fathimaH - Oh I agree that the Iranian legal system is as corrupt and unjust as one could get.
I read somewhere that the Iranian revolution is in fact a corruption of the way a Shia state should be run - the fact being that, in their code, no one can speak for Shia Islam and set down government rules based on Islamic law. Only the return of their lost Imam has the authority to do that. The 1979 revolutin was not a (shia) Islamic Revolution but a political Revolution. It should be remembered that the initial stand against the Shah came from secular Iran - that got hijacked late on by the religious sects. Then after Khomanei came to power the securalists, and the initial religious supporters, who objected to his handling of the Iranian State were 'disappeared' The Shah's prisons, toture chambers and death squads never missed a beat - just a new boss at the top.
he was set free I believe.
fathimaH - Oh I agree that the Iranian legal system is as corrupt and unjust as one could get.
I read somewhere that the Iranian revolution is in fact a corruption of the way a Shia state should be run - the fact being that, in their code, no one can speak for Shia Islam and set down government rules based on Islamic law. Only the return of their lost Imam has the authority to do that. The 1979 revolutin was not a (shia) Islamic Revolution but a political Revolution. It should be remembered that the initial stand against the Shah came from secular Iran - that got hijacked late on by the religious sects. Then after Khomanei came to power the securalists, and the initial religious supporters, who objected to his handling of the Iranian State were 'disappeared' The Shah's prisons, toture chambers and death squads never missed a beat - just a new boss at the top.