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RandySF

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Mon May 20, 2024, 12:32 AM May 2024

Just in case you feel bad about the Iranian president's death..... [View all]






Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar - 2m

In 1988, Ebrahim Raisi helped to oversee the mass execution of political prisoners in Iran.

Many thousands of prisoners, who were already serving their sentences, were murdered.

My mom’s cousin, the Iranian freedom fighter Monireh Bardaran, was a political prisoner at the time and provided her detailed testimony on what she witnessed at the time.
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Is he dead? Good, wish more parts of the Iranian government had followed his lead. OAITW r.2.0 May 2024 #1
"His nickname "The Butcher of Tehran" wasn't for nothin! Good riddance." Cha May 2024 #2
Raisi and Hamas have a lot in common. Brutal Dictaor Cha May 2024 #3
Be nice if a general revolt could take advantage of this. Frasier Balzov May 2024 #4
Live by the sword, die by the helicopter. Qutzupalotl May 2024 #5
And we think we have problems with our little bible thumping fascists Cheezoholic May 2024 #6
Hey Iran, he was a MURDERER, BigmanPigman May 2024 #7
a.k.a., "a conservative politician" Bucky May 2024 #14
I don't. There are the usual posts in another thread, nil nisi bonum, etc. niyad May 2024 #8
Those who hate and kill in the name of religion will meet their maker usonian May 2024 #9
Iran is everything that's wrong about the ME right now. littlemissmartypants May 2024 #10
Okay, so the president is dead, so what does it change? He is just a puppet to the Ayatollah tornado34jh May 2024 #11
He was probably the heir apparent to Khamenei. carpetbagger May 2024 #13
Well, that is assuming that the generals of the Revolutionary Guards will still retain loyality tornado34jh May 2024 #15
I wish they would abolish the "Supreme Leader" position. LeftInTX May 2024 #18
He wasn't just a puppet. He had a huge part in the persecution and executions JI7 May 2024 #16
Oh, he died? AllyCat May 2024 #12
Adding yet another name to my piss-on-the-grave bucket list, it appears. Xavier Breath May 2024 #25
Another evil person sent to Hell. William769 May 2024 #17
No sympathy at all, I don't feel bad one bit. nt Raine May 2024 #19
I suspect an inside job ColinC May 2024 #20
I wouldn't rule out Mossad. no_hypocrisy May 2024 #21
Oh please! It was an accident with a 45 yo poorly serviced helicopter going up a mountain in heavy fog. LeftInTX May 2024 #22
I don't really care if it was. RandySF May 2024 #24
With zero evidence oand zero reason to suspect that. NoRethugFriends May 2024 #27
Literally one of the most corrupt regimes in the history of the world in a situation that has benefitted the supreme ColinC May 2024 #28
Right before I saw this post drmeow May 2024 #23
Burn in hell motherfucker Blue Owl May 2024 #26
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