The Iranian Revolutionary Guards arrested some members of Western media who had taken videos and images of "different situations" in Iran and had sent them to their editorial offices: the Revolutionary Guards announced today in a statement.
The arrested people, who are in Pardis, a city east of Tehran, had "the financial and intelligence backing of Western media," the statement said, quoted by the IRNA.
Meanwhile, yesterday another day of horror in the war of the ayatollahs against the Iranian people who aim to make scorched earth around the protest over the death of Mahsa Amini . After the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, on December 8, and of Majidreza Rahnavard, yesterday, the judiciary declared that it had issued another 11 death sentences against as many boys who took to the streets.
A number that according to activists is lower than the actual one, estimated to be at least double. But the Tehran regime's iron fist has also struck three other prisoners accused of common crimes. Abbas Hosseini and Ali Seyyedkhani, two prisoners of drug-related offenses, were executed two days ago in Qazvin prison in northwestern Iran, according to the Iranian news agency of human rights activists. And on December 8, another inmate, Shayan Hassanpour, 23, accused of murder, was hanged.
All three were arrested and sentenced to death three years ago and were executed despite the court's promise that the sentence would not be carried out, the activists denounced, according to whom "none of the official sources and Iranian media reported these executions". According to Amnesty International, the execution of the death sentence against Saman Seydi , a young rapper known as "Yasin", arrested during the protests for shooting in the air and guilty, according to the ayatollahs, also of having supported the riots with messages on social media as well as having criticized the Islamic republic with his songs.
Among the thousands jailed for their involvement in the protests, at least 400 were sentenced to prison terms of up to ten years , Tehran judiciary chief Ali Alghasi-Mehr said. About seventy journalists have been arrested, reports the Iranian Reporters' Association, and at least 35 are still in prison. The overall death toll is tragic. More than 400 people have been killed by the security apparatus since the beginning of the protests, around 60 minors .
(Unioneonline/D)