UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 17, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.664

Bazaar

Bazaar in its 10th day of strike
Tehran, July 15, 2010
On Thursday July 15 on the 10th day of Tehran’s Great Bazaar’s strike a great number of people went to Sabze Maidan and Bazaar since morning to express their support for the strike.
Around noon the crowd present at Sabze Maidan chanted ‘death to dictator’ and ‘we don’t want an incapable government’.

Tabriz on full strike
Tabriz, July 15, 2010
On Thursday July 15 all the shops in Ferdosi Bazaar of Tabriz were closed. The strike embedded all guilds of this region.

Guild’s representative arrested
Tabriz, July 15, 2010
The representative of Fabric-Seller’s Guild was arrested by Plainclothes and there is no further news of him.

Long queues for gasoline
Tehran- July 15, 2010
Long queues of gasoline in Yadegar Gas Station north of Saadat Abad Region.
During last two weeks there has been a long queue for gasoline in this gas station and other gas stations throughout the country due to sanctions which has led to discontent amongst the people.


The Downfall

Turkey announced complying with resolution of sanctions
Tehran, July 15, 2010
While Turkey’s Foreign Minister announced that the participation of this country is not necessary in nuclear negotiations and while Russia’s Foreign Minister announced that the presence of Turkey and Brazil is cancelled in negotiations of 5+1 with the clerical regime over nuclear issue the clerical regime reacted and accused Europe in Fars news agency affiliated with IRGC that it is bribing Turkey so that it wouldn’t participate in negotiations and linked it to Turkey’s need for becoming a member of European Parliament.

Comparing Khamenei with the Queen of England
Tehran, July 15, 2010
While conceding to the fact that Khamenie’s power is diminishing amongst regime’s elements mullah Mesbah Yazdi compared Khamenei with Queen of England and said: “some of the authorities expect that his position be just a formal position like the Queen of England. They expect that he just appoints Friday Imams and disposes of them”.
Mullah Yazdi whom people call crocodile was angry about the fact that in different levels of the regime nobody takes Khamenei serious and added: “some of our authorities think that the Leadership in Islamic Republic of Iran should just be like Britain’s Empire and they expect that he does not interfere in country’s affairs...”

Mehdi Taeb attacked Rafsanjani
Tehran, July 15, 2010
Mullah Taeb attacked Rafsanjani and said: “if Hashemi wants to act to his knowledge he is religiously tasked not to interfere in the issues of his son...According to Judiciary he is an accused. I don’t say guilty but he is accused of a crime...
He then put two choices in front of Rafsanjani and said: “it is one of these two for Mr. Hashemi he either does not act to his knowledge or the love for his son has overcome him”.
Pointing to Iran’s Uprising Mullah Taeb said: “we must admit that we had lack of intelligence in regard with the sedition. It is now clear for our security and intelligence system that this sedition intended to overthrow (the regime)”.
He also attacked Khomeini’s grandson and said: “Seyed Hasan (Hassan Khomeini) committed a crime against the Establishment that his grandfather had founded. He approved the one who had committed crime against Imam’s movement. People (read regime’s subordinates) decisively announced on June 4 that they don’t approve him”.


Resistance

After tolerating 53 days of torture Behrooz Javid Tehrani was returned to public ward
Tehran, July 15, 2010
ISC reported that after tolerating more than a month in solitary cells called as ‘Dog House’ in unbearable and inhuman conditions political prisoner Behrooz Javid Tehrani a student arrested during Students Uprising on July 9, 1999 was transferred to public ward one of Gohardasht Prison.
Behrooz was under unbearable and inhuman condition for 53 days and stood firm. Behrooz has gone on hunger strike several times during several times that he was in solitary confinement.
It was the resistance of Behrooz and other prisoners that lead to the ousting of Hasan Akharian the head of this ward.

Mothers of Uprising
Tehran, July 15, 2010
A group of Mothers of Uprising went to visit mother of Saeed Zainali detainee of Students Uprising in 1999. Saeed was abducted from in front of his mother’s eyes and she has no trace of him since.
Saeed was a graduate in Computer Science from Tehran University. He was arrested with at least 6 other students of the university, two of them females, and there is no trace of any of them.
The mothers demanded a clear status for these students as well as freedom of Behrooz Javid Tehrani and then went to Sohrab Arabi’s house (fallen for freedom in last year’s uprising) to pay tribute to him on his first anniversary. Sohrab was killed during last years Uprising.


Suppression

Pregnant young woman awaits stoning
Tehran- July 14, 2010
In the prison where Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning on adultery charges) is detained, two other women await stoning. One of them is Maryam Qorbanzadeh. This 25-year-old woman was sentenced to death by stoning for having a sexual relationship outside of marriage. Maryam is pregnant and expects the world to help her.
The misogynist Iranian government has in the past few years been forced to halt the stoning sentences for at least 13 women because of international pressure and in some cases, released them after lashing them 100 times. Kobra Babayi was one of these women. After her stoning sentence was stayed, she was lashed 100 times and then released. According to reports, her spinal cord has been damaged as result and she has trouble walking. Her children say that she has severe pain from the flogging which has made their mother’s life very difficult.

Gohardasht Prisoners kept in conditions similar to Nazi death camps
Tehran- July 14, 2010
The sewage route in Hall 18, cellblock 6 has become clogged up from Saturday July 12, and the sewage water is running in the hallways of this hall. Close to 10 cm of sewage water is in the hallways. In the past few days, sewage water from halls 16 and 17 started flowing into hall 18. Days after this incident, the condition is so horrible that prisoners constantly protest but no action has been taken to solve the problem as yet.
Eight hundred prisoners are kept in this cellblock which is close to 3 times more than its normal capacity. The sewage water has even started seeping into the cells despite the obstacles placed in its path by prisoners. This issue seriously threatens the health of prisoners. The putrid stench and the high temperatures have made the already bad conditions in prison intolerable and have deprived prisoners from the little rest they had. In this time, prisoners have also been deprived of using the restrooms and showers.
They face dangers of being inflicted with illnesses as a result of the sewage water and the high concentration of prisoners in one area can lay the groundwork for a catastrophe.
The head of cellblock 6 is Shokri who has not been present in the cellblock for the last few days and is usually on leave doing his personal business. He is in the carpet business in addition to his prison occupation and is usually out selling carpets. Shokri played a direct part in the recent attack and torture of political prisoner and teacher Rasoul Badaqi.
The Praying Hall of this cellblock is also packed with prisoners who are forced to sleep on their sides next to each other on the ground. Currently 210 prisoners are detained in this hall. Lice and other skin diseases are prevalent. Because of the lack of space for each prisoner, they are forced to sleep in the hallways of cellblock 6. Close to 50 prisoners sleep in the hallways every night.
Prisoners are also denied of cooling facilities and cold clean water. They are forced to drink from the tap water in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
Prisoners are denied minimum facilities and the sanitary conditions, food and medical treatment is horrid. The conditions in this prisoner are similar to conditions in Hitler’s death camps.

Jailed human rights activist in critical state
Kurdistan- July 14, 2010
Mohammad-Sediq Kaboudvand, the head of the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization was taken to the Evin Prison infirmary after he passed out in cellblock 350.
His family became notified of his condition through one of Kaboudvand’s cellmates.
Kaboudvand has had two heart attacks in the past four years and his pale complexion and excessive weight loss were obvious in his recent visits with his family from behind glass partitions but the news of his new condition came as a shock to his family and they are very concerned for his well being.

Hepatitis outbreak among female prisoners in Evin
Tehran- July 15, 2010
An outbreak of hepatitis in in Evin Prison’s female cellblock 1, the prevalence of rodents especially lice, and the lack of sanitary facilities and cooling appliances on one hand and the daily clashes of ordinary prisoners with political prisoners has made conditions even harder for political prisoners in this prison.
This cellblock is in a critical state but no measures are taken by the authorities to control this situation.
The prevalence of lice has led many women to shave off all their hair.
In addition to this, the lack of coolers and cold water in the high temperatures has aggravated conditions for these prisoners.

Ailing prisoner dies in Gohardasht Prison from lack of medical treatment
Tehran- July 15, 2010
A prisoner in the Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj who was suffering from aids died as a result of the lack of medical attention.
Daryoush Arjmand who had been kept in a solitary cell for 2 years died on June 20, 2010 in a solitary cell in cellblock 1 of Rajayi Shahr Prison after tolerating horrid physical conditions.
Arjmand never enjoyed medical attention and was only separated form other prisoners because he had aids.
Rajayi Shahr Prison in general and cellblock one in particular are in very poor condition on the grounds of sanitary facilities and medical attention for prisoners
According to reports, Daryoush Arjmand, has been kept in a solitary cell in cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison known as the 'Doghouse' for months.
Daryoush Arjmand, 40, who has been sentenced to 19 years of prison, has been kept in this cell for close to 25 months. He was taken to solitary for clashing with the prison deputy officer, Mansouri, who died a few months ago outside of prison over a financial issue, and is kept in medieval conditions in this cell.
He is deprived of a natural source of light and even a lamp to light his cell. He is forced to go to the bathroom and bathe in his cell even while his cell is very small and does not have a toilet or showering facilities. Mr. Arjmand also has many cuts and bruises on his body but is not taken to the infirmary for treatment and is not even given the necessary items to bandage his wounds. He is also deprived of proper clothing and his current clothes are ripped and worn out. The foul odor that comes from his cell bothers other prisoners detained in solitary cells in this block. He is also only given enough food to live on.
Mr. Arjmand has attempted suicide several times and in the last instance, was left in that state for a few hours before other prisoners protested which saved his life.
A political prisoner informed a prison inspector about the condition of this prisoner and asked him to go see this prisoner to witness his horrid and unimaginable condition for himself but the inspector argued that this prisoner had aids and was dangerous and did not visit his cell.

