14 PEOPLE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HANGED IN PUBLIC IN AN IRANIAN CITY TOMORROW JULY 14.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

Source: Iran Human Rights

There's an execution wave sweeping Iran,

URGENT: 14 PEOPLE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HANGED IN PUBLIC IN AN IRANIAN CITY TOMORROW JULY 14.

Iran Human Rights, July 13: According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars, 14 people are scheduled to be hanged in public in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan tomorrow July 14.

According to the report all the 14 people are connected to "Jondollah", a militant Baluchi group belonging to Abdolmalek Rigi, and are convicted of "moharebe" (fighting against God; a term used for people fighting against the Iranian authorities). Abdolhamid Rigi, brother of Abdolmalek Rigi leader of the group, is among the 14 said the report. None of the other 13 have been identified by name in the report.

The hanging will take place in "Laleh" park of Zahedan at 06:30 AM said the report.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, spokesperson of Iran Human Rights, said: The public hangings are meant to spread fear among the people and are part of the execution wave Iranian authorities have started in the aftermath of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Iran".

He continued: " We can not confirm that these 13 actually are connected to Jondollah. In August 2008, Yaqub Mehrnehad, a well-known blogger and activist, was executed convicted of Moharebeh and connection with the Jondollah group. However, there were no prior indications of Mehrnehad being connected with "Jondollah" or taking part in any other militant group. He, in the same way as the 14 who are scheduled to be hanged tomorrow, was tried in a revolutionary court, closed to the public."

Read more: http://iranhr.net/spip.php?article1182

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That is not all:

Three people were hanged in Iran this morning July 13.

Iran Human Rights.
Monday 13 July 2009

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So, far at least 37 people have been executed in the month of July 2009. 14 people are scheduled to be excuted in public tomorrow July 14.

Please "ReTweet" this using key word #IranElection over at Twitter to increase media coverage and public awareness.

[stray cat]

1. Now thats what I would call a police state - along with N Korea

[subcomhd]

2. FYI

The Iranians don't use the "long-drop" method that snaps the neck and brings instant death. The victims are slowly raised by a crane and strangled to death.

[laylah]

3. How lovely...

and that little dictator in his polyester suit wants to be recognized as a leader? I think not :mad:

[flyingobject]

11. Hard to believe it could be any worse, but thats sad.

and the victims will likely be young and or bloggers.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. So what? - The USAmerican population let the "Texacutioner" slaughter 10's of thousands

.
.
.

USAmerican "outrage" is sorely misplaced methinks

Just my opinion, mind you . .

[Rebubula]

5. Since...

...I had absolutely zero to do with the crimes that you mention - my outrage is acceptable. I can be pissed about both without being hypocritical or shallow.

[Posteritatis]

20. CC's got a thing for collective guilt

It's one of the more irritating attributes of many of my fellow Canadians.

[slackmaster]

17. Not all of us here support the death penalty

Individuals who oppose it have a right and moral license to express it. The fact that some of our states allow it in no way diminishes my moral high ground on the issue.

[Norrin Radd]

19. Human outrage. Being an

American has nothing to do with it. And cut it with the silly USAmerican crap.

[MADem]

25. I think you don't understand the difference between state and federal governments.

Also, like it or not, those people got trials, with juries. They had defense attorneys, how good they were is another story, but they had 'em.

Bush didn't unilaterally round 'em up and kill 'em.

Is that bit of nuance too much for you?

Sure, Bush could have pressured his pals on the pardon board to back off, but your lameass effort to blame everyone for the conduct of a cadre of people involved in trials in the state of TX is beyond absurd. We should blame you, too, while we're at it--if you can blame "The USAmerican" population, why shouldn't we all blame the Population of the WORLD, just as much?

Why weren't you racing down to TX to stop him? Hmmmmm? It's all YOUR fault!!!!

:rofl:

[readmoreoften]

31. Oh, I didn't realize that the Iranian executions were federal executions.

Seems to me that the article says "the city of..."
Seems to me you don't understand the politics of execution in Texas or in Iran.

