Widespread arrests following mortar attack on Intelligence Ministry

Subsequent to the major mortar attack by Mojahedin's military units against the Intelligence Ministry in the heart of Tehran on January 31, the clerical regime has resorted to widespread arrests in Tehran and other cities across the country.

In this connection, the mullahs' official news agency, IRNA, quoting the regime's Intelligence Ministry, claimed falsely yesterday that "a ten-man Mojahedin team had been arrested in the western Hamedan province."

A Mojahedin spokesman said that no members of Mojahedin's military units inside Iran had been arrested, adding that IRNA's bogus report was merely a hollow show of force to boost the moral of the regime's demoralized forces who are terrified of Mojahedin's operations.

In recent weeks, and particularly after Mojahedin's mortar attack against the Intelligence Ministry, the clerical regime has abducted or arrested dozens of former political prisoners, especially Mojahedin's supporters, in different cities and subjected them to vicious tortures.

The Mojahedin call on all human rights organizations to intervene to help save the lives of those arrested.

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
February 8, 1999

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