David Santalucia

Spero che il mio aiuto, quello dei miei amici e dei miei familiari possa contribuire al rovesciamento totale di questo regime misogino e terrorista, per dare spazio ad un Iran libero, democratico e laico ❤️

The authorities executed at least one individual, Mohammad Reza Shihaki, who was a child under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged crime; scores of others remained on death row. 11/11 Full report: amnesty.org/en/documents/a…

The use of the death penalty further disproportionately impacted Iran’s oppressed minorities, particularly those belonging to the Kurdish, Baluchi, and Afghan communities. 10/11

Close to half of the executions recorded in Iran took place for drug-related offences in 2025 (46% of the total). The rise reflected a disturbing upward trend recorded since the authorities’ resumption in 2021 of a heavily punitive and lethal drug policy. 9/11

Arbitrary executions were carried out following grossly unfair trials by Revolutionary Courts, which exercise jurisdiction over national security and drug-related offences. These courts lack independence and operate under the influence of security and intelligence bodies. 7/11

expanding the use of the death penalty, including for vaguely worded national security charges, such as “cooperation with hostile governments” and “espionage”. The bill came into effect on 15 October 2025. 6/11

. . . expedited trials & executions for “supporting” or “collaborating” with hostile states. Iran’s parliament passed the “Law on Intensifying the Punishment for Espionage and Collaboration with the Zionist Regime and Hostile States Against National Security and Interests” 5/11

Under the guise of national security, authorities intensified their use of the death penalty in the aftermath of hostilities b/w Israel & Iran, following Israeli military strikes against Iran in June 2025. Senior officials, including Gholamhossein Mohseni Eje’i, called for 4/11

In 2025, Iranian authorities arbitrarily executed at least two protesters, Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri and Mehran Bahramian, arrested in connection to #WomanLifeFreedom uprising of September-December 2022. 3/11 amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

with 654 executions recorded from January to June 2025, and 1,505 executions recorded from July to December 2025. The death penalty continued to be used to punish individuals who challenged, or were perceived as having challenged, the Islamic Republic of Iran establishment. 2/11

🧵In 2025, @amnesty recorded 2,159 executions in Iran. Authorities intensified their use of the death penalty as a tool of political repression & control, fuelling an unprecedented rise in executions. The pace of executions accelerated following the 12-day war in June 2025 1/11

Among others, political dissidents Behrouz Ehsani & Mehdi Hassani were arbitrarily executed in secret in June following convictions by a Revolutionary Court on charges of “armed rebellion against the state”, “enmity against God” & “corruption on earth”8/11 amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

🚨 Iran News: European Parliament Condemns Executions and Repression in Iran The European Parliament adopted a resolution in Strasbourg, condemning Iran’s crackdown, executions of political prisoners and protesters, and repression of religious minorities. The resolution expresses solidarity with the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom, democracy, and human rights, calls for an immediate halt to executions and the unconditional release of all political prisoners, and urges EU states to pursue accountability for Iranian officials through European courts. MEPs also condemned Iran’s internet shutdowns, called for expanded sanctions against officials involved in repression — including the judiciary and IRGC — and urged support for secure internet access inside Iran.

