The Joys of Evil Governments

History is full of evil governments. I don't understand the mindset of individuals who "join up" in these evil enterprises.

Here is an Associated Press report from Iran showing yet another example of an evil government:

Iran whistleblower died from drug-laced salad

By LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writer – Wed Dec 2, 5:06 pm ET

CAIRO – A 26-year-old doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a delivery salad laced with an overdose of blood pressure medication, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew.

Investigators are still trying to determine whether his death last month was a suicide or murder, Tehran's public prosecutor Abbas Dowlatabadi said, according to the state news agency IRNA.

The revelations of torture against prisoners in Iran's postelection turmoil angered even government supporters and deeply embarrassed the country's clerical leadership and security forces.

Much of the abuse took place at Kahrizak, a prison on Tehran's outskirts where hundreds of opposition protesters were taken. Several there died, and the facility became so notorious that Iran's supreme leader was forced to close it down.

Ramin Pourandarjani, a doctor at Kahrizak, later testified to a parliamentary committee and reportedly told them that a young protester he treated died from severe torture. He said he was also forced by security officials to list the cause of death as meningitis, according to opposition Web sites.

Pourandarjani died on Nov. 10 in mysterious circumstances, with authorities initially saying he was in a car accident, had a heart attack or committed suicide.

Forensic tests showed that the doctor died of "poisoning by drugs" that matched doses of propranolol found in a salad that was delivered to him, Dowlatabadi said Tuesday. "A large number of these pills must be used for a person to pass away from them," he said.

Propranolol is used to treat high blood pressure, rapid heart rate and tremors, and can be lethal in high doses.

There are more details. Go read the whole article.

I grieve for Iran. They just had a stolen election. The tyrannical faction that stole the election is just so evil. It is hard to conceive.

Life is short. I don't understand why people are so cruel, so greedy, so willing to steamroll others for their own profit/enjoyment/advancement. What really bothers me is to know how much waste there is around me. If only people were constructure within a generation we could build an amazingly rich world in which everyone had wealth beyond his wildest imagination. But the sad fact is that would not be enough. Evil people would want to hoard it all and deny it to others. They would want this so badly that they would be willing to destroy it all so that others couldn't enjoy it. This is just so sad. But that is the crazy world I live in. Incredible.

Here is the sad story of a Iranian/Canadian, Zahra Kazemi, who was killed in 2003 by this evil regime.

I worked with some Iranians. None of them would talk much about the regime. I suspect they feared that if they said something, word would reach back to Iran as has happened this this guy.