Mehdi Mahdawi-Ezzed sharply criticized the TV films about the January protests and said that the government media distorts the reality of the popular protests by showing the protesters armed and trained for a coup.
Mehdawi-Azad pointed out the contradiction between the accusations and the photos of the protesters, and considered the forced confessions invalid. He rejected attributing charges of terrorism and coup to the protesters and harshly criticized the Islamic Republic's attempt to justify their killing and execution.