...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
has released prominent rights activist Narges Mohammadi, according to a report by an Iranian news agency, which said her 10-year sentence had been reduced. A leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty
in Iran, Mohammadi was locked away... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
in 2016 for founding a campaign group that was deemed to be an illegal splinter group.
She was freed Wednesday night, the chief justice of the northwestern Zanjan province, where she was imprisoned, was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency. It did not explain why her sentence had been cut short.
In July, the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
called for her release after she was reported to have been showing symptoms of COVID-19. In August, her husband said she appeared to have recovered.
The Iranian judiciary said in March that it had temporarily released about 85,000 inmates in response to the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men..., including people held on security charges who say they are political prisoners; in late May many were returned to prison.
Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told news hounds earlier this week prisons were severely overcrowded. "It’s impossible to isolate people and enforce physical distancing because of lack of space," he said.
A report carried on Wednesday by Mizanonline, the official website of the Iranian judiciary, denied prisons were in poor condition.
It said 18 preventative measures had been taken in the past three months, including continuous testing of prison staff for the coronavirus, distribution of required medical items, isolation for infected prisoners and social distancing during family visits.
Colville said political prisoners include conservationists, dual nationals, human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
defenders, and lawyers, such as Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been sentenced to 33 years for various charges under national security laws.