The graves of slain political prisoners destroyed
Rasht, July 145, 2010
The graves of political prisoners of 1980s especially the graves of the political prisoners massacred in 1988 at Rasht’s Taze Abad Cemetery are destroyed to destroy the documents of this crime.
The land were these graves are in are divided into sections and sold. Some of the graves gave been turned to double layer graves with the grave of the political prisoners being put below and covered completely from sight.
This cruel act is committed by the agents of Intelligence Ministry to cover their documents of crime.
These agents have threatened the families of these massacred political prisoners to hush up otherwise they will be arrested.
The families have protested and demanded a halt in the action.

Sever pressure and torture imposed on political prisoner Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi
Tehran, July 15, 2010
It is for months that political prisoner Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi 63 and a family of PMOI members residing in Ashraf City, Iraq is kept in solitary cells of ward 209 of Evin Prison under severe physical and psychological conditions to make him to comply with false confessions and TV interviews.
Mr. Amirkhizi has lost 17 kilos of weight during the time and his status is not clear yet.
Mr. Amirkhizi is a merchant of Bazaar and he is tortured by the head interrogators of Intelligence Ministry nicknamed as Alavi and Saeed Skhaikhan.

Suppression in Tehran’s streets
Tehran, July 15, 2010
Regime’s suppressive agents are harassing boys on the excuse of not having proper attire or because of their haircuts during last few days in regions of Haft Hoz Square and Tehran Pars’s First Circle. If these young men are riding a car the car is confiscated too.
Three vans belonging to suppressive forces are stationed in Haft Hoz Square and they drive away when they are full of these detainees. The boys are taken to Security Police Station behind police station in Haft Hoz or to regime’s stations in Vozara.

Opening fire on villagers
Marivan, July 14, 2010
On July 12 regime’s forces in four cars went to Sardoosh Village in Marivan and opened fire at the houses of the villagers.

10 arrested in Kurdistan
Savabad, July 14, 2010
A few days ago regime’s intelligence forces arrested 10 in Sarvabad and transferred them to an unknown location. The names of two are Borhan Moahammad and Tofigh Mohamamd 18 both accused of cooperating with Kurdish parties.

Arrest of youths in Saghez
Saghez, July 15, 2010
Every night at Mother Square in Saghez patrols of Especial Units arrest people especially youths and beat them. Youths are answering them back by maneuvering in the streets after 10 pm.

Four Kurd political activists sentenced to heavy prison terms
Kurdistan- July 14.2010
After increased security measures in Kurdistan and the arrest of a large number of Kurd activists by security forces, four Kurd activists named Neimat Eshaqi, Poshtivan Asm, Loqman Monfaredi and Sabah Khayat were each sentenced to long prison sentences.
Neimat Eshaqi was arrested on December 4, 2009 in Kamyaran by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in this city and was transferred to the Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Center. He was sentenced to 12 years of prison in a Sanandaj Court on charges of cooperation with a Kurd dissident party.
Poshtivan Asm from the Haniman Village in Kamyaran was arrested on December 1, 2009 in Saqez by security forces. There was no information on his whereabouts for two months in the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency Detention Center where he was under severe torture. Asm was sentenced to 15 years of prison by the Revolutionary Court in this city on charges of cooperation with a dissident Kurd party.
Loqman Mofaredi was arrested by security forces in Kamyaran and after three moths of severe torture in the Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Center; the same court sentenced him to 11 years of prison on charges of cooperation with a dissident Kurd party.
Sabah Khayat from Kamyaran was arrested on December 4 in Kermanshah by security forces in this city and was taken to the Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Center and after three months of torture, was sentenced to 11 years of prison on charges of cooperation with a dissident Kurd party.

Jailed dissident cleric denied visits for over four months
Tehran- July 14, 2010
Borujerdi, a jailed dissident cleric, has been denied in person visits for four months. Because he has lost a great deal of his eyesight as a result of torture, he has also been banned from visits with his family from behind a glass partition.
A thirty minute a week in person visit for this political prisoner who has been jailed for four consecutive years without a leave from prison under various mental and physical torture is very essential but the Iranian regime denies even these minimum rights to its dissidents to abuse and harass them even more.
The authorities have not given any official explanation on why his visits have been halted.
According to credible reports from the Special Court for Clergy, after the widespread distribution of Mr. Borujerdi’s ‘resaleh’ (dissertation) in rejection of the ‘Velayat-e- Faqih’ (Islamic leadership system), his stances in condemnation of the crimes committed by regime officials and the disclosure of human rights violations in Iranian jails, his limitations have increased in prison.

Iran puts pressure on dissident singer and wife
Babol- July 14, 2010
According to reports from Babol, the Judiciary in this town has banned Adeleh Ziayi, the wife of singer and musician Aria Aramnejad, from leaving the country after she wrote a post in a weblog titled, ‘I am sorry’. This source said that this measure was taken to put more pressure on Aramnejad.
Ziayi is a writer and poet who lost her publishing permit a long time before this. She wrote a post in Aram Arianejad’s weblog in protest to her husband’s arrest in April. This post reads in part:
‘I am sorry that I have to say that dear Aria was wrong in thinking that law, freedom, dignity and justice are more than just words in his dear country; He was wrong because of not knowing that this is Iran, a place where anything can happen and whoever has the power can do anything he wants!
This source also said that some time before this, after a song by Aria Aramnejad entitled ‘Ali Stand Up’ was published, Adeleh Ziayi’s bank account was closed by the Saderat Band in Babol. The Bank’s officials have not taken responsibility for this measure but the Babol Saderat Bank Protection Department has said that it was done on orders of security officials.
Aria Aramnejad was arrested on February 14, 2010 on charges of acting against national security for publishing the song ‘Ali Stand Up’ and spent his 50 day detention in a solitary cell in the Sari Intelligence Detention Center and the Mati Kalay Prison in Babol. His trial was held on July 6, 2010. He was not able to present his defense because was not allowed access to his files from before.
Workers of Iran

Javeh Dam workers on strike
Sanandaj, July 15, 2010
Workers of Javeh Dam went on strike again. They protested against non payment of their wages for four months. The workers announced that they will continue their strike until they receive their wages.

News on Iran’s economy

The clerical regime incapable of providing the country with gasoline
Tehran, July 14, 2010
Country’s consumption of gasoline is 75 million liters per day. Rationing of gasoline decreased this consumption to 63 million liters per day but the clerical regime can provide the country with only 43 million liters per day and has to import 20 million liters of gasoline from abroad.
New US sanctions have made it difficult for regime to import gasoline. Any company that cells more than 200000 dollars of refined oil products to regime in a year or more than a million dollars gradually will be faced with US sanctions.
Accordingly companies such as Shell from France, Look Oil from Russia, B.B. from England, Ani from Italy and etc. have stopped export of oil products to Iran.
Regime has claimed that it intends to construct 13 more refineries to confront the sanctions but this would cost 42 billion dollars.
Aliraza Zaighami the deputy of Oil Minister said that only 8 billion dollars have been dedicated to the case.
There is no future for these refineries because no company is willing to invest in Iran at the wake of sanctions.


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Four Kurd political activists sentenced to heavy prison terms Kurdistan- July 14.2010 After increased security measures in Kurdistan and the arrest of a large number of Kurd activists by security forces, four Kurd activists named Neimat Eshaqi, Poshtivan Asm, Loqman Monfaredi and Sabah Khayat were each sentenced to long prison sentences. Neimat Eshaqi was arrested on December 4, 2009 in Kamyaran by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in this city and was transferred to the Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Center. He was sentenced to 12 years of prison in a Sanandaj Court on charges of cooperation with a Kurd dissident party. Poshtivan Asm from the Haniman Village in Kamyaran was arrested on December 1, 2009 in Saqez by security forces. There was no information on his whereabouts for two months in the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency Detention Center where he was under severe torture. Asm was sentenced to 15 years of prison by the Revolutionary Court in this city on charges of cooperation with a dissident Kurd party. Loqman Mofaredi was arrested by security forces in Kamyaran and after three moths of severe torture in the Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Center; the same court sentenced him to 11 years of prison on charges of cooperation with a dissident Kurd party. Sabah Khayat from Kamyaran was arrested on December 4 in Kermanshah by security forces in this city and was taken to the Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Center and after three months of torture, was sentenced to 11 years of prison on charges of cooperation with a dissident Kurd party.

