The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.684
War of Political Prisoners
The Uprising is alive
Tehran cries ‘Allah O Akbar’ to support its enchained heroes Tehran, August 8, 2010
ISC reported from Tehran that on Saturday night August 7 people chanted ‘Allah O Akbar’, ‘political prisoners must be freed’, ‘death to dictator’ and ‘death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghih’ on their rooftops in Abbas Abad region especially Andisheh St. to support political prisoners.
This was a spontaneous act and another sign that the Uprising is not only alive but also has become even stronger.
Polytechnic on strike to support political prisoner’s hunger strike
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Students of Polytechnic University announced that they will go on hunger strike from August 8 in solidarity with the hunger strikers of Ward 350 of Evin prison.
Reza Malek on hunger strike
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Reza Malek the oldest political prisoner of ward 350 of Evin Prison went on dry hunger strike when transferred to solitary confinement to protest the inhumane behavior at the prison towards the prisoners.
He joined the 17 hunger strikers since 5 days ago. Mr. Malek is 74 years old and his life is in danger.
It is to be mentioned that his term was over last June but the agents of Intelligence Ministry prevented his freedom asking the Judiciary to rule another sentence for him.
Mother of one of the hunger strikers arrested
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Mother of Ali Parviz one of the hunger strikers at Evin Prison was detained because she had participated in the protest gathering in front of Prosecutor Office.
She was freed on bail later. The same had formerly occurred for the mother of Hossein Noorani Nejad.
Due to international pressure Mohammad Mostafaie’s wife was freedTehran, August 8, 2010
The clerical regime desperate of international pressures had to retreat and free the spouse of Mohammad Mostafaie a lawyer who had to leave the country because his life was endangered by clerical dictatorship. In retaliation to his escape regime had arbitrary arrested his wife and his brother-in-law.
Mrs. Halimi, Mr. Mostafaie’s wife said that they were taken as hostages and charged with ‘not cooperating with the interrogator’.
Mr. Mostafaie is also and advocate of children’s rights who has been able to save some juveniles from execution in clerical dictatorship.
Recently he had accepted the defense of Mrs. Sakinieh Mohammadi condemned to stoning to death.
Mrs. Halimi, her brother and father were arrested once before.
Clerical dictatorship force to release a journalist on hunger strikeTehran, August 8, 2010
The henchmen of Evin Prison were forced to release one of the hunger strikers.
Babak Bordbar, a journalist is one of the 17 hunger strikers at Evin Prison.
Babak was supposed to be freed on July 27 but the prisons authority prevented the act.
Babak’s freedom was one of the demands of political prisoners on hunger strike.
Babak’s freedom was the result of the resistance of hunger strikers who tolerated the hard condition of being on hunger strike.
Sanctions
8 great enterprises stopped export of gasoline to Iran
Tehran, August 8, 2010
After a group of sanctions were issued against the clerical dictatorship during recent weeks 8 main enterprises including Luioil, Shell and Total issued statements saying that they have stopped export of gasoline to Iran.
Under the pressure of sanctions the clerical regime stopped its ‘liquefied natural gas’ project
Tehran, August 7, 2010
The clerical regime is about to put aside its project for liquefying natural gas.
Ahmad Ghalibani the director of regime’s Oil Enterprise said on last Friday that his ministry will concentrate on export of gas by gas pipe lines”.
The liquefying project was to be executed by Shell Company who was also in contract with the regime at South Pars gas and oil field but the company stopped its cooperation before the 4th courses of sanctions.
Though clerical regime is the second exporter of gas in OPEC but it is incapable of providing Iran with the gas needed.
To build the facilities needed for liquefying project regime needs huge investment and usage of modern technology which only a few large oil companies enjoy having it.
For one million tons of liquefied gas the clerical regime needs and investment of about one billion dollars.
Crisis of fuel hits taxi drivers
August 8, 2010
Due to lack of gas and gasoline for taxies they only give ride to the passengers who are willing to pay for the whole capacity of passengers of a taxi which would make the taxi driver needless of picking up passengers here and there.
This has raised discontent amongst people.
In another event as the ration of fuel for the taxi agencies has given its place to ‘agency rations’ the taxi drivers are facing serious problems because as some of them put it, it takes up to six months in best condition to obtain that fuel.
A taxi driver in Varamin said: “we have to stay twice a day in long queues for gas and there is no time left for us to work. My co-workers are having another job too because now a days being only a taxi driver does not provide your living especially if you have a child attending university. We clearly see the effect of sanction on our livelihood and we know that it will become worse in the future. We can feel it”.
