The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.677

Sanctions

We demand more sanctions
Tehran, July 30, 2010
We the students committee in Iran welcome the new EU sanctions against the clerical dictatorship and demand more sophisticated sanctions in all fields; oil, trade and political.
During three decades hundreds of millions of dollars of oil income has been completely at service of the regime used for its military and suppressive forces, export of terrorism and nuclear projects or has been transferred to bank accounts of its top officials.
None of it has been used for prosperity of the country and welfare of its people.
Right now millions of Iranians are living under poverty line but the oil income is in the pockets of the mullahs.
The main veins of Iran’s investment are at hands of IRGC.
We condemn any appeasement policy with this anti-human regime.
Such a policy would mean giving time to the mullahs to obtain nuclear bomb.
The appeasement policy will breed terrorism throughout the world and will lead to the massacre of innocent human beings.
Any appeasement with this regime is nothing but a weak position and yielding to terrorism and achievement of nuclear bomb.
Mullahs want to preserve their power by obtaining nuclear weapons and this is a part of their strategy.
We, the Students Committee in Iran say that the only solution is democratic change in Iran by people and resistance of Iran.
So once again we demand all European countries and US to concentrate sophisticated sanctions on the clerical dictatorship to put an end to the years of suffering of Iranians and to help them to restore peace, freedom and democracy to the land of Iran.
Students Committee in Iran


Regime’s fear of escalation in international sanctions
Tehran, July 30, 2010
The clerical regime complained about Australia’s sanctions against this dictatorship.
Mehr state-run news agency wrote: “following the hostile policies of its American and European masters, Australia announced unilateral sanctions against Islamic Republic of Iran”.
The media belonging to Khamenei’s band added: “Austrailia’s Foreign Minister, Stephan Smith announced sanctions of active sections of Iran’s oil and gas as well as limitations on trade with this country on Thursday...Australia’s new sanction embed 98 companies and 12 personalities who are active in Iran’s financial and transportation sectors. The country has limited for the first time its trade with Iran in oil and gas fields”.

Terrorist threats
Tehran, July 29, 2010
Mullah Mojtaba Zolnoor the deputy representative of Khamenei in IRGC hanged to terrorist threats in regard with sanctions.
Fars News Agency affiliated with IRGC reported: “Mojaba Zolnoor said that if they want to make the straits, oceans and water-ways insecure for us, the strait of Hormoz and Persian Gulf will be insecure for them...the enemy has weak points and we had worked on them. If they act as they threat we will target their weak points”.

Mullahs complain from EU sanctions
Tehran, July 29, 2010
In its editorial Resalat official daily complained about EU sanctions against the clerical regime and wrote: “EU has officially approved sanctions far harsher than those of 1929 resolution against Iran in fields of energy, insurance, trade and transportation”.
The article continued: “a while ago US congress took the first steps for intensification of the sanctions. The fact that US and Europe have decided to take steps beyond the Security Council’s resolution and become more hostile aggressive each day gives Iran the permission to take the 1929 resolution as nothing and the decisions of sanctions of US and EU as nothing”.


The Downfall

The goal of the nationwide uprising: pulling down the principle of Velayat-e-Faghih
Tehran, July 30, 2010
Zarghami the head of regime’s TV & Radio said that the participants in the uprisings targeted Khamenei.
His words were quoted by Fars News Agency affiliated with IRGC as: “in the days of sedition the enemy came and brought the principle of Velayat-e-Faghih under question and we broadcasted the scenes”.
To bring excuse as why they broadcasted scenes of trampling and burning of pictures of Khamenei and Khomeini he added: “they offended the deceased Imam and the leadership and we broadcasted the scenes so that people would become aware”.


Resistance

Writing anti-regime slogans at Tehran’s South and West Terminals
Tehran, July 29, 2010
Passengers using West and South Terminals of Tehran on Thursday July 29 witnessed new slogans on the walls of these two terminals.
The valiant youths of the uprising wrote anti-regime slogans in more than 20 points of these terminals reading as: ‘Iranian nation, strike, strike’, ‘workers, students, Bazaaris and teachers; strike, strike’, ‘death to dictator, death to Khamenei’ and ‘Khamenei must know we are rising each and everyday’.

Political prisoner and father of Ashraf resident on verge of execution
Tehran- July 29, 2010
The death sentence for Jafar Kazemi was upheld by the court of review and his request for appeal was turned down by the 31st branch of the Supreme Court. This sentence was upheld by the 36th branch of the Tehran Appeals Court headed by Hojatol-Islam Zargar.
His lawyer, Ms. Ghanavi said in an interview with a human rights website that her client has spent many days in solitary but was not informed of any other pressure that might have been put on him or his family.
Kazemi, 36, is a lithographer of Amir Kabir University student textbooks and was arrested on September 18, 2009 in Haft Tir Square in Tehran. He was transferred to a solitary cell and was then taken to cellblock 350 in Evin Prison after 74 days. Kazemi was also jailed from 1981 to 1990.
His wife, Roudabeh Akbari had asked for help to stop her husband’s death sentence in a letter to the United Nations. Kazemi was initially tried in the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court.
“Jafar Kazemi has been charged with enmity with God by supporting the Mojahedin group although he has not accepted the charges in any of the interrogations”, Nasim Ghanavi said.
“The charge of enmity with God is one of the crimes for which lawmakers have to consider the canonical conditions for because it has canonical roots; including armed measures because most Shiite clerics believe that a mohareb is someone who uses arms (in resistance). Which is not the case regarding my client. He only participated in post-election gatherings and he might have chanted slogans but as a lawyer I believe that the issue of moharebeh does not definitely relate to him”, she added.
“Unfortunately neither the initial trial considered our defense nor the court of appeals and the Supreme Court also ruled that he is a Mohareb”, she said regarding the defense in court.
According to this lawyer, his sentence has been transferred to the Sentence Implementation Department and from a legal standpoint; no legal measures will be affective to save his life.

Political prisoner banned from family visits on 16th day of hunger strike
Tehran- July 29, 2010
According to reports, political prisoner Arjang Davoudi was banned from seeing his family in the last minute on his 16th day of hunger strike.
On Thursday July 29 his family came to Gohardasht Prison in Karaj on promises from prison officials stressing on their visit and they were led to the visiting hall. Political prisoner Arjang Davoudi was also brought to the visiting hall but in the last minute, he was denied the visit which is a method for putting psychological pressure on him and his family.
Davoudi is in very poor physical health and is suffering from low blood pressure, headaches, dizzy spells, lack of vision and other side effects of hunger strike and has been taken to the prison infirmary on several occasions.


Suppression

An inmate hanged in Qazvin
Qazvin, July 29, 2010
The clerical regime hanged a prisoner in the morning of July 29 in Qazvin.






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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 30, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.676

Sanctions

European sanctions the toughest blow against the clerical regime
Tehran, July 28, 2010
The new course of sanctions of EU is much broader than the sanctions imposed on the clerical dictatorship so far.
The EU has particularly banned investing in regime’s oil and gas industry by European countries.
The sanctions also contain equipments necessary for oil refinery.
This is the toughest blow at regime’s economy.
The clerical regime has very little ability in independently refining its oil and needs to import great amount of refined oil from abroad.
The consequences of these sanctions will be felt deeply in economy and society.

It is predicted that price of gas consuming vehicles will rise
Tehran, July 28, 2010
A sales manager of Iran Khodro said that as gasoline is rationed and people are not able to buy free gasoline it is highly possible that they try to buy gas consuming vehicles.
70% of requests for different vehicles is for gas consuming ones.
If the requests escalate more then there would be the issue of the fuel necessary and the price of these kinds of vehicles will rise too.

Crisis in production in Alborz Industrial Township
Qazvin, July 28, 2010
On July 23, laborers activist in Qazvin reported to ISC that in Alborz Industrial Township electricity is cut daily based on pre-determined schedule and the municipality sees to it to be done.
The activists said that this causes a great problem in production. This township has been facing many problems from before due to wrong policies of the clerical regime but cuts in electricity have intensified the crisis there.

Providing raw material is a challenge 
Tehran, July 28, 2010
The report obtained by ISC from Abbas Abad Industrial Township shows that factories and production units are facing a great problem for providing their raw material.
Molding factories must pay the price for their raw material in cash even it the cash is provided it’s hard to obtain these raw materials.
The quality of the materials is poor and they have to work a few months and in some cases a year on them to make them ready to be used in production lines.

Four killed in blast
Bushehr, July 28, 2010
On July 27 in Khark Oil Enterprise 4 were torn to pieces because one of the boilers blasted.
The governor has said that the boilers were too old and that was the reason for blast.
All the equipments in the company are old and not standard and because of sanction regime of Iran has problem to import these kinds of equipments.

Workers fired in Shiraz dairy factory
Shiraz, July 28, 2010
On Saturday July 17 at least 20 workers of Shiraz Diet Dairy Factory were fired. One of these workers told ISC that this factory is suffering from problems and crises in all production and industrial units and ‘with the policies of current government these problems will increase daily’.
As the result all the workers without low class education and without especial expertise were fired.
The workers protests had no result.

The reaction of residents of Karaj and Qazvin in regard with increase in prices
Tehran, July 28, 2010
Reports obtained by ISC from Karaj and Qazvin show that although the price of general livelihood especially gasoline has risen due to sanction but people are in high spirit supporting the sanctions.


