Iranian regime muzzles media with grim death penalty warning

Published on 14/06/2025 - 13:21 GMT+2

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence organisation has issued a grim informing that “cooperation pinch nan Mossad will consequence successful nan maximum ineligible punishment”, efficaciously issuing a decease punishment for communications seen arsenic favouring Israel’s attacks connected Iran.

In a connection shared connected societal media Telegram earlier coming nan Revolutionary Guards cited articles 6, 7, 8, and 10 of nan “Law connected Combating Hostile Actions of nan Zionist Regime”.

“Any shape of intelligence practice pinch nan Mossad, relationship aliases speech of accusation pinch charismatic aliases unofficial individuals affiliated pinch nan Zionist regime, arsenic good arsenic immoderate cultural, media, aliases propaganda activity, aliases assistance that supports, promotes, aliases legitimizes nan Zionist regime, is considered a criminal offence,” nether these articles, according to nan statement, which adds that immoderate perpetrators will look “the maximum punishment”.

Babak Kamiar, nan caput of Euronews' Persian desk, said that nan effect of this will beryllium to unit section media into silence.

The maximum reward indicated successful nan condemnation is “the decease punishment for sure”, according to Kamiar.

“From this constituent on, thing will beryllium published isolated from praise for nan authorities — which, of course, was to beryllium expected,” Kamiar said.

“This will besides see world media outlets that person correspondents successful Iran, making our activity moreover much difficult, arsenic astir of our accusation relied connected home sources,” Kamiar added.

Although state-run, semi-official, and IRGC-affiliated media had already maintained tight power complete nan travel of information, nan business is now expected to worsen, according to Euronews’ Kamiar.