Tehran’s Great Bazaar on strike - Thursday July 15, 2010

Day 10 of Strike....Tehran Bazaar






Tehran’s Great Bazaar on strike
Thursday July 15, 2010 – Day 10
Though the stores are closed people still show up at Bazaar to express their support for the strike

Iran Students Committee
July 16, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN, JULY 17, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.663

Bazaar

Tehran’s Great Bazaar on strike

Bazaar on strike on Thursday
July 15, 2010
Bazaar of Carpet-sellers and Gold-Sellers were closed on Thursday July 15.
Bazaar of Tabriz was completely closed.


People support brave Bazaaris by chanting ‘death to dictator’
Tehran, July 14, 2010
On Wednesday at 1205 people were present at Sabze Maidan and Bazaar; a crowd of 250 chanted ‘death to dictator’ in Sabze Maidan in support of Bazaaris. They also chanted ‘we don’t want incapable government’.
The whole Bazaar was on strike on Wednesday including Shoe-Maker Bazaar and Gold-Sellers Bazaar.
SSF and intelligence agents were present at Bazaar and arrested any one who carried a cell phone.


SSF trying in vein to break the strike
Though the clerical regime retreated Bazaar is on its 9th day of strike
Tehran, July 14, 2010
One of the Bazaaris said that SSF has tried several times to break the strike and has entered bazaar with that intention but they were not successful because where ever they went a great number of people were present confronting them.
Though regime has reduced the tax to 15% which is 7% less than the previous year but still Bazaar continues the strike.

Fear of strike at Kurdistan Bazaar
Kurdistan, July 14, 2010
In fear of the spread of strike to Sanandaj’s Bazaar regime has threatened the shopkeepers that if they go on strike they will be punished?
Also in Oshnavieh regime has stationed a great number of suppressive forces. It invited shopkeepers, the head of tribes, governmental employees and some clerics via a letter to the Governor Office to bribe them not to go on strike but the participants left the session.
Eleven vehicles of IRGC forces two of them with female passengers have been deployed from Uromieh and Naghadeh to Oshnavieh.
These forces are stationed in Mirava, faroogh and Seyed Ava mosques.

Inflamed wrath and good for nothing tricks
Tehran, July 14, 2010
While bazaars’ strikes have increased regime’s fear, Khamenei is using a good for nothing trick to keep safe from the inflamed wrath of Bazaar.
Regime has used this trick of ‘it’s a holiday’ before under different excuses such as contamination of weather or the trip of foreign guests to Iran.
This trick has been ridiculed by people. Even the members of regime’s bands have protested to the act of announcing holidays for covering up Bazaar’s strike. One of them called it ‘the newest trick’ another one disclosed this act of Khamenei in Majlis.
Sites affiliated with Larijani; Parliament News and News Online demanded the true reason for holidays in 19 provinces.
But the question is: does this trick solve any problem for Khamenei whose talisman is broken and is at dead-end now?
The answer is no because Bazaar’s strike with the slogan of ‘death to dictator’ has root in deep explosive discontent of the society in the bedrock of the Nationwide Uprising of Iranians; another bell is ringing the end of dictatorship of Velayat-e-Faghih.

Isfahan and Mashad’s Bazaar were half closed
July 14, 2010
On Wednesday July 14 Isfahan’s Honar Bazaar was half closed.
Intelligence forces dispersed people even if two or three gathered together and prevented people from stopping in Bazaar.
In Naghshe Jahan Bazaar suppressive SSF and intelligence forces were stationed since morning and threatened Bazaaris to open their shops.
At the Bazaar of Gold-Sellers regime’s suppressive forces were stationed at a point threatening Bazaaris that if they protest they will be arrested.
Also in Mashad, Reza Bazaar was controlled since Wednesday morning by regime’s Intelligence forces and they referred to Bazaaris one by one and threatened them that it they go on strike their shops will be confiscated.

Representative of Fabric Guild arrested
Tehran, July 14, 2010
According to the received information the representative of Fabric Guild is arrested by Plainclothes and there is no news of his condition so far.


The Downfall

Khamenei expresses his fear of consequences of the sanctions
Tehran, July 14, 2010
In a meeting with some heads of IRGC Khamenei expressing his concern of the current situation of regime and said: “all the authorities in the country must act to their heavy duty in different fields and be ready to confront any situation”.
Fearing the consequences of the sanction resolution of UN’s Security Council he added: “they talk as such that we think that there this is something very dangerous. Of course whether these threats are hollow or real we should undoubtedly be ready to preserve the Islamic Revolution”.
Pointing to the fact that sanctions have aimed at IRGC, Khamenei claimed: “the fact that enemies and their followers inside the country propagate so hard against IRGC shows how effective this force is”.
Khamanei advised the participants to watch from inside.

Clerical regime’s horrified reaction to the words of Russia’s president
Tehran, July 14, 2010
When Russian president warned that the clerical regime is close to achieving nuclear weapon regime’s official news agency IRNA wrote: “Keremlin’s official must not forget that Tehran and Moscow have mutual interests. Russian officials must not be deceived by west and to give wrong address about Iran’s peaceful nuclear programs. Iran and Russia do not benefit from disputes and weakening of the relations between two countries which is at the interest of the West including US”.
In another event Manouchehr Motaki said: “we don’t know what the ultimate goal behind Madadof’s sayings is and what is behind this. Russia is our neighbor and we seek good relations with it but we do criticize some of its positions”.

The former head of IRGC warned regime
Tehran, July 14, 2010
The former head of IRGC, Mohsen Rezaie admitting to the breakage of talisman of Khamenei said that the events after the election brought Khomeini and his followers under question and had heavy consequences.
About the aftermaths of the national uprising of Iran and regime’s potential downfall he wrote in his site: “in the events after election from Velayat-e-faghih issue to Imam (Khomeini) to the followers of the Leader (Khamanei) and revolution’s principles all went under question”.
Rezaee counted these consequences as continuous and added: “in my opinion anti-revolutionists and enemies...of Islamic Republic benefit the most from the events after the election. The revolution’s honor was brought under question in the world, our political honor in international relations was brought under question and inside the country our beliefs were brought under question...”
While threatening, Rezaee said: “today we need a new capacity in confronting protests and managing them. Political activists, parties and political masterminds have no minor role than the government in that”.

IRGC expressed its fear in regard with the nationwide uprising
Tehran, July 14, 2010
Expressing its fear of the nationwide uprising IRGC announced in a statement issued in Tehran that (facing) the nationwide uprising is harder than the 8 years of war with Iraq.
The statement called on IRGC forces to stay on alert for preserving the Establishment: “undoubtedly attacks of soft-war conducted by the foreign enemy on one hand and hypocrites and provokers of sedition inside the country on the other hand is actually a heavy war for pulling down the Islamic Revolution”.



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long queues for gasoline in Tehran and other cities

The affect of sanctions shows up gradually long queues for gasoline in Tehran and other cities of the country add to the discontent of people towards the clerical dictatorship.

Iran Students Committee
July 14, 2010

Strikes continue in Bazaars of Iran- July 14, 2010

On the 9th day of Bazaar’s strike since the early hours of the day the whole Bazaar was closed.
The days before some shops have been open to provide people with the necessities of a day of life but on Wednesday all the shops closed.
Bazaaries were sitting either indivitually or in group in front of their shops talking about the strike.
Most of them believe that the government has pretended that it has retreated from high taxes to break the strike.
Though Bazaar was completely closed people were highly present there expressing their support for the strike in this manner.

Iran Students Committee
July 14, 2010

UPDATES ON IRAN - JULY 15, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.662

Bazaar

Strike continues in different cities of Iran
July 14, 2010
Tehran- on Wednesday July 14 bazaars of Gold-Sellers, Carpet-Sellers and Fabric-Sellers were on strike and only bazaar of stationery was open.
Tabriz- along with the continuation of strike at Tehran’s Great Bazaar, Tabriz Bazaar was in complete strike on Tuesday July 13. The strike in Tabriz has started since six days ago and still continues
Saghez- during the last three days Saghez Bazaar was also on strike.

Official Media admitted to the vast strike of Tehran’s Bazaar
Tehran, July 14, 2010
In spite of the protest in Tehran’s Bazaar some state-run media claimed that there has been no strike in Bazaar! But the state-run media On Line wrote on July 13: “Tehran’s Bazaar is not at peace...it is still closed and the strike has even broadened”.
The media added: “strikes continue...a vast group of Bazaaris have reacted to the government’s tax policy and went on strike. Their strike will be once more written on the pages of Iran’s history...It is not clear that how long would this strike last?...It seems that the strike has been held having the approval of Guild’s Council and this strengthens the doubt that this strike has been a political move”.

