- Title: IRAN: Iranians react to execution of Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein
- Date: 1st January 2007
- Summary: (BN07) TEHRAN, IRAN (DECEMBER, 30, 2006) (REUTERS) PEOPLE READING NEWSPAPERS CLOSE OF TWO MEN READING NEWSPAPER WIDE OF IRANIAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MOHAMAD MOUSAVI SAYING: "I am very happy, but I expected that after all of the crimes that Saddam committed against the people of Iran, a representative from Iran could attend Saddam's court and Iran's right, which were lost in the eight year war, were restored. One execution was not enough for Saddam." PEOPLE BUYING NEWSPAPERS (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) AKRAM MOHAJERYAS SAYING: "I am a member of the martyr's family. My husbands has been martyred in the west of Iran by the hands of Saddam's murderer forces 25 years ago. I think Saddam's execution is a just small revenge for the crimes that he has committed. Saddam's execution should teach other criminals in the world a lesson and we are very happy because of the sentence that was issued for Saddam and his being executed." PEOPLE IN THE STREET
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- Topics: Domestic Politics
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- Story Text: Iran hailed the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as "enforcer of the most horrendous crimes against humanity", but many Iranians said Saddam should have stood trial for invading Iran and Kuwait before being hanged.
"I am very happy, but I expected that after all of the crimes that Saddam committed against the people of Iran, a representative from Iran could attend Saddam's court and Iran's right, which were lost in the eight year war, were restored. One execution was not enough for Saddam," said Mohamad Mousavi.
Saddam was considered Iran's biggest enemy for invading Iran in 1980, a bloody war that lasted eight years and took the lives of more than one million people and left the economic infrastructure in Iraq and Iran almost in ruins.
Iran had asked the court trying Saddam to charge the former leader with crimes from the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, such as his use of chemical weapons against Iranian troops.
"I am a member of the martyr's family. My husbands has been martyred in the west of Iran by the hands of Saddam's murderer forces 25 years ago. I think Saddam's execution is a just small revenge for the crimes that he has committed. Saddam's execution should teach other criminals in the world a lesson and we are very happy because of the sentence that was issued for Saddam and his being executed," said Akram Mohajeryas. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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