Mullahs stringing up opposition?
posted at 8:02 am on July 1, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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The Jerusalem Post reports that the Iranian regime has begun to make good on its threat to execute dissidents. In the city of Mashhad, sources report that six people were hanged to death for their roles in the protests that paralyzed Iran. Prior to that, a prominent cleric predicted his own death at the hands of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, whom the cleric claimed held power illegitimately:
As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Speaking after Iran’s top legislative body upheld the election victory of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sources in Iran told this reporter in a telephone interview that the hangings took place in the holy city of Mashhad on Monday. There was no independent confirmation of the report.
Underlining the climate of fear among direct and even indirect supporters of Mousavi’s campaign for the election to be annulled, the sources also reported that a prominent cleric gave a speech to opposition protesters in Teheran earlier this week in which he publicly acknowledged that the very act of speaking at the gathering would likely cost him his life.
“Ayatollah Hadi Gafouri said that the Imam [Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini] never wanted [current supreme Leader] Ali Khamenei to succeed him. He even went to say that the Islamic republic died the day the Imam did,” one source said.
In order to counter the massive number of women in the streets, and also to keep images of men beating women from Western TVs, the Guardian Council has sent out the Sisters of Zeynab to supplement the Basij. They beat the women, under the protection of the Basij.
Meanwhile, the Basij have demands of their own. They want an “investigation” of Mirhossein Mousavi’s role in the protests:
Iran’s Basij militia is calling for an investigation into opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi’s role in the street protests that followed last month’s presidential election.
The semiofficial Fars news agency says the militia has sent Iran’s chief prosecutor a letter accusing Mousavi of taking part in nine offenses against the state, including “disturbing the nation’s security.”
That charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment.
Readers of George Orwell will appreciate the irony of the leader of a regime’s hired thugs complaining about “disturbing the nation’s security”. The Basij have been cracking heads and swinging axes for two weeks now. That’s only security if you consider Altamont (or Amritsar) the epitome of a peacekeeping operation.
Mousavi insists that he will not back down from his demand for a new election, and increasing it seems that he has little choice. Even if he conceded, he’d get arrested and thrown in prison, or wind up on the business end of a rope.
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without pre-condition.
rob verdi on July 1, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Protests OVER.
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Sure they are stringing them up. When the resistance collapsed and exposed their collective bellies to the monsters the monsters did what monsters do.
Next time one of us hears a knock on the front door and are POd that it is another yardman looking for work just remember that in someplaces in the world knock-knock is a freightening sound.
Limerick on July 1, 2009 at 8:10 AM
So true
so sad too
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Frightening
Rigga-fragga-ratta-rigga (Lim strikes again)
Limerick on July 1, 2009 at 8:13 AM
This is the outcome of Obama’s “robust debate” playing itself out. Everybody could see it but the filthy liar in the White House more concerned with ice cream photo-ops than international affairs and his equally incompetent team at the State Department.
highhopes on July 1, 2009 at 8:15 AM
And Dear Leader expects such a regime to negotiate away its nuclear weapons in good faith.
Meanwhile, The One will condemn a bloodless ouster of an unconstitutional overreach by a president, one that was requested by an independent legislature and independent supreme court.
Dear Leader is not merely neutral, He is on the other side.
rbj on July 1, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Now that they’re getting those pesky little people out of the way, maybe Hussein (Obama) and Mahmoud (Ahmadinejad) can finally get to those talks, i8f it be Allahs’ will. Piss be upon them.
RandyChandler on July 1, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Jimmy Carter’s legacy.
I wonder if he’s proud of his accomplishments.
Rod on July 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM
Obama gets his wish.
He will be able to talk with Dinnerjacket and Khamenei.
Meanwhile he misdirects by undermining the constitution in Honduras.
The fawning press salutes Obama’s multitasking abilities and refuses to ask any questions.
patrick neid on July 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM
The US should not meddle in these affairs of the Iranian people. We are pleased to see that there is still a robust debate about the election. We wish it didn’t involove hanging people for expressing themselves, but we also recognize the sovereignty of Iran and look forward to maintaining an open dialogue based on mutual respect.
Barack Obama
exceller on July 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM
that the hangings took place in the holy city of Mashhad on Monday.
hangings in a holy city…thats the kind of leadership that oboobi can really get behind, hold talks without pre conditions…WTF
SHARPTOOTH on July 1, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Obama can’t admit his admiration of their ruthlessness to stay in power.
