UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 25, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 748

Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods 

in different cities of Iran

Gas stations torched; people answer to Ahmadinejad’s subsidy cuts
Dec. 24, 2010 
Reports obtained says that two gas stations, one in Tehran and one in Tabriz have been torched by angry crowd after the subsidy cuts and sky rise prices of fuel.

Dec. 23, 2010

Tehran- taxi rates are now 500 Tomans the previous rate was 200 tomans.

Tehran- water’s cost has been announced as 370 Tomans per m3 for Tehran residents.

Tehran- eyewitnesses said that taxi rate for the root of Azadi to Andisheh has risen from 1000 Tomans to 1500 Tomans at one night.

Tehran- many of hen-breeding places around Tehran (in Shahriar and Robat  Karim) are closed till further notice because lorries and trucks are on strike.
The price for truck fuel has risen 10 times so they want to raise the price of the transportation but the owners of the hen-breeding facilities have no income to pay such a rate so they close the place instead.

Tehran- during the last two days the price of 3rd grade tomatoes has been announced 1300 Tomans per kg. Free sold tomatoes are 3000 per kg. These kind of prices have risen discontent amongst the residents.

Tehran- truck drivers are not transporting goods because of gas oil price. The strike is going to reach bus terminals too.

Tehran- eyewitnesses say that though it was announced in the news that the agencies will have 300 liters ration fuel by the price of 100 Tomans but that was only a lie and the amount was only 250 liters.

Tehran- an eyewitness said: I went to bakery today at 8 in the morning and the bread was 30 Tomans per piece. The second time that I referred there at 11.5 am it was posted there that the bread would be 100 Tomans per piece afterwards and the government would deposit 4000 Tomans for each person for bread in their accounts.
The papers wrote that the president has said that people will use only 2000 Tomans from that 4000 per month and this would be a saving for them! In townships too the price of each piece of bread has risen from 16 Tomans to 70 Tomans. Residents there are becoming desperate too.
Karaj- eyewitnesses say that after subsidy cuts angry people have torn Ahmadinejad’s posters that were installed throughout the city.

Sari (north of Iran) - Sari’s taxi drivers went on strike because of gasoline’s price. Many of them were arrested by the agents of Intelligence Ministry.

Tabriz- in Tabriz, residents are riding donkeys in the streets to show their dissatisfaction.

Chabahar- a resident from Chabahar said: in our city we don’t have taxis but there are some people acting as such instead.  Now the rates have doubled after the subsidy cuts. We are going to return to the age that people used donkeys and horses.

Booshehr- the day after subsidy cuts were announced the residents didn’t know that the price of gasoline has risen. When they referred to gas stations they were not able to pay for the new price.


Dec. 22, 2010 

Tehran- all bus terminals for transporting passengers between cities are full of buses that don’t work due to rise in fuel price. Only a few of them transport the passengers.

Tehran- craft shops needing fuel for their apparatuses are closed.

Tehran- The number of women who have no choice other than using their body for an income under the rule of religious tyranny has risen drastically after the execution of plan of ‘Subsidy Overhaul’.

Tehran- Detective Bureau of Tehran reported that during last three days the number of robberies has multiplied 20 times in Tehran. The report says that people with no record of theft are now being arrested because of it.

Tehran- on Dec. 22 Taxi Guild’s Union of Tehran issued a statement announcing the new rates. The rates have risen 15% and the drivers are not satisfied with that because the rationed fuel’s price has risen four times. As a result most taxi agencies are inactive and half closed.

Mashhad- regime’s suppressive security forces mostly from Especial Guards Forces are seen in Mashad’s streets patrolling on foot or riding. People have rushed to gas stations and suppressive forces intensely control come and goes. Close to Melat Park four vans belonging to black outfit Special Forces are stationed. No pedestrians are seen in Sajad St. only patrolling forces can be seen.
 
Qom- A group of Qom’s taxi drivers went on strike in Amin Bolvar Street in protest to raise in price of CNG gas in front of regime’s Radio & TV Station of this city.
Karaj- on Dec. 22 Karaj’s gas stations were crowded following the subsidy cuts and bakeries were half closed.

Tehran- since Monday Dec. 20 lines for receiving gas have become shorter. Residents have tried not to use it as a sign of protest. The gas price has multiplied 8 times.

Price of bread announced
Dec. 22, 2010 - Tehran
On-line news belonging to the clerical regime announced the new price of different kinds of bread approved at Tehran’s provincial session. The prices are as such: Lavash bread 100 tomans/ Sangak bread 400 toman/ Barbari bread 350 tomans and Taftoon bread 200 toman.

