据伊斯兰共和国司法机构称，三名伊朗男子因被指控与以色列合作而于本周被处决，这使得在伊朗和以色列之间为期12天的战争中因类似指控被处死的总人数达到6人。
根据伊朗ISNA通讯社的报道，这些绞刑是“杀死叛徒季节”的一部分，因为伊朗当局在不到48小时后就执行了死刑伊朗和以色列之间的停火周一宣布的。
伊朗司法部门表示，这些人被判代表以色列摩萨德情报机构从事间谍活动。然而，人权活动人士声称，这些人是库尔德日工，接触不到机密信息，也得不到公平审判。
“这是一个非常腐败的政权，在伊朗没有正当的程序，”中东和人权专家阿扎德·波尔赞德(Azadeh Pourzand)告诉美国广播公司新闻，他是中东和全球秩序智库中心国家与社会关系股的高级研究员和负责人。
镇压发生在与以色列的战争之后，伊朗当局说，这场战争造成至少627人死亡，4870人受伤，全国各地的主要基础设施遭到破坏。
然而，伊朗现政权仍在掌权，而许多分析人士曾猜测，在军事基础设施遭到破坏、许多高级军事指挥官被杀，以及伊朗最高领袖的健康状况和下落不明之后，政权有可能发生变化。
鉴于该国在近半个世纪的统治中类似情况的记录，国内许多人权活动人士和伊朗人认为这一“战败和受伤”阶段可能是该政权最危险的阶段，特别是在镇压方面。
几名反对战争的伊朗人告诉美国广播公司新闻，他们担心政权会对人民进行报复。
“当战争开始时，我哭了一次，当宣布停火时，又哭了一次，”一名来自拉什特的37岁妇女告诉美国广播公司新闻，她因担心安全问题而拒绝透露姓名。"我们害怕伊斯兰共和国，就像我们害怕以色列一样."
据国家媒体PressTV本周早些时候报道，在为期12天的冲突中，伊朗情报和安全部队表示，他们逮捕了700多名被指控与以色列有联系的人。
Pourzand对人权活动人士、记者和妇女的安全深感担忧，他说政府已经“加快了执行机器的速度”
以色列官员没有对那些因涉嫌与以色列有联系而被捕的人发表评论，但摩萨德负责人大卫·巴尼亚本周表示，以色列情报机构将继续“密切关注”伊朗。
“我们将继续密切关注我们非常了解的伊朗的所有项目。我们将在那里(在伊朗)，因为我们一直在那里，直到现在，”巴尼亚说。
此外，6月25日，伊朗司法部门宣布修改其所谓的“针对公民的间谍法”，情报部宣布成立一个新的特别委员会，负责监控公民的在线活动——国家媒体将这场运动称为“情报圣战”，强调它是更广泛的“国防”努力的一部分。
“有安全部队在街上全力巡逻。我们几乎不敢出门，”23岁的学生活动家周欣宇告诉ABC新闻。“这是一个极其可怕的时代。我认为我们即将进入一个进一步瘫痪和窒息的阶段。”
人权倡导者Pourzand将战后的气氛描述为“系统和僵化的压制形式”，并警告说，新的监控措施将进一步加强对公众异议和个人自由的控制。
“这是对普通人的集体惩罚……为了表明立场，在国内制造恐慌，并在国际上表明立场，”她说。
对于批评者来说，伊朗伊斯兰共和国的回应遵循了一个老套的模式。
“在过去的47年里，这个政权已经掌握了如何掌控叙事，”波尔赞德说。"他们使用各种工具——错误信息、虚假信息."
这场冲突在伊朗人中间激起了复杂的情绪，其中许多人仍在努力摆脱2000年后国家镇压的创伤2022年全国范围的“妇女、生命、自由”抗议是在马赫萨·纪娜·阿米尼在警方拘留期间不幸死亡后点燃的。
镇压导致数百人死亡，数千人入狱，数人被处决。起义之前，多年的镇压和经济困难因美国领导的制裁而加剧，加上普遍的政权腐败，这只会加深公众的沮丧和绝望。
一些伊朗人最初满怀希望地看待以色列早期关于“将伊朗人从独裁统治中解放出来”的言论。
“伊斯兰共和国是一个极权主义政权……它带来了几十年的破坏、不安全和地区不稳定，”36岁的帕勒姆告诉美国广播公司新闻。“支持伊朗人民追求自由不仅是道义上的责任，也是实现该地区和平、繁荣和稳定的途径。”
然而，并不是每个人都有同样的想法。
“相信以色列的目标是把我们从这个政权中解放出来是愚蠢的，”周欣宇说。"他们明确表示，他们的唯一目标是摧毁伊朗的核能力。"
周四，伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊(Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)首次公开露面，结束了数周的缺席，向全国发表了一段电视讲话。
“这是最伟大的神圣祝福之一，”哈梅内伊说，他指的是伊朗武装部队在最近的冲突中穿透了以色列多层防御系统。“它向犹太复国主义政权表明，对伊斯兰共和国的任何侵略都将付出代价——沉重的代价——谢天谢地，这正是发生的事情。”
然而，一些人现在担心哈梅内伊的“沉重代价”最终将落在伊朗公民身上，因为世界的注意力转移到了其他地方，让他们任由决心证明自己仍在控制中的政权摆布。
“已经开始的事情非常可怕，”波尔赞德说。“不幸的是，我认为接下来会更糟。”
Iran crackdown deepens with speedy executions and arrests
Three Iranian men were executed this week on alleged charges of collaborating with Israel, according to the Islamic Republic judiciary, bringing the total number of people put to death on similar charges during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel to six.
