The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.611
Uprising of June 10-20
Call: Compatriots take into the streets from June 20-30 for freedom!
Tehran, May 23, 2010
Reports from all over Tehran show that distribution of call for uprising in Khordad (May 22-June 21) continues by brave struggling youths.
Hundred copies of leaflets calling to this uprising titled ‘Compatriots Take into the Streets for freedom on June 10-20 and Defend Struggling Youths and Political Prisoners’ was distributed in Behjatabad region on the south wing of Takhtetavoos Street attracting people’s attention and support.
In another event youths of Salsabil and Khosh regions distributed leaflets and wrote slogans supporting the uprisings on June 10-20. On Friday May 21 hundreds of leaflets reading ‘Khordad is the month of struggle and Khamenei shakes- don’t forget June 10- 20’ was distributed in west Navab and streets leading to Khosh and Salsabil. Residents supported the youths and offered their help in distribution.
The walls of Salsabil intersection called on people for the uprising on June by the slogan of ‘it is Khordad again regime’s life is over – don’t forget June 10- 20’.
Dismissals and appointments at the wake of another uprising
Tehran, May 24, 2010
At the wake of anniversary of the nationwide uprising Khamenei dismissed Pasdar Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr from the position of the deputy of Headquarters of Armed Forces in Bassij Affairs and appointed another Pasdar, Akbar Ibrahimzadeh in his place.
Khamenei also endoresed Pasdar Ahmadi Moghadam the criminal head of SSF in his position for two more years.
Former head of RGC fears the continuation of the Uprising
Tehran, May 24, 2010
Rahim Safavi the former head of RGC expressing his fear from the continuation of the Uprising said: “soft-war, has aimed and striking at the System and our beliefs”.
MP horrified from the June Uprising
Tehran, May 23, 2010
Ali Motahar regime’s MP expressed how he is worried from people’s Uprising at its anniversary by saying: “I don’t agree with any permission for a gathering or a rally at the anniversary of this event. Issuing such permission means re-ignition of the sedition”.
Increase of suppression in Tabriz
Tabriz, May 24, 2010
During recent days the clerical regime has executed intense security measures in Tabriz.
SSF suppressive agents are seen throughout the city.
People count that as a sign for regime’s fear from the anniversary of the uprising of Tabriz residents in 2006 and say that it wants to prevent of any protest.
Suppressive patrols in Karaj
Karaj, May 23, 2010
Patrols named ‘moral security’ have become vastly active since Saturday May 22 in Karaj.
These patrols were seen in streets of Gohardasht, Derakhti and Jahanshahr warning women and girls (for their veil) and arresting some.
Some female agents accompany these patrols.
They behave the women of our country very inappropriately and in some cases there have been verbal clashes between women and men with these agents.
In this way regime wants to increase the climate of fear and horror in Karaj.
Active students under pursuit
Shahrood, May 23, 2010
A member of ISC said that active students of Shahrood Industrial University are under pursuit.
Harasat of the university has warned them that if they have any move they will be either expelled from their exams or from the university.
Also 1000 students of this university laid their food trays on the ground and started a sit-in. There have been clashes between students and Bassijies.
The Downfall
Larijanies expressed their fear from global sanctions
Tehran, May 23, 2010
Larijani regime’s head of parliament nervous about the draft of sanctions speaking in the parliament on May 23 conceded that regime’s maneuver for accepting exchange of nuclear fuel had no credit and added: “we saw at the recent nuclear issue that after Americans asked in writing from Turkey to act as a middle man, when Turkey and Brazil entered the scene to open a way, Iran accepted fuel exchange because we respected the two friendly countries... Then all of a sudden Americans started their deception and talked about the resolution. We must say to Americans if you really wanted to do so, why did you make the two important states of Turkey and Brazi subject of mockery”.
Meanwhile his brother Mullah Sadegh Larijani the head of regime’s Judiciary said: “US and other western countries must think of a productive compromise and a respectful agreement with Iran. They must stop playing with Iran’s nuclear issue”.
He too conceded that regime’s nuclear maneuver had no value and added: “Iran’s recent statement is a touchstone for the claiming countries especially US to show if they are really looking for a productive compromise in the issue of nuclear energy or they only think of their own interests and intend evil against Iran”.
Meanwhile mullah Larijani claimed that regime will not retreat a step from its atomic eagerness.
Resistance
Political prisoner Ali Moezi condemned execution decrees for 6 PMOI supporters
Tehran, May 24, 2010
Mr. Ali Moezi 56, one of the political prisoners of decade of 1980 who was abducted from his home in Fall 2008 for meeting his daughters in Ashraf City and is currently imprisoned in Gohardasht Prison under pressure and torture sent a message calling the decree of executions for 6 supporters of PMOI members as regime’s delusions for provoking fear and horror in the society.
He said in part of his message: “In the name of God. In fear of increasing protests and discontent of people, heads of regime have decided to revenge upon people. Thus at the wake of Khordad and after executing some, now we hear from regime’s prosecutor that decrees for execution of 6 family members of PMOI members residing in Ahsraf City including Mr. Ali Saremi and Mr. Jafar Kazemi had been finalized. They think that they will horrify people by this...
