I've defended Iran on their nuclear program. As far as I can see, there's no evidence to suggest that Iran is developing nuclear weapons in violation of the NPT. I've defended Iran on it being part of an "axis of evil". The term evil doesn't apply to Iran and carries with it religious and mythological connotations.
I will, however, happily berate Iran for what IS wrong there.
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Habibollah Latifi, Ehsan (Esma’il) Fattahianand Sherko Moarefihave all been sentenced to death for “enmity against God” in unconnected cases overthe last two years. They are believed to be on death row in a prison in Sanandaj, the provincial capital of Kordestan.
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Apostasy—a fancy way of saying rejecting Islamic faith—is a crime punishable by
death in Islamic Republic of Iran. Setting aside the totalitarian government and unimaginable crimes against women for just a moment (they're each deserving of their own threads), as a skeptic I find this nightmarish. I've been on the receiving end of hatred because of my lack of religious beliefs, but it was usually just someone being offended and leaving after telling me off. Imagine you spend years breaking yourself from religious indoctrination and then find yourself sentenced to death for finally becoming who you are. It's unspeakable.
I would be willing to defend a Christian from a Muslim, a Muslim from a Christian, a Jew from a Christian, and so on, but attacking someone not for believing in another god but for simply existing without such a belief is insane. Iran is fucking insane, and I'm pissed.
If you want, there's a petition
here, but it seems like a waste of time.
Tyranny anywhere is tyranny everywhere.