Students protest ‘Subsidy Overhaul’ plan
Dec. 22, 2010 - Tehran
On Dec. 21 a group of students at Khaje-Nasir University protested against the ‘subsidy overhaul’ plan supporting the vulnerable class of the society.
Fist they distributed leaflets reading ‘students will die but will not yield to oppression’ and then started hitting their plates with their spoons at the dinning hall to show their protest.
After the distribution of the leaflets Harasat agents started collecting them and prevented the students to form a protest gathering.

Qazvin is uneasy
Dec. 24, 2010 - Qazvin
Residents of Qazvin talk against Ahmadinejad in public places and in taxis and are very angry.
They talk about torching gas stations and about strike in Bazaar.
They have rushed to withdraw their money from bands.

A factory is closed at Kohkiloye Boirahmad Province
Dec. 23, 2010 
Alireza Janati the executive manager of Laborer House of this province said that the motorbike production factory of the province in Yassoj is once more closed.
In his interview with ILNA state-run agency he said: “this factory has been closed once more last year but it was reopened in the current year. It is once more closed”.
He added that the manager says that it is closed because it has no customer and it is short of cash.
Janati said that the issue of this factory in Yasooj has been discussed at Labor Commission of the province several times but without any result.

The price of Iran Khodro productions fall
Dec. 23, 2010 - Tehran
Asre- Iran State-run daily wrote: “after the announcement of 2 to 5 percent degree decrease in the production of Iran Khodro Industrial Group by its manager the group announced a reduction of price in all its productions.”


Downfall

Mullahs fear delisting of PMOI
Dec. 22, 2010 - Terhan
On-line state-run media belonging to Larijani discussed the Symposium for Confronting Iran’s Atomic Threats and Terrorism and wrote: “during last few days a number of officials of US former administration including John Bolton the former representative of US at UN, suggested that Barak Obama should put aside his current course of confronting Iran and should adopt the strategy of ‘regime change’ in regard with this country. They said that he should delist PMOI in that regard as a group that is ‘pursuing freedom in Iran’”.
While worried about the effect of these sayings the media called it as violating the international treaties and added: “such a position aside its fundamental political repugnancies and impasses is in contradiction with the framework of international society…”.

Regime’s MP fear questioning Ahmadinejad
Dec. 22, 2010 - Tehran
Ali Motahari a member of regime’s parliament said: “during the course of collecting signatures for questioning the president, MPs say that we are pro this act and support you but we will not sign because they will ruin our lives”.

Minister of Economy summoned
Dec. 23, 2010- Tehran
Two days after the execution of ‘Subsidy Overhaul’ plan and in fear of its aftermaths, regime’s parliament is discussing these aftermaths which they call ‘worriment’ in a non-public session summoning the Minister of Economy.
As state-run media report MPs are worried about the consequences of the raise in gasoline price up to 700 tomans per liter and are demanding its decrease to 400 tomans.

20 regime’s MP demanded studying Mottaki’s case
Dec. 23, 2010- Tehran
20 of regime’s MPs asked Larijani the head of regime’s parliament in a letter to study humiliating dismissal of Mottaki. They asked him for a report after the study.
They called this method of work as damaging ‘the establishment’s prestige’: “this unprecedented phenomenon has raised questions and ambiguities, especially because the subject of Foreign Minister’s dialogue in Senegal regarded national security”.
The names of some of regime’s MPs signing this letter are: Ahmad Tavakoli, Elyas Naderan, Mohammad Dehghan and Ali Motahari.
Mullah Mesbah Yazdi another MP said that this dismissal was ‘politically wrong’ and added that this act would ‘internationally damage us and ruin our country’s international credibility’.


Suppression

Families of Martyrs of uprising threatened
Dec. 23, 2010 - Tehran
ISC reported that the Intelligence Ministry constantly calls and threatens the families of those who fall for freedom during last year’s uprising to hush them. It tells them that they should not have any interviews, if they do so another member of their family will be arrested and killed.
The ministry also wants them to go to Evin Prison and get money (Dieh) for their killed loved ones and refrain from complaining.
One family is told that they will be paid 15 to 20 million Tomans but the family had not accepted that.
One of the mothers said that if a family accepts such thing they have wasted the blood of their beloveds.

