From NPR:
An Iranian writer and activist has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after replying with a single dot, or period, in response to a post on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Shanbehzadeh was arrested shortly after posting his response, which received many more likes than Khamenei’s tweet. The sentence:
Hossein Shanbehzadeh, a longtime critic of Iran’s leadership, was active on social media, supporting political prisoners and the removal of mandatory headscarves for women.
Five years for alleged pro-Israel propaganda activity, four years for insulting Islamic sanctities, two years for spreading lies online and an additional year for anti-regime propaganda.Despots and wanna-be despots everywhere hate being mocked, don’t they?
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Reminds me of the 1969 Costa-Gavras movie Z.
I should see it — I never have, but I understand the point. I’ve read that the semicolon has also become a gesture of protest in Iran.
Source: https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/1799484661585904036
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