The Downfall

Khamenei ousted 250 commanders of IRGC
Tehran, July 29, 2010
Following the escalation of disputes within the clerical dictatorship ruling Iran, state-run news agencies announced that 250 of IRGC commanders have been retired because they had been affiliated with the defeated fraction.
It was for the first time that Jafari the head of IRGC admitted to duality within IRGC.
Jafari’s words being quoted by Fars News Agency is: “the leader of Islamic Republic formed an especial committee headed by his son Mojtab and retired 250 of IRGC commanders”.
In this committee Hossein Taeb the head of IRGC’s intelligence and Reza Naghdi the commander of Bassij and others who had role in the suppression of events after the election were present.
Some of these retired IRGC commanders are Brigadier Commanders Hossein Alavi, Hossein Dehghan, Mostafa Ajerloo, Morteza Ghorbani and others.

Mullah Janati absurdlyclaimed he has connections with Imam Zaman
Tehran, July 28, 2010
As people’s wrath and hatred towards this clerical dictatorship increases each day and having in mind the international isolation of Velayat-e-Faghih’s Establishment, Mullah Jananti, the secretary of Council of Guidance claimed that he is in connection with Imam Zaman (the last Imam of Shiite that will come in future) and said: “God has chosen Khamenei for leadership”.
He added: “thought the Establishment was almost overthrown several times but under the leadership of Khamenei it has survived”.

Warning against the continuation of the uprising
Tehran, July 28, 2010
Qolamhossein Elham, an ousted member of regime’s Council of Guidance expressed his concern of the continuation of the uprising and said: “We shouldn’t think that ‘sedition’ (the name regime calls the uprising) is over”.
ILNA news agency on July 26 quoted Elham, who was also the former spokesman of Ahmadinejad’s government, speaking amongst a group of regime’s mercenaries in Babolsar as: “the enemy was able to use people from amongst us to charge against Islamic Republic and to organize forces. These soldiers of the ‘soft-war’s’ warfront took steps against the Islamic Republic and this was an experience for the Revolution”.
He warned: “we should not forget these currents of sedition and they are not over...we must be wary about their new plans...”


Resistance

Call for saving lives of political prisoners in Iran
Tehran, July 29, 2010
Mr. Reza Joshan political prisoner in Gohardasht Prison, ward 6, who is on hunger strike since July 21 in protest to unbearable pressures imposed on the prisoners went into coma and the henchmen were thus forced to transfer him to a hospital out of prison. He is in critical condition now.
Reza 25 was arrested for the second time last December because his brother is a PMOI member residing in Ashraf City, Iraq. He went under the most severe tortures and was forced to ask for pardon from Khamenei which he resisted against and went on hunger strike. His mother, father and sister were formerly detained on the same charge and her mother is still in prison.
Khaled Hardani political prisoner on ward 4 of Gohardasht Prison is in critical condition. He too went on hunger strike in protest to the prison’s conditions since July 22.
Physical condition of Mr. Arjang Davoodi is also critical. He is a political prisoner kept in ward 3 of Gohardasht Prison beside dangerous criminals. He has been on hunger strike for two weeks and is now in critical condition. He has been in different prisons of Islamic Republic including Evin, Bandar Abbas and Gohardahst since mid-Fall of 2003 and he has been under most vicious tortures and pressures.
Students Committee in Iran demands immediate international action for saving the lives of political prisoners in Iran especially those in hunger strike.

Condition of family member of Ahsraf residents in jeopardy at regime’s prisons
Tehran, July 28, 2010
ISC demands an immediate action by international organs to save the lives of political prisoners in dungeons of clerical dictatorship;
Hasan Tarlani 23 and student, his mother and brother are PMOI members residing in Ahsraf City, Iraq. He has been transferred to Kerman and is kept amongst dangerous criminals. He has been beaten with the intention of killing him several times and transferred to prisons treatment section and is in critical condition.
Khaled Hardani was beaten in recent days by baton and transferred to solitary cells. He and other political prisoners have been threatened that they will be annihilated.
Hood Yazarloo 22 and student, is condemned to 3 years’ term because he had visited his relatives in Ahsraf. He was attacked by regime’s gangs at ward 4 of Gohardasht Prison on July 22 and is in critical condition due to the strokes on his head.
Ali Moezi 58, his daughters are in Ashraf City, imprisoned in ward 4 of Gohardash Prison is suffering from severe kidney problems. He has lost one of his kidneys due to tortures and the other kidney is infected because of tortures, contaminated water and lack of medical treatment during last 20 months.


Suppression

Political prisoner reports on appalling state of Gohardasht Prison; 
For those who are willing to listen
Tehran- July 28, 2010
Dr. Saied Masouri, a PMOI political prisoner sentenced to life in prison is currently in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj and has given a report on this prison.
The report is as follows:
Though it is probable that life seemingly goes on outside of prison, in Karaj no one can believe that a few meters away behind the walls of prison which people pass by, there is a hell and human catastrophe in progress. Just as many people were living around the Auschwitz and Dachau death camps and they might not have know what went on inside these camps.
I want to paint you a picture of the Rajayi Shahr Prison which seems very big for the residents of Karaj but is actually very small because of the mass crowds held inside. It seems as if it is a different world here. Something like hell in fictional movies filled with fire and smoke and blackened and unkempt faces, naked and sweaty bodies which have become red with lice bites, pants with one leg ripped off used as a makeshift belt, dirty bare feet, clothes that have been worn inside out because of lice, ripped rubber slippers, dirty and polluted air, the smell of rotten trash, the sewage coming from clogged toilets, dried vomit from food poisoning, mucus from infected throats which can be seen everywhere in prison, the smell of sweaty bodies which rarely have the privilege of taking a shower in this closed, hot and polluted space… All of this is completed with the smell of urine of those who cannot control themselves reaches. And the aggravating shouts and yells of prisoners waiting in long lines with blackened plastic bottles used as tea cups; prisoners waiting in long compressed lines for a turn in the bathroom, shower or …
Tired worn out faces, as a result of malnutrition, hidden under long beards and disheveled hair, irritant coughs from lung problems as a result of the closed atmosphere, unusual bodies which reminds a person of starving African children, scores of prisoners lying in the middle of the halls who have either fallen into a death like sleep or have been heat stricken and are staring with glassy eyes at the walls or ceiling. Or others, leaning naked on the walls, searching for the lice in their clothes.
Several other prisoners stand alone or in groups of two staring at others because they are unable to move around in the density of the prison or those who play with the stitches on their writs or throats which they have received as a result of suicide attempts. They usually have a piece of cloth or towel with them to wipe off the sweat from their face every few minutes which they sometimes use as a mask to fend off the pungent stench or at least make it a little more tolerable. All of this along with the deafening sounds of the loudspeakers and vulgar cursing which invite prisoners to follow their turns for the shower and toilets. All of this can be understood when you realize that in a place that has the capacity of 90 people, 1,100 people are detained. There is one shower for 250 people, 500 people have one soap, 170 people have one toilet (which is usually clogged up and filthy), five people have one cubic cm of space (that is why prisoners sleep in the hallways and staircases), 5 or 6 people share one blanket and are forced to stay out in the sun in the prison yard from 7am to 7pm because they do not fit in the cells or indoors. There is rarely any room to stand in the prison yard and when food is thrown in a piece of newspaper for many prisoners, they can find no other place than the prison yard to sit down and eat. This situation has even annoyed the prison guards because they cannot conduct a headcount and are also in danger of catching all kinds of diseases…
What is more amazing is that the TV (state-run TV inside prison) talks about human dignity, the stature of human beings and even global management from dawn to dusk but does not talk about these hardships in prison because talking about hygiene, showers and toilets is intertwined with national security and bringing it up is a crime in the lines of acting against national security and publishing lies and if someone like 22 year old political prisoner Reza Jushan who was arrested after the elections protests this condition, he is immediately thrown in solitary. Of course I expect nothing less, but the state of Rajayi Shahr Prison (and of course other prisons) is so appalling that solitary is no solution (for dissent) and therefore Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghuraib are like inaccessible dreams fro prisoners and the hope of execution is a far easier, prevalent and more accessible solution for escape from this condition.
Saied Masouri 
Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj  

Sudden communication cut off of political prisoners with families leads to concerns
Tehran- July 28, 2010
According to reports, families of political prisoner especially families of death row political prisoners have expressed serious concerns for the sudden cut off of all communications with their loved ones in cellblock 350 in Evin Prison.
All calls of political prisoners with their families have been cut off on orders of Ministry of Intelligence interrogators. This issue has led to concerns among families of political prisoners. Currently there are a number of death row political prisoners in cellblock 350 in Evin Prison. They are Jafar Kazemi, Mohammad-Ali Haj Aqayi, Mohsen Daneshpour Moqadam, and Ahmad Daneshpour Moqadam among others.

Unannounced curfew in Karaj
Tehran, July 29, 2010
At the anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, and after the approval of the unilateral sanctions by EU an unannounced curfew was going on in Karaj in fear of an uprising.
Regime’s mercenaries established check points in Qazvin- Karaj route, around Melard Fardis and Andisheh, and at the entrance of Loshan and Majil tunnels.
Everything was searched.

37 journalists in prison under the clerical dictatorship’s rule
Tehran, July 28, 2010
At least 37 journalists are imprisoned in the Islamic Republic. We the Students Committee condemn the fact that journalists in Iran do not enjoy minimum freedom for reflecting the truth of Iran’s society.
We demand that international organizations take immediate action for their freedom and the conditions of journalists in Iran under the rule of mullahs.

Blocking VPN protocols for Iranians
Tehran, July 28, 2010
Because of regime’s filtering many of our compatriots are using VPN accounts to be able to connect of internet and to open filtered sites but recently the government and its communication system has limited these accounts for many ISP’s or service providers, which is an illegal act.