Jailed father of Ashraf resident in critical condition
Dec. 22, 2010 
According to reports, political prisoner Mohsen Dokmeh Chi is in critical condition in the Taleqani Hospital.
On Saturday December 18, after the condition of this jailed Tehran Bazaar merchant became critical, he was transferred to the Taleqani Hospital from prison and was hospitalized in the surgical unit. Despite his poor condition, three prison guards are stationed in his room at all times and his hands have been handcuffed to his bed. His family is banned from visiting him under normal conditions and especially in the past four days, they have had no information about his condition and are only allowed to visit him with the permission of Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi.
Dokmeh Chi came down with an illness about 3 months ago in prison but did not receive serious treatment. He had constant pain day and night and was not able to rest or eat and lost 16 kilos. But agents of the Intelligence Agency and the Tehran Prosecutor prevented his hospitalization.
On Saturday, they were forced to take him to the hospital because of his critical condition. The hospital has still not been able to give a final diagnosis of his illness. He is suffering from severe pancreas and gallbladder problems.
Political prisoner Mohsen Dokmeh Chi, 52, is a well-known Tehran Bazaar merchant who was arrested on September 6, 2008 after agents of the Intelligence Agency attacked his place of work. He was transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. Dokmeh Chi was charged with giving financial assistance to the families of political prisoners and the presence of his daughter in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Salavati, the head of the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court has sentenced him to 10 years of prison to be spent in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj. He was also a political prisoner in the 80’s and was jailed for 7 years.

Iran continues its harassment of dissident university professors
Dec. 22, 2010
The pressures and threats against dissident professors in the Law and Political Science Department of Tehran University have increased.
According to reports, these pressures which come in the shape of summonses, threats and harassment of professors reached their climax after election events last year.
According to this report, in light of the political price of expelling or forcing dissident professors into retirement, the government’s security system has in the past years implemented a new method of using its elements to harass professors to force them to resign or retire. One of these professors in Dr. Seyed Hossein Seif Zadeh, a professor of international relations at Tehran University’s Law and Political Science Department…
Notably, Dr. Seif Zadeh was summoned to the University’s Protection Department on October 23, 2010 and was interrogated for three and a half hours by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence about the discussions and subjects he had presented in class. There were also reports that he was insulted and physically harassed while being interrogated…
Dr. Seif Zadeh has a Ph.D. of political science from the University of Santa Barbara in California and Harvard University.


Other News

Meddling in Iraq
Dec. 23, 2010 - Tehran
In its ‘political analysis of the week’, Jomhoori state-run daily showing regime’s meddling attitude towards Iraq wrote about the formation of Iraqi government: “Maleki is facing two challenges in his second term at the head of executive power in Iraq; first the presence of American occupiers and then the existence of political rivals with great difference in opinion inside and outside the cabinet”.
This source added: “Maleki is sharing the new government with some who have complete controversial positions and perspectives, at top of them is Al-Iraqieh and Ayad Alavi.
Alavi has …joined Maleki government on this condition that the council under his leadership would have the same power as the cabinet and this can be a great potential problem for Maleki in future”.



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 23, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 747

Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods

in different cities of Iran

Tehran- Dec. 21-due to strike of truck owners edible goods have not reached supermarkets.

Tehran- On Dec. 19, Lorries that were supposed to deliver milk with subsidy to Qods town refrained from delivering it and only 20% of the milk has reached its destiny.

Tehran- Dec. 21- in Zaferanieh end of Asef St. Lavash bread has reached 100 Tomans per piece.

Tehran- Dec. 21- price of fruit has risen very high: cucumber=1500 tomans per kg/ tomato-2000 tomans per kg/ watermelon= 700 tomans per kg/ tangerine=1500 tomans per kg/ pomegranate= 2000 toman per kg.

Tehran- Sunday Dec. 19- taxi drivers of root Varamin to Shoosh went on strike.

Tehran- Tuesday Dec. 21- taxis of Azari region refrained from using CNG gas and they didn’t permit private cars to use it either in protest to the rise in price of gas.

Tehran- Dec. 21- though Ahmadinejad’s government has said that the heads of families can give their bank account no. through a site so that the government would deposit some money to their accounts instead of subsidy cuts but people have problem in that because the site is closed.


Tehran- Dec. 21- taxi rates have tripled. A passenger said I used to pay 500 tomans for going from Olympic to Sadeghieh Sq. but today the driver ask for 1500 tomans and when I asked the reason he said that gasoline has reached 700 tomans per litter.

Tehran- Dec. 21- due to rise in price of gas and gasoline transporting vehicles are not working and thus there are long queues of passengers waiting for transportation and this has aroused discontent amongst people. Some of the longest lines are at the center of the city, Abbas Abad region and Haft-t-tir (Rezaieha) Sq.

Fars Province, Mamasani Dec. 21- liquid gas capsules have reached 4000 tomans per capsule.
A driver said with gasoline 700 tomans per litter, CNG gas 350 tomans per kilo and LPG capsules 4000 tomans per capsules, this will take away from us our only income now we have to become a thief. Then he started swearing at the heads of the regime.
A lorry driver said the he needs 400 liter of gas oil per day and with the new price that would be 140000 tomans per day. He added that he could no more continue with his job to provide his living.