Full report on Bazaar on Tuesday
Tehran, July 14, 2010
On Tuesday July 13 all the guilds were on strike in an unprecedented unity.
On the days before it was the heart of Bazaar that was on strike but on Tuesday bazaar of Gold-Sellers and other guilds also joined the strike.
From the entrance of the main street of the Great Bazaar, Bozarjonehri Street till the end of Abbas Abad Bazaar all went on strike in a unique act.
Farvardin Intersection; bazaar of chinaware and house hold appliances, Aminodoleh Intersection; bazaar of tailors and outfit sellers, Soltani Bazaar the bazaar for clothing’s stock exchange, Small and Great Chaharso bazaars for stock exchange for drugs, spices, perfumes haberdasheries and etc., Sedalan Malek of fabric guild, Sadmalchi Intersection; bazaar of fabric guild, Kooche Hamamchal; bazaar for fabric stock exchange, the whole Rahimieh Bazaar of Carpet-Sellers Bazaar, Park Intersection for carpet guild and all the alley of Kebab restaurants and its by-alleys.
Though all the shops were closed a huge crowd has gathered at Bazaar so that one could hardly walk through and it was clear that they had all come to express their solidarity with Bazaaris.
Plainclothes and SSF were also present.
On Monday the Minister of Trade, representatives of the guilds and a representative of Tax Organization held a six-hour session and retreated to increase of 15% in taxes but it was too late and the strikes continue.


Sanctions

The clerical regime’s fear of sanctions
Tehran, July 12, 2010
In its editorial Resalat state-run daily wrote: “the US congress has approved a new wave of unilateral sanctions against Iran’s energy and banking after Iran did not accept western countries’ demand for stopping its nuclear activities.
The US president signed the bill for preventing Iran from having access to oil products.
The daily then started threatening and wrote: “Iran possesses many factors through which it can turn US position in the region to a deplorable situation. The analysts in west have pointed to some of these factors such as the very effective reaction of Hezbollah, Iran’s power in security balance of Iraq and Afghanistan against US and usage of mines and missiles to control Hormoz Strait”.
In its article ‘Expenses of Iran’s sanction for Obama’ Jomhori state-run daily wrote: “in continuation to its anti-Iranian policies Barak Obama, US president signed the bill of US unilateral sanctions against Iran preventing oil-products imports for Iran and imposing banking limitations on the country. Signing these sanctions Obama claimed: ‘with these sanctions we aimed at the heart of Iran’s government for providing the cost of its nuclear programs’. The path the ‘change-seeking’ Obama has stepped in is no difference from the ‘warmongering’ policies of Bush”.
In its political note, Kayhan Daily, Khamenei’s organ while expressing its concern wrote: “the truth is that resolution 1929 aims at very broader pressures on the Islamic Republic; both sanctions imposed by the west meaning Europe and US and the sanctions that is imposed by UN as the result of the pressure US and her allies impose on UN”.

Regime’s problems in selling oil
Tehran, July 13, 2010
Though the clerical regime is offering its oil cheaper to the buyers it is still facing problems for selling it.
China, India and Japan have drastically reduced the amount of oil they buy from Iran and are trying to find substitutes for Iran’s oil.
In addition to that due to recent sanctions by Security Council and unilateral sanctions of US and Europe many insurance and transportation companies are not willing to work with regime for transport of its oil throughout the world.
Most of oil sellers prefer to deliver oil at the place of its production to the buyers so that they won’t need to pay transfer cost but the clerical regime is not enjoying this privilege due to sanctions.
The cost of this transportation has lowered the price that an oil buyer pays in comparison with global oil prices. Depending on the destination of the oil regime might have to give a discount of three to seven dollars (per barrel).
During last month regime had kept 15 huge oil-carriers at ports of Iran and United Arab Emirates as its oil storage. During last two weeks it had deployed 6 of them containing 2 million barrels of oil towards Europe to hand them over to the buyers.

Problem increases in regime’s cruising lines
Tehran, July 13, 2010
Article No.15 of resolution 1929 permits inspection of regime’s ships in free seas. According to this resolution different countries can inspect suspicious ships belonging to clerical regime in free seas. Article 18 also asks the member countries to deprive suspicious ships of receiving services.
In addition article 20 of this resolution asks the member countries of UN to report suspicious activities of regime’s cruise lines to the Committee for Supervision of Security Council.
Cruise lines are vital for regime because Iran has seas at its north and south. A great volume of regime’s trade is done via these two seas. Arya Cruising Company which was called Islamic Republic Cruising Company after 1979 anti-monarchy resolution is amongst the largest 20 companies of its kind.
The capacity of this company is transport of 5.5 million tons of goods. It has 161 ships 95 of which can cross ocean.
In addition to that regime has 12 other Cruising Companies in Iran and four more abroad and the number of the related offices reaches 180 throughout the world.
To counter act this part of sanctions the clerical regime has tried registering some of the ships in foreign countries and small Islands to use their flags. It has changed the names of the ships and companies. Many of these measures have been disclosed.
The clerical regime has threatened that if its ships are inspected it will behave the same but the observers say that IRGC’s naval force has no power to act against US’s fifth fleet and her allies.


The Downfall

A site belonging to IRGC admitted to schism within Khamenei’s band
Tehran, July 13, 2010
Javan Site belonging to IRGC wrote under the title of ‘ill-omened branching’: “Ali Motahari intends to form a new fraction in Majlis but this fraction is born with political intention which is division and branching”.
Calling the division as ‘killing poison’ the site wrote: “every one believes that the formation of this fraction is for opposing the government”.
It threatened Motahari and added that it hoped that the consequences of this division wouldn’t be counted on Motahari’s account and he would still be able to be counted as a Khamenei subordinate.

Jomhori state-run daily attacked Ahmadinejad’s government
Tehran, July 13, 2010
In its editorial titled as ‘the principle is to be always open’, Jomhori Daily close to Rafsanjani attacked Ahmadinejad and wrote: “unpredicted holidays are permitted only when important events happen and there is no other way other than announcing a holiday. The country is in an economical situation that it needs work...though our government’s authorities might not accept that we are not in a good economic condition but the truth is something else.
Unemployment, high price of goods, poverty and problems derived from economic recession cannot be denied...”


Resistance

‘Death to dictator’ after watching World Cup’s final
Tehran, July 13, 2010
A great number of Tehran residents gathered in Melat Park to watch the final soccer match of World Cup and turned it to an anti-regime protest.
At 2100 a great number of the residents especially girls who have never been able to express their enthusiasm for soccer legally gathered at the park. After the match was over which was about 1 am the next day the crowd started chanting anti-regime slogans. The main slogan was ‘death to dictator’.

A youth resists bullying of regime’s suppressive agents
Saghez, July 13, 2010
In the morning of Sunday July 11 when suppressive forces wanted to confiscate a motorcycle belonging to a youth in front of Saghez’s Meli Bank the people and youths present protested against the act. The agents started beating people and the people defended themselves and torched regime’s suppressive agents’ vehicles.
Help came for the suppressive forces and they were able to disperse people eventually and arrested two youths.

Protest letter of political prisoners of Gohardasht Prison addressing Tehran’s Prosecutor
Tehran, July 13, 2010
In a protest letter addressing Tehran’s Prosecutor political prisoners of ward four of Gohardahst Prison pointed to violation of human rights in the prison and the deplorable conditions of prisoners there. Some of the issues pointed at in this letter are as follows:
1-Water is cut till afternoon in some days causing fungal skin diseases and spread of louse.
2-The number of toilets and bathrooms are three or four for each 300 prisoners.
3-There is no ration of toothpaste, toothbrush, towel and slippers for the prisoners who are banned from having visitors.
4-By the regulations of (Prison) Organization there must be 80 to 100 prisoners at each saloon but for example in saloon No. 11 there are about 450 to 480 prisoners.
5-The room dedicated to each prisoner is less than one square meter in the building and less than 0.5 square meters at the yard.
6-Mixing political prisoners with addicts and psychics who are mostly equipped with ‘cold weapons’ (knives and etc.) is a serious potential danger for political prisoners.
7-Beating of political prisoners by the criminals imprisoned and threatening them of murder and transferring them to the hot and dreadful solitary cells famous as ‘Dog House’ takes place. Behrooz Javid Tehrani, Rasool Bodaghi and Shir Mohammad Rezaie have been subject of such terror.
8-In person visits are banned and prisoners are not taken to hospitals outside the prison when they are in deed of it. Ali Moezi, Khaled Hardani and Mansour Osanloo are subjects of such treatment.
9-Each prisoner can go to prisons treatment room only once every 45 days and if some one is in need in addition to that the head of the room will tell him ‘go and die one less the better’.
10-The medicine given are not affective, the excuse; lack of budget. Despite the fact, families of the prisoners are not permitted to bring medication for the prisoners.
11-Windows of the cells are blocked with brick causing lack of light and fresh air which is the main reason for skin and lung diseases as prison physicians admit.
12-No milk, vegetable or fruit is in nutrition diet of the prisoners and the goods in prison’s shops are without quality.
13-Rape and suspicious and systematic murder is committed at the prison. Narcotics are easily at hand.
14-The rights of religious minorities are violated and not only they cannot perform their religious ceremonies but they are even mocked and offended.


Suppression

Youths arrested for improper attire!
Tehran, July 13, 2010
Suppressive Guidance Patrols have arrested several youths in Ponak Square on the excuse of not having proper attire.

