The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 704
Downfall
Atomic bomb -Sanction - Crack within regime
International community steps up Iran isolation and sanctions
Sept. 18, 2010
In the past week, the Iranian regime’s nuclear crisis reached another level with IAEA’s report.
The publication of the new report and reactions from the world has openly terrified the regime and a number of regime officials have said that they miss the days with Alberadai was the head of the agency.
The spokesman of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that they are trying to put pressure on the government in this way.
Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear energy said, ‘we believe that this report is exaggerated because of political pressure and marginal issues.
ILNA state-run daily wrote: “America has been able to turn Iran’s nuclear issue to an international phenomenon. We are currently in a fragile layer and everyday our policies become more breakable”.
Ahmadinejad claimed in his first reaction to the report that the agency is under the pressure of bullying governments and that the report has no legal value.
Mehmanparast, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry said that if we back down, nothing will be left for us.
Unlike Ahmadinejad who said that ‘we welcome sanctions’, Mehmanparast said, ‘We do not welcome any resolutions or sanctions. We do not want to go towards the resolution but we are not willing to back down from our rights because of the pressure. Nothing will be left for us’.
Borujerdi, the head of the Security and Foreign Policy Commission in Iran’s parliament (Majlis) said that sanctions by Japan are going beyond Security Council resolutions and expressed concern over its consequences.
And finally, Khamenei came to the scene and called on regime officials to counter the sanctions.
“The enemies of the people try to torment the people with economical pressures so that the people thing that the pressure is because of the government’s actions therefore the relationship between the government and the people gets severed”, he said.
Iran forms staff to counter sanctions
Sept. 17, 2010
The former head of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and the head of the Government Expediency Assembly said that a new staff has been created to counter international sanctions against the Iranian regime.
Tabnak website wrote: “There are reports that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered that a staff be created to counter sanctions against our country and Mohamamd Reza Rahimi has been chosen to pursue this manner”.
According to this report, this staff has begun its work from some time ago and is tasked with solving the problems of fuel, food and the needed material for industrial factories and manufacturers so that according to this website, they can ‘pass this sensitive pathway’.
Notably, Khamenei had explicitly said before this that they would go around the sanctions.
Consecutive explosions in Iran’s oil industry result of handing them over to pillaging government factions
Sept. 17, 2010
The state-run Jomhouri (Republic) daily admitted that the reason for consecutive explosions in Iran’s oil industry is that they were given to plundering factions of the Iranian regime who are only after profit and take no heed of safety issues.
This newspaper wrote: The head of Safety at the Ministry of Oil described the reasons for the increase of explosions in the oil industry in the past few months and said that ‘all these explosions took place in the units that were transferred to the private sector and most of them were a result of mistakes or not carrying out very minor measures which led to the loss of lives and financial damages’.
‘Unfortunately because these units are looking for issues regarding production and relevant issues, they pay less attention to safety and HSE (health, safety and environment) and this issue is the reason for 95 percent of the accidents in these units’, he added.
The head of Safety at the Ministry of Oil said that government factions have the private sector in their hands and added that as result of more production and the profits of this, they care less for HSE and if they follow safety rules, things like this will not happen’.
Crack within regime
Regime officials admit to PMOI’s part in nuclear program failure
Sept. 17, 2010
In an article in the Fars state-run News Agency titled, ‘The Three Parts of America’s Psychological Warfare against Iran’, a former RGC official wrote: “On the verge of Iran negotiations and 5+1, the US and some of its European allies aka Vienna Circle have started a three part psychological war against the Islamic Republic with the help of anti-revolutionary groups and the seditionists”.
Reza Saraj, an official in the Revolutionary Guards Corps which Fars called a strategic political analyst compared the ‘three parts of the psychological war’ to a triangle with one of its three sides as Iran’s nuclear activities and wrote, ‘Iran’s nuclear activities and the issue of enriching uranium is the first side of America’s and Washington’s European allies psychological warfare triangle”.
“Playing out this side of the triangle was left to the Monafeqin Organization (PMOI) and the director general of the IAEA”.
“After the Monafeqin forged documents, Mr. Yukia Amano claimed in his speech on September 14 to the 35 members of the board of governors that Iran has refused to let in two international inspectors in the country in the inspection process. By citing the likely military scope of Iran’s nuclear program in his report, he has in practice impelled the psychological war on the nuclear issue”.
Saraj said that the other two sides of the triangle are human rights violations in Iran and sanctions and expressed concern over the pervasiveness of global condemnation of the Iranian regime and also the increase of sanctions.
Mullahs' regime is afraid of resistance activities against the Ahmadinejad’s visit
Sept. 17, 2010
Mullahs' regime expressed their worry about Iranian resistance activities following Ahmadinejad’s trip to New York and Resalat newspaper wrote: In recent days, at the time of United Nations annual meetings, opponents and hypocrites have been reactivated and started to make some atmosphere. They are trying to make disappointments and hatred of officials.
