UPDATE ON IRAN - Aug. 12, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.686

War of political prisoners

Larijani asked for a go for execution of 1120 prisoners
Tehran, August 10, 2010
Sadegh Larijani the head of regime’s Judiciary, in a confidential letter to Ali Khamenei asked for permission for the execution of 1120 prisoners.
The reports received say that in his letter Larijani has said that these decrees have been approved by the Supreme Court and the Judiciary is waiting for khamenei’s permission to execute them.
In another event in the report of the head of Prisons Organization addressing Larijani the number of prisoners is 6 times the capacity of the prisons.

Gohardasht Prison’s guard viciously attacked prisoners
Karaj, August 11, 2010
ISC reported from Gohardasht Prison that on Tuesday August 10, the vicious guards of prison raided ward 17 and beat the prisoners.
They destroyed the personal belongings of the defenseless prisoners including their telephone cards and foods.
At 9 am the prisoners were transferred to the yard and were kept under the heath being deprived of any water or using bathroom.
When one of the prisoners Yaghoub Baghery Jahed protested their savage behaviors he was severely beaten with baton.
The head of the guards, Mirza Aghaie, along with some other guards made Yaghoub to undress in front of all the prisoners present and humiliated him.

The second raid at the prisoners in Gohardasht
Karaj, August 11, 2010
The henchmen of Khamenei at Gohardasht Prison in Karaj brutally attacked prisoners in ward 6 and beat them severely. They destroyed the personal belonging of the prisoners.

Political prisoner on 28th day of hunger strike in critical condition denied treatment
Tehran -August 10, 2010
According to reports, political prisoner Arjang Davoudi is on his 28th day of hunger strike and in critical health. He is in danger of death.
The side effects of his hunger strike have led to his dangerous physical condition.
He is suffering from low blood pressure which has become more severe over time, a severe decrease of vision, headaches, dizzy spells and his is also unable to move.
On the other hand, interrogators of the Intelligence Agency and heads of Gohardasht Prison have increased pressure on this political prisoner and political prisoners who help him are summoned to the prison’s Department of Intelligence and Investigation where they are threatened that if they continue to help Davoudi, they will be thrown in solitary.
Political prisoner Mansour Radpour is one of the prisoners who was summoned and threatened by Reza Turabi, the head investigator of this prison, and Kermani and Faraji, the head and assistant head of the Intelligence Department. They threatened Mansour Radpour that if he helps Davoudi, he will be transferred to solitary cell in cellblock 1.
Ali Haj Kazem, the head of prison has ordered a ban on medical treatment for Davoudi and it has been a few days that he has not been treated while in critical condition.
This shows that the heads of the prison and intelligence interrogators intent to physically eliminate this political prisoner. Especially since one of his demands is that his complaint against Ali Haj Kazem be dealt with.
Political prisoner Arjang Davoudi who is currently jailed in cellblock 3 known as the Worker’s cell went on a hunger strike on July 14 in protest to prison conditions and inhumane limitations. Davoudi has demanded his minimum rights like ending his visitation and phone call ban to his family, medical treatment for his physical condition, ending the (illegal) confiscation of his home which has made his family homeless and seeing to his complaint against the head of Gohardasht Prison, Ali Haj Kazem.


Sanctions

Effect of sanctions on the clerical regime and denial of Ahmadinejad
Tehran, August 10, 2010
Despite the economical pressures imposed on the clerical regime in all aspects and every body can see that but regime and especially Ahmadinejad is trying to deny it.
In his speeches this week Ahmadinejd said that the sanctions have helped in uprooting the dominance of ‘dollar’ over global markets while it is obvious that the sanctions are gradually helping in uprooting the mullahs in Iran.

The clerical dictatorship is facing problems in selling its gas
Tehran, August 10, 2010
The clerical regime has two options for representing its gas, either by pipe lines or by selling liquefied gas.
Regime’s strategy from the beginning was to construct gas transfer pipe lines to Asia through Pakistan and India or to Europe through Turkey or Republic of Azerbaijan.
But US was opposed to the plan and it was not progressive. As the result regime tried the second way, meaning production of liquefied natural gas.
But on Monday August 9 regime’s Oil Ministry announced that the production of liquefied natural gas has stopped.
This is the result of oil and gas sanctions. Many of the great oil enterprises enjoying the facilities for transporting liquefied gas have announced that they will not cooperate with regime any more.
In addition to the investment and technology that regime needs a market exporting the gas.
Japan is one of the greatest consumers of liquefied gas and the clerical regime has had the greatest hope in exporting its product to that country.
But about two weeks ago Japan announced that it will join the harshest sanctions against the clerical dictatorship.
In that way the clerical regime has lost its market too.

The ring of sanctions got tighter
Tehran, August 11, 2010
- Brazil signed the sanctions issued by UN against the clerical dictatorship.
- Turkey’s export of gasoline to the clerical dictatorship was reduced 73% on July.
- Toyota Company announced that aligning with the international sanctions against regime’s nuclear programs it has suspended the exports of its cars to Iran. In its statement the company has said that ‘having in mind the international atmosphere’ it has stopped shipping its products to the clerical regime since June.

Ahmadinejad’s deputy: Korans must be slapped in face
Tehran, August 10, 2010
Being under the pressure of the international sanctions the clerical dictatorship is out of breath but tries to show that it doesn’t care but its nervous reactions and it threats towards those that impose sanctions speak enough.
Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Ahmadinejad’s deputy told Fars news agency affiliated with IRGC: “in our point of view Dollar and Euro are dirty currencies and we will not sell our oil by that...The sanctions will not stop our nuclear program it will just help us to reach technical independence in different industries...”.
He attacked Korea and said: “they must be slapped”. He also called Australians “a bunch of ranchers”.

The head of regime’s trade room: we must take the sanctions serious just like a military war
Tehran, August 10, 2010
Nahavandian the head of regime’s trade room called the international sanctions as ‘battle field’ and worriedly said: “we cannot be naive; we must take it serious as a military war.
In a session with the subject of sanctions he said that not paying attention to sanctions is like not paying attention to the enemy and added: “the pressure of sanctions ...will eventually lead to a rise in prices and unemployment...it is not logical to provoke them for more sanctions. This will stop our progress and will keep the future generation as retarded”.


Suppression

Female political prisoner sentenced to death for links to PMOI
Tehran August 10, 2010
An informed source said that a death sentence has been issued for Farah Vazehan who was arrested after Ashura.
On August 4, there were reports that the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court sentenced her to 15 years of prison but this informed source said that she was actually sentenced to death.
This source, who asked not to be named, said that Vazehan’s family did not inform her of her death sentence to prevent her from becoming unhappy.
This sentence was issued by Judge Salavati in the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court and is an initial sentence.
Farah Vazehan is currently in the Public Female Cellblock in Evin Prison and has been in temporary detention for 7 months. She was arrested in her home two days after Ashura on December 29, 2009.
She has been charged with participating in street protests and ‘waging war with God by cooperating with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran’. She lived outside of the country for many years and only came back to Iran to be at the side of her 19 year old daughter who has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. (Rahana – Aug. 10, 2010)

Another Baha’i man sentenced to prison
Babol- August 10, 2010
In the ongoing suppression of religious minorities in Iran, another Baha’i citizen was sentenced to three years of prison by the Babol Revolutionary Court.
According to reports, Moshtaq Samandari who is a resident of Babol was sentenced to three years of prison on charges of disrespecting Islam by advertising Baha’ism.
He was arrested by security forces last June and his sentence was issued based on this case.

