HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: IRI's Reign of Terror Begins (BBC Report 1979)

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HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: IRI's Reign of Terror Begins (BBC Report 1979)
by Darius Kadivar
24-Jan-2011
 

BBC Coverage of First Executions and Arrests following the Iranian Revolution of 1979. As arbitrary trials sent people by dozens to the execution squads some factions in the country disapprove of the secrecy and swiftness of the trials, and plan demonstrations.  

BBC Coverage of First Executions and Arrests following the Iranian Revolution:
Islamic Republic Propaganda Footage: 
SAVAK HQ seized by civilians & execution of Iranian Generals: Rahimi, Nassiri, Khosrowdad.Feb 1979

Shah's Generals Executed are displayed in morgue for Foreign Correspondents:

 
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Iran's new rulers have executed four of the Shah's top generals and are putting 22 other military and civilian officials of the overthrown monarchy on trial. This was announced by an official spokesman of the Ayatollah Khomeiny. The four generals had been convicted of offences against the people. SYNOPSIS: The generals' bodies were displayed for newsmen in a morgue. The four men had been machine-gunned to death on the roof the military headquarters of religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny, who led the campaign to topple the Shah. The former martial law administrator for Isfahan General Raza Naji was among the dead. And there were General Medhi Rahmi, the former chief of police and Military Governor of Teheran, and the former head of the army's airborne bridge General Manducher Khosrodad. General Mematollah Nassiri was the best known among them. He was a close friend of the Shah and a former head of the SAVAK secret police. All four had been convicted of treason, torture and massacres. Photographs of the corpses were published in the Teheran evening newspaper, and supporters of the Ayatollah greeted the news with jubilation. But some factions in the country disapprove of the secrecy and swiftness of the trials, and plan demonstrations.
 
Farrokhzad: Hamrazmanam:

Farrokhzad Tribute to Heros:
 
 

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Roozbeh_Gilani

Thank You Darius for the good blog.

by Roozbeh_Gilani on Tue Jan 25, 2011 08:23 AM PST

 Stop executions in Iran now.

Free all political prisoners in Iran now.

Down with the fascist islamist regime of Iran.


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Escape

The crowd chanted Allah Ackbar?

by Escape on Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:06 AM PST

Can't help but notice the BBC video (1st one) in the first 20 seconds states the crowd chanted 'Allah Ackbar-God Is Great'.For some reason I was under the impression since that is Arabic,,,oh nevermind...Gruesome photos and sad footage..


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AlexInFlorida

The hypocrisy of the lying IRI real perpetrators of these crimes

by AlexInFlorida on Mon Jan 24, 2011 05:53 PM PST

All four had been convicted of treason, torture and massacres.

Sick Joke

How could the Iranian people be so ignorant and evil to let these mullahs come to power.

Islam is gone from the hearts and minds of the knowledgeable in Iran.  As will its current followers be one day soon.


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DK: The reign of terror

by vildemose on Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:25 AM PST

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//iranian.com/main/2011/jan/jafar-kazemi-mohammad-ali-hajaghaei

//www.iranrights.org/english/memorial.php


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MRX1

Military option

by MRX1 on Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:18 AM PST

To those who were/are against any military strike, it should be obvious now if there was a military strike there years a go, yes  some people would have died mostly low life pasdars & basijis  but in the long run life's of hundred of thousends if not million (if you add the prolong Iraq war) would have been saved.


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Darius Kadivar

And So different from Tunisia's fairly peaceful transition

by Darius Kadivar on Mon Jan 24, 2011 09:25 AM PST


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Anonymous Observer

Darius Jaan - Thank you for this chilling reminder

by Anonymous Observer on Mon Jan 24, 2011 09:19 AM PST

of IR's reign of terror.  It is quite telling that nothing has changed for the past 31 years.  Today, there's an execution every eight hours, toady, they still hang people in public while people chant "allha-o-akbar", and today, just like those days, every opponent of the regime is labeled as an "American", a "Zionist", etc.  Nothing has changed with this regime.  So much for the hope of the IR "reforming" and turning into a democracy!

BTW, for all those Mousavi supporters, these are the "golden years" of Imam Khomeini that he's talking about. 


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