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Bloody Protests In Iran
//Protests sparked by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini have spread across the country. They have been met with internet shutdowns and violent repression…. Amini was visiting Tehran when she was arrested by morality police who took issue with the way she had veiled her hair. While the police maintain she died of natural causes, her family say she was tortured and killed…. Parents of young people killed during the protests have expressed disappointment at the response from the international community. //
Whilst societies embracing antiquated philosophies and laws exist, what can - or should - the international community do?
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Whilst societies embracing antiquated philosophies and laws exist, what can - or should - the international community do?
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The Islamic Revolution that put the ayatollahs in charge in Iran was a direct result of US and UK meddling. It would be a mistake to commit the error.
The people of Iran have once thrown off the shackles of a corrupt monarchy, and they can do it again by rejecting their religious dictators.
Interference from us now, would just play into the arms of the fundamentalist oppressors. Rather than help, it would just confirm their anti west rhetoric.
The Islamic Revolution that put the ayatollahs in charge in Iran was a direct result of US and UK meddling. It would be a mistake to commit the error.
The people of Iran have once thrown off the shackles of a corrupt monarchy, and they can do it again by rejecting their religious dictators.
Interference from us now, would just play into the arms of the fundamentalist oppressors. Rather than help, it would just confirm their anti west rhetoric.
// it was a civilised country once //
Not really.
// After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, Pahlavi had aligned with the United States and the Western Bloc to rule more firmly as an authoritarian monarch. He relied heavily on support from the United States to hold on to power which he held for a further 26 years. Ayatollah Khomeini was arrested and exiled in 1964. Amidst massive tensions between Khomeini and the Shah, demonstrations began in October 1977, developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included both secular and religious elements. The protests rapidly intensified in 1978 as a result of the burning of Rex Cinema which was seen as the trigger of the revolution, and between August and December that year, strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country.
On 16 January 1979, the Shah left Iran and went into exile. Ayatollah Khomeini was invited back to Iran by the government, and returned to Tehran bringing him to power. //
Not really.
// After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, Pahlavi had aligned with the United States and the Western Bloc to rule more firmly as an authoritarian monarch. He relied heavily on support from the United States to hold on to power which he held for a further 26 years. Ayatollah Khomeini was arrested and exiled in 1964. Amidst massive tensions between Khomeini and the Shah, demonstrations began in October 1977, developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included both secular and religious elements. The protests rapidly intensified in 1978 as a result of the burning of Rex Cinema which was seen as the trigger of the revolution, and between August and December that year, strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country.
On 16 January 1979, the Shah left Iran and went into exile. Ayatollah Khomeini was invited back to Iran by the government, and returned to Tehran bringing him to power. //
Any one remember this?
In March 1979, the white American feminist Kate Millett landed in Tehran, in the wake of one of the most significant revolutions of the 20th century. Just weeks earlier, the Shah—the monarch of Iran—had been overthrown. Millett arrived with a suitcase of recording equipment and her partner, filmmaker Sophie Kier. While there, Millett methodically recorded her whispered reflections on everything around her: the cups of tea with her hosts, the hours stuck in traffic, and the International Women’s Day celebration, which exploded into major protests against Ayatollah Khomeini’s new mandatory veiling laws.1
Millett’s whispers were the raw material for her own Going to Iran (1982),
They chucked her out double quick. She mistook the revolution as liberating. Later in the ONLY instance ever, the leddies of Iran voted to disenfranchise themselves
excuse me?
Any good wife should vote as her husband instructs
so we dont need one ( vote not husband that is!)
You dont?
well I am reminding you
In March 1979, the white American feminist Kate Millett landed in Tehran, in the wake of one of the most significant revolutions of the 20th century. Just weeks earlier, the Shah—the monarch of Iran—had been overthrown. Millett arrived with a suitcase of recording equipment and her partner, filmmaker Sophie Kier. While there, Millett methodically recorded her whispered reflections on everything around her: the cups of tea with her hosts, the hours stuck in traffic, and the International Women’s Day celebration, which exploded into major protests against Ayatollah Khomeini’s new mandatory veiling laws.1
Millett’s whispers were the raw material for her own Going to Iran (1982),
They chucked her out double quick. She mistook the revolution as liberating. Later in the ONLY instance ever, the leddies of Iran voted to disenfranchise themselves
excuse me?
Any good wife should vote as her husband instructs
so we dont need one ( vote not husband that is!)
You dont?
well I am reminding you
//Ayatollah Khomeini was arrested and exiled in 1964. Amidst massive tensions between Khomeini and the Shah, //
at least they didnt kill him
Khomeini was busy dragging Iran back 1300 y and used the then modern technology ( recordings, tapes, photocopies etc) to effect his religious aims
Did anyone point out the irony - yup they did actually
at least they didnt kill him
Khomeini was busy dragging Iran back 1300 y and used the then modern technology ( recordings, tapes, photocopies etc) to effect his religious aims
Did anyone point out the irony - yup they did actually
Khomeini spent his exile in Paris, and where he came across the latest technology and realised its potential for spreading islam, and his own power grab.
Remember the US shredding tens of thousands of top secret documents before leaving their embassy, and the Revolutionary Guards sellotaping them back together over the next 5 years. Did no one have a match?
Remember the US shredding tens of thousands of top secret documents before leaving their embassy, and the Revolutionary Guards sellotaping them back together over the next 5 years. Did no one have a match?
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