The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.693
Downfall
"Protests were a huge blow to the Iranian regime's image," official admits27 August 2010
A member of the faction close to the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader has said that last year’s protests by the Iranian people were an “extremely heavy and serious blow to the image of the” clerical regime.
In an interview with the state-run Fars news agency, Mohammad-Reza Naeri said, “I think the sedition that was created and the subsequent incidents dealt an extremely heavy and serious blow to the image of the Islamic Republic. I don’t think it has been examined properly yet to see the sourness of it. It also harmed the domestic situation and the social fabric in our country. This incident opened other wounds and brought to the fore a series of issues that were hidden behind a social façade. It brought about the fire that was hidden under the ashes.”
He suggested that the Iranian regime has not been influential in the cultural and historical spheres leading “students and youngsters to come to streets and chant against the establishment.” In other words, he said, “people have lost trust and our image and links [with people] have been broken.”
In such circumstances, “the enemy attracts the people,” Naeri added. He specifically pointed to the main opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), which enjoys popular support in Iran and said, “Even if they print and smuggle in the text of Massoud Rajavi’s most recent statement in large numbers through the airport, no one could prevent it,” he said referring to the PMOI’s historical leader.
He also made reference to the diminishing power of the mullahs’ Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and said, “Unfortunately, when the leader adopts a decision, many don’t listen
Armed clashes break out among Iranian regime forces27 August 2010
According to obtained reports, in the midst of rising conflicts and divisions within the Iranian regime and among its various factions, on Wednesday, agents from the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) engaged in a gun battle with members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
According to Jaras website, the clash took place after the IRGC’s intelligence agents installed hidden cameras and eavesdropping devices in a building in Tehran.
A physical altercation broke out in public among the regime’s forces which led to an armed conflict. The IRGC Sarollah compound, which operates under the orders of the mullahs’ Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and his son, Mojtaba, is in charge of installing spying devices.
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IRGC officer Naqdi: 7,000 new Bassij bases will be built
27 August 2010
A special budget has been allocated to the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards paramilitary forces, the Bassij, in fear of the rising protests against the clerical regime.
The head of the Bassij Organization for the Oppressed, Mohammad-Reza Naqdi, announced on Thursday that credit for Bassij bases have had a 100 percent increase.
In a speech addressing Bassij commanders, he said such a budget will allow the suppressive force to increase its bases by 7,000.
Naqdi explained that this year for this first time the regime’s Parliament (Majlis) has approved a bill allocating one percent of provincial infrastructure budgets to the building of new Bassij bases.
Naqdi also said, “We have to increase our members to 20 million.”
Universities continue to face all-embracing leadership changes26 August 2010
The trend of new changes among university deans and heads of other educational institutions, which was largely launched in the summer, is continuing at a faster pace by the Iranian regime, according to reports.
On Monday, the deputy of the regime’s Minister of Science, Gholamreza Khajeh Sarvi, denied reports that the removals and appointments are “rushed.” He described it as a “natural” transformation that is being carried out “on a completely technical basis.”
Khajeh Sarvi said “a number of university deans have handed their resignation letters due to old age.” But, the real reason behind the
increasing number of resignations is that the deans have become increasingly aware of the changes that the regime’s Ministry of Science seeks to institute in the country’s campuses.
The extensive removals began with the appointment of Kamran Daneshjou as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Minister of Science.
Unwilling to reveal the real reasons behind the dismissals, the Iranian regime has offered contradictory accounts. For example, Daneshjou said his brother decided to resign as the dean of the University of Sharif “to take care of our elderly parents.”
But the state-run news agency ISNA reported in August 2009 that Farhad Daneshjou had handed his resignation letter “in order to facilitate the government’s attempts to freely elect university deans.” On Sunday, he told ISNA that there will be 10-20 other replacements among the country’s university deans.
Similarly, the dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University, Sohrabpour, was offered a post as a science and technology advisor to Ahmadinejad even though the government had said that he had resigned from his previous position due to “ailments.”
There are currently about 80 universities and educational facilities controlled by the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Science.
On August 11, the state-run Mehr news agency reported that the dean of Khajeh Nasir University in Tehran said that the decision to dismiss him was taken “by senior ranking officials” and such decisions will take place concerning many universities in the near future. According to Mehr, Mohammad Taqi Bothai said he was informed of this plan by a deputy Minister of Science who was aware of the Minister of Science’s intentions.
The regime’s Ministry of Science vehemently denied Bothai’s claims, saying that “There were no broad decisions taken to change university deans.”
In December 2009, the regime’s Minister of Science, Kamran Daneshjou, had said, “If I conclude at any time that in any place there is need for changes, then I will act on it, but I have not reached that conclusion yet.” Now, current trends indicate that the regime is acting on these plans.
The mullahs’ Supreme Leader said last year that there is an imperative for “fundamental changes” in the educational system. Some observers say the decision to change the leadership of Iran’s most important universities are an aftermath of those comments.
Nonetheless, the regime’s internal feuds are not immune from changes in the academic circles. According to the state-un Khabar Online, a member of the regime’s Parliament said the changes concerning Iran’s universities must follow certain rules, because otherwise “we would experience scientific corrosion.”
Six Sufi Muslim dervishes arrested in Sarvestan
27 August 2010
Six Sufi Muslims of the Nematollahi Gonabadi order have been arrested by the Iranian regime, according to the Majzouban-e Nour website. They were interrogated for about five hours and handed over to the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
According to the website, on Wednesday morning, six dervishes residing in Sarvestan appeared in the regime’s judiciary office with their lawyers after receiving a summoning letter on Sunday. They were identified as Messrs Esmail (Hadi) Rahmanian, Farzad Darvish Sarvestani, Ali Akbar Ebrahimzadeh, Heydar Esparjani, Reza Sabet Peyman and Keramatollah Mohit.
They were charged with “insulting sanctities and disturbing public order through gathering in front of the governorate and destroying government property.” The regime official presiding over the proceedings was Alireza Asadi, who ordered that investigations should remain confidential. He also prevented the entry of the defendants’ lawyers. In protest, three of the dervishes refused to answer any questions and remained silent.
The six were then transferred to a prison after a five-hour interrogation session.
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