Iran's state television will air the confessions of those arrested over involvement in orchestrating the post-election unrest in the country, a lawmaker says. Iran Parliament (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission asked the Intelligence Ministry to make the confessions obtained from the detainees available to the public by broadcasting them on Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting (IRIB).
"We asked the (Intelligence) Minister (Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i) to inform people about those who have organized the turmoil," member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Zohreh Elahian was quoted by ILNA as saying on Wednesday.
"People lost their lives and properties during the unrest and have the right to know those responsible for their loss," she added.
This is while former president Mohammad Khatami, a staunch supporter of defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, had earlier claimed that the confessions were extracted 'under pressure', hence were 'futile and outdated'.
Elahian also said that all of those detained in the country's recent turmoil had been released after preliminary investigations with the exception of those who are believed to have organized the unrest.
Former vice president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, former deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh, former deputy speaker of the Parliament Behzad Nabavi, prominent Iranian journalist Saeed Hajjarian, former deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh head of the Association of Iranian Journalists Ali Mazroui are among political figures arrested in Iran's post-vote unrest.