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\nIran Protests: Thousands of Protesters in Iran Are Under Torture<\/strong><\/small><\/p>\n
Written by\u00a0Mahmoud Hakamian<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a030 December 2019.<\/p>\n Over 12,000 people have been arrested during the\u00a0Iran protests<\/a>\u00a0of November 2019. The prisoners are under severe conditions. According to reports received by Iran\u2019s main opposition group,\u00a0the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e-Khalq or MEK)<\/a>, the interrogators and torturers have transfe<\/span>rred many of the wounded out of hospitals to prison and put them under torture.<\/span><\/p>\n Many of the detainees, including those in Shiraz, are being pressured to take part in televised \u201cconfessions<\/a>\u201d and speak out against the uprising and the Iranian Resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n On December 28, 2019, the state-run daily\u00a0Etemad\u00a0interviewed Helale Mousavian, one of the regime\u2019s Judiciary lawyers, who observed the condition of the detainees and their families.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe main problem is that the detainees can only hire the lawyers who are approved by the head of the Judiciary and even if they do, those lawyers have been ordered not to intervene in the cases, and they don\u2019t even have the right to read the culprits files,\u201d Mousavian said, adding:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe mother of one of the detainees said that her son once called her and as soon as he wanted to tell her about the place that he was kept, he was stopped by the authorities… many prisoners don\u2019t even know the place of detention.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe detainees are in the age range of 18 to 30 years old. There are also many detainees under 18 years of age, and most are 13 to 15 years old.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Amnesty International has also called for those arbitrarily arrested to be released. The London based organization has put out a petition demanding that the detainees be released.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAs part of a violent and deadly crackdown, Iran\u2019s authorities have been arbitrarily arresting thousands of protesters who are now at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Sign the petition and call for those arbitrarily arrested to be released. Act now,\u201d Amnesty International Tweeted.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Also, on December 29, 2019, the\u00a0MEK\u00a0<\/a>released the names of 14 more victims of the Iran protests, bringing the number of victims identified to 615. The\u00a0MEK\u00a0<\/a>has confirmed that more than 1500 protesters were killed by the regime\u2019s security force<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the clerical regime, fearing the international and domestic consequences of committing crimes against humanity, is continuing its efforts to conceal the actual number of victims, the wounded and those arrested.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"