The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.682

War of political prisoners

Amnesty international calls for a halt in Jafar Kazemi’s execution and the execution of 6 other political prisoners
August 6, 2010
On last Thursday Amnesty International issued a statement for immediate action for a halt in Jafar Kazemi’s execution and the execution of 6 other political prisoners in regard with PMOI; Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaie, Ali Saremi, Abdolreza Ghanbari, Ahmad Daneshpoor Moghadam, Mohsen Daneshpoor Moghadam and Jafar Lari a merchant from Tehran’s Bazaar.

Three political prisoners on dry hunger strike in critical conditions
Tehran, August 6, 2010
ISC reports that Kayvan Samimi, Majid Tavakoli and Bahman Amooie three political prisoners on dry hunger strike at Evin Prison are in critical condition. Bahmand and Kayvan are journalists and Majid is a student activist.
It is about ten days that 17 political prisoners are on hunger strike in solitary cells in ward 350 in protest against the terrible conditions of ward 350 and the behavior of prisons agents towards political prisoners.

Political prisoner Arjang Davoodi’s life in jeopardy
Karaj, August 6, 2010
ISC reports that political prisoner Arjang Davoodi is in critical condition in his fourth day of hunger strike in ward 3 of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison.
Mr. Davoodi has lost more than 10 kilo’s and can hardly walk. He also is suffering from low blood pressure, dizziness, head ache and is having problem in seeing.
His live is really in danger.
Mr. Davoodi went on hunger strike in protest to inhuman limitations and conditions of the prison. He demands the minimum rights of a prisoner none the less a political prisoner such as having visits, being able to call his family and been treated by a physician.
His house has been actually invaded by regime and his family is homeless and he demands it back.
He has complained against Ali Haj Kazem the head of Gohardasht Prison and he demands that his complain be looked into.

Regime’s security forces threaten the mothers of the hunger strikers
Tehran, August 5, 2010
As the families of 17 hunger strikers gathered in protest in front of the General Bureau for Prisons regime’s suppressive security agents tried to arrest some of the mothers and other family members of these political prisoners but they were confronted with the resistance of the others to prevent the act.
In another event the suppressive security forces have called the families of these political prisoners warning them about having any interview with the media. They have threatened these families that if they say a word about these prisoners to the media they will be immediately detained.
Regime’s security organs have become furious about the fact that the news of these hunger strikes has been conveyed to the world.
Majid Tavakoli’s mother said: “they told me to hush up and have no interview with the media”, but she said that she is afraid of nothing. She has not seen Majid for 9 months.
She added: “Majid belongs to everybody, if I keep silence the others won’t”.

Mother of one of the hunger strikes warned that she will commit suicide
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Mother of Hamidreza Mohammadi one of the 17 hunger strikers at Evin Prison said that Hamidreza had been in prison for 6 years and he is suffering from nervous system’s problems. He had also been sent to hospital once for a week for unknown reason.
She added: “we don’t know at all if he is alive or not.... I just want to see him and if they don’t permit me to see him tomorrow I will kill myself there...”

Sakineh Mohammadi Ahstiani under decree for stoning to death ruled out all the charges
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, condemned to stoning to death ruled out all the charges against her and said: “they think that they can do whatever they want with the women of this country. They wanted to get rid of my lawyer so that they can charge me with whatever they want without being protested against”.

Students supporting the hunger strikes
Mazandaran, August 6, 2010
A group of student activists of Mazandaran University and the Nooshirvani Industrial University of Babol issued a statement supporting the hunger strikers at Evin Prison. They counted regime’s authorities responsible for their health including
1- The head of Judiciary Sadegh Amoli Larijani
2- The head of Prisons Organization of the Country, Qolamhossein Ismaieli
3- The head of Evin Prison, Sedaghat
4- The General Prosecutor, Qolamhossein Mohseni Ejeie
5- Tehran’s prosecutor, Mahmood Jafari Dolatabadi
6- The head of the country’s SSF, Ahmadi Moghadam
7- The minister of intelligence, Haidar Moslehi
These students called on all international organizations especially the UN Secretary General to support these political prisoners.


Sanctions

Gasoline crisis in Gonbad
Gonbad, August 6, 2010
Gas stations are too crowded in this city and the queues for gasoline are longer than a kilometer. The same is the condition of gas stations for gas consuming vehicles.

Rasht is facing gasoline crisis too
Rasht, August 7, 2010
Taxi drivers in Rasht have to stay between one to three hours in line for receiving 5 kg of gas and 5 liters of gasoline for their taxis.

Bazaar

Heavy decrees for two merchants of Bazaar
Tehran, August 5, 2010
The criminal judge Salavati has issued heavy sentences for two popular merchants of Bazaar.
Javad Lari 51 and married and Mohsen Dogmechi 50 are condemned to execution and 10 years imprisonment respectively.
Mr. Lari has been transferred directly to solitary cells after he was arrested last summer and went under severe torture to have dictated TV interviews. He is charged with Moharebe being affiliated with PMOI.
Mr. Dogmechi has been condemned to 10 years imprisonment because he has financially helped the families of political prisoners and because his son is a resident of Ashraf City the resident of PMOI members in Iraq.


Resistance

Anti regime slogans increase in Tehran
Tehran, August 6, 2010
Anti regime slogans are increasingly seen these days in Narmak region of Tehran. Though the security agents constantly erase these slogans but they are written again.
Anti regime slogans are also seen in regions of Jalalieh, Mirkhani St, and streets of Nosrat, Gharib, Bagherkhan Intersection, end of Keshavarz Blvd and around One Thousand Beds Hospital.
The slogans read as:
- Sanctions are the ground for change
- Iranians strike, we will rise on Sep. 3 (Qods Day)
- The Uprising is alive, Khamenei is dead, the Uprising in undefeatable, we will rise on Sep. 3
- Khamenei must know that the Uprising continues; valiant Iranian support, support
Also in Charsad Dastgah region brave youths have written anti regime slogans such as:
- be alive the memory of the political prisoners massacred in 1988, we will come on Sep. 3
- Sep. 3 is the day of the nation’s uprising, the day of the death of Velayat
- Our Uprising is alive, Khamenei is death, we will come on Sep. 3


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

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