Tehran student sentenced to one year of prison and 74 lashes
Tehran -August 10, 2010
Mehdi Sa’ad Khosravi, a political law student at Tehran University was sentenced to one year of prison and 74 lashes by the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court. Nine months of his one year prison term has been suspended for five years.
According to reports, his charges were announced as assembling and conspiring, acting against national security and disrupting public order by Judge Pir Abbas. He was cleared of the first charge and sentenced to one year of prison for acting against national security and 74 lashes for disrupting public order.
He was arrested on December 26, 2009 while going to a mourning ceremony in Jamaran by security forces and after many interrogations in Evin Prison was transferred to cellblock 350. He was released on bail in mid March.
Notably, his sentence was issued around last month and Khosravi who did not have a lawyer in court was not able to appeal the sentence.

Female journalist sentenced to 6 years of prison and 5 year ban on journalism
Tehran -August 10, 2010
Badrolsadat Mofidi, the Secretary of the Iran Journalist’s Association was sentenced to six years of prison and a five year ban on journalistic activities by the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
She was charged by Judge Ahmadzadeh with assembling and conspiring against the security of the nation and propagating against the government in a court which was held last Tuesday behind closed doors.
She was detained before this for five and a half year in temporary detention before being release on bail.

Imminent risk of execution
Tehran -August 10, 2010
Clerical regime’s Supreme Court has rejected Ja'far Kazemi's request to appeal against his death sentence. The sentence was imposed for his alleged participation in anti-government demonstrations and links with PMOI. His sentence may be carried out at any time. Six other people with alleged links to PMOI are said to be under sentence of death.
Ja’far Kazemi was arrested on 18 September 2009 and interrogated and tortured for months in Evin prison in Tehran. He was accused of participating in protests which followed the disputed outcome of Iran’s presidential election in June 2009, but was not accused of committing any violent acts; and for his alleged contact with PMOI.
He was sentenced to death for “enmity against God”, and is also believed to have been convicted of “propaganda against the system”. On 26 April, he learned that his death sentence had been confirmed by an appeal court. A further appeal was apparently rejected in late July.
Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaei, Ali Saremi (or Sarami), Abdolreza Ghanbari, Ahmad Daneshpour Moghaddam and Mohsen Daneshpour Moghaddam are also condemned to execution charged with “enmity against God”. Another political prisoner Javad Lari, a merchant in the Tehran bazaar, is sentenced to “death, without pardon” for “enmity against God.” He is also held in Evin prison, where he was tortured and forced to ‘confess’.
Ja’far Kazemi has been interrogated by security forces for months, and was pressured to make a televised “confession”, which he refused to do. Mr. Kazemi was also a political prisoner in the 1980s. One of his sons is a PMOI member and lives in Camp Ashraf, which houses PMOI members in Iraq. On 1 August, his wife, Roudabeh visited the Judiciary’s office in order to deliver a letter. They refused to accept it and informed her that the death sentence would be carried out.
Tehran’s prosecutor announced on 15 May that the death sentences of Ja’far Kazemi, Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaei, Mohammad Ali Saremi , Abdolreza Ghanbari, and father and son, Ahmad and Mohsen Daneshpour Moghaddam, were upheld by the Appeal Court after they were found guilty of “enmity against God” in relation to their alleged links to the PMOI. In some cases, these links may amount to no more than having contact with family members linked to the PMOI…
Ali Saremi (or Sarami), aged 62, has a son in the PMOI who lives in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, whom he has visited. Ali Saremi has spent 23 years in prison for his political activities both before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.


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Killing in Mashad's Bazaar, Bazaar on strike August 10, 2010

Gold-sellers bazaar of Mashad went on strike in protest to the armed killing of three merchants of this Bazaar.
The names of the merchants are: Reza Khojasteh Toosi, Hesam Barniaee, Mojtaba Naser Ara.
It is to be mentioned that this attack was performed on the shops of these three Bazaaris while a SSF station exists exactly in front of the shops.

UPDATE ON IRAN - Aug. 11, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.685

political prisoners

Father of one of the hunger strikers arrested
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Father of Ali Parviz, amongst the hunger strikers at Evin, was arrested on Sunday August 8 when he referred to the Judiciary to hand over a letter.
Ali was arrested during a raid on his house in Fall of 2009 and has spent a long time in solitary cells being constantly interrogated. He was then condemned to 3 years term along with corporal punishment.
Ali is a student in Computer Engineering from Khaje Nasir University.

50 executed in Vakil Abad Prison in three months
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Ahmad Ghabel from regime’s defeated fraction revealed a small part of regime’s crimes and wrote: “during the three months that I was detained at Vakil-Abad Prison, according to exact statistic that I heard from prison’s authorities and its employees and guards more than 50 people have been transferred to the prison and then executed.
Just in one course 31 were executed but Intelligence Bureau and Khorasan’s Administration of Justice have reported to Khorasan’s daily that only 5 international narcotic dealers have been executed.

The depth of hatred of the accomplices of the massacre of political prisoners in 1988
Tehran, August 9, 2010
In reaction to the broad global disclosure of PMOI in regard with the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, regime’s Intelligence Ministry shamelessly defended the massacre and in a notorious site called Habilian it wrote: “the only criticism about the execution of this decree was the mercy that we showed towards some of the Monafeghin (PMOI members and supporters) and we didn’t hang them”.
The site continues: “in 1988 Monafeghin tactically repented but after we accepted the ceasefire (in Iran-Iraq war) and after Monafeghin attacked Iran these prisoners too started a riot at the prison and torched it so when, as they thought, Monafeghin would reach Tehran they can complete the invasion and topple us”.
After babbling the lie of torching the prison the site adds: “it was following this act that Imam (Khomeini) ordered that all those Monafeghin that still count themselves as Monafegh there is no sin in killing them and they must be tried and punished. It was Imam’s decisiveness and his decisive measure in regard with Monafeghin that after the trials and their rulings the Judiciary of Islamic Republic was able to cut the active arm of Monafeghin in Islamic Republic”.


Sanctions

Sadegh Karazi: we are not in good condition
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Sadegh Kharazi regime’s former ambassador to France admitted that regime accepted nuclear negotiation in 2003 from its fear and added that the regime is under military threat and not in a good condition.
Being quoted in ILNA official news agency he said: “in a time interval when America had just ousted Sadam Hossein and they were calling for war, because we didn’t want to become in danger or be the subject of a resolution in confrontation with global community we accepted the negotiations. But still we are becoming the subject of a potential military attack and we are right were we started...”

Persia Bank’s belongings confiscated in Dubai
Tehran, August 9, 2010
In the framework of the sanctions issued by EU and based on this decision of EU that the belongings of legal and true personalities related with regime’s nuclear program will be confiscated the belongings of Persia International Bank in London and its branch in Dubai became the subject of this decision.

Valayati emphasized on the continuation of regime’s nuclear activities
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Velayati, Khamenei’s advisor in international affair restated the continuation of nuclear activities and said: “in spite of US threat we will not put aside our nuclear program”.
He added: “Americans must dream of being able to make Iran surrender and put aside its nuclear program. US threats will not frighten us”.