Right_of_Attila on July 1, 2009 at 8:19 AM
I can’t help but wonder what our 2010 election will look like with this kind of “help”
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/05/the-us-department-of-injustice/
stacy on July 1, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Constitutions are such messy little documents.
Honduras is foreshadowing.
Ampleforth on July 1, 2009 at 8:20 AM
I’m not going to be observing a moment of silence when he [finally] eats it.
bluelightbrigade on July 1, 2009 at 8:22 AM
The Democrats and MSM are more concerned about hanging chads than hanging freedom fighters.
Josiah on July 1, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Our Ruler is beginning to make Jiffy Carter look wise.
MzeeTamu on July 1, 2009 at 8:22 AM
I never thought I’d say this but Carter’s looking pretty good these days. Carter was completely incompetent but well-meaning. Obama is a malevolent, racist, Chicago street thug who is in the process of turning this nation into a socialist outpost no different than the Chavez or Castro regime.
highhopes on July 1, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Hangings, killings, beatings…good to see the Religion of Peace is still functioning peacefully. In holy cities too. I wonder if any of these holy cities have bathtubs or toilets? Probably not, just holes in the ground and buckets.
bradley11 on July 1, 2009 at 8:23 AM
exceller on July 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM
We can’t have wanna be dictators being escorted out of office by the military, imagine the precedent that might set.
Hugo Chavez
Uhhhh….what he said.
Barack Obama
stacy on July 1, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Well gosh, good thing we didn’t meddle.
Cue the IAF.
WisCon on July 1, 2009 at 8:23 AM
honduras is indeed foreshadowing.
but only 7% of the US population even knows or understands about Honduras. and some of those are obama fans.
i think the way to raise the “knowledge quotient” is to get pictures of the dissidents swinging in the breeze. put those photos everywhere as an example of Obama’s foreign policy.
kelley in virginia on July 1, 2009 at 8:24 AM
We need to send Hillary to Iran. Maybe she can deliver a message to Garcia. That would be excellent.
bradley11 on July 1, 2009 at 8:24 AM
obama still wants to play footsie with them….Ugh!
cmsinaz on July 1, 2009 at 8:25 AM
And Obarfio doesn’t say a damn thing
Like I said — Obarfio is Rufio from Hook
Totally inexperienced, and just gets screwed
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Obama: “I looked Ahmadinejad in the eye and I think I can trust him”
Skywise on July 1, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Obamey loves him his dicktators. Do the Marxist salute, Barry.
EMD on July 1, 2009 at 8:31 AM
it is Obama’s stance on Honduras that frightens me most of all. Zelaya clearly violated his country’s constitution. and Obama is supporting him.
i get it.
kelley in virginia on July 1, 2009 at 8:38 AM
White House: (crickets chirping)
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 1, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Wishful thinking on your part. There is nothing inexperienced about any aspect of what Obama is doing.
It only appears to be inexperience to you because your mind refuses to accept the indisputable implications of what these actions being deliberate and exceedingly well calculated might mean.
doriangrey on July 1, 2009 at 8:44 AM
“Hello? Hey Ahmadin this is Baracky, say…don’t suppose you could send me an organization chart for the Basiji, could you? I’ve got this domestic security force thing I’m puttin’ together and need a little guidance.”
Bishop on July 1, 2009 at 8:45 AM
“Altamont (or Amritsar)”
Hat Tip to your Dennis Miller like obscure references that are having some run to Winki.
Sometimes I feel like the fat naked guy at Altamont.
RobCon on July 1, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Looks like the Mullahs are winning the vigorous debate.
pappy on July 1, 2009 at 8:46 AM
LOL
excellent
cmsinaz on July 1, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Now once those pesky protesters are out of the way, I can negotiate with the mullahs, get a sucker’s booby prize, and walk away patting myself on the back!
- BHO
Techie on July 1, 2009 at 8:47 AM
dorian: you’re damn right, obama knows exactly what he is doing. the reason that he appears totally clueless is because he is, at this point, trying to be somewhat circumspect in his takedown of our country.
after he gets his domestic security force up & running; after he taxes us all into poverty; after he rounds up those of us at HotAir & the NRA for being “domestic terrorists”; & after he dismantles the US military, he will come out & tell us that he really is a fascist.
duh.
kelley in virginia on July 1, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Yes. As dumb and ineffectual as it was, at least Jimmah protested the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by boycotting the Olympics. And while I disagreed with his policies, as an Annapolis graduate, I never thought that, as president, Jimmah wanted to harm the US.