No parents allowed in courts
Tehran, July 13, 2010
Recently at the trials with political subjects parents of the accused are not allowed to participate. Reporters are also banned by government to be present in such a trial.

Increase of suppressive forces
Uromieh, July 13, 2010
In fear of escalation of the uprising of struggling youths regime has increased the number of SSF and Guidance Patrols in Uromieh surrounding both sides of Ostadan Streets with several patrol cars of SSF.
Band Recreation area is also controlled by suppressive patrols.

Being detained for having fun!
Kurdistan, July 13, 2010
During recent days people who have gone for hiking and hunting to Shahoo Mountains in Paveh region have been summoned to regime’s Intelligence Bureau, interrogated and beaten.
On last Thursday Kamil Ghaderi, Milad Yousefi and Zaheri and at the beginning of the last week shapoor Faraji and Barzan Moradi have been summoned to Intelligence Bureau in that regard. They have been beaten.
With this suppressive policy, accusing people with cooperation with Kurdish parties, regime wants to put more pressure on the residents of Kurdistan.

Youths followed and shot at
Saghez, July 13, 2010
On the eve of anniversary of Ghasemloo’s assassination (a former head of Kurdistan Democrat Party), SSF is confiscating motorcycles in Saghez. On Sunday July 11 SSF attacked several youths in that regard in Azadi Street, followed them and shot at them.

Jailed relative of Ashraf residents in undetermined state for more than 7 months in notorious prison
July 13, 2010
According to reports, Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi, a jailed Tehran Bazaar merchant, has been in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison under inhumane conditions and an undetermined state for several months.
This 63 year old political prisoner was arrested after agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided his office. He was transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison.  Amirkhizi was detained in solitary for a few months and was physically and mentally tortured in this time to make false confessions in front of cameras.
He has now been detained in this cellblock for more than seven months. He has lost 17 kilos (37 pounds) because of the pressure and abuse and is still in an undetermined state after months of detainment.
This political prisoner is kept in a cell without cooling facilities. Prison authorities use natural elements to put pressure on prisoners in addition to subjecting them to medieval conditions.
Two head interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence nicknamed Alavi and Saied Sheikhan are responsible for his torture and interrogations. These two criminals have been acting as torturers for years in cellblock 209. Alavi is also active in raiding the homes of political prisoners to arrest them. This agent also threatens families of political prisoners over the phone and in person and sometimes temporarily arrests them to conduct long interrogations.
His family has pursued his case since his arrest but officials refuse to give them a clear answer.
Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi was arrested on November 30 after intelligence agents stormed his home. He was taken to cellblock 209. His brother, Ali Banazadeh Amirkhizi was executed in the 80’s for supporting the PMOI. His wife, Shahla Zarin Far was sentenced to one year of prison for visiting her child in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. She was released after serving her prison term. Currently political prisoner Kobra Bananzadeh Amirkhizi, his sister, is in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj for intending to visit her children in Camp Ashraf. Before this, his brothers Asghar and Hamid were sentenced to two years of prison for visiting their children in Ashraf and were released after serving their time.
Currently in addition to Amirkhizi, a number of other Tehran Bazaar merchants are detained in cellblock 350 in Evin prison including Mohsen Dokmehchi and Javad Lari who are also kept in a state of limbo despite months of incarceration.

Iran arrests Kurd political activists, sentences others to prison terms
July 13, 2010
Azad Khancheh-Zar, a political and civil rights activist who was sentenced to six months of prison and years of probation was summoned and subsequently arrested on Sunday, July 11.
This is while last May he was released on a 20 million toman (about 20,000 dollar) bail after being jailed for two months in intelligence detention centers in Marivan and Sanandaj.
According to reports, this political activist and other activists who were detained in these detention centers were under severe physical and mental pressure.
Also Karevan Darsid, Mozafar Rokhandeh and Najibeh Sobhani, other political and civil rights activists in Marivan were also sentenced to prison terms by the Revolutionary Court in this city.
Mozafar Rokhandeh and Karevan Darsid were each sentenced to two years of suspended prison. The sentence for Najibeh Sobhani has still not been announced to her. There are reports that she is suffering from severe depression as a result of pressure on her while in prison. These men and woman are all well known children’s, women’s and labors rights activists in Marivan and Sanandaj.

Baha’i man arrested to serve five year prison term
July 13, 2010
Davar Nabil Zadeh, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad was summoned to the Sentence Implementation Department of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court and was arrested on arrival to serve his 5 year prison term in the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad.
According to reports, he was tried last year with eight other Baha’is in this city in a case that was closed in 2005 and was sentenced to 5 years of prison in a sentence issued by a court of first instance and confirmed by the court of review.
He was detained for one year in 1983 for being a member of a Baha’i organization and his 22-year-old son, Nura Nabil Zadeh has been detained in the Mashhad Intelligence Detention Center for two weeks.


Workers of Iran

Cut in electricity increases pressure on workers
Tehran, July 13, 2010
It is for several days that electricity is cut in some factories in Karaj Road such as Donyaye Felez, Nairan, Rang Afarin and many others.
The electricity is cut in these factories since 11 am damaging the factories products and putting more pressure on the workers by affecting the wages they receive.


News on Iran’s economy

Wheat farmers are not receiving their money from the government
Tehran/ Kurdistan, July 13, 2010
It is for a long time that wheat farmers of Tehran suburbs have not received the money for their wheat from the government. It is about six months that these farmers have delivered their wheat to Trade Ministry but have not received any money yet.
In another event regime is not buying the wheat product of farmers in Kurdistan on different excuses and thus is putting pressure on these farmers.
This act has caused discontent amongst the farmers and some of them have gone to the Governor Office to protest.


Other News

Disorder in bureaucratic affairs of Shahr-e-Ray’s Azad University
Shahr-e-Ray, July 13, 2010
Disorder in bureaucratic and educational affairs of Azad University in Shahr-e-Ray has bewildered students who want to get some units in summer.
The scores for final exams of last term have not been registered which has caused a great problem for the students of this unit and no official takes responsibility to solve the issue.


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Especial report on ‘Stoning to Death’ in Iran

‘Stoning to death’ the most cruel death penalty in Iran

Introduction: 
The following report shows that unfortunately in 21 century the most cruel death penalty still exist in our country Iran.
For most of Europeans and Americans it is unbelievable but unfortunately under the rule of anti-human mullahs ‘stoning to death’ still exists.
During the last ten years at least 12 women and several men have been executed in this manner.
By the report of human rights organizations about 50 other are in death row awaiting their death by stoning to death.
Pressure of public opinion saved Ashtiani this week from being killed in such a cruel manner. But would this rescue the others who are being stoned to death non-publicly or those who will be killed in such a way in the future by this anti-human regime?
The following especial report tells about the issue of ‘stoning to death’ and how innocent people are condemned to it without having any lawyer or passing any judicial process.
We have provided this report so that we can enlighten the world and get its help to put more international pressure on the regime so that we might be able to rescue a nation from under the rule of the mullahs.
These mullahs are ready to commit any brutal crime and suppression to be able to stay in power even one more day!

The Report:
3 men and 11 women await stoning in Iran 
Since stoning is very inappropriate, is incompatible with the culture of the Iranian people and global and Iranian public opinion seriously oppose it, the judiciary is very confidential on this matter and stonings are carried out in cemeteries or desolate locations in secret. Sometimes the body of the stoned person is not returned to his/her family. The word ‘stoning’ is even banned in Iranian media.
The government’s solution for stoning in Iran is to carry it out in secret and quietly. The new orders are that if we face pressure from public opinion for stoning, hang them instead!...
There are fears that those who are sentenced to stoning will either be hastily stoned in secret or will be hanged due to the current international pressure so the cases can be closed and the fuss would die down. Because until the time that a person sentenced to stoning is alive and in prison, there will be rigorous widespread efforts for saving that person. Therefore there are fears that the Islamic Republic would eliminate all those sentenced to stoning by either stoning or hanging to close their cases and show that it is independent and does not care about the west’s reaction…

A complete list those who are currently in prison on charges of adultery – which means people who have had a sexual relationship with someone other than their spouse - is as follows:

Tabriz
- Kobra Babayi – mother of a 13 year old daughter. Lawyer: Mohammad Mostafayi
Her husband, Rahim Mohammadi, was executed on charges of adultery in 2009
- Sakineh Mohammad Ashtiani – 43, mother of 19 year old Farideh and 22 year old Sajad. Lawyer: Mohammad Mostafayi
She was sentenced to 99 lashes which was carried out. She was once again sentenced for the same crime to death by stoning. Her children wrote a letter addressing the people of the world and asked for help in saving their mother.
- Azar Baqeri – 19 years old. Has a lawyer
She was jailed when she was 15 because her husband filed a complaint against her and has been sentenced to stoning.
- Maryam Qorbanzadeh – 25 years old – has a lawyer

Orumieh
- Sarimeh  Ebadi (or Sarimeh Sajadi) – 31 years old, mother of two children. Lawyer: unknown
- Bu-Ali Janfeshani – 33 years old. Has one child. Lawyer: unknown
This man and woman (Ebadi and Janfeshani) have been sentenced to stoning by the Orumieh Public Court in a mutual case. Their stoning sentence was upheld by the 12th branch of the Western Azarbaijan Court of Review on January 6, 2010 and they are currently in the Central Orumieh Prison.