[MADem]

34. You plainly don't get who is being executed, and why. These ARE federal executions.

They aren't being ordered by a provincial governmental authority, or a local police department. They're happening in a home district to send a message to others who might have the same ideas. It's a bit of a lesson, a warning. Tell me, if these are, in your mind, "city" executions, where does the IGOI conduct their executions? Is there a "rule" about this, because, really, I want to know! I'll tell all my pals in Teheran what cities to hide out in, and which to avoid!

These guys are Sunnis who are opposed to the Islamic Government of Iran, who want a greater voice for their minority faith, and are running around killing regular army, pasaradan and other 'federal' government officials and blowing up government buildings, etc., to press their case. This is the government's way of sending a message from Caspian Sea to gulf, from the Zagros to the Afghan border, that they don't play and will extract the ultimate punishment in an horrifically visible way.

It's what they do whenever things get sketchy, it's a way of making people feel insecure and fearful, like it could happen to them if they don't watch their step, capisce?

'Seems to me' you need to do some studying about the region before you start lecturing me on it. Thanks for the grim laugh, though.

[Iowa]

27. A question for you...

What's your rationale for assigning guilt to an entire population when many opposed everything Bush stood for?

[Psephos]

32. Excellent point! Now we can simply forget all about those Iranian sad sacks. Thank you so much! n/t

[incapsulated]

33. Follow the news much?

Iranian election protests ring any bells?

[chrisa]

40. Yes. The American justice system is exactly the same

As a police state, led by an angry Gremlin and corrupt Ayatollahs, that executes protesters by hanging them in public squares in order to scare other people into not protesting. Exactly the same. :sarcasm:

[wantoutnow]

56. No

our police state like to tazer people in the head and shoot family dogs, or perhaps kneeing suspects in the back until they suffocate to death. Thats how we roll in the US! Ignorance abounds.

[wantoutnow]

54. Listen here CC

dont you know its a national pastime here to feign outrage over another country's actions, while we watch John adn Kate plus 8 pretending like we did anything to counter our fascist government? How DARE you question our righteous outrage. And if we get attacked again, well its just those Ayerabs fault they didnt enjoy being bombed by us. Now, back to our reality show until we get to play interwebs armchair quarterback, pretending we did anything. :)

[proteus_lives]

59. One of DU's most famous One-Trick Ponies.

:eyes:

[dipsydoodle]

6. To Iran and Pakistan they are terrorists

Jundallah (Arabic: ‎جندالله‎) is an insurgent Sunni Islamic organization based in Balochistan that claims to be fighting for the rights of Sunni Muslims in Iran. It was founded and is currently under the command of Abdolmalek Rigi. <1> It is believed to have 1,000 fighters and claims to have killed 400 Iranian soldiers.<2> and many more civilians<3>. It is a part of the Baloch insurgency in Pakistan and in Iran's Sistan and Baluchistan Province. The group started under the name of Jundallah and later renamed itself as People's Resistance Movement of Iran. The group has been identified as a terrorist organization by Iran and Pakistan and has been behind numerous acts of terror, kidnapping and smuggling narcotics<4><5> and many believe it is linked to Al-Qaeda. <6> It is also believed to receive support from the US government.<7><8> <9><10> The group has also been abducting foreign tourists for ransom.<11><12> On June 2, 2009, Abdolmalek Rigi - the head of Jundullah - admitted to receiving assistance from the notorious terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization <13>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jundallah

[MADem]

24. Yes, they make handy examples--the message is "If you don't cut the shit, you're next!"

They always get in a hanging mood when the population rumbles. It's a way to try to keep them in line.

[valerief]

7. That's awful. Our theocracy is not far behind, I fear. nt

[Xenotime]

8. Why has the Obama administration not spoken out against this?!?!

This pisses me off.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

10. Iran slipped out of the media, spammers sabotaged Iran topic on Twitter yesterday

Twitter is one of the key ways to keep this topic viable.

Yesterday spammers caused #IranElection to drop out of the top ten Twitter topics.

Since the Iran Election,Twitter really does matter.

Especially since that is how so many Iranian's communicate what is happening there.

Half of Iranian people are 25 years old or younger.

[Richmark Sentinel]

9. Rezai (ran for president) says Iran faces internal collapse

http://www.richmarksentinel.com/rs_headlines.asp?recid=146

From this it can't come soon enough.

