May 24, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN - No. 610- May 24, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.610
Uprising of June 10-20
News obtained by ISC:
Graves are banned
Tehran, May 22, 2010 
A member of family of one of the Uprising’s martyrs said that regime intends to close section 257 in Beheshte Zahra Cemetery. Regime has told this family that they should not hold any ceremony in month of Khordad (May 22- June 21).
Some other families confirmed the news.

Regime’s precautions 
Tehran, May 22, 2010
As the anniversary of June Uprising gets near and there are possibilities of protest movements by people, regime has summoned its military forces to confront these moves.
Paramilitary Bassij has started holding sessions in its bases to organize its forces.
The suppressive RGC is summoning its forces to the capital.
Heads of regime have asked the commanders of this force especially those stationed in Tehran to have thorough plans for confronting vast potential protests in Tehran.
Regime counts May 23, June 4, June 5 and June 12 to 20 as important days.

News from within regime’s forces
Mashad, May 21, 2010
A force belonging to regime’s SSF said that all SSF and Especial Units are ordered the state of alert for the month of Khordad.

The Downfall

Mullah Alamolhoda expresses his fear of women’s role in the Uprising
Mashad, May 22, 2010
Mullah Alamolhoda Khamenei’s representative in Mashad’s Friday show while calling mullahs’ regime Islam, uttered misogynous words and said: “Women and girls with improper veil are enemy’s front and US’s infantry. The enemy wants to separate our youths from religion by improper veil. When religion is taken away from people they will diverge from Revolution and Islam and that is the time when they pull down Islam. In soft-war the enemy doesn’t tell people to say that there is no God but they penetrate by spreading improper veil”.
In another event Mostafa Khosravi the head of Harasat of Tehran University said that girls without Maghnae are not permitted to enter some departments and even the force confronts male students with improper veil!
He conceded that they are afraid that this suppression might inspire students for more protests and said: “some might want to take advantage of this situation. The month is embedding events and we don’t want this issue to add up to the events followed by last years’ presidential election”.

Clerical regime horrified of resolution of sanctions
Tehran, May 22, 2010
Regime’s Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Motaki said: “one or two state members of National Security were planning new resolution to present it in the council but they presented it to the others when it was done”.
Mohammadreza bahonar, regime’s deputy of parliament while worried said: “it is possible that the 4th resolution against Iran be executed”.
 He threatened: “if they issue the statement then Iran will not comply with the recent agreement and fuel will not exit Iran”.
Mullah Mosa Ghorbani an MP said: “presenting the draft means turning the back on all the quests of other countries for international assurance”.
Ali Larijani head of regime’s parliament said: “though Turkey and Brazil had given their obligations that there would be no verbal attack by westerners less than 24 hours passed when US Foreign Minister acted Iran like her predecessors and talked against Iran. It is shameful that the westerners pay little attention even to their own envoys (Turkey and Brazil”

No visa for a diplomat terrorist
Tehran, May 22, 2010
US ruled out giving visa to Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh regime’s diplomat terrorist.
This act made the clerical angry and regime’s representative in UN wrote a letter to “the Committee of Relation of UN with the Host Country”.
The letter reads in part: “by not giving visa to Akhondzadeh, she has misused her position as the host of a global organ”.
Akhondzadeh intended to participate in the conference for revising the treaty of Prohibition of the Spread of Nuclear Armament.
Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh is one of the commanders of assassination of Professor Kazem Rajavi in Sweden.  Professor Kazem Rajavi was a jurist, professor of university, and human rights activist and the brother of the leader of Iranian resistance.


Resistance

Tehran Azad University in protest
Tehran, May 22, 2010
Students of Azad University, central unit, in Tehran protested against the detention, expulsion and suspension decrees issued at this university on May 22.
As an ISC member reported from this protest gathering security forces equipped with walki-talki were present inside and outside the campus in great number.
University’s Harasat prevented the entrance of tens of students to the campus. Mobile phones were cut throughout the campus and regions around and the students were cut off from outside the campus.
Security forces, interrogators of Intelligence Ministry and Ansar Hezbollah’s forces were present at the campus and anti-riot guards sieged the university and streets around.
The security forces, Bassijies and Intelligence Ministry’s interrogators who were present at Technical Department tried to arrest some students. Some could escape and some were arrested. Four injured students who were bleeding severely, beaten by Bassijies, were detained and taken to Harasat’s office and they were not taken to hospital.
The link of film is given.