Meeting with Rafsanjani, Khamenei urges alertness
September 18, 2010
At a meeting with the members of the Iranian regime’s Assembly of Experts and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the mullahs’ Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, warned about the threats caused by popular uprisings which took place last year and called on regime officials to be vigilant about the “enemy’s structure-shattering activities” and to boost the morale of regime forces.
According to the state-run TV, Khamenei also referred to international sanctions and said, “Imposing several resolutions and sanctions, creating an atmosphere (of animosity) and allegations against the Islamic Republic, coupled with activities that help the domestic radicals, and using all communications and political, cultural and economic resources are examples of extensive activities by the front that is active against the Islamic system.”
Khamenei also admitted to the widespread hatred of the Iranian people and especially youths toward the regime and said, “The enemy has focused its attention on two fronts, first to distance people from the establishment and second to shatter the religious beliefs of people and particularly the youths.”
Khamenei also highlighted divisions and infighting in the regime and in reaction to remarks by Rafsanjani, the chairman of the Assembly of Experts, who previously warned about the critical circumstances the regime is facing, added, “We must be mindful of not joining the enemy in unison and avoid fulfilling its agenda. We must not echo the enemy’s voice domestically.”
Khamenei also put his weight behind the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying, “One must not discredit the government in the eyes of the people for some action that was done in a part of the government or other branches. This is something that the enemy is after.”
He warned the regime’s senior officials that political activists and protestors have not been fully suppressed and may once again rise up against the Iranian regime.
Top right wing cleric: Assembly of Experts should be ready to counter next sedition
Sept. 17, 2010
Ahmad Khatami, a member of the presidential committee of the Assembly of Experts said that this assembly should be ready to counter the future sedition.
According to Fars News Agency in September 15, admitted to the deep divisions amongst regime officials saying that supporting the Ahmadinejad government is conditional on supporting the Supreme Leader.
“We support the government because we support the Supreme Leader and we do not confront the government, but I should say that supporting the government does not mean we praise it”.
Clearly pointing to Mashayi, Ahmadinejad’s head of office, he said, “One should not support a person who is criticized by the clerics and religious sources”.
Suppression
Iran summons and arrests student activists in Tehran
Sept. 17, 2010
On the eve of the opening of universities for the new academic year, security and judicial forces have started subjecting students in the Tehran university dormitories to new pressure.
According to reports, from the beginning of the month of Shahrivar (Persian month starting from August 23) Judge Gholamhossein Turki the representative of the Larijani brothers and the Special Military Court head interrogator in the case of the Tehran University dormitories attack, has summoned a large number of dorm residents by phone without their lawyer to the Judicial Organization of Armed Forces. This illegal summons to an irrelevant institution has led to protests from students…
According to reports, in the Armed Forces Judicial Organization, students were charged with ‘being present in protest gatherings after the elections, throwing rocks, torching banks and damaging public and private property, throwing Molotov cocktails, clashing with security forces, and insulting officials and sanctities to incite Bassij and security forces to attack Tehran dormitories’ among other charges.
Also 10 to 50 million toman bails (10 to 50,000 dollars) have been issued for a number of students who were charged and enough time has not been given to them to provide the money.
The summoning and arrest of these students has so far become evident:
Sajad Akbari from the School of Social Sciences- 50,000 dollar bail
Sina Chegini from the School of Social Sciences- 50,000 dollar bail
Payam Salehi from the School of Management – 50,000 dollar bail
Hosseini from the School of Management
Qeisari from the School of Physical Education
Sharifi from the School of Physical Education- 10,000 dollar bail
But according to reports, a very large number of students were summoned. Also students who were released from Evin Prison have said that they were kept in a place other than the known security cellblocks in this prison and that they were put under severe physical and mental pressure to accept charges made against them and to express serious repentance because of their actions and accept the responsibility of the tragedies that took place in the 2009 attack against their dormitories such as the beating of students in the dorms by security forces.
Student activist in Tehran banned from continuing education
Sep. 16, 2010
Camellia Kosari, a student activist in Alameh University and a member of the Islamic Association in this university participated in the master’s degree exams but was banned from continuing her education by the Selection Committee.
Kosari was active in defending jailed students in this university especially Majid Dori and Mahdieh Golro. Her name was taken off the list despite the fact that she received acceptable grades in the exam.
Kamyaran Friday prayer’s Imam was arrested
Sept. 17, 2010
According to reports, Mullah Mohsen Hosseini Friday prayer’s Imam of Kamyaran who is a sonny was arrested by security forces.
He who is also a family judge court of this city was arrested a few days ago and taken to an unknown place.
He in Friday pray of two weeks ago said to sonnies that he has been threatened by religious hard liners belonging to the government. He had also said that despite his efforts for uniting Muslims, but religious hard liners belonging to the government have deactivated these efforts.
This sonny cleric was arrested before because of his criticisms in Friday prayers against the bad situation of Kurdish living zones.
Confiscation of mobiles equipped with cameras by suppressive forces in Iran
17 September, 2010
In fear of the propagation of news regarding the suppressive atmosphere in Tehran, agents of the State Security Force check all mobiles equipped with cameras throughout different regions of Tehran, and if any footage is discovered the mobiles are confiscated.