Tabriz- Dec. 21- after the execution of plan suppressive forces are stationed at sensitive locations of the city such as in front of banks, gas stations, university and machine banks.

Birjand- Dec. 21- since the first day of execution of the plan all taxi drivers are on strike.

Isfahan- Dec. 22- Some hen raising places closed as soon as the government announced the new rates.
Suppressive stations are popping up every where in Isfahan. During last 48 hours several stations are formed in critical regions of Isfahan and its suburbs. These stations belong to Especial Guards Forces and they are formed in fear of people’s protests.
Most people say that the money that the government has deposited for them instead of subsidy cuts would last only for one month and then the government will face protests.

Dec. 21, 2010


Arak- After the announcement of the execution of the plan suppressive forces are stationed in all gas stations and it is like a curfew. Even policemen have been put on state of alert.

Mashad- security atmosphere has masked all the city. Beside each gas station a police patrol is present.

Tehran- an eyewitness: I used taxi four times today. In all rides both the driver and the passengers swore at the government. The taxi driver said that at the begining of the root suppressive forces are stationed so that if a driver says anything in protest they will pull of his taxi’s lisence.

Bandar Abbas- On Sunday Dec. 20 Bahoonar Port in Bandar Abbas was closed in protest against the subsidy cuts.

Tehran- a murchant of Baazar said that this plan is a heart attack for people. He said: ”this will arouse more discontent in near future amongst people. Their capability of puchase will go down and this will raise protest which would be for sure against the government.


Teachers of Kish Island on strike
Dec. 21, 2010 – Kish Island
As the regime started implementing its plan of subsidies cut the teachers of Kish Island went on strike protesting against the non-payment of their wages. They didn’t attend their classes.

Motorcyclists on strike
Dec. 21, 2010 –Tehran
On the second day after the execution of subsidy cut plan motorcyclist went vastly on strike in protest against escalation in price of gasoline and other fuel. Many of the motorcyclists parked their bikes at the sidewalks of Azadi and Enghelab Streets.
Most of the people who use motorbikes for transportation are from the poor class of the society and rise in prices has caused many problems for them. They use this vehicle for providing quick transportation for other people in traffic and this is their tool of livelihood.


Maneuver of suppressive security forces in Kurdish regions
Dec. 20, 2010- Kurdistan
By the announcement of execution of clerical regime’s plan of ‘omission of subsidies’ it held a horror-maneuver in Kurdish regions.
Since the morning of Dec. 20 SSF and IRGC started patrolling Kurdish cities in Caravan-like formations provoking a militant atmosphere in the cities. The forces are still at the state of alert.
Iran Students Committee has received news from other cities including Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashad, Tabriz and etc. of similar suppressive acts.


Aftermaths of scraping subsidies
Dec. 20, 2010- Tehran
In his interview at Saturday night Dec. 18 Ahmadinejad talked about mild and bearable ascending slope of price changes and tried to minimize the aftermaths of this anti-people plan.
But a look at price changes show that opposite to what Ahmadinejad has claimed prices have risen several percents.
Aside the price of rationed gasoline that has multiplied four times the mild slope of Ahmadinejad shows itself in price of gas oil more than any other good!
The price of rationed gas oil has risen from 16 Tomans per liter to 150 Tomans and free gas oil now costs 350 Tomans per liter. This means that the price of even rationed gas oil has multiplied 9 times.
Electricity used at homes has reached 22 Tomans per KWH, before the plan it was 7.5 Tomans, a three times rise.
The price of household gas has risen four times and the price of gas used by cars has risen 10 times.
Though it was said that the price of water would not rise at first stage of this plan but it has raised to 250 Tomans (per liter) for household usage and 400 Tomans (per liter) for industrial usage.
Most astonishing is the price of flour. Before the plan the price of flour that was provided for bakeries with subsidy was 7.5 Tomans (per kilogram) but now it is 280 to 300 Tomans (per kilogram) this means that the price has risen 40 times.
Having a look at the above mentioned prices one can see how the clerical regime is spreading more intensified poverty with this anti-people plan.

Aftermaths of subsidy cuts

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 21, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 746

Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods 

in different cities of Iran

Dec. 20, 2010 

Hamedan- Drivers of taxi agencies stopped work as price for gas has reached to 4050 Tomans per kilogram as it was 500 Tomans per kilogram before but the rate for passengers has not changed.

Kermanshah- there are long queues for gasoline and all gas stations are equipped with surveillance cameras. Several police forces and SSF are stationed at each gas station.