Iranian society chants ‘don’t be afraid we are all together’ and ‘we will fight, we will die, but we will not compromise’ never the less our political cellmates are those who put the rope with their own hands on their necks and order the execution and their families endure crying their path...”.
He continues: “since Mr. Saremi was transferred from Evin Prison to Gohardasht Prison I was honored to be his cellmate and I was affected by his humbleness, sacrifice and great humane behavior...One of our other cellmates says: ‘since they have issued his decree of execution how much more affectionate he had become and who much more inspired and happy’.
Mr. Saremi is still a pioneer in morning exercises, using his time right, helping others and meeting their needs. He doesn’t feel old, tired or sick. During the time that they consecutively took him to court and he was sick he said: ‘it was nothing I went out and came back and defended my identity...”.
Students strike back
Tabriz, May 23, 2010
An ISC member reported from Tabriz that following the closure of Arman Group, a political active Azari group, security forces raided Tabriz Azad University on May 22 and detained ten active students. Eight of them were freed till night but two of them Massoud and Hadi Akbari were kept in detention. Students said that they will go on strike witihn a couple of days.
Suppression
Fines for women with improper veil
Mashad, May 24, 2010
Regime’s criminal prosecutor of Mashad threatened the women of our homeland and said: “women with improper veil have to pay fines up to 1,300,000 tomans (almost 1300 dollars)”.
Students of Meli University (Beheshti University) were summoned
Tehran, May 23, 2010
To provoke climate of fear and horror amongst students the clerical regime summoned some of the students who had protested Ahmadinejad’s presence at their university on Labor Day.
Regime retaliates the strike
Bukan, May 23, 2010
A resident of Bukan told an ISC member that after the general strike and closure of all shops in the city in protest against the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 the government has cut electricity and other civil services in some regions of the city and still the electricity has not come back in all affected regions and people’s shops are without electricity.
Bukan’s Friday Imam has threatened that if the residents repeat protesting any governmental decree or law they will be deprived of all general services.
Suppression of youths
Tehran, May 23, 2010
Under the imposturous plan of ‘confronting bothering of women’ regime’s suppressive agents in forms of ‘aid units’ and ‘moral security police’ bother young girls and boys in the cars.
They confiscated the cars documents and gave a receipt instead saying to receive their documents they must refer to ‘aid units’.
These suppressive measures have been taken by regime’s suppressive agents east of Tehran. Golbarg Street is one of the affected streets.
Iran hangs political prisoner in Zahedan
May 24, 2010
Mullahs' regime hanged Abdolhamid Rigi, the brother of Abdolmalek Rigi (the head of the Jundollah Group) on Monday morning in the Central Zahedan Prison.
Iranian regime sentenced him to death by the Revolutionary Court and the sentence was implemented after it was upheld by the Supreme Court. (Tabnak state-run Website)
Man hanged in public in Ahwaz
May 23, 2010
On the evening of May 21, a person was hanged in public by the judicial system. This hanging was carried out in Koot Abdollah Road across the Abadan Terminal. The sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court.
Qazvin Prosecutor: limb amputation will be used as punishments for thieves
May 23, 2010
The Prosecutor of Qazvin announced that the amputation law would be pursued to decrease robberies in Qazvin.
Hojatoll-Islam Sadeqi Niaraki cited the increase of some crimes in Qazvin and said, “Narcotics, robberies and intentional beatings are crimes that have the highest rates (in Qazvin) and we are looking to control these crimes by issuing sentences and urgently implementing the sentences according to the law”.
He also said that the punishments for crimes will be more severe. (ISNA state-run News Agency)
It should be mentioned that regime of Iran has started these executions and inhuman actions in order to make atmosphere of fear to prevent people from uprising in coming month of June, the anniversary of June uprising in 2009.
Political prisoner writes letter from prison detailing brutal tortures
May 22, 2010
Hassan Mirzayi, a political prisoner in the Orumieh Central Prison who was sentenced to 32 months of prison by the first branch of the Orumieh Revolutionary Court wrote a letter detailing the tortures he was subjected to during his detention in the Salmas, Khoy and Orumieh Intelligence Agencies, and Evin Prison.
“I am Hossein Mirzayi and was arrested by security forces in a Revolutionary Guards Corps checkpoint on May 24, 2009 and was detained for about 17 days in the Salmas and Khoy Intelligence Agencies where I was interrogated. On June 11, 2009, I was taken from the Khoy Intelligence Agency to Orumieh and was subjected to severe physical and mental tortures for 47 days.
During the 47 days in the Orumieh Intelligence Agency I was physically tortured, beaten, lashed on the legs and shoulders, and hung from my hands and feet.
From the seventh day of my detention in Orumieh, I was tortured twice a day, in the morning and evening, in an electric chair and after 14 days I was transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. There they gave me three injections which made my muscles extremely weak and sluggish and I was strangely slow in answering their questions. I was not able to walk and during this stage I was unable to eat anything except water for 7 to 8 days.
