Brave Iranian Prisoner Calls For Regime Overthrow Shortly Before His Execution

 A BRAVE Iranian prisoner has called for the war-ravaged regime to be overthrown in a defiant video message from the notorious Evin prison taken before he was hanged.

Mohammad Taghavi, 58, called for supporters to bring “the campaign for overthrow [of the regime] to fruition,” shortly before his execution.

He added: “You, dear friends, stand at the threshold of history – the door of this land’s histor

y opening toward a bright and luminous future.”

The brave critic was executed alongside Akbar “Shahrokh” Daneshvarkar, 60, a fellow member of the banned opposition party, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) on Monday morning.

The two political prisoners were arrested in Iran in 2024 accused of taking part “in riots, urban actions, and confrontation with security forces”.

Following their arrests, they suffered months of extreme physical and psychological torture in Evin Prison’s notorious Ward 209 – including beatings, floggings, death threats at gunpoint and prolonged solitary confinement.

They were sentenced to death in hearings that lasted just a few minutes each.

According to Amnesty International, Iranian officials executed the men without providing them or their families advance notice so they could not say their final goodbyes.

In his video message, Taghavi said: “I am Mohammad-Ali Taghavi, 58 years old, a graduate in Graphics from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran.

“Although about a year has passed since my death sentence was issued, with the passage of time—despite living under the shadow of the gallows—we stand firmer than ever.

“This strength comes from faith in the liberation of the oppressed people, the support of the massive movement advancing under the leadership of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran..

“The truth is that the role of you — as conscious, educated, and professional individuals — in bringing the campaign for overthrow [of the regime] to fruition is unique and irreplaceable.”

In another picture, he holds up a sign which reads: “If the price of staying alive is to renounce the name of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran then shame on such a life! Let it be yours!”

In a handwritten note smuggled out of prison last year, Daneshvarkar paid tribute to two fellow MEK prisoners Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, who were executed in July.