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Jahangir Razmi: His photograph, Firing Squad in Iran, was taken on August 27, 1979 and published anonymously in the Iranian daily Ettela'at, the oldest still running newspaper in Iran. Days later, it appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers around the world. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–]nikiu1nedite.wordpress.com 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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That is a really powerful photo capturing the moment between life and death.

[–]IranRPCV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I have lived in Iran and have lost friends both pre and post revolution. As an American, I know that we are also killing people, including children, under the justification that we "make mistakes."

One of our mistakes cost the lives of 290 people including 66 children.

War is brutal no matter what side.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Incredibly powerful.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

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The Shah was really one brutal motherfucker.

[–]alllie[S] 9 points10 points * (0 children)

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Actually for once it wasn't him.

Shot on August 27th, 1979, it captures the shooting of Kurdish men by soldiers of the Iranian theocratic regime led by Ayatollah Khomeini, at the beginning of the Iranian Revolution that overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. http://obviousmag.org/en/archives/2007/10/photographs_that_shook_the_world_firing_squad_in_i.html