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Iranian President Stoned To Death With Mountain (www.theonion.com)

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[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 163 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 67 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I wish I had the patience to go and post this in reply to every tankie I've seen today defending the "honour" of this piece of shit in the name of Iranians who they've convinced themselves they can speak for (yet somehow never speak up for their best interests, only in defence of their "great leaders" interests, curious.. 🤔🙄).

[–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Yeah, western tankies especially can be very weird. Meanwhile, the actual communist party of Iran has nothing good to say about him.

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The only regret of the people of Iran and the families of the survivors of the horrific crimes committed by the mercenaries of reaction and tyranny, over the death of Ebrahim Raisi, is that the opportunity for his historic trial in the not-too-distant future has been lost.

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[–] TacticsConsort@yiffit.net 162 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Alright, that one was pretty clever lmao

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[–] RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 106 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let he who is without sin throw the first helicopter.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago

Fucking legendary.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've found a lot of Onion headlines pretty mid and uninspired recently, but this one is aces. No notes.

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 years ago

They've been going pretty hard lately, it's great

[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Threw the whole fucking planet at him, he musta done something to deserve it! :P

[–] designatedhacker@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Karma is a bitch.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I saw the crash site in an aerial photograph and it looks like a big scorch mark. As if the devil reached a burning hand up out of the ground to personally invite them all down to their final destination.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Really, no links?

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[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Actually, Iranian courts put a moratorium on stoning to death over 20 years ago, and the practice is still legal in American-allied Saudi Arabia.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago

Yes indeed, what about the US.

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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago

Some background/ other info

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252418856/iran-interim-president-mohammad-mokhber

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Fkn lol

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 2 years ago

And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned

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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Will the zealots and their goons consider this a message from Allah, that their ways might be wrong?
Nah!

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