Bad model.

Iran is carrying out executions of those who were at forefront of recent widespread protests in the country. When the Shah of Iran was removed in the result of the bloodless Islamic Revolution led by Khumani in 1979, euphoria was in the air around the world specialty among Shia population.

As majorly of despotic rulers in Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia and Iraq etc, ruled their people like subjects with an Iron hand. The moderates pinned high hopes on Iranian clerics to make Iran a moderate Islamic country and a role model for the rest of the Muslim world. A role model who has space for freedom of speech, assembly, and the right to peaceful protest. However, Iranian rulers allowed female education and employment with some conditions of the veil and separate space. With these steps wider world in general and moderate voices, in particular, harbored optimistic hopes of more relaxation. However, with the passage of time crackdown on peaceful protesters and dissenters killed all these hopes. The most horrific and inhuman act of...

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