Tehran Trials Anger Europe

The Iranian government has prosecuted every lawyer, journalist, teacher, professor, activist, embassy employee, media employee and corporate employee that it can all on the theory that one or more of them conspired to cause the protests following the June 12th presidential elections.

Every one is at fault, but not government employees nor government policies, despite the fact that the exceptionally poor judgment demonstrated by the Iranian government immediately following the broadcast of the fabricated election results is directly responsible for the people’s reaction.

The Iranian government blamed the world for their own utter insensibility, and combined with the unbelievable arrogance and belligerence directed towards the citizens of Iran, it was enough to fuel the fire that resulted in dozens of protests in Tehran and throughout Iran.

In response to the protests, Iran has prosecuted thousands of its citizens and foreigners alike, claiming that it is the foreigners who created the problem as though no Iranian would have the intellect or audacity to question the absurdly bogus election results published by the media.

The European Union is engaging in another protest against Iran for prosecuting Europeans as criminals or for criminal acts such as providing foreigners with information about the protests in Iran, which Iran now describes as “acts against national security.”

It does not bode well for those on trial, most of whom learn of the criminal charges against them only at the last moment and thus are denied the ability to gather evidence or witnesses in their defense. As a result, the European Union threatens increased sanctions against Iran if Europeans are imprisoned for the ordinary actions of engaging in their employment.

Many prisoners are being advised to agree that they have acted against Iran’s national security in order to receive the lowest sentence possible, which at this point is undetermined in length or severity.

The conduct of government’s is an issue in itself. So many nations are forced to suffer under the rule of unqualified dictators or leaders, many with a bizarre or distorted sense of what constitutes good government, all of which results in oppression of its citizens. Elected officials and government officers should be required to pass academic and psychological tests before they can hold office. Too often, the citizens of a nation are held to extremist insensibilities or individual sociopathic tendencies exhibited by government officials.

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