Regime claims it is receiving S-300 missiles
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Fars news agency affiliated with IRGC announced: “Iran has received two S-300 missiles from Belarus”.
Production of S-300 missiles in Belarus is under direct management and supervision of Russian’s military authorities.
Alexander Lukashenkov, Belarus’s president denied the claim and underscored: “delivering such missiles is not possible without Russia’s permission”.
Fars also claimed that they had received two other S-300 missiles from another country and didn’t mention the name.
This news was on the site for only two hours and was immediately erased.
Regime’s need for this kind of missiles is as such that since 2007 it has spent 100 millions of dollars to buy them from Russia and has deployed boards to that country times and again but Russian did not delivered the missiles due to sanctions.

Factories in contract with Ahmadinejad’s government under crisis
Tehran, August 9, 2010
The factories that are working for Ahmadinejad’s government and their products is purchased by it are in crisis because Ahmadinejad’s government does not have enough money to pay them for their products and the factories transfer this pressure on their workers. Also they cannot provide the factory with necessary raw materials.
Even the banks are not able to support the factories financially due to the sanctions.

Aluminum Factory
Tehran, August 9, 2010
The problem that this factory is facing is rise in the cost of water and electricity which is about 3 million tomans per month. This rise in the cost has affected the livelihood of the workers and employees of this factory. For example they are not paid their bonuses.


Bazaar

News obtained by ISC:
Bazaaris become more discontent
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Discontent is spreading in different guilds in Bazaar.
Many of merchants in fabric-selling guild say that their syndicate does nothing for them. One of them said: “they just take money from us and it is not clear how it is spent”.
Another said: “people cannot go shopping, they don’t have money. The shops are open but there is no activity seen”.

Ahmadinejad’s minister of trade threatens Bazaaris that are on strike
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Mehdi Ghazanfari, Ahmadinejad’s minister of trade threatened the Bazaaris that are still on strike and said: “if this is organized we will confront it. This would be opposing the government or its programs and we might counteract with security measures”.
Recession and crisis in Bazaar:

Political situation!
Tehran, August 9, 2010
A merchant: “the political situation is a chaos and it is hard to make any decision for any guild. The merchants are not willing to sell their ironware. They prefer to keep their goods other than keeping a bunch of money that will lose its value.
Some are buying a great number of goods from China and in this way they are injecting chaos to Bazaar. Sepah (IRGC) is doing this. For example a good that coasts us 720 tomans they import it and inject it to Bazaar with the price of 480 tomans and the quality is terrible because they don’t pay taxes”.

Bad Checks
Tehran, August 9, 2010
A merchant of Tehran’s Bazaar said: “we have lots of problems. All checks that we receive are bad checks and you can do nothing legally about it. For example a gold shop closes several days but then it is forced to open because all the received checks are bad checks and the shopkeepers have to open because they need to earn money for their own livelihood. Every body is desperate”.

Total recession
Tehran, August 9, 2010
A Bazaari: “Bazaar is under total recession especially after this tax issue. If we could earn about 30 million this time of the year last year we have had less than 8 millions of income this year...most of the Bazaar is facing the same problem. Bazaaris have paid with checks for their expenditures in hope that they will have income this time of the year and now all the checks are bad checks and there is no solution for this problem”.

Selling gold is now a pain in the neck
Tehran, August 9, 2010
A gold-seller said: “for each gram of gold the seller puts 5 to 7 percent of interest. Now the government says add 3 to 4 percent for increase in taxes. If we do so we will lose all our customers and we will go under total recession”.

Uncontrolled imports from China
Tehran, August 9, 2010
A seller of outfits and socks said: “the government is ruining us by uncontrolled imports from China. They import any junk with very low price and this harms us a lot. For example we sell a pair of socks on the price of 2500 tomans now the imported one from China is sold 1500 tomans and because most people are not capable of providing their livelihood they buy the cheaper though in low quality”.


The Downfall

Regime’s wrath in regard with international activities of PMOI and the ruling of US court
Tehran, August 9, 2010
PMOI’s victory at US Court of Appeal which has pushed aside the most important barrier for delisting of PMOI has made the mullahs furious.
Official and semi-official authorities and regime’s Friday Imams speak of the issue even if it’s irrelevant with the subject of their speeches.
Ramin Mehmanparast, regime’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesman: “US is the greatest supporter of Terrorism during the last three decades...western countries and US show two faces in regard with terrorism. A clear example is the broad activities of the members of Monafeghin (the name regime calls PMOI) in these countries and their connection with political personalities of these countries”.


Suppression

The amount of judicial records in Iran is 50 time India’s
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Mullah Sadegh Larigani regime’s head of Judiciary said: “one of the challenges that Judiciary is facing is that 5 to 6 million files enter the system each year and the number is escalating”.
The real number is much higher. Shahroodi the former head of regime’s Judiciary apparatus said in winter of 2008: “the entrance of judicial files to the system is terrible about 8 million in one year. This speaks of a legal and judicial disease and a real social damage... about 4 millions other file are looked into in the Council for Solving the Disputes. On the whole there are 12 million files per year 50 times more than the number in India”.

140 years imprisonment for 7 directors of Bahaie society
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Every one of the seven former directors of Bahaie society is condemned to 20 years imprisonment by branch 28 of regime’s courts headed by the so-called Judge Moghiseh.
These seven were illegally under temporary detention for two years.

Clashes in Dehdoz in Ahwaz left 7 casualties behind
Ahwaz, August 9, 2010
During three days of clashes between residents of Dehdoz Township in Ahwaz and the suppressive forces 7 of the residents were killed.
The clashes started from Saturday July 31and lasted for three days.
The subject of the clashes was the shortages and other problems that this province is suffering from.
SSF took total control of the region and the residents ran away to a village to be safe from the severe suppression.

Mullah Larijani called confronting the youths of the Uprising as ‘Jihad’
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Mullah Sadegh Larijani regime’s head of Judiciary named suppressing the youths of the uprising as ‘Jihad’ for the clerical dictatorship.
Kayhan Daily, Khamenei’s organ quoted him speaking amongst some mullahs on August 8 as: “the minds of the youths of our country is filled with doubts and questions that is imposed on them by cultural offenses...first we must understand these doubts...then with their own language explain them...to confront the cultural attack of the West we need ‘Jihad’...our clerics must pay especial attention to the enemy’s attack on the minds of our youths ...using internet and satellite...”.

Radan promised more suppression in Ramadan
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Pointing to regime’s suppression in Ramadan, Radan the deputy of SSF said: “those who eat in public in this month will be arrested, their car will be confiscated and they will be introduced to judiciary organs”.
He added: “SSF will severely punish those who cause sound pollution and those who disrupt social security”.

Student activist sentenced to four years of prison
Tehran- August 9, 2010
On Sunday, August 8, Ali Ajami a law student in Tehran University was taken to the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court where Salavati the head of this branch sentenced him to four years of prison.
This jailed student was sentenced to one year of prison for propagating against the government and three years of prison for conspiring against the government.
Ali Ajami was arrested on February 9, 2009 after an attack by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and was taken to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. After 100 days in 209, he was transferred to cellblock 350 in Evin Prison.

