Executions in Iran

When a dictatorship increases the degree of repression it exercises on its citizens in order to stay in power, it fears that its time of terror is coming to an end. There are several cases in history where the tightening of measures against those who protest has been counterproductive for its bastard interests because it has provoked a reaction of greater internal courage and a vital need to fight against the abuse of authority by force, the denigration of individual and collective dignity and a deep personal awareness of the need to put an end to an unacceptable and unbearable injustice.  

For several weeks now, thousands of Iranians in all the country's cities have been protesting against the ayatollahs' regime. The demonstrations began after the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, after she was arrested by the Morality Police for wearing the veil incorrectly. Women led the demands for their own rights that grew day by day to demand an end to the repressive regime that responded by murdering dozens of demonstrators in the streets and publicly hanging two of the more than twenty death row inmates accused of crimes of enmity against God and corruption on earth.  

In the examples provided by the history of the fall of dictatorships, the internal revolts mostly required more or less direct external support, which, in addition to providing aid to the opponents, put pressure on the regime itself with political measures and, above all, with economic and commercial reprisals for its own personal interests. Afterwards, the dictators took refuge in some of the countries after being overthrown and enjoyed part of their fortunes.  

In the case of Iran, it is not so easy for the Ayatollahs' regime to collapse because radical Shia clerics have taken power in all institutions and bodies. From the judiciary, the legislature, the military, the economy and the political power wielded by the supreme leader and his closest council. However, fed-up Iranian society is challenging the dictatorship and its police and paramilitary groups, driven even more by the outrage at the public hangings.  

The image of a young man hanging from a crane in a square has increased mobilisations at home and abroad. Fear is fading and some football players have expressed their rejection of the regime. One of them, Amir Nasr-Azadani, is facing the noose, but it has not been enough to raise awareness among his colleagues who have continued to play the World Cup in Qatar. I fear that only the need for Iranian oil on the international market to alleviate the crisis can motivate more than the lives of the hanged.