Amidst ongoing strikes in the Middle East, Iran's regime intensifies executions and arrests, employing fear tactics to suppress dissent, according to a student and activist. Recent hangings of protestors and reports of torture raise concerns of a larger crackdown to quell unrest.
Iran has increased executions and arrests across the country as the United States continues strikes in the Middle East. Mooné Rahimi, a student and activist previously arrested by the morality police, said the regime is using fear tactics to hold the nation 'hostage.
' Rahimi said on 'Fox & Friends Weekend' that Iranian civilians view the ongoing war as a desperate 'rescue mission' from a regime that uses arrests and executions to maintain its grip on power. 'This situation that is happening in Iran, they call it rescue mission, especially the people inside Iran,' said Rahimi, who left Iran several years ago and is now studying in the United States. IRAN REGIME COULD 'FALL PRETTY SOON,' VICTOR DAVIS HANSON SAYS, AS GLOBAL TIDE TURNS 'This barbaric, brutal regime treats women in a very intense way. If there is a protester, a woman protester, in the street of Iran, they're going to arrest them, and they're going to put them in a jail and, at the end, they're going to hang them as they're doing it like those executions that are happening,' she added. IRANIAN AMERICAN JOURNALIST CALLS OUT MAMDANI OVER RESPONSE TO US-ISRAEL STRIKES This week, 19-year-old champion wrestler Saleh Mohammadi and at least two other men were hanged in Iran, sparking fears that a larger wave of killings could be coming. The three were arrested during January’s protests and sentenced after authorities said they killed two officers during demonstrations. Amnesty International said the convictions were unfairly rendered and that confessions were extracted using torture techniques, according to The Associated Press. Rahimi said she believes there have likely already been more executions and that the regime is using them to 'spread fear' to stop protests. IRAN REPORTEDLY TARGETS KEY US BASE WITH LONG-RANGE MISSILES DURING OPERATION EPIC FURY She added that Iranians, both inside the country and outside, have been trying to warn the world that the regime is holding the nation 'hostage' through brutality. Rahimi was arrested several times by the morality police before she decided to leave. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP 'They actually don't care how much you cover yourself, if you just have your bangs, a little bit of your hair out of your hijab, they're arrest you,' she said. Her account comes as the U.S. and Israel continue to pressure Iran with Operation Epic Fury after the Feb. 28 strikes that resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Three additional warships and roughly 2,500 Marines are being deployed by the U.S. to the Middle East.
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