Human Rights
Despite its repressive tactics, Iranian regime fails to silence its critics
Though it has targeted critics and dissidents at home and abroad, the Iranian regime has only succeeded in tarnishing its own image.
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By Emran |
As Iranians voice increasing dissatisfaction with their government, engaging in protests inside the country and abroad, the regime has intensified its efforts to suppress and silence critics.
Domestic suppression tactics include arrests, imprisonment, torture and even executions. Outside the country, the regime uses intimidation and threats to target its opponents, killing over 360 individuals in 40 countries since 1978.
In March, Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati was stabbed in a London suburb by members of a criminal gang reportedly hired by the Iranian regime.
To control dissent inside Iran, the regime employs internet filtering systems.
A "digital army" operating under the supervision of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) monitors the online activities of Iranians, tracks them through social media and controls the content they can see.
And it works to instill fear among Iranian dissidents abroad, using social media accounts that impersonate journalists and political activists to identify and monitor individuals who share views aligned with these figures.
It threatens dissidents living abroad by pressuring them to return to Iran or targeting their family members in the country.
Losing control
Iranians who spoke to Pishtaz said the regime's repressive apparatus is losing its effectiveness as people find new ways to make their voices heard.
"Nowhere in the world is the internet and digital space as restricted as in Iran," said Mashhad resident Alireza, 28, using only his first name.
"To maintain its tyranny and power, the regime employs every form of restriction and pressure against the people."
Yet these pressures "have failed to silence the cries for justice from the Iranian people," he said, adding that the regime's use of fear tactics and imposition of restrictions has lost its impact.
"No matter how hard the Islamic Republic tries, it cannot stop the people," said Mashad resident Javad, 35, also using only his first name.
"The pressures imposed by the Islamic Republic have only strengthened the unity and solidarity of the Iranian people against the system," he said.
"Although enduring the oppression and pressures of the Islamic Republic is incredibly difficult, our people have proven they will not bow to the regime’s tyranny and terror."
"Iranians today are not the same as 40 years ago. They will no longer simply watch the regime’s oppression but actively resist and fight back."
The regime spends enormous sums to silence its critics and opponents worldwide, Türkiye based human rights activist Jafar Mirzaei told Pishtaz.
"In recent years, we have witnessed the Islamic Republic luring some of its critics back to Iran through deceit. Once back, they face fabricated charges, with some being executed and others imprisoned," Mirzaei said.
Look, no matter what you do, we are and will be the supporters of this popular system, so stop conspiring. Don't think that I got a loan or a position that I am defending. No, I am a retiree who is managing my life with difficulty. But as long as I have life in my body, I will protect my country and my revolution, and I know that your tricks are known to everyone in the world, in Libya, in Syria, in Palestine, in Afghanistan. So don't struggle in vain. We are the supporters of this system to the end and we will make you fail.
The goal of Iran's opponents is to overthrow the Iranian regime and dominate the region and resources of Iran and the Middle East. The fight is over a storm in a teacup. You and everyone know this very well that other issues, including the dual human rights of the West, which puts its knee on the throat of a black man and strangles him alive in front of the camera, are nothing more than a pretext. Therefore, the West and America shed the blood of millions of people to plunder their resources. A clear example of this is Africa and Latin America. What did the West do in response to Saudi Arabia, which cut a great and famous writer like Khashoggi into pieces with a chainsaw and put his body parts into acid and dissolved them? ...... No, because Saudi Arabia is the West's milking cow. You should also stop this. Don't feel sorry for the Iranian people; you have never been honest in that anyway. You are looking to swallow the Middle East..... You will definitely be humiliated and disappointed...... may God, who is the Creator and the Watchful, help.
Well done.
This Islamic Republic of Iran system will be connected to the global revolution of Imam Mahdi (May Allah hasten his noble reappearance) and according to the divine promise, the faces of all the arrogant and their hands will be rubbed in the dust and according to the prediction of the Quran, the oppressed will rule the world. May God curse those who support the arrogant, especially America.
Peace be upon the pure soul of Imam Khomeini, and best wishes for the Supreme Leader's health and well-being, in the hope that the enemies of this border and nation will be humiliated and shamed, for they are powerless to do anything and resort to writing these baseless articles.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is the only system that has been formed on the basis of the rule of God, and the enemies of the Islamic Republic are infidels, and their actions against the Islamic system are considered hostile and must be suppressed. If the enemies of the Islamic Republic were in power, they would suppress their opponents in a much more horrific way, just as the pro-American Shah was corrupt and traitorous. The enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are all corrupt, and must be, and a corrupt person thinks of nothing but corruption and destruction.
They (opponents of the regime) are a bunch of unemployed grasshoppers who are even at odds with themselves.
No... we are not in a position to judge. But I can give the final answer... but only in person.
God willing, Iran is always victorious and proud.
I don't know, but yes, whatever is received from the source will definitely be executed, and vice versa...
Whatever God wills.
Hello, my opinion is the same as everyone else's.
Iran is enduring and victorious, always and in all circumstances.
The Zionist regime is Jewish. Abdullah Saba is the founder of the Shiite sect; why did Netanyahu say that? Shiite is our creation. They should not treat us like this.. There are a thousand different Shiite sects in Syria alone. Followers of Saba are Jews. In Lebanon, Syria and Iran. They are active in speaking ill of Aisha, the wife of Muhammad (PBUH). They are enemies and slanderers of Sunni Muslims and enemies of the Messenger of Allah and his family. They make Ali (PBUH) look low and humiliated.....and