Details of torture of teenager arrested for handing out political flyers
Tehran- August 9, 2010
Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence agents arrested 17 year old Ali Niknam on November 2, 2009 and tortured him after detaining him.
Niknam, who opposed the election results, was arrested on charges of carrying anti-government flyers and was subjected to torture.
“On Monday evening on November 2, I had a number of flyers calling for a march on November 3 and one of my close friends told me to go out with him to distribute the flyers…”, he said.
“Agents of the Revolutionary Guards arrested me and threw me into a Pride automobile and constantly gave me electric shocks (with electric batons), beat me and used very vulgar language in the automobile. They took me to a base near the Helal Ahmar Square [I realized later that they took me to this location] and started interrogating me while severely physically and mentally torturing me. They tortured me so severely that the wound of an operation done on my spinal cord to remove a cyst opened up one year after the surgery and the signs of electric shocks were still evident on my sides, shoulders and stomach for a long time afterwards. I also discharged blood for a few days after my release”.


Workers of Iran

25000 workers fired from Asalouyeh
Tehran, August 9, 2010
The manager of South Par energy field Mousa Soor: “the news of firing 40000 workers from Asalouyeh is a lie and if a reporter or any one else can prove it I will give him 5 million tomans”, but he added: “before 63000 workers worked in Asalouyeh when the projects were over it was natural that this number would decrease. Right now 38000 are at work here and with the new projects 20000 other will join them”.
In this way he actually admitted that 25000 workers have been fired.

Crisis in Qazvin’s factories
Qazvin, August 9, 2010
Naghshe Iran factory in Qazvin with 450 workers a producer of thread is now working with 50 workers and is almost inactive. One of the workers of this factory said that they had worked for 16 months but have received no wages and they must also be paid 5 moths of right of insurance and two times bonuses for two new years.
On Monday more than 150 workers of Farnakh Thread Weaving Factory gathered in protest from 7.30 am in front of this factory demanding 7 months of their unpaid wages.
Since 7 am Monday morning more than 50 workers of Alborz Chinaware factory who have not received their wages for a year gathered in protest in front of the factory. One of the workers said: “after 20 years of work in the factory now they want to close it. It is Ramadan and we have nothing to live with. No body listens to us”.


Other News

Problems that students face at Azad University in Qazvin
Qazvin, August 9, 2010
Qazvin’s Azad University witnessed many protest demonstrations but then regime imposed a harsh oppression on the university. Nobody is allowed to enter the university except the students enrolled in it. Even if somebody introduces his or her ID card but is not a student he or she is not permitted to enter the university.
Surveillance cameras are flooding the university and are installed in hallways, saloons and etc. controlling all the corners of the campus.
They are also bothering the students over their outfits. Boys are not allowed to wear athletic outfits. Girls are severely under pressure about their make-up, the length of their Mantuas, etc. Some students are taken to Disciplinary Committee and are warned about their actions.


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Sing for Free Iran...

They sang in harmony, they are united as one in the song of freedom symbolizing a broad front in global solidarity with the uprising of people of Iran.
Those devoted to freedom throughout the world representing the human conscience hand in hand.
Those who stand beside the Iranian people supporting their fervent struggle for freedom from dictatorship, many thanks to them and you all.

Iran will be free soon; we are all looking forward to that day.

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UPDATE ON IRAN - Aug. 10, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.684

War of Political Prisoners

The Uprising is alive

Tehran cries ‘Allah O Akbar’ to support its enchained heroes 
Tehran, August 8, 2010
ISC reported from Tehran that on Saturday night August 7 people chanted ‘Allah O Akbar’, ‘political prisoners must be freed’, ‘death to dictator’ and ‘death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghih’ on their rooftops in Abbas Abad region especially Andisheh St. to support political prisoners.
This was a spontaneous act and another sign that the Uprising is not only alive but also has become even stronger.

Polytechnic on strike to support political prisoner’s hunger strike
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Students of Polytechnic University announced that they will go on hunger strike from August 8 in solidarity with the hunger strikers of Ward 350 of Evin prison.

Reza Malek on hunger strike
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Reza Malek the oldest political prisoner of ward 350 of Evin Prison went on dry hunger strike when transferred to solitary confinement to protest the inhumane behavior at the prison towards the prisoners.
He joined the 17 hunger strikers since 5 days ago. Mr. Malek is 74 years old and his life is in danger.
It is to be mentioned that his term was over last June but the agents of Intelligence Ministry prevented his freedom asking the Judiciary to rule another sentence for him.

Mother of one of the hunger strikers arrested
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Mother of Ali Parviz one of the hunger strikers at Evin Prison was detained because she had participated in the protest gathering in front of Prosecutor Office.
She was freed on bail later. The same had formerly occurred for the mother of Hossein Noorani Nejad.

Due to international pressure Mohammad Mostafaie’s wife was freed
Tehran, August 8, 2010
The clerical regime desperate of international pressures had to retreat and free the spouse of Mohammad Mostafaie a lawyer who had to leave the country because his life was endangered by clerical dictatorship. In retaliation to his escape regime had arbitrary arrested his wife and his brother-in-law.
Mrs. Halimi, Mr. Mostafaie’s wife said that they were taken as hostages and charged with ‘not cooperating with the interrogator’.
Mr. Mostafaie is also and advocate of children’s rights who has been able to save some juveniles from execution in clerical dictatorship.
Recently he had accepted the defense of Mrs. Sakinieh Mohammadi condemned to stoning to death.
Mrs. Halimi, her brother and father were arrested once before.

Clerical dictatorship force to release a journalist on hunger strike
Tehran, August 8, 2010
The henchmen of Evin Prison were forced to release one of the hunger strikers.
Babak Bordbar, a journalist is one of the 17 hunger strikers at Evin Prison.
Babak was supposed to be freed on July 27 but the prisons authority prevented the act.
Babak’s freedom was one of the demands of political prisoners on hunger strike.
Babak’s freedom was the result of the resistance of hunger strikers who tolerated the hard condition of being on hunger strike.




Sanctions

8 great enterprises stopped export of gasoline to Iran
Tehran, August 8, 2010
After a group of sanctions were issued against the clerical dictatorship during recent weeks 8 main enterprises including Luioil, Shell and Total issued statements saying that they have stopped export of gasoline to Iran.

Under the pressure of sanctions the clerical regime stopped its ‘liquefied natural gas’ project
Tehran, August 7, 2010
The clerical regime is about to put aside its project for liquefying natural gas.
Ahmad Ghalibani the director of regime’s Oil Enterprise said on last Friday that his ministry will concentrate on export of gas by gas pipe lines”.
The liquefying project was to be executed by Shell Company who was also in contract with the regime at South Pars gas and oil field but the company stopped its cooperation before the 4th courses of sanctions.
Though clerical regime is the second exporter of gas in OPEC but it is incapable of providing Iran with the gas needed.
To build the facilities needed for liquefying project regime needs huge investment and usage of modern technology which only a few large oil companies enjoy having it.
For one million tons of liquefied gas the clerical regime needs and investment of about one billion dollars.

Crisis of fuel hits taxi drivers
August 8, 2010
Due to lack of gas and gasoline for taxies they only give ride to the passengers who are willing to pay for the whole capacity of passengers of a taxi which would make the taxi driver needless of picking up passengers here and there.
This has raised discontent amongst people.
In another event as the ration of fuel for the taxi agencies has given its place to ‘agency rations’ the taxi drivers are facing serious problems because as some of them put it, it takes up to six months in best condition to obtain that fuel.
A taxi driver in Varamin said: “we have to stay twice a day in long queues for gas and there is no time left for us to work. My co-workers are having another job too because now a days being only a taxi driver does not provide your living especially if you have a child attending university. We clearly see the effect of sanction on our livelihood and we know that it will become worse in the future. We can feel it”.