This suppressive act has been seen in the Tehran’s Karim Khan St., Keshavarz Boulevard and the Haft Hoze Square.
Mullah’s regime confirmed the execution sentence of Habiballah Golbaripour
Sept. 17, 2010
The Mullah’s supreme bureau has confirmed the execution sentence of political prisoner Habiballah Golparipour.
His father, Naser Golparipour said: when we met him in Mahabad prison on Monday together with his attorney, we understood that this was announced to him. He told us that life and death is in god’s hand, and his spirit was good.
His father added: Habib was god’s gift and I have given him to god. Its nearly a year that we are in this problem, I hope I will be the last father who will suffer from this problem. I ask from the entire god worshiping people, and all awake consciences, all the human rights organizations and United Nations and all the people who do well fares to help and do not let this happen. My son is only 25 and he was doing cultural work and when he was arrested he had only a few books with him. There were no gun and my son has no done any armed action. He had only books.
Arrest of 5 people in Ravansar
Sept. 17, 2010
Some agents of dire named Intelligence ministry have arrested 5 people in Ravansar city of Kermanshah province and taken them to an unknown place.
The names of the arrested are: Ayat Karimi, son of Abdolqader, Saleh Karimi, son of Abdol Rahman, Akbar Gholami, son of Ibrahim, Saber Mohammadi, son of Mohammad, Amin and Vahed Rahmani son of Mohammad.
Two hanged in Iran by the clerical regime
September, 18, 2010
The Iranian regime hanged two more people on Thursday.
A 25 year old was hanged at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison after being lashed 174 times. According to the regime’s prosecutor, he was sentenced to two executions, 25 years in prison, 174 lashes and monetary fines.
Another prisoner was hanged in North Khorasan province. According to the state-run Fars news agency, the unnamed individual was arrested in Shirvan.(Fars state-run News Agency)
prisoners and family of Ashraf residents
Sept 15, 2010
According to reports, plainclothes agents attacked and ransacked the home of Mohammad Salam Jushan, the husband and father of two political prisoners (PMOI supporters) and violently destroyed his home and personal belongings.
On Monday, September 12 at about 7 pm, more than 8 plainclothes agents raided Mohammad Salam’s home in Tehran’s Hakimiyeh neighborhood. They broke down his door and broke all the windows and house appliances. They also stole some of this family’s belongings. This raid continued for a long time. The agents chanted death to the hypocrites (used by the Iranian regime to refer to the PMOI) while ransacking the home.
Jushan called the police to stop the raid but they did not show up and did nothing to stop the violent raid.
The names of the assailants who participated in this raid are Ali Afrouz, Mohammad Afrouz, Mehrdad, Reza Koul, and Rohollah Arzi among others. This violent attack was done under the orders of Mohebbi, a top Ministry of Intelligence interrogator in the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison (Rajayi Shahr) in Karaj. He was leading the raid a short distance from the house. Attacking homes with plainclothes agents is a new method used by the Ministry of Intelligence to terrorize the society.
Mohammad Salam Jushan was arrested a short time ago by the Ministry of Intelligence for participating in post-election protests and was transferred to Evin Prison. He was released on bail. Currently his wife, Zahra Asadpour Gorji and his son, Reza Jushan are in Gohardasht Prison and have been detained since December 2009. It has been close to 8 months that they have been banned from any kind of communication with their family.
Female university students will be forced to study only in universities close to home
Sept 15, 2010
The assistant head of Student Affairs at the Ministry of Science (higher education) cited a plan in which female university students would be transferred to universities and other educational facilities closest to their homes and said, “This issue has been brought up and discussed in the Ministry and will soon be officially announced”.
He said that students can continue their education in their chosen majors as permanent guests and receive their degree from the university they were accepted in and stressed that ‘this plan is effective in all universities and higher learning facilities in the country’. (State-run Iran International Women’s News Agency)
Political prisoner put under pressure on 64th day of hunger strike
Sep. 15, 2010
Arjang Davoudi was taken to the Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht Prison) infirmary after two months of hunger strike. He is unable to talk and cannot open his eyes.
Despite his severe critical condition in the infirmary, he was put under pressure to sign a form saying that he would accept the responsibility of the consequences of his hunger strike. He has stressed on continuing his hunger strike until all his demands have been met and refused to sign the form.
Notably, Davoudi’s home was seized under a sentence issued by Judge Hadad who was in charge of his case and was then sold.
Davoudi was arrested on November 9, 2003 on charges of acting against national security and writing the Manifesto for Iranian Secularism and has been detained ever since.
Iran to lash so-called street harassers – another inhuman punishment under mullah's rule
Sep. 15, 2010
The punishment for those who harass women and children on the street or in public places is 2 to 6 months of prison and up to 74 lashes. Of course if this crime is the result of a prior conspiracy or carried out in group, each one of the convicts will be sentenced to the maximum punishment. (Fars state-run News Agency)
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
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