{"id":1307813,"date":"2022-02-17T19:23:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T00:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1307813"},"modified":"2022-02-17T19:24:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T00:24:02","slug":"u-s-embassy-in-iran-blasted-for-anti-american-propaganda-kamala-post-in-farsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-embassy-in-iran-blasted-for-anti-american-propaganda-kamala-post-in-farsi\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy in Iran Blasted for \u2018Anti-American Propaganda\u2019 Kamala Post in Farsi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-embassy-in-iran-blasted-for-anti-american-propaganda-kamala-post-in-farsi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1307813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kamala-Harris-upclose-frown-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>A U.S. Embassy in Iran\u2019s Twitter post addressing Iranians that quoted Vice President Kamala Harris describing the United States as racist and discriminatory caused an uproar online, with many regarding the message as \u201cAnti-American propaganda,\u201d \u201cdemeaning to Iranians,\u201d and \u201can insult to all Americans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A Wednesday tweet from the U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran included a photo of Vice President Kamala Harris alongside a quote of hers denouncing the various forms of racism and discrimination in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The caption, written in Farsi, addresses \u201cthe truth\u201d that the U.S. is guilty of all forms of hate and discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe truth is: racism exists in America. Xenophobia exists in America. Antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, it all exists,\u201d she is <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/1483182343225585667\">quoted<\/a> as saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTackling injustice wherever it exists remains the work ahead,\u201d she concludes.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a>: \u062d\u0642\u06cc\u0642\u062a \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u062a: \u062a\u0628\u0639\u06cc\u0636 \u0646\u0698\u0627\u062f\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0622\u0645\u0631\u06cc\u06a9\u0627 \u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f. \u0628\u06cc\u06af\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0633\u062a\u06cc\u0632\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0622\u0645\u0631\u06cc\u06a9\u0627 \u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f. \u06cc\u0647\u0648\u062f \u0633\u062a\u06cc\u0632\u06cc\u060c \u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0647\u0631\u0627\u0633\u06cc\u060c \u0647\u0645\u062c\u0646\u0633\u06af\u0631\u0627 \u0647\u0631\u0627\u0633\u06cc\u060c \u062a\u0631\u0646\u0633 \u0647\u0631\u0627\u0633\u06cc\u060c \u0647\u0645\u0647 \u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u062f\u0627\u0631\u0646\u062f. \u0631\u0633\u06cc\u062f\u06af\u06cc \u0628\u0647 \u0628\u06cc \u0639\u062f\u0627\u0644\u062a\u06cc \u0647\u0631\u06a9\u062c\u0627 \u06a9\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f\u060c \u0641\u0639\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u062a \u067e\u06cc\u0634 \u0631\u0648\u0633\u062a. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mF14nwl9CZ\">pic.twitter.com\/mF14nwl9CZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USAbehFarsi (@USABehFarsi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USABehFarsi\/status\/1493979257093169159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Following the posting of the quote, many took to Twitter to express outrage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor Vice President Harris to suggest moral equivalence between the Iranian regime\u2019s desire to eliminate Israel and a national policy of gender apartheid with American equality under the law is truly dangerous and ungrounded in reality,\u201d wrote former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAmericans are better than this,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For Vice President Harris to suggest moral equivalence between the Iranian regime\u2019s desire to eliminate Israel and a national policy of gender apartheid with American equality under the law is truly dangerous and ungrounded in reality. Americans are better than this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fn1Cd7mzek\">https:\/\/t.co\/fn1Cd7mzek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo\/status\/1494052995079806980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cThis self loathing from @VP is the ultimate proof that she is not fit for leading America if any thing happen[ed] to the President,\u201d wrote political commentator Dr. Nervana Mahmoud.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEpic fail!\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This self loathing from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> is the ultimate proof that she is not fit for leading America if any thing happen to the President.<br \/>Epic fail! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8vh8OmrfG9\">https:\/\/t.co\/8vh8OmrfG9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nervana_1\/status\/1494046123845197824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cWho thought this was a good idea?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omriceren\/status\/1494024941641125897\">asked<\/a> Omri Ceren, the national security advisor for Sen. Ted Cruz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is *appalling* coming from a USG account,\u201d wrote Ellie Cohanim, former deputy antisemitism czar under the Trump administration. \u201cWhy is the US @VP messaging as do America\u2019s worst enemies?