Iran regime said to offer jailed protesters' families leniency in exchange for public displays of loyalty (www.cbsnews.com)
from throws_lemy@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 18:01
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The families of jailed Iranian protesters say the country’s rulers have proposed a cruel bargain: publicly celebrate the Islamic Revolution that brought them to power, or risk the lives of their loved ones.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Ministry of Intelligence contacted the families of some current prisoners offering what called “an inhumane dilemma” — either attend marches on Wednesday celebrating the 47th anniversary of the revolution, or put the lives of their children at risk.

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Bonesince1997@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 19:37 next collapse

Like Trump and his loyalty tests. Not really different. The pairing of American theocracy and organized crime.

green_red_black@slrpnk.net on 12 Feb 20:20 next collapse

While Trump has BS authoritarianism his administration has yet to do mandatory participation like this.

DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com on 13 Feb 00:38 collapse

Is it more like the Israeli “Where’s Daddy” program that would wait for children to go home to their father’s before bombing them?

Godric@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 21:21 collapse

The Iranian government shot protesters in the face and imprisoned people en mass. The proverbial American pot may be starting to boil, but the Iranian one is a full on lava flow of rape, murder, and mutilation.

cv_octavio@piefed.ca on 12 Feb 21:31 collapse

So it boils down to how many people it’s ok to shoot in the face? I do not get why people are rejecting the equivocation here.

It’s absolutely valid. The difference one of degree, but it’s not any less reprehensible.

otp@sh.itjust.works on 12 Feb 23:52 next collapse

There’s a sliding scale, and Iran is at “Government orders citizens shot”, and the US is at “Government defends actions of officials who shot citizens”.

It’s unfortunate that the US has passed “Government fires official who shot citizens”, but it’s still not at Iran’s level.

belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Feb 00:16 collapse

There is a difference between 4 shootings in a population of 340 million and 3.000 on 80 million. Now repeat that process every 5 years and congratz, you have Iran.

Oh, btw, don’t forget that subtweeting the supreme leader with a “.” can lead to years in prison.

NABDad@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 21:51 collapse

That’s a nice family you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to them.