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Gilan, Iran – The Iranian authorities move to allow a stricter punishment for cooperation with foreign governments after a 12-day war with Israel and the United States ended with a ceasefire on Monday.
In a written message from Tuesday evening addressed to the Iranian nation, President Masoud Pezeshkian affirmed a “historic victory” and said that the plans to sow “discord and division” among the Iranians would fail.
At the same time, the country’s parliament and the judiciary put forward efforts to impose more serious sanctions against any action considered to be detrimental to national security.
The Iranian parliament approved a plan on Monday to “intensify punishment for espionage and collaborators with the Zionist regime (Israel) and the hostile countries against national security and interest”.
Alireza Salimi, member of the Council Chairman of the Parliament, said that “any intelligence or espionage or practical action activity” which would promote Israel, the United States and others could, within the framework of the proposal, be considered as an example of “corruption on earth” – a crime that carries the death penalty.
Legislation also targets people related to weapons “who can kill or create chaos and terror”, as well as those who receive money, property or cryptocurrencies in exchange for services to hostile states.
The bill should “give the security forces a freer hand”, according to the legislator.
Asghar Jahangir, spokesperson for the Iranian magistracy, said on Tuesday on state television that the current law on the country’s spying was too general and may not cover the types of spying that Iran is currently confronted.
He said the current law would lead to “restrictions and limitations” for the authorities who wish to punish those arrested during the war with Israel.
Increased arrest
In Urmia, in the northwest of the Azerbaijan province, in the northwest, near the borders with Iraq and the Turkiye, the authorities executed three Iranians on Wednesday morning for collaborating with Israel.
They were found guilty of Moharebeh or “Waging war against God” And corruption on earth, after being accused of having provided equipment used to assassinate the Iranian officials above the border. The judiciary did not appoint the murdered figures, but the executions would be linked to the murder of nuclear scientists Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November 2020 by Israel.
Iran executed three other men, in three distinct cases linked to espionage for Israel, since the start of the war on June 13. More than 600 people were killed by Israeli attacks in Iran during the conflict, with numerous attacks – in particular those of the first night of bombing, when several Iranian military commanders were killed – linked to Israeli intelligence operations.
According to local media, at least 700 arrests were carried out across the country during the 12 days of war, and the authorities announce more arrests each day.
Amir Kholfian, the province of Khuzestan province, in southwest Iran bordering Iraq, said on Wednesday that accusation acts had been issued against 23 people for “sabotage acts” which included “propaganda against the Holy Creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
Similar arrests or cases have been announced in many provinces, some of the last last arrests, including 115 arrests in Kermanshah to the west, 53 in Fars in the south and 36 in Gilan in northern Iran.
Amnesty International said last week that accelerated the trials and executions of arrested for an alleged collaboration with Israel “show how the Iranian authorities arbitrate the death penalty to assert control and instill fear among the inhabitants of Iran”.
The monitor of global anti-execution rights has declared that there is an increased risk of execution for those already in the corridor of death, adding that these suspects often suffer “very unfair tests”.
Online dissent
Iranian authorities also try to suppress any online activity that can be interpreted as promoting Israel And the United States, including any support for its military strikes on Iran.
Some online Iranians have indicated that they have received an identical text message from the Crime Department of Crime from the Judicial Power, telling them that belonging to online accounts affiliated to Israel is a crime liable to the law.
“Since your number has a file linked to the pages of the Zionist diet, you are notified to delete your comments and tastes of support and immediately leave these pages” or to face the message.
And after Israel used a lot Strike Iranian targets from the interior of the countryThe rules governing these planes should also be hardened.
The FARS news agency linked to the State reported on Wednesday that Parliament had approved the contours of a plan aimed at inflicting punishment for people who have drones without license.
The legislators have also categorically approved a plan to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA), which, according to Iranian authorities, acted in a way that paved the way for American and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear installations.
The members of the Parliament again shouted “Death To America” and “Death to Israel” after having voted, and the president of the Parliament and former military commander Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf promised that the country will make its nuclear program stronger and faster than before.
The members of the Parliament also expressed their support if the Supreme Iranian National Security Council chose to leave the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (TNP).
The American media, including CNN, said that US military strikes have not destroyed the Iranian nuclear installations buried deep in the mountains, Which made US President Donald Trump angrywho insisted that the sites were withdrawn.
The IAEA said that it was not aware of the location of Iran’s enriched uranium, including more than 408 kg (900 pounds) of high yield uranium.
