NCRI – The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) submitted details of 54 family members of the Iranian main opposition, People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), to the international bodies.
They have been arrested by the mullahs' regime on the charges of being connected to the PMOI. The individuals were generally arrested by the ruling religious fascism when returning from their visits to Camp Ashraf. A number have been sentenced to prison terms.
Some have had heart failures and were sick because of their incarcerations. A number of others were released on bonds. However, the families are under constant surveillance by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
Aside from those arrested and imprisoned, families of PMOI members in the country are often summoned to the MOIS for questioning about their contacts with their loved ones in Camp Ashraf.
A list of names and particulars of PMOI family members arrested by the Iranian regime have been provided to the UN Secretary General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNHCR and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Among them are elderly and juveniles.
The Iranian Resistance draws the attention of all international human rights organizations to the conditions of the PMOI families in Iran and calls for the referral of the Iranian Resistance's human rights dossier to the UN Security Council for action.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
December 3, 2008