Following the international campaign to stop the execution of Navid Afkari, a protester arrested in 2018, the Iranian regime relayed his extorted confessions again on Monday. Airing this kind of blatantly coercive self-accusation shows the mullahs’ intention to execute Navid, and at the same time, their daily human rights abuses.

Navid Afkari Sangari, 27, was a wrestling champion, who was arrested in 2018 along with his two brothers. After months of terrible torture and a televised confession, Navid was sentenced to two executions.

In a letter from prison, Navid wrote: “For about 50 days I had to endure the most horrendous physical and psychological torture. They beat me with sticks and batons, hitting my arms, legs, abdomen and back; they put a plastic bag on my head and tortured me until I was nearly suffocated with a breath of death; they also poured alcohol on my nose “.

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In recent days, there have been reported fires in no less than eight sites associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or its paramilitary militia, the Basij. The Iranian People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran, or the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI / MEK) attributed these events to young rebels and posted videos of some of the fires. The same activists also burned public banners celebrating the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruhollah Khomeini, and the current Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.

These attacks on the regime’s symbols of authority followed the activities focused on spreading the MEK Iran messages through graffiti. Many of these messages centered on the anniversary of the regime’s massacre of political prisoners, which began with the establishment of the infamous “death commissions” on July 19, 1988, then continued through several months of interrogation and mass hangings.

The death commissions aimed primarily at destroying the MEK Iran by demanding that known or suspected members renounce the group and swear allegiance to the theocratic dictatorship. Some 95% of people have been reported to have rejected this ultimatum, proudly declaring their commitment to the MEK Iran democratic platform, even knowing it could cost them their lives. The mullahs should have guessed that such a blow would lead not to the end of this political group but to growth, but they still made every effort to destroy the organization in one fell swoop.

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The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK Iran) announced on September 3 that the death toll from the coronavirus in 410 cities in Iran has exceeded 98,600. The number of deaths in the provinces of Khorassan-Razavi is 7029, Khouzistan 6572, Mazandaran 4776, Lorestan 4330, Guilan 4082, Sistan-Balouchistan 3069, Fars 2764, Kermanchah 2336, Kerman 1573, Markazi 1283, Semnan 1272, Ardebil 1202, Zanjan 944 and South Khorassan 567.

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Lying and deceit are in the DNA of the Iranian regime. In January 2020, the Revolutionary Guard shot down a passenger plane with two missiles, killing all 176 passengers on board.

Iranian regime officials, during three consecutive days of deceit and lies, claimed that the plane had crashed due to a technical problem. But, when the footage of the two missiles that hit the plane, as well as dozens of other documents, were made public, regime officials were forced to confess that the Guard’s anti-missile defense had shot down the plane. Later, the regime claimed that this was only “human error”.

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