Workers of Iran

Workers of one of the enterprises affiliated with regime TV & Radio are collectively fired
Tehran, July 27, 2010
Takta Company (research and production company for electronic devices) affiliated with regime’s TV & Radio has started firing a great number of its employees. No official papers are given to these employees in that regard and Harasat has banned it. The officials have said that these workers ‘are lazy’ and that’s the reason they are fired!
The company wants to keep only 80 from 300 employees of this company.


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Brief - Clerical regime’s muddled economic condition

Brief

Clerical regime’s muddled economic condition

Effects of international sanctions gradually show up,

Crisis of Electricity; intensive pressure on Iran’s industry

Continuous cut in electricity is not only putting pressure on residents of the country but also is a pain in the neck for the industry in some provinces especially in Tehran.
Different fields of industry are daily facing billions of tomans of damages. As the weather heats up and there is more consumption of energy the Ministry of Industry has decided to cut electricity for some hours during the day.
But this decision has meant billions of tomans of loss for industry at Tehran Province especially in industrial townships at south, east and west of this province.
The cut in electricity which has gradually started from the last days of June has escalated during last week.
Some industrial townships of Tehran Province are suffering an eight-hours daily cut in electricity during morning and early afternoon.
Also sudden cut in electricity has caused great many problems including damaging the appliances and machinery, corruption of raw material, air pollution, closure of production lines and making workers jobless, corruption of products at the point of transfer amongst the production lines and thus imposing billions of tomans of loss on the industry.

Another field suffering from this phenomenon is export industry of Iran. 
The industry that has scheduled its daily production to be able to export goods at the scheduled time is facing problems and is suffering a great loss.
In an interview with Mehr state-run news agency an industrial activist said: “we are not having electricity daily from 11 am till six pm and some times more and without former notice”.
“The damage imposed on some of industries is few million tomans each hour and in some cases few hundred million tomans for each hour and it is not clear who is responsible for such damage.”
He pointed that products in molding industry melt without electricity and added: “in many cases and during the current week as the electricity was cut the products have remained in kilns and melted and sometimes the kilns were harmed and became out of order.”

“Industries producing glasses, taps, petrochemicals, plastics, shoes, dishes and food in Iran’s industrial townships have suffered a great damage because of continuous cut in electricity which is not even in compliance with the table of timing given and because the government has given false promises.

In addition to all these problems the banking operations of industries in banks located in these townships are facing problems.
Owners and employees of different industries have not been able to handle the smallest banking affairs and transfer of funds needed.
Another problem caused by cut in electricity in industrial townships targets workers and their families especially their kids who live in these townships because of heat and polluted air and cut in water.”


The activist continues: “the managers of industrial townships and the authorities responsible for all these townships have not been able so far to do something for solving this crisis.”

The mentioned cases expressed by activists in industrial townships come at a time when the deputy of Minister of Industry and Mines has announced an agreement with Ministry of Power according to which the industrial townships throughout country will not face any more electricity cut”.
 (another deception of Ahmadinejad’s government).  

  (Jomhori Islami daily July 18)


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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 29, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.675

Uprising is alive, 
clashes in soccer matches

Soccer match led to clashes with SSF
Tehran, July 28, 2010
In the last minutes of the soccer match between Perspolis and Teraktorsazi on Tuesday July 27 the protesting youths sat fire under some of the seats and torched them.
During the match suppressive forces attacked two youths and beat them but they resisted and other audiences came to their help and clashed with the agents but eventually the two youths were arrested and taken away.
Several times during the match especially at the second half the sound of the stadium was cut and not broadcasted because the audience was chanting anti-regime slogans.
It is to be mentioned that in fear of clashes during the match regime wanted to have the minimum audience present at the stadium so it provided no facilities for Traktorsazi fans to be able to get to Tehran from Tabriz.
The cell-phones of the team members too were under control.

Clashes in soccer match in Tabriz
Tabriz, July 28, 2010
On Monday July 26 during the soccer match between Shahrdari and Estaghlal teams in Tabriz the audience clashed with suppressive SSF and chanted slogans against them shouting ‘knavish’ at them.


Regime’s nuclear program & sanctions

Great decrease in gasoline import
Tehran, July 27, 2010
Following the escalation of sanctions against clerical regime, gasoline import in July has had great decrease in comparison with month of July of the last year.
Since the beginning of July only three ships had delivered gasoline to Iran which is a great decrease in the number of ships in comparison with the same time last year.

Another factory closes
Tehran, July 27, 2010
The Sandogh Nasooz Factory closes from July 27 till August 6. In the recent month due to constant cut in electricity the production of this factory as dramatically decreased.
There is no out of work hour’s jobs. All these have raised the concern and protest of the workers of this factory.

Noticeable drop in production 
Tehran, July 27, 2010
Due to constant cuts in electricity Margarin Oil Factory’s is suffering from noticeable drop in its production. Because of the sanctions and shortage in fuel they cannot turn on the generator for long and thus the workers cannot work more to get paid more. This has raised their protest.

Electricity cut in Karaj
Karaj, July 27, 2010
Since the beginning of summer and the escalation of consumption of electricity, it is being cut throughout Karaj. In the region of Gohardasht in Karaj during the two first weeks of summer there has been an average of 30 to 60 minutes cut. Southern regions of the city are suffering few hours cut. The cut in the suburbs which are industrial regions like Hashtgerd industrial city the factories are forced to change their hours of work so that they can compensate for the cut.

Asking for Cooperation
Tehran, July 28, 2010
Regime Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Mehmanparast expressed regime fear from tightening of the circle of sanctions around the clerical dictatorship and said: “we had said times and again that we are ready to cooperate”.
ILNA official news agency quoted Mehmanparast on July 7 after the finalization of sanctions of EU against the clerical dictatorship as: “EU is walking blindfolded in a wrong direction under the pressure of US. It is bringing its identity and independence under question by following US”.
The spokesman claimed that “Islamic Republic has been ready to cooperate times and again to establish a positive atmosphere but step taken by EU will make the situation more complicated”.

Larijani mourns on the tightening of sanctions against the clerical dictatorship
Tehran, July 28, 2010
Larijani, the head of regime’s Majlis warned regime’s elements in fear of the tightening of the sanctions not to treat everybody the same at the international scene.
Mehr state-run news agency quoted him on July 26 as: “didn’t US nuclear center announce that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapon then how come this country issued the resolution of sanctions against Islamic Republic of Iran in such a rush at Security Council”.
Larijani added: “they told Orduqan and Brazil’s president to come to Tehran and negotiate with Iran’s authorities about nuclear file but just in two weeks they acted differently. This shows that they are liars”.
He then threatened US and said: “they think that Lebanon is their toy. They are very wrong. They must watch out maybe this toy will amputate their hand”.

Ahmadinejad threatens foreign countries in regard with sanctions
Ahmadinejad: one of my wishes is that they impose sanctions on gasoline
Tehran, July 26, 2010
Addressing the European counties in a festival Ahmadinejad said: “Iran will count any country that participates in US scenario against Iran (read clerical dictatorship) as enemy”.
ISNA state-run news agency quoted him as: “one of my wishes is that they impose sanction on gasoline. We will substitute 17 million liters in two days”.
Ahmadinejad: “whoever decides to act against Iranian nation (read clerical dictatorship) and wants to inspect Iranian ships will immediately witness the reaction of the Iranian nation. Experience shows that they will regret this reaction.
The Iranian nation has buries hundreds like you and there is nothing left (of them)...”


Downfall

Khamenei pulled back from calling himself Vali-e-Faghih of Moslems
Tehran, July 26, 2010
As people took for nothing Khameneis saying last week that he is the Vali-e-Faghih of Moslems, his office had to take back the saying and say that this was a political act of Khamenei.
On July 25, Khabar On Line wrote that Khamenei’s office answered to the ambiguity raised by Khamenei’s answer to a question about Velayat-e-Faghih.
The office said: “we must notice that this questioning and the answer to it was the political path of the leader of Islamic Revolution being put in form of religious laws...”

Isa Saharkhiz complains to international organs from Khamenei!
Tehran, July 26, 2010
As schism gets even deeper within the regime, Isa Saharkhiz the former media deputy of regime’s Ministry of Guidance from the defeated fraction wrote in an open letter that he intends to complain to international organs from Khamenei!
In his open letter he has written: “Ayatollah Khamenei has role in the tortures. He who is the highest authority of Islamic Republic permits himself to meddle in all affairs of the three powers of the country and the heads of these three powers count his words as the ultimate words against the contents of the constitution so he must answer for the deeds of his subordinates”.
He continued: “Mohsen Eje-ee beat the detainees himself...being in position of the deputy of the Judiciary Power in an official session... he true the sugar pot at me ...and then bit my shoulder and injured me”.

Mullah Mesbah Yazdi emphasized on branching within Khamenei’s band
Tehran, July 26, 2010
Mullah Mesbah Yazdi, regime’s MP said that branching will occur within Khamenei’s band.
ILNA state-run news agency reported about this, quoting him that the branching is related to ‘the knowledge of the society’ and will occur within the hardliners too. He called this a ‘realistic analysis’.
He added: “I believe that different groups can show up within the current of hardliners”.
Admitting that people hate all bands of clerical dictatorship Moghadam said: “people are straight in regard with all groups and if they see that a group is going astray they will abandon it”.

Rahim Safavi demands that IRGC be on the state of alert
Tehran, July 26, 2010
Rahim Safavi the former head of IRGC asked that all the forces of this suppressive organ be on state of alert for confronting any potential attack against the clerical dictatorship.
ILNA state-run news agency quoted him on July 24 as: “the possibility of attacking Iran is not much and we enjoy a good defensive state of alert. But they might politically make the decision to attack. We have to wait and see”.
He continued: “the future war would be in air and sea and not in land... in the new plan that US government had presented to the congress the strategy of fight in land is ruled out and we must get ready to fight in air and sea”.
He claimed: “if US engages in a land with Iran our Bassijis will tear them apart at the border”.

