The following is an article by renowned British columnist Christopher Booker published in The Daily Telegraph on Saturday, August 22nd:
Under the supposed moderates, the regime has launched what Amnesty recently called ’a staggering execution spree’
'Suddenly last week, all over the BBC, we had Iran, the explanation being that it has been allowed to send a reporter into the country, a young Lebanese woman, Kim Ghattas, for the first time since there were mass-demonstrations against the regime in 2009,'Mr. Booker wrote.
“The all-too familiar line we got was that Iran’s [President] since 2013, Hassan Rouhani , is a ’moderate’, fighting to ’reform’ his country against the ’reactionaries’ surrounding its Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei. Rouhani’s only wish is to spread “peace and security” across the Middle East. Naturally Ms Ghattas did not press too far the large question marks over the recent much-vaunted ’nuclear deal’ with the West, by which Iran got what it wanted: a promise of the lifting of the sanctions that have been crippling its economy in return for very dubious concessions over its continued nuclear programme, riddled with holes.”
'Wholly off the agenda, of course, was any mention of the fact that, since the arrival of the ’moderate’ Rouhani, the regime has launched what Amnesty recently called ’a staggering execution spree’, hanging and shooting some 2,000 victims, more than at any time in 25 years, giving it the highest per capita execution rate in the world (not to mention chopping the hands and feet off scores more inmates of some of the world’s most inhuman prisons).'
'The BBC never seems to learn that totalitarian regimes only allow its reporters into their countries on condition that they mislead their audience with exactly the false picture their propaganda purposes require,' Mr. Booker added.
'Suddenly last week, all over the BBC, we had Iran, the explanation being that it has been allowed to send a reporter into the country, a young Lebanese woman, Kim Ghattas, for the first time since there were mass-demonstrations against the regime in 2009,'Mr. Booker wrote.
“The all-too familiar line we got was that Iran’s [President] since 2013, Hassan Rouhani , is a ’moderate’, fighting to ’reform’ his country against the ’reactionaries’ surrounding its Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei. Rouhani’s only wish is to spread “peace and security” across the Middle East. Naturally Ms Ghattas did not press too far the large question marks over the recent much-vaunted ’nuclear deal’ with the West, by which Iran got what it wanted: a promise of the lifting of the sanctions that have been crippling its economy in return for very dubious concessions over its continued nuclear programme, riddled with holes.”
'Wholly off the agenda, of course, was any mention of the fact that, since the arrival of the ’moderate’ Rouhani, the regime has launched what Amnesty recently called ’a staggering execution spree’, hanging and shooting some 2,000 victims, more than at any time in 25 years, giving it the highest per capita execution rate in the world (not to mention chopping the hands and feet off scores more inmates of some of the world’s most inhuman prisons).'
'The BBC never seems to learn that totalitarian regimes only allow its reporters into their countries on condition that they mislead their audience with exactly the false picture their propaganda purposes require,' Mr. Booker added.
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