The Downfall

Jafari admits that the Velayat-e-Faghih regime has become illegitimate
Tehran, August 9, 2010
Fars News Agency quoted Jafari the head of IRGC, expressing his fear from the continuation of the Uprising: “after three decades from the revolution’s victory we are confronted with enemy’s threats in all political, economical, cultural, military and security fields. The most threat is from cultural aspects which have targeted the beliefs of Moslem people of Iran and our honorable leader of revolution (Khamenei) has used the code of ‘cultural war’ for that”.

Regime’s status in the words of Khamenei’s representative
Tehran, August 9, 2010
On Thursday August 5 Khameneie’s representative in IRGC admitted that forces formerly loyal to Khameneie are defected and this has caused commotion within the regime. He said: “we are witnessing four groups today, as a matter of fact five. Some say that we believe in the leadership but to attract the other side we have to take no position. A Friday Imam has been keeping silence for 8 to 9 months; why is he doing so? You must lean on the leadership and not interpret the issues yourself because this would be getting off the salvation ship”.

An Iranian athlete took refuge in Sweden 
Tehran, August 8, 2010
A member of the national team of diving from Iran requested for asylum in Sweden. S.A. the winner of gold medal in West Asian matches, winner of bronze in Okrain Free Cup of diving from 10 meter diving boards and etc went to Sweden a while ago and asked for asylum there.


Resistance
The Uprising is alive

Thunder-like demonstration of Tehran’s youths with the slogan of ‘death to Khamenei’
Tehran, August 8, 2010
ISC reports from Tehran that on Saturday August 7 at 2135 at Hor Square valiant youths held a thunder-like demonstration and loudly chanting ‘Allah O Akbar’ and ‘death to Khamenei’.
The residents present accompanied them and the demonstration lasted for six minutes around Hor Square, Pastor St. and War University.

People’s protest led to freedom of a woman
Tehran, August 7, 2010
At the City Services Exhibition in Tehran people present protested the arrest of a woman by suppressive agents of SSF and freed her.
SSF agents at the exhibition warned a lady who was attending the exhibition with her small daughter about her veil and she answers back that there no problem with her veil.
This sentence led to quarrel between the lady and SSF present and they intended to arrest her but people started chanting ‘let her go, let her go’ and went towards them.
This scene made the agents to free the lady.

Commemorating Ahmad Nejati a martyr of Uprising at his anniversary
Tehran, August 7, 2010
On last Thursday families of Ahmad Nejati, fallen for freedom during the nationwide uprising, gathered by his grave along with 300 others of his friends and freedom-lovers at section 213 of Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery.
The crowd laid flowers on his grave while the suppressive SSF along with intelligence and security agents had surrounded the crowd to provoke an atmosphere of fear and horror.
Suppression

Decrees of Execution
Tehran, August 8, 2010- Jalal was condemned to death in a penal court in Tehran on August 8.
Tehran, August 7, 2010- The decree of execution for Nader was approved by the regime’s Supreme Court on August 7.
Tehran, August 4, 2010- Two residents of Tehran; Mehran and Shahriar were condemned to execution at branch 71 of Tehran’s penal court headed by Judge Noorollah Aziz Mohammadi.

Taking advantage of Ramadan for increasing suppression
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Since the beginning of Ramadan in this week a great number of clerics will be stationed at metro stations and BTR stations on the excuse of being at hand for answering questions about the canon law.
The management of Tehran’s metro as well as Tehran Vahed Bus Company is ordered to provide these clerics with appropriate stands at the stations.
People count that as a show of power of Khameni which is another ground for suppressing people even more.
Actually such an act is the ground for establishing another suppressive ministry called the ministry of ‘ordering to good and preventing from evil acts’ which will be in direct connection with The Organization for Propagating Islamic Culture.

Mullahs invade schools
Tehran, August 8, 2010
The Ministry of Education will deploy 4000 mullahs to private educational centers to control ‘the cultural and training’ affairs of these centers.
At governmental centers this project will be implemented more broadly in form of hiring 60000 so-called teachers.
With the presence of mullahs in country’s educational centers religious programs will become the priority of training affairs.

Regime’s elements pour acid on Kianoosh Asa’s grave stone
Tehran, August 7, 2010
The suppressive elements of clerical dictatorship have poured acid on the grave stone of Kianoosh Asa, who was arrested and tortured to death during the uprising after last years presidential elections to erase any sign that this is Kianoosh’s grave.
Kainoosh was a student of Science and Industry University, popular amongst the students and loved by them.

Banning a journalist
Kurdistan, August 8, 2010
Bahman Totonchi a Kurd journalist criticizer of the establishment is unofficially prohibited from writing any articles. His articles will not be published in the media by the order of Intelligence ministry. He was also imprisoned for a year before.

Weekly maneuvers of suppressive forces
Zahedan, August 8, 2010
Each week SSF, Bassij and IRGC execute maneuvers in the streets of Zahedan and patrol streets such as Amir and Khayam streets.

Suppression of women
Isfahan, August 8, 2010
In Shahin Sahr of Isfahan placards are posted throughout the city warning that any woman with improper veil will be fined from 5000 to 50000 tomans. The suppressive forces also bother young girls and take some of them away in their cars.

SSF commander promises crack down in holy month of Ramadan 
Tehran- August 8, 2010
The deputy commander of the State Security Forces announced that in the holy month of Ramadan, police will severely deal with those who eat in their cars and will hand over the transgressors to judiciary sources after impounding their cars.
“Eating in public is one of the problems that the police will deal seriously with like the years before”, Ahmad-Reza Radan announced.
“Dealing with noise pollution (stopping cars with loud, banned music), improper clothing and improper veiling are other measures taken by the police in the month of Ramadan”.

Jailed journalist on verge of paralysis denied treatment
Tehran- August 8, 2010
Jailed journalist Isa Saharkhiz has been inflicted with general paralysis since Friday August 6 and is unable to move.
Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison where Saharkhiz was transferred to from last year since the death of a number of Kurd citizens in Evin Prison has bad conditions and prison authorities are oblivious to the condition of this political prisoner. This is while Saharkhiz had been suffering from back pain and heart problems. Despite this, prison officials were not willing to grant him even a one day medical leave from prison.
According to reports from Rajayi Shahr Prison, his muscle paralysis started from last Friday which can lead to paralysis in his face, eyes and other organs and he needs immediate hospitalization. This illness which is a kind of disturbance of the nervous system comes with severe pain in the face. Transferring Saharkhiz to the hospital can prevent his complete paralysis but prison officials are still oblivious to his physical condition.
This journalist has been jailed for more than one year. His trial was held behind closed doors where he was charged with insulting the leadership and it is not clear if the judge has agreed to grant him a leave.
Saharkhiz was arrested after the elections after being beaten and was transferred to Evin Prison. This journalist was kept in temporary detention in the whole one year of his time in jail.

