Iranian‑American residents urge Mission Viejo to condemn abuses in Iran; callers request proclamations, White House letters

A string of public‑comment speakers at the Jan. 27 Mission Viejo meeting urged the council to condemn human‑rights abuses reported in Iran and to use city channels to raise awareness.

Masood Ashrafi, introduced at the start of public comment, said the world must "wake up before it's too late" and criticized media silence; Neda Karami, who said she has lived in Mission Viejo for 36 years, described reports she said document arrests, assaults and killings and asked local leaders to acknowledge the crisis. Several other speakers recounted large casualty figures and asked the council to support formal proclamations, write to federal leaders and amplify the protesters’ message.

Council members did not move to adopt a resolution during the meeting. Multiple speakers framed their remarks as humanitarian appeals rather than partisan positions; the transcript records numerous casualty and injury figures that the speakers attributed to human‑rights reporting and protest organizers. The council closed the meeting with a moment of silence honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day and the victims and situations raised during public comment.

Note on sourcing: large numerical casualty claims and other details were offered by public commenters on the record; the article attributes those claims to the speakers and does not verify them independently.