Ho partecipato stamane, alla Conferenza stampa promossa dall'On. Naike Gruppioni alla Camera dei Deputati, dal titolo "Iran: Il diritto alla vita in pericolo", alla quale hanno aderito il Vicepresidente della Camera, On. Fabio Rampelli, il Senatore Marco Scurria e il Presidente della FIDU, Prof. Antonio Stango, con la partecipazione online della Presidente-eletta del Consiglio Nazionale della Resistenza in Iran CNRI, Sig.ra @Maryam_Rajavi e moderata dal giornalista Mauro Bazzucchi. Con il suo autorevole intervento la Presidente Rajavi si conferma, oggi più che mai, quale voce più autorevole per scuotere le coscienze oneste e rivelare quanto il regime degli ayatollah incida profondamente non solo sulle gravi condizioni in cui il popolo iraniano è costretto a vivere, ma anche sugli scenari attuali delle crisi internazionali in atto. Dobbiamo avere il coraggio di chiamare le cose con il loro nome: da decenni assistiamo a un "grande inganno". Un velo di falsità, e accondiscendenza, che ha permesso a un regime nazi-fondamentalista di prosperare, basandosi sulla violenza sistematica contro il proprio popolo, sul razzismo, sull'antisemitismo e sull'esportazione del terrorismo in Medio Oriente e altrove. La responsabilità di questa deriva ricade non solo sui criminali al potere a Teheran, ma anche su chi, a livello internazionale, ha preferito "non vedere" per interessi poco trasparenti. Il programma nucleare clandestino è l'esempio lampante di questa ipocrisia. Mentre il regime negava ogni addebito, è stata l'organizzazione del MEK/PMOI a svelare fin dal 2002 i piani atomici dei mullah. Ho ricordato come alle Nazioni Unite, ancora nel 2008, la Resistenza iraniana avesse messo in guardia il mondo sugli orrori di un arsenale nucleare in mano a una teocrazia aggressiva e terrorista. Oggi, le conseguenze di questo "grande inganno" sono diventate insostenibili per l'intera comunità internazionale con: minacce alla libertà di navigazione e blocco di Hormuz, attraverso le quali il regime ricatta il mondo chiudendo gli stretti, affamando i popoli e bloccando l'accesso a risorse energetiche e derrate alimentari; repressione interna, mentre il regime tortura e giustizia i veri dissidenti, assistiamo alla messinscena di "finti oppositori" che vivono nel lusso all'estero, pronti a sorridere alle telecamere senza avere alcun legame con il popolo iraniano. Al contrario, il punto di forza del Consiglio Nazionale della Resistenza Iraniana (CNRI) risiede nell'aver costruito una proposta credibile. Non c'è più tempo per appeasement o per soluzioni temporanee che "concedano" transiti condizionati e con il contagocce attraverso lo Stretto di Hormuz, contingentati da Teheran. La storia ci insegna che non ci sarà pace né stabilità se il regime non verrà rimosso da una forza interna e da un pronunciamento dell'intera popolazione iraniana. Ho sottolineato, a tale riguardo, quanto le aspettative per una forma di governo che garantisca libertà, eguaglianza e pluralismo democratico nel Paese, trovino accoglimento nella proposta sostenuta, da diversi anni, dal CNRI con il "Piano in 10 punti". Un Iran che rinuncia al programma nucleare militare, rispettoso del diritto internazionale impegnato nella lotta al terrorismo e nel contrasto all'uso illegittimo della forza e nello stabilire i rapporti con tutti i paesi della regione su basi di sicurezza e di pace. Ho, infine, invitato i partecipanti a rendere omaggio alle decine di migliaia di dissidenti e manifestanti uccisi negli ultimi anni. Molti di loro sacrificatisi per affermare l'appartenenza all'Organizzazione dei Mujaheddin del Popolo. Ha destato infatti molto clamore la fotografia, diffusa dalla stampa internazionale, di 6 condannati a morte che sono riusciti a far uscire dal carcere in cui erano rinchiusi - in attesa di essere giustiziati - mentre mostravano gli stemmi del MEK/PMOI e le immagini della leader Maryam Rajavi. Le cifre sono agghiaccianti: 2.159 condanne a morte nel 2025 e già 700 esecuzioni nei primi mesi del 2026. Davanti a questo fiume di sangue, ogni tentativo di dialogo proposto da chi si candida a sostituire l'attuale regime mediante transizioni che comporterebbero il pieno coinvolgimento di quelle strutture di sicurezza, attualmente qualificate dalla comunità internazionale quali organizzazioni terroristiche, sarebbe un ulteriore grave inganno, in primo luogo nei confronti del popolo iraniano. Il problema dell'Iran può essere risolto solo dal popolo iraniano e dalle sue componenti veramente democratiche che hanno dimostrato la volontà di resistere al regime e di cambiare il paese con il loro stesso sangue. @FratellidItalia @fdieuropa @ecrgroup @FDI_Parlamento @naike_gruppioni @MarcoScurria @donneiran @GiovaniIraniani @HakamianMahmoud @iran_policy @GlobalCRL @theglobalnewsit @GeopoliticalCen @nazione_futura @vocedelpatriota @SecolodItalia1 @DowlatNowrouzi @isjcommittee @AntonioStango @FIDU_ETS @MauroBazzucchi

🚨 Iran: Italian Parliament Conference Condemns Rising Executions - On Thursday, May 21, a conference on Iran’s increasing executions and the responsibilities of the international community was held at the Italian Parliament with the participation of lawmakers and human rights advocates. Mrs. @Maryam_Rajavi addressed the event online. Speakers included Senator @GiulioTerzi , chair of the Senate’s European Policies Committee and former Italian foreign minister; MP @naike_gruppioni ; and @AntonioStango , head of the Italian Federation for Human Rights. Senator @MarcoScurria also sent a message condemning the wave of executions in Iran and expressing support for the Iranian people’s resistance. Full report to follow

Today, Members of the European Parliament gathered to commemorate the victims of the recent wave of political executions in Iran. We remember : 1. Vahid Baniamerian 2. Babak Alipour 3. Mohammad Taghavi Sangdehi 4. Mohammad Amin Biglari 5. Pouya Ghobadi 6. Akbar Daneshvarkar 7. Abolhassan Montazer 8. Ebrahim Dolatabadi 9. Erfan Kiani 10. Mohammad Masoumshahi 11. Amirali Mirjafari 12. Saeed Davoodi 13. Saleh Mohammadi 14. Mohammad Abbasi 15. Mehdi Ghassemi 16. Shahin Vahedparast 17. Ali Fahim 18. Mehdi Rasouli 19. Amer Ramesh 20. Hamid Validi 21. Amirhossein Hatami 22. Sasan Azadvar 23. Mehrab Abdollahzadeh 24. Mohammad-Reza Miri 25. Abdoljalil Shahbakhsh #StopExecutionsInIran #SayTheirNames

