The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 708
Downfall
Sanction - Crack within regime
Downfall
Sept. 26, 2010
According to reports, gold merchants went on a strike on Saturday and closed their shops.
A number of other merchants other than gold sellers also joined this strike.
These merchants have stated the reason for their strike as an increase of value added tax.
According to another report, a shop owner in the Edam Square said, “The malls and stores were blocked with bricks and store owners were not allowed to sell anything. They said they closed the shops because they had not paid their taxes. This measure has angered the merchants”.
This protest gathering in Sabze Maidan horrified regime’s forces because this place and Tehran’s Great Bazaar witness presence of ten thousand people who always refer to these places for shopping and regime is worried about the effect of the strike and the protest gathering on these people.
(Link of film is given: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EJNVruz5DY).
Sept. 26, 2010
Reports from Mashad say that gold-sellers’ bazaar in Mashad has been on total strike on Thursday September 23 and on Saturday September 25.
Also on Saturday gold-sellers in Nayshaboor, Sabzevar and Torbat Haydarieh went on strike.
As the strike began in Mashad on Saturday regime’s suppressive security agents called the sellers threatening them to break their strike.
Bazaaris say that the strike will continue until tax law changes.
Sept. 26, 2010
A site belonging to Mohsen Rezaee the former head of RGC, pointing to the strike of gold-sellers wrote: “Though it was announced from before that the fourth stage of the law of ‘tax on added value’ will be implemented some gold-sellers closed their shops in Tehran refusing to comply”.
The site quoted regime’s Ministry of Economy as: “on the whole we have received 5200 billion Tomans till August 23 this year as taxes taken by this law (Iran’s new year starts from March 21”.
Hussein Adib an economic expert from Khamenei’s band said that there should be no retreat and added: “during the recent strike of Bazaar they were the gold and fabric whole-sellers that had the main role and the common shop owners of Tehran had no role in the strike. We retreated in front of those who managed the main smuggled goods; such a retreat shouldn’t have happened”.
Ali Askari the head of Organization for Tax affairs said: “this is a new method that those groups that must comply with the law of ‘tax on added value’ are hanging to”. He threatened: “gold-sellers must obey this law”.
Ahmadinejad’s interpreter joins his critics
Sept. 26, 2010
The website which belongs to Rezayi, the former head of the RGC forces wrote: “Homan Majd who was the interpreter and consultant of two presidents including Khatami and Ahmadinejad when they went to New York to participate in the UN General Assembly attacked Ahmadinejad’s remarks in his speech at the UN along with western media.
Rajanews wrote: “Majd who was the guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with two members of the CIA in the disarmament Conference in Iran, compared Ahmadinejad’s trip to New York to a circus coming to town.
Majd wrote in his article, “The strange thing is that he asked the UN to appoint a fact finding group for September 11. We have to thank Ahmadinejad for not proposing that he and Chavez lead this group”.
Why did three regime’s diplomat taken refuge; Mehmanparast’s excuse
Sept. 26, 2010
In an interview regime’s spokesman of Foreign Ministry tried to bring excuses for the resignation and request of asylum of three of regime’s diplomats in European countries and added that if they repent they would be in better situation.
In his interview with Khabar On Line on September 26 Mehmanparast absurdly claimed again that the diplomats had resigned because of their children and for their personal benefit and to cover the main reason (regime’s last days) he added: “though there is a claim that this move has been political but our people have this question that how is it that if someone wanted to make a political move and show reaction to some political issues inside the country he is making the move now after 15 months after the election”?
Pointing to one of the diplomats he continued: “I know Mr. Alizadeh. You know that he was studying to become a clergy. He had participated in the war fronts. He didn’t act as such that would make us discontent. But at the end of his mission he had some disputes over his child’s education with the ambassador and the embassy... He became emotional all of a sudden and this made him to think that this (the resignation and requesting for asylum) would be at the interest of himself and his child”.
To provoke these diplomats to return to Iran Mehmanparast promised them a better status in return and said: “if they feel repentant about their wrong doing they can be in a better situation than what they are in now”.
Consequences of purpose- made subsidies
Sept. 26, 2010
Hossein Nejabat, a member of the Energy Commission of the Majlis in Iran said, “To evade mental issues, the government does not inform the people of the method that the purpose- made subsidies plan is to be carried out to prevent long lines or attacks on gas stations”.
