May 15, 2010

Urgent News On Iran - May 15, 2010

Urgent News

Execution of another 6 more political prisoners endorsed

Following the vicious act of hanging of 5 political prisoners on May9, four of them Kurds, an act that was the subject of wrath and protest of all Iranians especially residents of Kurdistan, today Fars news agency affiliated with IRGC announced that the clerical regime intends to hang 6 more political prisoners all supporters of PMOI.
It is more than clear that these criminal and savage acts at the wake of anniversary of the uprising of people of Iran rise from the weakness of this regime which tries to prevent the uprising of people at this anniversary by provoking an atmosphere of fear and terror.
Students Committee in Iran condemns this anti-human and impudent act. We demand all human right organization around the world to act immediately to stop this criminal act.
The lives of these innocent political prisoners can be saved for sure by international pressures and inspection of international bodies from Iran.

Fars News Agency: “Tehran- 15.5.2010- Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Tehran’s prosecutor announced on Saturday May 15 the decree of execution has been approved for 6 opposition activists who have been arrested after the last presidential election”.
Dolatabadi said that three of them, Ahmad iDaneshpoor Moghadam, Mohsen Daneshpoor Moghadam and Alireza Ghanbari have been arrested in regard with Ashura protests and conceded that: “their decree for execution has been endorsed. Also the decree of execution for three others Mohammadali Sarami, Jafar Kazemi and Mohammadali Hajaghaee who have been arrested last December has been approved too”.

The news has also been posted by AFP:
TEHRAN, May 15, 2010 (AFP) - The death sentence for six OPPOSITION activists arrested in protests after last year's disputed presidential election in Iran have been confirmed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said Saturday.
The six were accused of belonging to the exiled and outlawed People's Mujahedeen, the OPPOSITION group the Islamic republic's regime calls "the hypocrites."
 Three were arrested after OPPOSITION protests during the Shiite mourning holiday of Ashura last December, Dolatabadi said, naming them as "Ahmad Daneshpour Moghadam, Mohsen Daneshpour Moghadam and Alireza Ghanbari."
   "Their death sentences have been confirmed, but they have asked to be pardoned," the Fars news agency quoted Dolatabadi as saying.
   It quoted the prosecutor as saying the death penalty for the other three, Mohammad Ali Saremi, Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad-Ali Haj-Aghai who were arrested in September last year, had also been confirmed.
   Dolatabadi had announced in January that 10 people arrested during OPPOSITION protests that followed the re-election last June of President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad had been sentenced to hang.
   On January 28, Iran hanged two men convicted of being Mohareb (enemies of God), in the first executions of dissidents since the post-poll protests erupted.
   They "belonged to the monarchist group Tondar (the Kingdom Assembly of Iran). During their trials they confessed to obtaining explosives and planning to assassinate officials," Dolatabadi said at the time.
   The authorities arrested an estimated 4,000 people including journalists and reformist politicians in a massive crackdown in the weeks after the election.
   Stiff jail terms have been handed down to several people convicted of taking part in the unrest, although some have been released on bail pending possible appeals.
   On Saturday the lawyer for French researcher Clotilde Reiss, who was arrested last July for allegedly participating in demonstrations, will be allowed to leave the country soon, after a large fine was paid.
   Last Sunday Iran also hanged five militants, including a Kurdish woman, convicted of bombing government offices and a gas pipeline to Turkey and described as being Mohareb, state media reported.
  
  
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN – May 15, 2010


The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.601

The Downfall


Shameless reaction of Mullahs 
Tehran, May 13, 2010
The execution of 5 political prisoners raised a wave of domestic and international disgust towards the clerical regime and put it in more isolation.
In that regard Shariatmadari in his editorial in Kayhan daily Khamenei’s organ revealed that the security officials have issued a directive that a TV program must be made about these 5 political prisoners who have been criminally executed in Evin Prison.
Kayhan wrote: “the related organs have given the documents of terrorist acts of these people to Sima  & Seda (TV & Radio station of regime) and pretty soon a documentary will be broadcasted in that regard”.
Obviously this obscene act will have no fruit for this regime except that it will be more hated by people.

Regime’s hooligans maneuver in Saghez
Saghez, May 13, 2010
In fear of protesting reaction of Iranians in regard with the criminal execution of their brave youths on May 9 the clerical regime has flooded it hooligans on motorbikes in the city of Saghez to make people retreat from their protests but people have said that they will participate in the strike which is held throughout Kurdistan.

Aftermaths of Execution of five political prisoners on May 9


Sanandaj, May 13, 2010
In Sanandaj people clashed with regime’s suppressive forces. The suppressive forces shot at the protesters and wounded two. Then regime injected help to the clash for its suppressive forces and made the protesters to retreat.
The clashes started when the suppressive forces desperate of not being able to disperse the protesters shot at them.

Nosood, May 13, 2010
When regime’s suppressive forces beat an old man in Shoshami region of Nosood Township peoples clashed with SSF.
In protest to the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 the shopkeepers of Nosood just received their goods at the border bazaar of the township and then closed all the shops in strike against the executions.
SSF tried to prevent them and warned them but in vein so it started beating people including this old man. At this point vast clashes started.
Gun shot could be heard from the region and other parts of the city were the scenes of hit and runs.

Marivan, May 13, 2010
On May 13 bazaar shopkeepers and other residents of Marivan Township went on strike and protest against the execution of five political prisoners. The shopkeepers didn’t open their shops since morning.
Regime’s Intelligence Bureaus’ agents started breaking the locks of the stores and filming the owners or taking their pictures but people didn’t retreat.
Regime has mobilized heavy forces even armored vehicles and the town is under unannounced curfew.
There have been clashes in the regions near to Mrivan including Oramanat Chenareh, Baqan and Sarshiyou 5 kilometeres from the township.

Kamyaran, May 13, 2010
Regime’s Especial Units, Bessij and intelligence agents have staged a curfew in the city and are severely suppressing people. Everybody is waiting for a spark to start the clashes.
In front of Farzad Kamnagar’s home is covered with suppressive agents and nobody is allowed to get near.
In bazaar all shopkeepers had closed their shops except regime’s elements.

Marivan, May 13, 2010
After students of Payame Noor University protested against the execution of 5 political prisoners on Monday and Tuesday, May 10 and11, 15 active students of this university were arrested and transferred to unknown locations.
Aram Waisi, Foad Moradi, Tofigh Partovi, Dana Lanjavaee and Saman Zandi are 5 of these 15.
In another event Marivan’s Intelligence Bureau has called activists of this city during last few days and has threatened them that if they try to hold a strike they must anticipate dark consequences.

Uroumieh, May 13, 2010
On Thursday May 13 students of Uroumieh protested against the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 and boycotted classes clashing with Harasat agents.
The clashes started in the morning and continued till in the afternoon.
Then Harasat agents took control and attacked students’ dormitories.


Resistance
The anti-human regime retreats
Tehran, May 13, 2010
Following the international pressures the clerical regime retreated from the decree of execution for political prisoner Zahra Jabbari and took back the allegation of ‘Moharebe’ in a sham court.
Miss Jabari is the sister of a PMOI member residing in Ashraf City (the place of residence of PMOI members in Iraq). She has been under severe tortures during her incarceration and her nails have been pulled out. At the court when she shows her fingers to the so-called judge as the sign of tortures the criminal judge answers back and says: “you had pulled out your nails yourself”.


Suppression
Human rights activists transferred to Kazaron Prison
Tehran, May 13, 2010
Abolfazl Abedini Nasr reporter and a former official of Human Rights Activists in Iran was transferred to Kazeron Prison in Ahwaz from Evin Prison.
Abedini was arrested in a raid to his paternal home in Ramhormooz Township on March 2 by RGC’s intelligence forces. He was then transferred to Evin Prison and spent 70 days in solitary confinements in ward 2A belonging to RGC.
He is exiled to Ahwaz for spending an 11 years term; 5 years of it for propagation against Islamic Republic, and another 5 years for having connection with enemy states. He will be lashed during his term.
It is to be mentioned that Mr. Abedini is suffering from heart problems and fatigue.


