{"id":227380,"date":"2020-10-06T16:45:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T15:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=227380"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:41:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:41:10","slug":"iran-hrm-monthly-report-mullahs-continue-human-rights-violations-to-quell-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-hrm-monthly-report-mullahs-continue-human-rights-violations-to-quell-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran HRM Monthly Report: Mullahs Continue Human Rights Violations To Quell Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The new monthly report by the Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) sheds light on how the mullahs\u2019 regime tries to quell the restive Iranian society by increasing oppressive measures. This report also points to the regime\u2019s criminal policy of using Covid-19 and its mass casualties to oppress the Iranian people. This report also refers to the execution of Iran\u2019s national hero, Navid Afkari<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regime has been trying over the past months to fend off anti-regime protests by deliberately sending people to their death by the early opening of businesses, and the reopening of schools without providing the necessary hygienic equipment and sanitary facilities. Seemingly, this tactic has not worked out as the regime has failed to contain the volatile society,\u201d read the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While referring to the new repressive measures by the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a>, Iran HRM wrote: \u201cIn step with the growing social disgruntlement, the Iranian regime officials have resorted to new means of imposing repression. The IRGC put up a show of force by announcing the formation of \u201chit squads\u201d and \u201cBassij local patrols\u201d to preserve the \u2018security of neighborhoods.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIRGC commanders initially declared that the patrols had been formed to confront \u2018mischievousness of American elements and insecurity in cities.\u2019 Later, however, they said the patrols had been formed to confront \u2018thugs, thieves, and pick purses.\u2019 This is while according to the law, protecting the security of neighborhoods is the duty of the State Security Force (SSF).\u201d<\/p>\n

The nationwide Iran protests rattled the Iranian regime\u2019s foundations. The Iranian youths played a key role during these protests<\/a>. Now, in a desperate attempt to terrorize the public, the mullahs have increased executions or issuing death sentences for those arrested during the two major uprisings in Iran in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Iranian regime continued to execute more people in September, seeking to repress and terrorize a volatile society. The Iranian regime executed national wrestling champion Navid Afkari on September 12, 2020, turning a blind eye on all the domestic and international appeals to stop his execution. Immediately after the announcement of the execution of Navid Afkari, the mullahs\u2019 Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> tweeted, claiming responsibility for carrying out the verdict on the personal order of Ali Khamenei [regime\u2019s supreme leader],\u201d read Iran HRM report in this regard.<\/p>\n

In addition to executions, the regime has continued torturing dissidents, or humiliating youth in public to terrorize the public. According to the Iran HRM monthly report, September also saw an appalling show of inhuman and humiliating treatment of people by parading them on the streets of Tehran. \u201cOn September 1, 2020, the Interior Ministry\u2019s deputy for security and order, Hossein Zolfaqari, announced that the number of general calls for protest in Iran had increased three-fold compared to the previous year.\u201d The report continued: \u201cFour men were ordered to have four fingers on their right hands amputated. The sentences against the four men, Hadi Rostami (33), Mehdi Sharfian (37), Mehdi Shahivand (42) and Kasra Karami (40), have been upheld by Iran\u2019s Supreme Court and referred to the Centre for the Implementation of Sentences. The sentences may be carried out at any moment. The prisoners previously claimed that they were forced to confess under torture, and one of the prisoners, Rostami cut his wrists in June to protest the upholding of his sentence earlier this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The new report by Iran HRM once again highlights the need for the international community to take action against the Iranian regime\u2019s ongoing human rights violation to prevent further bloodshed.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the Iranian opposition president, recently said: \u201cI urge the international community, especially the United Nations Secretary-General and other Human Rights organizations to intervene immediately to stop the executions, secure the release of the prisoners, and prevent a major humanitarian catastrophe in Iran\u2019s prisons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I urge the international community, especially the United Nations Secretary-General and other #HumanRights<\/a> organizations to intervene immediately to stop the executions, secure the release of the prisoners, and prevent a major humanitarian catastrophe in #Iran<\/a>\u2019s prisons pic.twitter.com\/LFt91vSPGI<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) September 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n