"Desperation And Cruelty"

An Iranian reader reacts to news of two executed protesters:

Arash Rahmanipour was first seen in the show trials admitting to being a member of a made up/never heard of Monarchist group. He had been under unbelievable pressure to confess to this silly story of being part of a terrorist plot, he refused, so they arrested his pregnant sister and sat her in front of him and told him she wont be released until he confesses. So he does and they execute him this morning along side Mohammaed Reza Alizamani, who was arrested on unrelated charges back in March!!! but they accused him of taking part in Ashoura protests (while he was actually in jail!!)

You see the strategy is an obvious one: start with the people who are the weakest links, some obscure monarchist group and not directly related to the reformist/Mousavi's camp or the greens, that way it would make it harder politically for Mousavi or Karoubi to defend them. Then they will advance. This is, in their mind, also the best way to send a message about Feb 11th that if you are arrested on that day, you could be executed. The combination of desperation and cruelty.