“The war in the region has just ended, but our war with the Islamic Republic has just started.”

‘Shift the blame’

“These days, the regime tries to shift the blame for its security failures onto the people, using terms like ‘infiltration’ or ‘domestic spies’.”

SBS News has approached the Iranian embassy for comment, but they haven’t responded at the time of publication.

‘I heard lots of others have been arrested’

“They are trying to convince them that we’re monitoring you … they want to prevent them to connect together and unite together and do their demonstration or do any activity against the regime, while the regime is in the weakest situation.”

Ehsan Hakimi has been in Australia for 12 years and is working with some activists inside Iran. Credit: SBS

According to Amnesty International, there are growing fears of arbitrary executions of individuals accused of espionage for Israel.

SBS News has contacted the Iranian embassy in Australia for a response to these claims.

Kyinzom Dhongdue said Amnesty International was “calling on the Iranian authorities to halt all plans to execute, especially the eight people who are at imminent risk of execution”. Credit: SBS

‘When the bombs stop falling’

Kylie Moore-Gilbert said she was “really worried about the fate of a number of political prisoners who’ve been in prison for a number of years now, some with death sentences for espionage”. Credit: SBS

Hours after US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire on Tuesday (AEST), Asghar Jahangir, a spokesperson for the regime’s judiciary, told a state broadcaster that the country’s espionage law was being updated as it “may not cover many of the [current] cases”.

“I think we can expect a really firm, brutal, decisive response, at least at the opening, from the Islamic Republic.”