ژورنال سایت خبری سیاسی ژورنال
PDF-English Journal-8 July 2025-No19
Fars News Agency—aligned with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—has openly called for a return to the mass executions of the 1980s. It declared: “Given that certain mercenary elements have provided intelligence to the enemy with backing from Israel and Western spy agencies, they deserve to be executed in the same manner as in 1988.”
And then there’s this: the Guardian Council has sent back a parliamentary bill titled “Intensifying Punishment for Espionage and Cooperation with Hostile States, including the Zionist Regime.” Language like “sowing division” and “undermining national security” provides cover for renewed crackdowns on legitimate speech. Even the broad and undefined charge of “corruption on Earth” (efsad fel-arz) is being wielded in cases where there is neither widespread harm nor legal justification.
The regime sought to terrify the public with swift, high-profile executions—six people were hanged—but it was forced to ease off when it sensed the public mood turning defiant. It realised that intimidation is no longer so easy. In response, Fars upped the ante, threatening another round of ‘80s-style mass executions.
But look at the broader picture: over 1,300 artists and journalists have signed a letter demanding an end to the regime’s inhumane treatment of Afghan refugees. In Hamedan, demonstrators chanted “We’ll kill whoever killed our brother” after two young men were shot dead by the Basij. Women protested outside the governor’s office in Khash following the killing of two civilians. A wave of solidarity with Afghans has swept through Zahedan. Bakers have protested in multiple cities. Tuesdays have become national days of protest against executions. Workers at the Iralco aluminium plant have held a two-week strike and sit-in. Social media is saturated with protest content. The regime can’t even suppress the surge in public defiance against compulsory hijab.
Despite the regime’s tough talk, Iranian society has entered a new phase of resistance—faster and more forceful than the regime had anticipated.
The authorities know the people are preparing for the final showdown. That’s why the IRGC has turned its weapons inward. But this road is not one-way.
We must diversify our forms of protest to confront the regime’s bankrupt leadership—militarily, politically, diplomatically, ideologically, and economically. They must come to understand this one truth: The god of the 1980s is gone.
Editor: Patty Debonitas
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