Iranian Opponent of Islamic Regime Raped
By Regime’s Supporters In Germany
In an abandoned brewery building in Iserlohn, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, a gang of four, or possibly as many as six, Iranians — apparently some of them had acquired Danish and the others Dutch citizenship – decided to teach another Iranian a lesson. For that Iranian, who had fled from Iran to Germany, where he had been properly admitted as an “asylum seeker,” was an opponent of the regime in Tehran, whereas his four (or six) tormenters were its fanatical supporters. Of course, in applying for admission — some to Denmark and the rest to the Netherlands — all of the Iranians in the group had falsely described themselves as “asylum seekers” who were fleeing persecution, and possibly worse, in Iran. In fact, they were simply economic migrants, seeking to take advantage of all the welfare benefits — free or subsidized housing, free medical care, free education, unemployment payments (even without a work history), family allowances, and more — that Denmark and the Netherlands, like all the countries of Western Europe, so generously provide.
The Iranian who was subject to the torture and anal rape had no doubt assumed that since the others had, like him, left Iran, they, too, must be disaffected with the regime, and he made the mistake of letting his guard down and making his political beliefs known to them. At which point, a purely verbal political dispute turned into something much more physical and dangerous. More on this horrific tale can be found here:
In Iserlohn (NRW) Iranian raped by group: Investigators are looking for a motive – but have a video of the crime
translated from “In Iserlohn (NRW) Iraner von Gruppe vergewaltigt: Ermittler suchen nach Motiv – haben aber Tat-Video,” Focus Online, September 12, 2024 (thanks to Medforth):
Men with roots in Iran are said to have sexually abused and humiliated a refugee from their own country. The motive is still unclear. But there is a video of the crime.
Perhaps there is no more motive than that they are gay and rapists?
Several men are said to have sexually abused and humiliated a refugee from Iran. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the exact identities of the suspects have not yet been fully clarified on Thursday, as FOCUS Online learned upon request.
The perpetrators are said to be men of Iranian origin with Danish and Dutch citizenship, reports the “Rheinische Post.” “As of today, two of the four suspects’ identities have been established with certainty,” said Michael Burggraf, spokesman for the Hagen public prosecutor’s office, to FOCUS online. The “Rheinische Post” had reported that the suspected perpetrators had no passports with them when they were arrested.
Two men are still being sought. For tactical reasons, no information on the status of the search could be provided, said Burggraf.
What happened?The six men are said to have attacked, tied up and gang-raped a 30-year-old refugee in an empty brewery building in Iserlohn on the night of Monday.After walkers near the brewery heard cries for help, they called the police. The search with the help of a police helicopter quickly proved successful. Four men aged 24, 34, 42 and 46 were arrested in a nearby forest shortly after the crime and have been in custody since Monday.
Suspects film abuseThe investigators are said to have a cell phone video of the crime. It was found on one of the suspect’s confiscated cell phones and shows the course of events as the victim described it, said the spokesman for the Hagen public prosecutor’s office after the crime.The “Bild” newspaper had previously reported that the suspects had filmed the rape with their cell phones.
Possible motive still unclearThe investigators explained that the crime was apparently aimed at the sexual humiliation of the victim. The public prosecutor’s office did not want to comment on a possible motive, in particular a political motivation.
There was certainly a “political motivation” to this attack. But it was not the usual attack by Muslims on non-Muslims in Europe. Both the four (and possibly as many as six) perpetrators and the victim were Muslim Iranians. It was an attack, rather, by supporters of the Iranian regime on one of its opponents.
According to Burggraf, the suspects in custody have not yet made any statements.
Political motive not ruled outAs FOCUS online learned, the suspected perpetrators are Iranians loyal to the regime who had gotten into a political dispute with the victim before the crime. “Spiegel” was the first to report this. The rape victim was an opponent of the Mullah regime, and “according to current knowledge, the victim was primarily meant to be humiliated,” the public prosecutor’s office told the paper.
They had previously been arguing; there had been a “political dispute with the victim before the crime.” Finally, tired of arguing, the four stout defenders of the Iranian theocracy, no longer interested in trying to change their interlocutor’s mind, decided to end the dispute by dragging him to an abandoned building and torturing him, in precisely the ways — such as anal rape — that any self-respecting Iranian male would find most humiliating. As for the other forms of torture inflicted in the same horrific session, the report in Der Spiegel does not describe them.
Muslims have brought their quarrels to Europe. Kurds fight Turks on the streets of Berlin. Algerians fight Moroccans in Marseille. Muslims on both sides of the civil wars in Syria and Libya duke it out in Italian coastal cities. But nothing has so far risen to the highest level of violence as this torture and rape of one Iranian opponent of the regime by four of its supporters. Which brings us to the obvious question: these four Iranians were never true “asylum seekers.” They were not persecuted in Iran; they supported the regime. After they serve their sentences for this crime in Germany, they must not be allowed to renew their prewar lives in Germany, but should immediately be returned to Denmark and Netherlands, the two countries where they are now citizens. Both countries should open investigations into the Iranians’ original claims of being “asylum seekers” fleeing political persecution in Iran. Let the immigration judges in both countries reverse the previous, mistaken determination that these Iranians were true “asylum seekers,” strip them of their citizenship, and send them packing back to Iran.
Afghan athlete under French police protection slams
gender apartheid as 'crime against humanity'
FRANCE 24 spoke to Marzieh Hamidi, a former taekwondo champion for Afghanistan who has been a refugee in France since 2021, when the Taliban returned to power. In late August of this year, she posted a video on social media denouncing "gender apartheid" in her home country. Since early September, when she began receiving death threats, she has been under police protection.
"When I saw that the Taliban announced that women are not allowed to even speak in public, I thought: it's time to invite everyone around the world to stand with Afghan women and also to fight against gender apartheid. So I launched #LetUsExist, because now in Afghanistan women do not exist," Hamidi explained, referring to a video she posted on social media in late August. "We want the world to recognise gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and against women in Afghanistan."
The former taekwondo champion went on to explain that her police protection began after a subsequent interview, during which she criticised Afghanistan's national cricket team for "normalising [the] Taliban". She recalled that afterwards, fans from the team "started attacking me on social media first by writing bad comments". She later received a call from a person "shouting on me and telling me: 'I have your address in Paris'".
Hamidi said she went on to receive calls from "Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, France, European countries and America", along with many explicit threats on her life sent to her on Instagram, which led her to turn to the French police for protection.
Asked about August 15, 2021, the day the Taliban returned to power in the wake of the chaotic US exit from Afghanistan, Hamidi called it "a sad day for all of us".
In my humble opinion, American war industry oligarchs weren't making enough money to warrant the continuation of the American presence in Afghanistan and decided to move their products to Ukraine.
"When I saw the Taliban in the streets, I said: 'How is this possible?' It felt like a scary movie," she recalled. "Still now, I cannot accept what happened."
The Afghan exile noted that she has "received many messages [of support] from French people: president of the Senate, mayor of Paris, minister of the interior and also minister of sport".
But as regards Afghanistan and the situation of Afghan women, she regretted that "people are silent, especially women in the West". Which is exactly how the Taliban likes it - women being invisible and silent.
Hamidi insisted that as human beings, it is "our duty to speak out for Afghan women and to be their voice because they are voiceless and in the prison of the Taliban".
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