The elimination of Iranian opposition: History of blood and assassinations under rule of turbans

Mohamed Shaat

Between mysterious assassinations inside the country and secret assassinations outside the country, many Iranian activists – especially the Ahvazi activists – were killed in a systematic way that was exciting, eye-catching and calling for serious questioning about the extent to which the mullahs were involved in the execution of this long and professional series of assassinations. Has the Iranian regime lifted the weapon of assassinations in the face of its opponents, who constitute a chronic headache demanding freedom and justice in a repressive climate where all exhibitions are contested?

The last episode in the series of assassinations of activists and Iranian opponents was presented by the Danish Foreign Ministry, last Tuesday, October 30, 2018; as the head of the security apparatus in Denmark, “Vinn Burke Andersen,” announced that the Iranian intelligence is suspected of attacking a person within Danish territory and the target person is the leader of the Darwish branch of the Arab Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz.

The Danish authorities announced that they arrested a Norwegian citizen with an Iranian background on October 21, linked to the attempted attack, which reveals the use of Iran to liquidate opponents, both at home and abroad, especially symbols of liberation movements in Ahvaz and Balochistan.

Assassination of an environmental activist

The mysterious circumstances of the death of the lawyer and environmental activist Farshid Haki came to indicate the fingerprints of the Iranian regime’s involvement, especially after his family and close relatives confirmed that he was killed by a knife and his body was burned, and that his death was announced by Abdelraza Daouri, former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

In an attempt by the Iranian regime to defy the accusations, Tehran police chief Hussein Rahimi told Fars news agency that “a police report on Wednesday (October 17th) said that a car was burned and that the police arrived at the scene immediately.”

“The forensic body has a clear view that the person has committed suicide by burning himself,” Rahimi said, recalling the killing of activists inside Iranian prisons. The Iranian regime tried to renounce them as suicides.

A number of activists linked social networking sites between the assassination of Haki and the so-called “series of assassinations” in the Iranian political climate, especially that Haki was also a candidate for municipal elections in Tehran.

Eliminating Ahvazi leader

The Ahvazi human rights organization called for an urgent investigation into the circumstances of the assassination in October last year.

In a statement issued by the organization, the organization called for the results of the investigation to be revealed and those involved in the assassination of the activist Ahmed Mawla Abunahad be disclosed, stressing that “the beneficiary of this assassination is primarily the Iranian regime accused of sponsoring global terrorism.”

The Ahvazi human rights organization called on the Dutch government to provide the necessary security and protection for all Ahvazi refugees on the Dutch soil, especially that the Iranian regime has a black record of assassinating opponents abroad and inside.

Targeting Sunni scholars

The latest incident was the targeting of Sunni scholars inside Iran in July of this year. Iranian Sunni websites revealed that unidentified Sunnis assassinated a Sunni scholar in the southeastern province of Balochistan by firing shots at him while in front of a mosque.