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- Prysorra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35....that's the whole point.
- MWeather, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25Executions are sickening. They should all be public.
- airiox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23http://media.npr.org/programs/wesat/features/2006/dec/iran_lg.jpg
- MWeather, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23No, if it was big brother we'd vote on who gets executed.
- mindsnare, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22has anyone got a better series of photos than something 200x300 pixels, that's utterly pathetic
- geekchic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I don't think he really had much choice really
- antoniojvr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18I'm sure you know all the secrets of the CIA, yea?
- saska, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I agree with half of your comment. The "great article" half.
- EvilDr.X, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Aw, c'mon man! I can't read that. Will not forget what?
- roosterjm2k2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Simple.
Being shot in the head is (presumably, we cant know for sure) instant death and painless. Not much to fear there, you die, yes, but its painless.
Shooting you and letting you bleed out of a while is most likely excruciatingly painful. Knowing you have that to look forward to is much worse of a punishment. The shot in the head generally comes after you quit moaning or rolling around, to make sure you actually DIE. - owais, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14those pictures are sickening
- PeaTearGryphon, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20... and Spartans love to kill Persians
- chronot150, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13For jamietie:
Edit: This is 28 years old, and got big play when it first hit...but it's just as important now.
These are the stories that define our era. Spend more time learning from them instead of criticizing those who do, and maybe history won't repeat itself. - randf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10a bit too long?
R U 2 bZ 2 read bout man's inhumanity 2 hs fellow mn? - Teaspoon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Iran student riots, July 1999/ 18th of Tir / Kuye Daneshgah Disaster
tip : its Persian - MWeather, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Come on, that was funny.
- Netrilix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@antoniojvr: Nah, it's cool, he saw The Good Shepherd.
- sandig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8It's a bit of a mundane question, but does anyone know where to find bigger/higher quality versions of the photo(s)? I've not seen them before, and the copies on in the slideshow are more like thumbnails.
- str3ama, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8It's amazing that he was able to remain so quiet about it for so long.
- andyd273, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Hey, just so you know, I'm looking forward to the leap year so I can have my one day off... until then its back to refreshing the main page...
- geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7People always refer to history they have read about the Shah then wax poetically about western imperialism. Ever meet an Iranian and have a serious talk about the Shah? They really liked their malls and freedom. Limited yes, but nothing like right now. It was in fact Iran's religious right who made a big stink about how the west has corrupted Iran, telling the poor Iranians they don't have TVs while the rich do. They built their support among the ignorant poor and look at Iran now. Toward the 60s the Shah had actually re-nationalized oil and felt bad about his autocratic rule, giving up more freedoms and upsetting the west.
- thatbox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7People :(
- airiox, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11The article is dated Dec. 2, 06... timely release?
And I honestly don't know how the BBC could be considered to be biased on the hostage coverage, when it was clear that Iran was in the wrong. The only people that believed that the Brits strayed from Iraqi waters were the propaganda fed Iranians and perhaps you... - swaggadocio, on 08/20/2008, -3/+8Holy ish!
- BigBrother84, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11I vote Mweather.
- ryodoan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Maybe because some of us have lives and aren't on digg 24/7/365
- Prysorra, on 10/12/2007, -10/+14We abandoned you in 1979 too. There is much we have to make up for in Iran.
I will not forget فاجعه کوی دانشگاه - amirjpl, on 10/12/2007, -18/+21To AWeeBitInsane: "Aren't the Iranians doing the same thing in Iraq now? They're arming the Mahdi militia to slaughter the innocent Iraqis. Persians just love to kill."
First of all dumb ass don't talk ***** about people you don't know. "Persians love to kill" - what the ***** are you saying. I guess Americans love to make "peace". This is during the revolution, the Persians had gone through enough ***** with the stupid ass Shaw (king). Which by the way was backed by the U.S. Wait there is something wrong here, I thought America liked to create democracies, not monarchies. - loconet, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7We are ***** animals.
