SIC News Interview
The president of the Mithra Association denounces the Iranian regime’s “brutal” repression, with thousands of deaths and the presence of foreign forces participating in the repression of protests.
To president from Aida Sigharian, denounces a “brutal” repression against with thousands of deaths, total communication cuts and foreign forces participating in the repression.
There are thousands of people on the streets of Iran demonstrating against the regime and demanding its fall. According to Aida Sigharian, the authorities’ response has been marked by extreme violence.
“People are really demonstrating and being on the streets. They are very courageous. From the images we are seeing, there are a lot of people on the street, but their hands are empty, they have nothing. And the regime, with the greatest brutality, is killing people in the street.”
making contact with family members and information leaving the country difficult.
“They blocked the internet six days ago. People can’t talk to their family, to anyone. They don’t even have a landline at home. They can’t communicate and very little news comes out of Iran (…) “It was only yesterday that some managed to speak, and only for two minutes (…) after two minutes, they cut off the call.”
“They say 2,500 dead, but there are many more”
are far below reality, considers Aida Sigharian.
“The situation is very worrying and desperate. I’ve seen in the news that there are 2,500 dead, but there are many more. The Iranians think that more than 12,000 people died.”
The president of the Mithra Association denounces the presence of foreign forces participating in the repression of the protests.
“The regime is doing the most it can. Other teams that are not Iranian have even entered. They are from Hezbollah, from Haid al-Shaabi. These people are now in Iran and are carrying out repression”.
Aida Sigharian has doubts about a possible international intervention, but argues that, without external help, change will be difficult.
“Intervention, I don’t know. The ideal would be for us to achieve it, but I also think that, without help, it won’t be easy.”
Still, he insists that there are forms of support that do not involve direct military intervention. “Intervention can be done in different ways. It doesn’t mean bombing Iran.”
Among the possible measures, he highlights the expulsion of diplomats and support for communications.
“They could expel diplomats who are spying and threatening Iranians outside of Iran. They could help destroy these parasites and help people who don’t have access to Starlink or the internet. These are the first things they could do.”
