iran may come off as relatively humane when compared to the saudis, but that shouldn't be used to erase or whitewash the iranian government's crimes against it's own people. iran remains a despotic state with a set of brutal, medieval laws that have created a horrendous humanitarian catastrophe, and any free thinking person should be supporting the overthrow of the iranian state by any means possible. this is a government that cannot be left in place, in the long run.

it's easy to pick sides when presented with a conflict of this nature, but this is a situation where nobody should be doing that.

a pox on both their houses.