UPDATE ON IRAN - JUNE 15, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.633

Uprising of June 10-20

Siege of Tehran University’s dormitory
Tehran, June 14, 2010
Following today’s protest of 1000 students of Tehran University at the anniversary of the raid at the dormitory last year which led to death of five students, 300 arrests and a great number of injured students the clerical regime has deployed about 200 of its suppressive forces to the location of the dormitory and has stationed them since 1915 in street 15 of Amirabad. This street is exactly in front of the dormitory. The forces are still stationed there at 2110.


Slogan-writer shot
Malayer, June 14, 2010
Reports received from Malayer say the on the night before June 12 around 1.45 am SSF shot at two youths who were posting statements and writing anti-regime slogans on the walls but fortunately the two were able to swiftly escape.

A mullah’s home torched
Qom, June 14, 2010
State-run media wrote that on June 13 unidentified persons torched the house of Nori Hamedani a source of religious law (Marja) affiliated with the regime.

Facts of Arbitrary arrests on June 12
Tehran, June 15, 2010
On June 14 about 200 family members of detainees of June 12 Uprising gathered in front of Evin Prison demanding the freedom of their beloveds. They unanimously said that their beloveds have been arrested without reason:
- Father of Porya Ali Akber 25 having his son medicine in his hand said that Porya has epilepsy and wanted the medicine to be given to his son if he is transferred to Evin.
- Families of Farnoosh Vefghi and Azam Akhlagi were looking for their daughters who were lost on June 12 but they received no answer.
- Family of Daryoush Ebadi who was arrested groundlessly in Enghelab Ave. was looking for him in Evin.
- A 45 years old man was looking for his 65 years old mother and her daughter. He said they were just walking in the street but they were arrested on no reason and taken to unknown location.
- A young man said that his fiancé and sister have been arrested arbitrary in the street on June 12. He too received no answer from the henchmen of Evin.
- Some families said that their children of their friends have been beaten and arrested just because they had taken their cell phone out to talk.
The gathering lasted till after dark.


Commemorating Neda Agha Soltan
Tehran, June 14, 2010
Internet is full of calls for commemorating Neda Agha Soltan. Neda was shot in her heart on June 20, 2009. The taped video shocked the world and revealed the true nature of this regime to those who still thought appeasing this regime is possible. People are inviting each other to be present on June 20 at the place of her death in North Kargar st. Intersection of Khosravi and Salehi.

Mullahs take revenge
Tehran, June 14, 2010
As people took into the streets on June 12 and the universities roar in protest to this regime answering the call of PMOI for uprisings on June 10-20 the clerical regime is taking revenge by finalizing the death penalty decree for two PMOI supporters Mr. Mohammad Ali Aghaee and Jafar Kazemi.
Their lawyers had formerly said that they are deprived from a copy of the decree so they cannot appeal a revision for it. After a tedious quest at last they have been able to get hold of a copy of the decree and now they had filed their appeal.


The Downfall

Karrobi attacked in Qom
Qom, June 13, 2010
Mehdi Karrobi though taking back his call for people’s demonstration on June 12 was attacked by Khamenei’s band on Qom on June 13 while visiting some sources of religious law in Qom.
The attack was carried on by Plainclothes.

Montazeri’s home, office and his son’s home under attack, Sanee’s house under siege
Qom, June 13, 2010
On Sunday at noon the house and office of Ayatollah Montazeri and his son’s home were attacked by Plainclothes. The windows were broken and the attackers called them “Hypocrites” (the name that regime used only for PMOI members till the year-old uprising of Iran).
Saeed Montazeri, Ayatollah Montazeri’s son counts that has the consequence of Khameni’s secret visit to Qom on June 12.
Saeed Montazeri said that first Ayatollah’s Sane-ee’s house was surrounded and attacked at 4 am (Sane-ee had taken Khamenei under question after the uprising started) and then Karrob’s car was attacked when he came to visit Sane-ee.
Plainclothes chanted ‘Qom is no place for Hypocrites’.
Montazeri’s office was then sealed by the decree of Especial Court of Clerics.


