.
Yes, a day after the regime sentenced women's rights lawyer Nasrin Sotudeh to 38 years prison and 148 lashes. http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/communications-procedure …
Scattered protests initiated the mass response that eventuated when anger over an announcement of an increase in gasoline prices spread into a challenge to Iran's rulers. The capital Tehran saw protests taking place two days after they had started elsewhere in the country. People called for an end to the Islamic Republic and the removal of its leaders as protesters burned images of Khamenei while calling for the return of Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah of Iran whom the Revolution replaced.
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| People block a highway in Tehran to protest increased gas prices Nov.15, part of widespread unrest in Iran. Nazanin Tabatabaee/Wana via Reuters |
Furious that his image was put to the torch, and livid at the destruction of a statue of the republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Khamenei called together senior officials, security aides, President Hassan Rouhani and other cabinet members to read the riot act. His is the final word over all state matters. When he rages, everyone listens quietly and carefully.
All the more so when he threatened to hold the officials in his hearing responsible for the protest consequences should they fail to immediately put a halt to them. Labelling the protesters 'thugs' with links to opponents in exile and the Republic's enemies abroad -- the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia for inciting Iranians to destabilize the country -- he is no doubt conspiring some level of vengeance.
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| Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with Basij militia in the aftermath of protests, thanking them for the crackdown-- 27 Nov 2019 They respond with the Aryan Nazi salute |
Labels: Iran, Protests, State Murder, United Nations Legitimacy, Violence
posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, December 25, 2019
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