Regime’s measures for confronting defects within SSF
Tehran, July 26, 2010
To confront wave of defection within its disciplinary and military forces the clerical regime announced that ‘Council for Prevention of Crimes in Military and Disciplinary Units’ is going to be established.
Mullah Mohammad Kazem Bahrami the head of regime’s ‘Judiciary Organization for Armed Forces’ admitted: “spying, committing suicide, deserting the service and damaging the belongings are amongst the most important crimes within armed forces”.


Resistance

Regime’s fear of the role of PMOI in the nationwide uprising
Tehran, July 28, 2010
Mullah Jafar Shajooni, a member of the central council of a band called ‘The Society of Clergymen’ showed how much regime fears PMOI’s role in the nationwide uprising.
In return from an eight-day long trip to Lebanon about his meeting with Hassan Nasrollah he said: “Hassan Nasrollah pointed to the sedition of last year in Iran and said the participants in the sedition were followers of Monafeghin who reside in Iraq”.

Writing anti-regime slogans and calls for strike
Tehran, July 28, 2010
On July 26 youths of Tehran wrote slogans in metro stations and gas stations throughout the city calling people to go on strike to continue the uprising.
At gas station in Kargar St, Hor Square the slogan of “worker, Bazaari, teacher and students strike, strike” attracted the attention of drivers and passengers.
At Imam Hossein Metro, Khazaneh, Toopkhaneh, Nezamabad and Baharestsn metro stations the slogan of “Iranian nation strike, strike- death to Khamenei” was seen in different locations of the stations attracting the attention of passer-byes.
At bus stations in Ponak, Tarbiat Moalem and Sadi slogans of “all together, we will strike and we will get rid of Velayat” caught the eyes of the passengers.
In another event on July 24 in Tehran bus stations in Enghelab Square, Farahzad Highway, Imam Hossein Square, Toopkhane and Rahahan a great number of slogans called upon people to strike. Some of these slogans were: “nationwide strike is the answer to this dictatorship”, “workers, Bazaaris, teachers and students strike, strike” and “we all together will pull down Velayat by going on strike”.


Suppression

Hunger striking political prisoner goes into coma 
Tehran- – July 26, 2010
According to reports, political prisoner Reza Jushan went into a coma on his sixth day of hunger strike and was taken to the Gohardasht Prison infirmary on a stretcher.
He went into a coma on Monday, July 26. Other prisoners were not allowed to get near him in the infirmary and according to eye witnesses he is in critical condition. This political prisoner is in a very dangerous state. It is not know why he went into a coma.
Reza Jushan announced on July 21 that he would go on a hunger strike in protest to the intolerable conditions in prison. He announced his reasons for hunger strike in the letter below written to Gerami, Gohardasht Prison’s manager which has been sent for us as well:
1- My future state has not been determined and I have not been transferred to the public cellblock.
2 – Being banned from making calls and visiting my mother Mrs. Zahra Asadpour Gorji, son of Habibollah, who is currently in the female cellblock in Gohardasht Prison.
3 - Not having the right to call or see my family outside of prison.
Mohebi, a head interrogator in the Intelligence Agency ordered that Reza Jushan be transferred to the Secondary Section 17 in Cellblock 6 after subjecting him to violent physical and mental torture. This section is used to put pressure on prisoners. Mohebi also deprived his mother, Zahra Asadpour Gorji, from having any kind of communication with her son and other family members. Mohebi threatened political prisoner Reza Jushan that he would be physically eliminated. He is an official and head interrogator in the Intelligence Agency in Karaj. This torturer issues arrest warrants for student, labor, and political activists, dervishes and those who participated in the post-election protests. He also interrogates and physically and mentally tortures detainees along with another interrogator named Reza Arefi in the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison. This intelligence interrogator threatens and puts pressure on political prisoners. He has committed numerous crimes in the last 30 years.
Jushan, 25, was arrested on December 1, 2009 after agents of the Intelligence Agency raided his home. He was taken to a solitary cell in the Sepah cellblock and after two months was taken to cellblock 4. Intelligence Agents once again raided the home of this family on December 7 and arrested his mother, Zahra Asadpour Gorji. She was also taken to the Sepah Cellblock and after weeks of interrogations and physical and mental torture, was transferred to Gohardasht Prison’s female cellblock. Gorji and her daughter Fatemeh Jushan were arrested before this for visiting their family members in Camp Ashraf in Iraq and were detained for 16 months in Gohardasht Prison. They were released after serving their prison term. Gorji and her son were sentenced to one year of prison to be served in Zanjan Prison and four years of exile in the Qeilar Village in Zanjan.
Currently, in addition to political prisoner Reza Jushan, political prisoner Arjang Davoudi and prisoner Khaled Hardani have also gone on hunger strikes this prison.
Notably, political prisoners have been murdered before while on hunger strike including political prisoners Akbar Mohammadi and Valiollah Feiz Mahdavi on orders of the Ministry of Intelligence and prison officials.

Iran hangs three men in Ahwaz
July 27, 2010
The death sentences of three prisoners in the Karoun Prison in Ahwaz were carried out yesterday morning in this prison.
The Attorney General had upheld their sentences.

IRGC takes control in Mashad’s airport
Mashad, July 28, 2010
The controlling section for women in Mashad’s airport that was under the control of SSF is handed over to IRGC.

Islamic Republic’s official anthem deserted
Isfahan, July 28, 2010
Last week during a play in Shahre Kurd University in Isfahan when at the end of the play the official anthem of Islamic Republic was played some of the students didn’t rise to sing the anthem. They were then summoned to the Disciplinary Committee of the university.

Threatening the active students
Mashad, July 28, 2010
Most of the leaders of the students for gatherings and protests against the clerical dictatorship have been identified in Mashad’s Ferdosi and Azad Universities by the Intelligence Committees stationed there.
In days that there is a probability of protest gathering Bassij calls these students and threatens them or when the gathering forms Bassiji students are mobilized against them.
One of these active students from Azad University called Farshid Azizi is recently ousted out of university.
In another event the publication belonging to Islamic Association of Ferdosi University called ‘Simia’ which was banned for 3 months was again banned for another 9 months.

Blogger goes on hunger strike in protest to being kept in solitary for 8 months
July 27, 2010
Blogger Hossein Ronaqi has gone on a hunger strike. He was arrested on December 13, 2009 and is still in a solitary cell in the Sepah Cellblock 2A.
He went on a hunger strike in protest to his prolonged detention in solitary and also pressure on him to give an interview on state-run TV. His mother, Zoleikha Moussavi said in this regard, “Hossein is under severe pressure to confess on television”.
She also expressed concern about her son being kept in solitary for eight months.
“Hossein called and said that they blindfolded him at night and told him he had to give an interview. I am very worried. My son is still under pressure to give an interview on TV and I really do not know what to do”, his mother added.

Family members of children’s rights lawyer arrested, no news on lawyer 
Tehran- July 25, 2010
Fereshteh Halimi, the wife of Mohammad Mostafayi and her brother Farhad Halimi were arrested at 11 pm last night and there is no news on the whereabouts of children’s rights activist Mohammad Mostafayi.
Yesterday, Mostafayi went to the court in Evin Prison to answer some questions and was interrogated fro 4 hours. Subsequently, yesterday evening, security forces went to his office with a warrant for his arrest, but he was not in his office.
In the end, Fereshteh Halimi and Farhad Halimi were arrested near his office and there is no news on their whereabouts.

Former student prisoner witnesses horrifying sexual abuse in Babol Prison
Tehran- July 24, 2010
Iman Sediqi explained the horrifying condition of political prisoners in prison in an interview…
Iman Sediqi: Dangerous criminals were kept in the public cellblock. People who had committed crimes such as murder, kidnappings, rape, vandalizing and forced entrance into homes… In our room there were about 15 other prisoners who lived with us in the cell…
Most of them were arrested for street fights but there were other people who were arrested for kidnappings, vandalizing or raping their child.
Unfortunately that person (rapist) who was not in a suitable mental condition raped his 11 year old son and was sentenced to 10 years of prison and lived with us in one room. Of course no one had the right to know our charge and they had written that we had committed vandalizing in the prisoner list in our cell so that no one would notice (that we were political prisoners)…
There were two prisoners who had a fight with each other in the quarantine section… The next day when I went to the quarantine section to use the telephone I realized that prisoners who ran the quarantine section (we call them the prisoner’s representatives) had chained the legs of this prisoner to the leg of another prisoner in the middle of the yard and forced him to carry out a vulgar sexual act with the prisoner chained to him in front of all the other prisoners in the middle of the yard. And when he got tired and stopped what he was doing, he would be violently assaulted with the handle of a broom and would be forced to continue…
Three days after we were transferred to the public cellblock, we went to see the head of the prison and asked to be transferred to the Private Cellblock but he refused and said that we do not give a cell to anti-revolutionaries. He also told us that we had no right to tell anyone what our crime was and that we are not allowed to talk about our charge with anyone and if we did we would be transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Center in Sari.

Iran arrests activist in Tehran
Tehran- July 25, 2010
Hoda Saber, a national-religious activist was kidnapped on July 25 after leaving her place of work.
According to reports, Hoda Saber left her office at 5:30 and was to meet her husband at his office at 5:45pm. Her husband waited for her until 7 pm but she did not come. She was probably kidnapped and arrested. In the past week, security forces had gone to her office when she was not in.
She was summoned by phone to start her prison term but her lawyer went to court and asked that the sentence be given to them in a written form. He was told that it would be announced to them in written form. But no written sentence was given.


