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Protesters carry a picture of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. (Image: Getty)
The mullahs supposedly responsible for Iran fear a massive wave of uprisings following the US-Israeli attacks and are increasing the executions of those who oppose the dictatorship.
The new Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei who was killed in the first wave of US airstrikes on Iran, is believed to be semi-conscious after being seriously injured in the same attack. He reportedly received 24-hour medical treatment in the holy city of Qom.
However, either he, or the clergy acting on his behalf, or the Revolutionary Guard deputies ordered that the executions of anti-regime political prisoners be expedited. Prominent Opposition leader Maryam Rajavi, President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said that this move was to terrorize Iranians because the dictatorship feared a mass popular uprising once American and Israeli forces ended the war.
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At a conference in Paris, Rajavi said the Ayatollah’s claim that 17 million Iranians were ready to die for the regime was ridiculous.
He added: “Khamenei’s son absurdly claims to command 17 million loyal supporters willing to sacrifice their lives, while the moribund regime continues to execute Iranian youth on a daily basis to maintain its grip on power.
“If this claim is true, then, as we have repeatedly said, the United Nations should accept free elections for a constituent assembly or presidency under its control, based on the principle of popular sovereignty and not rule by the clergy.”
He also requested that NCRI’s ten-point plan for a nuclear-weapon-free Iranian democracy be taken into account.
John Bercow, the former speaker of the House of Commons, choked back tears as he revealed a conversation he had with an Iranian mother whose son was killed for his opposition to the Ayatollah.
Struggling to remain calm, he said: “He told me that his son had died during that struggle. I told him I was sorry for bringing up a painful memory for him.”
“In an extraordinary display of courage, he said that her death had fueled him.”
In recent days, 13 political prisoners were executed in a row.
NCRI says thousands more are at risk and is calling on both the US and the UN to make halting executions part of any formal ceasefire.
He also requested that NCRI’s ten-point plan for a nuclear-weapon-free Iranian democracy be taken into account.
It is estimated that up to 40,000 Iranians were massacred by the state’s brutal Revolutionary Guard in January for taking to the streets against the Ayatollah and the economic crisis gripping the country.
Jean-Francois Legaret, president of the Foundation for Middle Eastern Studies, said it was impossible to know for sure due to news and internet outages. He added: “We think at least 30,000 people were executed. But no one can say whether it was 2,000, 10,000 or 40,000; we just don’t know the total number of lives lost.”
Germany’s former Minister of Justice Herta Daubler-Gmelin expressed deep sadness and anger over the recent execution spree, labeling the religious regime’s judiciary as a “killing machine” of cynical “agents and instruments”. She drew parallels to the final days of the Nazi regime, underscoring that those responsible for the executions in Iran will one day face justice in a free and democratic Iran.