This morning, I attended the press conference hosted by Hon. Naike Gruppioni at the Chamber of Deputies, titled "Iran: The Right to Life in Danger," which was attended by the Vice President of the Chamber, Hon. Fabio Rampelli, Senator Marco Scurria, and the President of FIDU, Prof. Antonio Stango, with the online participation of the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI), Ms. @Maryam_Rajavi, and moderated by journalist Mauro Bazzucchi. With her authoritative address, President Rajavi confirms herself, today more than ever, as the most authoritative voice for stirring honest consciences and revealing how deeply the Ayatollahs’ regime affects not only the dire conditions in which the Iranian people are forced to live, but also the current scenarios of ongoing international crises. We must dare name things for what they are: for decades we have been witnessing a “great deception.” A veil of lies and appeasement has allowed a Nazi-fundamentalist regime to thrive, relying on systematic violence against its own people, racism, anti-Semitism, and the export of terrorism across the Middle East and beyond. The blame for this decline lies not only upon the criminals in power in Tehran, but also upon those at the international level who have chosen to “turn a blind eye” for reasons that are far from being transparent. The covert nuclear program is a glaring example of this hypocrisy. While the regime denied all charges, it was the MEK/PMOI that first exposed the mullahs’ nuclear plans as early as 2002. I recalled how, even in 2008, the Iranian Resistance had warned the world at the United Nations about the horrors of a nuclear arsenal in the hands of an aggressive and terrorist theocracy. The consequences of this “great deception” have become unsustainable for the entire international community, with: threats to freedom of navigation and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, whereby the regime blackmails the world by closing the straits, starving the people, and blocking access to energy resources and food supplies; internal repression, while the regime tortures and executes genuine dissidents, we witness the farce of “fake opponents” living in luxury abroad, ready to smile for the cameras without having any connection to the Iranian people. On the contrary, the strength of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) lies in having built a credible proposal. There is no more time for appeasement or for temporary solutions that “grant” conditional and trickle-down transit through the Strait of Hormuz, rationed by Tehran. History teaches us that there will be neither peace nor stability unless the regime is removed by an internal force and through a decision by the entire Iranian population. In this regard, I have emphasized how the expectations for a form of government that guarantees freedom, equality, and democratic pluralism in the country are fulfilled in the proposal supported by the NCRI for several years through its “10-Point Plan.” An Iran that renounces its military nuclear program, respects international law, is committed to the fight against terrorism and the prevention of the illegitimate use of force, and establishes relations with all countries in the region on the basis of security and peace. Finally, I invited the participants to honor the tens of thousands of dissidents and protesters killed in recent years. Many of them sacrificed their lives to affirm their membership in the People’s Mujahedin Organization. There was much clamour over the photograph circulated by the international press, showing six death row inmates who were able to pass it out of the prison where they were being held—awaiting execution—while displaying the emblems of the MEK/PMOI and images of leader Maryam Rajavi. The statistics are chilling: 2,159 death sentences in 2025 and already 700 executions in the first months of 2026. In the wake of this river of blood, any attempt to engage in dialogue proposed by those seeking to replace the current regime through a transition process involving active participation by security forces—currently designated by the international community as terrorist organizations—would constitute yet another grave deception, first and foremost against the Iranian people. The problem of Iran can be solved only by the Iranian people and its truly democratic components, who have demonstrated the determination to resist the regime and to change the country at the cost of their own blood. @fdieuropa @ecrgroup @iran_policy @Mohaddessin @isjcommittee @VidalQuadras @STRUANSTEVENSON @paulocasaca1 @iran_policy @DowlatNowrouzi @GlobalCRL

Don't believe the naysayers: The Iranian regime is being brought to its knees. We need to keep at this and give the Iranian people the chance to take back their country.

Iran: What Happened to Reza Pahlavi's 50,000 Immortal Guards? Asks former US Ambassador to Denmark Amb. @CarlaHSands on Reza Pahlavi and his SAVAK: Let's be absolutely clear it's not freedom of expression, it's vile incitement to violence. It is the glorification of torture and even murder. In democratic societies, openly advocating for violence against political opponents is not only morally despicable, but it also could constitute a criminal offense. What became of the so-called 50,000 100,000 150,000 recruits, the so-called immortal guards, we were told by Pahlavi they would rise up and defend the defenseless protesters.

May 18—Iran PMOI/MEK Resistance Units carry out daring operations across Iran in response to the threats posed by the regime's criminal judiciary officials and the promoters of the shah's brutal SAVAK police. They targeted centers and symbols of repression with the slogan, "Down with the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader," rejecting all kinds of dictatorship.

🚨 Iran’s judiciary announced the execution of two Kurdish political prisoners, Ramin Zaleh (Zeleh) and Karim Maroufpour. Judiciary-linked media claimed the two were convicted in connection with the killing of an IRGC base commander in western Iran, firing at a military vehicle, and filming the operation. Officials also cited charges including “forming groups to disrupt security,” “armed rebellion,” and attempted assassination.