‘This (news) gives me hope’ – woman in Iran tells the BBC
Quote Message: I feel this collective happiness is what we deserve. After all the suffering we went through as a nation listening to bad news, death news, mourning. When I think about how they treated us, how they oppressed us, this (news) gives me hope. I hope this is the beginning of the end of their dictatorship” from Woman in Iran
I feel this collective happiness is what we deserve. After all the suffering we went through as a nation listening to bad news, death news, mourning. When I think about how they treated us, how they oppressed us, this (news) gives me hope. I hope this is the beginning of the end of their dictatorship ”Woman in Iran
Quote Message: I’m happy, not just me but majority of people. This morning I saw women in the park who were happy. Smiled at each other and were using facial expression to tell one another how happy they are” from Woman in Iran
I’m happy, not just me but majority of people. This morning I saw women in the park who were happy. Smiled at each other and were using facial expression to tell one another how happy they are ”Woman in Iran
Quote Message: Honestly, I don’t feel anything. He was just a puppet like the rest of them. The president does not do anything for the people, the ministers don’t do anything. Everyday they pass a law that restricts something. They will announce an election and elect somebody they already picked beforehand. People’s votes don’t matter. And the wheels of the dictatorship keep spinning, because this is Iran. People have no say in any matter.” from Man in Iran
Honestly, I don’t feel anything. He was just a puppet like the rest of them. The president does not do anything for the people, the ministers don’t do anything. Everyday they pass a law that restricts something. They will announce an election and elect somebody they already picked beforehand. People’s votes don’t matter. And the wheels of the dictatorship keep spinning, because this is Iran. People have no say in any matter. ”Man in Iran
‘I will not mourn him’, says UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat
UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat is making his position clear on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, saying he “will not mourn” the leader who was killed in a helicopter crash.
“President Raisi’s regime has murdered thousands at home, and targeted people here in Britain and across Europe,” the MP for Tonbridge and Malling posted on X.
“I will not mourn him.”
Tugendhat’s comments are a direct response to President of the European Council Charles Michel’s earlier post on X, where Michel expressed the EU’s “sincere condolences” for the death of Raisi, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abdollahian and others who were killed in the crash.
Over in the West, the US offered its condolences over the death of Raisi, but called him a “brutal participant in the oppression of the Iranian people” who had “blood on his hands”
White House to continue holding Iran accountable for ‘destabilising behaviour’
Kirby added that Raisi was responsible for Iran’s “support for terrorist networks throughout the region”, referring to Iran-backed groups Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, who are proscribed as terrorist organisations by many countries in the world, and have been engaged in continued conflict in the Middle East.
At a press conference on Monday, however, State Department Press Secretary Matt Miller had few kind words for the late leader.
He called Raisi a brutal participant in the oppression of the Iranian people. He said he was responsible for the deaths of thousands and some of the worst human rights abuses.