Dr. Mohammad Maleki, the first president of Tehran University after the fall of the Shah in 1979, protested against repression under the mullahs’ dictatorship and expressed readiness to testify before any international court against the Islamic Republic concerning the large number of executions and the ill treatment of prisoners, especially the massacre of political prisoners in Iran.
Dr. Maleki said in interview, “Western states and international organizations are looking for their own interests and are not interested in the situation of human rights in Iran.”
Dr. Maleki, 83, is a human rights activist that has been arrested and imprisoned by the Iranian regime many times and is banned from leaving the country.
Dr. Maleki stated that Khamenei has created an absolute fascist dictatorship in Iran. He criticized Iranian Hassan Rouhani for making hollow promises. He emphasized that the situation of political prisoners has sharply deteriorated since he has taken office.
He compared the two dictatorships (mullahs and the Shah) and stated that these human rights violations were unprecedented even during monarchial rule. Unfortunately, things are getting worse by the day and Rouhani has just given empty promises, he added.
Dr. Maleki, challenged statements by Rouhani’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who has claimed there are no prisoners of conscience in Iran. This is a nonsense that gets repeated by the Islamic Republic in the past three decades, he said. “If we are not prisoners of conscience, then what are we? Why are we imprisoned for rejecting the velayat-e faqih?” Maleki asked Zarif.
Dr. Maleki, challenged statements by Rouhani’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who has claimed there are no prisoners of conscience in Iran. This is a nonsense that gets repeated by the Islamic Republic in the past three decades, he said. “If we are not prisoners of conscience, then what are we? Why are we imprisoned for rejecting the velayat-e faqih?” Maleki asked Zarif.
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