Based on the Report submitted to
Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran-Abadan, security and intelligence
forces have collaborated with a number of government-supported rogue groups who
have put the supporters of Mr. Boroujerdi’s, as well as their homes and work
places, under continuous intimidation and threats of harm. This escalating
harassment, committed by these rogue groups affiliated with the government, is
just the latest round of persecution by the regime against Mr. Boroujerdi and
his supporters. The harassment includes distributing their phone numbers,
hacking their phones, and publicly portraying them as traitors to the regime
and Iran‘s Islamic Republic. Many supporters in Iran’s southern cities have
been systematically suppressed, including being expelled from administrative
positions and jobs because of their political activities.
Although very cautious, Mr.
Boroujerdi’s supporters still live in very deplorable conditions, including
abusive threats and violence against them, as well as sanctions that include
confiscation of their property.
The Report says that these rogue
forces cooperate with and get support from intelligence and security agents of
the government in their efforts to intimidate these supporters, especially when
they drive their cars at night. Their families, including their children, are
in constant danger. In the last several weeks, these rogue forces have sent
threatening emails to supporters threatening that if they did not stop
supporting this dissident leader, all of them would be arrested or be made to
just disappear.
This series of recent inhumane acts
suggests the possibility of widespread arrests of Mr. Boroujerdi’s supporters
in the coming days.
It’s worth noting that supporters of
Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi are fully committed to the principles in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, and they call for the public release of all human
rights violations reported to the UN and its subsidiary entities. These
supporters also insist on their right to continue their peaceful and
humanitarian activities to promote their belief in the need for and
establishment of secular rule in Iran.
Similar reports of abuse have come
from Mr. Boroujerdi’s supporters in different cities like Tehran, Ahwaz,
Isfahan, Shiraz, and Mashad.
Human Rights and Democracy Activists
in Iran condemn all the torture and threats against supporters of Mr.
Boroujerdi throughout Iran.
We request that Human Rights Watch
and the High Commissioner for Human Rights take prompt action and hold the
Iranian leadership, including Mr.Ali Khamenie, responsible for all their
actions in violation of international rights treaties.
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