Babol students activist condemn execution decrees
Babol, May 22, 2010
A group of youths and students activists of Babol condemned the decree of execution of 6 political prisoners supporters of PMOI; Mohammad Ali Saremi, Jafar Kazami, Mohammad Ali Hajaghaee, Ahmad Daneshpoor Moghadam, Mohsen Daneshpoor Moghadam and Abdolreza Ghanbari.
The statement reads in part: “as the month of freedom and justice seeking comes, we a group of youths and student activists of Babol express our protest against the decrees of Execution for Mohammad Ali Saremi, Jafar Kazami, Mohammad Ali Hajaghaee, Ahmad Daneshpoor Moghadam, Mohsen Daneshpoor Moghadam and Abdolreza Ghanbari.
These who crave freedom are enchained but the main elements of crimes and the murderers (pointing to the clerical dictatorship and its elements) are loose. We will never remain silence in regard with this crime and we will start a new wave of protests alongside with the people of our city.
We warn the state that these violent behaviors bring up nothing but their devastation”.

Farzad’s brave mother
Kermanshah, May 22, 2010
A member of ISC who has met Farzad Kamangar’s mother (Farzad was executed along with 4 other political prisoners on May 9 by the clerical dictatorship) wrote: “I went to his house today and I kissed Farzad’s mothers hand on behalf of all of you. Her mother said: ‘I will not let them hear me mourning. They will take that wish to their graves’. She was strong and tolerant”.

To honor Farhad political prisoners went on hunger strike
Tehran, May 22, 2010
ISC reports from Evin Prison that following the execution of Farhad Vakili a Kurd political prisoner on May 9, political prisoners of ward 350 went on hunger strike last Monday and Tuesday to honor him.
Their connection with the outside world was cut but the prisoners chanted ‘death to dictator’ in prison’s yard to express their protest against the executions.
Following this protesting move, political prisoners Davood Soleimani, Rasool Bodaghi and Isa Saharkhiz were transferred to Gohardasht Prison on Monday and Mehdi Mahmoodian, Reza Rafiee and Tabarzani were transferred to Karaj’s Pardis Prison.

Vast protest against the political executions
Uroumieh and Oshnavieh, May 22, 2010
On May 18 more than 50% of high school pupils in Uroumieh boycotted classes in protest to the execution of five political prisoners on May 9.
The names of some of the most important high schools were Chamran, Khomeini, Mostafa Khomeini and Taleghani high schools.
In Oshnavieh too more than 75% of city’s schools including Ferdose, Motahari and Haj Rasoulian high schools were almost closed because students boycotted the classes in protest to the executions.

Hamedan honors the innocents
Hamedan, May 22, 2010
Students of Abu Ali Sina University of Hamedan have decorated the pictures of the 5 executed political prisoners of May 9 in the hall of Science Department and have lit candles for them.

Students call for commemorating Kianoosh Asa
Tehran- May 22, 2010
Students of Science and Industry University intend to have a huge ceremony on June 1 at noon for the anniversary of Kianoosh Asa a student of the university who was arrested during last year’s June Uprising and murdered under torture. (Kianoosh was murdered on June 15, 2009).
The ceremony will start from in front of Chemistry Engineering Department were Kianoosh studied and it will end at the park named after him after a march.



Suppression

Unannounced curfew in Tabriz
Tabriz, May 23, 2010
ISC reported Saturday morning from Tabriz that at the anniversary of the day Iran Daily offended people talking Turkish and Azari languages in Iran, Tabriz was flooded with regime’s suppressive forces.
At the early hours of the day an unannounced curfew ruled the city and each 50 meters a team of two suppressive agents were patrolling.
Footage's link is given


Trialed for visiting his child
Tehran, May 22, 2010
Clerical regime’s Judiciary trialed Mr. Hamid Haeri an old political prisoner on charge of visiting his child in Ashraf City and for supporting PMOI. Mr. Haeri has been under torture since 2.5 years ago.
Mr. Haeri is one of the political prisoners of decade of 1980’s and was arrested on Dec.7, 2008 in a raid by notorious Intelligence Ministry while he was sick in bed and was suffering from the injuries of a heavy accident. He was transferred to the dreadful ward 209 of Evin Prison.
He has gone several times under severe physical and psychological tortures to yield to what the interrogators of Intelligence Ministry wanted from him but he endured and resisted. The interrogators have threatened him times and again that they would arrest his wife and young daughter and take them to Kahrizak under torture.

Arrests in Kurdistan
Kurdistan, May 22, 2010
During strikes throughout Kurdistan against the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9, the Intelligence Bureau of Dahgalan Township summoned a few of activists of the township to the bureau and after hours of interrogation transferred them to Gharveh’s Intelligence Bureau.
The names of the detainees are Foad Amiri (civil and human rights activist), Khaled Shakoori (political activist), Sardar Mohammadi (civil and human rights activist), Ali Mohammadi (civil and human rights activist) and Baset Moradi (civil and human rights activist).
The families of the detainees have no news of them since.

Suppression in Sharif University
Tehran, May 22, 2010
A member of ISC reported about the spying apparatus at Sharif University and said: “we chanted Allah O Akbar at dark in the dormitory but we were summoned to Harasat the next day. They badly control us. In each room they have put a Bassiji girl supporter of Ahmadinejad to spy on us.

