Petition - 20th round of signatures with "102" added signatures of political prisoners of the Shah's dictatorship 102 political prisoners of the Shah's time emphasize that Iraj Mesdaghi, the agent and infiltrator of the MOIS and protégé of Lajavardi the henchman of Evin prison, should be tried alongside the henchman Hamid Nouri Declaration of "1602" political prisoner about the absurd allegations of Iraj Mesdaghi "In line with the goals of the clerical regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and being its agent." 102 political prisoners of the Shah's era have emphasized that Iraj Mesdaghi, Who participated in the prosecutor's patrols to hunt the MEK members, and the protégé of Lajavardi, the henchman of Evin prison, is an MOIS agent and infiltrator and should be tried alongside the henchman Hamid Nouri. We are acquainted with the role and function of the infiltrators of Shah’s secret agents, the SAVAK (Such as Sirus Nahavandi, Massoud Batahi, and Behrouz Zofan) And according to the investigative reports of the Judiciary Committee of the National Council of Resistance On the eve of the trial of Hamid Nouri and the role of Iraj Mesdaghi We join the declaration of 1,500 of our brothers and sisters who have experienced the dungeons and torture chambers of the clerical regime. The mission of MOIS agent and infiltrator against democratic alternatives is Part of a long-standing project of religious dictatorship for massacre and destruction of The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran as the main enemy of the Khomeini regime. 1 Declaration of 1500 political prisoners against absurd allegations of Iraj Mesdaghi, "In line with the goals of the clerical regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and being its agent." Petition - 19th round of signatures with "95" added signatures Including 6 prisoners 4 survivors’ of 1988 massacre 14 prisoners of the regimes of Shah and mullahs Signatories expose Iraj Mesdaghi’s role as an MOIS agent Shocking evidence by Amnesty International regarding the massacre of political prisoners in 1988: Some examples of questions posed by "death commissions" to determine the fate of political prisoners: • Are you prepared to condemn "Monafeqin" (main opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK) and their leaders? • Are you prepared to join the armed forces of the Islamic Republic to fight against "Monafeqin" (MEK)? • Are you prepared to conduct espionage against your former colleagues and cooperate with agents of the Intelligence Ministry? • Are you prepared to be part of the death squads? • Are you prepared to execute an MEK member? • ......................................................................... Iraj Mesdaghi: Before my arrest, I had severed contacts with the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). During my time in prison, I also did not have any contacts with MEK supporters. And, if freed, I will commit to avoid conducting any political activities (Vol. 3, p. 139). The first statement of “repugnance” (toward the MEK and at the regime’s behest): I exited the court room. An IRGC guard gave me a piece of paper. And I wrote a line on it about repugnance (Vol. 3, p. 146). The second letter of repugnance: Nasserian begrudgingly brought me out of the court room and handed me a piece of paper. This was also no more than a few lines. I don’t know who had written it. The content was not different from what I had written. But, it was a few lines. I don’t remember the content exactly because I did not have any interest in memorizing it. At any rate, I copied it verbatim (Vol. 3, p. 154). The third statement of repugnance: I exited the room and wrote another letter of repugnance. This time I was more at peace and wrote it with less pressure imposed on me. The content was not different from the previous ones. I only wrote a few more lines to provide additional details and explanations (Vol. 3, p. 182). The fourth statement of repugnance: I was released from prison in June 1991. I don’t remember anything from that day. I only know that I wrote a statement of repugnance and signed it. But I don’t remember how and at what stage I did so. It is as if this part of my life has been erased from memory. 