Other News

Regime’s missile test failed
Tehran, May 14, 2010
The clerical regime admitted that its missile test on Thursday May 13 has failed.
Several internet bases affiliated with the clerical regime and one of its official news agencies reported that the Naval Force of the Islamic Republic has had three failed missile launching in its naval maneuver.
These reports were immediately removed.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

May 14, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN - May 14, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.600
           
The Downfall

Spear of the people of the Uprising aims at Khamenei
Tehran, May 11, 2010

Mullah Safaee the head of Political-Ideological Office of Khamenei in regime’s armed forces warned that the target of those who participate in the uprising is Khamenei and his ominous regime.
Quoted by ILNA state-run news agency he said: “Supreme Leadership is the pillar of the Moslem’s society and the enemy intends to strike on it by starting a soft-war”.
Calling the Uprising ‘soft-war’ this element of Khameni added: “soft-war is much harder (to confront) because you don’t see the enemy’s possibilities and equipments…enemy’s planning in regard with the soft-war has increased with starting the sedition after the presidential election”.

MP called Mosavi an ‘apostate’
Tehran, May 12, 2010

Nasrollah Kuhi Bagh Anari regime’s MP called Mosave ‘against Islam’ and ‘against Koran’ because he protested the execution of political prisoners on May 9 and said that ‘Iran is not his place anymore’. In an interview with Iran Network he added: “unfortunately while Judiciary must put Mosavi on trial because of the sedition provoked by him it retreats and thus Mosavi is taking advantage of Islamic kindness”.
Kuhi said: “though Mr. Mosavi has said recently that he is still with us but ‘he is diverging from Islam and as the sources of religious laws put it he is against Koran and he is counted as an apostate”.

Afsanjani admitted that Khamenei’s talisman is broken
Tehran, May 11, 2010

Following the schism at the top of the regime Rafsanjani once more taunted Khamenei and admitted that suppressing people is not useful.
Rafsanjani said: “states in the modern world try to make public opinion content; the era of suppression and oppression is over”.
Rafsanjani confronted Khamenei directly by counting regime’s constitution the pivot of regime’s movement instead of Khamenei.
Rafsanjani’s words in confrontation with Khamenei confirm that the talisman of Supreme Leadership is broken and on the other hand it shows the deepening of the schism at the top of clerical regime.
The incurable situation of the System of Supreme Leadership has no other cure than being toppled.

Mullah’s party and disputes within reactionary bands
Tehran, May 11, 2010

Qods state-run daily revealing disputes between regime’s parliament and Ahmadijejads’ government said that the parliament had summoned 9 ministers this week.
One of those summoned was Manoucher Motaki, Ahmadinejad’s Foreign Minister.
Joumhori state-run daily wrote in that regard: “what has brought Mr. Motaki under question is that while the president of United States has threatened Iran with a nuclear assault and the US government is working against Iran’s nuclear activities and for intensifying the sanctions against our country he has invited US representative to a party. What is the meaning of this”?

Warning about the critical regime’s conditions
Tehran, May 11, 2010

Regime’s MP Sirous Sazdar a member of Energy Commission warned Khamenei’s fraction in his speech on May 11 in the parliament to open room for the defeated fraction and said: “as a soldier of revolution and the system of Islamic republic who has sacrificed the best years of his life for revolution I warn not to ruin the last opportunity for rebuilding people’s trust. We should not close the hands of the friends of the system and the true companions of Imam and revolution. If we do so we will open the hand of those who don’t have the slightest obligation towards revolution and they will try to destroy the System and the country”.
The MP added: “today we are standing at the most critical point for Islamic Republic during the last 30 years”.
He pointed to the increase of poverty, addiction and corruption in the corrupted clerical regime and said: “who is responsible for the poverty stricken people, for the cancer-like spread of addiction, for decrease in society’s morel and for mistrust in the society”.

The board of ‘Controlling Crisis’ entered Sanandaj
Sanandaj, May 13, 2010

Following the critical situation in Kurdistan after the execution of 5 political prisoners, four of them Kurds and public call for protests in all Kurdistan’s regions the board of ‘Controlling Crisis’ of the Interior Ministry entered Sanandaj yesterday.


Resistance

People clash with suppressive forces in Piranshahr
Piranshar, May 13, 2010

ISC reported from Piranshahr that in protest against the displacement of border bazaar of the city to Neghadeh’s Mohammad Shariar and the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 residents of Piranshahr took into the streets and clashed with regime’s forces.
They attacked the Governor and Piranshahr’s representative and beat them.
Clashes were heavy and people torched SSF cars.
Piranshar and Sardasht cities are uneasy and Kamyaran (birth place of Farzad Kamandgar) is in control of security forces.

Visitors of Tehran’s book exhibition welcomed Ahmadinejad by chanting ‘death to dictator’ at him
Tehran, May 12, 2010

Visitors of Tehran international book exhibition demonstrated against Ahmadinejad’s presence there and chanted death to dictator.
Regime’s mercenaries present tried to prevent people from chanting but were not able to.

Anti regime slogans at Sharif University’s dormitory
Tehran, May 12, 2010

ISC reported that writing slogans against the heads of clerical regime including Khamanei has astonishingly increased at the university’s dormitory.


Protest gathering of families of political prisoners
Tehran, May 12, 2010

On Tuesday May 11 more than 60 family members of political prisoners gathered in protest in front of Evin Prison having documents for their freedom of leave with them.
The families of 5 executed political prisoners had come for the bodies of their beloveds too but Evin’s officials said that until the climate is uneasy they will not give them the bodies.
Though Farzad Kamangar’s family are still in Tehran but the residents of Kamyaran have announced that there will be a gathering on May 13 at 0800 in protest to Farzad’s execution.

We praise our heroes
May 12, 2010

An ISC member reported from Marivan that on Monday May 10 a group of the city’s youths held a ceremony in commemoration of the 5 executed political prisoners Farzad Kamangar, Shirin Alam Hooli, Ali Haydarian, Farhad Vakili and Mehdi Islamian in front of the building of Pre- University.
In another event students of Law and Political Science Faculties in Tehran issued statements and distributed them in the campus against the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 and against the presence of regime’s elements at the Faculties.

Shahe Kurd University in protest
Shahre Kurd- May 13, 2010

On Wednesday May 12 Harasat of the university collected away all books written by Ayatollah Montazeri throughout the university but the students boycotted the speech of Sabzyan the head of the university (formerly a high ranking commander in Qods Force) and only 18 Bassiji students attended his speech.
Students of the Uprising also distributed statement condemning the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 in the university.


Suppression

Freed political prisoners of the Uprising summoned again

Tehran, May 12, 2010

During the recent days a great number of detainees of the Ashura Uprising who were freed on bail have received a subpoena.
Many of these former detainees are those who had participated in street demonstrations or had sent SMS or emails (in that regard) and have no record of political activities.
The dates for the courts are mostly the last days of month of Khordad (around June 10 to 20 the anniversary of the Uprising) and the beginning of the month after. The court that they are summoned to is mostly branch 15 which is judged by the criminal judge Salavati.

1,197,000 records in judiciary during a year
Tehran, May 12, 2010

The clerical regime’s judiciary system has opened 1,197,000 records for people only in one year.
Baigy, a Pasdar and the head of SSF said amongst regime’s reporters: “During last year 1,197,000 accused were handed over to judiciary officials by SSF. We had 580 escapes which is a 17% decrease in comparison with the previous year”.
He added: “currently about 1000 of police station’s agents are women and this number will increase during the current year”.

Regime of thugs dishonor a youth in public

Ghaemshahr, May 12, 2010

In a suppressive and inhuman act the clerical regime’s agents took a youngster around the Ghaemshar City, north of Iran, in humiliating manner.
Ghanbar Habashi a Pasdar and the head of Ghaemshahr’s SSF said: “by the decree of a judge one of the hooligans called M.M. was taken around the city for show to be a warning to those who intend to break the law and disrupt the security”.
 

Suppression-Tehran University
Tehran, May 13, 2010

- There has been a terror attack against Dr. Motamedi professor of power of Tehran University.
- In another event girls at Bastami Dormitory of Tehran University must be inside the dormitory by 9 and they are not allowed to leave the dormitory after 9 pm.
- Summoning of students to Disciplinary Committee continues.


