According to the article the Court sentence came out now.
It makes sense that the regime there feels more emboldened to act in more hardline ways (such as giving the maximum possible sentence in this case) because right now they’re likely seen by most of the Iranian population as “protectors” against the two foreign regimes attacking Iran, both of which are far more murderous that even the regime in Iran at the peak of repression.
It’s the same reason why the most outrageous and intrusive civil society surveillance and control legislation in the US was passed in the period just after 9/11 - times when society at large feel under attack by external forces are ideal moments for those in control to extend and entrench their power and steer the country faster towards their views even if civil society is uncomfortable with it, not least because reasonable and logical criticism against it can easily be painted as being Against The Good Of The Nation and even as Treason.
Like most people, I do not support this war. However, a quick Google search will prove that this type of oppression of women is common in Iran, with or without America and Israel bombing them. Everything bad Iran does cannot be attributed to America and Israel.
Nope but articles like this coming out in greater amounts right now are intentionally being pushed out as propaganda to make people feel okay with America committing terrorist bombing campaigns against civilian targets.
While the content is true, the article itself is explicitly propaganda to justify terrorism.
I got the impression that this specific case was much more outrageous than usual as she got the maximum sentence for it plus she was actually singing a patriotic song.
I’m well aware than treatment of women in present day Iran is seriously backwards and worse than anything since maybe the 18th century (Persia actually tended to be more modern than their neighbors).
According to the article the Court sentence came out now.
It makes sense that the regime there feels more emboldened to act in more hardline ways (such as giving the maximum possible sentence in this case) because right now they’re likely seen by most of the Iranian population as “protectors” against the two foreign regimes attacking Iran, both of which are far more murderous that even the regime in Iran at the peak of repression.
It’s the same reason why the most outrageous and intrusive civil society surveillance and control legislation in the US was passed in the period just after 9/11 - times when society at large feel under attack by external forces are ideal moments for those in control to extend and entrench their power and steer the country faster towards their views even if civil society is uncomfortable with it, not least because reasonable and logical criticism against it can easily be painted as being Against The Good Of The Nation and even as Treason.
Like most people, I do not support this war. However, a quick Google search will prove that this type of oppression of women is common in Iran, with or without America and Israel bombing them. Everything bad Iran does cannot be attributed to America and Israel.
Nope but articles like this coming out in greater amounts right now are intentionally being pushed out as propaganda to make people feel okay with America committing terrorist bombing campaigns against civilian targets.
While the content is true, the article itself is explicitly propaganda to justify terrorism.
I got the impression that this specific case was much more outrageous than usual as she got the maximum sentence for it plus she was actually singing a patriotic song.
I’m well aware than treatment of women in present day Iran is seriously backwards and worse than anything since maybe the 18th century (Persia actually tended to be more modern than their neighbors).