Qazvin- On Sunday Dec.19 there were long queues at gas stations, bakeries and supermarkets. People are angry of the new prices and they swear at Ahmadinejad in public. One citizen said: “is this the income of oil that they talked about; to turn gasoline from 100 to 700 tomans”?
Eyewitnesses say that even those who had voted for Ahmadinejad swore at him and said that they did wrong.
There were talks about torching gas stations and in Bazaar people talked of strike.
The banks had to withdraw money from treasury twice in one day. Before this act was needed only once per day.

Tehran- since the morning of Sunday Dec. 19 the rate of taxi has drastically risen. This rate should not have changed until the end of the year (March 20, 2011).
In some roots the rate has increased 150 Tomans and in some others up to 400 Tomans.
A manager of a bakery in Tajrish (north of Tehran) said: “after the plan was executed one of my customers said that they are 4 in their family and they have to pay 45000 Tomans for bread each month but the government is depositing only 25000 Tomans per month for them. He was worried about how he was to provide the shortage”.
A taxi driver said that before LDC gas was for free and on Sunday he had to pay 4500 Tomans for it and he added: “is this the help the government talked about”? He added that all people are discontent.

Tehran- Inside BRT (fast-running buses) people drove each other’s attention towards Special Unit forces and anti-riot forces around Ferdosi Sq. A boy said these forces are here to keep people secure when they take into the streets to celebrate the execution of the plan of omission of subsidies; every body laughed. People all said that things are getting worse each day.

Tehran- a great number of suppressive forces were deployed to Tajrish Square and from Tajrish to Parkway and then Qods Square.
Five to six SSF vans patrolled the root. Several mini-buses and about 20 motorcycles and 4 cars belonging to police were stationed at Tajrish Square. Ten other vans were stationed from Tajrish to Qods Square.
At 630 am on Sunday, Tajrish Sq. was flooded with Especial Guard’s forces. The same was with Vanank Sq.
At Resalat there were many forces but they were policemen and a great number of them were stationed at gas stations.
At 2100 some motorcyclists without having license number patrolled Tajrish Sq.

Tehran- Since Sunday morning long queues were formed at banks sometimes the end of the queue reached outside the banks. People wanted to withdraw the money that was supposed to be deposited in their accounts for compensating the omission of subsidies. All machine banks were closed and this made people angry.

Tehran- SSF covered the root between Ponak Sq. and Sadeghieh Circle. Around Ashrafi Isfahani St. too it was full of SSF.
At the side walks of Sadeghieh Sq. pedestrians couldn’t walk freely because the sidewalk was tightened by the number of SSF who were standing by their vans on state of alert.

Shahr-e-Kurd- At Sunday night there were long queues for gasoline. People were shocked with the rise in taxi rate. A rate of 1200 Tomans had risen to 1800 Tomans. Most of vehicles used for transportation of goods stopped their work.
City was full of security forces.


People in Shiraz clash with security forces over subsidy cuts
Dec. 19, 2010
There is a volatile atmosphere in many Iranian cities after a subsidy cut announced by the government. On Sunday, people Afif Abad in Shiraz went to gas stations in large numbers to buy the last remnants of subsidized gas. Their protests led to clashes with security forces.
In these clashes, angry protesters used profane language against Khamenei and Khomeini.

Boat owners go on strike in Bandar Abbas
Dec. 19, 2010
Boat owners who carry passengers from Bandar Abbas to Qeshm went on a strike in protest to the subsidy cut and raised prices.


Price rise leads to tension in Iran
Dec. 19, 2010 
The state run Mardom Salari daily wrote in an article named, ‘fuel prices rise fourfold, electricity sevenfold, home gas fivefold and water doubles after subsidy cuts’: “Finally the surgical knife cut the ailing body of Iran’s economy. Despite the fact that politicians tell the people to be patient and calm and also to be thriftier, in their speeches on the implementation of the Smart Subsidy Plan, yesterday was a strange day and on the streets, alleys, bread lines and homes, everyone was talking about new prices.
People were thinking about withdrawing the subsidies from their bank accounts and they were only talking about the new price of water, electricity, fuel gas and gasoline. People were not even talking about if the transferred subsidy would be enough for all the high prices or not. There was a strange atmosphere in the society. One can compare the state of the society to an ailing person who is under surgery and everyone is hoping that he/she would come out from under the surgery as a healthy person”.

