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There is a systematic removal of instances documenting human right crimes by Iranian officials on Wikipedia, accompanied by the addition of misleading information favoring the IRP (Islamic Republic Party) on the platform.
From 2015 to 2022, numerous user accounts involved in such edits faced blocks due to sock-puppetry and tendentious behavior. Despite this, a new wave of more sophisticated accounts has surfaced, actively collaborating to eliminate references to human rights violations committed by IRP officials and promote a narrative aligned with the IRP across the entire platform.
User:Ali Ahwazi
User:Ali Ahwazi consistently utilizes sources aligned with the IRP to disseminate government propaganda:
..."considering the continuation of the Zionist regime's aggressions" citing irdiplomacy.ir[2][3]
..."to counter the adventurous and terrorist actions of the United States in the region" citing pishkhan.com[4]
..."The ultimate goal is to achieve complete freedom for Palestinian land from the sea to the river." citing farsnews.ir[5]
Many more additional edits mirror this pattern of promoting Iranian government projects using Iranian government press releases: [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] etc.
"Pro-government demonstrations occurred across Iran in response to the week long protest over Amini's death. According to live state television broadcast, demonstrators chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel.""
However, the source cited for this content (this news piece) states:
"Pro-government rallies have taken place in several cities across Iran in an attempt to counter a week of mounting unrest triggered by the death of a woman in police custody."
"Marchers called for anti-government protesters to be executed, while the army signalled that it was prepared to crush dissent by telling Iranians that it would confront 'the enemies' behind the unrest. Demonstrators condemned the anti-government protesters as 'Israel's soldiers', live state television coverage showed. They also shouted 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel', common slogans the country's clerical rulers use to try and stir up support for authorities, who claimed the demonstrations of support were spontaneous. “Offenders of the Qur’an must be executed,” the crowds chanted."
This editor is an admin at Wikimedia Commons and has leveraged his influence to eliminate images depicting protests against the Islamic Republic Party (IRP):
"According to the US State Department, the "death commissions" responsible for the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners started on 19 July (1988) and included the current head of the Iranian judiciary and current Minister of Justice."[25]
"The executions were carried out by several high-ranking members of Iran's current government. According to the US State Department, the "death commissions" responsible for the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners started on 19 July (1988) and included the current head of the Iranian judiciary and current Minister of Justice."[26]
"The Islamic Republic answered by "unleashing an unprecedented reign of terror", shooting demonstrators, including children."[27]
"In April 1992, Iranian authorities carried out an air raid against MEK bases in Iraq."[28]
"Most of the prisoners executed were serving prison terms on account of peaceful activities (distributing opposition newspapers and leaflets, taking part in demonstrations, or collecting donations for political oppositions) or holding outlawed political views. To eliminate potential political oppositions, the Islamic Republic started "coordinated extrajudicial killings" in Iran. Under International law, the killings were considered a "crime against humanity". The commissions including judicial, prosecution, intelligence and prison officials proceeded executions that were not approved by their own existing legislation, and sentenced prisoners to death despite any proven "internationally recognized criminal offence". The Prisoners were questioned if they were willing to give written repentance for their political activities and beliefs."[30]
"In December 2018, Albania expelled two Iranian diplomats due to alleged involvement in the bomb plot against the MEK (where Mayor Giuliani and other US government officials were also gathered) accusing the two of "violating their diplomatic status"."[31]
"In 2022, an Iranian official was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the execution of political prisoners."[32]
"The two men pleaded guilty in November 2019 to several charges including conspiracy and "acting as an undeclared agent of the Iranian government". The Justice Department said that one of the men arrived in the US to gather "intelligence information" about the MEK (as well as Israeli and Jewish entities)."[33]
"Sa'adati was tried and sentenced to serve ten years in prison. In June 1981 when conflicts escalated between the MEK and Khomeini's government, Sa'adati was retried and executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran."[34]
"bombings may have actually been planned by senior IRP leaders, to rid themselves of rivals within the IRP."[35]
"After June 1981, many MEK sympathizers and middle-level organizers were detained and executed. Others were sent to rehabilitation camps, while about eight to ten thousand were kept in prison for minor charges such as "possession of copies of clandestine the Mujahid newspaper and similar acts of defiance"."[36].
"The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) cracked down on MEK activity, carrying out what a US Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Report referred to as "psychological warfare"."[37]
"In April 1992, Iranian authorities carried out an air raid against MEK bases in Iraq. The Islamic Republic Party claimed that the attack had been in retaliation to the MEK targeting Iranian governmental and civilian targets. The MEK and Iraq denied the allegations, claiming that Iran had "invented this attack on its territory to cover up the bombardment of the Mojahedin bases on Iraqi territory."[38]
"According to Ervand Abrahamian, the MEK attacked the regime for "disrupting rallies and meetings, banning newspapers and burning down bookstores, rigging elections and closing down Universities; kidnapping imprisoning, and torturing political activists; reviving SAVAK and using the tribunals to terrorize their opponents, and engineering the American hostage crises to impose on the nation the 'medieval' concept of the velayat-e faqih""[39]
User:MarioGom
MarioGom is an SPI clerk that uses his clerk leverage to remove information which contradicts the narrative promoted by the Islamic Republic Party (IRP):[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] (the majority of these edits are accompanied by misleading edit summaries)
MarioGom uses his clerk influence to derail reports against pro-IRP users: [51][52][53]
MarioGom uses his clerk influence to hound and request blocks for editors opposing these pro-IRP users (including the editors mentioned in the post above this one - Alex-h, Fad Ariff, MA Javadi etc.).
In essence, this is the pattern. While these mentioned editors are not an exhaustive list of those involved in the Wikipedia IRP censorship issue, they currently represent the primary contributors to these activities. 182Line (talk) 12:14, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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