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Yo_Mama

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8. You can't tell, but the regime is brutal in the extreme

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #5)

Sun May 19, 2013, 08:15 PM

May 2013

They don't tolerate ANYthing. This is a country in which union people are routinely beaten, arrested and held without any formal process.

It's a damned oligarchy, and a very sick one:

This shit has been going on for years and years.
http://prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2007/07/frightened-leaders-of-iran-beat-up.html

A country in which an attempt to organize a strike or even hold a labor meeting can get you killed is a place that lies far, far outside any recognized international norms.

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Iran hangs two men for spying for Israel and US [View all] muriel_volestrangler May 2013 OP

wow there citizens have fewer rights than detainies at gitmo arely staircase May 2013 #1

At least they were tried, our Prisoners in GITMO can not even get that happyslug May 2013 #9

we don't know whether there was a trial or not and if there was arely staircase May 2013 #13

"convicted." nt kelliekat44 May 2013 #17

The scam continues jessie04 May 2013 #2

+1. All it take is for a couple of basiji to say you said something, or did something, and you're MADem May 2013 #3

I'm looking forward to this regime having nukes MannyGoldstein May 2013 #4

So true jessie04 May 2013 #7

Of course neither Israel nor the US would have spies in Iran. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #5

How can we expect Iran to treat us and our allies? socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #6

You hit the nail on the head nlomb269 May 2013 #10

The blame the UN leftynyc May 2013 #11

You obviously haven't been to Iran telclaven May 2013 #12

They lynched two Iranian citizens, not Americans or Israelis. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #14

You can't tell, but the regime is brutal in the extreme Yo_Mama May 2013 #8

Just like a dictatorship would never make bogus accusations geek tragedy May 2013 #15

Such faithful obedience is inspiring. Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #16

I guess spying and turning over your country's secrets to foreign agents is ok with DUers? Then kelliekat44 May 2013 #18

What make you guess that? muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #19