Iranian Regime’s Ministry of Intelligence Intensifies Arrests of PMOI Supporters and Issues Death Sentences

Iranian Regime’s Ministry of Intelligence Intensifies Arrests of PMOI Supporters and Issues Death Sentences

The Iranian regime's Ministry of Intelligence has escalated the arrests of PMOI supporters and their families as a measure to suppress social movements and uprisings. Simultaneously, the judiciary has started issuing death sentences and lengthy prison terms to intimidate dissent. These actions, which reveal the regime's anxiety and instability under the current conditions, are taking place alongside the show trial of 104 members of the PMOI and the Iranian Resistance.

On October 22, the court’s presiding judge, Dehghani, announced, "All assets of the PMOI are to be identified and confiscated. Any transactions involving these assets or any legal entities related to the organization will be prohibited and subject to seizure and legal prosecution."

Previously, in Mid-September, three PMOI supporters were sentenced to death. On October 6, the trial of seven political prisoners, accused of “waging war against God” and membership in the PMOI—charges punishable by death—began after months of interrogation and torture.

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The names of some PMOI supporters, mostly detained and interrogated since the rise of new president Massoud Pezeshkian, are as follows:

1. Hojjat Alizadeh, 57, detained in Yazd prison; has been arrested multiple times.

2. Kosar Dehbanzadeh, 33, held in the women’s prison in Shiraz; her brother, Meysam, has been imprisoned in Qezelhessar since last year.

3. Mohammad Ali Tondro, 31, detained on September 24, 2024, in Evin Prison’s Ward 209, known for torture.

4. Rasoul Sadati, 63, imprisoned in Qaemshahr, a former political prisoner from the 1980s.

5. Taghi Mahmoudi, 62, detained on September 17, 2024, in Qaemshahr prison.

6. Amin Farahani Kasmai, 45, detained in Mid-September 2024, in Lakan Prison in Rasht.

7. Nayereh Behnoudi, 53, detained on September 10, 2024, in the women's ward of Evin Prison; has been previously arrested multiple times.

8. Hossein Sheibani, 37, from Kouhpaye, Isfahan.

9. Karim Khojasteh, 61, detained in Lakan Prison in Rasht; also a former political prisoner from the 1980s.

10. Sasan Nouri, 37, lawyer, detained in Qaemshahr prison.

11. Sajad Paghoosh, 36, from Yasuj.

12. Parisa Kamali, 40, detained in Isfahan prison.

This information, including names and details, has been shared with international organizations.

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Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

1 November 2024