Workers of Iran

Protest at Naznakh Factory
Qazvin, July 26, 2010
Since Monday morning, July 26 more than 120 workers of Naznakh Factory in Qazvin gathered in protest to the condition of their livelihood and their 5 months unpaid wages and bonuses in front of the factory.
These workers refer almost on daily bases to different organs of the regime to receive what belongs to them but no body cares and gives an answer to them.

Employees of Qom’s 118 Communication on strike
Qom, July 26, 2010
Employees of Qom’s 118 Communication continued their strike for the second day. The turned off all the communication apparatus at the bureau and sat-in in the yard.
One of the employees said: “the new contractor has decided to fire half of us all having more than 10 years history of work at the bureau”.
Another employee said: “the new contractor has announced that those who does not get fired and stay have to work 12 hours a day 4 hours more than the legal work hours. This kind of work requires a good nerve and it is hard to bear it even for eight hours”.
Another employee: “after 10 to 15 years that we have been working here and we have lost our good ears and eyes and nerves they tell us Mr. get lost, you are fired”.


Other News

Regime’s new ambassador to Iraq an important commander of IRGC
Tehran, July 28, 2010
Hassan Danaeefar regime’s new ambassador in Iraq is one of the most important commanders of IRGC. He was formerly working at the Council of Expediency headed by Rafsanjani and he has been present in Iraq for the last few years.
Danaeefar who is originally from Iran went back to the country from Iraq at the time of Iran- Iraq war.
Later he joined Badr, the military branch of Alla Assembly. He can well speak Arabic and Kurdish.
He has played a great role in Qod’s force’s activities and operations out of Iran’s land.
He has a great bond with Iraqi, especially Shiite politician at the top of them Nori Maleki; he also has relations with Kurdish leaders.


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Brief Clerical regime’s muddled economic condition Effects of international sanctions gradually show up, Crisis of Electricity; intensive pressure on Iran’s industry Continuous cut in electricity is not only putting pressure on residents of the country but also is a pain in the neck for the industry in some provinces especially in Tehran. Different fields of industry are daily facing billions of tomans of damages. As the weather heats up and there is more consumption of energy the Ministry of Industry has decided to cut electricity for some hours during the day. But this decision has meant billions of tomans of loss for industry at Tehran Province especially in industrial townships at south, east and west of this province. The cut in electricity which has gradually started from the last days of June has escalated during last week. Some industrial townships of Tehran Province are suffering an eight-hours daily cut in electricity during morning and early afternoon. Also sudden cut in electricity has caused great many problems including damaging the appliances and machinery, corruption of raw material, air pollution, closure of production lines and making workers jobless, corruption of products at the point of transfer amongst the production lines and thus imposing billions of tomans of loss on the industry. Another field suffering from this phenomenon is export industry of Iran. The industry that has scheduled its daily production to be able to export goods at the scheduled time is facing problems and is suffering a great loss. In an interview with Mehr state-run news agency an industrial activist said: “we are not having electricity daily from 11 am till six pm and some times more and without former notice”. “The damage imposed on some of industries is few million tomans each hour and in some cases few hundred million tomans for each hour and it is not clear who is responsible for such damage.” He pointed that products in molding industry melt without electricity and added: “in many cases and during the current week as the electricity was cut the products have remained in kilns and melted and sometimes the kilns were harmed and became out of order.” “Industries producing glasses, taps, petrochemicals, plastics, shoes, dishes and food in Iran’s industrial townships have suffered a great damage because of continuous cut in electricity which is not even in compliance with the table of timing given and because the government has given false promises. In addition to all these problems the banking operations of industries in banks located in these townships are facing problems. Owners and employees of different industries have not been able to handle the smallest banking affairs and transfer of funds needed. Another problem caused by cut in electricity in industrial townships targets workers and their families especially their kids who live in these townships because of heat and polluted air and cut in water.” The activist continues: “the managers of industrial townships and the authorities responsible for all these townships have not been able so far to do something for solving this crisis.” The mentioned cases expressed by activists in industrial townships come at a time when the deputy of Minister of Industry and Mines has announced an agreement with Ministry of Power according to which the industrial townships throughout country will not face any more electricity cut”. (another deception of Ahmadinejad’s government). - (Jomhori Islami daily July 18) Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iran-Students-Committee/222864894745?ref=ts Iranstudentscommittee.blospot.com Facebook Profile: Sarzamin Pak

long lines for gasoline addes to people's discontent of the clerical dictatorship July 28, 2010

Brief - Sanctions- Khamenei and IRGC

Brief

Sanctions- Khamenei and IRGC

Status of IRGC after 1929 resolution of sanctions

Khamenei’s fear from his regime’s downfall

July 28, 2010
On July 14 in a meeting with the members of IRGC Khamenei reminded them their reason for existence and said: “in regard with the anti-Revolutionists IRGC has preserved its identity in Tehran’s streets, in Kurdistan events, during eight years of war (Iran-Iraq war) and in other events and scenes. It has been flexible enough to reorganize itself according to the necessities of the time so that it can act to its duties”.

Khamenei expressed his fear from the international pressures and vast sanctions on one side and the uprisings of people of Iran on the other side and demanded that his suppressive IRGC members act to ‘their main task and be ready’.

Khamenei continued by talking about the sayings of US authorities on change in regime’s behavior and said: “their real intention is to try to change the course of ‘Islamic Revolution’”.
He said in regard with sanctions: “they speak as such that we would think there is something terribly dangerous behind these threats.
Whether these threats are hollow or real we should undoubtedly be ready for preserving the Revolution in any circumstances.
During the ‘sedition’ of the last year they jumped in the middle of the scene and supported those responsible for the sedition”.

Khamenei tries to raise the morale of his defected forces
At the end of his speech while trying to show the situation of IRGC as sound and safe Khamenei said that the ‘propagation of the enemies and their followers inside Iran against IRGC shows how much this force is affective in continuation of the Revolution’.
He advised IRGC forces to increasingly be aware from within the force and always feel responsible in regard with ‘their great duties’.
To keep his defected forces in high spirit Khamenei praised them and said: “even the retired members of IRGC are still counted as its members and like other members they must be taken into account”.


Note:

After Khamenei’s meeting with IRGC members and demanding them to put step forward for confronting the hard conditions the regime is facing, in a session with the heads of IRGC Ahmadinejad asked them to ‘cut the arms of arrogant countries and bullies”.
Jafari the head of IRGC said too: “wise distribution of IRGC missions is one other fields of the Leaderships supervision. Its missions must be proportional to up to date threats.
IRGC does not only act in military aspects but it must be present in all political, security and cultural fields.
Trying to prevent schism within IRGC, jafari said: “if some one wants to be an IRGC member he must not participate in any grouping within the force”.


Jafari admitts to the plundering role of IRGC:
“Some insist that IRGC and Bassij are (just) military forces but Khamenei emphasizes that Bassij is not a military force and IRGC is not only a military force. They have other responsibilities in cultural, political and security fields.
It is essential that all forces be at the state of alert to be able to confront any potential attack on the country or in confronting domestic problems such as insecurity in the society. If we just say that these two are military organs and we look just from this point of view for preserving the Revolution this would be the start of our divergence. There is a soft-war going on today and the enemy attacks more each day. He reminded that the philosophy behind the existence of IRGC and Bassij is preserving the Establishment”.

Please pay attention to some other news about how much regime’s heads of state are horrified of the sanctions and a potential military attack on one hand and fear from the uprising and schism on the other hand:


On Line Site- July 21, 2010
Ahmad Khatami: the current of sedition is like fire under the ashes, it might flame again
In the ‘Week of Pasdar’ (IRGC member) and in a gathering with the presence of Bassijis and Pasdars in East Azerbaijan Ahmad Khatami pointed to the IRGC’s morale and said: “IRGC had done well in all military, political, cultural and defensive fields during these 31 years. Pasdars must be always aware and observe the moves and barriers. They must stop the enemies’ conspiracies before they even start, otherwise the sedition might happen again.
Though the current of sedition has stopped temporarily but this possibility exists that it flames just like fire under the ashes.

Fars News Agency- July 22, 2010
Rezaee the head of Valie-e-Faghih’s representative organ in IRGC’s land forces:
Propagation for the culture of Ahle-Bait1 is one of the responsibilities of IRGC
Rezaee said: “we must have more religious studies and dedicate more time to religious issues. We must study the culture of Imams and spread it in the society.”

ISNA News Agency- July 23, 2010 
Yadollah Javani the head of political bureau of IRGC: “the enemy tries to impose its demnad on the other side by forcing that side to accept them.

Jabari the head of the so-called Ali-ben-Abitaleb Corps said on July 17, 2010: “IRGC has stood firm the seditions during last 30 years and had prevented the infiltration of the enemies with all its force and strength. He added: “this corps has 100 battalions called as Imam Hossein Battalions and it fights both military threats and threats due to soft-war”.


International sanctions have made IRGC suppressive organ desperate
It is good to point here that after the endorsement of the fourth course of sanctions of Security Council and complementary sanctions by EU, US and Australia that had especially aimed IRGC this suppressive organ has become desperate and is trying to give away the share of trade companies under its influence.
As an example it has given away the shares of Sipa car manufacturing company or it’s withdrawing from the huge project of South Pars Gas & Oil fields.

These sanctions are also a blow on Ahmadinejad’s quest who wanted to have more control over oil and gas industry by entering IRGC in it.
Khatam-Al Anbia Corps responsible for this project has signed contraction of 2.09 billion dollars worth for development of two phases of this field. The deal included series of projects such as petrochemistry and oil excavation.


1* Ahle Bait is referred to profit Mohammad and the Imams which regime claims to be their followers but this fundamentalist regime is the number one enemy of Islam, profit Mohammad and the Imams.