Political prisoners under continuous attacks at Gohardasht Prison
Tehran, May 22, 2010
At the newest raid from the systematic raids on defenseless political prisoners at Gohardasht Prison a great number of inmates were severely injured and their belongings destroyed.
Though the prisoners have been injured in head, face and other limbs but the officials haven’t permitted any treatment.
This prison has turned to place of exile for many political prisoners in recent years and they are kept amongst ordinary criminals and inmates who are affected with skin and blood diseases.

190 arrested
Shahryar, May 22, 2010
Raiding on residential regions in Shahryar Township suppressive SSF arrested 190 people on the excuse of narcotics on Thursday May 20. Sixty operational suppressive teams were involved at the raid.

A student publication banned
Tehran- May 22, 2010
Amir Roostami the head of students affair of Tehran University said that Pardis Qom a student publication has been confiscated because it has offended mullahs Makarem Shirazi and Jafar Sobhani and as Roostami puts it Ayatollahs. The committee of supervising students’ publications will look into the matter and until then the publication will be banned.


Workers of Iran


Taxi drivers won
Kamyaran, May 22, 2010
Taxi drivers of Bath residential complexes in Kamyaran protested against merging three taxi stations in regions one, two and three of the complexes at May 19 in front of the City Council building.
Regime’s suppressive forces and Intelligence agents immediately were present at the place filming the protesters but they resisted the horrifying security atmosphere and were able to reach their goal.

Protesting RGC’s bullying
Tehran, May 21, 2010
More than 200 workers, members of Farming Jihad’s Residential Cooperative gathered on May 19 at 9 am in protest. Regime has received money from them for 25 years to provide them with a house but because the lands are located in an appropriate location for RGC it intends to get hold of the lands.
Suppressive SSF were present to control the gathering.

Workers of Zarin Metal Production Company on Strike
Tehran, May 21, 2010
The workers of this company are on strike since Wednesday May 29. They haven’t been paid their wages for six months.
The company has been working with 20% of primary material needed for long.
The representative of Labor Bureau of Islamshahr tried to convince the workers to end their strike and wait even longer which made them more angry.
Due to resistance of the workers the manager announced that he will accompany the workers’ representative and ask for loan. The workers said that they would continue their strike until this was done.


News of Iran’s Economy


Gasoline
Tehran, May 22, 2010
Gas stations in Tehran did not offer any free gasoline on May 22 in Tehran and provided gasoline for the customers only with ration cards.

Poor conditions of factories in Kurdistan: Rakhsh Niro Company 
Sanandaj, May 21, 2010
A member of ISC reported about the conditions of Rakhsh Niro Company in Sanandaj:
This company with history of ten years and 45 workers runs in two shifts. The company belonging to the private section produces cable and power transformers.
Manufacturing 5 tons of cable per month but still the workers of this factory have not received their wages for six months as well as their bonus for the New Year.
The workers’ protests not only had not reached a satisfactory result so far but also the manager threatens them that they will be fired because they disrupt the production by their protests.
The same condition ruled the factory on 2008 and at that time too the manager fired some of the workers because they protested against their unpaid wages and replaced them with female workers making them to promise that they will not protest in case the payment of their wages is postponed.
The workers of this company are forced to work for long hours and they have no support amongst the governmental organs.

Other News

A repented RGC colonel discloses
May 22, 2010
A retired RGC colonel from RGC in Kurdistan region named H.M. who lives with his wife and two sons in one of the neighboring countries of Iran trying to take refuge in a European country discloses.
He speaks of his past: “from the beginning of the revolution I was a member of RGC in Kurdistan. I am from one of the villages of Divandareh. Like many others I was deceived by regime’s Islamic slogans. At the beginning of the revolution I was only 16 and I got acquainted with RGC by Seyyed Hashem Hedayati. I served 27 years in the force and I suffered a lot.
You might ask me why I didn’t run away during these 27 years. The history will forgive me some day.
RGC has a moral weak point from all the Kurd families and keeps them in its archives. Any human being has made mistakes in his life and I had too.
Every once in a while they gather us bringing different excuses and they remind us of what we have been and what we had done.
Regime tried hard to make Kurds to agree with it but it wasn’t successful for one reason. Kurds love their religion (Suni)...
RGC never trusted Kurds. I remember that at the beginning of the Gulf War ...one of high rank officials of RGC said amongst some RGC commanders that Kurds sold themselves to US...
Because my wife was the daughter of one of RGC commanders in Hamedan who was killed I was trusted. I was a member of the board that 14 months ago we received the shipment of Russian missiles from RGC to station them in Saral Region. They told us that Russians call Kurdistan ‘heaven of camouflage’ and for that reason RGC missile sites are stationed in Kurdistan.
I witnessed missile tests in Saral Region, Obatoo field and Ghaleh Kohan. This is the strongest missile site of Iran....
I have been in sessions for coordinating transfer of narcotics from Kurdistan; opium and heroin...



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

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