{"id":221388,"date":"2020-06-30T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T12:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=221388"},"modified":"2023-01-21T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T11:30:11","slug":"iran-issuing-harsh-sentences-confirms-regime-has-lost-control-over-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-issuing-harsh-sentences-confirms-regime-has-lost-control-over-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Issuing Harsh Sentences Confirms Regime Has Lost Control Over Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214070\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran_protestsNovember_2019_File_photo\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iran_protestsNovember_2019_File_photo.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Issuing harsh sentences confirms regime has lost control over society \" width=\"800\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iran_protestsNovember_2019_File_photo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iran_protestsNovember_2019_File_photo-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iran_protestsNovember_2019_File_photo-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iran_protestsNovember_2019_File_photo-696x372.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Iran_protestsNovember_2019_File_photo-785x420.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran protests November 2019-File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Within the last two weeks, the Iranian regime has mounted oppressive measures. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ullahs\u2019 Judiciary <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has upheld several<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/mullahs-regime-is-about-to-execute-detainees-of-iran-protests-international-community-must-intervene\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> death sentences<\/a> for those arrested during the nationwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran protests in November 2019<\/a>. But this increasing oppression confirms the Iranian soci<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ety\u2019s restiveness<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and that the regime has lost its control<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Nevertheless, it does not <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">undermine<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the necessity of the international community taking action to prevent bloodshed in Iran.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last week, the regime\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">High <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Court of Appeal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> upheld t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he death sentences previously issued for three young men, arrested during the nationwide Iran protests. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">olitical prisoners Amir Hossein Moradi, 26, Saeed <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tamjidi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 28, and Mohammad <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rajabi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 26, were arrested for participating in the November uprising and sentenced to death after being tortured for a long time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>: Mullahs\u2019 Regime Is About to Execute Detainees of Iran Protests, International Community Must Intervene<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9loDPvjoSp\">https:\/\/t.co\/9loDPvjoSp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1276510826787201027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The economic crisis, poverty, high inflation rate, the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and oppression, along with the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> COVID-19<\/a> crisis and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs\u2019 mismanagement of it ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ve<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> turned the Iranian society into a powder keg.\u00a0 Now <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">senior regime officials acknowledge this <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reality <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that the Iranian society <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">needs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> only<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a spark to explode.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">state-run <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mostaghel<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aily wrote on June 29: \u201cWe will end this year with unbearable <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">housing rents, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">shar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> houses, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">grave dwelling<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">living in tents and on rooftops. Soon massive crowd of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">poor people, who cannot afford the basics face those \u2018four percent\u2019 elites [regime\u2019s officials and their affiliates]. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Certainly,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> those who have nothing to lose will not lose this struggle.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another state-run daily, Aftab<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> warned on June 29: \u201cWhen people have nothing to lose, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">they <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will easily give up their lives to achieve their goal. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before the situation worsens, [officials] should help these people.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mullah Hashem Hashem-Zadeh <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Harrisi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">member of the regime\u2019s Assembly of Experts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in this regard said: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The current state of society is practically unbearable<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">eople are moving away from the system every day.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today the situation is very sensitive. We cannot sit and watch the system <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">collapse\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219239 td-animation-stack-type1-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"249\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Engulfed with international cris<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s and facing an explosive society, the Iranian regime desperately tries to postpone its inevitable <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">down<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fall.\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, the recent remarks by the regime\u2019s officials in this regard shows their utmost fear of a possible uprising and the leading role of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> and its Resistance Units.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mohammad Reza Habibi, head of the<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Justice<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Department in Isfahan, expressed his fear of another uprising.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> He said:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cLet the <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MEK<\/span> <\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">agents <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">know that if anything goes wrong, like what happened in 2009, December 2017-January 2018, and November last year, we will respond decisively<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The verdict of\u2019 corruption on earth\u2019 has been approved for eight cases related to the mentioned incidents<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile the regime\u2019s Ministry of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arted a new wave of arrest of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> supporters and family members <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as well as<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> youth. The MOIS has also summoned and threatened <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">large number of people because of their political background. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, the intelligence and security forces have contacted many young people in various cities, warning them against contacting the MEK and threatening them with the consequences <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">such contacts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ardeshir<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Motahari, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">one of the regime\u2019s Member<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of Parliament<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on Jun 22 said: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHow could we <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">resolve crises in a night? We are not joking about the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[regime\u2019s] security.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/iran-who-is-ebrahim-raisi\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, the regime\u2019s Judiciary Chief, on June 21 said: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> have no limits in terms of dealing with security issues. The security of system, people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, cities and society is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an important issue for us.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian Resistance has called for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">immediate action by the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Human Rights <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Council,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as relevant rapporteurs and other human rights organizations, to save the lives of political prisoners in Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nevertheless, these oppressive measures confirm the regime\u2019s utter fear of the Iranian people\u2019s uprising<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At a time when the mullahs are e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">xperiencing international isolation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> grappling with the coronavirus crisis and economic problems, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">explosion of the restive Iranian society would result in the regime\u2019s immediate downfall.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the last two weeks, the Iranian regime has mounted oppressive measures. 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