He admitted to the Iranian regime’s fears over protests and said, “A delay in reforming subsidies and shortening the time to carry out this law does definitely not benefit the society. It is clear that any decision will have negative and positive consequences therefore the government has decided that it is better for the atmosphere to be unclear for the people than to be clear about this matter”.
Mardom Salarai daily also said in an article titled, ‘the challenges of purpose- made subsidies’, “With the execution of the purpose- made subsidies plan, the Iranian economy is facing one of its biggest tests in the past few decades. This is a plan that has many hidden aspects when being carried out and will be the cause of a challenge for the government and society”.
But more clear than all these remarks are the remarks of Ahmadinejad over the consequences of the purpose- made subsidies plan. He said, “The reason we don’t announce the exact day when this plan is to be carried out, the people should know that when we say that from tomorrow morning the price of gas will be 150 tomans, it is possible that some people will say that we should go and fill two tanks… or there will be lines outside gas stations, some might think that they should take two 20 liter containers to fill to have in the house and… cars will explode and this is dangerous”.
Mullahs show their beast-face to peace trend of Middle – East
Sept. 26, 2010
In its political analyzer this week, Jomhori, state –run daily expressed its discontent of the progress in Palestine's peace plan and attacked the head of this country: "negotiation of reconciliation of Mohmood Abbass…. is a diversion and the new game of the Zionists. The heads of Arabic front have been deceived by the Zionists and have become the tools of this game without thinking.
In this game the Zionists want to show that stopping the construction of the new townships is the main demand of Arabs and if they agree with this they are giving a great privilege to Arabs… but the true and ultimate demand is that the occupying Zionists leave the land of Palestine completely and all Palestinian refugees must come back and the people of Palestine should not demand anything."
The state-run source continued: "so as before it is completely obvious that their round of negotiation is also fruitless.
Mahmood Abbass's fraction, continuing its reconsolidating behavior only adds another black page to its record against Palestinian cause.
Regimes tricks to attract grub forces
Sept. 26 2010
Mullahs regime in order to attract Iran-Iraq prisoners to Basij force, has added this phrase to their salary invoices that “you are a member of Guards Corps and you can go to your own office as a member of Basij.
Mullahs regime by this act is trying to increase the number of armed forces by giving them, food oil and a sack of rice and then to use them in attacking people and repress the uprising.
Mentioning that a few months ago, salary’s of these POW s were reduced and were told that you are one of Army’s forces who instead of fighting, gave up yourselves to enemy and betrayed your country so you have to be trialed. But now that they need forces to suppress people and nobody is around, they are trying to gather these grubs by every sort of tricks.
Crack within regime
Iranian media speak out against Ahmadinejad’s remarks in UN
Sept. 26, 2010
The state-run Mardom Salari daily admitted to the scandal over Ahmadinejad’s speech in the General Assembly and wrote: “I have doubts whether the place for these remarks were chosen correctly or not. Is it not better that in such assemblies, remarks be made in accordance with the orders of the assembly and that a kind of diplomacy be carried out so that the heads of countries do not leave the assembly so that these kinds of marginal things do not prevent the main message from being heard?”
This state run daily said regarding Ahmadinejad’s interviews which has led to scandals for the regime and wrote: “The proper use of the opportunities of interview with various media is positive but it is a known basic principle in journalism that in interviews, the interviewer should not consider the person being interviewed but has to take heed of its viewers or readers and in some cases this important principle was not taken into consideration”.
Wave of attacks against Rafsanjani by the regime’s gangs
Sept. 26, 2010
Regime’s officials have attacked Rafsanjani for his visit to the families of those arrested from the defeated wing of the regime, and wrote: it is better for Rafsanjani to give up his son rather than to this.
Resalat newspaper, without mentioning the titles of Rafsanjani, said only Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and on behalf of him addressing the families of arrested wrote: if I pass your requests to the guards, I am not sure whether I get a right answer, maybe I get opposite answer, but I will follow your request to the leader and I hope I get an answer.
Javad Abtahi, a parliament representative said with irony, it is better for Rafsanjani to give up his son to the judiciary rather than visiting the families of Prisoners.
Fatemeh Alia another member said: it is better for Mr. Rafsanjani to speak about his own political relatives and clear their duty.