Prison guards torture prisoner to death in Sari Prison
May 11, 2010 –

Hadi Aravand, a death row prisoner in Sari Prison was killed under torture.
The head of this prison has claimed that he committed suicide with a sheet but the forensics doctor said he died after being choked.
The signs and bruises from torture were clearly evident all over his body to the extent that one of his hands was broken and his back was injured. There was also a 1 cm cut around his neck which cancels the probability of suicide. A person close to him has announced that the cuts around his wrists show how much pressure he was under while dying.
 “Hadi was transferred from his cell on April 30 at about 5 pm and a few hours later, his injured and wounded body was at the Sari Hospital”, this person added.
According to the forensics doctor, his feet were crossed and shackled while his hands were tied from behind while he was killed and he did not have any opportunity to commit suicide. In this position, he was choked with a plastic strap which was placed around his neck.
According to other prisoners, since the arrival of a new warden named Abedi, there were four instances of suspicious deaths in this prison in the past 7 months which shows the bad conditions under which prisoners are kept in Sari Prison.
Hadi Aravandi, 23, was sentenced to death and would have been executed three months from now. He committed murder in a street fight on March 19, 2008 and was buried last Sunday in the cemetery in Surak which is a few kilometers from Sari.

Iran disbands political prisoner’s cellblock in Evin Prison, moves political prisoners in with ordinary criminals
May 11, 2010 –

After Farhad Vakili, a Kurd political prisoner was taken from cellblock 350 to an unknown location last Saturday and hanged along with four other political prisoners on Sunday, political prisoners in cellblock 350 who had lost their cellmate, mourned their loss which led to reaction from the head of this cellblock, Bozorgnia.
According to reports, after this reaction, these 180 political prisoners protested and refused to get food, announcing a hunger strike.
Because of this protest and on orders of the head of Evin Prison, Sedaqat, the process for the disbanding of cellblock 350 has started and political prisoners will once again be transferred to cellblock 7 and 8 in Evin Prison and Gohardasht Prison in Karaj to be put among ordinary criminals.
A prisoner arrested after the presidential elections who was taken to cellblock 8 said in phone call that at least 50 others from 350 were transferred since this morning to cellblock 7 and 8 and Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.

Evin Prison guards’ brutal attack on political prisoners leaves some prisoners unconscious
May 12, 2010 –

According to reports, after the execution of five political prisoners, riot police in Evin Prison took revenge on protesting prisoners and brutally beat them to prevent the spread of protests.
The severity of the attack and the suppression was so high that some prisoners in cellblock 350, the special clerical cellblock 500, and cellblocks 7 and 8 became unconscious and there are reports of probable deaths. According to this report, agents prevent the injured prisoners from being taken to the infirmary.
All the phone lines in Evin were also cut off while in the past few days political prisoners Isa Saharkhiz, Tabarzadi, Davoud Soleimani, Rasoul Bodaghi, Mehdi Mahmoudian and Dr. Rafiei were transferred to Gohardasht Prison and Pardis Prison in Karaj. From the beginning of the (Iranian) New Year, some prisoners including Ayatollah Borujerdi who reported events inside prison to the outside were barred from visits. These pressures have been carried out to prevent the flow of news from prison especially reports on the critical and restive state of this prison.

Female prisoner dies in prison because of lack of medical treatment; disease spreads among female prisoners in Evin
May 12, 2010 –

Reports say that the sanitary state of the women’s cellblocks in Evin Prison is very poor.
In phone calls with their families, some political prisoners have said that all the female cellblocks especially section 4 are in very poor sanitary conditions and lice, women’s related diseases and throat infections are on the rise. Many of these diseases have become so chronic in some of the female prisoners that their bodies have become immune to the antibiotics.
Warm water has also been cut off and these prisoners are forced to shower with cold water.
According to these prisoners, prison officials do not take any measures to treat the ill women and their constant protests to this issue have so far been futile. 
Prisoners are also faced with a lack of nourishment and the prison shop has put limitations to provide them with food. This is while the prison food is not enough and lacks quality but they are not allowed to purchase their needs from the prison shop with their own money. The prison shop usually does not have the prisoner’s needs.
Female prisoners have weak immune systems because of the lack of nutrition which results in constant illnesses.
According to reports from inside Evin Prison, a few nights ago, a female prisoner in the quarantine section of Evin Prison died as a result of a ruptured appendix because she was not given medical treatment and not taken to the infirmary on time.
From 10 pm to 7am when all the cell and block doors are shut, agents have no control over the condition of prisoners and if they have illnesses or any other problems no one is able to receive medical attention in this timeframe.

Shiraz University expels student activists
May 12, 2010 –

A number of Shiraz University students have received heavy disciplinary sentences including expulsion from this university. On the eve of the anniversary of the 10th presidential elections of the Islamic Republic which was the scene of widespread protests, well known students activists Kazem Rezayi, Abdoljalil Rezayi, Hamdollah Namjou, Ismail Jalilvand, and Eunice Mirhosseini, were expelled from Shiraz University. Alma Ranjbar, Hadi Alamli were also sentenced to exile from this university by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of Science (Ministry of Higher Education). University officials have illegally refused to allow Arash Roostayi and Mohsen Zarin Kamar to graduate despite having finished all their courses. The reason behind the expulsion of all these students is political and they did not have any academic related problems.

Iran attempts to arrest Kamangar family
May 12, 2010

According to reports, three days after the execution of Farzad Kamangar (political prisoner), judicial officials still refuse to hand over the body of this teacher and other executed political prisoners to their families. On the third day that the Kamangar family gathered outside Evin Prison, security forces attempted to arrest Saltaneh Rezayi (mother), Mehrdad Kamangar (brother), Suror (sister in law), Shirin Kamangar (sister) and Javid Kamangar (15 year old nephew). But attempts for their arrest were met with resistance from the people on the scene and the members of the Kamangar family were removed from the scene by these people.

Security forces tell family of executed female prisoner that she cannot be buried in Muslim cemetery
May 12, 2010 –

 Four days after the execution (of five political prisoners in Evin Prison), security forces refuse to hand over their bodies to their families. One of the family members of Shirin Alamhouli (executed female political prisoner) said that Shirin’s home is under siege by security force and friends and other relatives are not allowed to go to her home.
“Four days after the executions, security forces have confiscate the cellphones of (Shirin Alamhouli’s) family in Tehran and they have been told that these people (executed political prisoners) were moharebs (wagers of war with God) and have to be buried somewhere far away from cemeteries where Muslims are buried”, this person added.



Workers of Iran


Protest gathering in Qazvin

Qazvin, May 12, 2010

ISC reported from Qazvin that on Tuesday May 11 about 160 workers of Alborz Chianware Factory which is going to be closed gathered in protest.
The 180 workers of this factory are in protest daily in front of governmental organs to receive their rights and in protest to the decree that says the factory must be closed.
All these workers are officially hired and have not received their wages and bonuses for 10 months. Each worker must be paid the average amount of 4million tomans.
All contracting workers, 220, were fired at the wake of the New Year.

Parsilon Factory’s worker’s life perished
Shiraz, May 12, 2010

A member of ISC reported from Khoram Abad that more than 500 workers of Parsilon Textile Factory have not received their wages for 5 months and their families are shattering.
This factory was handed over to the private section a few years ago which put the lives of its workers in hard conditions.


News of Iran’s Economy


Random
May 10, 2010

An ISC member talked randomly with people about the expenses of livelihood. Many people complained about the price of food.
In one case in Saqez city when he asked a man about the price of meat he paused and then answered back: “when it is for two months that I have not been able to buy any meat how can I speak about its price”?
A worker with 5 children said: “I cannot buy meat or chicken for my family”.
The price of one kilo of meet with bone (almost two pounds) has raised to 11000 tomans and in some cases 17000 tomans (about 11 to 17 dollars).


