Mark Collins – Saudis and Iranians Executing A-Plenty

Lovely regimes, what? Off with their heads or hang ’em high:

1) The Kingdom:

Saudi Arabia executions reach record high as beheadings set to double this year
Exclusive: British Government urged to do more to put pressure on its Gulf allies to halt the bloodshed

Earlier:

Those Jolly Jihadi Saudis, Part 2

2) The Islamic Republic–a tweet:

Executions in #Iran at 25 year high under Rouhani government. pic.twitter.com/C8vqTArFm8

— Frances Townsend (@FranTownsend) April 3, 2016

Hanging ’em high:

Iran executes hundreds in brutal crane hangings at mega-prison outside Tehran

Now here’s Canada’s foreign minister on our relations with the Saudis and the Iranians. Sweet, eh?

Mark Collins, a prolific Ottawa blogger, is a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute; he tweets @Mark3Ds

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