Former Iranian Inmate Warns Against Foreign Meddling and Prison Abuses

Evin Prison Attack and Regime Response

• ⚠️ An Israeli air strike on Evin Prison, a notorious Iranian jail, reportedly killed 71 people, including inmates and visiting families.
• 🗣️ The Iranian regime claims there were no casualties among inmates, a statement Nazanin Parves does not trust.
• 🏥 The prison's clinic was destroyed, and the regime transferred prisoners, including women to Ardebil Prison, which is described as having worse conditions than Evin.

Personal Experience of Imprisonment

• ⛓️ Nazanin Parves, a civil rights campaigner, was imprisoned for eight years in various Iranian jails, including Evin.
• ⚖️ She recounts arriving at Evin after protesting the Islamic regime's misogynistic laws, facing torture, and being held in overcrowded conditions.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 In one instance, a room built for five people held 80 people and two children.

Historical Precedents and Future Concerns

• 🩸 Parves fears a repeat of the 1980s, when thousands of prisoners were executed under the pretext of being spies during the Iran-Iraq war.
• 🚨 She notes that hundreds, possibly thousands, of people have been arrested since the recent bombing, indicating increased repression.
• ⚡ Six prisoners were reportedly executed with the excuse of being Israeli spies shortly after the bombing began.

Critique of Foreign Intervention

• 🌍 Parves believes any change in Iran must originate from its people, warning that regime change by Western governments would have severe negative consequences.
• 🇺🇸🇬🇧 She cites the 1953 coup orchestrated by America and the UK as an example of foreign interference that altered Iran's history negatively.
• ✈️ She also mentions the role of American planes in bringing Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran in 1979, suggesting a miscalculation by the US regarding his intentions.
• 🚫 The powerful case is made that western interference in Iran has historically been unhelpful.