The Downfall
Jafari admits that the Velayat-e-Faghih regime has become illegitimate
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Fars News Agency quoted Jafari the head of IRGC, expressing his fear from the continuation of the Uprising: “after three decades from the revolution’s victory we are confronted with enemy’s threats in all political, economical, cultural, military and security fields. The most threat is from cultural aspects which have targeted the beliefs of Moslem people of Iran and our honorable leader of revolution (Khamenei) has used the code of ‘cultural war’ for that”.
Regime’s status in the words of Khamenei’s representative
Tehran, August 9, 2010
On Thursday August 5 Khameneie’s representative in IRGC admitted that forces formerly loyal to Khameneie are defected and this has caused commotion within the regime. He said: “we are witnessing four groups today, as a matter of fact five. Some say that we believe in the leadership but to attract the other side we have to take no position. A Friday Imam has been keeping silence for 8 to 9 months; why is he doing so? You must lean on the leadership and not interpret the issues yourself because this would be getting off the salvation ship”.
An Iranian athlete took refuge in Sweden
Tehran, August 8, 2010
A member of the national team of diving from Iran requested for asylum in Sweden. S.A. the winner of gold medal in West Asian matches, winner of bronze in Okrain Free Cup of diving from 10 meter diving boards and etc went to Sweden a while ago and asked for asylum there.
Resistance
The Uprising is alive
Thunder-like demonstration of Tehran’s youths with the slogan of ‘death to Khamenei’Tehran, August 8, 2010
ISC reports from Tehran that on Saturday August 7 at 2135 at Hor Square valiant youths held a thunder-like demonstration and loudly chanting ‘Allah O Akbar’ and ‘death to Khamenei’.
The residents present accompanied them and the demonstration lasted for six minutes around Hor Square, Pastor St. and War University.
People’s protest led to freedom of a womanTehran, August 7, 2010
At the City Services Exhibition in Tehran people present protested the arrest of a woman by suppressive agents of SSF and freed her.
SSF agents at the exhibition warned a lady who was attending the exhibition with her small daughter about her veil and she answers back that there no problem with her veil.
This sentence led to quarrel between the lady and SSF present and they intended to arrest her but people started chanting ‘let her go, let her go’ and went towards them.
This scene made the agents to free the lady.
Commemorating Ahmad Nejati a martyr of Uprising at his anniversary
Tehran, August 7, 2010
On last Thursday families of Ahmad Nejati, fallen for freedom during the nationwide uprising, gathered by his grave along with 300 others of his friends and freedom-lovers at section 213 of Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery.
The crowd laid flowers on his grave while the suppressive SSF along with intelligence and security agents had surrounded the crowd to provoke an atmosphere of fear and horror.
Suppression
Decrees of Execution
Tehran, August 8, 2010- Jalal was condemned to death in a penal court in Tehran on August 8.
Tehran, August 7, 2010- The decree of execution for Nader was approved by the regime’s Supreme Court on August 7.
Tehran, August 4, 2010- Two residents of Tehran; Mehran and Shahriar were condemned to execution at branch 71 of Tehran’s penal court headed by Judge Noorollah Aziz Mohammadi.
Taking advantage of Ramadan for increasing suppression
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Since the beginning of Ramadan in this week a great number of clerics will be stationed at metro stations and BTR stations on the excuse of being at hand for answering questions about the canon law.
The management of Tehran’s metro as well as Tehran Vahed Bus Company is ordered to provide these clerics with appropriate stands at the stations.
People count that as a show of power of Khameni which is another ground for suppressing people even more.
Actually such an act is the ground for establishing another suppressive ministry called the ministry of ‘ordering to good and preventing from evil acts’ which will be in direct connection with The Organization for Propagating Islamic Culture.
Mullahs invade schools
Tehran, August 8, 2010
The Ministry of Education will deploy 4000 mullahs to private educational centers to control ‘the cultural and training’ affairs of these centers.
At governmental centers this project will be implemented more broadly in form of hiring 60000 so-called teachers.
With the presence of mullahs in country’s educational centers religious programs will become the priority of training affairs.
Regime’s elements pour acid on Kianoosh Asa’s grave stoneTehran, August 7, 2010
The suppressive elements of clerical dictatorship have poured acid on the grave stone of Kianoosh Asa, who was arrested and tortured to death during the uprising after last years presidential elections to erase any sign that this is Kianoosh’s grave.
Kainoosh was a student of Science and Industry University, popular amongst the students and loved by them.
