Iran turns to internal crackdown in wake of 12-day war • FRANCE 24 English

it is a means of creating widespread fear across Iran among dissident of the regime but also everyday citizens abduction arrest torture force confession followed by a swift trial and execution according to Iranian state media three men Idris Ali Azad Shay and Rasul Ahmad were hanged on Wednesday all three were charged with spying for Israel according to the Norway based NGO Iran Human Rights or IHR two of the men were border porters the group says they were arrested for smuggling alcohol and then forced to confess to espionage for Israel wednesday’s hangings are tragically far from an anomaly according to IHR nearly 600 people have been executed this year in Iran more than any other nation in the world behind China watchd dogs say such executions cover up intelligence failures and instill fear the Iranian news agency for the regime’s Revolutionary Guard said on social media that they’d arrested more than 700 people in the past 12 days who they claim were working for what they called the Zionist regime or Israel for Shiran Ardikhani a human rights lawyer for the Nobel Peace Prize winner Naris Muhammadi and the French professor Ceid Ker both of whom along with Ker’s partner Jacqu Pari are being held in Iran she told France 24 that hostages and dissident are particularly vulnerable right now the authorities are going to seek revenge on us so this rhetoric of an internal enemy will come but will be used as justification for hunting down dissident that’s what happened with these executions unfortunately the hangings are going to start again a dog that’s vulnerable is one that barks and bites amnesty International has issued a dire warning about arbitrary executions and torture with grave concern over those already on death row including Ahmed Resi Jalali the Swedish Iranian has been on death row for seven and a half years now for according to Iran spying for Israel amnesty fears he is at an imminent risk

Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, officials and activists said.
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  5. Yeah 😂cause the other guy doesn't do this to Palestinians Right? 👍🏾 Every accusation is a confession and no matter how much you try to repeat it, it doesn't make it any less true. You could do this exact same story with the other guys but you won't because that wouldn't fit your narrative

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