\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is demeaning to Iranians who are being executed for being gay, oppressed for being Jewish\u2026and an insult to all Americans!\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is *appalling* coming from a USG account. Why is the US <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> messaging as do America\u2019s worst enemies? This is demeaning to Iranians who are being executed for being gay, oppressed for being Jewish\u2026and an insult to all Americans! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USABehFarsi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USABehFarsi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HwcBGOeaJg\">https:\/\/t.co\/HwcBGOeaJg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellie Cohanim (@elliecohanim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elliecohanim\/status\/1494024144802963456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cKamala Harris tweeting in Iran\u2019s official language that the US has a long list of problems. She thinks this makes her look enlightened,\u201d wrote Ron Nehring, former Chairman of the California Republican Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn that part of the world it will be seen as projecting overwhelming weakness,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala Harris tweeting in Iran\u2019s official language that the US has a long list of problems.  She thinks this makes her look enlightened.  <\/p>\n<p>In that part of the world it will be seen as projecting overwhelming weakness. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qdk7Xpi4Q5\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qdk7Xpi4Q5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Nehring (@RonNehring) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonNehring\/status\/1494184628290142212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cMORE GARBAGE from the @StateDept Persian lang handle,\u201d wrote Karmel Melamed, an award-winning Iranian Jewish journalist, activist and attorney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cInstead of calling out Jew hatred, misogyny, anti-gay beliefs &amp; overall bigotry of the Ayatollah regime, these fools call America xenophobic, Islamophobic, etc.,\u201d he added. \u201cWake up CLOWNS, when will you focus on mullahs\u2019 evil?! SMH.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In another tweet, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarmelMelamed\/status\/1494371435233484800?s=20&amp;t=8X2jfmi_y6LeIzfROOlwvw\"><span>accused<\/span><\/a><span> the State Department of publicizing a \u201cbelow idiotic message calling America xenophobic &amp; Islamophobic\u201d instead of condemning the Islamic regime\u2019s execution of two gay men last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MORE GARBAGE from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> Persian lang  handle. Instead of calling out Jew hatred, misogyny, anti-gay beliefs &amp; overall bigotry of the Ayatollah regime, these fools call America xenophobic, Islamophobic, etc. Wake up CLOWNS, when will you focus on mullahs&#8217; evil?! SMH. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3aKFgfoqqN\">https:\/\/t.co\/3aKFgfoqqN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karmel Melamed (@KarmelMelamed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarmelMelamed\/status\/1493988936246448129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cImagine beaming propaganda messages like this into Germany during WW2,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnAllenGay\/status\/1494005085537513472\">suggested<\/a> John Allen Gay, executive director of the John Quincy Adams Society. \u201c\u2018Britain also has fanatical nationalism and antisemitism, but we\u2019re working on that.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPosting this from the @StateDept\u2019s Farsi channel knowing full well it will arm the Iranian regime, the world\u2019s top sponsor of terrorism and sworn enemy of the United States, with propaganda talking points is shocking\u2014especially as the @USEnvoyIran is busy surrendering in Vienna,\u201d wrote Len Khodorkovsky, former deputy assistant secretary of state.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Posting this from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a>\u2019s Farsi channel knowing full well it will arm the Iranian regime, the world\u2019s top sponsor of terrorism and sworn enemy of the United States, with propaganda talking points is shocking\u2014especially as the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEnvoyIran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USEnvoyIran<\/a> is busy surrendering in Vienna. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wc2FT9MbMN\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wc2FT9MbMN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Len Khodorkovsky (@MessageFromLen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MessageFromLen\/status\/1494020021718237184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThe regime in #Iran kills members of the #LGBTQ community, calls for another Holocaust &amp; kills Muslims around the region,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NUFDIran\/status\/1494024015052161027\">wrote<\/a> the National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI), a movement for human rights and democracy in Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut @StateDept is tweeting in Persian about \u2018discrimination, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, anti-gay injustice\u2019 \u2026in America,\u201d the group added. \u201cThis is shameful &amp; insulting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have democracy, freedom of speech, rule of law and equality under it. We have the ability to move towards a more perfect union,\u201d wrote former Republican Rep. Scott Taylor. \u201cNone of this is true in Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a disgraceful tweet by our Vice President,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have democracy, freedom of speech, rule of law and equality under it. We have the ability to move towards a more perfect union. None of this is true in Iran. This is a disgraceful tweet by our Vice President. