...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
in front of a cheering crowd.
In graphic pictures and videos, Sajad Molayi Hakani, standing on a platform, is seen blindfolded with a noose around his neck on August 19.
The noose is attached to a crane being controlled by another man who appears to be part of the execution team.
The video shows dozens of people, including children, gathered around to watch the execution.
As the man is hanged, the crowd can be seen clapping and cheering in delight.
He was sentenced to qisas, which means retaliation in kind in Islamic law, for murdering a mother and her three children during a robbery in October.
His wife, Masha Akbari, who has also been sentenced to death, is set to be executed in prison at a later date.
Sadrallah Rajaei, the head of the Fars provincial judiciary, said: 'The qisas sentence of the second defendant in this case who is the wife of the first defendant, will be carried out in prison in the presence of the victims’ next of kin.'