كذلك، وبينما ذكر الشاكي أن شقيقه كان زعيم جماعة المجاهدين، قال شقيقه نفسه لسلطات الدولة الطرف إنه متعاطف فقط مع هذه الجماعة وإنه كان يوزع المنشورات الخاصة بها ولكنه لم يضطلع بأي نشاط آخر معاد للحكومة الإيرانية.
Moreover, while the complainant stated that his brother had been the leader of a Mujaheddin group, his brother himself told the State party's authorities that he was only a sympathizer of the Mujaheddin and had distributed pamphlets, but undertook no further activity against the Iranian Government.