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If you've criticised Iran on facebook, don't ever visit there.......
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The woman in this link did, and got 20 years after being arrested whilst on holiday there.
I'm afraid they can't take any criticism whatever, so utterly perfect do they think they are.
Very sad state of affairs when governments resort to this kind of shit.
A British woman has been sentenced to 20 years in an Iranian prison after criticising the country’s former leader on Facebook.
Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht, a housewife from Stockport, Greater Manchester, posted the comments on the social media site while visiting friends in Iran.
Ms Nobakht, 47, who holds dual British and Iranian citizenship, was arrested in Shiraz in the south-west of the country for allegedly criticising Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
The part-time student was accused of putting Iran’s security at risk and of gathering crowds during her three-week stint in Iran.
Her husband Daryoush Taghipoor had no idea his wife had been arrested until she failed to appear at Manchester Airport.
I'm afraid they can't take any criticism whatever, so utterly perfect do they think they are.
Very sad state of affairs when governments resort to this kind of shit.
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NO ONE SUSPECTS DIGITAL SPY!!!
Someone will be along shortly to report you to that wonderful country demanding the utmost respect.;-):cool:
DISGUSTING anyway and when iran was showing signs of progress
I think it's true. Her MP has taken up the matter on her behalf.
local news link
then half the population should be in prison!
Not that she visisted and was locked up for a historic post.
It's worse than that, go look up the death of Nedā Āghā-Soltān, and she was only a bystander.
Correction.
My 'respect' is growing by the minute.
another bright life vanquished by the idiots.........
Shame on them...they really should catch up
In fact they should remember their free past before islam....the free past where they were able to study the stars, maths, physics, algebra... And contribute to it...instead of being in some cultural religious straightjacket today...... Sad and sadder
Hmm. The quote in your original posts suggests that the offending post was made whilst visiting friends in Iran. Also that she was gathering crowds.
Not sure how either of those are possible if she didn't even make it out of the airport
There seems to be some conflicting information surrounding this story.
no one wants to talk about the israeli thugs........treating palestinians like dogs.....leave it..we all know its true...no one has the power to change it or if they do they have no will. Another bunch of terrorist *******.........taking peoples lands, and restricting them from using their own land.... Eg for water.....bastads
I've not heard that they specifically dole out 20 year sentences for visitors who have criticised previous leaders, but at least, unlike Iran, they do have one of the most gay friendly cities in the world - Tel Aviv
I believe that Iran is quite unpleasant to gay people.
It's not so much that they'll imprison them for 20 years, but rather apparently if you've ever said things online which are pro-Palestine or could appear anti-Zionist they may detain you and then deport you.
The Facebook thing reminded me as one journalist (Guardian?) was even asked to log into his Fb account in front of Mossad so they could go through it to check for anti-Zionism.
Seems a bit paranoid to me
I think they have good reason to be paranoid. Most of their near neighbouring countries as well as other Muslim countries further afield consider them enemies.
So, by that logic, no one the world over can criticise Iran, North Korea, Belarus etc for fear of enraging their paranoid governments? She posted the comments in the UK- and not even recently, by the looks of the article.
She wasn't arrested in the UK.
Based on the information published to date, are you seriously suggesting that people should expect to be sentenced to 20yrs in prison for criticising the political regime of another country?