[pasto76]

12. go with God.

Im sorry your government interprets the Koran in this manner.

[femrap]

13. I've wondered what they

would do to all of the women who were protesting. I wonder if they'll hang some of them. They will pay for their protests. I keep the women of Iran in my heart and wish them nothing but courage and resulting freedom.

Iran, China, N. Korea, etc. etc.

[Windy]

16. Read the Stoning of Sorya M. It is gut wrenching.

I can't remember the statistic in the book, but many thousands of woman have been stoned in Iran since the revolution and theocracy.

[FreeJG]

14. They still hang them in Nassau, Bahamas too....

When I was visiting....the murder victim's sister was on her way to watch his hanging...

[slackmaster]

15. Bastille Day?

:nuke:

[pscot]

18. Not even the Nazis staged public executions

The mullahs are determined to show the world just how evil they are. Evil and stupid. This won't go down well, except maybe in China.

[KansDem]

22. Well, yes, they did...(warning: graphic)

Russian Victories in the World's History

[MADem]

26. I have a friend whose grandparents were shot by Nazis in the public square along

with hundreds of others, in what is now Poland. They just picked up and RAN.

[intheflow]

21. I'm very worried for my friend's father.

He came to the US in the early 80's, after taking many years to escape Iran after the revolution. He went over a couple years ago to visit family, so decided to go back again just this past May. He expected to stay about 8 weeks. Then this all went down. I'd been thinking he was probably ok since he is in the South, far from Tehran, but these executions are pretty close to where he's from.

I will keep Ali and all the Iranian people in my heart and prayers.

[MADem]

23. Why are people suddenly shocked and surprised?

I have been griping about this shit for YEARS, back when Ahmadi had defenders on this very board because he tweaked Bush's nose on occasion. I was accused of being a Bush defender because I objected to that asshole eons ago.

They've hanged children for being gay, young ladies for "crimes against chastity" (like, oh, getting raped by one's stepfather; see, it's the young woman's fault)--they hardly need an excuse. They don't even need a gallows half the time--they use a portable platform and a frigging DROTT CRANE.

Horrible. The government is full of illegitimate animals. They must go!

[wantoutnow]

57. Um

in this country, we imprison thousands of children in our prisons. Young ladies? Palin charges them for rape kits. Try taking a real good hard look at your own government and see evil. Its all around. We used to LYNCH people by the thousands because of the color of their skin. Dragging them behind cars. Horrible? Try looking at OUR government and what theyve done.

[cboy4]

28. Those fuckers also hang children, who happen to be gay

:grr:

[Divine Discontent]

49. they love killing people over there....

and the 14 people have been dead now for about 5 hours...

Sometimes I question why the people don't organize a strike date to end the hangings and once and for all get rid of the dictatorships around the world.


I hate seeing those pics of the 2 gay men put to death for being gay, but they need shown ANY TIME this stuff is brought up. I'm sorry for them, but I'm very glad someone got photos.

:pals:

[Wednesdays]

29. K&R

:kick:

[TygrBright]

30. "Allons, enfants de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivee." Another July 14th...

Makes you wonder how many Persians know French history.

sadly,
Bright

[MADem]

35. You know, I thought the same thing.

Persians who can get an education are quite well versed in world history. The tendency and focus is still on an overabundance of memorization, but there are worse school systems in the world.

[ohio2007]

36. the crime of "fighting against alla" is serious charge in Iran

only certain rulers can defend alla and all his glorious blessings he bestows on the chosen few.

people in the middle of the night scream from the rooftops that alla is great.

If it's true,
why doesn't he throw a few lightening bolts down and smite his enemies?

[ohio2007]

42. "Abandoning islam" also a serious charge in Somalia

Somali Islamist insurgents behead 7 people

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somali Islamist fighters on Friday beheaded seven prisoners accused of abandoning the Muslim faith and spying for the government in the largest mass execution since the Islamists were pushed from power two and a half years ago.

The public killings in the southwestern town of Baidoa followed weeks of fierce fighting as the Islamists try to seize Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, amid mounting concerns about the influx of hundreds of foreign fighters to the failed state.

