| | Iran has an extremely poor human rights record.<ref>[https://iranprimer.usip.org/index.php/blog/2018/oct/04/state-department-report-6-irans-human-rights-abuses State Department Report 6: Iran's Human Rights Abuses] | | Iran has an extremely poor human rights record.<ref>[https://iranprimer.usip.org/index.php/blog/2018/oct/04/state-department-report-6-irans-human-rights-abuses State Department Report 6: Iran's Human Rights Abuses] |
| − | The State Department, September 28, 2018</ref> Iranian brutality is infamous. A rare admission by Iranian authorities in Aug/2021 came about forcefully only due to hackers exposing images of brutal beating of political prisoners.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-prisons-head-apologises-after-leaked-pictures-show-abuse-2021-08-24/ Iran prisons head apologises after leaked pictures show abuse], ''Reuters'', Aug 24, 2021.</ref> However unlike the [[US]]-allied [[Gulf Cooperation Council]], Iran is a [[democracy]] with [[sufferage|universal sufferage]]. | + | The State Department, September 28, 2018</ref> Iranian brutality is infamous. A rare admission by Iranian authorities in Aug/2021 came about forcefully only due to hackers exposing images of brutal beating of political prisoners.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-prisons-head-apologises-after-leaked-pictures-show-abuse-2021-08-24/ Iran prisons head apologises after leaked pictures show abuse], ''Reuters'', Aug 24, 2021.</ref> However unlike the [[US]]-allied [[Gulf Cooperation Council]], Iran is a [[democracy]] with [[universal suffrage]]. |
| | The Islamic Republic is a real Apartheid religiously and ethnically.<ref>[https://iranhumanrights.org/2010/04/mehrangiz-kar-oped/ Iran's Apartheid – Keep Iran off the Human Rights Council], Apr 22, 2010.</ref><ref>E Karsh, [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/op-ed-contributors/the-middle-easts-real-apartheid The Middle East's real apartheid], ''JPost'', Mar 5, 2012.<br><i>Muslims historically viewed themselves as distinct from, and superior to, all others living under Muslim rule, known as "dhimmis"... | | The Islamic Republic is a real Apartheid religiously and ethnically.<ref>[https://iranhumanrights.org/2010/04/mehrangiz-kar-oped/ Iran's Apartheid – Keep Iran off the Human Rights Council], Apr 22, 2010.</ref><ref>E Karsh, [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/op-ed-contributors/the-middle-easts-real-apartheid The Middle East's real apartheid], ''JPost'', Mar 5, 2012.<br><i>Muslims historically viewed themselves as distinct from, and superior to, all others living under Muslim rule, known as "dhimmis"... |