Women

Mullahs desperate in regard with Iran’s struggling women

Tehran, May 11, 2010

Resistance of Iranian women confronting the execution of Khomeini-made plan of ‘bad veil’ has made regime’s elements desperate and made them to babble against our women.
During the last few days a number of regime’s MPs have asked for a solution in regard with this resistance.


Women the most dread of mullah regime

Tehran, May 11, 2010

Fars news agency affiliated with RGC quoted the educational deputy of Tehran University on May 11: “the issue of veil and chastity is what has made all the heads and deputies of different campuses of Tehran University worried. The Cultural Council must think of executable solutions for it.
Seyyed Mohammad Ghanbari added that the issue of veil and chastity has turned to a subject of concern for the board of Tehran University too and babbled: “this is an issue of concern in the whole society. We witnessed that it was discussed in Friday Prayer too”.

Mobilizing Bassijies against the women of the Uprising
Tafresh, May 12, 2010

An ISC member reported from one of the universities of Tafresh in Central Province that a great number of Bessiji men and women have been mobilized at the university to meddle in all students affairs and to send students to Disciplinary Committee.
They want to separate entrances for female and male students.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

May 13, 2010

Supplementary reports - Meli (Beheshti) University on May 10

Supplementary reports from students’ protests and clashes in Meli (Beheshti) University on May 10 - Tehran- May 13, 2010

After the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9, students of Meli University started a protest from early morning which surged by the unannounced presence of Ahmadinejad.

During the protest which last till 2 pm students clashed with Bassijies protecting the Hall where Ahmadinejad held his speech to open a way to reach the hall and protest at Ahmadinejad’s face.

Female students were pioneers in the clashes and engaged with Bassijies trying to save a student who was grasped by them.

In this huge protest gathering the students paved Ahmadinejad’s route with packages of chips which had the picture of a monkey on it to show how much they disgust him.

Students chanted:
-death to Ahmadinejad
-Bassiji has gone wild
-Zealous students support, support
-We will not stop midway we are not traitors
-We are the children of war fight and we will fight back
-Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
-Dirty Bassiji, you want to shed the blood of the nation
-Death to Bassiji


The link of related footage is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vO01aLHZiE

Meli (Beheshti) University in protest to theexecution of 5 political prisoners and the unannounced presence of Ahmadijejad - May 10, 2010.wmv

UPDATE ON IRAN - May 13, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.599
           
            The Downfall

Group 15 gathering in Tehran is broke mullahs admit
Tehran, May 11, 2010

Regime’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Mehmanparast trying to have the upper hand in regard with regime’s defeat in the coming session of Group 15 conceded that if only five to six presidents show up on the session it would be very good.
In his press conference on Tuesday May 11 he tried to cover the negative answer received from the heads of states for their participation in the session and said: “this is a rule that if 5 to 6 heads of state show up in these kind of sessions the session will be evaluated as very good but in Tehran’s session it is known for sure that with especial guests that we have at least 8 heads of state will be present”.
It is to be mentioned that in regard with the absurd former gathering of nuclear disarmament in Tehran Mehmanparast had claimed that at least14 foreign ministers will be present but only 7 showed up and those too were from countries that weren’t effective in world’s balance. Even one representative from western countries didn’t take the gathering serious to show up.

Spies! What Spies?
Tehran, May 11, 2010

In regard with the arrest of a number of regime’s spies in Kuwait, Mehmanparast said in his interview: on May 11: “Kuwaiti officials never confirmed that Iranian spies have been arrested in their land. Some other Kuwaiti had said some words and some Kuwaiti MPs have confirmed that without thinking”.

The clerical regime closes all schools and universities
Tehran, May 11, 2010

In fear of the protest and uprising of people simultaneous with Group 15 gathering in Tehran schools and universities will be close in Tehran on next Saturday and Sunday. (In Iran Friday is the weekend holiday)
Mohammadzadeh the head of office of Ahmadinejad’s first deputy said absurdly on May 20 that the reason of this unprecedented event is “for Tehran’s residents to enjoy themselves”!
He added: “as the session for foreign ministers of G-15 will be held on next Saturday and Sunday in Tehran and the session for the heads of states of G-15 will be held on Monday the headquarter responsible for these gatherings is talking with Ministry of Education to close all schools in Tehran for the residents to enjoy themselves on those days.
If this is accepted by the ministry it will be announced officially”.
He claimed: “the only reason that we close the schools and universities is to prevent any problem for Tehran’s residents having in mind that a very high level international gathering will be held in Tehran. Other rumors are complete lies”!
Having in mind that Monday is a an official holiday in the coming week by announcing Saturday and Sunday as holidays too regime wants to lay the ground for people to go on vacation in these four days (Friday is holiday too) so that there would be the least possibility for any unrest on the days of G-15 gatherings.

 Female students hit back hard
Tehran, May 10, 2010

Jahan a media affiliated with Khamenei’s band expressed its concern about the resistance of students in regard with the suppressive plan of ‘veil and chastity’ and wrote: “when some girls entered (the university) wearing dress and shawl and they were not stopped by Harasat this made other students (read regime’s mercenaries at the universities) angry”.
Being desperate this Khamenei affiliated source threatened: “the students (read regime’s mercenaries at the universities) have announced that if university officials don’t act they will personally engage”.


The reactionary Supreme Leader calls on ‘Cultural Jihad’
Tehran, May 11, 2010

While censorship and suppression under the rule of the mullahs has covered Iran’s cultural field in a meeting with a group of his mercenaries for exporting of fundamentalism in ‘Islamic Propagation Organization’, Mullah Khamenei called on them to start a ‘cultural Jiahd’.
Fars news agency affiliated with RGC quoted Khamenei as: “those present in the field of ‘Cultural Jihad’ must fight for it to the end. They must propagate for religious values and the reality of Islamic Republic and the ‘Sacret Defense’ (Iran- Iraq war)”.
Emphasizing that his rule needs propagation for starting wars and it needs the reactionary slogan of “war, war till sedition is done with in the world” as “one of the premier issues in the field of culture which has no substitute” Khamenie added: “the ‘Sacred defense’ is a valuable capacity for believing in the countries literature and transferring the pure knowledge of religion and Islamic Republic to the society”.
Then he said that thousands of books must be published about the ‘heritage of 8 years of Sacred Defense’.
In this meeting Khamenei described cultural activities and writing books in his suppressive apparatus of Supreme Leadership as ‘war’ and ‘Jihad’.


Resistance


Supplementary reports; aftermaths of the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9
Brave youths protest in Enghelab Sq.
Tehran, May 10, 2010

At 1130 of May 10 about 600 students and youths gathered in protest to the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 at the west wing of Enghelab Sq. chanting death to Khamenei.
The security force while horrified of the spread of this protest rushed towards them and attacked the crowd.


Regime fears even farzad’s death body

Tehran, May 11, 2010
- In fear of the wrath and anger of people which could lead to another uprising the clerical regime had not given Farzad Kamangar’s body to his family yet.


Political prisoner on hunger strike
Tehran, May 11, 2010

A group of political prisoners in Evin Prison went on hunger strike on Sunday May 9 in protest against the criminal executions of 5 political prisoners. They announced that they will continue their strike till Thursday May 13.
It is to be mentioned that since the executions on last Sunday the henchmen are transferring prisoners and some of them are transferred to unknown locations.
Having in mind the massacre of political prisoners summer of 1988 in which 30000 political prisoners were hanged during a short interval ISC calls on all international bodies especially human right organizations to act immediately for saving the lives of political prisoners in Iran and for referring the record of human right of the clerical regime ruling Iran to National Security of UN for immediate measures.

Sardasht and Mahabad in protest
May 11, 2010
- In Sardasht people protested against the execution of 5 political prisoners four of them Kurds and in Mahabad all the stores were close and the city was in mourning.

Suppression

Iran arrest mother and sister of hanged female political prisoner
May 11, 2010
- Security forces arrested the mother and sister of Shirin Almahouli, a Kurd political activist who was hanged on May 9, 2010. They were arrested on the morning of May 11 in their home in the town of Maku.
According to reports, they did not know about the execution of Shirin as of yesterday evening.

