Human Rights Cause
On the occasion of December 10, the International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to the women and men who have kept the flame of the human rights cause alive through their sacrifices.
Freedom, human rights, the right to gender equality and the rejection of religious coercion have been the subject of the ongoing struggle of the Iranian people against the ruling regime for the past 46 years. They have fought for these principles steadfastly and with enormous courage.
More than 100,000 of the best sons and daughters of Iran have lost their lives in the fight against this regime, including 30,000 political prisoners who were executed in 1988 under a brief order by Khomeini, the founder of this regime.
The record of the countless crimes committed by the ruling clerics is marked by horrifying events, such as the execution of 13-14-year-old girls, elderly mothers, and pregnant women, the assassinations of Christian priests, as well as the invention of dozens of torture methods. Tens of thousands of women who rose up in resistance against this misogynistic dictatorship were tortured or executed.
This history highlights two key realities: on the one hand, the inhuman nature of the ruling regime, and on the other, the resilience of the Iranian people, particularly women.
This year, the history of human rights in Iran was again drenched in blood. Nine political prisoners, including the heroes of the 2022 uprising, were hanged, and death sentences were issued one after another for ten members and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), as well as many other brave children of the oppressed Baluch, Kurdish, and Arab peoples.
Last week, six political prisoners were sentenced to death for alleged membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran.
Religious tyranny is tightening its grip even further each day, closing every possible escape route to prevent the eruption of uprisings. With sweeping mass arrests, and executions that have risen to over 870 in the past 11 months, the regime’s repression is relentless.
Recently, the clerics have passed a misogynistic law that mobilizes dozens of ministries and other government bodies to enforce the mandatory hijab on women. This criminal, inhuman, and anti-Islamic law declares war on society and is an attempt to impose even tighter control and repression. However, it will ultimately backfire due to the resistance of the Iranian people.
Let us look at the history of the last century and the contemporary history of Iran. Indeed, which dictatorship has survived against peoples thirsting for freedom? Khamenei, with his ruthless Revolutionary Guards and his judiciary of executioners, will not withstand the uprising and the Iranian people’s great army of freedom.
And the world will soon witness the fall of the religious dictatorship in Iran.
