A French-language interview with Emmanuel Razavi for Le Figaro Magazine, published during the crackdown on the protests that began on December 28, 2025. Introduced as a former close aide of Khomeini who created the Revolutionary Guards in 1979 and later broke with his former comrades, Sazegara condemns the killing machine he helped found, which rights groups accuse of crimes against humanity in the repression of the protesters.