HRANA – IRIB News, in a newly released video report, announced the arrest of at least three citizens by forces of the Ministry of Intelligence, claiming they were members of an Iranian opposition group. The report also included footage of the individuals’ confessions, though the conditions under which these recordings were obtained remain unclear.

IRIB asserted that the three citizens had been in contact with an Iranian opposition group and were allegedly planning acts of sabotage inside the country.

The broadcast later aired a video showing the individuals confessing. In the footage, they state that they had been in communication with a member of an opposition group abroad who was allegedly preparing to send them weapons and ammunition. However, it is unknown under what circumstances these confessions were recorded or to what extent they were made freely and voluntarily.

The report provided no information regarding the identities, location of arrest, or current status of the three citizens.

In 2024, HRANA documented 28 cases of forced confessions extracted from prisoners. The practice of obtaining and broadcasting coerced confessions from political dissidents and protesters by the Iranian regime’s security apparatus is as old as the regime itself. In 2022, amid nationwide protests, the number of such forced confessions surged to 391 cases.