The Islamic regime occupying Iran has once again done what it does best: codify brutality and call it law.

Under a newly passed measure, the regime now openly imposes the death penalty—paired with full asset seizure—against those it accuses of “collaboration” or “espionage.” No safeguards. No mercy. No pretense of justice. Just the machinery of fear, formalized on paper.

But let us not pretend this is about spies in any real sense. The regime’s definition is deliberately warped, stretched wide enough to suffocate an entire nation.

 “Espionage” now includes what any free people would recognize as the most basic human act: speaking. Posting criticism online. Sharing images. Documenting reality. Telling the truth.

A photo can now be a crime. A sentence can now be a death warrant.

This is not law enforcement. This is terror, systematized.

For decades, this regime has ruled through intimidation, arbitrary arrests, forced confessions, and public executions disguised as justice. What is new is not the cruelty—but the audacity. The mask has slipped. What once operated behind closed doors is now declared openly: dissent is treason, truth is betrayal, and visibility is........

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