MEK Releases List of Political Prisoners in Regime Custody and Calls on UN to Investigate

Written by Admin on April 24, 2019. Posted in NEWS

Supporters of MEK stage a rally in Ottawa Canada, asking for the human rights organizations to intervene and put pressure on the Iranian dictatorship to free all political prisoners.

On Friday, April 19, Mahmoud Alavi, Iran’s Minister for Intelligence, boasted of the Iranian regime’s progress in quashing dissent and silencing the Iranian opposition. He claimed that the regime’s intelligence agency (MOIS) and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) had “dealt with” 116 resistance cells belonging to the People’s Mujahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK).

In a statement, the MEK responded by asserting that the regime has arrested many more MEK members than the regime has claimed. It called on the regime to publish the names of all those arrested last year. The MEK published the names of 28 members currently in regime custody. It also called on the international community to take steps to secure their release.

In view of admission by #Iran regime’s Intel Minister to some of the arrests (of dissidents) last year, I urge the UN Sec. Gen., High Commissioner for HR, Human Rights Council, and Int’l HR Orgs. to take urgent steps & send delegations to visit prisons & political prisoners.

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 23, 2019

The Iranian opposition’s President-elect Maryam Rajavi called on the UN to establish an international delegation that could enter Iran and visit the 28 named prisoners. From there, they could work to secure the prisoners’ release.

2018 Was a Year of Protests

2018 was a landmark year for the Iranian opposition and the MEK. It began with a nationwide uprising, in which public protests spread to all 31 of Iran’s provinces and every major town and city.

Protestors were demonstrating against the Iranian regime’s economic mismanagement and corruption. They chanted slogans like “down with the dictator”, “Down with the Supreme Leader” and “Khamenei, shame on you!”

The regime arrested thousands in the wake of the protests. At least 14 protestors died in regime custody after being subjected to torture and inhumane conditions.