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Iran Intensifies Use of Medieval Tactics — Including Public Executions — To Scare Protesters

A 23-year-old, Majidreza Rahnavard, is the second protester to be executed for Moharebeh, or a crime against god, since the September launch of a country-wide revolt.

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Majidreza Rahnavard, an Iranian executed by public hanging on December 12, 2022. Via YouTube
BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

As the Islamic Republic intensifies its use of medieval tactics to scare protesters, the West’s response is calibrated to sidestep the rebellion’s main cause: Regime change. 

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BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.

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