30 protesting students summoned
Tehran, May 11, 2010

Misogynous clerical regime summoned 30 of students of Department of Art in Tehran University who protested against the suppressive plan of compulsory veil to the Disciplinary Committee.
Regime’s mercenaries at the university had also called the families of these students threatening them.
To show their opposition to this suppressive acts female students still use shawls when they attend the university.

Medic for political prisoners under pressure in ward belonging to RGC
Tehran, May 11, 2010

Human rights activists reported that Dr. Hesam Firoozi, physician of some political prisoners is currently under pressure in a ward belonging to the Intelligence Department of RGC. The agents of this department are making up fake record for him.
According to this report it is for 70 days that he has been under the most severe pressures. In the first month of his detention he has been under physical and psychological pressures by the interrogators.
During the last two months he has only had two three-minute visits with his family and in his first visit he has been in a very bad physical condition.
Currently he is kept in a two-man cell in ward 2A belonging to RGC along with his brother’s son, Alireza Firoozi.
Dr. Firoozi is currently deprived of any visit with his family or lawyer.
His family had pursuit the case but they have been given no specific answer as why he has been detained.
It is to be mentioned that Dr. Firoozi was the physician of several political prisoners including Mr. Ahmad Batebi, Akbar Ganji, Ayatollah Broojerdi and the deceased Akbar Mohammadi.


News of Iran’s Economy

100% inflation in bread’s price
Tehran, May 10, 2010

Since the second half of year 1388 (2009-2010), the government has issued permission for new bakeries without dedicating ration of flour for them.
Thus these units were forced to buy nongovernmental (free) flour and accordingly the bread that they baked was more expensive.
Since April 4 the government stopped providing flour for other bakeries too and until today almost 90% of Tehran’s bakeries have to buy free flour.
In addition to that the government has ordered the bakeries to post the new higher price of bread in their shops which is exactly doubled in most of the regions of the city.
Having in mind that due to anti labor policies of the clerical regime many of workers of our country had not received their wages for months or have been ousted from their jobs; they could hardly feed their family with only bread in so many cases. By doubling the price of bread they will not be able to provide their families with even lone bread.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

May 12, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN - No. 598 – May 12, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.598

The Downfall

Mullahs’ nightmare
Tehran, May 10, 2010

An internet base belonging to Khamenei’s band called Reporters Club quoted Vali Ismaili an MP of the fraction on last Sunday as: “the call for a march on June 12 is the starting point of a new sedition thus Interior Ministry must never accept this call. The heads of sedition have imposed heavy materialistic and spiritual damages on the System. They have laid open the grounds for foreign conspiracies and domestic seditions…:.
Ismaili continued: “how dare those who by acting against national security and interests have caused the death of tens in the events after the election want to continue their anti Islamic and anti Iranian acts and ask for official permission. For sure the System will not retreat and will punish them as necessary”.

The imposter Khatami yields to the end to Khamenei
Tehran, May 10, 2010

Regime’s former president, Khatami, said that if there is more pressure on the defeated fraction “the way will be open for those whom we don’t want to and it will be against the whole System”.
Talking amongst some members of defeated fraction Khatami obviously lied and shamelessly offended the political prisoners and said: “most of those under detention are those who have proved that they like the System and they have even stood in front of those who wanted to conspire against Islamic Republic”.
He actually endorsed trial and punishment of those who participated in the protests and added: “these people are accused with charges that is suitable for the enemies of Iran, Islam and revolution…”.

More check points
Tehran, May 10, 2010

An ISC member reported that in fear of the anniversary of the Uprising new check points are established one of them is located in Afsarieh region in Tehran.


Resistance


The following reports of resistance were narrated by ISC members
Bandar Abbas, May 10, 2010

In protest to the misogynous regime’s plan of compulsory veil female students of Hormozgan burned the directive called as ‘moral directive’ in their dormitory.
Tehran, May 10, 2010-
Writing anti regime slogans has increased in some regions of Tehran including region one, Zaferaneih (north of Tehran), Velenjak (north of Tehran) and some other regions.
Though the agents cover the slogans with paint but they can be read from beneath mostly inviting for a march on the anniversary of the Uprising or reading ‘death to Khamenei’.
Tehran, May 10, 2010

Students are gathering signatures in Tehran University’s Department of biology to prevent the ousting of those professors who support the students.
Tehran, May 10, 2010
Cry of nightly protests; Allah O Akbar on roof tops is heard in different regions of Tehran at the wake of the anniversary of the Uprising. In some regions people have decided to continue their nightly protests till June 12. One of these regions is Shahrake Apadana.

Suppression

Prison officials refuse to hand over bodies of executed political prisoners to family in fear of protests
May 10, 2010

Evin Prison officials refused to hand over the bodies of five political prisoners who were executed in the Evin prison on May 9, 2010, to their families.
According to reports, the families of these prisoners went to the Revolutionary Court and Evin Prison requesting the bodies of their loved ones but Prison and Court officials brought up security reasons not to hand over the bodies saying that they have to consider the circumstances. Officials said that until further notice and until it is determined that the bodies can be handed over without any problems they will not give the bodies for burial.
Prison officials told Farzad Kamangar’s family to only take his personal items but his family refused and stressed on receiving his body.
The family of Shirin Alamhouli, another executed political prisoner, have also not been able to receive their daughter’s body despite being referred to the Behesht Zahra Cemetery and the Kahrizak Coroners.

Iran cuts off cell phone and internet lines in Sanandaj and Kamyaran in fear of protests
May 10, 2010

The Kurdistan Communications Company cut off cell phone and internet lines to prevent protest gatherings in Sanandaj and Kamyaran.
According to reports, this company cut off cell phone lines and internet lines in Sanandaj and Kamyaran in the morning.

Government agents beat protesting students in Beheshti University
May 10, 2010

According to reports, after Ahmadinejad left the Abu-reihan Hall in Beheshti University following his surprise visit to this university, agents of the Protection Department attacked and beat protesting students. These forces had cut off the university dormitory’s internet lines from the night before to prevent the spread of this news.

Three arrested in front of Tehran University
Tehran, May 10, 2010

As the families of 5 executed political prisoners of May 9 announced that they will go for a protest gathering in front of Tehran University since 10 in the morning on Monday May 10 more than 100 motorcyclists of Especial Units were stationed at Enghelab Square. The distance between the university and the square was covered by more than a thousand suppressive forces. Three were arrested in front of the university and transferred to police vans.

Executed political prisoner were under pressure to request amnesty from Khamenei
May 10, 2010

An analysis of the experience of political prisoners in the last few years in Iran shows that putting political prisoners and prisoners of conscience under pressure to write letters requesting amnesty from Khamenei has been the policy of intelligence agent interrogators for years. Despite knowing that many of those on death row are innocent, they do this to satisfy some officials of the Islamic Republic.
“You get to the point where you are forced to write the letter. If you don’t, your execution is certain. It is very hard to know that you will be executed and not write the letter”, a former political prisoner explained.
Khalil Bahramian, Farzad Kamangar’s lawyer said, “Farzad was also innocent. His interrogator had admitted to his innocence but wanted Farzad to write a letter requesting amnesty from Khamenei something that Farzad refused to do”.
“If he wrote the letter, it meant that he had actually done something wrong”, the lawyer of this executed political prisoner added.
Farhad Vakili, another political prisoner who was executed with him was also pressured to write a letter to Khamenei to request amnesty. But he refused and told his wife and friends that he would rather be executed than write such a letter.

A political prisoner abducted!
Tehran, May 9, 2010

ISC reports that a group of political prisoners of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison have issued a statement asking for help from international bodies and free media for finding political prisoner Rasool Hardani 27.
In the statement it is explained that Mr. Hardani who has been on a treatment leave has been abducted along with two others. They have last been seen in Tehran’s Bureau of Detectives and then transferred from there to an unknown location on Wednesday March 17. Some people seeing him at the bureau had called his brother informing him of the event.
Mr. Khaled Hardani started a search in different suppressive organs of regime but in vein.

