...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
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Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
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has sentenced two female journalists to more than four years in prison each, on charges of conspiring against the Iranian government, a Tehran-based journalist association reported on Monday.
A Tehran court found Saeedeh Shafiei and Nasim Sultanbeigi guilty of "propaganda against the regime" and "association and collusion" in a hearing held earlier this month, the Tehran Province Journalist Association reported on Monday citing Hassan Homayoun, Shafiei’s husband.
They were each sentenced to four years and three months in prison: Eight months for the first charge, and three years and seven months for the second charge.
Shafiei and Sultanbeigi were separately detained and transferred to Iran’s notorious Evin prison in January. They were both temporarily released on bail until the end of their trials a while later.
In addition to the imprisonment sentences, the journalists have also been banned from joining any political and social groups for a period of two years and prohibited from leaving the country during that time as well.
Dozens of journalists were detained by Iranian authorities in late 2022 and early 2023 for covering the nationwide protest movement following the death of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini while in the custody of Tehran’s morality police.
Rights groups have accused Iran of carrying out "sham" and "unfair" trials of those detained during the Amini protests.
According to the 2023 World Press Freedom Index issued by the Gay Paree-based Reporters without Borders, a non-profit organization aiming to safeguard freedom of information, Iran is listed as 177 out of 180 in the world, making it one of the worst countries in the world for press freedom, followed only by Vietnam, China and North Korea
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
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