...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
has sentenced a Kurdish paramedic to 90 months
...or 7.5 years, for those of us accustomed to thinking longer term...
in prison for his involvement in treating maimed protesters during the Zhina (Mahsa) Amini demonstrations last year, a human rights...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
monitor reported on Sunday.
Hengaw Human Rights Organization revealed that Naser Fagheh-Eissa, a member of Mahabad’s Red Crescent, was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison, after being arrested by Iranian intelligence forces in Mahabad in late October.
The Mahabad criminal court has charged Fagheh-Eissa with treating the maimed protesters, disrupting public order, and the possession of bullets.
The paramedic might see a further increase in his sentence, as he awaits another court session where he is being tried for charges related to another case.
Thousands of maimed protesters were treated at home by medical personnel working in secret and away from the eyes of the security forces, as they could not risk seeking help at hospital where they stood the chance of being arrested for taking part in what the authorities had labeled as "riots".
22-year-old Amini died in police custody last September after being detained for allegedly wearing a lax hijab. Authorities claimed that the cause of death was a heart attack, but human rights activists and witnesses said she had been beaten inside the police van, leading to her death.
Amini’s death sparked nationwide protests initially against the country’s strict dress code for women, before turning into a full-blown revolution calling for the overthrow of the Islamic regime. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its paramilitary Basij led a
The protests around the country eventually simmered down, but Iran’s crackdown was the subject of massive international condemnation.