Savage torturing of political prisoner Kazemi
Tehran, May 9, 2010

The henchmen of clerical regime in ward 209 of Evin Prison have viciously tortured death row political prisoner Mr. Jafar Kazemi father of a PMOI member residing in Ashraf City, Iraq. They want him to confess in regime’s TV shows.
ISC reported that Mr. Kazemi was arrested on Aug.18, 2010 on charge of conspiring against the clerical regime and the fact that his child was in Ashraf. He went under torture for two months in the dreadful ward of 209 in Evin Prison.
Regime’s court condemned him to death on the charge of Moharebe, propagating against regime’s System, acting against regime’s security, organizing students of Amirkabir University, meeting families of former political prisoners and other charges.
The decree was endorsed by Ahmad Zargar the head of branch 36 of regime’s courts.
Ahmad Zargar was one of the elements of the massacre of political prisoners in 1988.
Currently henchmen of Evin being led by Alavi, Intelligence Ministry’s vicious interrogator, impose severe tortures on Mr. Jafari.
He is continuously kicked at head and face, his teeth are broken and he is injured seriously at his shoulders and ribs. Mr. Jafari has lost lots of weight and has bleed several times from mouth and nose.
Alavi has threatened him that if he does not surrender, his wife and children will be arrested and tortured in front of him.

High chance of death row, political prisoner under torture
May 10, 2010

According to credible reports, Kurd political prisoner Aziz Mohammadzadeh who was sentenced to death in a court in Saqez on charges of membership in a Kurd opposition party and acting against national security has probably died under torture while on a hunger strike. He had gone on a hunger strike in protest to his sentence. Security forces in Saqez have transferred him to an unknown location and there has been no news on his whereabouts for months despite constant pursuits by his family.
All relevant government institutions have denied the existence of such a prisoner in their detention centers and this has led to serious concerns for his family and there is high chance of his death under torture.
Aziz Mohammadzadeh, 26 is from the town of Baneh and was arrested on October 13, 2009 by security forces in this city and taken to the Baneh Detention Center. He was transferred to Saqez Prison after 3 months of severe torture.

More suppressive plans
Tehran, May 10, 2010

In fear of people’s wrath against the clerical rule Pasdar Ahmad Roozbehani said that the ‘moral security’ plan that was executed in minimums due to the seditions of last year will be fully executed. He said even last year they had confiscated 14 pieces of parts of satellite equipments including dishes, receivers and LMBs.
He said that importing satellite receivers is an organized act because the regime is at soft-war in regard with satellites and internet.
Roozbehani showed his regime’s weakness and said: “it is for 100% that when satellite equipments are imported into our country it is not for profit it is because they want to bring their programs into our homes and that is intentional for sure”.

Security climate surges in Ilam
Ialm, May 10, 2010

Security climate in Ilam was very intense on Monday May 10. A great number of Security forces were seen in the city. Several vans belonging to suppressive forces were brought in front of the university. At the university entrance the guards took away cell phones.

Misogyny, regime’s specification
Tehran, May 10, 2010

On Saturday may 8 girls were stopped at the entrance of Tehran University’s Department of Biology and were told that they had to go to university wearing a Maghnae from the next day.

You want to use internet, your ration is over!
Orumieh, May 10, 2010

Internet access in Orumieh’s university is rationed. Students can only use the internet one hour a week by receiving a password.
Using the internet is severely controlled by university’s officials.


Workers of Iran


Reported by ISC members:
Workers under attack of teargas

Tehran, May 10, 2010

On Monday morning 150 workers of Sazmayeh Company who had sat- in with their families were attacked by SSF forces firing teargas at their protest gathering.
It’s for long that the workers of this company have referred to different regime organs from the Office of Presidency to Labor Ministry and etc. to receive their unpaid wages and to make the government to reopen the company.
On Monday morning they referred to the company again but regime’s elements at the company which are related to regime’s Bureau of Labor and Prosecutor Office summoned SSF there.
The suppressive forces attacked the workers, beat them, threatened them and shot teargas canisters at them.
The workers said that they will not retreat. A worker said that they had brought blankets to spent the night there until they reach their demands.

Workers warned by SSF
Shiraz, May 10, 2010

All workers of Fars Meat Company who had participated in the protest gathering of May Day against regime’s anti laborers policies, the closure of the factories and firing of the workers received threats and warnings from Intelligence Ministry’s agents and SSF.

Farnakh Factory on protest
Qazvin, May 10, 2010

Currently only 600 officially hired workers are left at Farnakh Factory and all contracted laborers are fired adding to the army of the unemployed in the country.
A worker at the protest gathering on Saturday May 8 said that not only no official has given any answer to them but also they have stationed suppressive agents in front of the factory and if a worker persists on his rights he is either beaten or offended and accused of provoking riot.

Another company closed; workers on strike
Hashtgerd, May 10, 2010

Workers of Fard Behrang Company went on strike on Sunday May 9 demanding the reopening of the company and receiving their 6-months unpaid wages.

Sasan Factory workers under attack
Tehran, May 10, 2010

On Monday May 10, 200 workers of Sasan Soft Drink Factory who had gathered in protest were surrounded by three cars and two motorcycles of SSF suppressive forces. The workers clashed with suppressive SSF and broke the glasses and entered the factory. SSF attacked them with teargas to disperse them but the workers resisted.
As the news show after the uprising on May Day in which the brave workers of Iran defied the clerical regime in its entirety by the slogan of death to Khamenei and death to dictator a new phase of workers resistance in their protests and accordingly a new wave of suppression against them has started which speaks by itself of the escalation of the nationwide uprising of people of Iran at the wake of its anniversary.


News of Iran’s Economy



The head of regime’s Accounting Office revealed a glimpse of its plundering
Tehran, May 10, 2010

Rahman Fazli regime’s head of Accounting Office said: “the proportion of money owed to banks, to banks financial aids paid, has grown since 3.9% in 2005 to 5.24% in2009. Since the beginning of the existence of the banks till now the total amount owed to the banks has reached 50,000 billion tomans which is equal to the cash and liquidity circulating in the society”.
Calling regime’s plundering of billions of dollars as budget deficiency he said: “Ministry of Economy and Assets and the Interior Ministry along with companies of oil section and the banks had the greatest role in budget deficiency of (2208-2009). Some payments done by Oil Ministry to legal and real personalities were without permission and illegal”.

Western Companies pulled out; regime became desperate
Tehran, May 10, 2010

As large western oil companies stopped working with the clerical regime, Ahmadinejad’s Minister of Oil said: “we have told those who had left the projects in some of South Pars Sites undone that these projects will be handed over to domestic enterprises”.
Due to international sanctions foreign companies such as Total, Shell, Ani and Repsoul that were active in Iran or were negotiating for projects to spread oil and gas fields had to pull out.
To confront this, the desperate regime held a session called ‘gathering for challenges and opportunities of Iranian enterprises in oil and gas contracts”.
Regime’s Oil Minister Mirkazemi who had participated in this show said with imposturous words: “we have told those foreign companies which haven’t finished their projects after several years that we will not negotiate with them and we will hand over their project to domestic enterprises”.
But with the lack of cash and liquidity handing over such heavy projects to domestic enterprises is not possible.
Economic experts say that by pulling out of foreign companies, cut of foreign financial resources, sanctions on banks and limitation in reaching foreign services regime will be more than 11 years behind from Qatar in regard with the common oil and gas reservoirs in South Pars.