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0UfjGckJTi\">https:\/\/t.co\/0UfjGckJTi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Taylor (@Scotttaylorva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scotttaylorva\/status\/1494121441528365056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cCan we have a Vice President who doesn\u2019t talk bad about our nation to the world, who doesn\u2019t equate us with the Iranian regime??\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scotttaylorva\/status\/1494120962832351233\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> in another tweet. \u201cPlease and thank you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIs Kamala Harris the Vice President of the US or of some US-hating dictatorship?\u201d asked human rights and national security lawyer and analyst Irina Tsukerman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHere she is spreading anti-#American propaganda to an Iranian language outlet,\u201d she added. \u201cThese attacks by one of the top US officials on her own country will be shamelessly used by #Iran regime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is Kamala Harris the Vice President of the US or of some US-hating dictatorship? Here she is spreading anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/American?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#American<\/a> propaganda to an Iranian language outlet. These attacks by one of the top US officials on her own country will be shamelessly used by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Irann?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Irann<\/a> regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HJAh1QzCfa\">https:\/\/t.co\/HJAh1QzCfa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Irina Tsukerman (@irinatsukerman_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irinatsukerman_\/status\/1494094915130777602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cDo the US government employees criticizing the US for antisemitism understand that Iran wants to murder half of the world\u2019s Jewish population?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slowhoneybee\/status\/1494057556326633480\">asked<\/a> writer Melissa Braunstein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s constant reason Iranians across the political spectrum are insulted and irate at Biden\u2019s Iran policy: the admin actively seeks ways to minimize their oppression, even suggesting moral equivalence between the grotesque, systematic inequality they suffer and life in America,\u201d wrote&nbsp; Iranian-American activist Mariam Memarsadeghi.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s constant reason Iranians across the political spectrum are insulted and irate at Biden\u2019s Iran policy: the admin actively seeks ways to minimize their oppression, even suggesting moral equivalence between the grotesque, systematic inequality they suffer and life in America <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z57NlrjRSb\">https:\/\/t.co\/z57NlrjRSb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mariam Memarsadeghi (@memarsadeghi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/memarsadeghi\/status\/1494071010030727174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cAll they tweet in Farsi is about how racist America is,\u201d one Twitter user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShayKhatiri\/status\/1494051873665527819\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWho is behind this account? Ali Khamenei or Kamala Harris?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_KhodaBiamorz\/status\/1494039718811607040\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RightGlockMom\/status\/1494113405904506887\"><span>accused<\/span><\/a><span> the vice president of \u201cequating the freest country on earth to a regime who regularly murders those they discriminate against.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIs this how the @VP talks about the United States when she\u2019s overseas?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Z21Wendy\/status\/1494151455233740802\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> another Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Iran has long been accused of severe human rights violations and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/iran-executes-2-gay-men-sodomy-charges-rights-group-says-rcna14540\"><span>implementation<\/span><\/a><span> of the death penalty \u201cat an alarming rate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, the Islamic Republic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/02\/01\/rights-group-iran-executes-2-gay-men-over-sodomy-charges\/\"><span>executed<\/span><\/a><span> two gay men by hanging after being charged with committing sodomy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Iran, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humandignitytrust.org\/country-profile\/iran\/\"><span>penalty<\/span><\/a><span> for sex between two Muslim men is punishable by 100 lashes, however, if the \u201cactive party is non-Muslim and the passive party is Muslim\u201d they receive the death penalty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Between January and October last year, at least 226 people were executed in Iran, including one juvenile offender, nine women, and 83 individuals for drug-related offenses, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranhr.net\/en\/articles\/4917\/\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to the non-profit human rights organization <\/span><i><span>Iran Human Rights.