I was then transferred to Khoy from Evin. Because of the injuries in my chest, I am suffering from respiratory problems along with severe coughs and have nasal secretions. I still have pain in my left knee as a result of the tortures.
After making constant visits to the prison infirmary, medics in the Khoy and Orumieh Prisons announced in their initial checkups that I need to have urgent radiology pictures taken from lungs. Also the doctor in Evin Prison said that as a result of the torture, the nerves in my left knee have been damaged and this has led to thinness in my left leg.
After the checkups, I constantly requested to be treated in a hospital outside the prison at my own expense or asked to be seen by a specialist without any results and my condition is deteriorating by the day”.
Ailing female protester taken to Evin Prison
May 22, 2010
Mobineh Lari who was arrested during post election events was taken to Evin Prison after her sentence was confirmed.
There is no information on why she was taken to Evin Prison.
She is suffering from MS (multiple sclerosis) and cannot even change her clothes on her own.
Iran tortures jailed woman into giving fake confessions
May 23, 2010
According to reports, Zahra Bahrami who was arrested on Ashura (December 27, 2009) is still jailed in cellblock 209 and is under severe pressure to confess to fabricated charges made against her in the Revolutionary Court.
Zahra Bahrami (Sahra) has a dual Iranian Dutch citizenship and lives in London. This 45 year old woman was an artist in London and came to Iran to visit her child. Bahrami was arrested on December 27 during widespread protests in Tehran by intelligence agents and was transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. She was subjected to severe mental and physical torture to make taped confessions. She is currently in cellblock 209 in one cell with two other prisoners and has been denied visits with her family and the right to a lawyer since her arrest. She is suffering from severe depression because of the tortures.
Intelligence interrogators physically and mentally torture her or give her empty promises that she will be released to force her into giving false confessions in front of cameras. In these confessions, interrogators call her Sara and insult her by saying she is a dancer. Bahrami was forced to say that she was in contact with the Monarchist Association and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran among other fabricated charges. Intelligence agents have forced a number of other detainees to confess against her in these taped confessions.
These agents have also told her that she has to accept these charges in the Revolutionary Court. They intend to charge her with being a mohareb (enemy of God) and have threatened her on many instances that they would sentence her to death and implement the sentence as soon as possible.
Jailed student activist goes on hunger strike in protest to being thrown in solitary
May 23, 2010
Majid Tavakoli, a jailed student activist was taken to a solitary cell today for unknown reasons.
He had announced to his cellmates before his transfer that he would go on a dry hunger strike (refusing to eat both food and water) if he is taken to solitary.
This is while in the past few days, his physical health was reportedly poor and he was taken to the infirmary several times.
Labor activist sentenced to 5 years of prison
May 22, 2010 - The Ahwaz court of review upheld the 5 year prison term for Pejman Rahimi, a labor activist in Khuzestan. The 5 year prison sentence for Mohammad-Ismail Vandi, a cultural and social activist in Ahwaz was also upheld by this court.
Workers of Iran
Labor activist imprisoned
Ahwaz, May 23, 2010
Ahwaz revision court approved 5 years term for Pajman Rahimi a laborer activist of Khozestan.
In another event a civil and cultural activist in Ahwaz, Mohammad Ismailvand received a 5 years term by the revision court too.
Strike continues
Qazvin, May 23, 2010
On Sunday May 23 more than 160 workers of Alborz Chinaware factory in Qazvin gathered in protest again to oppose the closure of the factory and nonpayment of their postponed wages. The protest started on 7 am and continued after noon.
Susun Soft Drink factory continue their protest
Tehran, May 23, 2010
In continuation of protests of the workers of Susun Soft Drink Factory 650 laborers of which have been fired, 200 workers gathered in protest in front of Tehran’s west region’s Bureau of Social Support and demanded that officials look into their legal status regarding their firing.
They received no answer from the officials. The families of these workers are in very poor economical condition.
30 laborers fired
Saveh, May 23, 2010
The manager of Shamsa Saveh Company not only has not paid two months wages of his laborers but also has forged the contract with one of his fired workers.
This worker has worked for six months without having any contract which meant that legally he was a permanent hired worker of this company so the manager has made him to sign a forged contract which said that he was contracted till the end of last year and that was the reason he was not accepted on the work after it.
No wages for four months
Saveh, May 23, 2010
Workers of Dana Rahsazan Company in Saveh have not received their wages for four months. Not receiving their wages and bonuses for the New Year the workers of this company are suffering from terrible livelihood conditions.
These workers have protested several times since the end of last Iranian year but they were not able to gain their rights so far.
News of Iran’s Economy
Detouring the sanctions
Isfehan- Shahinshahr, May 23, 2010
According to reportes from Shahinshahr that by using bank accounts of Sheikhs of Persian Gulf countries the clerical regime is pursuing its bank trades and export-import of sanctioned goods.
For example Iran Chemical Industry Company in Isfahan produces a material called LIB which is sanctioned of having any export but the managers of the company who are all from heads of IRGC have made agreements to use bank accounts of these Sheikhs for their export and instead the Sheikhs will receive 20% of the interest.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
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