OT: I am filled with rage and sadness

[Hugh Manatee]

This is from a friend of mine from another message board:

I found out through my aunt in Iran for about 8 hours ago, that my cousin is going to be executed by the Islamic government, in a week.

He was one of the resistance members in Tehran, who today rioted outside the prison of Evin, chanting obscenities against the regime. From there, Basidji militias came and captured him.

His sentence will be death through hanging in public, and also random interrogating in the cell, which probably will include torture or some kind of physical and verbal abuse.

When I first heard about this, my heart nearly stopped. That man, my cousin, happened to be one of my most dear relatives and one of my most trusted friends outside of Sweden. The thought of him killed was impossible to imagine. The warm voice I used to hear in the telephone, was it to be gone forever?

I felt wrath when hearing this. An unhelpful rage within me that seemingly stabbed my heart several times. I wanted to do anything in my power, by any cost to help him out, but I knew I was unable to. I was hopeless. Devastated.

In seven long days, my cousin is going to experience a living hell, by those savage militias. Only to die.

Now why am I posting this, you might wonder?

Because I want EVERYONE in this board to know what the iranian regime can do against people like us. I want people to know that Iran shouldn't be overlooked. I want people to be aware of what cruelty and misery Iran has and causes.

Any words of advice and encoragement for my friend, he's already on his way to the Iranian Embassy in Sweden(where he lives).

I'd post a direct link, but the site has a requirement thhat you have to have been a member for so many days.

[Thermodyne]

The people of Iran replaced a more moderate government with the one they have now. While the old one was not all that good, any fool could see that they were installing hell on earth. Perhaps it is time for the people of Iran to rise up again. Perhaps this time they can leave the religious a$$ wipes out of it. When religion seizes power and becomes government, it has been a universal disaster throughout history. The greater the religious influence on government, the worse the government governs.

[Starhawk]

Funny according to the "mass media" the middle east doesn't want anyone to get involved and doesn't want the United States to do anyhting....maybe those dumb reporters should talk to this poor guy.

All I can say is....someone needs to stop this garbage from happening anymore. Your friend has my sympathy.

[Kid Einstein]

Hugh, words can't describe the gratitude I feel towards you. Thank you.

If you guys want to look at the thread I made, you must be registered in GameFaqs for about a day or two, to then be able to take a look in the topic...

Anyways, once again Hugh, thanks.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

what can i say? my sympathies.

[Renegade]

Man what can you say to something like that? This is the way things are over their, life is cheap and people are nothing to these mass murdering religious zealots.

[Alpha Kodiak]

Perhaps a glimmer of hope for Iran, though sadly probably not for this particular case: link

[Hugh Manatee]

It's all over.......

The Last day in my campaign. Which ended in a fiasco from my side.

The day my cousin was executed. I had found out for about 2 hours ago, through my second, younger cousin's call. My aunt had recieved her boy within a black pLastic bag and Basidjis demanded money for the purchase of the rope and the bag. They also forced her to sign a paper.

After I heard this, my spine was all frozen. My body lost it's temperature. First the feel of hopelessness, then a feel of a rage from hell rised as I was close to break that phone apart while just grabbing it. I felt worthless. I felt so devastated, that I wasn't there to protect him. That I was in a far away land being hopeless. I felt like garbage. Despite everything that I did in my power, it was all in vain.

After I had slammed down the phone to hear no more out of this tragedy, I immidietly grabbed a vase and smashed it against the wall. My closest relative, so close he nearly was my brother had been executed, and I felt such an urge for revenge. Even my girlfriend wasn't able to soothe me. I felt such sadness.

Today, I am a sad man. I had endured a war which left eternal scars on me, lost so many of my friends and family, fled my own land, now this happened to me. My dearest, and sweetest friend has died because of this horrid regime! This horrid regime that exposed him in public, the Last moments before his execution.

I cannot imagine the sadness my aunt and her family feels right now. My condolences goes out to her and her family.

Forever in the bottom of my heart, Omid Askari 1983 - 2003 R.I.P

[narf poit chez BOOM]

i do not know what to say.

for some reason, i find the cat playing with a wire antenna a couple feet away an immensly comforting sight right now. maybe because she's alive.

[ October 15, 2003, 07:30: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Loser]

My condolences to your friend. I can not even imagine his situation. I feel for him, with him, what I can.