Brother of hunger striking political prisoner pleads for one phone call with brother
Tehran- August 8, 2010
Majid Tavakoli is still continuing his dry hunger strike refusing to drink or eat to demand that prisoner’s rights are not violated and is in a very poor condition.
“They have made everything very hard”, Ali Tavakoli, Majid’s brother said.
“They have forced families to sign written pledges that they would not gather outside Evin Prison or the Prosecutor’s Office. If they do, they will be arrested. They even make threatening phone calls and my mother is suffering and is in critical condition as a result of these threats”.
“Unfortunately, we have no news on Majid. There is no way to communicate with him. His physical condition has made us very worried. This is the third time that Majid has gone on a dry hunger strike. All we say is that at least let us call Majid to convince him to end his hunger strike but they do not allow this”.
“If they do not have a religion, they can at least be noble men”, he said, addressing prison officials.

Iran arrests 3 Baha’is in Isfahan
Isfahan- August 8, 2010
Security forces went to the home of Faraz Rohi (M), Zhinous Jushian (F) and Nasim Rohi (F), three Baha’i residents of Vilashahr in Isfahan and arrested them after conducting a search.
These people were active in fighting illiteracy and according to reports, and went to the Qale Mosa Khan Village located 50 kilometers from Isfahan since May 2009 for about a year and four months and educated the children in this area with books that were approved by the Guidance Ministry.
These people taught literacy to about 8 women and 15 children and had set up computer classes for them as well. They had transferred 200 scientific and story books for the children and teenagers to this village. Notably, because of the lack of a doctor and medical services in this village, they also took a number of villagers who needed eye care to town for treatment.
The villagers were not aware of the religion of these social activists and their activities were only for social services. According to the latest reports, the detainees were taken to the Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan and have not visited their families since their arrest.


News on Iran’s economy

Inflation in Qazvin
Tehran, August 8, 2010
The inflation has risen so high that the price of one kg of meat has gone up from 10000 tomans per kilo to 18000 tomans.
Poultry’s price has risen from 2200 tomans per kilo to 3550 tomans. To cover up this increase of price regime is importing frozen poultry and selling it at the price of 3350 tomans per kilogram.


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Suppression;

 Tool for covering up the shattering of power of 

clerical dictatorship

This question always exists about state-suppression; is this suppression because of the power of the establishment or its weakness?

If we don’t think properly about this question and its answer, at the first instant we always think of a regime’s power and strength in regard with state-suppression; its weakness and the conditions it is embedded in is forgotten.
To answer this question we must first lay out the possibilities and then reach the conclusion.


In which aspects the regime ruling Iran does pursue its suppression?
Execution in public or at prisons, constant torture of prisoners, arbitrary arrests based on different excuses, calling the youths as hooligans and counting them as criminals, imposing pressure on women under the code of ‘the plan for improper veil’, attacking universities, putting the detainees on trial on charge of ‘Moharebe’ (enmity with God or fighting against God) and..., systematic raping of prisoners to break their resistance and make them to confess false, cut in the visits of prisoners and etc.


What is the goal for all these arrests, tortures, executions and etc?
The clerical dictatorship wants to pretend that it enjoys a great power and is capable of doing whatever it wants. No body has the right to even breathe against it none the less to protest or to demand anything.

Has the clerical dictatorship reached its goal by the suppression or not? Has it been able to provoke horror and fear in the society?
Are people afraid because of round the clock suppression imposed by this regime in front of their eyes and express their demands no more? 

There are two answers to this question:

First- if the answer is that yes this regime has been able to make the society hush up by its vicious suppression then why all these demonstrations and cries of ‘death to dictator’ that is heard from all society strata? How can this contradiction be answered to?
Second- if the answer is that the Supreme Leader has not been even able to silence the prisoners in the prisons none the less the people in the society from workers to street sweepers, to employees to students to professors and etc.
The conclusion is that the suppression has no effect any more and can no more control the protests and discontent of people.
Especially when people cry in answer to the street killings during last year: ‘death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghih’ or ‘death to Khamenei’.
This means that if there is even one day of freedom people will pull down this Velayat and will destroy it.

Conclusion:
First: people do not want this regime; they demand its downfall and will pull it down at the first chance they get.
Second: Velayat-e-faghih is only continuing its dictatorship by the power of weapons, IRGC and Bassij; if one day it stops its suppression it will not exist any more.

Especially when we look at the regime in the framework of international community we see that it has no support amongst its neighbors.
On the day of ‘Pasdar’ (IRGC member) Rahim Safavi said: “we don’t have any strategic partner in the region”.

Sanctions imposed on this regime by US, Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan are tightening their rings around this regime each day.
We are witnessing protests because of problems in water, electricity, non-payment of wages. The Bazaar closes; families of political prisoners protest for their freedom and students use any opportunity to protest, strike and march against this regime.
Any where we go we see anti-regime slogans written on the walls.
Political prisoners bravely announce their position in any occasion though they are in the paws of regime’s henchmen and go on hunger strike to gain their rights?
Families of those who had participated in the uprising, and are attacked at their homes by SSF, arrested and tortured still gather in protest on daily or weekly bases in front of regime’s prisoners.

After the Ashura Uprising regime’s propagating apparatus is threatening the youths and other people round the clock.
Mohsen Ejeie regime’s so-called General Prosecutor announced that ‘at least three’ detainees of Ashura Uprising have been identified as ‘Moharebs’ and will be executed but the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9, 2010 aroused a wave of protests and public strikes. Even in prison the prisoners took positions against this cruel act.

In cities of Sanandaj, Mahabad, Saghez, Baneh, Sardasht, Piranshahr, Naghadeh, Oshnavieh and Marivan bazaars and shops were closed.
The Tehran’s Bus Driving Syndicate condemned the hangings. The Teacher’s Global Confederation condemned the hangings.
Students especially thousands of students of Meli University protested and prevented Ahmadinejad from entering the university; they clashed with Bassijis and made them retreat.

The new decree of execution of political prisoner, Jafar kazemi, supporter of PMOI, has raised a wave of global and domestic protest which still continues.
Political prisoners are on hunger strike some of them on dry hunger strike making the regime desperate, and their families stage protests each day.

While clerical dictatorship had issued the decree of stoning to death for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani it had to retreat under global pressure and hatred.
The continuation of these protests, demonstrations and anti-regime slogans has dragged the Supreme Leader, Khamenei, into point of desperation.
He hangs to anything but he cannot drive the society any more off the course of their demands.

Though the suppression was obvious but people attacked the suppressive forces in any alley and street in Ashura.

In Tabriz the brave youths punished one of the suppressive elements of SSF after a soccer match.

Regime uses suppression as a tool for its survival. If only one day it stops suppression it will be gone. So it is not a matter of power it is a matter of surviving or not surviving.

During Shah’s time people’s wrath was flamed when his regime massacred people on September 8, 1978 in Jaleh Square.

If the youths could grasp the guns of SSF as they did their shields, batons and helmets then the scene was painted in another color in Ashura.

Thus the regime well knows that it cannot just continue suppression to the extent it wants because if the valiant youths are armed then regime’s downfall accelerates and is inevitable.

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The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.683

War of political prisoners

Political fasting in ward 350 in support of hunger strikers
Tehran, August 7, 2010
The prisoners of ward 350 of Evin Prison fasted on August 7 to support those political prisoners who were on the 13th day of their hunger strike and were transferred to solitary cells.
In another event political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison announced that they too had fasted on August 7 to supports 17 hunger strikers in Evin.
Though it is known that they should be in critical conditions after 13 days but their families have no news of their health which worries them the most.
The families cannot have communication with the 17 hunger strikers.