Another representative, Qasem Ravanbakhsh, said: he with these meetings is making himself more discredit.
Mentioning that some of the wives and relatives of arrested from the other wing, including wife of Tajzadeh, wife of Aminzadeh and wife of Norizadeh, went to Rafsanjani and asked him to interfere.
Cleric admits to low morale of regime forces
Sept. 26, 2010
Sediqi, the temporary head of Friday Prayers in Tehran admitted to the deep rifts in the Iranian regime and the low morale of their forces and said, “Those who do not change their positions, those who cause rifts, those who cause hopelessness, those who take no heed of the rebounds of the Islamic system which has countered all the crises even during the sedition and after it, take no heed of these miraculous rebounds and say that the revolution is over and according to (Khomeini) those people have actually ended themselves”.
He pointed to Khomeini’s remarks and said, “Imam said that those who say that the revolution has reached a dead end have reached a dead end themselves and think or say that the revolution has reached a dead end”.
Attact of Lrijani to AhmadinejadSept. 25, 2010
Ali Larijani the head of regime’s parliament, once again attacked Ahmadinejad clearly and said, in the country no one can trespass the rules. According to Mehr press, Larijani, in his speech in Qom, by pointing to the unresolved problems in the ruling wing, added: a number of parliament resolutions have been implemented which some of them are not confirmed by parliament and the government but we have to perform them.
He added that in the country no one can disobey the rules and if some cases happen they will be investigated by parliament commissions.
Resistance
Khavar Weaving Factory in Protest
Sept. 26, 2010
300 male and female laborers of the Khavar Weaving Factory, Men and women, gathered on Saturday morning outside of Gilan's Governor Office in protest. These laborers have not received their wages and any bonuses during last seven months.
Suppression
Registering 1952 cases of violation of human rights by the regime of Iran in September
Sept. 25, 2010
Despite a lot of efforts, the present report is only reflecting a small part of violation of human rights in Iran and only in one month of September. In September only, 1952 cases of violations of human rights have been registered. In the last month, more than 686 violations of workers rights, 69 violations of students rights, 291 violations of political and social activists rights for freedom of mind and speech, 24 cases of execution sentences, 329 cases of torture and violation of political prisoners in prisons, 391 cases of civilian arrests by police forces, 41 cases of imprisonment of national minorities, 56 case of arrests and violations of religious minorities.
Construction of four new prisons and torture chambers in Tehran Suburbs
Sept. 26, 2010
Mohmmadreza Mohmoodi a deputy of regime's governor of Tehran announced that four prisons will be built in the suburbs of Tehran.
Pointing to provincial visits of Ahmadinejad he said: "the third round of the president's provincial visits to Tehran necessary budgets for building 4 detention centers in the suburbs of Tehran were approved and the Prison's Organization can officially start the plan."
New disciplinary sentences issued for student activists in Babol; Babol University official bans student association
Sep. 25, 2010
In the beginning of the new academic year, the Disciplinary Committee of the Science and Technology University of Babol has issued sentences for a number of student activists in this university. These sentences were announced to the students without them being summoned to the Disciplinary Committee a few days before universities opened for the new academic year.
According to reports, the Disciplinary Committee suspended five students for one semester and sentenced 12 others to suspended suspensions for one semester or a written reprimand in their files.
Also Dr. Sheikhol Islami, the head of the Science and Technology University of Babol dissolved the Islamic Association of Students in this university according to a new verdict and announced that its activities were illegal.
Security forces beat students at Free Rasht University
Sep. 25, 2010
At the start of the new academic year and on the first day of the opening of the Free Rasht University, the university security prevented male students with t-shirts and female students with what they called unsuitable covering from entering the university without prior notice and beat students who objected and protested this issue on orders of the university Protection Department.
According to student sources, the actions of the university security forces led students to gather outside the entrance of this university I protest but security forces beat them with the intent of dispersing them and prevented them from entering the university.
Political prisoner subjected to brutal torture for over year
Sep. 24, 2010
According to reports, political prisoner Mohammad Nikbakht (PMOI supporter) has been under mental and physical torture for over a year in the A-T Cellblock run by the Ministry of Intelligence in Isfahan Prison.
