The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.679
The head henchmen of Evin: we will turn here to another Kahrizak
The anti riot police viciously attacked political prisoners of Ward 350 of Evin Prison and beat them.
Bozorgnia the head of the ward threatened the political prisoners and told them: “we will turn here into another Kahrizak”.
Last Monday the day of the visit of political prisoners of Ward 350 the prisoners protested against the improper behavior of the guards and the limitations they imposed on their visits. The political prisoners started a sit-in at the visiting cabins.
Sedaghad Nejad the head henchmen of Evin told them that he will punish the guards but instead he took two of the protesters, Ahmad Amooie and Kayvan Samimi to solitary cells.
The head of Ward 350 told the prisoners: “our president will cut the hands of US, who are you to resists”.
Other political prisoners of the ward protested the transfer of two prisoners to solitary cells. Then on Monday afternoon the henchmen of notorious Intelligence Ministry read the name of 10 political prisoners of the ward and wanted to transfer them to solitary cells of Security Ward belonging to the ministry but they were confronted with prisoners’ protest.
They again threatened the prisoners that: “we will turn here into another Kahrizak”. Following the treat the anti-riot police raided the ward and eventually at midnight the agents of Especial Guards Units and anti-riot police raided the ward and took 15 of these prisoners to the solitary cells of Ward 240.
This act led to the hunger strike of all 17 prisoners.
The phones of the ward are cut and nobody knows now what is going on in there.
Students Committee in Iran calls on all international bodies especially the UN human rights organization to send a board to Iran to stop another massacre of political prisoners.
Families of hunger strikers in Evin trying to save their lives
Tehran, August 1, 2010
When the families of hunger strikers in Evin prison did not get any result from their few days of gathering in front of regime’s Prosecutor Office about 100 of them went at 1100 am to Evin Prison and gathered in front of it in protest demanding an answer for the situation but the SSF and guard were deployed there and beat the participants.
Sanctions and its aftermaths
Rafsanjani worried about the sanctions
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Once again expressing his concern about international sanctions Rasfanjani whose words were quoted by ILNA state-run news agency said on July 31: “we can overcome the current situation. The conditions today in Iran and the world is not worse than 1988”; a direct reference to the year of attack of National Liberation Army of Iran for the overthrow of clerical dictatorship which made Khomeini to drink ‘the poison glass’ of ceasefire with Iraq as he put it himself.
Rafsanjani said: “westerners will not reach their goals by bullying us and by insisting on their wrong positions because the world cannot bear any more crises...”
People discontent of gasoline situation
Mashad, August 1, 2010
Mashad residents complain about gasoline’s condition in the city. The lines are too long and people have to stay up to two hours in the line in hot whether.
Regime’s MPs insist on non-stop enrichment of uranium up to 20 %
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Kothari, deputy of Majlis Security Commission said: “Islamic Republic will not draw back from 20% enrichment of uranium until we are sure that the 20% fuel is provided for us. We will not draw back from this”.
Parviz Sarvari another member of this commission said: “the principle of enrichment is the red line of Iran’s political strategy and we will not retreat from 20% enrichment. We have gone a long way to reach here and if we wanted to retreat from that we wouldn’t have paid such a price for it”.
Fatemeh Alia another member of this commission said: “we will not back away from 20% enrichment anyhow even if US and other westerners issue harsher resolutions against Iran. We will not surrender to their bullying. We must continue the path for reaching maximum nuclear techniques”.
England confiscated two shipping enterprises belonging to the clerical regime
Tehran, August 1, 2010
A day after the resolution of sanctions was endorsed by EU, England confiscated two shipping companies working for Iran.
Khamenei being surprised from the act in one of his affiliated media, Raja News said that these two companies were signed in under British rules and had committed no illegal act.
Raja News also said that belongings of three regime banks namely Meli, Melat and Persian banks have been confiscated worth of 2.5 billion dollars...
To cover its concern about the confiscation of two shipping companies the media wrote: “if the ports of 27 European countries do not accept our ships there are 160 other countries that will welcome them”.
Deputy of IRGC threatened of terrorism
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Yadollah Javani, deputy of IRGC threatened of terrorism and claimed: “If Iran goes under US attack because of his nuclear projects it will make the strategic region of (Persian) Gulf insecure for everybody”.
