Terror is the only tool the Islamic Republic has, as it’s the only tool the Qur’an prescribes:
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Iranian Sunni Kurdish Cleric Sentenced To Death As Executions Soar,” Iran International, February 11, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A revolutionary court in Urmia has sentenced Sunni Kurdish cleric Mohammad Khezrnejad to death on charges of “corruption on earth.”
The 45-year-old cleric from Bukan in West Azarbaijan Province, also received a 15-year prison sentence on charges of “causing harm to the integrity or independence of the country,” along with an additional one-year imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the system.”
Khezrnejad’s most recent court session occurred in November via video conference, without the presence of a lawyer. Khezrnejad was arrested on November 19 after delivering a speech at a commemorative event for Asad Rahimi, a victim of the Women, Life, Freedom protests in Bukan.
Following his arrest, a coalition of religious scholars and Friday prayer leaders in Sanandaj and Dehgolan, in Kordestan province, demanded the immediate release of all protest detainees, including Khezrnejad. They cautioned the government against issuing death sentences for protesters….
Gene Currivan says
This is by no means the first. Google ‘Mahmoud Taha’… This islamic cleric had the ordacity to suggest that all Jihad efforts, both peaceful and murderous should be viewed as equal under IzSkam and that penalties under Sharia should be modified given modern advancements.. Ie, no stoning to death of women for adultery rather incarceration or corporal punishment . Taha had a PE license, to boot…
They hung him.
mgoldberg says
wait… a death sentence and 15 yrs?
FYI says
Sounds like a soviet style court where you are promised a fair trail before they execute you anyway for some bogus crime.