Nikbakht is serving his fifth year of prison and was transferred from cellblock 3 to Cellblock A-T in last years post election protests on July 20, 2009. He was detained in a solitary cell for six months and was subjected to physical and mental pressure on a daily basis by intelligence interrogators. Some of the tortures he was subjected to were being hanged for a prolonged amount of time to the point where he passed out, being flogged with cables or with lead filled hoses, being tied to metal pole for 4 days without any food or the right to use the bathroom and sleep deprivation. He was also subjected to severe mental torture. He was tortured to be forced into giving a interview in front of the cameras which interrogators could use to charge him with enmity with God which carries the death sentence.
He was transferred to a three person cell after six months of solitary and in this time he was constantly abused and harassed and kept under intolerable conditions in this cellblock.
Nikbakht was banned from calling his family in this time and his family had no information on his condition and where he was detained.
This political prisoner was arrested in June 2004 along with his wife and 3 year old child in Orumieh and was brutally tortured for three months in a solitary cell run by the ministry of intelligence. He was then transferred to cellblock A-T in Isfahan Prison where he was subjected to mental and physical torture for more than six months in a solitary cell. Nikbakht was sentenced to 8 years of prison on orders of intelligence interrogators and some time later he was sentenced to another year of prison for disclosing the crimes and tortures by intelligence interrogators in prison.
Suspicious murder of two physicians in two continuous nights
Sept. 26, 2010
During two continuous nights, two physicians were killed suspiciously by bullet shouts and died.
According to official Medias, Dr. Soudbakhsh, infectious disease specialist and a member of scientific group of medicine department of Tehran, while he was going out of his office on Tuesday night at 9 o’clock, was shout by a motorcyclist, and died before reaching to the hospital.
Last Wednesday also, Gholamreza Sarabi, a heart specialist, after departure from the office, he was shout to his tomb and chest by bullets and died after two days in the hospital on Friday.
Mullahs dictatorship, by publishing this news tried not to relate these two news together and Mehr new agency which belongs to intelligence ministry, published the remarks of head of Tehran’s police and wrote: we hope that these killing are not continuum killings and until now we have not find any sign on this.
Other official Medias also said on behalf the Tehran police that investigations showed that the motivation of Dr. Soudbakhsh killing was for personal reasons.
Shahbeddin Sardr, deputy head of parliament and the head of medicine system of regime, in order to cover the contradiction of these killings, said: it is possible that these terrors are part of a project in order to kill some of the physicians. But till the time that is announced by judiciary sources, nothing is clear.
No news on 15 year old boy one year after arrest
Sep. 25, 2010
One year after the temporary arrest of Mohammad Saber Malek Reiesi, there has been no news of his fate for four months.
According to reports, Mohammad, 15, who is from the town of Sarbaz and was arrested because his brother was charged with having communications and cooperating with the armed Baluch opposition, has not contacted or talked to his family for 4 months.
Mohammad was arrested on September 24, 2009 in Chabahar along with his two brothers and after security and intelligence forces raided his home, they threatened his family that if they did not hand over his third brother, they would execute all three sons.
Four months after their arrest, two of his brothers were released but 15 year old Mohammad was held as a hostage in prison and in telephone call to his family, he was forced to say that he would soon be executed.
His family has gone to the intelligence agency, prison and revolutionary court several times in the last four months but was prevented from visiting their son in prison. This has led to serious concerns over him still being alive.
Mohammad has been subjected to pressure and torture to confess on TV and introduce himself and his brother as members of the Jondollah group.
Jailed teacher in critical condition in prison denied treatment
Sep. 22, 2010
Death row political prisoner Abdolreza Qanbari is suffering from bleeding in his kidney and is in poor physical condition.
Despite his constant moaning at night, prison officials pay no attention to his condition and refuse to give him treatment.
Qanbari was arrested after Ashura events (December 27, 2009) and was sentenced to death on charges of having links to the PMOI by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Qazi Salavati. This sentence was upheld by the 36th branch of the court of review headed by Judge Zargar and was announced to the Sentence Implementation Department.
This teacher has said that the charges against him were baseless. His wife who is also a teacher has been constantly threatened by the Ministry of Intelligence that she would be fired. Qanbari is currently in cellblock 350 in Evin Prison. Sahel Qanbari, his daughter is in bad spirits after hearing of her father’s death sentence.
His family did not give any interviews to the media regarding the condition of this political prisoner because of pressures from the Ministry of Intelligence.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
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