Bazaar & Factories
Bazaar’s recession
Tehran, August 1, 2010
One of the fabric-sellers in Bazaar explained about Bazaar’s recession he said that the import of outfits and clothings from China in low prices is flooding into Bazaars including Tehran’s Bazaar and because most of the people are poverty stricken they buy cheep goods though the quality might not be good. This has led to great damages for their job.
He said that beside his shop there are 40 other fabric sellers who are closed and rarely open their shops and are looking for another job. Even in comparison with last year the situation has gone worse in Bazaar first because of imports from China and then because people cannot afford to buy goods.
Another fabric seller said: “one of the most serious problems that we have is that people come for shopping but they are poor. Most of them don’t have cash. Some of the draw checks and we have problems with those checks. We have asked the government to do something about these checks but they say don’t accept check then you won’t have problems. Nobody cares.
Everybody is discontent
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Tehran’s Bazaaris are deeply complaining about the situation in Bazaar and say that it gets worse everyday.
One of the Bazaaris said: “people too are not satisfied and complain. There are lots of problems but the main problem is that we cannot sell anything and if the situation continues as such we must all close our shops”.
Food whole-sellers speak
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Food whole-sellers in Bazaar say that Bazaar is terrible in the last two months and there is actually no demand. Their sale is 70% less than the last year and some days Bazaaris have really nothing to do.
Recession in one of the best factories of Iran
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Iran Pipe & Machinery factory located in Saveh Rd. is one of the oldest and best factories in production of cast iron pipes. It has been amongst one of the factories that exported its products abroad.
During recent months the factory is facing serious recession in its production and during last three weeks it has been closed because it has not been able to obtain the raw material needed. Its workers are at the state of limbo and are worried about the future of the factory.
Electricity crisis
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Cut of electricity at the industrial township of Hashtgerd in west of Tehran has damaged the factories a lot in their productions.
The electricity is cut one or two days a week for 3 hours. The damage is 300 to 400 thousands tomans per hour of cut in electricity and the workers cannot work.
The Downfall
Mullah Ibrahimi warned the deepening of disputes amongst regime’s bands
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Mullah Ibrahimi a member of Majlis Security and Foreign Affairs Committee expressed his concern about the deepening of schism amongst Khamenei’s band and said that the disputes must be solved so that they won’t lead to unrests.
Online News reported on July 31 that mullah Ibrahimi added while worried: “the one thing that can threaten the current of hardliners is dispute. If there are disputes unity will be damaged. The disputes must be managed so that they won’t lead to unrests”.
He asked for consolidation with the defeated fraction.
Resistance
Agitated about the court’s rule
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Rezaee the former head of IRGC showed reimges’ wrath and worry about the ruling of US Court of Appeal in regard with the labeling of PMOI as terrorists and said: “this ruling shows that America is not honest in its fight with terrorism”.
He wrote in his site: “while US counts herself at warfront with terrorism especially international terrorism she has issued a decree in her courts saying that Monafeghin (the name regime calls PMOI) are not terrorists...”
Tehran, August 1, 2010
Four of Evin Prison hunger strikers were transferred to the prison’s infirmary because of their critical condition. These four are Zia Nabavi, Majid Dori, Ali Malihi and Golamhossein Arshi.
Brazil ready to give asylum to Sakineh Mohammadi AshtianiTehran, August 1, 2010
Regime’s insisting on stoning to death of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtianin has aroused even its allies against this clerical dictatorship.
The president of Brazil has announced that his country is willing to give asylum to Mrs. Ashtiani to prevent her stoning to death.
Louis Inasio Dasilva said: “I want to ask my friend Ahmadinejad, the leader of Iran and its government to allow Brazil to give asylum to this woman”.
Writing anti regime’s slogans never stops
Karaj, August 1, 2010
Brave youths of Karaj constantly write anti regime slogans on the walls of the city.
Though these slogans are erased daily but the youths fill the walls again with anti-regime slogans.
These slogans were seen a lot in Jahanshahr region of Karaj.
