The truth about the Iranian regime’s new president

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  By Sadegh Pashm-Foroush The day after the announcement of the results of Iran’s sham presidential election, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei summoned the remaining members of the government of former regime president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. In his remarks to them—indirectly addressing new regime president Massoud Pezeshkian—he warned him and reminded him of the “model” of the president in the regime. The supreme leader repeatedly mentioned Raisi and said, “He is truly a model; we must all learn from him.” He then reiterated the concept of “heartfelt belief and practical commitment” to the regime, which Pezeshkian, like all the election candidates, had committed to. Khamenei stated, “Dear Raisi demonstrated as a model that one can possess these mental, heartfelt, and practical qualities as the president of a country and follow them in practice.” Of course, before the sham election, Pezeshkian repeatedly stated that he would continue Raisi...
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Video report – Jailed Iranian poet dies in Tehran hospital due to lack of medical care

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Jailed Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin died in a hospital in Tehran on January 8 after contracting COVID-19 in Evin Prison.

He was denied timely medical treatment with prison officials delaying his transfer to a hospital despite his critical condition.  

The 48-year-old activist was officially charged with “propaganda against the state” and “acting against national security.”

A prominent writer and free-speech advocate, Baktash Abtin was serving a six-year prison sentence because of his membership in the persecuted Iranian Writers Association and because he visited the graves of victims of the regime’s political assassinations.

The open expression advocacy group PEN America in October jointly awarded Baktash Abtin and two other writers the 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award.

Following his death, Pen America said Abtin’s death was “aided and abetted by the Iranian government every step of the way.”

Reporters Without Borders in a January 8 tweet said Baktash Abtin had been denied proper medical care and said it “blames the high regime’s authorities for his death.”

The Iranian Writers Association said Baktash Abtin’s “suffering during the past month has been the direct result of actions by the state and prison authorities.”

This article was first published by irannewswire

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