Iran accused of sex assaults on teenage prisoners, while families charged to recover remains of loved ones
There have been reports from eyewitnesses in Iran of allegations of sexual assault against young detainees, as well as reports that authorities are forcing the families of slain protesters to pay as much as 10 billion riyals to retrieve their bodies.
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US) also told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that “barbarism continues” across the country, with prison detainees allegedly being killed and their bodies burned.
The reports come as the Iranian government claims to have successfully quelled weeks of unrest that has gripped the country.
Beginning on December 28, protests erupted amid political repression, economic hardship, and deep popular anger at state violence, and then quickly spread across the country.
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“The rebellion is now over,” Iran’s chief prosecutor, Mohammed Movahedi, said, according to the judiciary’s Mizan News Agency.
“And as always, we should be grateful to the people who stepped up to the plate and extinguished this mischief.” New York Times.
The regime’s claims emerged on the 25th day of the protests; The number of confirmed deaths reached 4,902, and the number of deaths still under investigation stood at 9,387.
The total number of detainees increased to 26 thousand 541 Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) he said.
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Based in France Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) also stated that it had received information indicating that some families were forced to pay sums of up to 10 billion riyals to recover the bodies of their relatives.
In most cases, funerals were held in the hometowns of the deceased under heavy security control.
Some families were reportedly subjected to threats and pressure to falsely attribute responsibility for the killings to the protesters.
KHRN also said two protesters, including a 16-year-old boy, said they were sexually assaulted by Iranian security forces who detained them in Kermanshah. reports.
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Meanwhile, NCRI’s Ali Safavi said eyewitnesses reported that “several young men and women were forced to undress so the military could see if they had pellet wounds.”
“The detained people were subjected to barbarism. When they were killed, their bodies were burned.”
Safavi also said Tuesday night that fighting continued in several cities, including “Kermanshah, where protesters and armed units of the IRGC are fighting in parts of the city.”
“The same thing happened in Rasht and Mashhad; even if the uprisings slow down, the people and the regime will not return to the status quo. The reason for this is the blood of thousands of martyrs on their hands.”
“The regime is still in power and will not give up brutal and bloody repression, so there is no path to a velvet revolution in Iran.”
“The shoes and sneakers left on the pavements remind us of the 30,000 MEK members and Iranian prisoners who were hanged with Khomeini’s fatwa during the 1988 massacre,” Safavi said.
