Iran Revolution Day 15: Deadly Silence
From Atlas Shrugs:
10:00 pm: The Guardian is reporting: Iran opposition alleges plot to implicate Mir Hossein Mousavi
Jailed Iranian reformists have been tortured in an attempt to force them into TV “confessions” of a foreign-led plot against the Islamic regime, it was allegedtoday, as the country’s guardian council buried hopes for any significant revision of the disputed presidential election.
According to Iranian opposition websites, the “confessions” are aimed at implicating Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the defeated reformist candidates, in an alleged conspiracy.
Mostafa Tajzadeh, Abdollah Ramezanzadeh and Mohsen Aminzadeh, all Mousavi supporters, are reported to have undergone “intensive interrogation” sessions in Tehran’s Evin prison since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election.
They are among several hundred activists, academics, journalists and students detained in a crackdown coinciding with the brutal suppression of street protests.
Prisoners reportedly heard screams from Tajzadeh and Ramezanzadeh in Evin’s section 209, which is reserved for political prisoners and is run by the hardline intelligence ministry. Aminzadeh, a former deputy foreign minister, was heard shouting: “I am not going to give interviews.”
Amnesty International said the reports came from “very credible sources”.
8:40 pm: Streets of Tehran like a Garrison. People are depressed and angry.
