The leader of the Islamic party of Iran, Khomeini, considered the views of any minority groups to be not in line with his own, to be antagonistic and to be inspired by feudalism. Anyone with these views were considered the enemy, as spies within the educated and workers, and in this way, he would suppress in the deadliest manner any freedom-seeking movements. While he was alive, Khomeini never gave his approval to any leadership or group. Not only did he apply force against his opponents but also against any phenomena that did not correspond with his ill thoughts. Khomeini did not operate with patience and reasoning but instead imposed his views on others and expected obedience from the rest. Whoever thought to question Khomeini was dealt with through immediate removal from the circle of leadership and was left in physical and mental isolation. This type of situation arose particularly when Khomeini’s dictatorial rule swept away many of the true leaders of the movement after the Islamic party had taken power. Khomeini was the first Islamic leader who invented the term “the people’s enemy.” Under the pretext of this terminology, the most barbaric treatments were applied to eliminate anything that was deemed in the slightest way to be opposition. Even those scientific activities that did not correspond to Khomeini’s taste were subjected to such phraseology and could not find a safe haven from this fanatical approach. By means of physical torture, confessions were extracted from the accused, which was the only means of gathering evidence, and then used against the individuals. Regular round-ups of groups in their thousands occurred, and summary executions were the order of the day, which generated an ever-increasing state of insecurity, fear and hopelessness in Iran. We ask: Are conditions within Islamic states different now to what they were before? Or have the current elite leadership put aside these sorts of policies?
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:57:30 +0000
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