The release of the arrested Iranian protesters is the main demand of the Iranian people
On Wednesday, Jan 29, several families and relatives of November protests’ detainees gathered and held a sit-in in front of notorious Evin prison in Tehran. They demanded authorities to free their loved ones immediately.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) previously announced that the Iranian regime has arrested more than 12,000 protesters during recent nationwide protests in more than 190 cities and towns across the country. The NCRI also stated the regime’s security forces murdered more than a thousand innocent people and injured about 7,000 others. Remarkably, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), as the backbone of the NCRI, played an essential role in exposing the regime’s fatal crackdown. Reliable details and footages provided by the MEK enabled the international community to discover the scope of violence against the outraged people.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 752 on Tuesday, entitled, “Supporting the rights of the people of Iran to free expression, condemning the Iranian regime for its crackdown on legitimate protests, and for other purposes.”
This resolution, sponsored by Congressman Ted Deutch (D- Florida), was introduced soon after the nationwide Iran protests in November and enjoyed bipartisan support.
House Passes a Resolution in Support of Iranian People’s Nationwide Uprising for a Free Iran and Condemns the Oppressive, Corrupt Regime; NCRI-US Welcomes the Unanimous Decision #FreeIran2020 #Iranprotests https://t.co/rgbCneo0Ve
— EIN News (@EIN_News) January 28, 2020
The House Resolution highlights that "Iranian security forces have used lethal force in arresting more than 7,000 people and killed at least 208 in connection with the protests."
Condemning the regime's deadly crackdown on protesters, the Resolution also referred to the massacre in the southern city of Mahshahr on November 18, 2019, and wrote: "Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deployed to the city of Mahshahr and engaged in mass repression, reportedly killing as many as 100 people."
"Today, the regime is conducting another mass slaughter of innocents to prevent its inevitable collapse. The world must not let the regime get away with murder again."#Iran#HumanRightshttps://t.co/5tLyMxjStj
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) December 10, 2019
The news says that arrested students are under torture and in some cases, they have been forced to make false confessions. It is worth reminding that the Iranian regime has a long background in forcing prisoners and captives to confess against themselves. The worrying issue is that in earlier years the regime’s judiciary system sentenced detainees in accordance with these “admissions,” which led to the death penalty in some cases. On December 4, the Iranian regime’s President Hassan Rouhani vowed that the state-run TVs will air the confessions of protest leaders soon.
The real scale of crimes committed by Iranian authorities still remains unknown. One of the protesters in Khorramabad city, central Iran, described the incidents in this city as such: “More than 100 people who had been targeted by the security forces were hospitalized in the Taemin-e Ejtemaee hospital at Goldasht district. God only knows how many of them died… My friend told me he saw the detained girls and boys who were taken by security forces to unjust court. Their clothes were totally torn and bloody. They were beaten hard.”
The Iranian Resistance calls for the end of the death penalty in Iran, even making it one of their key pledges in their 10-point plan for a Free Iran, espoused by president Maryam Rajavi.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) previously announced that the Iranian regime has arrested more than 12,000 protesters during recent nationwide protests in more than 190 cities and towns across the country. The NCRI also stated the regime’s security forces murdered more than a thousand innocent people and injured about 7,000 others. Remarkably, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), as the backbone of the NCRI, played an essential role in exposing the regime’s fatal crackdown. Reliable details and footages provided by the MEK enabled the international community to discover the scope of violence against the outraged people.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 752 on Tuesday, entitled, “Supporting the rights of the people of Iran to free expression, condemning the Iranian regime for its crackdown on legitimate protests, and for other purposes.”
This resolution, sponsored by Congressman Ted Deutch (D- Florida), was introduced soon after the nationwide Iran protests in November and enjoyed bipartisan support.
House Passes a Resolution in Support of Iranian People’s Nationwide Uprising for a Free Iran and Condemns the Oppressive, Corrupt Regime; NCRI-US Welcomes the Unanimous Decision #FreeIran2020 #Iranprotests https://t.co/rgbCneo0Ve
— EIN News (@EIN_News) January 28, 2020
The House Resolution highlights that "Iranian security forces have used lethal force in arresting more than 7,000 people and killed at least 208 in connection with the protests."
Condemning the regime's deadly crackdown on protesters, the Resolution also referred to the massacre in the southern city of Mahshahr on November 18, 2019, and wrote: "Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deployed to the city of Mahshahr and engaged in mass repression, reportedly killing as many as 100 people."
"Today, the regime is conducting another mass slaughter of innocents to prevent its inevitable collapse. The world must not let the regime get away with murder again."#Iran#HumanRightshttps://t.co/5tLyMxjStj
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) December 10, 2019
The news says that arrested students are under torture and in some cases, they have been forced to make false confessions. It is worth reminding that the Iranian regime has a long background in forcing prisoners and captives to confess against themselves. The worrying issue is that in earlier years the regime’s judiciary system sentenced detainees in accordance with these “admissions,” which led to the death penalty in some cases. On December 4, the Iranian regime’s President Hassan Rouhani vowed that the state-run TVs will air the confessions of protest leaders soon.
The real scale of crimes committed by Iranian authorities still remains unknown. One of the protesters in Khorramabad city, central Iran, described the incidents in this city as such: “More than 100 people who had been targeted by the security forces were hospitalized in the Taemin-e Ejtemaee hospital at Goldasht district. God only knows how many of them died… My friend told me he saw the detained girls and boys who were taken by security forces to unjust court. Their clothes were totally torn and bloody. They were beaten hard.”
The Iranian Resistance calls for the end of the death penalty in Iran, even making it one of their key pledges in their 10-point plan for a Free Iran, espoused by president Maryam Rajavi.
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