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Iranian Martyr: Will U.S. Stand Up After Mahsa Amini Killing, or Repeat Neda Soltan Response?

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4.9720 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, dies in police custody three days after her arrest on a hijab infraction. Once again the streets erupt in protest, according to The New York Times, because Iranians have nothing left to lose. It's not just that "morality police" have killed another young woman, but that she was arrested in the first place. Will the U.S. and her allies respond forcefully this time, or (once again) mumble admonitions as when Neda Soltan was slaughtered on camera in 2009? Scott Ott, Stephen Green and Bill Whittle create five new episodes of Right Angle weekly, with funding from our Members. When you join, you unlock access to backstage content, and to thousands of like-minded Americans on the Member-written blog, forums and comments. Tap the big green button at https://BillWhittle.com to join. If you appreciated this episode and want to show it, tap the big blue button at https://BillWhittle.com to make a one-time or recurring donation with PayPal or credit card. Explore the Right Angle archive: https://billwhittle.com/category/shows/ra/

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0:00.0

We are the remaining superpower in the world, and we didn't get there by being a bully.

0:06.2

We got there through moral clarity.

0:11.4

Masa Amini is dead, apparently at the hands of the fashion police.

0:16.8

I'm Scott Ott with Bill Whittle and Stephen Green.

0:18.9

This episode of Right Angles brought to you by the members at Bill Whittle.com and gentlemen,

0:23.5

that's not a joke.

0:25.7

There are police officers in Iran whose job it is to make sure that women are complying with the strict regime of how they may dress.

0:36.6

And you can get busted not just for wearing, not wearing your headscarf, because most

0:42.2

women would wear their headscarf, but maybe having a little curl of hair peeking out from

0:47.3

your headscarf or not wearing it quite right.

0:50.9

Back in earlier in September, Masa Aminii was taken into custody for re-education by these guardians of goodness.

1:00.8

And during the three days that she was with them, on September 16th, she died.

1:06.6

The streets have exploded with rage, but it's not just, according to reports coming out of Iran,

1:12.4

which are hard to get, by the way, because the Iranian government is able to shut down a lot of

1:16.0

the internet. It's not just that people are upset that she died, but that she was arrested.

1:23.4

Stephen Green, since 1979, and all three of us still remember that revolution, the government

1:30.5

of Iran has been in the hands of these restrictive people who take an interpretation of Islam

1:37.7

that is as strict as you can get it.

1:41.3

And the people have risen up on several occasions back in 2009, back in 2017.

1:47.8

If you go into the archive somewhere, we've had a show where we discussed the killing of Netta Sultan, who was shot dead in the streets.

1:55.1

And we watched the video of her bleeding out as her pleading eyes looked up at the camera.

2:00.4

The people came to the streets at that

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