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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 28, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.675

Aftermaths of sanctions

Gas contract almost stopped
Tehran, July 26, 2010
The Republic of Azerbaijan and Turkey have singed a contract for gas exchanged bringing under question the contract between Azerbaijan and the clerical regime known as ‘Swap’.
According to Swap Republic of Azerbaijan wanted to transfer natural gas through Iran to Nakhjavan Republic its independent state.
By the new contract between Azerbaijan and Turkey about 200 km of gas pipes will be constructed in Turkey which will bring the transfer of natural gas through Iran under question.

Sanctions’ pressure on IRGC
Tehran, July 26, 2010
Asalouyeh is the main vein of Iran’s future economy. Gas pipe lines transfer gas from south to domestic factories but the project is facing problems.
Formerly about 100000 workers were at work in this gas and oil field but right now only 16000 workers are there, which is a sign that the development and future of this field is under question.
With the sanctions that also target foreign companies if they invest in Iran’s oil and gas industry the regime is helpless in this project.
Recently the project has been put in the hands of the enterprises affiliated with regime and its 21 billion dollar expenses must be provided by the oil income, Iranian banks or by the bonds that the regime intends to print. Even if the money is solved there would still be problem with the technology needed for the job.
Khatam- Al Anbia Base of IRGC that has singed the contract for the developing project has been put in the list of sanctions and had to leave both the project and billions of dollars.

Oil export harmed
Tehran, July 26, 2010
In its report OPEC has announced that the oil production of Iran has reduced 10.3 thousands barrels per day in the month of Khordad (May 22- June 21) and has reached 3.738 million barrels per day.
This decrease in production is accompanied with a decrease of 2.26 dollars for each barrel of crude oil.
Islamic Republic daily quoted Fars News agency affiliated with IRGC on July 22 that the daily production of oil which has been more than 4,106,000 barrels per day in 2005-2006 has reached 3,549,000 during the third quarter of 1388 (2009-2010).
The agency also reported that regime’s export of oil has reduced from 2,691,000 barrels in 2005 to 1,984,000 barrels during the third quarter of 1388.


Factories are closed

A factory in Tehran closed because of shortage of electricity
Tehran, July 24, 2010
Tehran’s Plastic Production Factory one of the largest factories in production of plastic material is closed for two weeks because of cut of electricity.
The government has ordered them to close the factory and it will be closed for at least another two weeks.
Out of work hours jobs at the factory stopped two months ago because of the electricity problem and now the factory is closed.
This has raised a great discontent amongst the workers of the factory.

Shahrak Sanati factories closed
Tehran, July 24, 2010
Workers of Shahrak Sanati Factory in Abbas Abad of Tehran say that most of the factories of this complex are closed because the factories are not able to pay back their loans or they have financial problems. Only a few of them are running. These too are facing problems in electricity and water.

Constant cut in electricity; Hakim Medicine Production Factory closed
Tehran, July 24, 2010
Hakim factory has had no production for two weeks due to cut of electricity and is closed. There is no out of work hours jobs either and the status of the workers of this factory is not clear which has made them worry and discontent.


More problems

Fire departments face problems
Tehran, July 26, 2010
After the recent sanctions one of the systems that is facing problems is fire extinguishing system. It is facing problems in providing spare parts for automatic security fire extinguishing systems. These parts were provided formerly from England but the import of these parts has stopped and their price in black market is ten times.

Situation of factories producing spare parts for country’s power system
Tehran, July 26, 2010
Currently because the ministry of power has no budget to pay its debts to the production factories of spare parts for country’s power system, these factories are facing increasing financial problems.
As the government pays no money to these factories they had to borrow money from banks which they are not able to pay back.
Most of these kinds of factories are facing this crisis and because of this, two managers of these factories had committed suicide.
Some other managers who were not able to pay back their loans are banned from going out of the country.

Medicine producing factories facing crisis
Tehran, July 26, 2010
Most of the medicine producing factories provided their raw material from European factories but after the sanctions they had to import these materials from China and India.
After the recent sanctions on bank exchanges these factories are facing problems in the import from these countries too.
One of the managers of these factories said: we don’t know what our situation would be the next day and the effects of sanctions will be obvious in our factory soon.

Factories in East Tehran face electricity problems
Tehran, July 26, 2010
Workers of industrial factories in east of Tehran say that they do not have electricity about 4 to 5 hours per day.
This cut is at the active working hours of the factories and has caused lots of damages and protests.
The government has announced that this problem will exist until the end of Ramadan.


Gasoline

Gasoline out of line; 500 tomans per liter
Tehran, July 28, 2010
As the lines for gasoline get more crowded each day, black market for gasoline has come to existence.
Some sell free gasoline around the gas stations on price of 500 tomans and lots of people pay the price so that they won’t need to stay in lines.
One of the buyers: “I am really sorry that the government cannot even control the daily price of gasoline and cannot provide it. It is because of that, that gasoline is sold as such and pressure increases on people.”


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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 27, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.673

Sanctions

International sanctions make it tougher on Iran
Tehran, July 25, 2010
The withdrawal of western enterprises such as Total, Shell, and Halliburton from the project for the development and bringing South Pars natural gas field to execution has devastatingly slowed down the most important economical project of clerical dictatorship.
Regime is now facing difficulties in buying equipments and renting digging equipments. Most of the factories related to these equipments are shut down because of the lack of primary materials and their workers are jobless.

Clerical dictatorship ousted from world’s financial establishment
Tehran, July 25, 2010
As the sanctions get tougher on the clerical regime it is isolated in world’s financial establishment. It is now negotiating with China to receive the oil income in Chian’s currency.
It is to be mentioned that the central bank of United Arab Emirates has said nay to regime’s request for substituting Euro with Dirham and has called this idea a joke.

Low quality of gasoline and its problems for taxi drivers
Tehran, July 24, 2010
ISC reports that taxi drivers say that the quality of gasoline has drastically dropped.
For an example driving a route that consumed 7 liters of gasoline before would consume 8.5 liters with the new quality of gasoline and the amount of ration given to drivers has not increased.
The drivers have to buy two third of their ration at the price of 400 tomans per liter from non-governmental sources.


The Downfall

Schism deepens within the regime
Tehran, July 25, 2010
Last week was a witnessing to deepening of schism within the regime.
The disputes amongst majlis and Ahmadinejda’s government increased. Larijani the head of Majlis summoned Minister of Education, Science and research to Majlis to be questioned.
Following the attacks of Larijani’s band against Ahmadinejad regime’s MP, Nasrollah Torabi brought the two-days holiday announced by Ahmadinejad’s government during Bazaar’s strike under question and asked for ‘the real reason of the holidays’.
In a counter attack MPs from Ahmadinejad’s band line-up against Ali Larijani the head of Majlis and said that his sayings were aligned with the enemies’ goals against the Establishment.
Gholamhossein Elham and Mullah Kabi (Kabi is a member of Council of Guidance and a key element of Ahmadinejad’s band) were purged by Mullah Larijani the head of regime’s Judiciary.
The events of last week very well shows that the crisis-stricken regime of Velayat-e-Faghih has gone one step closer to its downfall while the people and resistance of Iran has taken a huge step towards the final victory (pointing to the ruling of US court of appeal for delisting of PMOI).

Mullah Navab: hardliners are in danger of branching
Tehran, July 24, 2010
The political secretary of a regime’s organization called as ‘Rohaniat Mobarez (struggling clergymen)’ affiliated with Khamenei’s band expressed their concern about branching in this band.
Online Site reported on July 23 that mullah Abolhasan Navab the political secretary of ‘Rohaniat Mobarez’ admitted to the increase of schism and spread of it amongst Khamenei’s band and said: “preserving the unity of hardliners is currently an important priority”.

Mullah Ahmad Khatami: the current of sedition is just like fire under the ashes it might flame again
Tehran, July 26, 2010
Speaking amongst some Bassijis and IRGC forces mullah Ahmad Khatami a member of the board of directors of regime’s Assembly of Experts while calling the nationwide uprising of people of Iran as ‘sedition’ expressed his concern and said: “IRGC forces must be awake, guard the Islamic revolution, observe the movements of the enemies of Islamic Revolution and prevent the enemies conspiracies right were they begin otherwise ‘seditions’ will repeat. We must be aware because though the current of sedition has temporarily stopped but it can be flamed like the fire under the ashes anytime. We must not be negligent about enemies’ deception”.
Khatami pointed to the fact that IRGC forces become continuously defected and said: “there should be keen dialogues with the goal of preventing the defection of the forces and laying the ground for prosperity in IRGC’s programs”.

Jafari: soft-war and defection of IRGC forces
Semnan, July 22, 2010
Speaking amongst a group of Bassijis and IRGC forces in Semnan Province, Jafari the general commander of IRGC expressed his fear from the continuation of the uprising for the downfall of clerical dictatorship and asked IRGC forces to be ready at any time.
He said: “it is necessary that forces be always ready to confront a potential attack against the country and the problems that jeopardize the security around the society; but this is not enough”.
Jafari said that regime’s demoralized forces must not be indifferent and said: “if we are satisfied with that we will go astray because the enemy will not destroy the revolution only by war and war-like threats and insecurity… we are amid a soft-war today and the enemy attacks us more each day. Those who have problems with the revolution for any reason are affected by the ‘soft-war;”.


