A-Infos (en) Iran and Afghanistan: Statement of the "Anarchist Front" on the Final Day of the Week of Global Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Global solidarity with anarchist prisoners is borderless and 
nonselective. Break the silence in the face of religious fascism and the 
reactionary regime ruling the geography of Iran! --- We use the term 
"global solidarity" rather than "international solidarity" because 
anarchist thought rejects the structures of states and national borders. 
Last year, by translating and publishing the official statement of this 
campaign in Persian and Kurdish, we helped carry the voice of this 
struggle. This year, however, despite the most severe wave of overt 
repression in the geography of Iran, we have witnessed omission, 
disregard, and a deeply questionable silence from this global campaign.
This selective approach stems from Orientalist analyses or ostensibly 
"anti imperialist" theories among certain currents of the global left 
and anarchist movements that have chosen to close their eyes to the 
crimes of a theocratic government. We ask: How can one speak of 
rejecting authority and abolishing prisons while excluding imprisoned 
anarchist comrades and protesters in Iran from the geography of solidarity?
The Islamic Republic is a structure founded upon terror and repression. 
From the repression of Kurdistan and Turkmen Sahra in 1979, the 
imposition of compulsory hijab, the massacres of the 1980s and the mass 
executions of the summer of 1988, to the Chain Murders, the suppression 
of student movements, the uprisings of December 2017 and November 2019, 
the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement, and the bloody repression of the 
recent January protests, this regime has preserved its existence through 
torture and execution.
The Scale of State Crimes and Repression in Iran
Killings, executions, and mass arrests: The killing of tens of thousands 
of people, the execution of dozens of protesters, the immediate risk of 
execution facing more than 100 people, and the arrest of tens of 
thousands, while arrests continue on a daily basis.
Medical terror and raids on healthcare facilities: Organized attacks by 
security forces on hospitals, the abduction of wounded people from their 
hospital beds, and their killing. These crimes caused thousands of 
injured people to avoid seeking hospital treatment out of fear of 
arrest, resulting in silent deaths or permanent disabilities in their homes.
Confiscation of property: The seizure and confiscation of the property 
and assets of hundreds of protesters inside and outside the country for 
the benefit of the machinery of repression.
The Situation of Anarchist Prisoners Under Torture and Severe Sentences
Afshin Heyratian: An anarchist, Kurd, atheist, and member of a family 
with a Baha'i background, who has been sentenced under a cruel and 
severe ruling to 31 years in prison and remains imprisoned.
Soheil Arabi: A Kurdish anarchist and political prisoner with more than 
a decade of imprisonment and exile behind him. As a result of brutal 
torture in detention facilities, he has largely lost the function of his 
kidneys and testicles. Following multiple recent arrests, Soheil is 
currently temporarily free on heavy bail and remains at risk of 
receiving another sentence and being returned to prison.
Imprisoned and unnamed comrades: Several other anarchist comrades were 
arrested before and after the recent uprisings and remain in legal limbo 
under heavy bail conditions. Severe security repression prevents the 
accurate documentation of all imprisoned comrades, but this lack of 
information must never become an excuse for forgetting or excluding them.
Our Principles: Universal, Borderless, and Nonselective Solidarity
If execution, torture, and imprisonment are instruments of the 
structures of state repression, opposition to them must not depend on 
the political orientation of the prisoner. Genuine anarchist solidarity 
means the unconditional defense of the right to freedom of all people 
imprisoned because of their political views, whether they are 
anarchists, leftists, or even liberals.
Anarchism is the absolute rejection of every form of hierarchy, 
repression, and control over human bodies and thought.
On the final day of the Week of Global Solidarity, we declare that our 
struggle for the freedom of all political and anarchist prisoners, 
without exception, will continue until the machinery of state repression 
has been completely dismantled.
We will tear down the prisons!
Long live global, borderless, and nonselective anarchist solidarity!
"Anarchist Front"

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