Gasoline Crisis
Tehran, May 10, 2010

During the last few days some gas stations in Tehran have posted statements on their walls that they don’t have any free gasoline to sell. This has made people desperate.
While this is the case in Tehran’s gas stations the head of the Gas Station Owners’ Association said that there are not enough cards for free gasoline.
He emphasized: “Purification and Distribution Company of Oil Products doesn’t give the owners enough cards for free gasoline and that is the reason that we are facing its shortage in gas stations”.
Note: Free gasoline means the gasoline that people can buy beside the rationed amount by paying more for it.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

May 10, 2010

Tehran - Evin Prison - May 10 , 2010


Families of the executed political prisoners arrested
 

Tehran, May 10, 2010
An ISC member reported from in front of Evin Prison that families of executed political prisoners of May 9 who had come to Tehran from Kurdish cities and had gathered in front of the prison to receive they beloveds’ corpse and insisted on that were arrested.
About 50 to 60 of them were arrested in front of Evin Prison, handcuffed and taken into the prison.
It is to be mentioned that all phones of Evin which is used by the prisoners were cut and they didn’t have any connection with the outside of Evin.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

Students of Beheshti University in Tehran Protest surpise visit by Ahmadinejad to this university and call him the 'Murderer of the People' - May 10, 2010

More News Regarding Inhuman Execution of 5 Kurdish Political Prisoners

A member of ISC reports from Meli (beheshti) University
Tehran, May 10, 2010
While students of Meli University were protesting since morning against the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 Ahmadinejad went to the university to make a speech at Aboraihan Hall.
Harasat had covered everywhere and they didn’t let any car in. If more than two people gathered closed to the hall they were not allowed to stand there.
When we heard that Ahmandinejad has come we gathered near the hall and our number increased gradually but a wall of Harasat agents and Bassijies was between us and the hall. So we changed course and tried to get close to the hall from the other side it was closed there too. So we decided to go towards the hall and push the Bassijies to open our way.
The Bassijies beat us or dragged us to arrest us. They took a student and wanted to drag him away but others rescued him.
We chanted anti regime slogans and threw coins towards the Bassijies chanting ‘Bassiji has gone mad’, ‘the murderer of the nation has come here’, ‘student will die but will not yield to oppression’, ‘death to dictator’.
We also sang the unity song of the students.


Tehran  - 1330- in front of Evin Prison 
Tehran, May 10, 2010
Though the families of executed political prisoners of May 9 tried hard to receive their bodies still they have not been successful.
All their families and other mourning people, their friends and relatives have gathered in front of Evin Prison.
A family member of Farzad said: “they haven’t given us the body yet. They are playing with us since morning from Evin to Revolutionary Court and then back to Evin we are like wonderers”.
The family member added: “a great number of people have gathered in front of the prison but the officials say that they will give us the corpse only if people disperse in this way they are making us to disperse the crowd.
The crowd has withdrawn back a little but they are still present at the premises”.


Kurdistan is uneasy
May 10, 2010
Following the criminal execution of 5 political prisoners, different cities of Kurdistan including Kamyaran, Saqez and Sanandaj are uneasy.
People have gathered in protest in the Azadi Square of Sanandaj.



Courageous female political prisoner was not willing to bow down to tyranny 
The Iranian regime executed Shirin Alamhouli, a female Kurd political prisoner on the dawn of May 19, 2010 in Evin Prison. Shirin was told that if she gave interviews on state-run television to ’confess’ against herself she would not be executed, but she refused to cooperate with the regime.
Shirin was born in 1981 in a village near Maku and was arrested in 2008 by agents of the Revolutionary Guards Corps. She was tortured in an unknown location for the first 25 days of her incarceration.
Her death sentence was announced to her lawyer on January 3 but her case investigation in the court of first instance was not legal and therefore her lawyer filed for an appeal.
In a letter dated May 2, 2010, Shirin wrote about the torture she was subjected to in prison.
This letter reads in part:
“I was jailed for three years which meant that I had spent three years of my life, two of which I was without a lawyer, behind the metal bars of Evin prison. I was jailed for two years in a state of limbo and without a detention order. They would not answer my contestant pleas about my undetermined state and in the end, they sentenced me to death.
They have told me to deny the fact that I am a Kurd so I say that if I were to do such a thing, it would be like denying myself”.
Shirin addressed her interrogator and judge and wrote: “In the time that you interrogated me I could not even speak your language and I only learned Farsi from my friends in prison in the last two years. But you interrogated and tried me with your own language and issued a sentence for me. This is while I did not clearly understand what was going on around me and could not defend myself.
The tortures I was subjected to give me nightmares. My pain and suffering from the tortures are with me everyday. The blow that I received on my head has led to injuries in my head. Sometimes I have severe pain. My headaches are so severe that I black out and do not know what is going on around me for hours and I get nose bleeds from the pain until I gradually come to again”.
The tortures and pressures subjected to Shirin in prison have also affected her eyesight.
“They have asked me to cooperate with them so that I would not be executed. I do not know what cooperating with them means when I have nothing more to tell them. As a result, they have asked me to repeat what they tell me and I have refused. The interrogator said: We wanted to release you last year, but because your family did not cooperate with us, it led to this. The interrogator has admitted that I am only a hostage in their hands and they will keep me and execute me to reach their goals, but they will never release me”.



Iran Writers Center in Exile: the Islamic Republic is a criminal regime 
May 20.1010 
Statement of the Iran Writer’s Center in Exile – May 19, 2010: The violent act of the execution of 5 political prisoners shows that the Iranian regime is willing to commit any crime to maybe find a solution to come out of its crisis. This shows the desperation of the regime in not being able to break these five prisoners and the uprising of the Iranian people for freedom and equality.
The Iran Writer’s Center in Exile condemns the execution of these five political prisoners and asks people all over the world to raise their voice in protest to this crime and to fight the cruelty of this reactionary regime.



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

Students of Meli University (Beheshti University) started a protest since early morning against the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9. The students chanted , Death to Ahmadinejad

Protests in Tehran - Shahid Beheshti University for execution of Kudish Political -May 10, 2010.flv

Political Executions, clerical regime’s fear of the anniversary of the nationwide uprising of the people of Iran

Kurd activists in Tehran University call for protest
Tehran, May 10, 2010
The Kurd activist students in Tehran University called for a demonstration to protest the execution of 5 political prisoners four of them Kurds at the university.
They distributed statement in that regard calling other students in other universities too to join the demonstration. They have announced the starting point at Tehran university from in front of Department of Literature at 12 noon.


The henchmen didn’t give Mr. Vakili’s belongings to his family
Tehran, May 10, 2010
On Sunday May 9 the families of Farhad Vakili went to Evin Prison to receive his belonging but the henchmen only gave them the slain’s clothing.














Four members of Teachers Guild Society were arrested
Kurdistan, May 10, 2010
On  Sunday May 9 the agents of regime Intelligence Ministry arrested four members of Teachers Guild Society; these four are: Payman Navidian, Maleki, Zare, Zandinia.

Saqez in uneasy
Saqez, May 10, 2010
After the vicious execution of 5 political prisoners in Evin the Saqez city in Kurdistan is filled with security agents in fear of vast protest of people around the city. There is an unannounced curfew ruling the city.

Tehran University ready for protest
Tehran, May 10, 2010
In Fakhre Razi Street close to Tehran University and in front the entrance of the university a great number of SSF are stationed. Suppressive Especial Guards Units are also present in front of the university.
Some of the Mothers of the Uprising are seen in front of the entrance. People and youths are present to but the SSF prevents any gathering and disperses the crowd.




Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

Political Executions, clerical regime’s fear of the anniversary of the nationwide uprising of the people of Iran

Urgent: protests started in Tehran
Tehran, May 10, 2010
- Students of Meli University have started their protest against the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9. They are chanting death to Ahmadinejad.

Protests even in Iraq

Tehran, May 10, 2010

A Kurd member of ISC reported that even in Iraq’s Soleimanieh there has been protest against the execution of 5 political prisoners four of them Kurds on May 9.
People had gathered in Azadi Park of the city protesting against the excutions.

The fascist regime didn’t give Farzad’s belongings to his family

Tehran, May 10, 2010
Kamangar family referred to Evin Prison on Monday Morning May 20 at 8 am to receive Farzad Kamangar’s body but the officials didn’t hand the body over to them and told them that they have to go to the so-called Revolutionary Court.
The family is trying to get the body back using the help of Farzad’s lawyer.
A relative of Farzad said that having in mind the uneasy climate in the society in that regard it is far from possible that they give the body back easily but we will get it back this is what Farzad has asked us to do. He asked us to burry him in his birth place near Kamyaran.

Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

News from Kurdistan - May 10, 2010

Public Mourning announced in Kurdish regions

May 9, 2010
In protest to the execution of 5 political prisoners, residents of Kurdish areas especially Kamyaran and Sanandaj announced May 10 as the day of Public Mourning.
A great number of residents, guilds activists and civil activists in Kurdish regions issued an urgent call asking all the residents of the Kurdish cities to hold a public mourning on May 20 and to express the protest in anyway possible against the execution of political activists.
There is also news that bazaars of these cities are also trying to close on Monday.


