Posted on 12/02/2019 1:56:39 PM PST by nuconvert
The number of people believed to have been killed during demonstrations in Iran that broke out on 15 November has risen to at least 208, said Amnesty International, based on credible reports received by the organization. The real figure is likely to be higher. Dozens of the deaths have been recorded in Shahriar city in Tehran province – one of the cities with the highest death tolls.
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According to information gathered by Amnesty International, families of victims have been threatened and warned not to speak to the media, or to hold funeral ceremonies for their loved ones. Some families are also being forced to make extortionate payments to have the bodies of their loved ones returned to them.
There were a bunch of adolescent Jewish kids smuggled out of Iran by their parents at the time of the revolution. Chabad hosted a lot of them. What a bunch of pains in the a$$, but it had to be done.
Everyone I have ever met from Iran has been good people and hate the gov't there.
If the Iranian people were allowed to own guns, they might have a chance.
I heard on the news today that a guy in Portland OR got sentenced to 1.5 years for verbally harrassing a homosexual in public
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