The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.695
Downfall
Sanction - Economy
Aug. 30, 2010
Tehran- Manager of an insurance company, who has been included by the sanctions of UN and other countries said: Sanctions are being implemented for many years to the country, but when Iran’s insurance was included, it got worse than before. Before Iran insurance used to be Aksa insurance which issued travel insurances but now Aksa in not recognized and we cannot issue any thing.
In the trade also because of Banks sanctions, credits and trading LC cannot be done and this is effected in importing and exporting goods and actually the path to import goods for some factories have been blocked and this have increased to fall down in production and increased unemployment
If we put away the nuclear matters they will bring forward the human right and then democracy in Iran
Aug. 30, 2010
Foreign ministry spokesman of religious dictator regime in facing with international society, said: if we put away the nuclear problem, they will put forward human rights and then democracy.
Ramin Mehmanparast claims which were published by state run news agent Mehr, attacked the recent world protest against mullah’s dictatorship and said like Ahmadinejad: if we obey all their measures, then again they find some thing else to say. It means that they will go against all our rights. He added that the west is not ready for discussion with Ahmadinejad.
Gerami a cleric in the regime confirmed the execution and torture in Kahrizak torture chamber
Aug. 30, 2010
Gerami a cleric in the regime confirmed the execution and torture in Kahrizak torture chamber and said: Rumors which were published about Kahrizak prison was made by poets and were distributed by mobile to all places. Today’s publicity is not only by the national TV but to goes every where by mobiles.
He mentioned shortly to 30 years of tragedies implemented by this regime and said: People’s problem is not only one or two, they give statistics but they are not the case. People keep saying about the unemployment and confusion among their problems. They are afraid of buying things because they say they might get cheaper. They are afraid by selling goods because they say they might get more expensive. Even some people who are our followers phone and say, pray for us.
Regime official: The Iranian people's distaste for regime's exploitation of religion on the rise
28 August 2010
An Iranian regime official suggested on Wednesday that people in Iran reject the regime and its exploitation of Islam, according to the state-run news agency Mehr.
The director of the Iranian regime’s so-called Islamic Propagation Organization in the province of Qazvin, Ali Akbar Azizkhani, said, “In the holy month of Ramadan this year, more than 500 clerics were sent to various parts of the province, offices and factories. … But, the presence of people in mosques has been reduced and there is a fear that the mosques’ doors will gradually have to be closed.”
In a recent letter to the mullahs’ Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, Mohammad Nourizad, who is close to Khamenei, also wrote, “We have to beg people to avoid counting as Islamic our misdeeds which have created a frightening image of religion. People are harmed by our religious behavior and have a right to turn away from religion. … We lied to people, insulted them, violated their rights and perpetrated injustices all in the name of prayer, fasting and the Prophet.”
Forced enrolment in anti-people Basij
30 August 2010
Kermanshah – SarpolZahab- Qasrshirin- according to the reports from Kermanshah, during last week in cities of SarpolZahab- Qasrshirin people had been forced to enroll in Basij.
Basij by going to poor living areas declares that if they enroll in basij they will receive monthly payment and grocery. People in respond had said that they will not sell their honor against money.
Expulsion of work has doubled comparing to last year29 August 2010
According to the confession of one of regime’s authorities, the number of those who have been expelled from work during the 4 months of the current year is doubled comparing to last year. All the basis and economical structures in this ruling regime has gone toward complete ruin. This clerical regime has even robbed the people of Iran’s minimum nourishment.
According to the report of state run website called Mehr, the rate of unemployment has risen to 14.6 percent and number of unemployed is more than 3.5 million and there is no sign and estimate of finding jobs.
Ali Dehghan kia member of Islamic councils of Tehran province, said in an interview with Mehr that the rate of 14.6% unemployment and the growing number of unemployed will be added to those who have been expelled from their occupation which the statistics shows that the number has been doubled. The number of unemployed has risen to 5 million.
He also added that the price of raw materials of factories and any change in the condition of production in the factories will do harm to those who are in there. This is a very important problem which has to be taken seriously by the authorities.
40% more layoffs, 90% bankruptcy among privatized factories, regime official says
29 August 2010
An official in the Iranian regime said on Saturday that there has been a 40 percent jump in the number of layoffs in Iran while 90 percent of privatized companies have gone bankrupt.
According to the state-run Mowj news agency, Ali Dehqan Kia, the director of Tehran province’s Labour Council Association, also said, “About 6 billion dollars worth of goods is smuggled into the country. For every one billion dollars of smuggled goods, 25,000 workers in Iran would be laid off.”
Resistance
Qods Day
30 August 2010
Tehran-In 'Qods Day' youths of Tehran zone 1 wrote on paper money and invited people to take part.
One of the residents said: since the Qods day is near we have to make our voice to reach to every one and invite them.
He added by writing the names of our friends who are in prison we have to keep their memory alive and invite the people to stand with us and this is the least we can do.
Punishment of a Basij Guard in Tehran
29 August 2010
On Thursday 26th of August, in Jalali Street in ValiAsr district a Basij agent when he was investigating a motor cyclist by asking for documents, the agent sat at the back of motor and ordered the driver to drive to a Basij base. At this time suddenly motor cyclist strikes to the chest of the agent and throws him away and runs away.
Gathering of Redemption Teachers in front of Mullah’s Parliament
29 August 2010
Since this morning a number of teachers from Semnan, Rasht, eastern Azarbaijan provinces who the representatives of 120000 redemption teachers all over the country held a protest gathering in front of the parliament.
They said: Education department after doing all the procedures and interviews, tried to recruit the teachers but now they have been told that they cannot continue to work.
This anti human decision to expel these teachers will make their lives very hard.
