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.