Following the broadcast of reformist leader Ali Abtahi during the summer of 2009- it was said that the confession was obtained by torture as part of the Iranian regime‘s efforts to discredit the opposition.
The following was originally posted here: https://wp.me/pB6Gt-9
A Twitter user Talkoholic,
has announced her confessions to the Iranian state media and posted them on YouTube. You can see them here:
This “common revolutionary greenie girl”
as she likes to be known as tells us that she was inspired to make the confession after reading Iran_Translator‘s Green Brief #46.
She hates it when some people try to control other people’s minds and recommends this book chapter by Dr. Robert J. Lifton to everyone.
Update: This video has also been posted on Iranian.com
and has received some comments there too.
An Update
Years later, I saw that FIDH published a report about the forced confessions in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
US Sanctions Iranian Broadcast Officials for Airing Forced Confessions
Published on November 16, 2022 on Voice of America website.
End Widespread Use of Forced Confessions, Human Rights Organizations Tell Iran
(Radio Farda, 25.06.2020)
Using the Twitter handle “Talkoholic” I wanted to raise awareness to this cruel form of human rights violation. Now I see good news, progress. There is more awareness than before.
But the practice of using forced confessions to convict innocent people in Iran didn’t stop.
See this for example, this happened recently-
Activists angry at ‘forced confession’ of Iran rapper jailed for criticizing regime
Toomaj Salehi disappeared over the weekend after supporting Mahsa Amini demonstrations; state TV publishes video of battered rapper conceding he ‘made a mistake’
By AFP, 02.11.2022
A forced confession
is a confession obtained from a suspect or a prisoner by means of torture (including enhanced interrogation techniques) or other forms of duress.
Depending on the level of coercion used, a forced confession is not valid in revealing the truth. The individuals being interrogated may agree to the story presented to them or even make up falsehoods themselves in order to satisfy the interrogator and discontinue their suffering
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