Iranian regime muzzles media with grim death penalty warning

USA has the Espionage Act. A violation of this law can be punishable by death, and whistleblowers and journalists have been targeted under this law in the past.

Roy Cohn, the guy who mentored Trump and was McCarthy's second AND had his own Lavender Scare (while he himself was gay) got his claim to fame when he sent a Jewish couple to death over this exact thing

Does anyone else see a suspicious disconnect here? The actual legislation cited is a prohibition about "any intelligence cooperation with the Mossad". And what's more, this complaint is coming from Euronews, a news agency which is likely hostile to the regime. Whatever you think about the regime, I am pretty sure that cooperation with the enemy in wartime is maximally punishable in any country.

So my takeaway when I read this piece was that it sounded like a fox complaining that teeth and claws are forbidden in the chicken coop.

You're halfway there. Now ask yourself why a civilian has a distinction in their language when they're describing world leaders? Why is Iran ruled by a "regime" and any is Israel seeking "regime" change? Why are Western countries not ruled by "regimes"?
Funny how you equate the Iranian regime with chickens. You know, yhay same regime that murders people slowly by slowly Hanging them from a crane, just and only just because they loved the wrong person. I believe the handmaid's tale has a good example scene of this.
Yes, Israel is committing a genocide, USA is evil, but do you really want to apologize for yet another evil, then?
- Funny how the west is friends with saudis which is an as bloody regime
- I believe the handmaid’s tale
  No, that's a work of fiction

Yeah let's not forget who they are, the people in power in Iran. Worst scum on earth.

it's a shame that when scum fights scum there are so many innocent civilians who will suffer. there are no good guys in this. A little bully with rich parents picked a fight with a big bully and everything that can come out of this will suck.
- Agreed.
  I give preference to Iranian civilians because it's a lot harder for them to relocate than it is for Israelis.
- there are no good guys in this.
  There were no "good guys" in World War 2 either, and yet you don't see people going around squealing "both sides were scum!" At anyone who supported the allied
- A fair assessment IMO.
Is it normal to allow people to send military information to your enemy?
I'm not a huge fan of either of the two belligerent, but this is not exactly an unreasonable position to take. And they are at least putting reporters on notice.
- I mean if they really just wanted to make sure military information doesn't reach Israel they wouldn't impose the death penalty; the excessive punishment makes it clear this is going to be used to suppress unrelated dissent.
- "hey, so if we think you published classified info, you're gonna get killed. Is that okay with you guys? Thanks for being so understanding."
- If it's a dictatorship I'd say yes because they are (also) the enemy.
  I'm also against the death penalty in general, but especially for scaring your own citizens into obedience.
As bad as israeli and united snake leaders
- Whataboutism is for blaming USA when the Russians have done something bad, not the iranians or Israelis 🤷🏼‍♀️.
Not the worst scum, that honour goes to the leadership of Israel and the Western leaders supporting their genocide.
And if you think Iran is the only country that executes people who send information to the enemy, you need to crack a history book

Israel attacks Iran. Iran which was tolerable to media a few months ago is now the root of all evil.

Talk of manufacturing consent in an unprovoked attack on another country. The scrambling to justify these attacks on Iran is real interesting.

See you tomorrow and the next day for an Iran did this bad thing story. Keep drip feeding that narrative.

When was Iran tolerable? They're still as much of a fucked up theocracy with a terrible record on human rights as they've been since the revolution.
- I recall seeing a lot of posts on here praising the leadership whenever they said anything negative about Trump
  But that's about the only stuff positive about Iran I've seen on here.
- I said tolerable to the media. Been barely discussed in UK media until Israel attacked them, now they're scrambling to justify it based on how bad Iran is...
- And they're less terrible than any country that is supporting Israel's Holocaust in Gaza.
- Welp, you convinced me, I now support killing as many Iranians, men women and children, as it takes to save Iranians from the yoke of the Islamic Republic. /s
  Waging war on Iran will not improve the situation of any Iranian, even the worst off. Do not use the name of the people who will be slaughtered by the millions for your warmongering propaganda.
- In the UK they were not a problem. Not even discussed until Israel attacked and now they're scrambling to paint them as the biggest evil to retroactively justify the attacks.
  Media freedom is rubbish in Iran. They're not good guys. However, media is silent on the number of journalists Israel has killed recently, and no, they're not allowed in Gaza, so the threat of death and lack of freedom seems to apply to the aggressors also.
  In reality, they should be clearly communicating this is 2 bad guys fighting this out. It's obvious who the aggressor is who kicked off another front though.
- Lmao imagine thinking that Iran under the regime of the mullahs has ever had any sort of media freedom
Iran which was tolerable to media a few months ago
In what parallel reality do you live in ? It has been classified as one of the worse country for press freedom since years by RSF, they shutdown internet when things get out of hand and banned a lot of social medias.
- If you read your sources, you'll realise Palestine is the worst. "Palestine has become the world’s most dangerous state for journalists, as almost 200 reporters were killed in Gaza by the Israeli army over the first 18 months of war, at least 42 of whom were likely killed due to their work. In the West Bank, where journalists were already the victims of abuses by both the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli occupying forces, Israeli pressure has intensified since 7 October 2023, with an increase in arrests of reporters and obstructions to their work."
  2 bad guys are fighting it out here. One was an aggressor who started this conflict...
Iran which was tolerable to media a few months ago
Why are people upvoting you when you're wrong?
- People on this site are seriously out of touch
This is textbook manufacturing consent. Maybe these people could benefit from a little history on how these people got into power, and what helps keep them in power. Big surprise, the same people that loves to bring up how terrible they are as they attack them.
I don't want to be mean but did you live under a rock in 2022-2023?
- I said a few months ago. I'm pretty sure 24+ months doesn't fall under the categorisation of "a few". Iran has been barely touched upon for years, and now the headlines are rolling about how horrible they are now there is a war to justify.

I was going to say this is manufacturing consent, but given this is recent news I guess I can't complain.

Yeah, this is why I'm not on Iran's side.

I still want them to hurt Israel as much as possible. My heart goes out to the innocent people of Iran.

What about iranians who don't want to get murdered by israel
- My heart goes out to the innocent people of Iran.
Ukraine also does this, by the way, are you going to assert that you're not on Ukraine's side?