Shahed University Interns on strike
Tehran, July 31, 2010
Interns of Medical Science Department of Shahed University went on strike because of their law wages. The strike started in the morning of July 31 and they did not go on their posts at the hospital.
Suppression
78 youths arrested
Tehran, August 1, 2010
The suppressive agents of SSF arrested 78 youths in Tehran calling them hooligans.
Hossein Ghasemloie a commander of Great Tehran’s SSF said that these detainees were between 19 to 30 years old.
Suppression dragged into residential areas
Tehran, August 1, 2010
It is for a few days that suppressive agents are stationed in the Sasan Blvd in Zaferanieh amongst the residential areas. They suppressive forces street-interrogate the residents.
Two white police vans along with 4 female agents, 4 police cars and tens of police motorcycles along with tens of SSF, Plainclothes and Bassijis rise fear in this residential region and people dare not leave their homes.
In another event on July 22 a girl was beaten and several people have been arrested in the region.
Oppressing women
Tehran, July 31, 2010
On daily bases SSF and security agents stop cars with lady passengers whom they count as having improper veil at Enghelab Square in front of Markazi Cinema. First they take their pictures and then they take their documents to introduce them to court. Improper veil consists of nail polish; having a glass over the head and ...On July 26 they dragged a lady out of her car and into police van and drove away.
Sunni Friday of Zahedan banned from going abroad
Zahedan, July 31, 2010
After Molana Abdolhamid, the Sunni Friday Imam of Zahedan traveled to Turkey and participated in the International Conference of Global Unions of Moslem Experts his pass was confiscated at the airport.
The decree handed over to him was issued from the Especial Court for Clerics.
Molana Abdolhamid is one of the think tanks of Islam and is a known personality both inside Iran and abroad.
Two students of Polytechnic University summoned
Tehran, July 31, 2010
Two students of Polytechnic University of Tehran were summoned to university’s Harasat because of their activity in Facebook. They were threatened that they will be deprived from education and will be summoned to the Intelligence Ministry’s Pursuit Office.
This was the first summoning of its kind.
Six death row political prisoners kept in state of limboTehran– August 1, 2010
After the Supreme Court denied a requested re-trial by the lawyer of death row political prisoner Jafar Kazemi, and after his case was referred to the Sentence Implementation Department, the Keyhan state-run daily said that six prisoners are awaiting execution. Their families and lawyers have said that the state of their cases is unclear.
Abdolreza Qanbari, Mohsen and Ahmad Daneshpour Moqadam, Ali Aqayari and Ali Saremi are some of these death row political prisoners.
Ali Aqayari’s lawyer, Mehdi Hojati, said, “The case of my client was referred to the Supreme Court with the case of Mr. Kazemi and I also requested a re-trial for my client but I have not received an answer and I still do not know if it has been refused or accepted”.
“My client’s case is in the 31st branch of the Supreme Court and I went to the branch today to see about the state of my client’s case and I hope that in light of the evidence and documents that we presented they will accept our request for re-trial”.
Meisam Daneshpour Moqadam, another son of Mohsen Daneshpour Moqadam said: “The sentence of my brother and father was confirmed by the court of review but unfortunately we have not seen the sentence and they have not given my father or brother or us a copy of the sentence so that we could send it to the Supreme Court and request a re-trial and we are still waiting to see about the result of the amnesty request”, he added.
“My mother’s lawyer is Mr. Sharif”, Meisam said. The death sentences for three of his other family members including his mother were lowered to prison terms.
“Despite all our efforts and the efforts of Dr. Sharif they have not allowed him to represent my father and brother. He sent his power of attorney inside the prison three times to be signed by my brother and father but unfortunately, the power of attorney never came out of prison”.
“Their cases are still in an undetermined state and they do not tell us anything. … We are extremely worried especially about my father who is 70 years old and is not even able to walk and others in the case testified in court that he was innocent. But it is very surprising that neither the initial court nor the court of review did not pay any heed to this matter and issued and upheld the sentence”, he added.
A person close to Abdolreza Qanbari him a teacher who has been sentenced to death said,
“His lawyer was appointed for him and we do not even have any news on his lawyer”, he added.