- WindyT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I attended a college back in the late 70s, one that had a significant population of Persian students. We had protests about the shah on campus. Protests from two different groups. One pro-shah, one anti-shah(pro Khomeni). Only the first protest featured unmasked protesters. The rest had masked protesters, mostly makeshift paper masks with holes cut in for eyes/nose/mouth.
The irony in the protests were that most of the students were sent with money provided for by the govt, which meant that the anti-shah folks were protesting on the shah's dime. After the shah fell, there was no student program, and all the students went home, save for a few that I suspect pled for political asylum. No telling what happened to the "pro-shah" students that did go back to Iran. - notredamegrad, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I've never seen those pictures. That is insane. So they shot the guys in the chest and then another guy went one by one and shot them point blank in the head? I must not know much about executions because what sense does it make to shot the poor guys in the chest and then shoot them in the head?
Anyway, that is amazing that things like that happen...it makes me sick. - MWeather, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Is inhumanity toward your fellow man UNbuntu?
- GomerOfDoom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@amirjpl
You make it sound like some sort of moderate, democratic regime took over from the Shaw. No. The revolutions turned Iran into an extreme, Theocratic, Islamist state.
Futhermore, the US set up the Shah, but really did nothing to "back" him during the revolution. In fact, many blame the US for the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini, saying more could have been done to prevent his ascendence.
Those photographs are very Amazing. The article is very good, as well. Dugg. - pirashkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bloodsuckers who are responsible for this kind of brutality and injustice... Whatever, there's no justice in Iran.
Such shameful acts are happening everyday: Iraq, Egypt, ... Remember Chile???
***US is the major human rights abuser hiding behind flags of democracy*** - chaos7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1executions are the old way of doing things. in the future, modern man will not do them anymore. executing is pathetic. even saddam should not have been executed.
- piledrivingbob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The photographer preserved the photos on a contact sheet. That means all he had is a few pages of thumbnail sized prints made by placing the negatives directly onto the photo paper in the darkroom.
This is likely the highest resolution available for most of the photos. - jordan1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2wah?
- geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2What lead to the revolution was the growing popularity of the Shah due to his reforms and the religious right seeing that popularity as an obstacle to gaining power, using words like 'western imperialism' to take away that popularity in order to gain power. "Oh you are poor and don't have a TV? That is due to western imperialists."
- minitrue1984, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I never had much warmth for Dictators, but the Shah was 100X better than the regime they have now. Under the Shah, Iranians were free to travel, get a good education and be free from religiuos persecution. Also, the Shah was friendly to the United States and he didn't support international terror like the current regime does.
It's a shame that Jimmy Carter betrayed the Shah. - airiox, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3lol, if you knew me, you'd know that I can't read more than 3 sentences without losing interest, so for me to get half way through it and enjoy it, is a testament to how well written it truly is.
- SadMartigan, on 11/25/2008, -3/+3Where? You must REALLY love animals.
(Sorry, couldn't help myself.) - Krakn3Dfx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Bah, no one remembers Nowhere Man...damned shame.
- MWeather, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1They like the Shah now, but that's totally irrelevant to whether installing the Shah lead to the revolution.
- jibone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2They are using Digg for propaganda now? Digg sure is getting popular.
- Endies, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I saw this a few months ago on the front of some newspaper. However, I can't remember what paper it was.
- Alchemeron, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Hilarious!
- minitrue1984, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Mohammed Mussadeq in power? How can letting a country be run by a Communist Thief be good?
- MWeather, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4If they do, it'll be because the majority voted for them. Why do you hate democracy?
- spoiled1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2If US had let the democratically elected Mohammed Mussadeq (http://www.iranchamber.com/history/mmosaddeq/mohammad_mosaddeq.php) run Iran and not install the puppet shah, the revolution may not have taken place.
- geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It's also a shame that Reagan negotiated with terrorists.
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