{"id":221888,"date":"2020-07-10T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=221888"},"modified":"2023-01-24T19:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:08:58","slug":"arrest-of-mek-supporters-is-sign-of-iran-regimes-fear-of-organized-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/arrest-of-mek-supporters-is-sign-of-iran-regimes-fear-of-organized-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest of MEK Supporters Is Sign of Iran Regime\u2019s Fear of Organized Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_221889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221889\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranian-Regimes-Court-Sentences-Seven-Political-Activists-to-Prison\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iranian-Regimes-Court-Sentences-Seven-Political-Activists-to-Prison.jpg\" alt=\"Arrest of MEK Supporters Is Sign of Iran Regime\u2019s Fear of Organized Resistance \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iranian-Regimes-Court-Sentences-Seven-Political-Activists-to-Prison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iranian-Regimes-Court-Sentences-Seven-Political-Activists-to-Prison-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iranian-Regimes-Court-Sentences-Seven-Political-Activists-to-Prison-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Iranian-Regimes-Court-Sentences-Seven-Political-Activists-to-Prison-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-221889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian Regime&#8217;s Court Sentences Seven Political Activists to Prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reports from Iran indicate the Iranian regime has started a new wave of arrest and issuing prison sentences for supporters 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><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and other<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> former<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> political prisoners.\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\">The regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-regime-intelligence-ministry-judiciary-arrest-and-issue-prison-sentences-for-the-supporters-and-families-of-the-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> raided<\/a> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ho<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">es of several former political prisoners, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> supporters<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">relatives of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> members<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, along with relatives of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">political prisoners.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zahra Akbari, the wife of political prisoner <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abolghasem<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fooladvand<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Dr. Hani <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yazarlou<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and his son, Hood<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Ms. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sedigheh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Moradi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Mehdi <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khawas<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sefat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Mohammad <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wali<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gholamnejad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ms. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Farangis<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mazloom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, mother of political prisoner <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sohail<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Arabi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, have received prison sentences.<\/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\">In addition, as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a>) Security and Counterterrorism Committee <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">highlighted in a statement on June 28, the regime has increased pressure on political prisoners and their families \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">following the publication of a statement by political prisoners exposing a clerical regime\u2019s intelligence agent<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\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\">\u201cThe goal was to break the prisoners and force them to express remorse and denounce the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> and the Iranian resistance,\u201d read the statement.<\/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\">Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam <\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rajavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a> President-elect<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">alled on the United Nations Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to send an international delegation to visit the regime\u2019s prisons and meet with prisoners and their families.<\/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\">Riddled with crisis, the clerical regime desperately resorts to oppressive measures<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> against the organized Iranian Resistance. As the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a> wrote in its statement in this regard, \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The desperate effort comes after the failure of the anti-MEK slanders and a fake petition signed by 8,000 so-called families of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> members and on the eve of the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Free Iran Global Summit in solidarity with the Iranian people\u2019s uprising.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\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><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type1-2 aligncenter wp-image-219239 td-animation-stack-type1-1\" 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=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ailure of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the regime\u2019s disinformation campaign and fake news against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> particularly as the \u201cFree Iran Global Summit\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> draws closer, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as left the clerical <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">no other way but oppression. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will not only add to the public defiance <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to the regime\u2019s oppressive <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">polic<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ies<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, but<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">it also <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">highlights <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">pivotal role and impact of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> and the Iranian Resistance on the Iranian society.\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\">Last month<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> German court ruled in favor of the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> NCRI<\/a> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a case challenging the content of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> fake news<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">article, published on May 13 in the Frankfurter <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Allgemeiner<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Zeitung<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">had violated essential journalistic standards in presenting certain allegations as factual<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 In addition, the regime forged emails and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the MEK\u2019s \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mojahed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d journal, which has not been published for a while, to pursue its demonizing campaign.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The regime has been using those expelled from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>, under the pretext of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cformer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> MEK members,\u201d <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">but this method has also failed.\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\">In this regard, the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> state-run <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rahyaftegan<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">website in an article wrote: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe office of Mr. [Mahmoud] <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the honorable minister of security and intelligence, is working around the clock and has hired some of the MEK\u2019s repentant defectors such as <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Soltani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khodabandeh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ezati<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Hosseini, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Karimdadi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mesdaghi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Yaghmai, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pour-Hossain, and\u2026 By putting a lot of energy and of course, financially backing them, it uses them to psychologically confront the MEK, which is great, but is it enough?\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\">The regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 40 years of oppression, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">export <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and funding of terrorism by plundering <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">national wealth, and now <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">criminal policy of herd immunity amid the COVID-19 pandemic and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">relative cover-up has turned the Iranian <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ociety into a powder keg. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The MEK\u2019s Resistance Units<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">activities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> expand across Iran, breaking the regime\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">atmosphere of fear<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and more people are being attracted to the MEK.\u00a0<\/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\">Given the key role of the Iranian Resistance movement, particularly the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> Resistance Units<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> role in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">leading the Iranian society toward freedom and democracy, the international community must stand with the Iranian people and their organized resistance. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFree Iran Global Summit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> will<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> send <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">strong message of support <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">solidarity to the risen people of Ira<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n.\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>Reports from Iran indicate the Iranian regime has started a new wave of arrest and issuing prison sentences for supporters 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