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1-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it executes and assassinates its opponents. The Islamic Republic is only second to China in the number of executions and has the highest number of executions per capita.
1-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it executes and assassinates its opponents. The Islamic Republic is only second to China in the number of executions and has the highest number of executions per capita.
2-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice. it's a regime taking people hostage. It sentences human rights campaigners & women's rights activists like Nasrin Sotoudeh, Narges Mohammadi, Saba Kord-Afshari, Raheleh Ahmadi, Yasaman Aryani,Monireh Arabshahi. To this list add my own brother
3-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, as it tortures prisoners.Political prisoners like Maziar Ebrahimi, Saeed Malekpour, & many others were brutally tortured for months before they confessed.Iranian-Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi & blogger Satar Beheshti were tortured to death
4-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice as it extracts forced confessions from prisoners. From its inception, it has used torture to get confessions. No one is immune -- from Tudeh leadership in the 1980's and 1990's to labour rights advocates Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Gholian
5-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice because it shuts down the internet while massacring protesters in the streets. During 2019’s #IranProtests, the regime shut down the internet for days while killing at least 1500 protesters in the streets.
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
6-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice as it treats women as 2nd class citizens. Women in Iran can't attend sports stadiums, can't determine how to dress, can't travel abroad, find employment or attend school without the permission of their father or husband
thenational.ae/opinion/commen…
thenational.ae/opinion/commen…
7-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it bans having fun. It's predicated on a perpetual ideology of mourning. Dancing, expressing joy, and other signs of happiness are forbidden in public. Women cannot dance or sing in public, lest they excite men
8-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it is waging war against Iran’s history. Since coming to power, this regime has diminished Iran’s rich history and culture at the expense of focusing on glorifying its own brand of religion.
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
9-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it seeks conflict. This regime has declared war on the US for the past 41 years and isolated Iranians from the rest of the world. Our passport, like our currency is worthless.
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
10-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it has been forcing women to wear hijab despite their refusal. Every year, millions of women are warned for sporting “bad hijab”. Scores of Iranian women are in jail for saying no to forced hijab.
cnn.com/2018/02/02/mid…
cnn.com/2018/02/02/mid…
11-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, as it doesn’t let women enter stadiums. Sahar Khodayari (#BlueGirl) set herself on fire in 2019 after being arrested at a stadium. She had dressed up as a man for the sake of being able to see a soccer match
cbc.ca/radio/day6/the…
cbc.ca/radio/day6/the…
13-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because this regime criminalises leaving Islam or criticizing it. Political prisoner Soheil Arabi and many others have been languishing in prisons for doing so.
cfppi.org/2019/08/11/soh…
cfppi.org/2019/08/11/soh…
14-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it represses religious minorities. Not only Sunnis, Jews, and Zoroastrians are going through difficulties, but Baha’is are openly treated as second class citizens deprived of the right to education and more.
15-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it mistreats ethnic minorities. Minorities like the Kurds, Arabs, Balouches, and Turkic speaking groups have long complained about repression and imprisonment.
minorityrights.org/wp-content/upl…
minorityrights.org/wp-content/upl…
16-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because millions of Iranians who feel repressed are now living in exile in all corners of the world, one day yearning to go back to their beloved homeland under better conditions
17-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because there are no free elections in Iran. The regime has created a fake dichotomy between so-called reformists and hardliners to create a semblance of competitive elections whereas elections are unfree in Iran
nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-…
nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-…
18-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it authorizes street harassment of women by pro-regime people in the name of call to virtue. This regime has turned life into a living hell for women of Iran.
19-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it promotes widespread censorship. In Iran, there’s no press freedom. Scores of journalists are jailed for having dared to tell the truth. Media are tightly censored in Iran
rsf.org/en/iran
rsf.org/en/iran
20-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it criminalizes homosexuality. Homosexuality in Iran is a crime that can lead to execution. In addition to mistreating the LGBTQ community, the Islamic Republic of Iran has executed scores of them.
businessinsider.com/irans-top-dipl…
businessinsider.com/irans-top-dipl…
12-#Islamic_Republic_is_not_my_choice, because it has made drinking alcohol forbidden. Every year, scores of Iranians get lashed for drinking alcohol. The regime has recently executed Morteza Jamali, father of 2 children, for repeated alcohol consumption.
en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-execute…
en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-execute…