Resistance

Political prisoner Reza Joshan in critical condition
Tehran, July 26, 2010
On Monday July 26 at 11 am the political prisoner Reza Joshan who is on hunger strike for more than a week was transferred to Gohardasht’s treatment section while unconscious but he was returned to the prison’s ward after a short while though he was still in critical condition.
Mr. Joshan has been under torture since 4 months ago because he had resisted asking pardon from Khamenei and called his family in that regard. He was transferred to ward 6 of criminal prisoners and murders.
Reza has been banned from any visit for five months and was not permitted to call them since.
Last week in protest to the tortures and harassment of regime’s henchmen he announced that he will go on hunger strike and now he is in critical condition.
In another event Mr. Khaled Hardani a political prisoner in ward 4 of Gohardasht is on hunger strike.
He was transferred to solitary cells after the raid of regime’s mercenaries on the political prisoners in ward 4 on last Thursday. He is still in solitary cell.
Mr. Hardani is suffering from bad stomach and breathing problems and is on hunger strike since last Thursday.

The so-called Assembly of Rohanion Mobarez (struggling clergymen) bows to Khamenei
Tehran, July 24, 2010
To satisfy Khameni, the Assembly of Rohanion Mobarez head by mullah Khatami took position against the delisting of PMOI in its site.


Suppression

The decree of execution of Sakine Mohamadi Ashtiani still stands
Tehran, July 24, 2010
Though the decree for stoning to death of Sakine is stopped temporarily but the decree for her execution still stands, this has concentrated the world’s attention on the issue of execution in Iran.
The decree for her stoning rose an international wrath and international condemnation of the clerical dictatorship and many personalities in the world condemned it.
Women are faced with medieval ways of execution in the clerical regime.
Stoning to death has become legal since 1979 revolution in Iran.

Mullah Larijani: countries preventing veil do not have the right to speak about human rights
Tehran, July 22, 2010
Mullah Sadegh Larijani the head of regime’s Judiciary speaking amongst some of the henchmen of regime’s judiciary who are absurdly called ‘the Headquarters of Human Rights’ reacted to global condemnation of clerical dictatorship in regard with human rights ,continuation of execution and torture and claimed those countries that prevent veil have no right to express their opinions about human rights.
He tasked the head of this headquarter, Javad Larijani to confront the Charter of Human Rights and said: “we must take policies based on divine values to confront the false slogans of human rights”.
He said that regime’s High Security Council has approved plans in that regard.

22 female political prisoners condemned to 110 years of imprisonment on the whole
Tehran, July 24, 2010
22 female political prisoners except for four of them whose status are not clear yet; Shiva Nazar Ahari, Kobra Zaghedost, Farah Vazham and Fatemeh Khoramjoo, have received heavy decrees, 110 years on the whole.
There are also other female political prisoner in Evin’s solitary confinements and wards including Zahra Jabari an Iranian-Dutch citizen who was arrested in last year’s Ashura and is still in ward 209 after 7 months.
1-Bahareh Hedayat; 9.5 years, student activist arrested on December 31, 2009 (six months for offending Ahmadinejad, 2 years for offending Khamenei, 5 years for acting against (regime’s) security and participating in the gatherings plus 2 years of suspended imprisonment which is added and will be executed.
2-Motahare Bahrami; 10 years, arrested on December 27 along with his husband and son Mr. Daneshpoor Moghadam and Ahmad Moghadam (both condemned to execution). She was first condemned to execution charged with ‘Moharebe’ and her decree was decreased to 10 years imprisonment and exile to Rajaee Shahr Prison in revision court.
3-Raihaneh Haj Ibrahim Dabagh; 15 years, arrested in Ashura along with Motahareh Bahrami was first condemned to execution. Her decree was decreased to 15 years imprisonment and exile to Rajaee Shahr Prison in revision court.
4-Maryam Akbari Monfared; 15 years, was arrested on December 31, 2009 after Ashura events at her house. She is charged with Moharebe by having connection with dissident organization. She has 3 small children.
5-Fatemeh Ziaee Azad; 2 years, was arrested during the events after election.
6-Hengameh Shahidi; 6 years, journalist and the advisor of the general secretary and also a member of National Trust Party was summoned on February 25, 2010 to serve six years in prison. She was once feed on a bail of 90 million tomans after four months of detention.
7-Mahdieh Golroo; 3 years and four months; student activist arrested on November 3, 2009. She is a member of the Council for Right of Education. The bail for her is 700 million tomans which her family cannot pay. She is suffering from physical problems at the prison.
8-Alieh Eghdamdost; 3 years, a women’s right activist who was transferred to Evin Prison on January 30, 2010. She is over 60 years of age and is now at public ward of Evin Prison. She is arrested for participating in a gathering for defending women’s right on June 12, 2006.
9-Kobra Zaghedost; she was arrested in a ceremony for commemoration of martyrs of events after election and is in prison for more than a year without a clear status.
10-Zahra Jabari; 4 year imprisonment along with corporal punishment, arrested on Qods Day’s uprising. She was in prison for 7 months without any clear status and was deprived from seeing her child.
11-Kefayat Malek Mohammadi; 5 years, arrested along with her husband in Ashura. He is also in ward 350 of Evin Prison with unclear staturs. Kefayat is charged with cooperation with PMOI.
12-Fatemeh Rahnama; 10 years, arrested on July 29, 2009. In her file she is called a Monafegh (meaning a member of PMOI in regime) with 8 years history of imprisonment. She has ruled out the charges. Fatemeh is 48 years old and is suffering from breast cancer.
13-Farah Vazham; status unclear, she was arrested two days after Ashura at her house.
14-Masoumeh Yavari; 7 years, she came to Tehran on October 19, 2009 and was detained on charge of having connection with PMOI. She was charged with Moharebe. The representative of Tehran’s Prosecutor demanded her execution but she was condemned to 7 years imprisonment. She has no history of political activities.
15-Shabnam Madadzadeh; 5 years, arrested on February 21, 2010. She is the deputy head of Tehran’s office of Tahkim Vahdat and the political secretary of Students Association of Tehran’s Teachers’ Training. She is charged with ‘Moharebe’ and acting against national security.
16-Shiva Nazar Ahari; status unclear, human rights and women activist arrested for the second time during last year on December 20, 2009 and transferred to solitary cells of ward 209 of Evin Prison.
17-Fathemeh Khoramjoo; status unclear, arrested on February 6, 2010 charged with having connection with foreigners.
18-Parvin Javad Zadeh; 8.5 years, a blogger who published the event of the uprising in his weblog was arrested in Ashura by IRGC forces. She is 22 years old and the youngest political prisoner in Nesvan ward of Evin. She spent the three first month of arrest in solitary cells. She is now charged with Moharebe.
19-Tebia Nian; 1.5 years, a Bahaie.
20-Manijeh Nasrollahi; 3 years and four months, a Bahaie citizen. She was once arrested on July 17, 2009 and freed after two weeks. She was arrested again on February 27, 2010.
21-Sahba Rezvani; 3 years, also a Bahaie citizen was arrested on December 16, 2009. She was first kept in Semnan prison and then transferred to Evin.
22-Atefeh Nabavi; 4 years, arrested on June 15, 2009 along with her cousin Ziaedin Nabavi and was transferred to ward 209 of Evin.


Workers of Iran

Workers of Payab Kothar Company in Darayan Dam on strike
Tehran, July 24, 2010
The workers, working in this dam about 15 kilometers from Paveh went on strike since July 19, 2010. These 500 workers went on strike because they had not received their wages for 4 months.


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Workers of Payab Kothar Company in Darayan Dam on strike Tehran, July 24, 2010 The workers, working in this dam about 15 kilometers from Paveh went on strike since July 19, 2010. These 500 workers went on strike because they had not received their wages for 4 months.

Brief - Islamizing universities in Velayat-e-Faghih’s Establishment in Iran!

Brief

Islamizing universities

in Velayat-e-Faghih’s Establishment!

Tehran July 26, 2010

Regime’s fear of universities and the students has escalated hundred times after the breakage of Khamenei’s talisman and after the students become the pioneers in the nationwide uprising of Iran.

In a terrible rush and by taking advantage of the summer holidays the clerical regime is trying hard to ‘Islamize the trend of education’ in the country bringing this excuse that Social Science has come from West or by firing secular professors or burying the bones of the casualties of Iran- Iraq war at the universities.

In the current week Sadegh Larijani said about teaching Social Sciences that: “the Social Science that we teach has come from the West. In a country that is based on faith in God and monotheism and moves based on Koran can we lean on Social Science? We should not spread the physiological, sociological and anthropology theories that do not comply with religious defaults”.

Firing professors
In Islamizing Universities, Ahmadinejad’s government has been firing professors. During the recent week four members of the Scientific Board of the Meli University have been ousted by Ministry of Science. In the academic year of 2009-2010 more than 150 professors and members of the scientific boards of the universities have been either fired or forcedly retired before its time.

burying bones of the casualties of Iran- Iraq war
In addition to that the Ministry of Science and Techniques has the plan of ‘burying bones of the casualties of Iran- Iraq war’ at the universities during the summer vacations. It is for two years that this plan has been approved but due to students protests against this act regime has not been able to implement it at the universities so far.
To have a review over the history of ‘Islamizing universities’ we better point to the sayings of Khomeini before and after he took power.
In 1970 Khomeini said about students and universities: “on groundless excuses they raid on the universities and drag the honorable youths to prisons and barracks. We have become very sorry about the recent events at Iran’s universities and the vicious and merciless raids of the oppressing system against the students”.
After Khomeini took power in the mid-spring of 1980 after the cultural coup d’etat at the universities he said: “our universities are exploited ones. They train people who are pro-west... Our universities are not beneficial for our nation”.
After the cultural coup d’etat Khomeini closed universities for three years under the name of Islamizing them but in vein.

Regime’s current Valie-e-Faghih, again Khamenei brought up the issue last year saying that Social Science units of the universities are not Islamic.

