Comment by breppp
7 hours ago
Not going to defend the islamic republic with its massacres, but if there is no racial element there is no apartheid, no need to overload a precise term.
This is simply turning down methods of communications to reduce protestors ability to coordinate and enable mass killings
Apartheid isn't only about race. It can be about genre. It obviously exists in Iran. There's also a long history of Persians vs Arabs, an weaponised islam.
I understand what you are saying and I was thinking about it when I wrote my comment.
I still stand by the term. Apartheid literally means "apartness". Even though the segregation in this case is not on a racial basis they still classify their population into two major blocks. Some have full rights, others have none.
Iran treats Jews as second class citizens and prevents them from all leaving.
Couldn't they just not kill people in mass?
For some reason this is never seen as a viable solution
Hopefully this is something we can agree upon