One day after the heroic resistance of political prisoners in Qezelhesar Prison successfully thwarted an attempt by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence agents to abduct the nation’s longest-serving political prisoner, Saeed Masouri, and forcibly transfer him to an unknown location, Masouri managed to smuggle out a powerful letter. July 17, 2025, the letter not only details the pressure exerted on him but also places it in a grave historical context, warning that the regime may be repeating the atrocities of the past. He affirms his and his fellow inmates’ resolve to resist, even at the cost of their lives, to prevent another “massacre in silence.”
The Letter of Political Prisoner Saeed Masouri:
A Crime is in Progress
Since this morning, they have tried to transfer me with a thousand and one tricks, using threats, enticements, and solemn oaths. What is certain is that this method—kidnapping in prison under the guise of a “transfer”—was not and is not aimed at me alone. It is fundamentally a method for controlling, isolating, and silencing prisoners.
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The issue of the transfer itself is absolutely not the subject of this conflict. Rather, the goal is suppression, suppression, and yet more suppression, and an insistence on more killing and executions! It is exactly as it was during the 1988 massacre, and today there is a fear that the same path will be repeated, albeit with a different language and method. At that time, its name was the “Death Committee”; today, it is “Fire at will”. But this widespread suppression and intensification of executions is not a sign of authority, but an admission of the regime’s helplessness in the face of truth and the will of the people. In the same vein, the “Fire at will” order is nothing but a desperate attempt to cover up the depth of its infiltration, decay, and structural collapse! They want to compensate for it by taking revenge on the people of Iran and their prisoners.
My refusal to accept a “transfer” from Ghezel Hesar exile to another is not out of fear of being moved, nor is it from the illusion that a few of us prisoners can stop these illegal acts. It is solely and only so that a massacre does not take place in silence and obscurity, as it did in 1988, and so that it all happens before the eyes of history and awakened consciences! Yes, let the world hear this time that “a crime is in progress” and that there is, of course, a resistance against it! Even if this only results in a warning and an alarm for the people of Iran and the world that “a crime is in progress!” Patience, O noble people!
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As for me personally, as a political prisoner and a supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), especially during the month of Muharram and in the presence of the immortal message of Imam Hussein, I want to affirm that the blood of his child, which was thrown to the sky, continues to drip down upon us Iranians, Shiites, and his followers. And far be it from us to take a single step back on the path of freedom and liberation because of this prison, this exile, and these executions.
Even if the slaughter of us all is merely news that reports on the day of the event and does not allow a crime to be carried out in silence!
What honor and fortune it would be if we have only given a state of readiness to our homeland and our people, a mere warning, even at the cost of our lives! For Iran and Iranians have learned nothing from their legends like Siavash and Ariobarzanes, and from the epics of Ferdowsi, but perseverance and steadfastness. And what an unparalleled honor it is that we have been inspired and have learned from them, and also from liberating Islam, the Prophet of Mercy, and his legendary companions, of whom it is said: “Mountains may move, but you shall not.”
“Praise be to Allah, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us.” (Quran 7:43)
Saeed Masouri
July 2025