With Dear Leader I cannot make that same assumption. The One does want to hamstring the US both domestically and internationally.
rbj on July 1, 2009 at 8:50 AM
He wants what they have.
Akzed on July 1, 2009 at 8:51 AM
I have yet to see a Middle East city that isn’t designated a holy city at one point or another.
DrMagnolias on July 1, 2009 at 8:52 AM
I do think he’s naive with foreign policy
He thinks we can reason with these dictators, like a true leftist.
They are naive in that they think we don’t have any moral ground to stand on to criticize them with.
blatantblue on July 1, 2009 at 8:53 AM
You have to remember Obamas support is childlike, self deluding, and a ice cream photo op is about all they can comprehend.
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 8:56 AM
I’m all for bringing the mullahs to the United States and letting them run the state of Minnesota.
Percy_Peabody on July 1, 2009 at 8:57 AM
He isnt reasoning with them, he is pulling their strings. How many times do I have to tell you before it finally sinks in. Obama is the Anti-Christ referenced in the book of Revelations.
doriangrey on July 1, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Axis of EVIL
If they fear the world seeing pictures of their men beating their women, imagine the good a few tough words could’ve done.
txhsmom on July 1, 2009 at 9:04 AM
True that. This morning, local talk radio was discussing Obama’s options about Honduras and why his adminstration is propping up a dictator. Somebody actually called in say there is only one President and that we (the public) had no business second-guessing what he was doing. That we all needed to trust that he is doing the right thing. My first reaction was to gag (and the caller never did answer the radio hosts questions if he had that same view when GWB was
in charge). Then, it dawned on me that there are truly people out there that are so damned stupid and partisan that they truly believe that electing Obama was tantamount to ceding the entire control over the nation to a Chicago street thug.
highhopes on July 1, 2009 at 9:05 AM
New Axis of EVIL.
Obama and his cadre of unelected and unconfirmed street thugs/Dem majority in Congress/no concern about anything but implementing a socialist agenda as quickly as possible.
highhopes on July 1, 2009 at 9:07 AM
People from Minnesota are so stupid they’d never notice.
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Absolutely. They’re like little children that don’t worry because daddy will take care of them.
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 9:12 AM
It’s part of the deal. O keeps his mouth shut and lets em have their nukes, Amenjihad keeps the violence down to repectable levels in Iraq and mits off the other Shiites…for now. You can’t deal with these guys, so O has positioned himself publicly against Israel for plausible denial when tie for no other choice comes. Reality, Realpolitik.
Reality Check on July 1, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Next we will hear about how the Obama administration recently sent Iran a humanitarian supply of ropes…
albill on July 1, 2009 at 9:34 AM
In the past we have been derisive and dismissive and for heaven sakes we mustn’t meddle. I will however appont a Czar in charge of over seeing the humanitarian hangings. We will make sure that the beatings and rapes that preceed the executions are done in full accordance with the “Holey Quran”. (pun intended)
Kuffar on July 1, 2009 at 9:48 AM
We should have done more.
myrenovations on July 1, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Sounds like Iran has a feevah & a little insurgency problem is the cure for what ails them.
R Square on July 1, 2009 at 9:57 AM
He will go into hiding and this will turn into a guerrilla war. He sees an opportunity for power, the people see what they think is an opportunity for self determination and he will use that.
The hangings will fuel the hatred of the people who have determined the mullahs are the hell spawn, corrupt thugs they truly are.
Making martyrs is very very stupid.
dogsoldier on July 1, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Obama sending Iran a signed 8×10 glossy of him scowling at them. That ought to do it.
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 10:09 AM
I’m sure that Barry would insist that those hangings are just part of the ‘vigorous debate’.
GarandFan on July 1, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Obama said something about America being a Muslim Nation. I think he really believes that someday it will be. All you have to do is look where his new buddies hail from. In his mind the Iranian regime is good for America. Well not our America anyways, but for Obama Jr. fullfilling the Dreams of Obama Sr. sharia law sure looks good. Am I the only one who see’s it happening.
Americannodash on July 1, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Not entirely, although clearly scaled back. I saw a video clip yesterday of a crowd erupting into jeers for Ahmadinejad and calling “Mousavi” when Ahmadinejad was being ushered from a building on a Teheran university campus into his car. They had a hard time getting him through the mob and then a hard time getting the car out of it. It was heartening. This news is not, although I can’t say it suprises me.
ProfessorMiao on July 1, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Well, the mullahs have certainly brought their own brand of ‘robustness’ to the debate. Good thing they’re not in a hurry to talk to the USA, as Obama has his hands full trying to undermine the Honduran government.
