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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

Having read the article, he was suffering from bipolar disorder, but apparently he did deliberately run over 6 people with a car, killing one of them

In modern countries he'd be jailed for life, but let's face it, there are still a few countries around the world that are stuck in tha dark ages and the death penalty still stands

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The death penalty should be abolished

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You have been permanently banned from c/Iran.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And nothing of value was lost.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Seems like Iran would rather kill disabled people than give women the most basic autonomy. They just want to have the right to cover their hair or not. This is absurdity.

(Edit grammar)

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Then is not than

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

what Century is it in that place? is it actually the 12th Century AD in Iran, and there are Crusader knights riding around and shit?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Mohammad Ghobadlou was executed early on Tuesday on charges of killing a local official and injuring five others after he ran them over in his car during a rally in the town of Parand near the capital of Tehran.

“If Mizan news agency is telling the truth, it should announce the number and date of issuance of this verdict,” Mr Raesian said in a statement on X.

Amnesty said Ghobadlou had been under the care of a psychiatric hospital for bipolar disorder since the age of 15. International law and standards explicitly discourage the use of the death penalty in cases involving individuals with mental disabilities, according to the rights group.

Unrest gripped Iran in 2022 following months-long anti-government protest after Mahsa Amini, 22, died after being detained by the morality police for not wearing the mandatory Islamic veil, or hijab, properly.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the group, said “the Islamic Republic’s leader Ali Khamenei and his Judiciary must be held accountable for this crime.

In October, Iranian teenager Armita Geravand, 16, died in hospital after she fell into a coma after an alleged altercation with the country’s morality police on a Tehran metro train.


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