Ahwaz
- Iran Eskandari – 31 years old. Has a 13 year old son. Lawyer: Unknown
Iran is from the Bakhtiari Tribe who was forcefully married to her cousin. Her husband only came home about once a month. She became friends with her next door neighbor’s son and wrote letters and talked on the phone with him. One day while they were talking, her husband came in the backyard from the wall of the yard and attacked her, severely beating her. The neighbor’s son came to her aid and killed her husband with a knife. She was sentenced to five years of prison on April 7, 2005 in a court of first instance in Khuzestan for complicity to murder and to stoning for adultery. Her sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court on April 8, 2006. In light of the culture in the region, if Iran is released from prison, there is a high chance that she would be murdered by the men in her family.
- Kheirieh Valania, 42 years old. Has several children. Lawyer: unknown
She was sentenced because she confessed to adultery four times. She says that she is the victim of domestic violence and had a relationship with a man who murdered her husband but was not involved in his murder. She was charged with complicity to murder. The third branch of the Behbahan Public Court sentenced Kheirieh to stoning on charges of adultery on May 9, 2002. “I am willing to be hanged but not stoned. They suffocate you and then you die. But it is very hard to be constantly hit on the head with stones”, she says. She is sure that if she is released, she would have no place to go and her brothers would kill her.

Tehran 
- Ashraf Kalhori- 41 years old. Lawyer: unknown
Her stoning sentence was halted on orders of Shahroudi, the previous head of the Judiciary and she is still in Evin Prison. Her lawyer used to be Shadi Sadr who is currently not in Iran.
- Fatemeh, age: unknown. Lawyer: unknown
Fatemeh was tried in the 71st branch of the Tehran Penal Court and was sentenced to retribution (execution) and stoning for complicity in murder and an illicit relationship. Her husband Fatemeh had a fight with Mahmoud, a man who was after Fatemeh and had entered their home, and killed him with his wife’s help.
Asghar, her husband was sentenced to 16 years of prison on charges of assisting in intentional murder.

Mashhad
- A woman identified as M.Kh. age: unknown. Lawyer: unknown
- A woman whose last name is Hashemi Nasab. Age: unknown. Lawyer: unknown
These two women are in the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad

Rasht
- Mohammad Ali Navid Khamami – Father’s name: Safar. Lawyer: unknown
He was sentenced to stoning on June 2008.

Sari
- Seyed Naqi Ahmadi. Age: unknown. Lawyer: Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh
On June 10, 2008, three of the five judges in the second branch of the Mazandaran Penal Court sentenced Seyed Naqi Ahmadi to stoning. Ahmadi was charged with adultery with Pouran Q. It has been stated in court that Ahmadi who lived next to Pouran entered her home at night while her husband was away on business in Semnan and had a sexual relationship with her. Some of the reasons that they were charged was: 1. A report from the ‘Prohibiting Vice and Promoting Virtue Departmnet’ 2. Pouran’s confession 3. Seyed Naqi Ahmadi’s confession.
In other words, the only proof of the adultery charge was their confession and in the end, the court sentenced Seyed Naqi Ahmadi to stoning in light of the ‘knowledge of the judge’ and Pouran was cleared of this charge because her husband was not home and she did not have access to him. Two of the judges in this branch believed that both suspects should be acquitted. This sentence was upheld by the 33rd branch of the Supreme Court.

Reason behind Convictions: Knowledge of the Judge 
It is worth mentioning that in the case of all these people, there is no evidence to prove the so-called ‘adultery’ charge and the reason most of them were convicted was because of the ‘knowledge of the judge’. This means that despite the fact that there is no evidence or witness to prove the crime (there has to be at least four witnesses to prove adultery) the judge decides based on his ‘knowledge’ that the person has committed adultery. The interesting point is that in Iranian courts, a judge cannot decide based on his knowledge if someone has overdrawn from his bank account and jail him/her but can decide that he/she has committed adultery and sentence him/her to stoning.
In some cases, the person has been forced to confess under duress and has only to confess four times to adultery instead of four witnesses and say that he/she has committed adultery to be sentenced to stoning. This means that security forces and judicial authorities force the person to confess to adultery using various methods.

Lawyer?
In light of the fact that mostly all of those sentenced to stoning are from deprived social classes, most of them have been deprived of lawyers in the initial stages of their case and therefore accept the charge of adultery without knowledge of the consequences of their confession to be relieved of the pressure on them by authorities without knowing that the final consequence is stoning. Since, according to Iranian law, people who are sentenced to death or stoning have to have lawyers, those who are sentenced to stoning are given appointed lawyers and unfortunately most of them are not able to suitably defend their clients because of their inexperience or because the case is not important for them.

List of people who have been stoned in the past years 
The judicial system of the Islamic Republic does not recognize monitoring rights on its actions by its citizens. Therefore, the number and names of those who were sentenced to stoning after their sentences were upheld by the Supreme is unknown.
But the names of those who we are aware were stoned from 2006 up to now is as follows:

Mashhad
- Mahboubeh Mohammadi. According to reports she had confessed to adultery after threats and torture and was stoned to death along with Abbas Haji Zadeh on May 2006.
- Abbas Haji Zadeh was stoned to death on May 2006 in Mashhad.
- Three men were stoned to death in December 21, 2008 in the Behesht Reza Cemetery in Mashhad. One of them, identified as Mahmoud who was an Afghan national, was able to escape from the ditch he was buried in while severely wounded. Houshang Khadadeh and another unknown person were stoned.

Qazvin
- Jafar Kiani whose stoning was halted by the head of the judiciary because of a campaign against stoning was stoned in the Akhcheh Village near Takestan in Qazvin on June 2007 on orders of a local judge.

Rasht
- Vali Azad, from Pars Abad in Maghan was stoned in secret in Rasht on March 5, 2009 on charges of adultery. His body was not handed over to his family. His stoning sentence was issued and carried out by Judge Hojatelislam Kashani in the 11th branch of the Penal Court and Judge Javid Nia, the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor. But the woman who was also charged with him was granted amnesty. The stoning of Vali Azad was officially confirmed by the former spokesman of the Judiciary, Alireza Jamshidi.

List of those who were hanged instead of being stoned
It has to be reminded that the names and numbers of those who were hanged in the place of being stoned to death are not known and the following list shows that our knowledge is only limited to the below mentioned names:

Sari
- Abdollah Farivar, 53 years old. This music teacher was executed on February 19, 2008

Shiraz
- Afsaneh Rahmani- Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. Was hanged in 2009

Tabriz
- Rahim Mohammadi- husband of Kobra Babayi. Was hanged on September 2009

Tehran
- According to unconfirmed reports, a woman was hanged in 2008 in a closed off room in Evin Prison on charges of adultery. (Rooz website – July 11, 2010) 


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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 14, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.661

Bazaar's Strike

Strike continues in Bazaar, Bazaaris resist the suppressive forced
July 13, 2010
Tehran’s Great Bazaar was on strike on Monday and Tuesday July 12 and 13 and the stores and shops were closed.
Also Gonbad City joined the strike and the Bazaar of this city was half closed today.
Bazaar of Tabriz was also on  strike.
At 10 am on July 13 SSF and Plainclothes raided the Fabric-selling Bazaar of Tehran which is counted the heart of the strike to open the stores by force but the brave Bazaaris resisted and the suppressive forces had to retreat to Sabze Maidan.


The Downfall

Regime’s defeat in the suppressive plan of ‘veil and chastity’
Tehran, July 12, 2010
Mullah Haeri Shirazi a member of regime’s Assembly of Experts admitted to the increasing resistance of people against suppression of women and regime’s policy of suppression and warned that SSF should not encounter women in the streets because then the whole street stands up against them and boos them.
About Ahmadinejah’s concern in that regard Haeri whom Ahmadinejad calls as ‘the teacher of morale’ of his government said: “Mr. Ahmadinejad is not against punishment. He is against wrong encounters meaning that SSF arrests a woman in the street (for her veil) and then the whole street supports the woman. That is wrong. Mr. Ahmadinejad wants SSF not to make the one with improper veil to look innocent so that she would win”.
In reaction to those members of Khamenei’s band who had criticized the imposturous claim of Ahmadinejad about women’s suppression he reminded: “of course the president is not against military confrontation with those who violate the issue of veil, are looking for cultural downfall and receive money for it”.

Regime’s element ousted from a ceremony in Lebanon
Tehran, July 12, 2010
A state-run site revealed that mullah Janati (the head of regime’s Council of Guidance) who had gone to Lebanon to participate in the funeral of Sheikh Fazlollah was boycotted by Sheikh’s followers. When at the funeral regime’s board put step forward so that Janati would pray for the deceased, Sheikh’s follower transferred the body to some place else to prevent that and cried: “leave him at rest,... you had oppressed him leave him at rest”.