Tonus on July 1, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Except, the Anti-Christ is supposed to bring world peace, not help innocent people get slaughtered by their own government. Do you see Obama bringing world peace with anything he’s done lately?
Yeah, I get it. Obama’s charismatic and all, but the Anti-Christ, the real one, is supposed to make Obama look like a chump. I’m sorry, but to assert that it’s Obama goes against the Bible and common sense. And this assertion comes around anytime we have a charismatic president. People said the same of Clinton and Reagan.
Esthier on July 1, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Obviously those executed failed to show respect for Islam.
See what happens if we don’t respect and revere Islam. Islam invented mercy and tolerance.
BL@KBIRD on July 1, 2009 at 10:48 AM
This is the part I just don’t understand. If I found out that the American government were torturing, killing or imprisoning American citizens just for standing up for democracy, I wouldn’t whine about it; I wouldn’t “take to the streets” and protest. I’d calmly and quietly start hunting down and killing every government official I could find, and I wouldn’t stop until my heart did. If I didn’t have guns I’d use freakin’ dental floss. And I really don’t believe I’m anywhere near the only American who feels that way.
How can millions of people put their heads down and just be glad it isn’t happening to them? I just don’t get it. If liberals get their wish and Obama is “successful” in America, he’s going to have to kill at least half of us – maybe more. I’m not saying it can’t happen here; people have have been proven wrong about that way too many times. All I know for sure is that it’s going to be the bloodiest revolution ever.
logis on July 1, 2009 at 11:19 AM
If you haven’t read the book “Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam” by Mark Bowden, I suggest you read it.
It is about the 1979 hostage taking of the American Embassy. What I see happening in Iran maybe a repeat in history.
One of the biggest complaints the hostage takers espoused was having the Shah returned and placed on trial for all of the brutality his regime committed against the people of Iran, especially if they critiziced the regime. As you see in the book and what you are seeing today, the Mullahocracy in Iran is as much, if not more, brutal to the people of Iran as the Shah. The Iranian’s were correct in overthrowing the Shah back then (unfortunately, they were brainwashed by Khomeni) and they are correct in overthrowing the Mullahocracy now for the same reasons. Brutality.
You will also see in the book that the Mullahs arrested the local Iranian US Embassy staff in 1979 for being complicit in the crimes against the state. This is the same thing they are doing now with the local Iranian British Embassy staff. In 1979, the Mullahs accused the US of spying and meddling in Iranian affairs. The same accusation they are making today against the US and Britain. This is the Mullah playbook on display again. The difference now, the Mullahs don’t have the support of the people as they did in 1979.
Carter was sympathetic to the Shah back then, and Obama is sympathetic to the Mullahs now. Why am I not surprised.
DoS_Conservative on July 1, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Where do they find these women? Are they men dressed in burkas to give the appearance of women beating other women? Are these women who are forced to beat them under duress and threats to their children? or are they really that cold and hardened? As a woman and a mother myself, I honestly can’t fathom the concept and cold heartedness of the Basij and the women who participate. It reads like a fantasy novel and yet it is very real.
Miss Molly on July 1, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Hey Barry, has this “played out” enough for ya yet?
Buy Danish on July 1, 2009 at 12:37 PM
It’s important that the Mullahs maintain the sanctity of their religion. It is the Religion of Peace.
cruadin on July 1, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Hey, I believe anything in here that won’t get me in trouble with anyone in here.
Jeff from WI on July 1, 2009 at 1:42 PM
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The Mullahs are just being “nice” when they hang dissidents and those who offend them and the “Religion of Peace”. They also hand out stonings, amputations, hundreds of lashes, confiscation of all families property, long hard labor sentences, etc.
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Watch the videos of an Iranian hanging. No quick “long drop” hanging where the victim has his neck broken and dies very quickly. They do the Old West lynching–lift the victim up slowly on a crane and watch them suffer.
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But just a few words from our Messiah–PBUH–will fix everything.
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John Bibb
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rocketman on July 1, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Ed, you might want to do something with this little tidbit…
Pre-printed pre-signed (with the same hand writing) Iranian ballots shown on Iranian TV…picked up by BBC.
Pretty flagrant smoking gun, eh?
coldwarrior on July 1, 2009 at 4:06 PM
If you don’t hang the mullahs together, they hang you seperately.
profitsbeard on July 1, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Hey Maobama!
See how it played out yet?
Saltysam on July 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM
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