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>In one incident, an Iranian citizen was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2020\/07\/iran-man-executed-for-drinking-alcohol\/\"><span>executed<\/span><\/a><span> for repeated convictions of alcohol consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Breitbart News<\/span><\/i><span> previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2021\/10\/26\/un-iran-executes-people-at-alarming-rate-250-in-2020-including-one-child\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that Iran was the top executioner in the Middle East last year, accounting for more than half the region\u2019s 493 executions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The United Nations estimates there are currently more than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2022\/01\/1109732\"><span>85 juvenile offenders<\/span><\/a><span> awaiting execution in the regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Senior Iranian official Majid Tafreshi, a member of the Iranian regime\u2019s High Council for Human Rights who has admitted to several such executions each year, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2021\/06\/30\/iran-executing-children-human-rights\/\"><span>argued<\/span><\/a><span> that executions of underage children are not a \u201csymbol of violations of human rights.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Iran has a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com\/cruel-and-inhuman-executions-and-other-barbarities-irans-judicial-system\"><span>variety<\/span><\/a><span> of cruel, punitive measures, including torture, for \u201coffenders\u201d \u2014 often on fabricated charges as a means of suppressing dissent.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While execution can be meted out for \u201coffenses\u201d such as adultery, <\/span><span>Iranian authorities also reserve the right to administer blinding, amputation, and flogging \u2013 even for non-violent offenders such as thieves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last year, the U.N. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/02\/13\/u-n-iran-torturing-lgbt-children-with-electric-shocks-hormones\/\"><span>condemned<\/span><\/a><span> reports from Iran that LGBTQ youth are subject to electric shocks, the administration of hormones and strong psychoactive medications, as well as another mistreatment from state authorities, saying the practices amount to \u201ctorture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, human rights advocates within the regime opposing such policies face constant threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, an Iranian court was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2010411\/middle-east\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> to have sentenced leading human rights activist Narges Mohammedi to eight years in prison and more than 70 lashes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This week, Iran\u2019s parliament <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-tightens-grip-on-internet-freedom\/a-60784015\"><span>introduced<\/span><\/a><span> new measures paving the way for even more restrictions on internet use in the theocracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In December, the U.S. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20211207-us-hits-iran-with-new-sanctions-for-human-rights-abuses\"><span>imposed<\/span><\/a><span> sanctions on a dozen Iranian government officials and entities for \u201cserious\u201d human rights abuses, including the repression of protesters and activists, in prisons where activists have been held in brutal conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism worldwide and claims its nuclear program is for energy purposes but world leaders, including the six nations that joined the 2015 deal to limit Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons capacity, say enriching uranium may lead to Iran\u2019s ability to quickly create a nuclear weapon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Iran is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/09\/politics\/iran-nuclear-deal-time-running-out\/index.html\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> weeks away from developing its first nuclear missile and unveiled last week that it had a new long-range missile with a target range of approximately 900 miles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The post comes as Iran <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/iran-says-nuclear-deal-at-hand-but-sanctions-must-be-truly-lifted\/\"><span>claims<\/span><\/a><span> an agreement to revive the 2015 nuclear deal is \u201cat hand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Embassy in Iran\u2019s Twitter post addressing Iranians that quoted Vice President Kamala Harris describing the United States as racist and discriminatory caused an uproar online, with many regarding 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