Naghdi babbles
Tehran, July 12, 2010
In order to increase the morale of his forces Naghdi, the head of Bassij claimed: “if Americans want to attack they must take their warships seven to eight Km. further because undoubtedly none of them will leave Persian Gulf. When we talk about withstanding the enemy mostly we think of its military aspects which are of course essential in their places but today we are encountering with another aspect of war...” Then he points to the internet and its usage in the Uprising of people of Iran.

Demand for spread in ‘mullahs’ network’ at the university
Tehran, July 12, 2010
Emphasizing that universities are sensitive places and have protesting potentials against the clerical dictatorship, in a meeting with his representatives at the universities Khamenei demanded spread of mullahs’ network at the universities for controlling them.
He warned about the awareness and protesting potential of the universities and added: “we can see the importance of this issue by the fact that many of our dissidents are pointing at the universities and are propagating in them...”
Khamenei said in imposturous words: “we must treat the youths softly so we can attract them and make them to obey” and then demanded for religious classes at the university to control the minds of students by it.

Mullah Taskhiri was ousted
Tehran, July 11, 2010
Mullah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri who is a former member of regime Assembly of experts was ousted from his position of secretary general of ‘Assembly for Bringing Religions Close Together’ which is headed by Sheikh Yousef Gharzawi.
He claimed that he had resigned but he was actually ousted because of her negative role amongst the Islamic countries.
Mullah Taskhiri is one of the main elements of export of terrorism of the regime.
The clerical regime also wanted to sign a common statement with Mr. Gharzawi but because of regime’s quest for provoking disputes amongst Shiites and Sunnis the Sheikh didn’t comply with the act.

People are drowning in poverty but what is important is security!
Tehran, July 12, 2010
Mullah Vahid Khorasani conceded that girls and boys of Iran are getting corrupted because of the poverty covering the whole country but he showed how much mullahs are more worried about regime’s security from fear of downfall and said: “...what is most important is the security... this means security is a priority in comparison with people’s poverty”.


Resistance

7th anniversary of Zahra Kazemi’s murder
Tehran, July 12, 2010
Seven years after Zahra Kazemi an Iranian-Canadina Journalist was arrested and tortured to death by regime’s henchmen in Evin Priosn while taking pictures of protest gathering in front of Evin her murderers are still unpunished because of “the culture of immunity of punishment” in Iran. The lawyers of Stephan Hashemi’s lawyers (Mrs. Kazemi’s son) were not permitted to call any of the high rank officials accused in the murder to court.
Mrs. Kazemi was killed by then Prosecutor of Tehran, Saeed Mortazavi due to his hard stroke at her head on July 11, 2003. Despite her son’s demand her body was not handed over to Canadian government. Her mother announced after her death that she was under severe pressure by regime to comply with her burial in Iran.


Suppression

A five years term for a female political prisoner
Tehran, July 12, 2010
Mrs. Nahid Malek Mohammadi 59 and mother of two, received a term of 5 years along with corporal punishment after 6 months of detention on no bases.
Mrs. Malek Mohammadi was detained during the Ashura Uprising at 2 am after her husband Ali Asghar Mahmoodian was arrested and was transferred to solitary cells of Evin Prison.
Mrs. Malek Mohammadi was also arrested years ago in July of 1981and was tortured and beaten for 20 days in Pole Roomi Detention Center. In these 20 days she has been kept amongst addicts and dealers of narcotics and was subject to sham execution in the lands around Azadi Sport Complex while being pregnant. Then she had been transferred to Evin Prison and kept there for 16 months and freed on Fall of 1982. Her baby was born in prison.

A fired teacher arrested in Kurdistan
Kurdistan, July 12, 2010
Nemat Asadi a fired high school teacher was arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. The agents confiscated his computer, books and notes when they arrested him at home and threatened his family not to talk about the event.
Nemat worked with Jivar weekly and was arrested before charged with acting against national security.

Female prisoners deprived from minimum cooling facilities in Tehran heat wave
July 12, 2010
While the government has closed everything down in the country for two days under the excuse of excessive heat, the room which belongs to female political prisoners in Evin prison has no cooling facilities and they are even deprived of cool water.
According to reports, the lack of water and cooling facilities, though it is not a new issue in this cell, has led to serious problems for prisoners and they are not able to move about and have become heat stricken and weak, because of the serious raise in temperatures.
The increase of the number of prisoners in the cell has also increased the heat and has put more pressure on prisoners.

No news on detained Christian couple
July 12, 2010
There is no news on the condition of a detained Christian couple, Behrouz Sadeq Khanjani and his wife Fatemeh Kajouri.
Security forces have banned them from calling their families. These forces went to their homes and told their landlords that they had ‘security problems’.
Fatemeh Turk Kajouri’s father, who went to Evin Prison several times to see his daughter was told that he could visit her on Thursday, but was prevented from visiting her when he came back to the prison on Thursday.
Father Behrouz Sadeq Khanjani, who is the head of the Iran Bamdad Church, was arrested on June 16, 2010 when he was in Shiraz to hand over his last defense to the intelligence agency. After a long interrogation session, he was transferred to the Intelligence Detention Center.
Fatemeh Turk Kajouri, his wife, was arrested on June 18 in Tehran and taken to Evin Prison.


Putting pressure on people of Iran in the name of Islam and religion

Iran Islamizes dolls 
July 11, 2010
The head of the Center for the Mental Upbringing of Children and Teenagers in Mazandaran said, “In the Noor and Chastity Exhibition in Mazandaran, the newest generation of Dara and Sara Dolls with Islamic veiling will be sold”…
“Some families do not dress their children in Islamic attire under the excuse that they are children and in the ages when the duty of observing the Islamic veil become mandatory they have problems and cannot easily teach their children religious values”, Qasem Aziz-Zadeh Gorjy added. (Tabnak state-run website)


News on Iran’s economy

Taxi-agency drivers discontent of the law transport charges
Tehran, July 12, 2010
After the ration of gasoline was decreased the taxi drivers have to by gasoline in free price and they say that the money they charge the passengers is not adequate for such expense. On the other hand passengers complain that the price of charge for transportation with taxi is too high!


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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 13, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.660

The Downfall

Saeed Ghasemi: the war front has reached Jomhori St. behind the Leadership’s home
Tehran, July 11, 2010
A commander of IRGC expressing his fear of regime’s downfall by the national uprising of Iranians said: “today the war front has reached Jomhori St. behind the honorable Leader’s home and he could hear the ominous voice of it”.
Then he pointed to a Pasdar who was missing in Beirut, Ahmad Motevaselian, and addressed him saying that if he was in Iran then the war front would have been Europe and Middle East. He pointed that Motevaselian was the one who: “without any coordination you and Mohsen Vazvaee invaded the Nest of Spies (US embassy) and then you gave Imam (Khomeini) a message that Sir we invaded it what is your command”.
Conceding to meddling of regime in Lebanon and the region’s (countries) he continued addressing Motevaselian and said: “if you were here today defending Palestine, the strategic depth of Islamic Republic’s Establishment, would have been the high priority of the Establishment’s authorities...”

Morteza Nabavi: I fear branching amid hardliners
Tehran, July 11, 2010
A member of regime’s Expediency Council belonging to Khamenei’s band and the editor of Resalat Newspaper, Morteza Nabavi expressed his concern of deepening of schism amid Khamenei’s band and said: “I fear that hardliners would branch and form a current without clericalism”.
He continued: “what I want to say is that we are concerned because currently there is no solution or quest for solving the disputes...I feel that there is going to be a hardliner’s current without clericalism...if this continues at one point the angle between these two currents will increase and God forbid they will confront each other”; but he refused giving any names.

Chain holidays for minimizing Bazaar’s strike
Tehran, July 11, 2010
The clerical regime announced that Sunday and Monday are holidays in Tehran and some other cities in which Bazaars are on strike on the excuse of hot weather. This was such an ignominy that even regime’s media and elements protested that:
In an article titled ‘Chain Holidays on the Excuse of Excessive Heat and Some Points’ Jomhori daily affiliated with Khamenei wrote: “government announced Sunday and Monday of this week as holidays in Tehran and 19 other provinces for the excessive heat for the farewell of the people”.
The source continues: “though the weather is hot in Tehran and some other cities of the country... but it is not unusual and unprecedented and it has never been a holiday because of that in Tehran. Tehran’s weather is lower in temperature from many southern cities of the country and people go at work in those cities... This temperature will continue for some days so will the holidays continue? If not what would be the meaning of this two-day holiday”?
In another event Zolfaghar Shariat responsible for Cultural Unit of Laborers House in Bandar Imam and Mahshar in Khozestan Province said: “in Khozestan the temperature of above 50 C didn’t make the authorities to think of announcing a holiday but two third of this heat in Tehran made them to announce a public holiday. It is for years that unbearable heat and dust is bothering the residents of Khozestan but even once the authorities didn’t close the bureaus in this province...So we can conclude that if Ahwaz was the capital it would have been in holidays 5 months a year for the heat and 7 other months for dust and floods”.