“Unfortunately, Mr. Qanbari’s appointed lawyer is not from the Justice Department Lawyer Center and is a lawyer who got his permit from the Judiciary according to article 187 of the Economical Development Program and not from the Center of Lawyers and we do not even have access to him to see about the measures that have been taken or will be taken or even if he has a copy of the sentence so that we could request a re-trial. On the other hand we do not know about the circumstances of the amnesty request and we have not received any answers and are extremely worried”, he added.
Prisoner on verge of execution
Tehran– August 1, 2010
On Sunday August 1, prisoner Reza Mohajer, 45, was taken from the Hall 18, cellblock 6 of Gohardasht Prison in Karaj to a solitary cell for execution.
He has been taken for execution three times before but his execution was stayed in the last minutes. This death row prisoner has been jailed for 11 years.
3-year ban on education for Kurd political prisoner
Tehran– August 1, 2010
A Kurd student was sentenced to three years of prison and a three year ban on education after more than 5 months of prison.
Hamed Omidi a student of educational technology at Alameh Tabatabayi University in Tehran who was arrested for political activities and cooperation with a Kurd Party was sentenced to three years of prison and a ban on continuing his education. He had been detained for a long time in solitary in Evin Prison.
According to Kurdish websites, he was arrested on February 10, 2009 in the Tukan terminal on his way to Tehran University after protests to the execution of Kurd political activist Ehsan Fatahian on and was then taken to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison.
Security forces kill 3 border tradesmen, injure 8 others
Kurdistan– August 1, 2010
Border tradesmen in the Kani Rash Village were targeted yesterday by Revolutionary Guards Forces.
According to Kurdish sources, two local merchants were killed while eight others were severely wounded. An eyewitness said that the bodies of the two dead merchants are still left out in a mine field and security forces do not let anyone remove the bodies from the area.
According to other reports, another border merchant identified as Shamsoddin Jalibaqu was shot and killed in the Salmas region on July 29.
Iran arrests Dervish in Lorestan
Lorestan– August 1, 2010
On Saturday July 31, Parviz Malekshahi who is a Neimatollahi Dervish in the town of Alshatr in Lorestan was arrested and taken to an unknown location.
On 11am on Saturday, the Alshatr Intelligence Agency summoned Malekshahi to the intelligence agency but he told them that because these kinds of summonses were illegal, he would not show up.
After an hour, security and intelligence agents entered his home without a warrant and after searching his home and confiscating his religious books; they arrested Malekshahi and took him to an unknown location. There is no information on his current location.
Parviz Malekshahi is an experienced teacher and academic in this town and the Dervishes’ religious ceremonies were held in his home.
In the past few months, Dervishes have been constantly summoned illegally and threatened by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence that they would be expelled from work.
Iran arrests student activist
Tehran– August 1, 2010
Hossein Sarshoumi, a student activist at Isfahan University was arrested a few days ago.
There is no news on his whereabouts or why he was arrested.
This member of the Students for Freedom and Equality Association had been arrested three times before this.
Workers of Iran
Henhouses on strike
Isfahan, August 2, 2010
Since Thursday July 29 the henhouses of Isfahan are on strike and the strike has continued so far. Isfahan is now facing shortage of poultry.
Workers of Doolub Dam on strike
Sanandaj, August 2, 2010
Workers of Doolub Dam, in kilometer 30 of Kamyaran- Sanandaj road went on strike on July 30 because they had not received their wages for 4 months.
Season workers
Tehran, August 2, 2010
The head of regime’s Cultural and Social Commission in Tehran’s City Council said: “unfortunately the lack of activity of small trading factories in industrial townships has led to the increase of the number of seasonal workers in the intersections”.
Protest gathering of Naznakh Factory workers
Qazvin, August 1, 2010
On Saturday July 31 more than 80 workers of Naznakh Factory in Qazvin gathered in protest in front of Qazvins’s Industry Ministry to gain 7 months of their wages not paid to them. They also protested against the policies taken by officials in that regard.
Long distance communication employees oppressed
Shiraz, August 1, 2010
It is for 18 months that workers and employees of Shiraz Long Distance Communication Company all of them with 14 to 19 years history of work that are on the eve of their retirements, have not received their wages.
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