Signs of inflation from subsidy cut
Dec. 19, 2010
The state-run Mardom Salari newspaper wrote in its editorial titled, “Economical Surgery and the Necessary Tactics”: The announcement of the implementation of the final stage of the Smart Subsidy Plan was not unaccepted. But what raised questions among people were how much prices were raised. The 900 percent price raise of the of diesel gas, 400 percent price raise of gas, 4,300 percent price raise of flour and etc. has led to questions on if the soft slope of prices in the five year implementation of this plan has been taken into consideration or not.
Naturally, the sudden price raise can have many negative effects on the country’s economy. Of course, the implementation of this plan in any country can lead to inflation… The sudden price raise which started from yesterday and has left its first effects on the 30 percent price raise of taxis will have people going to banks to withdraw their cash subsidies. In this way, they will get an answer for their financial needs and the most natural effect of this issue will be an increase in liquidity which will lead to an increase in inflation. An inflation that is apparently more severe than previously predicted… We only hope that the government has the courage to carry out this economical surgery and to carry out accurate tactics so that this economical surgery would have the least amount of inflation, least amount of bleeding and least amounts of dissatisfaction.

Security forces have iron grip over Tehran
Dec. 19, 2010
Sajedi Nia, the head of the Greater Tehran District’s State Security Forces said, “Since the implementation of the Smart Subsidy Plan, we have not had any specific problems in Tehran because the police have welcomed this plan with complete readiness. Therefore, we will have no problems in carrying out this plan”.
“In Tehran, the Economical Crime and Smuggled Goods Police are on full alert and have special operations”.


Ahmadinejad and Khamenei use the scraping of subsidies as a tool to use the country’s economy for more terrorism and warmongering abroad and for domestic suppression! 
Dec.19, 2010- Tehran
On Saturday Dec. 18 Ahmadinejad announced that the anti-people law of omission of subsidies will be implemented from Sunday Dec. 19.
Regarding to this plan that would result only in more poverty for Iranians, the price of rationed gasoline will have a sudden rise, from 100 Tomans per liter to 400 Tomans. At the same time the amount of the ration will lessen 10% so that the consumers will be forced to buy free gasoline at a price of 700 Tomans per litter.
This sudden rise in prices also includes the price of drinking water, flour and breads the most important and sensitive necessities of live for people.
Ahmadinejad tried to make people believe that this plan is at interest of low income families but the hated regime of Velayat-e-Faghieh is plundering people and is seeking a very high income by multiplying the price of goods.
The sources within the regime have said that Ahmadinejad’s government’s income from this plan will reach 100 billion dollars per year.
Imposter Ahmadinejad called the small amount of money that the government is depositing into the account of the head of each family instead of the omission of the subsidies ‘the money of Imam Zaman’ (the last Imam of Shiite that will bring justice to world when he comes). He said: “we must be careful not to contaminate this money with other monies because then it will not have its effect”!
Technical evaluations say that this plan will raise the inflation rate several times and will drag millions under ‘poverty line’.
Last year regime’s parliament predicted that this omission will raise the inflation rate 60%.
Decision of omitting the subsidy of goods is directly related to regime’s critical condition especially after last year’s uprisings from which regime is still shaking.
This measure taken by the regime, Khamenei at the head of it is because his regime is not capable of any flexibility or of the slightest withdrawal in its plan for production of nuclear bomb which has led to broader global sanctions each day.


Downfall

Iran MP tries to hide real reason behind PMOI listing
Dec. 20, 2010
The deals between Khatami’s government and the US for putting the PMOI on the terrorist list was not a secret and has been announced numerously by US officials and the American press.
But a regime official had never admitted to this issue. On Saturday, December 19, Mohammad Karami rad, a member of the Iranian regime’s Security Commission in the parliament said that putting the PMOI on the list was ‘done on a deal which was carried out in the reform government (Khatami’s government) and they (US) promised that in return for a suspension of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities they would place the Monafeqin (PMOI) on their terrorist list’.
Less than a day later, Kazem Jalali, the head of the Parliamentary Security Commission came to the scene and hastily denied this statement.
“These kinds of statements mean that the Islamic Republic placed this group on the terrorist list by making deals, even while the truth is that the Monafeqin (PMOI) is a terrorist organization”.

Government agent says Iran’s foreign minister was fired for not following government policies
Dec. 19, 2010
The media advisor to Ahmadinejad said that the reason Mottaki, Iran’s foreign minister, was dismissed was because he was unable to follow up the policies of the government in the Foreign Ministry.
“This shortcoming led to the necessity of dismissing Mottaki”.
“It was necessary for Motakki to carry out the policies of the president and government and to get results from them, but what needed to be done was not done”, Javanfekr said.


Suppression

Tehran Arts students arrested and expelled from university
Dec. 19, 2010
Ten days after the arrest of a number of the Tehran Arts University students after their participation in a Student Day Ceremony, all of the detainees were released except for Majid Sadeqi, who is still detained in Evin Prison.
According to a member of the Central Council of the Arts University Student Islamic Association, Vahid Nosrati, Houman Jafari, Savin Shiva, Majid Sadeqi, Hojat Sahrayi and Saidi were arrested on December 7 in a Student Day ceremony by security forces.
According to reports, Ahmad Hossein Khani, a member of the Islamic Association in this university who was arrested twice after last year’s elections and was released on bail, was expelled from the Arts University.



