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1-Left: Journalist & dissident Ruhollah Zam, abducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran
Right: Journalist & dissident, Roman Protasevich, abducted by Belarus
The EU forcefully condemned Belarus (rightfully so) and ponders sanctions. But refuses to do so for Iran. Why?
1-Left: Journalist & dissident Ruhollah Zam, abducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran
Right: Journalist & dissident, Roman Protasevich, abducted by Belarus
The EU forcefully condemned Belarus (rightfully so) and ponders sanctions. But refuses to do so for Iran. Why?
2-While many Iranians wholeheartedly support the EU pressure on Belarus, they're also disappointed that the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite having a far worse track record of abducting & executing dissidents, was not exposed to the same level of concerted pressure by the EU.
3-For the record, the Islamic Republic executed innocent Ruhollah Zam, who was kidnapped into Iran from Iraq by the Revolutionary Guards. He was tortured and then executed. Somehow, EU is still pondering trade with the regime rather than rebuking it. bbc.com/news/world-mid…
4-What kind of a message does the EU inaction send to Iran? Simple: "That the Islamic Republic can kidnap and execute dissidents while still being able to get away with it". We need concerted international action against such threatening behaviour by authoritarian states
5-I hereby want to reiterate that me and many Iranian pro-democracy activists fully support pro-democracy activists from Belarus and are equally appalled by the abduction and arrest of Roman Protasevich.
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