They jailed the plea and demanded an insult. That is the regime. Stop flattering it.
Iran jails psychologist over Trump plea as regime demands he make Americans 'look stupid': family
Tehran gave a psychologist seven months for asking Trump to stand with protesters, then tried to film him insulting Americans.
Summary
- Fox reports Iranian psychologist Seyed Ahmad Seyedabdollahi was sentenced to seven months in prison after posting a video asking President Trump to support Iranian protesters.
- Relatives say authorities also tried to pressure him into recording a video insulting Trump and making Americans 'look stupid.'
- The case is a regime habit: punish the plea, then script the recantation for export.
- A man who asked for speed because 'many things are useless to people who are dead' got a cell instead of an answer from his own government.
Commentary
A counselor who films a plea in a quiet room is not a general. He is a civilian with a cracked voice. Seven months is the regime's reply. The demanded insult is the rest of the product: make the American look small so the jailer looks large.
That is the gap. Protesters get a camera and a risk. The IRGC gets a script. Anyone still selling 'engagement' as kindness should explain the forced video first.
Ask every official who wanted another listening tour: if a psychologist goes to jail for asking Trump to hurry, whose feelings are we still managing?
Comments
I have seen forced statements. They are the opposite of a negotiation.
Speech that asks a foreign president for help is not a crime in a serious country. In Iran it is a docket.
Allies should name the prisoner when they name the talks. Otherwise the talks are costume.
Forced recantation videos are propaganda product. Do not air them as 'both sides.'
He asked for speed because the dead cannot use promises. That line should end the seminar.
A psychologist in a cell is not a hard-liner. He is a warning about who still runs Tehran.
Pressure the jailers. Do not reward the script. Trump's name in that video is the point.
Fox printed seven months and the demanded insult. Keep both sentences together.
Name him. Tighten isolation. Treat forced videos as proof, not content.