In a transparent act of retaliation, the Iranian regime has ordered the forced exile of Saeed Masouri, one of Iran’s longest-serving political prisoners, to the notoriously brutal Zahedan prison. The decision, announced on Saturday, July 19, by authorities in Ghezel Hesar prison, comes just three days after a failed attempt by security forces to abduct him was met with fierce resistance from his fellow inmates.

This is not a routine prison transfer. It is a calculated escalation in the regime’s war against organized dissent and a desperate attempt to break a symbol of unwavering defiance. Masouri, a supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), has been imprisoned for 25 years without a single day of furlough. His exile is the latest proof that as popular unrest grows, the clerical regime is intensifying its reign of terror inside its dungeons, targeting the very prisoners who inspire the nation’s resistance.

The regime’s motives are clear. Masouri’s exile is a direct attack on the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, a powerful movement of civil disobedience that has........

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