June 18, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN, JUNE 18, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.636

Uprising of June 10-20

New police force
Hormozgan, June 16, 2010
In a ceremony in Hormozgan Ismail Ahmadimoghadam the commander of SSF said: “…to confront internet crimes plan for establishing ‘Security Police of Exchange on Internet’ has been approved and ordered. We hope that we can establish this force in a month of two”.

Number of Detainees in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery
Tehran-June 17, 2010
The number of detainees in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery on June 15 was 250.

More check points
Tehran-June 17, 2010
Since June 12 the number of check points has increased. In regions of Asef St., Velenjak, Shahrake-e-Qharb regime suppressive agents harassed the residents.

Collecting receivers
Tehran-June 17, 2010
Tehran’s Security Police has announced that all residents have a month to collect their satellite receivers. After the deadline SSF and Bassij will do the job and this will be accompanied with a fine of one to three million tomans (around 3000 dollars).

Soccer fans marched chanting anti regime slogans
Tabriz, June 17, 2010
On June 16 fans of Teractor soccer time gathered in protest and marched from the stadium till the city center chanting anti regime slogans. This gathering started from 7 pm and lasted for about three hours. A great number of suppressive forces were present at the scene.

Summoning of students to Disciplinary Committee
Tehran, June 17, 2010
Shahin Razazi and 8 other students of Sharif Industrial University were summoned to the Disciplinary Committee of the university after June 12th protest gathering.


The Downfall

Crisis within the regime deepens
Tehran, June 16, 2010
Due to the attack on Montazeri’s office and closure of it and the attack on Sane’ee’s office, Monitazeri’s supporters have threatened that they will retaliate.
There have been calls in that regard in Qom, Najafabad and Isfahan.
Mullah Mesbah Yazdi from Khamenei’s band said that those who do not believe in Velayate Faghieh are apostates.

Safar Harandi admitted that Khamenei’s regime is defeated
Tehran, June 16, 2010
The former Guidance Minister in Ahmadinejad’s cabinet conceded: “in the time of ‘soft war’ only the name of Islamic Republic and Supreme Leader’s rule that is inherited from Imam (Khomeini) is left. People say that they believe in Velayat Faghieh but the truth is that in the contemporary era the system of Velayate Faghieh cannot survive. A way out must be found”.
About the low moral and defected forces in different levels of regime he said: “this shows that though we have been inspired at the beginning but at midway we were at the state of perplexity…The ‘soft war’ can even affect Hezbollahies too”.

Mullahs’ mourn European Union’s statement condemning regime for violation of human rights
Tehran, June 16, 2010
Mullahs’ regime reacted to the statement of European Union against its violation of human rights and suppression of Iranians’ freedom-seeking movement. It called the resolution a political and unconstructive statement.
The general director of regime’s Foreign Ministry in his meeting with ambassador of Spain in Tehran expressed regime’s ‘strong protest against the recent statement of Mrs. Ashton about human rights situation in Iran’.
Spain is currently the chair of European Union.
The general director called the statement as: “political, prejudicial, unrealistic and unconstructive”. He accused European Union of having a ‘double-standard behavior’.

The head of RGC’s land forces expresses his fear
Tehran, June 16, 2010
Pakpoor the head of RGC’s land forces expressed his fear of threats aiming at the clerical dictatorship and called on his forces to be ready for confronting them.
Pakpoor said on June 15 amongst a group of RGC forces: “…the enemy is observing us all the time and if they see that RGC is powerful and the armed forces are ready in general they will reconsider but if we are negligent they will feel that we are not capable of confronting them so they will attack us”.


Regime’s nuclear crisis

Nonestop threats of Larijani
Tehran, June 16, 2010
Ali Larijani directly confronts Security Council and emphasizes on the Uranium enrichment with the density of 20%. While threatening he said: “if the inspect Iran’s cargo ships and planes we will react in regards with American ships and ships belonging to these adventurous countries in Persian Gulf…”.

Khamenei’s puppet worried about the sanctions
Tehran, June 16, 2010
Ahmadinejad conceded how much he was worried about the new Security Council’s resolution and harder sanctions and said: “they thought that they can keep the Security Council united by this resolution but they are wrong”.

Confronting the world community; scheming of another nuclear reactor
Tehran, June 16, 2010
Salehi the head of regime’s Atomic Energy Agency announced: “we are planning a new nuclear reactor to produce radio isotopes. This reactor would be stronger than the one existing in Tehran’s research facilities”.

