30 Charged with U.S Backed Conspiracy Hanged
August 19, 2007 by pulkit
The Iranian regime has hanged 30 people–all charged with conspiring to topple the government–in the past month. This, political watchers believe is a move to send stern signals to the West. Those hanged were allegedly trying to rile up a soft revolution with U.S backing.
But, most of them were political activists, who voiced opinions not in line with the government’s. Iran has been graciously rewarding political dissenters with the rope and the gallows. Iran has fast risen as the human rights activist’s worst nightmare, with the second highest capital punishment rate in the world. To cap the ignominy, public hangings are back in fashion.
Iran has hanged up to 30 people in the past month amid a clampdown prompted by alleged US-backed plots to topple the regime, The Observer can reveal. Many executions have been carried out in public in an apparent bid to create a climate of intimidation while sending out uncompromising signals to the West.[source]
