He added that physical and psychological damages “inflicted on each individual of the Iranian nation in the 2nd and 3rd imposed wars, from child killings and war crimes in Minab and Lamerd to attacks on medical centres, is each a legal file that must be pursued in both domestic and international courts.”

He further stated that from the “murder” of newborns and the elderly to the assassination of his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “each is a file among thousands of major legal cases that must be earnestly pursued in domestic and international courts”.

“What is definite is that these criminals must be seized by the collar and brought to justice for their criminal deeds,” he asserted.

Never in my life could I have expected to agree with the Iranian government. But, on this specific issue? I do. There needs to be accountability for this.

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    If you think they’re at the same level, you’re insane. There was an Iranian singer who had the gaul to sing without a hijab recently! She was sentenced to 74 lashes. The US has plenty of misogynistic issues, but it’s not even close to the same level.

    I have no issue with Muslims/Arabs. I lived with one in college, who was one of my closest friends. However, he also had plenty of issues with the fundamentalists. He was a bi atheist from Saudi Arabia. Whenever he visited, he had to essentially change who he was. In the US he was allowed to mostly do what he wanted freely.

    We should always strive to be better, but these are totally different levels. There’s hardly even any way to compare them. Cut out this whataboutism shit.

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        This started because someone agreed that the war crimes are bad. That isn’t in question. It just also stated the regime is bad. People rushed to defend it though, which is how this started. This comment thread is about that. Saying the regime isn’t bad because the US is also misogynistic is the whataboutism. Do you follow? It isn’t saying that it’s wrong. It’s just deflecting. Either defend it or don’t. Come to terms with it instead of just saying “but the US is also bad to women!”