Protest Gathering in front of governor’s building of Rashm village in Damghan
29 August 2010
A number of residents of Rashm village of Damghan gathered in front of the governor’s building. They claimed that last year they took a loan of 1 million dollars from different banks in order to grow agriculture and now due to drought, they are not able to repay back. Villagers said that by the rise in interest banks has taken the files to judiciary authority and there fore some debtors have been arrested or they have been threatened for detaining their assets. Some of the debtors have runaway.
Suppression
Man and woman sentenced to death by stoning
Aug. 29, 2010
According to reports, the Supreme Court upheld the death by stoning sentence of two prisoners in an adultery case who are currently in Orumieh Prison.
Vali Janfeshan and Sarieh Ebadi were sentenced to death by stoning before this in the Public Orumieh Court and this sentence was confirmed by the 12th branch of the Western Azarbaijan Court of Review.
Both suspects have been jailed in Orumieh Prison since 2008. This sentence was confirmed even as both suspects were denied the right to have their chosen lawyers and did not have the chance to defend themselves.
Prisoners of PMOI supporters
30 August 2010
Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi (PMOI political prisoner) court was again delayed for several times during 8 months.
The court was supposed to be held on Sathurday by Salavati the so called Judge but for unknown reasons the court was not held.
Transfer of Ali Saremi to an unknown area
29 August 2010
According to reports while Ali Saremi’s families (Ali Saremi, PMOI political prisoner) were waiting outside to visit him in Gohardasht Prison, they have been told that Ali sarami have been taken by intelligence office and he was not present in the meeting. Ali sarami is sentenced to death because of having relation with Ashraf.
Wife of political prisoner and mother of Ashraf resident tried for visiting son in Ashraf
Aug. 29, 2010
According to reports, Mahin Saremi, wife of (death row) political prisoner Ali Saremi was summoned and tried by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Salavati.
On August 24, Mahin Saremi, 56, was tried by Judge Salavati. This trial started at 10:30 am and ended in less than 15 minutes.
She was charged with visiting her son in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, propagating against the government, and filming and participating in a ceremony to commemorate executed political prisoners on the 19th anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners.
She was sentenced to five years of suspended prison before this for visiting her son in Camp Ashraf and going to the gravesite of Dr. Mohammad Mosadeq (late national Iranian leader) but Salavati once again repeated the same charges to issue a sentence for her for the second time.
Mahin Saremi was a political prisoner in the 80’s and was jailed from 1982 to 1983. She was also attacked by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in 2005 while at the gravesite of Dr. Mossadeq and was arrested along with her husband Ali Saremi. She was kept in a solitary cell in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison for close to a month. She was also detained for another 2 months in solitary in 2007 for participating in the anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners.
Political prisoner threatened and pressured on 46th day of hunger strike
Aug. 29, 2010
According to reports, on Saturday August 28, political prisoner Arjang Davoudi was taken to the Intelligence Unit of Gohardasht prison in Karaj in a wheelchair on his 46th day of hunger strike while in critical condition and was interrogated and threatened for a prolonged amount of time by prison officials to end his hunger strike. In the end Davoudi stressed that he would not end his hunger strike until all his demands were met.
Davoudi’s physical condition has deteriorated and his life is in danger. He is suffering from severely low blood pressure, severe weight loss and weakness, impaired vision. He lays down most of the time and does his personal tasks with the help of others in prison.
The wife of this political prisoner has continuously tried to visit her husband in prison. Mrs. Davoudi called the head of Tehran’s Prison Organization, Sohrab Soleimani, asking to visit her husband but was told that this issue had to be coordinated with the head of Gohardasht Prison Ali Haj Kazem and that he will subsequently answer. When she called Soleimani again he said that “Ali Haj Kazem says that Mr. Davoudi pretends to be on hunger strike”.
“Ali Haj Kazem says that he has broken the law in going on hunger strike and you cannot visit him in prison”, he told her.
Women’s rights activist sentenced to four years of prisonAug. 29, 2010
Human rights activist Mahboubeh Karami was sentenced to four years of prison by the 26th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Pir Abbasi.
According to reports she was charged with ‘membership in the Human Rights Activists in Iran, propagating against the government, assembling and conspiring with the intention of committing crimes against the security of the country and publishing lies”.
Karami is a well-known women’s rights activist and the former head of the Women’s Committee of the Human Rights Activists in Iran who was arrested on March 2, 2010. She was detained in Cellblock 2A in Evin Prison for 80 days in her six month prison term and suffered from mental and physical problems.
Kurd political prisoner denied treatment in prison
Aug. 29, 2010
Prison authorities refuse to give medical attention to Hamzeh Sobhani, a young Kurd political prisoner in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah despite his urgent need of treatment.
According to reports, this young political activist was arrested about 2 months ago along with a number of other Kurds by intelligence agents in this town on charges of cooperating with Kurd parties.
He was transferred to the Intelligence Detention Center in Kermanshah after some time to ‘confess’ and was under the most severe mental and physical torture by intelligence interrogators. Two of his nails were pulled out and several of his fingers broke under torture.
After one month, he was transferred to Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah on a temporary detention order.
Higher Education Minister threatens crack down on liberal universities
Aug. 29, 2010
“If there is a university in which people of religion and the Bassij culture are ridiculed, if there is a university in which the sound of the noon prayer call is not heard (from loudspeakers) under the excuse that classes would be disturbed, if there is a university in which clerics cannot enter, if this university exists, the people of Iran, students, and university employees will tear that university down”, the Minister of Science (Minister of Higher Education) said on Sunday in the opening ceremony of the Architectural Plans of the Science and Industry University in Tehran.
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