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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,718 posts)
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 01:49 PM Oct 2022

Iranian mother kills herself after security forces 'beat daughter to death'

The tragedy began when YouTuber Sarina Esmailzadeh, 16, was killed in a baton attack during a protest in Karaj, Alborz province, on September 23, activists said.

After repeatedly trying to collect her remains, the mother was told her daughter was immoral and a terrorist.

When she finally got to see the badly beaten body, she went home and hanged herself, local news outlets confirmed.

Intelligence agents allegedly harassed and intimidated the teenager’s family in a bid to keep them silent, according to Amnesty International.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iranian-mother-kills-herself-after-security-forces-beat-daughter-to-death/ar-AA12NdvR

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Iranian mother kills herself after security forces 'beat daughter to death' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2022 OP
Tragic!! Karadeniz Oct 2022 #1
Not tragic... Person of Interest Oct 2022 #11
Oh wow that's heart breaking. Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #2
May all involved receive everything they deserve. niyad Oct 2022 #3
😢 irisblue Oct 2022 #4
Religious zealots (Xtian, Muslim, Hindu, Budhist..ALL of them!) are the scourge of humanity! Thunderbeast Oct 2022 #5
The answer is obviously "no" it seems. eom Justice matters. Oct 2022 #12
You forgot the worst one --Christian evangelicals housecat Oct 2022 #14
That country is in need of a revolution IronLionZion Oct 2022 #6
That is horrific PatSeg Oct 2022 #7
I think I would have gone after them before hanging myself. Ilsa Oct 2022 #8
I totally agree. As long as I am willing to die, I would learn how to take down as many as housecat Oct 2022 #15
When fighting brutal fascists it is called a resistance group. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #19
Thanks for the name. I would join. housecat Oct 2022 #21
I agree. If I am going to die, might as well go out fighting. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #17
These men are afraid of themselves and Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #9
They are cowards too. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #18
I'm at a breaking point with patriarchy everywhere. Those women deserve justice. chowder66 Oct 2022 #10
I'm just going to leave this here... ShazzieB Oct 2022 #13
Horrific. I hope Iranians turn on the murderous Ayatollas like they did the Shah. nt SunSeeker Oct 2022 #16
They turned on the Shah after WhiteTara Oct 2022 #20

Thunderbeast

(3,819 posts)
5. Religious zealots (Xtian, Muslim, Hindu, Budhist..ALL of them!) are the scourge of humanity!
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 03:01 PM
Oct 2022

Invented to control the ignorant, their gods are just tools to oppress the masses, keep them poor, and convince them to defend the wealth and power of the kleptocrats.

Humans have done this for at least twenty thousand years.

Are we, as a species, capable of rational thought and critical thinking after 200 centuries?

IronLionZion

(51,268 posts)
6. That country is in need of a revolution
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 03:04 PM
Oct 2022



and our country needs to avoid creeping towards that kind of extremism.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
7. That is horrific
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 03:16 PM
Oct 2022

I can't begin to imagine the pain that so many people are going through right now.

According to the article "The death toll has risen to 185 since protests broke out last month over the death of Mahsa Amina" and "Government officials often impose strict regulations on the parents of dead protesters who wish to bury their children." They a penalizing the parents and families for the death of their children.

Ilsa

(64,371 posts)
8. I think I would have gone after them before hanging myself.
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 03:17 PM
Oct 2022

Might as well get rid of a couple of misogynists and religious extremists.

housecat

(3,138 posts)
15. I totally agree. As long as I am willing to die, I would learn how to take down as many as
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 04:40 PM
Oct 2022

possible. Now I sound like a terrorist, but that is what I would do

Irish_Dem

(81,266 posts)
19. When fighting brutal fascists it is called a resistance group.
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 06:22 PM
Oct 2022

Like the brave groups which formed to fight Hitler during WWII.

Irish_Dem

(81,266 posts)
17. I agree. If I am going to die, might as well go out fighting.
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 06:17 PM
Oct 2022

I would start an underground group to take out the men who brutally attacked my daughter.

Joinfortmill

(21,165 posts)
9. These men are afraid of themselves and
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 03:38 PM
Oct 2022

their desires for women. Well, the rest of us are sick of it.

chowder66

(12,245 posts)
10. I'm at a breaking point with patriarchy everywhere. Those women deserve justice.
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 03:38 PM
Oct 2022

I hope it is swift and harsh.

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