04 March 2025 :
March 2, 2025 - IRAN. State-affiliated Sociologist Ahmad Bokharaee Admits 7,000 Await Execution
In a rare and startling admission, Ahmad Bokharaee, a state-affiliated sociologist, has acknowledged the growing public outrage against Iran’s clerical regime, revealing that over 7,000 prisoners are currently on death row, with many held in solitary confinement.
“By dawn tomorrow, some of them may no longer be alive,” Bokharaee said in an interview with Didar News on February 26, underscoring the widespread use of executions as a tool of repression. He also disclosed that 54 political prisoners are among those awaiting execution, emphasizing that each represents far more than an individual: “Every one of them is an activist, so it’s not just one person being executed—it’s a social message with widespread repercussions.”
Bokharaee made another striking admission: many Iranians celebrated the assassination of 2 regime judges infamous for issuing death sentences. In January, a gunman entered a courthouse and killed Supreme Court judges Mohammadi Moghisheh and Ali Razini, both deeply involved in the regime’s execution machine.
“These 2 judges played a major role in sentencing people to death. When people heard the news, they were delighted. I personally told some people, and their immediate reaction was happiness—they said, ‘They deserved it,’” Bokharaee revealed.
Bokharaee emphasized that while the killing of two regime judges may seem like an isolated event, its root causes lie in deep-seated social and economic injustices. “This was an individual act, but its origins are systemic. He must have felt the weight of injustice,” he said, whether it was financial pressure or broader social discrimination.
He further speculated that the perpetrator may not have acted out of personal grievance alone but out of a sense of broader solidarity. “Was it selfishness or a form of altruism? That distinction matters,” he said, adding that dire economic conditions and heightened political awareness likely played a role. “If he had been well-fed and secure, perhaps he wouldn’t have done such a thing. But people don’t make such decisions without knowing what’s at stake.”
His remarks highlight the depth of hatred toward the regime’s judicial apparatus, which has long been a pillar of its repression.
Bokharaee also ridiculed the regime’s President Masoud Pezeshkian for his out-of-touch remarks on the country’s future.
“Pezeshkian says that however you imagine the future, that’s how it will turn out. What nonsense! Either this is empty motivational talk, or it’s the words of someone whose belly is full and has no idea what people are going through,” he said.
This statement underscores the vast disconnect between Iran’s ruling elite and the reality of economic hardship, repression, and deepening social unrest.
Bokharaee’s candid warnings reflect a broader fear within the regime that mounting public anger could erupt into uncontrollable unrest. His admission of mass executions, state violence, and public joy over the deaths of executioners exposes the depth of the crisis gripping the regime.
Such warnings, however, are not calls for change but rather attempts to preserve the system by alerting the ruling elite to the growing danger. The regime’s factions may differ on tactics, but they share the same goal: preventing the social explosion that looms on the horizon.