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 20, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 745

anti-plan of 

omitting the subsidy in Iran

Message to Ahmadinejad: whatever you said not to do, we will do

Dec. 19, 2010

Tehran – Security forces have been stationed on the streets from Saturday night on December 18 in various regions of the city especially in the Azadi, Enqelab, Firdusi, Imam Hossein, Valiasr, Rah Ahan, Monirieh and Vanak squares and they have imposed a martial law. All forces in Tehran are on full alert.
According to reports from the head of a gas station in Northern Tehran, since Saturday, before the subsidy cuts were announced, Bassij, Intelligence Agents, plainclothes agents, national security forces and security forces with 3 or 4 cars which belong to security forces were stationed in this gas station to control the people. Plainclothes agents were still present in the gas station on Sunday and were controlling the people.

Some people were crying over the subsidy cuts. One person in a gas station hit himself on the head after hearing the subsidy cut and said, ‘I came here with 5,000 tomans to fill my tank with 50 liters of gas and now you are telling me to pay 700 to 800 tomans for gas?’

Tehran – 11 am – Security forces are physically controlling all gas stations in Punak, Ariashahr, Azadi, Valiasr, Resalat and Vanak Squares.

Sari – 9 am- People in this town have also made long lines outside of gas stations and the presence of security forces in the gas stations is very noticeable.

Babol- There are also long lines in gas stations in Babol.

Tabriz Dec. 19 – In Tabriz, taxi drivers have gathered outside the centers of natural gas. A number of them have also next to the Pasdaran Highway and near the terminals.

Hamedan Dec. 19 – Since the announcement of the subsidy cuts, taxi drivers in Hamedan have gone on strike and their passengers are forced to walk to their destinations.
“They have not left us breathing space. They want to carry out a policy which says that to rule over Iranians, you have to keep them hungry. I know some people from among my colleagues who cannot even buy one kilo of tomatoes in one month”, a taxi driver said.

Dec. 18, 2010

Tehran December 18 – 11 pm – In Mohseni Square and Tehranparse there are long lines outside gas stations and security forces have also been stationed there with their vans to make arrests if necessary.

Tehran December 18 – 11 pm – After Ahmadinejad’s speech tonight in which he announced the subsidy cuts and heightened gas prices, people have gone to the gas stations to fill up their tanks with the subsidized gas before the midnight subsidy cut and all the gas stations are crowded. In the main regions of Tehran such as Tajrish, Valiasr, Azadi region, and Khosh armed security forces have been stationed with their automobiles.

Tehran December 18 – 11:30 pm – This SMS has been sent to many cellphones in Tehran: “To Mahmoud (Ahmadinejad): Whatever you said not to do, we will do”.

Tehran-Dec. 18, 2010- People are talking about the subsidy cuts and saying how is it that families in Lebanon are receiving 10 million dollar loans but we can barely afford to buy bread? The people ridicule the subsidy plan and say amongst themselves that we have to wait in the gas line from night to morning and then wait in the bank lines from morning to night.

Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan – Dec. 18 – After Ahmadinejad’s speech, people have said that large demonstrations would be held but the time and location have not been announced.

Isfahan – Dec. 18- 1am – There are at least 10 motorists waiting in line in each gas station in this city.

Hamedan – After the announcement of the subsidy cut, all banks have gone on alert. The manager of a gas station said that security forces have been stationed in all gas staions and that there are lone lines outside gas stations to the extent that each person has to wait 15 to 30 minutes for gas.

Zanjan – After the subsidy cuts were announced, security forces went on alert mode in Zanjan.

Ahwaz – The price of gas has raised to 700 tomans, last night, security forces forcefully closed all gas stations and told to people to wait until midnight to get gas at 700 tomans without subsidies.
Kermanshah – on Saturday night, several agents were stationed in every gas station to control the people. Today, the banks were very crowded and security forces have been doubled in banks.

Tabriz – after the subsidy cut was announced, long lines of motorists have been made in the Baghamishe Township in Tabriz.

Tehran 12pm – Dozens of agents have been stationed near the Chamran Highway. They do not stand adjacent to the gas station.

Tehran 7 am- Hundreds of agents were stationed in Tajrish Square.

Tehran – in the Tehranpars region, Damavand, Imam Hossein and Shohada Streets, about 5 to 6 security and Bassij forces have been stationed in about 20 gas stations in this region and their cars are also parked in a ready position. The people are saying that the goal of these measures is to prevent a repeat of what happened two years ago when the people torched gas stations in protest to the rationing of fuel.