The beheadings may be linked to the Islamists' failure to take Mogadishu after a 2-month-old offensive, said a senior analyst at global intelligence company Stratfor.


snip


Al-Shabab militia officials said the seven had been accused of either renouncing the Islamic religion or spying for the government, she said.

Punishments such as stonings, amputations and beheadings are historically rare in Somalia, which traditionally practices moderate Sufi Islam. But a more extremist form of jihadi Salafist Islam with its roots in Saudi Arabia has taken root during the chaotic warfare of recent years, strengthened by a recent influx of hundreds of foreign fighters.

Adherence to the strict form of Islam helped fighters attract outside funding and help build alliances between rival clans. An emphasis on traditional Islamic law also won support from many Somalis tired of being terrorized by bands of teenage gunmen. In 2006, an Islamist alliance seized the capital and much of the south and ruled for six months before being chased from power and launching the insurgency.

snip

....the punishments serve dual purposes: they discourage potential rivals for power and reclaim the law-and-order mantle that first won the Islamists popular support. Somalia's last functioning government was overthrown in 1991, and since then the country has been fought over by packs of warlords.

"It's definitely linked to al-Shabab wanting to show or portray themselves as restoring law and order in the region they control," Goderiaux said. But "it's also linked to them wanting to terrorize the population under their control under the guise of applying sharia law."


http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somali_Islamist_insurgents_behead_7_people.shtml

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

37. this got moved from late breaking news after it already hit greatest

and had been up awhile. What's up with that????

Please keep the plight of Iran visible.

[Kaleko]

39. I'd like to know why this OP was moved also.

If you find out, please let us know for future reference.

[ohio2007]

41. twitter isn't an MSM "reliable" source of information. The rules state: old media only

and only certain sources of old style media is accepted as breaking news.
But the mods do bend rules for certain posts

[Kaleko]

44. That must be it.

Thanks for the reply. Interesting times we live in, when tweets are likely to be more truthful than state-run media reports - and not just in Iran.

[ohio2007]

46. Don't worry, when MSNBC runs the same story 13 hrs from now....

Then it will be properly vetted, endorsed,signed off and given LBN status for posting.

Of course, those folks in Iran may be hanging from a pistachio tree branches by then
but hey

[Kaleko]

47. 14 Persians were executed minutes ago according to a number of tweets:

14 INNOCENT IRANIAN ppl wr just executed by ths butcher regime Pls take a few moments2pray&respect #iranelection

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

51. the link (posted in OP) is not twitter, it is Iran Human Rights

Thats Iran Human Rights. Not twitter.

Someone posted the link to the story over at Twitter on the #iranelection tag.

Think that might possibly be creditable?

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

50. the link to the article was not "twitter"

twitter is where I saw the link to the article.

If you look at the OP, you will see the link to the article.

Perhaps you didn't read the article.

[dipsydoodle]

61. Here is the BBC link

Iran has executed at least 13 members of a Sunni rebel group blamed for a spate of attacks in the south-east of the country, state media says.

There are conflicting reports as to whether one of the leaders of the Jundollah (God's Soldiers) group has also been hanged.

Tehran blames the group for a series of attacks including the bombing of a mosque in May which killed 25 people.

Amnesty International had appealed for a stay of execution.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8149014.stm

[apocalypsehow]

38. I'll bet the Iranian government supports the new Un-Rec feature....

:scared:

[wantoutnow]

58. No

more like FRiends who have dozens of accounts. :)

[Alamuti Lotus]

43. Jundallah are a pack of drug-dealing terrorists backed by US & Saudi Arabia

Oh, please rescue the poor angels! :eyes:

From wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jundallah#Notable_attacks

Notable attacks

2005 Attack on Iranian President
The motorcade of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was ambushed during his visit to Balochistan province, in which at least one of his bodyguards was killed and others injured.<76>

2006 Tasooki Attack
On 16th March 2006, four days before Iranian new year, Jundallah blocks a road near Tasooki and kills 22 civilians including a thirteen year old student on his way for new year holidays.<77><78>

2007 Zahedan bombing
On February 14, 2007, a car bomb and gunfire directed at a bus killed 18 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Guards commander Qasem Rezaei said, "This blind terrorist operation led to the martyrdom of 18 citizens of Zahedan" and attributed the attack to "insurgents and elements of insecurity."<79> Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack on 15 February <80>.

