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A mother of two has been left paraplegic after being shot by Iranian police over an alleged violation of the country's strict hijab rules, a source with knowledge of the case has told the BBC.

"She is paralysed from the waist down, and doctors have said it will take months to determine whether she will be permanently paraplegic or not."

Arezoo Badri, 31, was driving home with her sister in the northern city of Noor on 22 July when police attempted to pull her over to confiscate her car.

The driver did not comply with the order to stop, prompting the officers to shoot, the police commander in Noor told Iran's state-run news agency, without naming Ms Badri.

The incident comes after Iranian police announced a clampdown on women defying the nation's compulsory dress code.

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Conservatism is a global plague of oppression and death. There is no place for hate-based ideologies like conservatism in a modern civilization.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It hurts to think about the timelines that could have been.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

they're a fucking plague. every single fucking one.

we're plenty capable of sucking without them, but they make everything else.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

they still had the same religion. the US bringing down a democratically elected government to install their own puppet resulted in a far right revolution. you give people enough grievances, fascism will take hold. this is america's doing.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It has nothing to do with religion. Read up on Project Ajax. The modern theocracy of Iran is a direct consequence of British and CIA undermining the democratic government of Iran and installing a puppet dictator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat?wprov=sfla1

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or simply oppressive governments and religions are fundamentally the same

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everybody loves that picture of kids in nice 70s outfits living a cloistered upper class existence under a brutal dictatorship.

Nobody really likes posting the pictures of rioting and police brutality happening during the same time.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's because of religion?!

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (13 children)

The Islamic prophet Muhammad married a 9-year-old girl. Since he was holy, or whatever, he waited until she was 10 to fuck her.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Close, but incorrect.

The prophet Muhammad married his wife Aisha when she was 6 years old.

He started raping her when she was 9. They call it "consummation".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Yeesh. The past, ladies and gentlemen. I prefer when people leave it way back then.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

What a guy!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Well no it's because they're monsters. They're just using religion as a cover story.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago

This is so sad and should not have happened

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

The sooner the Islamic Regime in Tehran falls the better. The Iranian people deserve freedom.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes makes sense, shooting people for not wearing cloth over their face.

You know, if we are going back to medieval times, can we bring out stuff like guillotines? I got a few smelly Iranian leaders I want to play with.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not just medieval. Sargon of Akkad started instituting that shit millennia ago. It is embedded in the region and has infected a good chunk of the world. Islam is just one vector; ancient greeks passed the same patriarchal idea of women's behaviour determining male honour into christianity too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

that entire family of religions is an urgent civilizational problems, gotta get rid of that shit.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

"don't blame me, did you see how she was dressed?!"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What would humanity be without religion?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

definitely better off, the magnitude is the only question.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t know if I’m mentally strong enough to be a paraplegic.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nobody is until it happens

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

So many things in my life would become sooo much shittier though. Like playing with my kids, riding a bike, all the sports I do, fixing things around the home... sex... 🫣 I'm so scared of having a broken body.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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