Crackdown Iran deepens with a fast execution and capture

Three Iranian men were executed this week for alleged accusations of collaborating with Israel, according to the court of the Islamic Republic, bringing the total number of people who were sentenced to death with similar accusations during the 12 -day war between Tehran and Tel Aviv to six.

The decoration is part of the “traitor season,” according to the Iranian Isna News Agency, because Iran’s authority encourages execution through less than 48 hours after a ceasefire between Iran and Israel to be announced on Monday.

Iranian court said the people were punished for espionage on behalf of the Israeli Mossad Intelligence Agency. However, human rights activists claim that men are Kurdish daily workers without access to confidential information and are rejected by a fair trial.

“This is a very corrupt regime, and there is no reasonable process in Iran,” Azadeh Pourzand, a Middle East and Human Rights experts and a senior and head of the State Public Relations Unit at the Center for Think Tank for the Middle East and the Global Order, told ABC News.

A strong action following the war with Israel which according to Iran’s authorities killed at least 627 people and 4,870 injured, along with damage to large infrastructure throughout the country.

The current Iranian regime, however, still maintains power while many analysts have speculated the possibility of regime changes after the destruction of military infrastructure and the murder of many high -ranking military commanders, along with the ambiguity of health and the existence of Iran’s supreme leaders.

Considering the country’s track record in the same situation for almost half a century of government, many human and Iranian rights activists in the country saw the phase of “defeated and injured” as, potentially, the most dangerous regime, especially in terms of oppression.

Some Iranians who opposed the war told ABC News that they were worried about regimes who took revenge on people.

“I cried once when the war began, and again when a ceasefire was announced,” a 37 -year -old woman from Rasht, who refused to be appointed for fear of security issues, told ABC News. “We are afraid of the Islamic Republic as we are afraid of Israel.”

During the 12 -day conflict, Iran’s intelligence and security forces said they arrested more than 700 people accused of having relations with Israel, according to the affiliation of the pressstv state earlier this week.

Sharing in -depth concerns about the safety of human rights activists, journalists and women, Pourzand said the regime had “accelerated the execution machine.”

Israeli officials have not commented on those who were arrested for alleged relations with Israel but Mossad Head David Barnea said this week the Israeli intelligence agency would continue to oversee the “eyes” in Iran.

“We will continue to oversee all projects in Iran that we know well. We will be there (in Iran), like we have been there until now,” Barnea said.

In addition, on June 25, the Iranian Court announced a change in what he called “espionage law to deal with citizens,” with the Ministry of Intelligence who announced the formation of a new special committee assigned to monitor online activities of citizens – A state campaign media has labeled “Jihad Intelligence,” highlighting it as part of the “national defense” wider effort.

“There is a security forces patrolling on the streets with full force. We barely dare to get out,” Samira, a 23 -year -old student activist in Tehran, told ABC News. “This is a very scary time. I think we will enter the paralysis phase and die further.”

Pourzand-Advocate Human Rights describe the post-war atmosphere as “a systematic and rigid form of oppression,” warning that the steps of new supervision will further tighten control over differences of public opinion and personal freedom.

“This is a collective punishment for ordinary people … to make points and instill fear in the country, and make points internationally,” he said.

For critics, the response of the Islamic Republic follows an outdated pattern.

“This regime has mastered how to have a narrative for the past 47 years,” Pourzand said. “They use all kinds of wrong tools, disinformed.”

The conflict has aroused mixed emotions among Iranians, many of them are still wrestling with the trauma of the state’s strong action that follows the protest “women, life, freedom” which was ignited after the tragic death of Mahsa Jina Amini in police custody.

The poison made hundreds of people killed, thousands in prison and some were executed. The rebellion followed the oppression and economic difficulties for years exacerbated by the sanctions led by the US on the corruption of the widespread regime which only deepened the frustration and despair of the public.

Some Iranians initially looked at Israel’s early rhetoric about “freeing Iranians” from dictatorship with hope.

“The Islamic Republic is a totalitarian regime … which has brought decades of destruction, insecurity, and regional instability,” Parham, 36, told ABC News. “Supporting the Iranian people in their search for freedom is not only moral necessity but also the path to peace, prosperity, and stability in the region.”

However, not everyone shares the same sentiment.

“It would be stupid to believe that Israel’s purpose was to free us from this regime,” Samira said. “They clarify one -their goal is the destruction of Iran’s nuclear abilities.”

On Thursday, the highest leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first public performance since the beginning of the war, emerged from the absence week to deliver television speeches recorded to the country.

“This is one of the biggest divine blessings,” Khamenei said, referring to the Iranian armed forces that penetrated many layers of Israeli defense systems during this new conflict. “This shows the Zionist regime that aggression against the Islamic Republic will be charged expensive costs – and fortunately, that’s what happened.”

However, some now are afraid that Khamenei’s “big cost” will eventually fall to Iranian citizens, because the world’s attention shifts elsewhere, leaving them to the mercy of the regime determined to prove that it still holds control.

“What has begun is quite terrible,” Pourzand said. “Unfortunately, I think what will happen worse.”