{"id":217720,"date":"2020-05-04T17:35:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=217720"},"modified":"2023-01-23T19:28:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T18:28:45","slug":"iran-regimes-treating-prisoners-alone-debunks-mullahs-effort-to-depict-u-s-sanctions-for-coronavirus-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-regimes-treating-prisoners-alone-debunks-mullahs-effort-to-depict-u-s-sanctions-for-coronavirus-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime\u2019s Treating Prisoners Alone Debunks Mullahs\u2019 Effort to Depict U.S. Sanctions for Coronavirus Epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The high rate of infections and the dire conditions in prisons prompted a prisoner of conscience, Mr. Mohammad\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Nourizad<\/span><\/a>, to commit suicide in prison two days ago in\u00a0<\/span>protest against<\/span>\u00a0these conditions\u00a0and also\u00a0against widespread arrests, including the arrest of his son. He was transferred to the hospital<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Iranian regime reportedly<\/span>\u00a0declined to acknowledge that any Iranian coronavirus cases had been recorded until roughly a month after the first relevant hospitalizations. The first public statement on the topic came on February 19, in response to two patient deaths. But the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> obtained documents showing that several suspected cases of coronavirus infection had been recognized by the National Emergency Organization in the last week of January.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This early neglect of the outbreak set the stage for a range of subsequent denials that included statements insisting no known outbreaks had occurred in Iranian prison facilities. However, these claims proved unbelievable to Iranian human rights activists and former political prisoners, who are\u00a0<\/span>aware<\/span>\u00a0of the harsh conditions that permeate most of Iran\u2019s detention facilities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Simultaneous to its cover-up, the Iranian regime has been\u00a0<\/span>pursuing a campaign through its apologists abroad to depict the United States Sanction as the reason behind the coronavirus high mortality rate.\u00a0<\/span>Not releasing all the prisoners amid the coronavirus alone debunks this claim and campaign.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with\u00a0<\/span>not releasing all prisoners<\/span>, regime\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>mistrea<\/span>tment of prisoners<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as depriving<\/span>\u00a0them necessary hygienic facilities\u00a0<\/span>and shooting those who protest\u00a0<\/span>or try to break free from prisons, is another sign that mullahs\u2019 are not willing to\u00a0<\/span>help the Iranian people and resolve the coronavirus crisis. These actions further reject any claim and notion that\u00a0<\/span>sanctions are preventing the regime from helping people of Iran.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Regime\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>oppressive approach toward\u00a0<\/span>prisoners<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>resulted<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>multiple large-scale riots and attempted prison breaks throughout early April. Amnesty International has confirmed that at least 36 inmates were killed as a result of prison authorities\u2019 brutal response to the unrest, but local reports suggest there were many more fatalities that have yet to be confirmed.<\/span>\u00a0The regime also executed prisoners who were later arrested. One of them, Shaya<\/a><\/span>n<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Saeedpour<\/span><\/a>\u00a0was a juvenile offender who was under the legal age at the time of arrest.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian regime claimed it has issued a\u00a0<\/span>mass furloug<\/span>h. These claims were quickly rejected with a new wave\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>arrests of political opponents of the regime and sending them to prison amid the\u00a0<\/span>coronavirus epidemic.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The situation of eight political prisoners in Mashhad prison, who had asked for Khamenei\u2019s resignation is concerning. One of them, Mohammad Hossein\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Sepehri<\/span><\/a>, was infected with COVID-19 last month.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On February 4 and April 8, Mrs.<\/span>\u202fMaryam Rajavi<\/span><\/a>, the President-elect of the<\/span>\u202fNational Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/span><\/a>, strongly condemned the harsh, long-term sentences for these prisoners and urged the United Nations and Human Rights Council to take action to secure their release. Mrs. Rajavi asked the Special Rapporteur\u00a0<\/span>on the situation of<\/span>\u00a0human rights in Iran to immediately visit Mashhad prison, obtain information about the condition of prisoners, and take measures to save their lives.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Among other examples, various participants in last November\u2019s nationwide\u00a0<\/span>protests against<\/span>\u00a0the clerical regime are still being placed on trial and condemned to several-year sentences. In at least one case from mid-April,\u00a0<\/span>one of these\u00a0<\/span>protest<\/span>ors<\/span>\u00a0was sentenced to death. And the prospect of that sentence being carried out it presumably amplified by the volume of capital sentences that have already been implemented against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(NCRI)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>reported<\/span>\u00a0that Iran<\/span>ian regime<\/span>\u2019s judiciary had accelerated its schedule of public executions as a tactic of intimidation, spurred by fear of public unrest over issues that include the regime\u2019s mishandling of the public health crisis. The\u00a0<\/span>NCRI<\/a> noted<\/span>\u00a0that at least 15 hangings had been carried out on April 23 alone, with several others following in the week thereafter.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While public execution is a common practice in\u00a0<\/span>Iran by the regime to intimidate public<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>regime<\/span>\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>authorities also have a long history of maintaining a veil of secrecy over the full extent to which capital punishment is implemented. There is no doubt that Iran has the highest per-capita rate of executions in the world, but the precise number of annual hangings is difficult to ascertain, since it depends partly on official records and partly on disclosures by fellow prisoners and other witnesses to unreported executions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This secrecy has been highlighted anew\u00a0<\/span>showing<\/span>\u00a0that Tehran could be exploiting the chaos of the coronavirus outbreak to purge the prison system of\u00a0<\/span>inmates, particularly the political prisoners<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>NCRI<\/a> announced on Sunday that\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>actual<\/span>\u00a0death toll is more than 38,000<\/a>, and this is broadly supported by Iranian medical professionals\u2019 descriptions of an overwhelmed healthcare system. However, such descriptions have been labeled \u201crumor mongering\u201d by the judiciary, and on Tuesday a spokesperson for Iran\u2019s armed forces admitted that at least 3,600 people had been arrested on that charge, which may carry a sentence of three years in prison.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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