The Iranian government arrested many people in response to the bombing, including Nasrollah Shanbezehi, who was soon executed by the Revolutionary Guards <81>. It also arrested five suspects, two of whom were carrying camcorders and grenades when they were arrested, while the police killed the main "agent" of the attack.<56>. Among the arrestees was Said Qanbarzehi, a Balochi, who was hanged in Zahedan prison on 27 May 2007. He had been sentenced to death at the age of 17 along with six other Balochi men—Javad Naroui, Masoud Nosratzehi, Houshang Shahnavazi, Yahya Sohrabzehi, Ali Reza Brahoui and Abdalbek Kahrazehi (also known as Abdalmalek) -- in March 2007<82>, despite the absolute international prohibition on the execution of child offenders<83>. Balochi sources suggest that the seven may have been arrested because of their family ties to those suspected of involvement in the February bus bombing<84>. According Sistan-Baluchistan Provincial Television, 15-17 March 2007, said that those who "confessed" had been tortured.<85> Two days later on Friday, Feb 16 2007, Jundallah bombed a girls school in city of Zahedan and the leader of the group took responsibility for it on the official TV of MEK.<86>

Mass adbuction
Jundallah militants kidnapped 21 Iranian truck drivers near Chabar on August 19, 2007 and brought them to Pakistan. Pakistani forces later freed all of them.<87>

Police abduction
On June 13, 2008, 16 police in southeastern Iran were abducted and brought into Pakistan.<88> In December 2008, Jundallah announced that it had killed all the hostages.<89>

Saravan bombing
In a rare suicide bombing in Iran, a car bomb was driven into a security building in Saravan, Iran, on December 29, 2008. The explosion killed four Iranians.<90><91>

Saravan ambush
On January 25, 2009, 12 Iranian policemen were ambushed and killed by Jundallah near Saravan.<92>

Zahedan mosque blast
A bomb blast on May 28, 2009 rocked a mosque in the city of southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan as mourners participated in a ceremony marking the death of the daughter of the prophet of Islam, which killed 25 people and injured 125 others, in less than 3 weeks before the Iranian 2009 presidential elections. The Iranian government promptly accused the United States of having financed and orchestrated the attack in order to destabilize the nation in the lead up to its presidential election. Two days after the attack, three men were publicly hanged for smuggling the explosives used in attack into Iran from Pakistan. The trio were already in prison at the time of attack and had been tried for previous attacks by Jundallah including 2007 attack on Iran's Revolutionary Guard.<93> Interior Minister Sadegh Mahsouli said in a statement posted on the internet Friday that "those who committed the Thursday bombing are neither Shia nor Sunni. They are Americans and Israelis." <94> Abdel Raouf Rigi, the spokesman for Jundallah claimed responsibility on a Saudi Arabian state owned TV channel, Al-Arabiya.<95>

[ohio2007]

45. People wonder why Barack isn't so vocal although, the mullahs round up the usual suspects and

broad brush them 'drug dealers'.

But,
if this is a case of narco drug busts in the tri border area then, Obama is all for it.

Change we can believe in.

[Alamuti Lotus]

48. Serious question -- do you ever read the posts you reply to?

When they're not illustrated loopy non-sequitors, they're....well, non-illustrated loopy non-sequitors. What kind of script do you have putting these together? I would like to examine the code.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

52. How easy for dictator style Govt to label anyone as a drug dealer - or anything else

the purpose of the executions is to terrorize the public.
To make them afraid for their families and loved ones.

Iran is 2nd only to China in number of executions.

[wantoutnow]

60. shhhhh

listing facts hurts the apologists side. Plus they love to sweep under the rug anything critical of the US, especially what happened in previous admins. And this stuff can be found much more broadly thatn wiki. They love them some SOA. Its ok when our fascists do it, remember?

[cherokeeprogressive]

53. Yes, but Unrecommend stifles discussion!

Where's the outrage?

[wantoutnow]

55. Its not like

we execute or torture anyone. That never happened. And when we see pictures of what was done in our name, well, lets attack the messenger. Thats it! Or just cover our eyes and say "you cant see me". Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.