Rahim Safavi the former head of IRGC and now advisor of Khamenei said last year: “to Islamize the universities the general unit of ‘becoming acquainted with Sacred Defense’ (what regime calls the eight years of Iran- Iraq war) is approved at the Ministry of Science”.

Hadad Adel another top element of khamenei said: “We greatly anticipate the new Minister of Science to Islamize the universities. I hope that it would soon come true with the help of religious assemblies and the High Council of Cultural Revolution of this ministry”.

It is clear that these words are signs of the historical defeat of Khamenei in confronting universities and the students.
With all those killings and suppression, with purging of professors and students, after 30 years of regime’s ominous rule and the encroachment of Bassiji’s, Harasat’s and Disciplinary Committee’s hooligans at the universities, what this regime gained from the universities is only the cries of ‘death to dictator’, ‘Seyed Ali (Khamenei) Pinochet, Iran will never be Chile’ and ‘Khamenei is a murderer his rule is void’.

These slogans cried from the throat of students and academicians clearly speak of defiance of this regime in its totality.
Khamenei and his gang will take to the grave their wish of ‘Islamizing universities’.
The great bell of the death of the dictator is being ringed.


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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 26, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.672

Sanctions

Morteza Safari: for each US battleship we have dedicated 100 battle-boats
Tehran, July 24, 2010
In an interview with Panjerei Weekly, Morteza Safari the former commander of IRGC’s navy said that to confront foreign threats, IRGC’s navy has dedicated 100 battle-boats for each US battleship.
Safari said: “to confront the enemy we don’t start mathematical calculations; we don’t say that the enemy has this amount of fighter jets of battleships so we must have more than that. We attack the centeral and the weak points. We confront them with up-to-date equipments”.
He added: “we thank God that these days there are more than 100 foreign battleships in Persian Gulf and Amman Sea as at hand targets and whenever the honorable leader wishes to or whenever the enemy wants to commit slightest hostile act against Islamic Establishment all the trained IRGC and Bassij forces are ready to react immediately”.
Safari continued: “a great number of human forces are dedicated to each great US battleship. If we sink a few of them a great number of US forces will be buried in Persian Gulf and we do have this capacity”.
About the permission for inspection of suspicious ships of regime by the resolution 1929 Safari said “if the enemy wants to commit as such it doesn’t matter which country the enemy is; any country has great trade interests in Persian Gulf and we will retaliate. Each ship with their flag will be the subject of our retaliation because we see this resolution as illogical and bullying”.
He continued: “we will not only react in Persian Gulf. As the army’s navy exists in free waters we do have plans for far distant locations too. So I don’t think that the enemy would dare to act as such and if it does it will regret it”.

Rafsanjani warned Khamenei’s band in regard with international sanctions
Tehran, July 24, 2010
Expressing his concern about international sanctions Rafsanjani warned Khamenei’s band and said: “to confront the current sanctions we need to be logical and prevent unrest. We can reduce the effects of sanctions with an active foreign policy and domestic unity”.
Rafsanjani added: “there are serious issues going on around Iran. Those who had received our revolution’s blows are trying to reach their evil goals. They didn’t benefit from war, coup d’etat and imposing limitations on Islamic Republic now they want to reach their goals by sanctions”.

Regime’s Minister of Trade horrified about the results of sanctions
Tehran, July 24, 2010
In fear of the effects of international sanctions against clerical dictatorship Ahmadinejad’s Minister of Trade, Mehdi Qhazanfari said: “What is our crime that even Islamic Republic’s cruising is under sanction”.
He added: “we mustn’t forget that not only we have some limitations by the resolution but also we have limitations outside its frameworks”.

Velayati complains the international unity in regard with 1929 resolution against clerical dictatorship
Tehran, July 21, 2010
Velayati the former Foreign Secretary of regime complained about the international unity in regard with 1929 resolution. His words were quoted in state-run daily Islamic Republic.
“Nobody is honest with us? They all look for their own interests. Why do expect that they act in our satisfaction...you must know that the pressures will continue”.

Regime’s MP: without doubt sanctions can have negative effect on country’s economy
Tehran, July 24, 2010
Nariman, MP from regime’s defeated fraction said: “those who say that sanctions have no effect on country’s economy, that’s only propagation”.
He completely ruled out the claim of dominant fraction in regard with ineffectiveness of the sanctions and added: “speaking as such is more political and propagation. Undoubtedly sanctions have negative affects on the country’s economy”.


The Downfall

Kayhan’s political secretary announced the formation of a new spectrum within Khamenei’s band
Tehran, July 24, 2010
By deepening of schism amongst clerical dictatorship’s band, the political secretary of Kayhan Daily, Khamenei’s organ warned that a new spectrum is forming within Khamenei’s band and said that this new band intends to draw away the support of Bassij from Khamenei’s back.
In his interview with a media affiliated with Khamenei’s band, Mohammadi said: “there was a project to demoralize the Establishment so that the leadership would not have a moral and humane position so that when he talks people would listen to him and think about his sayings”.

A budget of 120 billion tomans in one year for ‘establishing security at the borders” 
Tehran, July 24, 2010
Ahmadi Moghadam the head of regime’s SSF revealed that regime’s Majlis has approved a yearly budget of 120 billion tomans for the security of the borders.
Fars News Agency affiliated with IRGC said: “the fact that the budget for the security of the borders is not clear is a problem in that regard. 120 billion tomans has been approved but eventually only 30 to 40 billion tomans will be dedicated to it which is not enough at all”.
Moghadam said: “if we want to close the borders we need 200 billion tomans per year...”
Expressing the fear of the clerical dictatorship from people’s uprising he said: “Islamic Republic is like an Island in an unstable ocean”.


Resistance

Intelligence Ministry trying to destroy documents of crimes against humanity in Rasht’s cemetery
 Tehran, July 22, 2010
The section of collective graves of massacred political prisoners in 1988 in Tazeabad Cemetery in Rasht has been completely destroyed and sold.
This section is completely destroyed by the order of regime’s Intelligence Ministry.
Each grave there is sold between one to 1.8 million tomans by intelligence agents.
The families of these martyrs have protested and have demanded a halt in the action.

Majid Tavakoli met with his family after three months
Tehran, July 22, 2010
The popular student activist and political prisoner, Majid Tavakoli, was able to see his family only for ten minutes and from behind glasses on Monday July 19 after three months. Majid’s spirit was very high after more than seven months of incarceration.
Majid’s parents are not in good physical condition so they couldn’t come from Shiraz to Tehran to see Majid.
Only his brother Ali was able to meet him.
Majid Tavakoli is in prison since Dec.27, 2009 (Students Day). He is faced with 8.5 years imprisonment issued by regime’s kangaroo courts.


Suppression

Lawyer Mohammad Mostafaie
Tehran, July 22, 2010
Mohamamd Mostafaie, a lawyer and a child activist was summoned to prosecutor’s bureau of Shahid Moghadas at Evin Prison.
In the note he received at his office it was written that he has to explain some issues.
Mr. Mostafaie is a lawyer who had tried hard to save the lives of juveniles condemned to execution under clerical rule. In his last quest he was able to buy the life of Ali Mahintorabi a juvenile condemned to execution.

Political prisoner Hamid Haeri transferred to hospital
Tehran, July 25, 2010
Political prisoner Hamid Haeri 60, the father of one of the PMOI members residing in Ashraf City, Iraq was transferred to a hospital in Tajrish north of Tehran because of the severity of the tortures imposed on him at Evin Prison.
He was heavily beaten at his legs and hips and was transferred to the hospital with ambulance.
His family went to hospital to see him but they were not permitted to. His legs were chained while he was in bed in hospital and nobody was permitted to get near him.
Though they physicians ordered his hospitalization for a while but he was transferred to Evin again after a short period while still in critical condition.
The henchmen of Security branch and regime’s kangaroo court had called his family and told them that if they pay 50 million tomans his term will be decreased to 2 years form 15 years.

A female student committed suicide
Tehran, July 24, 2010
Following the suppressive measures of clerical regime at the universities one of female student of Birjand University, Azita Mizban committed suicide by taking poison.
Regime’s advisor of Minister of Science said in his interview with state-run media: “the second factor of death amongst students is committing suicide. The number of girls who commit suicide is more than boys”.
The head of Harasat of Science Ministry said: “from each 28 students who commit suicide 7 are boys and 21 are girls”.
Mehrdad Dashti the deputy of Isfahan’s Center for Advising from Isfahan’s Industrial University said in his interview with ISNA state-run news agency: “each term 8 students of this university commit suicide”.
It is to be mentioned that in the society under the rule of clerical dictatorship where the slightest freedom does not exist, the youths are unemployed and under economical pressure and their energies are being wasted seeing such scenes is very painful.
Undoubtedly these scenes will turn into the people’s wrath and the mullahs will soon receive their answer from the people.


Workers of Iran

Workers protest
Qazvin, July 24, 2010
On Saturday July 24 more than 350 of workers of Farnakh Factory gathered in front of this factory in industrial township of Alborz. These workers have not received their wages for 7 months.
One of the workers said that when they gather to gain their rights they are counted as rioters. They are beaten and dispersed.

Workers of Kermanshah province’s communication company gathered in protest
Tehran, July 22, 2010
ILNA state-run news agency reported that a group of employees of the center of information of Communication Company of Kermanshah gathered before noon of July 22 in front of the Governor Office in protest to decrease in their wages.
These workers started their protest from early morning in front of the general bureau of communication and communication centers and then moved to the Governor Office.
One of the employees said that their wages will be cut in half since the coming month.
About 140 workers have left the company due to these kinds of pressures last year.
A female employee said: “after ten years they cut our wages in half and they tell us to leave if we are not satisfied with that... the owner of this company does anything to gain money whether it is humane of not humane...”


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