The Iranian regime’s crimes and violations of human rights have been pointed out by the PMOI / MEK, including its internet shutdown and its brutality towards the people simply exercising their rights to peacefully protest.

On Tuesday, the state-run Tabnak daily published an opinion piece about the recent broadcast forced confessions of protesters who were arrested during the November Uprising. The article, written by Majlis (parliament) member Mahmoud Sadeghi, urged the regime to “present undeniable documents to the public,” rather than broadcasting forced confessions.

“We’ve drafted a bill to ban the broadcasting of radio and television confessions. Even though the bill is still waiting its turn to be examined and hasn’t been ratified, the current regulations don’t allow the broadcasting of such confessions… Instead of broadcasting the confessions of individuals, it is necessary to inform the public of undeniable documents… [officials] must take note of this important consideration that, in the days that the feelings of citizens and the society is hurt, they should not further pain the people by associating protesters with foreign states and influence,” wrote Sadeghi.

“Actions such as broadcasting forced confessions will only deepen the public resent, like embers that will flare up again when you stir the ashes.”#Iran#IranProtestshttps://t.co/84b2lhdsqG

— People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) December 11, 2019

The regime has claimed that the uprising was led by MEK members outside of the country, a theory that has no basis in fact, especially considering that the mullahs cut off access to the Internet a day into the protests. MEK Resistance Units are active within the country and are led by Iranians, with widespread support throughout the country.

MEK’s Pivotal Role in #Iran Uprising https://t.co/pEW4Wrxuj6#IranProtest #MEK #FreeIran @USAdarFarsi

— MEK Iran (Mujahedin-e Khalq) (@MEK_Iran) December 7, 2019

Forced Confessions

Sadeghi’s comments come in response to a recent series of public forced confessions from protesters who were arrested during the November Uprising. More than 12,000 people were arrested during the protests that spread to 190 cities around the country, and over 1,000 were killed by regime security forces.

MEK: 1000 Martyrs and #Iran Uprising Continues into Third Week https://t.co/e6mV6oYthp#IranProtest #FreeIran #MEK @USAdarFarsi

— MEK Iran (Mujahedin-e Khalq) (@MEK_Iran) December 7, 2019

The regime has struggled to fully suppress the rebellion and has alternately attempted to placate the people with claims of “Islamic Kindness” and intimidate them with threats of execution. The current tactic of broadcasting confessions, which are coerced under torture, is an old technique used by the regime to intimidate the people into submission. It has been met with public outrage.

A Futile Technique

On December 3rd, regime Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli recommended that forced confessions should be broadcast on state TV, and Sadeghi warned that the move would worsen public resentment. “Actions such as broadcasting forced confessions will only deepen the public resent, like embers that will flare up again when you stir the ashes,” he said.

He also said that the confessions were useless, as the people who made them usually recanted after they were released from prison.

Backtracking

Sadeghi appears to be making a fevered attempt to distance himself from the mullahs now that the tide of public opinion has turned against the entire regime. He made additional complaints that the Majlis was left out of the gas price hike decision that triggered the uprising. “We didn’t even allow the MPs to pose questions, and this caused the society to be in the dark and confusion,” he said.

This contradicts statements from regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who said that the decision to raise gasoline prices was made jointly by all three branches of government, with his full support.

Now that the regime is facing widespread public outrage and possible overthrow, officials are rushing to distance themselves from the decision. Most notably, regime President Hassan Rouhani claimed that he “learned about the price hike on the day it became effective.”

Widespread protests erupted across #Iran because of oil prices hike. The protests which first started because of oil prices climb soon turned to become a widespread uprising targeting Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, and demanding the overthrow of the regime#IranPortests #MEK pic.twitter.com/E7NI1q2F5w

— MEK Iran (Mujahedin-e Khalq) (@MEK_Iran) November 30, 2019

On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a resolution in support of the nationwide uprising in Iran. House Resolution 752 also called on the White House to request that the U.N. Security Council and Human Rights Council call an emergency session to condemn the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters.

H.R. 752, “Supporting the rights of the people of Iran to free expression, condemning the Iranian regime for its crackdown on legitimate protests, and for other purposes,” was introduced by Rep. Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC).

The MEK‘s Resistance Units inside Iran bravely put up posters of Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and Massoud Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s Leader, in several areas of Tehran, despite the Iranian regime’s suppressive measures and the increased state of alertness of the security forces.

The main opposition to the Iranian regime, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), is continuing to compile the names of those who have been confirmed dead in the ongoing uprising that has swept across the country since mid-November. The PMOI / MEK has listed the names, so far, of 432 of more than a thousand protesters that have died.

On Tuesday, December 10th, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), delivered a message on the occasion of the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She demanded that the United Nations immediately send a fact-finding mission to Iran to determine the number of victims of the November Uprising and to investigate the status of those arrested during the protests.

Tuesday is day 26 of the nationwide protests for regime change in Iran and the main opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has now announced the names of 400 protesters killed by Iran’s regime of the over 1,000 dead.

Protests continue in cities scattered across Iran despite the regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is weighing in on the situation, and the regime is facing strong condemnation for their murderous activities.

On Sunday, December 8th, High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles issued a declaration on behalf of the European Union expressing condemnation of the Iranian regime’s crackdown on protesters during the November uprising and demanding the immediate release of those who were arrested during the protests.

The people of Iran are being denied one of the most basic of human rights – the right to peacefully protest. Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK) reported that more than a thousand protesters have been killed by state security forces in the past few weeks, and more than 4,000 have been injured. Furthermore, it is estimated that more than 12,000 people have been arrested.