{"id":332142,"date":"2025-05-28T16:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332142"},"modified":"2025-05-28T16:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:18:41","slug":"clerical-regimes-show-trial-targets-iranian-resistance-threatens-western-democracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/demonizing-mek\/clerical-regimes-show-trial-targets-iranian-resistance-threatens-western-democracies\/","title":{"rendered":"Clerical Regime\u2019s Show Trial Targets Iranian Resistance, Threatens Western Democracies\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A sham trial in Tehran, orchestrated to pretend members of the Iranian Resistance have enjoyed a fail trial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three-minute read<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On May 27, in a courtroom session that underscored both institutional paranoia and state-led repression, the Iranian regime held the 34th session of its <\/span>in-absentia trial targeting<\/span><\/a> 104 members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). The proceedings, filled with political rhetoric, historical grievances, and threats to foreign governments, revealed a regime more concerned with silencing dissent than delivering justice.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The trial, held in Tehran, marks the continuation of a campaign that dates back nearly four decades to the 1988 mass executions<\/a> of political prisoners. \u201cToday this organization and the central figures of its leadership are being tried as terrorists,\u201d declared the so-called presiding judge. Calling for the eradication of the PMOI, the judge added: \u201cUntil the legal personality of this organization is dissolved, these crimes will continue.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A Courtroom as Propaganda Platform<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Rather than establishing facts, the session appeared aimed at issuing ultimatums to European governments. \u201cThe governments of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom cannot host the accused named in this indictment,\u201d the judge proclaimed. \u201cDoing so would constitute a violation of international conventions and create criminal liability for those countries.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Desperately attempting to spin new narratives about the @Mojahedineng<\/a> during its staged trial, the clerical regime is essentially undermining its own decades-long #propaganda<\/a> against the movement. This not only weakens Khomeini's defamation tactics but also inadvertently\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/WkAzHs3ZGC<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n