‘Demonic Cult’: What Happens Inside Iran’s Prisons? Journalist Ahmad Batebi Recounts Jail Torture | Watch Video

He recounted how he was arrested as a student for attending demonstrations and condemned by Iran’s authorities. The message was clear: “When you fight with our regime, it means you fight with God [… and] your punishment is death,” he said. He said he was sentenced to death, held in solitary confinement for two years and subjected to both mental and physical torture, including mock executions, adding: “I can show you my body right now to see the sign of this.” Iran’s leadership is “a demonic cult” whose mission is exporting the ideology to other countries. “You tried to kill…