2 A behind-the-scenes turncoat who wrote books for Lajevardi The dark chapter of debating prisoners in Evin Publications of the Islamic Revolution Prosecutor, Summer of 1983 - Assadollah Lajevardi (Evin prison’s henchman) used to coordinate multiple debates at Evin’s mosque in order to force prisoners to face off against one another. In these meetings, traitors and defectors like Qassem Asna-Ashari used to recount their memories and invited for debate political prisoners who continued to resist. At any rate, the dossiers prepared by Qassem Asna-Ashari and Reza Keyvanzad were typed up and submitted to the seventh branch where they would be handed over to authors of books. - Some time later, the identity of the man behind the writing and editing of these books was revealed to me. The name of this traitor was Iraj Mesdaghi. Relying on the papers that were submitted, Mesdaghi started writing books and quoting out of context. And if there was a need to have a face-to-face discussion or to overview the material in the dossier (which happened a number of times), a meeting would be set up at the office of Ward 311. Iraj Mesdaghi, Qassem Asna-Ashari, and Reza Keyvanzad would participate at the meeting. One of the branch’s officials, who was usually a ruthless torturer named “Fazel,” coordinated the sessions. - I (Fereydoun Jourak) participated at only one meeting at Ward 311, where I saw Mesdaghi. The meeting was chaired by “Rahmani,” whose real name I later discovered is Mahmoud Davoudabadi. He was also known as Mohammad Mehrayin. He was one of the most ruthless and disgusting henchmen at the prison. During the Shah’s dictatorship, he was arrested on charges of having ties to the MEK. (The MEK founder) Mohammad Hanifnejad had personally accepted responsibility for Davoudabadi’s actions in order to secure his release from prison. The intent of the meeting (at Ward 311) was to review the script of the film “Tavvaban” (repentant), which was turned into a movie script by myself based on a paper by Mesdaghi. The script was rejected by officials of the prosecutor’s office because they said I had not really grasped the intention behind such a production. That is why Mesdaghi’s written version was submitted to the Organization of Islamic Propaganda led by Zam. This was later turned into a movie, which was played in theaters across the country. Signed, Fereydoun Jourak July 8, 2020 3 Statement by the MEK’s spokesman Mr. Fereydoun Jourak’s influential article about the intelligence agent and infiltrator Iraj Mesdaghi is a definitive, enduring and historic account of what started as the so- called “complex and multi-dimensional operation” of the regime’s prosecutor’s office during Lajevardi’s time. It provides an account of the time during the tenure of intelligence minister Ali Fallahian and deputy intelligence minister Saeed Hajjarian, which started with taking this infiltrator on the prosecutor office’s patrols and to identify the bodies of Moussa Khiabani and Ashraf Rajavi. This trend continues to this day. According to its experts, the mullahs’ Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) came to the following conclusion in 1991: “The way to break up the organization (MEK) is not through military operations and attacks. The more this is done, the more cohesive they become, and the more able they are to recruit forces and step up their activities. On the contrary, you should conduct psychological operations that primarily use defectors. ... We have worked a lot on this psychological operation, but perhaps it is not possible to talk about it right now.” On this basis, the pupil of Evin’s henchman, Saeed Shahsavandi, was, in his own words, briefed by Hajjarian and was sent to Europe with an explicit mission of “putting Massoud Rajavi on trial.” Meanwhile, in June 1991, Iraj Mesdaghi was released and sent abroad to infiltrate the MEK’s ranks and to “bring down” the Resistance’s leadership. Like Amir Sadouni, the individual involved in the bombing plot in Villepinte (in 2018) who pretended to be among the MEK’s supporters for 12 years as a sleeper cell, Mesdaghi played his own role for two decades and went through a process of transformation. Now, however, Fereydoun Jourak’s honest account, in connection with and in loyalty to the rebellious Marjan, has left no doubt for anyone who is trying to understand the intricacies of the regime’s ploys. (As Iranian protesters say) “the game is now over.” We salute the more than 1,000 former and current political prisoners, who knew about this situation through their personal and real accounts in the inhuman regime’s prisons, and previously shared their stories with our compatriots and younger generations. July 10, 2020 The following petition was first published and signed by a number of former political prisoners on June 5, 2013. Subsequently, the number of signatures grew substantially. Deceased political prisoners Babak Amani, Bahador Parvizi, Masoumeh Joushghani, Aziz Choupani, Sona Dadgar, Rahmat Kermani, Yahya Golcheshmeh, and Marjan, were among the signatories. 4 15 books that recount memories from the Iranian regime’s prisons, and expose the inhumane clerical regime’s crimes and tortures: 5 Statement by political prisoners regarding Iraj Mesdaghi’s lies We, a number of freed political prisoners from the Iranian regime’s torture chambers, hereby declare: 1. We condemn in the strongest terms Iraj Mesdaghi’s recent publication entitled “’92 Report,” which is nothing but a collection of the regime’s and its Ministry of Intelligence’s serial accusations and lies against the Iranian Resistance.