Iran's inhuman barbarity is escalating uncontrollably - the regime is a volatile powder keg with a single viable exit, claims a resistance combatant.
A dynamic Iranian activist, Fereshteh, hailing from Tehran, unveils chilling insights about the Iranian regime's actions and intentions. In an interview with The Sun, she expresses her concerns about the regime's clinging onto power, forcing its people to live in desperate conditions and ramping up executions.
Fereshteh, a 35-year-old IT researcher, joined the resistance unit of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran following the brutal execution of her beloved sister, a top student in mathematics and physics, by the regime. Hundreds of resistance units have popped up across the country, aiming to disrupt the regime's authority. Members lead protests, destroy symbols of regime leaders, and document human rights abuses.
Fereshteh paints a grim picture of Iran, likening it to a "powder-keg" and a "ticking time bomb" ready to explode as the people grow angrier than ever with repression, corruption, and high prices. She believes that the situation has worsened since last year when mass protests erupted following the death of a Kurdish girl named Mahsa Amini. Outraged citizens took to the streets in more than 280 cities in 31 provinces, bringing the mullahs' regime to the brink of collapse.
Despite the regime's attempts to suppress the protests through increased executions and a suffocating environment, the resistance continues. Fereshteh revealed that the regime executed more than 750 innocent people, made more than 30,000 arrests involving torture, and imposed heavy bails for release, some involving rape. The regime also abandoned bodies in rivers or unfinished buildings, poisoned people with tainted juice or toxic serums in prisons, and intentionally failed to care for sick or tortured prisoners, leading to their death. The protests continued for months as the people had "nothing more to lose."
In 2023, there was a 34% increase in executions – with 860 in one year. In 2024, at least 1,000 executions occurred, and this year, new records are being set month by month. Fareshteh claims that inflation is crippling, and while people's salaries and incomes have not changed much, the exchange rate has risen. As a result, the Iranian people are almost four times poorer, and prices have increased by the same amount. Most people's tables are getting smaller every year, and more are living below the poverty line.
The regime's brutality towards its own people has increased since the ouster of Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad last December. Fereshteh believes that the regime has no other solution other than increasing executions at home, especially after the fall of the Syrian dictator and the successive blows to its proxy forces in the region. The regime's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, once called Syria its "strategic depth," and repeatedly stated that if they didn't fight in Syria and Iraq, they would have to face the enemy in Iran's major cities. Now, the regime sees its only way out in trying harder to build nuclear weapons and acquire a bomb.
Fereshteh explained her role in the resistance, which includes painting political graffiti, encouraging others to stand against the regime, and speaking to and raising awareness among the people about the social responsibility that rests on all of us. Being a member of the resistance in Iran can carry a death sentence, but Fereshteh remains undeterred. She considers herself the continuer and avenger of her beloved sister. Fereshteh called on the governments of the US and UK to "stand with the Iranian people" to prevent the regime from completing its nuclear program and ensure a more peaceful Middle East.
In the realm of general-news, Fereshteh, a determined activist from Tehran, calls for international attention, particularly from the governments of the US and UK, as she links the increase in executions in Iran, now alarmingly at over 1,000 per year, to the regime's desperate attempts to secure its power and divert attention from internal problems, such as rampant crime and injustice. Meanwhile, her resistance unit, part of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, vocally opposes these actions, engaging in acts of defiance like painting political graffiti and leading protests, ultimately risking their lives for a more just Iran.
