Since the Islamic Revolution 1979.
But somehow on the fringes of the Left and the Right, it's just fine to allow Iran, this country, this renegade, this thuggish dictatorship, this millenarian Islamic theocracy, this regime that believes in worldwide Islamic revolution to overthrow the west, that says it will use the nuclear bombs it's developing to hit Israel, and then to hit Europe, for it aims -- and says explicitly -- that it must occupy Rome, the representative of hated Christianity in Europe, also with a nuclear bomb, all this, this is the regime that these crazies think is just fine to be left to develop the bomb.
Just leave them alone why doncha, to develop in "peace". Let's all live in peace, these fine thinkers tell us, the likes, on the Right, of the kooky Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Candace Owens, Dave Smith, and on the Left, Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, AOC, and a gaggle of others.
They are all pacifists, don't you know. Which makes them virtuous, don't you know. Which makes those of us wanting to stop the murderous regime, makes us the crazies. Don't you know.
This below is just a summary of the horrors of what the Ayatollahs have done to the country and the world since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Domestic
- Mass executions of political opponents
- Execution of homosexuals
- Oppression of women (mandatory hijab, restricted rights)
- Suppression of free speech and press
- Imprisonment and torture of dissidents
- Censorship of media and internet
- Persecution of religious minorities (Baha’is, Sunnis, Christians)
- Forced confessions and show trials
- Violent crackdowns on protests (e.g., 2009, 2019, 2022)
- Child executions (975 executions in 2024)
- Public floggings and amputations
- Restrictions on academic freedom
- Discrimination against ethnic minorities (Kurds, Baluchis, Arabs)
International
- Support for terrorist proxies (Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis)
- Assassinations of dissidents abroad
- Bombings of Jewish and Israeli targets (e.g., 1992 Israeli Embassy, 1994 AMIA)
- Attacks on U.S. military personnel (e.g., 1983 Beirut barracks bombing)
- Support for Syrian regime’s war crimes
- Development of nuclear weapons program
- Cyberattacks on U.S. and Western targets
- Hostage-taking of U.S. citizens
- Attacks on Saudi oil facilities (e.g., 2019 Abqaiq)
- Maritime attacks on international shipping
- Funding and arming militias in Iraq against U.S. forces
- Plotting attacks on foreign soil (e.g., 2011 plot to kill Saudi ambassador in U.S.)
- Support for Taliban in Afghanistan