Sanandaj under curfew
Sanandaj, May 9, 2010
An eyewitness reported from Sanandaj on May 9: “the city is turning to a military base. All common cell phones are cut throughout the city.
The anti riot units and plainclothes are stationed from Enghelab Sq. to the end of Taleghani St.
A great number of black vans full of agents are hidden in the building of Melat Bank in Ferdosi St. intersection of Shahid Namaki.

News on Kordestan - May 10, 2010


Kamyaran in unrest





Kamyaran, May 4, 2010
After Farzad Kamangar was executed Kamyaran came to a state of unrest and all residents took into the streets.
Farzad was a freedom loving teacher and a member of Teacher’s Guild Society.
The city is in a state of unannounced curfew and hundreds vehicles belonging to suppressive forces including Especial Anti-Riot Unit, SSF, Plainclothes and etc are covering the whole city especially around Farzad’s home.
An eye witness said that his mother in total braveness went in front of the anti riot unit and roared: “my Farzad is not dead, he had just turned into life, and all Farzad’s pupils are a Farzad now. My job has just started”.
On May 9 after the people took into the streets some of them joined Farzad’s family in coming to Tehran. They intend to gather in front of Tehran University on Monday May 10 and them move towards Baharestan (location of regime’s parliament) along with other teachers, families of political prisoners and other freedom loving people.

UPDATE ON Iran - May 10, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.594


Criminal execution of 5 political prisoners in fear of the spread of the Uprising




Tehran, May 9, 2010
The clerical dictatorship hanged five political prisoners in the morning of May 9 in Evin Prison. This group hanging was announced by ILNA regime’s official news agency as: “five anti-revolution elements were hanged by the gallows of punishment this morning, Sunday, in Evin Prison”.
These five political prisoners were: Farzad Kamangar (a teacher activist) son of Baghi, Ali Haidarian son of Ahad, Farhad Vakili son of Mohammad Saeed, Shirin Alam Hooli (fe, Kurd) son of Khadar and Mehdi Salamian son of Mohammad.



The Downfall

RGC is combat-training the pupils
Tehran, May 8, 2010
The RGC is training pupils in several camps making them ready for combat (it is to be mentioned that during Iran-Iraq war the clerical regime used pupils for cleaning mine fields for its offensives. It wrapped the in blankets a mullah gave them the key to heaven and then they were sent over the mine fields to clean it for Pasdars to start the assault).
What is new in this course of trainings which is permitted in the System of Islamic Republic ruling Iran is that the task of training has been given to RGC.
Al-Aarabieh TV too pointed to the upper news.

Arming traffic police

Tehran, May 8, 2010

The clerical regime has equipped traffic police with batons, teargas and in some cases guns.
The act is obviously the result of regime’s fear from anti-government protests.

Even a book exhibition must be controlled, people might protest!

Tehran, May 8, 2010
By the report of ISC the book exhibition in Tehran’s Mosala started while a great number of SSF and Plainclothes carrying walki-talkies were present.
The suppressive forces patrolled the premises with motorcycles or on foot and the Plainclothes’ walki- talkies could be heard by anybody.
Some organized Bassijies were present too patrolling amongst people from morning till night.
Vehicles and buses belonging to SSF and Especial Forces were parked at the west wing of the exhibition near the metro station.
A large tent with the capacity of 1000 forces was put up near the metro station and the forces were stationed inside prepared for confronting any potential protest gathering.

Censoring books of unyielding Ayatollahs

Tehran, May 7, 2010
State-run site, Asr-e-Iran wrote: “On the first day of 23rd book exhibition in Tehran all books written by Ayatollah Montazeri and Ayatollah Sane-ee were collected away from their boots and other boots”.

Resistance

New wave of anti-regime slogans
May 8, 2010
A new wave of anti Khamenei slogans is seen everywhere these days.
In Tehran the brave youths have written these slogans on bus sits making Harasat and other suppressive agents controlling these lines to think of buying paint sprays to wipe out the slogans.
‘Khamenei is a murderer his rule is void’ and ‘death to Khamenei’ are amongst the slogans seen widespread.
In Isfahan struggling youths wrote slogans against Khamenei and torched his ominous picture in front of Hygiene Center of Isfahan University.
In Shiraz people are writing slogans aiming heads of the regime especially in poverty stricken areas of the city and on the doors of Bassij bases. These slogans are wiped out by white spray or rubbing them off but the brave youths write anti regime slogans exactly at the same place again.
What is important in the new wave of writings is that the slogans aim at Khamenei and expressing people’s disgust of him.
Footage of writing slogans by PMOI supporters can be viewed in our blogger.

A political prisoner on hunger strike
Orumieh, May 8 2010
A political prisoner of religious minorities (Ahle Hagh) went on hunger strike because he was offended on his beliefs by prison’s officials and was harassed by them.
Younesh Aghayan from Azerbaijan has gone on hunger strike since May 4.
His wife said that the manager of internal affairs of the prison offended Mr. Aghayan’s religious beliefs and when he protests against this act he was beaten by prison agents and transferred from ward 12 (especial ward for political prisoners) to ward one which is the ward of murderers and addicts.
A while ago three other prisoners belonging to religious minority of “Ahle Hagh”, Sahand Ali Mohammadi, Bakhshali Mohammadi, Ebadollah Ghasemzadeh who were exiled to Yazd Prison from Orumieh Prison to spent the left one year of their term were again condemned to anther thirty months during which they will be whipped.


Suppression



You don’t have a Chador you don’t deserve bank services!
Tehran, May 8, 2010

In a directive the misogynous clerical dictatorship has ordered both public and private banks not to offer bank services to women who do not wear Chador.
It is said the plan of having compulsory veil is going to start from the banks.
The reason that banks have been chosen as the starting point is that women and girls with good financial backup are those who are usually ignoring the veil. They are financially independent and refer to banks more.
At the next step these directives will be posted at bank boots.

Clerical dictatorship being against Iranian culture destroyed Master Banan’s tomb
Karaj, May 8, 2010
On April 31 the birthday of master of Iranian music, Qholamhossein Banan, music lovers went to Imamzadeh Taher in Karaj were Master Banan was buried to pay tribute but find no evidence of his tomb. The visitors reported that the graves of some other musicians there were also destroyed including Nasser Eftetah.

Dervishes imprisoned, lashed and exiled
Gonabad, May 4, 2010

24 dervishes, followers of Nematollahi Dynasty accused of regime’s made allegation of ‘provoking disorder by illegal gathering’ were condemned by regime’s Judiciary to terms in prison, being whipped and being exiled to deprived regions.
The names of these 24 are:
1-Abolreza Kashani
2-Alireza Abbasi
3-Nazarali Marvi
4-Mohammad Marvi Shahri
5-Shokrollah Hosseini Bidokhti
6-Ali Kashani
7-Mohammad Kashani
8-Saeed Kashani
9-Amir Rooshan Mojaver Sufi
10-Ali Mohammad Amanian
11-Roohollah Safari
12-Ehsan Amanian
13-Ali Abbasi Bidokhti
14-Ibrahim Abbaszadeh
15-Mohammad Ali jafari
16-Hossein Mahdavi
17-Hossein Abbaszadeh Bidokhti
18-Rahmat Hosseini
19-Ramin Sultankhah
20-Reza Kakhki
21-Behrooz Mojaver Sufi
22-Ali Mir
23-Zafarali Moghimi
24-Hasan Balochi Bidokhti

Fourteen of these dervishes are condemned to 3 months in prison and one day postponed prison for three years and 25 strokes of lashes.
Ten other have been condemned to 5 months in prison being lashed during the term and 50 strokes of lashes in addition to on year exile to deprived regions on this excuse that they were leaders in the gathering of dervishes in last summer.

Ousting professors
Ahwaz, April 8, 2010

An ISC member reported from Ahwaz that all the professors in Azad Universities in the educational courses of Master of Science and Doctorate who have received their degrees from western countries are ousted on different false excuses.

Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)