Salehi emphasized on the continuation of Uranium enrichment
Tehran, July 12, 2010
The head of regime’s Atomic Energy Organization emphasized on the continuation of uranium enrichment and said: “currently we have 20 kg of 20% enriched uranium and we are now constructing fuel pages to deliver the fuel to Tehran’s reactor at end of August of next year”.

Ahmadinejad reacts to Larijani’s attack
Tehran, July 12, 2010
In continuation of the incurable disputes amongst regime bands and in reaction to unprecedented attack of Larijani against Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad sent a letter to the regime’s Council of Guidance. In the letter Ahmadinejad said that some plans endorsed by the Majlis were against the constitution and demanded that they be nullified.
In his letter Ahmadinejad accused Larijani that by approving this plan (adding some articles to the law of support for construction and distribution of housing) he has even violated the regulations of the parliament. He said that the vote was less than two third of the regime’s MPs.
Ahmadinejad also wrote that the plan of enrolling students in technical training centers and teachers training centers are not compatible with the constitution.
He accused Larijani of not complying with the regulations in the Establishment’s law in regard with budget law and accused him of not being loyal to his oath as the head of regime’s Majlis.

Regime’s MP threatened Ahmadinejad the he would be questioned in Majlis
Tehran, July 11, 2010
Following Larijani’s attack against Ahmadinejad a regime’s MP attacked his government and warned that the Majlis might call him for questioning.
Mesbahi Moghadam MP from Khamenei’s band said: “... I believe that the government must comply with law... I don’t want to see disputes between the government and Majlis”.
He added: “of course there are other ways to control government’s behavior such as questioning them in Majlis which will correct their behavior but we rather that compromising solutions and leave that as the last solution”.

Two ministers called to Majlis
Tehran, July 11, 2010
Following the escalation in disputes amongst Majlis and government Larijani called two ministers to Majlis. When Ahmadinejad opposed the law approved by Majlis for enrollment of students Larijani called ministers of Education and Science and Research to Majlis to be questioned.


Resistance

Campus flooded with anti regime slogans
Gorgan, July 11, 2010
Struggling students have filled Gorgan’s Department of Agriculture with anti regime slogans.
These slogans are written on the blackboards, walls, doors and classes every where around the campus.
The slogans read as: ‘death to dictator’ and ‘death to Khamenei’.
On the door of the class of so-called Islamic Thoughts it is written ‘death to Khamenei’.
To provoke fear and oppression to make students fear from writing slogans the clerical regime has stationed Bassijies and Harasat agents all over the campus and at the departments.
ISC members reported from Gorgan that at the time of visit of Khamenei’s representative the students of this department clashed with him.


Suppression

Political prisoner Zahra Bahrami in critical condition
Tehran, July 11, 2010
The physical condition of political prisoner Zahra Bahrami (Fe) an Iranian-Dutch citizen who was arrested during Ashura Uprising and is imprisoned in the dreadful ward 209 of Evin Prison is in critical condition.
After 6 months her status is still unknown.
She is suffering from lung problems and her face is swollen and filled with infected pimples. As she has not received any treatment and she is now in critical condition.
She has been accused of ‘Moharebe’ and cooperation with Monarchy Association and PMOI and she is going to be tried for that. She is deprived of having a lawyer.
Mrs. Bahrami is 45 and has two children. She had traveled to Iran to see her children but was arrested during Ashura Uprising and went under interrogation and Medieval tortures to make her confess on regime’s TV shows to use this false confession against her as her charges.

Wild Bassijies raped a girl and killed her
Tabriz, July 11, 2010
In a criminal act a young girl was raped and then killed in Vali-e-Asr region of Tabriz by some Bassiji and Plainclothes.
A Bassiji stopped Elnaz Babazadeh’s car on the excuse of having improper veil and started interrogating her in the street but she resisted.
The Bassiji and two Plainclothes present draw gun at her and entered her car. They beat her and raped her and then shot her to death throwing her body around Imamieh Cemetery.
The criminal Bassiji was the son of one of the commanders of IRGC.
Elnaz’s family complained but IRGC in Tabriz is trying to get hold of the file.
Elnaz was 26.

Ahmadinejad: our Establishment has only one party and that is Velayat
Tehran, July 11, 2010
Amid some representatives of Khameni at the universities Ahmadinejad said: “our Establishment has only one party and that is Velayat (total rule of cleric).


Inhuman position of Iranian Officials about Stoning human beings in Iran

So-called human rights official in Iran defends stoning 
July 10, 2010
The Secretary of the Human Rights Staff in the Judiciary pointed to the widespread attack by western media regarding the sentence issued for a convicted criminal in the Judiciary and said, “Our judicial system cannot change course because of western attacks and media pressure”.
“Western media attack the Islamic Republic under various excuses at any given time and in the past years, sacred Islamic decrees were the subject of these propagandist attacks”, Mohammad Javad Larijani said.
“The attack that the west has carried out on this issue has no affect on the opinion of the judges. The execution of sacred Islamic decrees such as ‘rajm’ (stoning) veiling and inheritance has always been met with their flagrant animosity and basically any issue that smells of (Islamic) decrees is met with their opposition”. (Tabnak state-run website )

East Azarbaijan Judicial head: Sakineh will be executed 
July 11, 2010
The head of the East Azarbaijan Judiciary said that the Judiciary is determined to carry out the rules and regulations and stipulated that “whenever the respected head of the Judiciary decides, the sentence for Sakineh Mohammadi will be executable without any heed for the atmosphere of exaggeration that western media have created ”…
He pointed to western media and those who claim to be defenders of human rights and said, “They are the greatest violators of human rights and (have carried out) crimes against humanity”. (Raja News state-run website)

Baluch teenager in danger of execution
July 10, 2010
A Baluch teenager who was abducted seven months ago by security forces is in danger of execution.
According to reports, 15-year-old Mohammad Saber Malek Risi, son of Molavi Dad Rahman Sarbazi who is from the town of Sarbaz was arrested on charges of cooperation with a dissident group.
Security forces have put pressure on Mohammad Saber Malek to confess to links to the Jondolalh Group. These forces have also told his family that if they do not hand over his elder brother, who is a member of the Jondollah, they will execute Mohammad.
Judicial officials have still not issued any sentences, including a temporary detention order or court sentence, for this political prisoner after 7 months of incarceration.

Iran expels Baha’i student from Qazvin International University
July 11, 2010
Vesal Momtazi, a student of the Qazvin International University was expelled from university for following the Baha’i faith.
He was expelled from this university in June 2010 during the finals exams after studying for seven semesters and passing 124 units on the subject of agricultural engineering.
He has gone to various centers including to the Qazvin MP and Ministry of Science (department of higher education) but has not received any answers.

Iran arrests Christian man in Mazandaran
July 11, 2010 
 Mr. Stephan, a Christian resident of Mazandaran was arrested after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence.
Some time ago, security forces in this province went to the home of Mr. Stephan and confiscated some of his personal belongings. They also summoned him to the Intelligence Agency for the next day.
He went to the Intelligence Agency as asked and after long interrogations, returned home. He was told to come to the intelligence agency whenever ordered.
On Saturday, July 3, he was once again summoned and was arrested.
According to this report, on that day, 10 other Christians were also summoned in Rasht but were released after a few hours of interrogations.

Workers of Iran

Families of arrested worker gathered in protest
Shosh, July 11, 2010
Families of arrested workers of Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Factory gathered in protest in front of regime’s Bureau of Labor holding placards.
Six fired workers of this factory Ali Nejati, Reza Rakhshan, Feraidon Nikofar, Ghorban Alipoor, Jalil Ahmadi and Mohammad Haidari Mehr have been fired since months ago five of them have been in prison for months and Reza Rakhshan has been detained several times.

Sanandaj’s Javeh’s Dam Storage on protest again
Sanandaj, July 11, 2010
The workers of Javeh’s Dam Storage went on protest again on July 10. They have been on protest for several times during last months to protest against none payment of their wages for 5 months in front of the contractor’s office.
More than 300 workers of this construction project have not received their wages since the last months of last Iranian year and at least 15 of them have been fired without receiving their wages.


News on Iran’s economy

Ahmadinejad’s government’s debts have highly increased
Tehran, July 11, 2010
The most current report from Central Bank says that debts of Ahmadinejad’s government in last February were more than 54 billion dollars which has increased 21% in comparison with its previous year. ‘Banks have not been able to receive 40 billion dollars of what the government owed them”.
According to bank regulations if a bank is not able to receive more than 20% of what it has lent, the bank will be announced as bankrupted. According to this law most of the regime’s banks are bankrupted.
As the result banks cannot lend money to factories and thus the factories are closed, workers are jobless and the recession has spread.
Ahmadinejad’s government also has a 60000 billion rials budget deficit and this increases the economy crisis. This deficit means borrowing more money from banks which will increase the amount of cash and will cause more inflation.
Ahmadinejad’s government did have 400 billion dollars of oil income since he came to office but the money is spent on suppression, export of terrorism and regime’s nuclear project.


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