Letter of solidarity
Tehran, August 7, 2010
A group of female political prisoners in public ward of Evin Prison wrote a letter protesting the conditions of 17 hunger strikers demanding the authorities of the prison to return the prisoners to normal conditions.

We demand the unconditional freedom of political and ideological prisoners
Letter of the families of hunger strikers to Mullah Sadegh Larijani
Tehran, August 7, 2010
The families of political prisoners on hunger strike wrote a letter demanding Sadegh Larijani to yield to the transfer of the prisoners to public ward and thus prevent a human catastrophe. In their letter they expressed their great concern about the conditions of these hunger strikers and demanded that their primary rights as a human being be met in the prison.

In a cruel act 5 prisoners were hanged in group
Ahwaz, August 7, 2010
To create an atmosphere of fear and horror the clerical regime hanged 5 prisoners in a mass hanging in Ahwaz.


Sanctions 

Expressing fear about sanctions and activating regime’s lobbies in Europe
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Regime’s former ambassador to Germany expressed his fear from the aftermath of international sanctions and demanded that the clerical regime activated its economical and political lobbies in European countries.
Khabar Online quoted Sahmsedin Kharghani on August 6 in his article as: “they will probably negotiate over two subjects of the sanctions first human rights in Iran and then our country’s nuclear issue”.
He advised regime’s authorities in the High Council of National Security and Foreign Ministry to plan a mutual diplomacy. He also advised that economical organs use their lobbies in regard with Europe.

How bad is regime’s economical condition; a regime’s element speaks
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Mohammad Nahavandian the head of Trade, Industry and Mine Room of the clerical regime admitted to the effects of sanctions and his regime’s terrible economical condition and said: “one of the signs that things are getting worse is the astonishing increase in the number of ‘bad checks’.

Mullah Zolnoor expressed his fear from international sanctions
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Mullah Zolnoor, Khamenei’s representative in IRGC expressed his concern about the reaction of international community towards regime’s nuclear adventures and said: “we must escalate the risks for our enemies if they want to attack us”.
ISNA state-run news agency quoted him speaking amongst a group of Bassijis as: “if we escalate the amount of risks and casualties for the enemy this will stop them in attacking the Islamic Republic in near future”.
Mullah Zolnoor said that the most important part of the sanctions was searching regime’s shipments and continued: “if they want to inspect our shipments them we have the Strait of Hormoz in our hands. If waters of the world are not safe for us then Persian Gulf will not be safe for any body.

Crisis in factories
Qazvin, August 7, 2010
On Saturday, August 7 more than 80 workers from Naznakh factory, about 60 from Farnakh Factory and more than 100 workers from Alborz Chinaware factory along with workers of some other crisis stricken factories gathered in front of Qazvin’s Industrial Bureau.

Retaliating sanctions
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Scholarships given by Ministry of Science which was granted before to students for studying in European countries and US is now granted for Syria and Lebanon. The broad sanctions imposed on the clerical dictatorship by US and European countries have led to this decision.
This scholarship is granted to post-master degree students.


The Downfall

Schism within IRGC intensifies
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Deep and serious disputes have shown up amongst different bands within IRGC. The IRGC members (Pasdars) ask each other “are you with Ahmadinejad or Khamenie?”
Many of Pasdars are against Ahmadinejad’s band and that’s the reason that so many of them are put aside during last week.

Ragsanjani warned censorship
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Rafsanjani the head of regime’s Assembly of Experts clearly pointed that people disgust censorship in clerical dictatorship and warned state-run media pointing to the broad network of conveying information by people during the uprising: “in the post-industrial world of today with all the tools for conveying the news and all modern technology one cannot deny the news or censor them”.
As his words have been quoted by ILNA state-run news agency on August 7 Rafsanjani advised the media: “we should not let other media to give the news of Iran to the people when we know exactly what their intention is from picking from amongst the news. If we tell the truth people will turn to us”, to decrease the amount of people’s hatred towards the censorship imposed by the clerical dictatorship.


Disputes between Khamenei’s and Ahmadinejad’s bands
The schism goes even deeper

Mullah Hashem Hosseini attacked the head of Ahmadinejad’s office
Qom, August 7, 2010
At Friday prayer in Qom after Mullah Hashem Hosseini Booshehri attacked US for the spread of sanctions and the option of military attack he attacked Rahim Mashaie the head of Ahmadinejad’s office and said: “we shouldn’t utter whatever we have in mind. You don’t say Islam and you say Iran. What is this? Why are you spreading doubt and concern in the society? All the officials must watch out not to take any step that would please the enemy”.

Mashaie: Kayhan Daily lies
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Following the confrontation between Ahmadinejad’s band and Kayhan Daily, Khamenei’s organ, Rahim Mashaie, Ahmadinejad’s head of office accused the daily from spreading lies and forging documents against him.
In ILNA state-run news agency on August 7 Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie reacted to the document and article published against him in Kayhan Daily and said: “the invitation published was completely a forgery and lie. This is the big lie of Kayhan Daily”.
Mashaie is accused of spreading Pan-Iranism instead of Pan-Islamism. He ruled out the accusation and said: “this is just like other lies they accused me of”.

Dispute continues between the two bands on Mashaie’s sayings
Tehran, August 7, 2010
The disputes have escalated within Khamenei’s band over Rahim Mashaie’s words. Some call him a traitor and ask Ahmadinejad to get rid of him.
Ahmad Tavakoli a regime’s MP from Khamenei’s band said that Mashaie ‘has a sick mind’ and added: “the new corrupt positions of Mr. Mashaie that there are different views of Islam is just illusions of a sick mind which is not in compliance with Islam’s principle, with the constitution and the with the interests of dear Iran”.
Even Ahmad Khatami who is a great supporter of Ahmadinejad attacked Mashaie at this Firday’s Imam at the beginning of the ceremony and said that his words are blasphemy.
Mullah Kabi a member of regime’s Assembly of Experts from Khamenei’s band revealed regime’s intention and said: “those who look for Iranian Islam they are having a corrupt thought. We are looking for an Iran that would be sacrificed for Islam not an Islam at service of Iran”.

Larijani asked the media not to spotlight regime’s bands disputes
Tehran, August 7, 2010
As the schism deepens within the dominant band of regime Larijani the head of regime’s Majlis hoped for the media not to give coverage to such disputes. It is to be mentioned that the Uprising of people of Iran was ignited after the debates amongst regime’s officials was broadcasted in TV, unintentionally revealing the true nature of regime elements for people.


Resistance

Clerical regime’s nuclear programs
Regime’s media admits: people of Iran are against mullahs nuclear policies
Tehran, August 7, 2010
ISNA state-run news agency reported: “according to a poll from 1172 residents of Tehran only 22.1% of them approved the government on its nuclear record. In comparison with the former poll on last August with the result of 45.2% positive this is a huge drop”.
This show how much hollow regime’s claim is that all Iranians support its power-mongering policies.

3000 teachers signed a protesting scroll 
Izeh, August 7, 2010
3000 teachers from Izeh Township wrote a letter reminding the general manager of the province that they have not received their wages and bonuses. These teachers who were at this position in years of 2007 till 2009 have not received their wages yet.