The hangings were part of the "season of traitor-killing," according to Iran's ISNA News Agency, as Iranian authorities pushed the executions through less than 48 hours afterthe ceasefire between Iran and Israelwas announced on Monday.
Iran's judiciary said the men were convicted of espionage on behalf of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. However, human rights activists claim the men were Kurdish day-laborers with no access to classified information and were denied fair trials.
"This is a very corrupt regime, and there is no due process in Iran," Azadeh Pourzand, a Middle East and human rights expert and a senior fellow and head of the State-Society Relations Unit at the think tank Centre for Middle East and Global Order, told ABC News.
The crackdown follows a war with Israel that Iranian authorities say left at least 627 people dead and 4,870 injured, along with major infrastructure damage across the country.
Iran's current regime, however, is still maintaining power while many analysts had speculated the possibility of a regime change in the aftermath of the destruction of military infrastructure and the killing of many high ranking military commanders, along with ambiguities about the Iranian supreme leader's health and whereabouts.
Given the country's track record in similar situations over nearly half a century of rule, many human rights activists and Iranians inside the country view this "defeated and wounded" phase as, potentially, the regime's most dangerous, especially in terms of repression.
Several Iranians who have been against the war told ABC News that they are concerned about the regime taking its revenge on people.
"I cried once when the war started, and again when the ceasefire was announced," a 37-year-old woman from Rasht, who declined to be named out of fear of safety concerns, told ABC News. "We fear the Islamic Republic just as much as we fear Israel."
Over the course of the 12-day conflict, Iranian intelligence and security forces said they arrested more than 700 people accused of having ties to Israel, according to state affiliate PressTV earlier this week.
Sharing deep concerns about the safety of the human rights activists, journalists and women, Pourzand said the regime has already "accelerated its execution machine."
Israeli officials have not commented on those arrested for alleged ties to Israel but Mossad Chief David Barnea said this week the Israeli intelligence agency would continue to keep a "close eye" on Iran.
"We will continue to keep a close eye on all the projects in Iran that we know very well. We will be there(in Iran), as we have been there until now," Barnea said.
Additionally, on June 25, Iran's judiciary announced changes to what it called the "Espionage Law for Dealing with Citizens," with the Intelligence Ministry announcing the formation of a new special committee tasked with monitoring citizens' online activities -- a campaign state media has labeled an "intelligence jihad," highlighting it as part of a broader "national defense" effort.
"There are security forces out patrolling the streets in full force. We hardly dare go out," Samira, a 23-year-old student activist in Tehran, told ABC News. "It's an extremely terrifying time. I think we're about to enter a phase of further paralysis and suffocation."
Pourzand -- the human rights advocate -- described the post-war atmosphere as a "systematic and rigid form of repression," warning that the new surveillance measures will further tighten control over public dissent and personal freedoms.
"This is collective punishment against ordinary people … in order to make a point and instill fear domestically, and to make points internationally," she said.
For critics, the Islamic Republic's response follows a well-worn pattern.
"This regime has mastered how to own the narrative over the past 47 years," Pourzand said. "They use all sorts of tools -- misinformation, disinformation."
The conflict has stirred mixed emotions among Iranians, many of whom are still grappling with the trauma of the state's crackdown that followed the2022 nationwide "Woman, Life, Freedom" proteststhat were ignited after the tragic death of Mahsa Jina Amini in police custody.
The crackdown left hundreds killed, thousands imprisoned and several executed. The uprising followed years of repression and economic hardship made worse by U.S.-led sanctions on top of widespread regime corruption that has only deepened the public's frustration and despair.
Some Iranians initially viewed Israel's early rhetoric about "freeing Iranians" from dictatorship with hope.
"The Islamic Republic is a totalitarian regime … which has brought decades of destruction, insecurity, and regional instability," Parham, 36, told ABC News. "Supporting the Iranian people in their quest for freedom is not only a moral imperative but also a pathway toward peace, prosperity, and stability in the region."
However, not everyone shares the same sentiment.
"It'd be foolish to believe Israel's objective was ever to free us from this regime," Samira said. "They made it clear their only goal was the destruction of Iran's nuclear capabilities."
On Thursday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first public appearance since the start of the war, emerging from weeks of absence to deliver a taped televised address to the nation.
"This is one of the greatest divine blessings," Khamenei said, referring to Iran's armed forces penetrating multiple layers of Israeli defense systems during the recent conflict. "It shows the Zionist regime that any aggression against the Islamic Republic will come at a cost -- a heavy cost -- and thankfully, that's exactly what happened."
However, some now fear that Khamenei's "heavy cost" will ultimately fall on Iranian citizens, as the world's attention shifts elsewhere, leaving them at the mercy of a regime determined to prove it remains in control.
"What's already started is quite horrific," Pourzand said. "Unfortunately, I think what's coming will be even worse."
