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Iran carries out wave of arrests and executions in wake of Israel conflict
BBC ^ | 6-26-25

Posted on 06/29/2025 6:07:42 AM PDT by nuconvert

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...threats directed at BBC Persian journalists and their families have become increasingly severe. According to the journalists recently affected, Iranian security officials contacting their families have claimed that, in a wartime context, they are justified in targeting family members as hostages.

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Security forces have also detained dozens of activists, writers and artists, in many cases without formal charges. There are also reports of arrests targeting family members of those killed during the 2022 "Woman, Life, Freedom" anti-government protests.

1 posted on 06/29/2025 6:07:42 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

What does wisdom and prudence dictate here.


2 posted on 06/29/2025 6:13:07 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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Security forces have also detained dozens of activists, writers and artists, in many cases without formal charges. There are also reports of arrests targeting family members of those killed during the 2022 "Woman, Life, Freedom" anti-government protests.

BUT...BUT..Woopi says that life under Trump is WORSE than Iran???
3 posted on 06/29/2025 6:13:37 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: AndyJackson

Are we being incited to go to war with Iran again?

China was left alone after Tianemen Square as I recall.


4 posted on 06/29/2025 6:19:45 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: AndyJackson

The Israelis were prepared to bring down the Iranian regime. Netanyahu said that it was the only real solution & wanted to continue the bombing. Pres. Trump told them to stop.
Mossad is still on the ground in Iran. I hope they can still help the Iranian people to get it done.
Otherwise, it will be a Huge missed opportunity, the benefits of which would be felt worldwide.


5 posted on 06/29/2025 6:25:56 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert

Old adage, “Never wound a King.”


6 posted on 06/29/2025 6:29:21 AM PDT by donozark (There are no refrigerators in Siberia.)
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Muslims are very willing to stop fighting when week.

Only to use the time to rebuild and become strong again.

They will lie, cheat, steal to buy themselves time.

Only to attack again.

You can never trust a Muslim’s word.


7 posted on 06/29/2025 6:30:50 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: nuconvert

I thought the Muzzies, their toadies in the U.S. “media” and “thousands” of paid professional RAT rioters said the attack on Iran had absolutely no effect on Iran and was a giant failure. Why all the arrests and executions?


8 posted on 06/29/2025 6:45:59 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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I wonder if there is a way to smuggle arms into Iran. It would at least give the people a fighting chance.


9 posted on 06/29/2025 6:47:41 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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I have heard that Khomeini still has not come out of his bunker and there are many mossad agents still on the ground hunting the IRGC. Also Tousi TV is reporting that Israel is not planning to end the war on Iran any time soon. It sounds like they are going for regime change.


10 posted on 06/29/2025 6:47:47 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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There are up to 40 million Azeris in Iran. Iran and Azerbaijan (friendly with US and Israel) share a border.

Baluchis from bordering Pakistan are hostile to the Mullahocracy.


11 posted on 06/29/2025 6:54:12 AM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: nuconvert

Ten million FP-45 liberator single-shot .45 pistols should have been airdropped over Tehran.


12 posted on 06/29/2025 6:57:36 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: nuconvert
Purge away!
13 posted on 06/29/2025 7:07:19 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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Years ago there was a video on youtube of a hanging in Iran. Three people (two men and a woman) were to be hanged. What they did was get some kind of crane,attach an iron bar to it and tie three ropes on the bar...one for each neck. They showed a crowd around the people and the three with ropes around their necks.

At one point a policeman gave a signal and the crane slowly started raising the bar. You could clearly see the rope tighten around the woman's neck and you could see her slowly being lifted off the ground.

Then you could see all three of them way up in the air. The two guys didn't move (I assume they were dead) but the woman struggled for about a minute. You could clearly see her legs thrashing around.

It was a truly despicable sight...regardless of what they may have been guilty of.

In Iran they take their executions seriously.

14 posted on 06/29/2025 7:17:30 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: nuconvert

If these spies were so easy to find, I wonder why they did not bother looking for them before?

I am sure that there are a few innocents within the 700 arrested.


15 posted on 06/29/2025 7:21:38 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Nextrush

We are supposed to go to war because of internal police actions in an another country? We would never stop going to war if that were the case.


16 posted on 06/29/2025 7:22:33 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: jjotto

Also plenty of of Kurds.


17 posted on 06/29/2025 7:55:37 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (History rhymes, not repeats: Trump defends the legacy of Ft Sutter)
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“I am sure that there are a few innocents within the 700 arrested.”

And the Mossad is probably arranging some “captured documents” that will implicate Iranian officials that they could not eliminate with air strikes.

18 posted on 06/29/2025 8:05:19 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: nuconvert
I think it was a mistake for President Trump to have Netanyahu stop. But I also think it would be a bad idea to directly take out the Ayatollahs.

I would've allowed the Israelis to continue pounding the Revolutionary Guard and their equipment until it was beat down enough so that an uprising from the people of Iran would have a good chance of succeeding and make the Ayatollahs forced to pay for what they've done to the Iranian people by the Iranian people.

19 posted on 06/29/2025 8:06:47 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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“I would’ve allowed the Israelis to continue pounding the Revolutionary Guard and their equipment until it was beat down enough so that an uprising from the people of Iran would have a good chance of succeeding and make the Ayatollahs forced to pay for what they’ve done to the Iranian people by the Iranian people.”

Absolutely!


20 posted on 06/29/2025 8:59:22 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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