Plan for 20% enrichment is urgent
Tehran, June 17, 2010
In reaction to the sanctions’ resolution the clerical regime urgently passed the plan for 20% Uranium enrichment in the parliament.

Resistance

Regime complains of Iranian’s protest in the International Labor Session
Tehran, June 16, 2010
Javan On line affiliated with RGC wrote on June 14 quoting Mohammad Hamzehee regime’s representative in the International Labor Session in Geneva that: “every year there has been protests in front of ILO but this years protest was different. The protesters entered the hall and insulted Iran and Iran’s representative”.

If detention continues I will go on hunger strike
Narges Mohammadi
Tehran, June 16, 2010
Narges Mohammadi the deputy chief of Defenders of Human Rights Club who was arrested on June 10 and is still kept in solitary cells after a week announced that if her detention continues she’ll go on hunger strike.
Narges suffers from lung problems.


Suppression

Airport agents beat women for their ‘improper veil’
Isfahan, June 16, 2010
On Wednesday June 16 regime’s agents at Isfahan Airport attacked some women and beat them on the excuse of having ‘improper veil’. They warned these women that if they are seen once more with ‘improper veil’ they will be arrested and tried.

Pressure on Gohardasht’s political prisoners continue
Tehran, June 17, 2010
Reza Joshan political prisoner is still in one cell with ordinary prisoners. He has only half an hour a day to go in open air and he is deprived from calling of visiting his family.
Mr. Joshan is under pressure by the henchmen to ask for pardon from Khamenei.
He is suffering from severe lung problems but the henchmen have told him that any treatment is conditional to his asking for pardon. But Reza resists and endures.
Another political prisoner Ali Moezi is suffering from severe kidney problem.

Iran arrests two student activists in Shiraz
June 16, 2010
Sajad and Hamzeh Benam, two student activists in Shiraz were arrested on June 12, on the anniversary of protests in Iran by agents of the Shiraz Intelligence Agency.
Sajad Benam is a computer engineering major at Shiraz University who was arrested after being summoned to the university Protection Department and was handed over to the Intelligence Agency. He was arrested once before on November 4, 2010.
Hamzeh Benam, who studies at the Quran Science University, was arrested after being summoned by the Shiraz Intelligence Agency. This student activist was also arrested for 3 days last June.

Iran continues systematic torture of prisoners in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj
June 16, 2010
In the past few weeks, the inhumane torture, harassing and abuse of prisoners has continued in cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj. These prisoners are under severe torture in solitary cells knows as the doghouse. They are kept in high temperatures without water for a long period of time and if they knock on their cell doors asking for water, they are shackled and blindfolded and taken to the torture cell where they are tortured. Torture with electric shockers is a common method used in this prison. Prisoners who were tortured in the past few days include Hassan Sharifi, Qeisar Ismaili, Javad Zare, Ahmad Fathian (security forces broke his nose in torture), Saman Mohammadi and a number of other prisoners.

Iran arrests man in Mahabad on charges of cooperating with dissident groups
June 16, 2010
A man from Mahabad identified as Mohammad-Amin Rashedi was arrested in the past few days in this town. He is currently in Mahabad Prison and has been charged with cooperating with dissident groups.


Workers of Iran

Hundreds of Kerman Province’s workers went on strike
Sirjan, June 16, 2010
400 workers of Sirjan’s Iron Stone Company went on strike since June 14. These workers protested against the results of the hiring-tests taken in this unit. It was announced that only 40 of these workers have been accepted and the reset will be fired.
The workers protested since June 15 in front of the office of the company in Golgahar of Sirjan.

A laborer activist arrested
Tehran, June 17, 2010
Behnam Ibrahimzadeh who was arrested on June 12 told his brother in a call from Evin that he has been severely beaten at the time of arrest, he is wounded and two of his ribs are broken.
Mr. Ibrahimzadeh is a plumber in Shorabad of Shahr-e-ray.

Workers won
Tehran, June 17, 2010
After a month of strike workers of Metal Industry No. 1 were able to receive their unpaid wages.

2000 workers on strike
Tehran, June 17, 2010
More than 2000 workers of Tablier Company went on consecutive strikes to receive their unpaid wages for three months in front of the office of the company in Tavanir St. in Tehran but they have not received the wages yet.

Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iran-Students-Committee/222864894745?ref=ts
Iranstudentscommittee.blospot.com
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