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The regime in Tehran is preparing to execute a woman for taking part in the recent antigovernment protests. That fact alone should strip away every illusion, every excuse and every dishonest slogan used to sanitize the Iranian regime. A government that answers protests with execution is not misunderstood, it is brutal. It is not complicated, it is cruel. And it is not acting out of strength, it is acting out of fear.
Bita Hemmati is not facing death because the regime believes in justice. She is facing death because the regime fears the truth. It fears women who refuse to bow. It fears young people who refuse to live on their knees. It fears a nation that has seen through the lies and no longer confuses intimidation with legitimacy.
For decades, Iran’s rulers have relied on arrests, torture, sham trials and executions to silence dissent. This is not a temporary excess — it is the system itself. Repression is not a side effect of the regime, it is its language, its instinct and its method of survival. Every few years, the world reacts with shock. Protests erupt, young people are arrested and families search for missing sons and daughters. Prisoners are forced into confessions, followed by death sentences handed down in the name of God by men who have turned faith into a tool of power.