Suppression

A detainee of Ashura condemned to 15 years imprisonment
Tehran, August 8, 2010
Farah Vazehan (Fe) who has been under temporary detention for 7 months was arrested two days after Ashura Uprising at her house. She was informed by the criminal judge Salavati on August 5 that she will serve a 15 years term.
Farah is accused of participating in street protests and ‘Moharebe because of working with PMOI’. Farah lived for years out of country and came back to Iran because her 19 years old daughter has cancer.

A student must serve 2 years term
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Mostafa Papie a student of Master of Science in English language at Science & Industry University was condemned to 2 years suspended term.
He is charged with acting against country’s security, disrupting the order and propagating against the establishment.

Use of cell phones not permitted
Mashad, August 7, 2010
An army recruit in Mashad said that the soldiers and not allowed to keep cell phones during their training and they are deprived from using internet.


Other News

IRGC foreign mercenaries training camps
August 7, 2010
A well informed source said that IRGC’s mercenaries from Lebanon and other foreign countries are receiving military trainings at two locations around Tabas City inside the desert at the east of Neishaboor.


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The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.682

War of political prisoners

Amnesty international calls for a halt in Jafar Kazemi’s execution and the execution of 6 other political prisoners
August 6, 2010
On last Thursday Amnesty International issued a statement for immediate action for a halt in Jafar Kazemi’s execution and the execution of 6 other political prisoners in regard with PMOI; Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaie, Ali Saremi, Abdolreza Ghanbari, Ahmad Daneshpoor Moghadam, Mohsen Daneshpoor Moghadam and Jafar Lari a merchant from Tehran’s Bazaar.

Three political prisoners on dry hunger strike in critical conditions
Tehran, August 6, 2010
ISC reports that Kayvan Samimi, Majid Tavakoli and Bahman Amooie three political prisoners on dry hunger strike at Evin Prison are in critical condition. Bahmand and Kayvan are journalists and Majid is a student activist.
It is about ten days that 17 political prisoners are on hunger strike in solitary cells in ward 350 in protest against the terrible conditions of ward 350 and the behavior of prisons agents towards political prisoners.

Political prisoner Arjang Davoodi’s life in jeopardy
Karaj, August 6, 2010
ISC reports that political prisoner Arjang Davoodi is in critical condition in his fourth day of hunger strike in ward 3 of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison.
Mr. Davoodi has lost more than 10 kilo’s and can hardly walk. He also is suffering from low blood pressure, dizziness, head ache and is having problem in seeing.
His live is really in danger.
Mr. Davoodi went on hunger strike in protest to inhuman limitations and conditions of the prison. He demands the minimum rights of a prisoner none the less a political prisoner such as having visits, being able to call his family and been treated by a physician.
His house has been actually invaded by regime and his family is homeless and he demands it back.
He has complained against Ali Haj Kazem the head of Gohardasht Prison and he demands that his complain be looked into.

Regime’s security forces threaten the mothers of the hunger strikers
Tehran, August 5, 2010
As the families of 17 hunger strikers gathered in protest in front of the General Bureau for Prisons regime’s suppressive security agents tried to arrest some of the mothers and other family members of these political prisoners but they were confronted with the resistance of the others to prevent the act.
In another event the suppressive security forces have called the families of these political prisoners warning them about having any interview with the media. They have threatened these families that if they say a word about these prisoners to the media they will be immediately detained.
Regime’s security organs have become furious about the fact that the news of these hunger strikes has been conveyed to the world.
Majid Tavakoli’s mother said: “they told me to hush up and have no interview with the media”, but she said that she is afraid of nothing. She has not seen Majid for 9 months.
She added: “Majid belongs to everybody, if I keep silence the others won’t”.

Mother of one of the hunger strikes warned that she will commit suicide
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Mother of Hamidreza Mohammadi one of the 17 hunger strikers at Evin Prison said that Hamidreza had been in prison for 6 years and he is suffering from nervous system’s problems. He had also been sent to hospital once for a week for unknown reason.
She added: “we don’t know at all if he is alive or not.... I just want to see him and if they don’t permit me to see him tomorrow I will kill myself there...”

Sakineh Mohammadi Ahstiani under decree for stoning to death ruled out all the charges
Tehran, August 7, 2010
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, condemned to stoning to death ruled out all the charges against her and said: “they think that they can do whatever they want with the women of this country. They wanted to get rid of my lawyer so that they can charge me with whatever they want without being protested against”.

Students supporting the hunger strikes
Mazandaran, August 6, 2010
A group of student activists of Mazandaran University and the Nooshirvani Industrial University of Babol issued a statement supporting the hunger strikers at Evin Prison. They counted regime’s authorities responsible for their health including
1- The head of Judiciary Sadegh Amoli Larijani
2- The head of Prisons Organization of the Country, Qolamhossein Ismaieli
3- The head of Evin Prison, Sedaghat
4- The General Prosecutor, Qolamhossein Mohseni Ejeie
5- Tehran’s prosecutor, Mahmood Jafari Dolatabadi
6- The head of the country’s SSF, Ahmadi Moghadam
7- The minister of intelligence, Haidar Moslehi
These students called on all international organizations especially the UN Secretary General to support these political prisoners.


Sanctions

Gasoline crisis in Gonbad
Gonbad, August 6, 2010
Gas stations are too crowded in this city and the queues for gasoline are longer than a kilometer. The same is the condition of gas stations for gas consuming vehicles.

Rasht is facing gasoline crisis too
Rasht, August 7, 2010
Taxi drivers in Rasht have to stay between one to three hours in line for receiving 5 kg of gas and 5 liters of gasoline for their taxis.

Bazaar

Heavy decrees for two merchants of Bazaar
Tehran, August 5, 2010
The criminal judge Salavati has issued heavy sentences for two popular merchants of Bazaar.
Javad Lari 51 and married and Mohsen Dogmechi 50 are condemned to execution and 10 years imprisonment respectively.
Mr. Lari has been transferred directly to solitary cells after he was arrested last summer and went under severe torture to have dictated TV interviews. He is charged with Moharebe being affiliated with PMOI.
Mr. Dogmechi has been condemned to 10 years imprisonment because he has financially helped the families of political prisoners and because his son is a resident of Ashraf City the resident of PMOI members in Iraq.


Resistance

Anti regime slogans increase in Tehran
Tehran, August 6, 2010
Anti regime slogans are increasingly seen these days in Narmak region of Tehran. Though the security agents constantly erase these slogans but they are written again.
Anti regime slogans are also seen in regions of Jalalieh, Mirkhani St, and streets of Nosrat, Gharib, Bagherkhan Intersection, end of Keshavarz Blvd and around One Thousand Beds Hospital.
The slogans read as:
- Sanctions are the ground for change
- Iranians strike, we will rise on Sep. 3 (Qods Day)
- The Uprising is alive, Khamenei is dead, the Uprising in undefeatable, we will rise on Sep. 3
- Khamenei must know that the Uprising continues; valiant Iranian support, support
Also in Charsad Dastgah region brave youths have written anti regime slogans such as:
- be alive the memory of the political prisoners massacred in 1988, we will come on Sep. 3
- Sep. 3 is the day of the nation’s uprising, the day of the death of Velayat
- Our Uprising is alive, Khamenei is death, we will come on Sep. 3


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iran-Students-Committee/222864894745?ref=ts
Iranstudentscommittee.blospot.com
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