Sedighe Akbari Monfared, sister of political prisoners Reza Akbari Monfared of the inmates viciously attacked by mullahs’ henchmen in ward 350 of Tehran’s Evin Prison on April 17th, in an interview said her brother had been beaten and the Iranian regime will resort to attacking inmates when it doesn’t execute or conduct crackdown.
“My brother has been in this criminal regime’s prisons for years under unknown reasons. Of course, in this regime any cry for freedom is a crime and it is natural for freedom lovers to be in prison. A crime that is actually a source of pride…The brave prisoners when attacked were chanting “Death to Dictator” and this attack had lasted for five hours…Although the regime’s goal was to create a climate of fear, however the students and family members of these political prisoners are standing alongside their loved ones and supporting them by chanting “Death to Dictator”. Thus, this regime that is facing a serious dead-end will do anythiA Bahraini court has sentenced 12 men to life in prison for spying, receiving training from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and processing weapons and explosives, a defense lawyer and rights activist said on Tuesday.
Bahrain accuses Shi’ite power Iran of fuelling unrest in the country since a 2011 uprising led by the Shi’ite Muslim community demanding reforms and more share in running the kingdom ruled by the Sunni Muslim al-Khalifa dynasty.
Attorney Fatima al-Adraj said the court convicted the men on Sunday, and sentenced two others to 15 years.
Last year, Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of setting up a “terrorist” cell that planned to attack its airport and government buildings.
Separately, the public prosecution charged eight men with being part of a terrorist group, state news agency BNA reported. The charges follow the killing of three policemen by a bomb on March 3 during a protest in a Shi’ite village.
The charges include setting up a group that makes and uses explosives “targeting police members with the intention of killing them for the purpose of sowing chaos and sedition, and weakening state institutions to make them fail,” public prosecutor Hussein Albouali was quoted as saying.