Iranian regime’s widespread suppression of political prisoners

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Political prisoners who have written or signed statements in Evin or other prisoners have been summoned by the court

and have been asked to deny that they have signed these statements and if they refuse, they will be thrown in solitary or receive other punishments.

According to reports, these political prisoners have also been threatened that if they not deny their signatures on these statements, their visits will also be cut off and new charges will be made against them.

Being denied a condition release and leaves from prison is another thing that these prisoners have been threatened with. Fourteen political prisoners in Evin Prison’s cellblock 350 issued a statement some time ago in reaction to Ahmadinejad’s statement in the UN General Assembly that a truth finding independent group had to look into the September 11 attacks to identify the real culprits of this crime. These 14 political prisoners asked that an international truth finding committee do the same thing in Iran and discover the real facts in the Iranian presidential elections and post-election events.

Those who signed this statement were Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi, Seyed Milad Asadi, Mohsen Amin Zadeh, Ali Parviz, Ali Tajenia, Mohammad Davari, Majid Dori, Amir Khosro Dalir Sani, Mohammad Farid Taheri Qazvini, Keivan Samimi, Kouhyar Goudarzi, Ali Malihi, Abdollah Momeni, and Mohsen Mirdamadi.

Political prisoners Abdollah Momeni, Keivan Samimi, Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi, Mohammad Davari and Kouhyar Goudarzi have been under the most pressure so far to deny that they signed this statement.

A number of these prisoners were summoned to court and pressured last week but none have given in to this demand.

They had stressed in their statement that ‘as some of the innocent detained victims of post-election events, we have been charged, arrested and sentenced to unjust prison terms in the same way that Mr. Ahmadinejad cited (in his speech) and we propose that a national independent truth finding group, made up of people who are credible and trusted in the society be established to discover the truth about the elections and post-election events.

According to reports, Gohardasht (Rajayi Shahr) political prisoners have also received the same kind of threats over publishing political statements.

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