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\nNCRI Staff<\/p>\n
NCRI –\u00a0In spite of international criticism over the treatment of protesters, human rights abuses under the Iranian Regime have dramatically increased in the past month.<\/p>\n
The fates of over 8,000 detained protesters are uncertain, on some days they are being threatened with the death penalty and on some days they will be released once the protests that have gripped Iran have died down.<\/p>\n
If this seems a little confusing, it\u2019s designed to be. The Iranian Regime thinks that the best way to deter future protesters is to keep them in the dark about how they will be treated.<\/p>\n
The detained protesters have been visited by a delegation of Iranian MPs under the pretext of checking that the protesters are being treated well. However, given the length of time it took to set up the tour and the number of prison authorities who were present on the tour and the fact that the protesters were not allowed to talk privately with the MPs, this looks like more of a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n
It is also worth noting that the Iranian Regime does do not have a hardliner versus moderate dynamic so there is no reason to believe that any members of the Iranian Regime were particularly concerned with the welfare of the protesters.
Some of the imprisoned have even been tortured to death, with their murder covered up as suicides despite clear evidence against.<\/p>\n