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Trials in Iran: English Translation of Mousavi Statement (2 August)
Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 18:21
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Correspondent Mani has provided an English translation of Mir Hossein Mousavi's latest statement on the Tehran trials and the manoeuvres of the regime:
It has been claimed that the children of the revolution have confessed in yesterday's court that they were colluding with foreign powers to overthrow the Islamic Republic. Personally, I have paid close attention [to these confessions] and I could not find anything to support this claim. On the contrary, [these so-called confessions] are painful statements of the painful conditions of the accused in the last fifty days.
When the spirit is crushed, individuals admit to everything their interrogators want, while in fact these confessions are just chronicles of woe. These chronicles imply that Mohsen Roohul Amini [who died in detention] rightly chose to be a martyr; that if we [the prisoners] had not resisted for 50 days this farce would have been performed earlier; that we [the prisoners] confessed to whatever they told us to so this would be obvious to all, that these confessions were coerced out of us.
The teeth of the torturers and confessors has reached the bone, and now their policy is to find victims amongst individuals who have done great service to this country and this establishment and indeed have played the most sensitive roles in establishing it. Can you threaten those who yearned for martyrdom with anything less? Are you intending to target the foundation of Islam and the prestige of the establishment after slaughtering the basis of its republic? Observing such a kangaroo court leaves humanity no recourse but to indict those responsible for this trial of hitting a great low in morality and ethics and credibility.
These scenes that we observe is nothing other that a clumsy attempt [by a faction] to jump start the [new] tenth government. They expect a court that is totally fraudulent to verify that no fraud has taken place. If you do not cheat, display your honesty by abiding with the basic procedures of a legal court process.
With such trivial indictments, by stating nonsense, by referring to three-penny publications, by basing your cases upon journalistic reports of dubious quality, and by invoking confessions that reek of the medieval justice system [of Europe], how do you expect to satisfy the people? Have you not read that the prophet [Mohammad] has stated that for a person that confesses after torture there can be no punishment, or that the prophet has stated that from a person that is imprisoned and consequently threatened no confession can be taken?
Our people sympathize with their children, whom they were only able to see after 50 days of uncertainty. Our dear [imprisoned] brothers, be not dejected! Be sure that the people understand your situation and know that your safety is of paramount importance. In the very near future the people will witness how those who performed these horrific iniquities will be legally prosecuted....As the holy book says...the punishment of the oppressors will be visited upon them exactly at the time that God has determined.
Iran: Putting the Opposition on Trial
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Correspondent Mani has provided an English translation of Mir Hossein Mousavi's latest statement on the Tehran trials and the manoeuvres of the regime:It has been claimed that the children of the revolution have confessed in yesterday's court that they were colluding with foreign powers to overthrow the Islamic Republic. Personally, I have paid close attention [to these confessions] and I could not find anything to support this claim. On the contrary, [these so-called confessions] are painful statements of the painful conditions of the accused in the last fifty days.
When the spirit is crushed, individuals admit to everything their interrogators want, while in fact these confessions are just chronicles of woe. These chronicles imply that Mohsen Roohul Amini [who died in detention] rightly chose to be a martyr; that if we [the prisoners] had not resisted for 50 days this farce would have been performed earlier; that we [the prisoners] confessed to whatever they told us to so this would be obvious to all, that these confessions were coerced out of us.
The teeth of the torturers and confessors has reached the bone, and now their policy is to find victims amongst individuals who have done great service to this country and this establishment and indeed have played the most sensitive roles in establishing it. Can you threaten those who yearned for martyrdom with anything less? Are you intending to target the foundation of Islam and the prestige of the establishment after slaughtering the basis of its republic? Observing such a kangaroo court leaves humanity no recourse but to indict those responsible for this trial of hitting a great low in morality and ethics and credibility.
These scenes that we observe is nothing other that a clumsy attempt [by a faction] to jump start the [new] tenth government. They expect a court that is totally fraudulent to verify that no fraud has taken place. If you do not cheat, display your honesty by abiding with the basic procedures of a legal court process.
With such trivial indictments, by stating nonsense, by referring to three-penny publications, by basing your cases upon journalistic reports of dubious quality, and by invoking confessions that reek of the medieval justice system [of Europe], how do you expect to satisfy the people? Have you not read that the prophet [Mohammad] has stated that for a person that confesses after torture there can be no punishment, or that the prophet has stated that from a person that is imprisoned and consequently threatened no confession can be taken?
Our people sympathize with their children, whom they were only able to see after 50 days of uncertainty. Our dear [imprisoned] brothers, be not dejected! Be sure that the people understand your situation and know that your safety is of paramount importance. In the very near future the people will witness how those who performed these horrific iniquities will be legally prosecuted....As the holy book says...the punishment of the oppressors will be visited upon them exactly at the time that God has determined.
Reader Comments (3)
This regime is on a fast course of entropy. The more people they put on trial like sacrificial lambs, the more protesters they accuse and torture and kill, the faster they're self-destruct.
I have been keeping an eye on Iran since the Jun 12 elections. I am appalled at the outright FRAUD the Government of Iran has used to suppress the will of the people. My hope is that the WILL of the Iranian people be done.
Thanks for translation!