THE IRAN REGIME'S TORTURE TARGETING THE MEK
It is well known that throughout its four decades in power, the Iranian Regime has used torture against its own people, specifically dissidents, but a new report shines a light on just how widespread their torture is and specifically focuses on its use against the Iranian Resistance group, the People’s Mujahedin Organisation of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ). The Regime has always denied using torture, but the report specifically highlighted how flogging – a sentence so entrenched in the Iranian judicial system that it is handed down for nearly 150 “crimes” in Iran, including political activism by groups like the MEK – is considered a form of torture under international law. Iran Human Rights Monitor explained that in the first half of 2018, 47 people were sentenced to flogging and six people were flogged. The report also highlighted how physical and psychological torture is routinely used in interrogations to force “confessions” from prisoners; something that began in the 1980s. The Iran...