Suppression

Iran harasses and detains ‘improperly’ dressed women in airports
June 14, 2010
The head of Iran’s Airport Police said that 3,506 improperly dressed people were (forced) to sign pledges (not to dress in that way) in the first 82 days of the (Iranian) year.
“The police in airports all over the country will even prevent improperly veiled people who come to welcome their guests to the country from entering the airports”, he said.
This police official said that the airport police will prevent improperly veiled passengers from continuing their travels and also reported that 112 women and 210 men were arrested by the airport police for not following social norms in the first 82 days of the Iranian year.
“The airport police prevented the travelling of 71 women who did not have proper veiling and they were introduced to judicial sources”. (ILNA state-run news agency)

Ailing teacher deprived medication in prison
June 14, 2010
The physical condition of Ali-Akbar Baghani, the Secretary General of the Iran Teacher Center, is unsuitable in prison and prison officials have deprived him of treatment.
Baghani is in poor condition because of the deterioration of his prostate illness but prison officials refuse to allow him to receive the necessary medication.
This retired teacher was under medication before his arrest.
Ali-Akbar Baghani was arrested on the morning of April 28 after security forces stormed his home and was taken to prison.

Intelligence agents storm home of slain political prisoner, harass and threaten family
June 14, 2010
According to reports, agents of the Intelligence Agency stormed the home of slain political prisoner Amir-Hossein Heshmat Saran, conducted a search and interrogated and threatened his family.
On Monday, June 14, at about 12 pm, six intelligence agents stormed the home of Saran. They checked this family’s phone book and asked questions about the names of the people in the book.
These agents also asked Elahe Nazju (Amir-Hossein Heshmat Saran’s wife) about the whereabouts of her son Babak. This is while Babak Saran was arrested on Saturday in Tehran by security forces and taken to an unknown location. There has been no news on him since his arrest.
These agents tried to put mental pressure on this family and told Elahe Nazju, Babak’s mother that, “A person who is against the revolution deserves all this”.

Iran takes away political prisoners’ visitation rights
June 14, 2010
The prosecutor of Tehran has cut off all in person visits of political prisoners in Evin Prison for an unlimited time period.
According to this order, from now on, the families of political prisoners are only allowed to visit their loved ones in prison from behind a glass partition, meaning they can talk to them via a telephone.
Ordinary prisoners are allowed in person visits once a month but this right has been taken away from political prisoners.
Families can only have in person visits with a special order from the prosecutor.
The children, sisters and brothers of prisoners will be banned from in person visits even if their families have obtained the right of in person visits from the prosecutor.
According to reports, these limitations have been put in place to prevent prisoners from giving out messages or notes to sources outside of prison.

Iran arrests two students in Kermanshah after they call for peaceful protests
June 14, 2010
Two students were arrested after a call for a peaceful protest by a pro-democracy student association in the Razi Kermanshah University.
The Protection Department of this university summoned four students and handed over two of them to the Kermanshah Intelligence Agency.
Aptin Pegah, a physics student and Babak Ghiasi who majors in agricultural engineering were arrested yesterday and there is no information on their condition and whereabouts.

Labor activist taken to Kahrizak death camp
June 12, 2010
According to reports, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, a labor activist was arrested and taken to the Kahrizak Detention Center after going to the Revolutionary Court to collect his seized personal belongings.
On June 1, this 50 year old labor activist who is also a teacher went to the 8th branch of the Revolutionary Court to collect his personal belongings which were seized on Labor Day upon his arrest but was mistreated by the head of the court branch. He was then arrested on the bogus charge of ‘disrupting order’ after protesting this treatment and was taken to the Kahrizak Detention Center.
His family has pursued his condition since his arrest but has not received any answers and they have been told that his name has not been registered in the prisoners list.
Hundreds of protesters were taken to the Kahrizak Detention Center last year where they were violently tortured and abused and at least 4 detainees were killed.
Despite announcements that this detention center had been closed down, its seems that it has once again secretly become active. Political prisoners and other prisoners who are taken there are at risk of brutal tortures and their lives are in danger.

Innocent woman on verge of being stoned to death
June 14, 2010
Mohammad Mostafayi, the lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is suffering day and night at the Tabriz Prison since she was jailed in 2005. She was sentenced to being stoned to death. Sakineh Mohammadi requested amnesty twice and has announced that she has two children, a boy and girl, waiting for her outside of prison. She has also said many times that she is innocent. She could be stoned to death at any moment.

7 Karaj students arrested on June 12
June 14, 2010
A student at the Free Karaj University said that on June 12, a number of students intended to gather (for a protest) but seven of them were immediately arrested.
“Four of them were released after a few hours, but three student activists are still detained in a building in the university”.

Security forces shoot at young activists for writing political slogans on wall
June 14, 2010
According to reports, at about 1:45am on June 13 in Malayer, two young people who were busy putting up (political) announcements and writing on walls were met with a hysterical reaction from security forces and were shot at. Fortunately they were able to quickly leave the scene.


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