Banning a journalist
Kurdistan, August 8, 2010
Bahman Totonchi a Kurd journalist criticizer of the establishment is unofficially prohibited from writing any articles. His articles will not be published in the media by the order of Intelligence ministry. He was also imprisoned for a year before.
Weekly maneuvers of suppressive forces
Zahedan, August 8, 2010
Each week SSF, Bassij and IRGC execute maneuvers in the streets of Zahedan and patrol streets such as Amir and Khayam streets.
Suppression of women
Isfahan, August 8, 2010
In Shahin Sahr of Isfahan placards are posted throughout the city warning that any woman with improper veil will be fined from 5000 to 50000 tomans. The suppressive forces also bother young girls and take some of them away in their cars.
SSF commander promises crack down in holy month of Ramadan
Tehran- August 8, 2010
The deputy commander of the State Security Forces announced that in the holy month of Ramadan, police will severely deal with those who eat in their cars and will hand over the transgressors to judiciary sources after impounding their cars.
“Eating in public is one of the problems that the police will deal seriously with like the years before”, Ahmad-Reza Radan announced.
“Dealing with noise pollution (stopping cars with loud, banned music), improper clothing and improper veiling are other measures taken by the police in the month of Ramadan”.
Jailed journalist on verge of paralysis denied treatment
Tehran- August 8, 2010
Jailed journalist Isa Saharkhiz has been inflicted with general paralysis since Friday August 6 and is unable to move.
Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison where Saharkhiz was transferred to from last year since the death of a number of Kurd citizens in Evin Prison has bad conditions and prison authorities are oblivious to the condition of this political prisoner. This is while Saharkhiz had been suffering from back pain and heart problems. Despite this, prison officials were not willing to grant him even a one day medical leave from prison.
According to reports from Rajayi Shahr Prison, his muscle paralysis started from last Friday which can lead to paralysis in his face, eyes and other organs and he needs immediate hospitalization. This illness which is a kind of disturbance of the nervous system comes with severe pain in the face. Transferring Saharkhiz to the hospital can prevent his complete paralysis but prison officials are still oblivious to his physical condition.
This journalist has been jailed for more than one year. His trial was held behind closed doors where he was charged with insulting the leadership and it is not clear if the judge has agreed to grant him a leave.
Saharkhiz was arrested after the elections after being beaten and was transferred to Evin Prison. This journalist was kept in temporary detention in the whole one year of his time in jail.
Brother of hunger striking political prisoner pleads for one phone call with brother
Tehran- August 8, 2010
Majid Tavakoli is still continuing his dry hunger strike refusing to drink or eat to demand that prisoner’s rights are not violated and is in a very poor condition.
“They have made everything very hard”, Ali Tavakoli, Majid’s brother said.
“They have forced families to sign written pledges that they would not gather outside Evin Prison or the Prosecutor’s Office. If they do, they will be arrested. They even make threatening phone calls and my mother is suffering and is in critical condition as a result of these threats”.
“Unfortunately, we have no news on Majid. There is no way to communicate with him. His physical condition has made us very worried. This is the third time that Majid has gone on a dry hunger strike. All we say is that at least let us call Majid to convince him to end his hunger strike but they do not allow this”.
“If they do not have a religion, they can at least be noble men”, he said, addressing prison officials.
Iran arrests 3 Baha’is in Isfahan
Isfahan- August 8, 2010
Security forces went to the home of Faraz Rohi (M), Zhinous Jushian (F) and Nasim Rohi (F), three Baha’i residents of Vilashahr in Isfahan and arrested them after conducting a search.
These people were active in fighting illiteracy and according to reports, and went to the Qale Mosa Khan Village located 50 kilometers from Isfahan since May 2009 for about a year and four months and educated the children in this area with books that were approved by the Guidance Ministry.
These people taught literacy to about 8 women and 15 children and had set up computer classes for them as well. They had transferred 200 scientific and story books for the children and teenagers to this village. Notably, because of the lack of a doctor and medical services in this village, they also took a number of villagers who needed eye care to town for treatment.
The villagers were not aware of the religion of these social activists and their activities were only for social services. According to the latest reports, the detainees were taken to the Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan and have not visited their families since their arrest.
News on Iran’s economy
Inflation in Qazvin
Tehran, August 8, 2010
The inflation has risen so high that the price of one kg of meat has gone up from 10000 tomans per kilo to 18000 tomans.
Poultry’s price has risen from 2200 tomans per kilo to 3550 tomans. To cover up this increase of price regime is importing frozen poultry and selling it at the price of 3350 tomans per kilogram.
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