Vast presence of suppressive forces in Tehran streets
Dec. 19, 2010- Tehran
As the anti-plan of omitting the subsidy of goods started on Sunday Dec. 19, Mohsen Khancharli one of the heads of Great Tehran’s SSF said that a plan called ‘the Plan of Fighting Theft’ is implemented since the morning of the day.
SSF will be present in all regions according to that plan.
He claimed in imposturous words: “this plan is to escalate social security”.
Eyewitnesses said that anti-riot squads are heavily stationed at squares and intersections such as Enghelab Square, Sadeghieh and Vali-e-Asr.

Regime’s fear from PMOI disclosure about omission of subsidies of goods
Dec. 19, 2010- Tehran
The clerical regime having the pillars of its rule build on censorship and lies is fearful from the disclosure of PMOI about the terrible situation of the economy and people’s leaving conditions especially when it fears the wrath of people after announcing the omission of subsidy of goods.
Regime’s News Network expressed regime’s fear on Saturday Dec. 18 just a few hours before Ahmadinejad announced the execution of the plan of subsidy, under the title of ‘Monafeghin’s mission in regard with the plan of subsidy’ and said: “at the eve of this huge economic change some members of this ‘grouplet’ are tasked to enter the country in disguise of tourism and go to poor regions and provide foreign media with photos and clips about poverty in different regions”.

Regime officials terrified over consequences of subsidy cuts
Dec. 19, 2010- Tehran
Bahman Akhavan, a member of the Industry and Mining Commission in the Parliament expressed concern over the consequences of the subsidy cut and said, “If we are not able to carry out a clean and radical surgery, the reactions of this live specimen will come out in the forms of inflation, waves of bankruptcy and probable protests and then we will be forced to stop the plan which will have a very heavy price”.


Downfall

Deepening of regime’s schism and crises
Dec.17, 2010 – Tehran
The clerical regime tried to provoke an atmosphere of fear and horror in society during last weak at the days of Ashura and the days that it wants to implement the anti- people plan of omitting the subsidy of goods, by issuing verdicts of death penalty in some cities and blinding both eyes of a 29 years old inmate.
But all the suppression could not and will not ease the inner crises of the regime or even cover it.
A sign of these crises which showed up last week inside Ahmadinejad’s cabinet as the result of regime’s international scandals and defeats targeted Manochehr Motaki the highest political personality of regime in foreign policy. He was ousted in a coup de tat-like act by Ahmadinejad while he was on his visit to Africa and was then in Senegal.
In a gathering of Ahmadinejads band an agent of Foreign Ministry said: “delisting of PMOI is an issue that has been brought to discussion several times. Foreign Ministry is so weak that they are de-listed in England and EU. Their issue has become both serious and strange and it is not clear to where this course will lead”.
Of course all those who follow regime’s status know that regime is getting closer to its downfall each week and people of Iran are getting even closer to their victory.


Ahmajinejad absent in Motaki’s farewell ceremony
Dec.17, 2010 – Tehran
Mehr state-run news agency wrote: Farewell ceremony for Motaki will be held without the presence of Ahmadinejad. The ceremony will be held on Saturday Dec. 18 in building No.1 of Foreign Ministry and Ahmedinejad’s first deputy Mohammad Reza Rahimi will be present along with the deputies and directors of the ministry.

Motaki ousted, Ahmadinejad gaining control
Dec.18, 2010- Tehran
In his site, Mohsen Rezaie, regime’s former head of IRGC pointed to the ousting of Manoucher Motaki and wrote: ”When the president appointed his especial representatives for different geografical reigions there was this possibility that there would be paralled policies in foreign policy. To stop that with the guidance of the honorable leader of the revolution the president partially retreated and appointed those people as his own advisors. But it seems by his second move, ousting Manoucher Motaki, he has gained his goal”.
The site added: ”in recent years Motaki had to get advice about the foreign policy issues from the high advisor of the president Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi and sometimes from Saeed Jalili, once his advisor and now the secretary of the High Commission for National Security, and some other time from Esfandiar Rahim Mashaee, the head of the government’s office”.
The source then pointed to the fact that about two weeks ago in the last session with the deputies of Foreing Ministry, Motaki spoke as such that one would understand that he will be put aside.

Regime’s Parliament summoned 11 ministers of Ahmadinejad
Dec. 19, 2010- Tehran
The ministers of Education, Science, Research and Techniques, Welfare and Social Providence, Defense, Agriculture, Power, Oil, Industry and mines, Communications and Techniques of Intelligence as well as the minister of Roads and Transportation were summoned to Regime’s parliament.

Kayhan Daily, Khamenei’s organ, attacked Rafsanjani
Dec.18, 2010- Tehran
In its political note Kayhan state-run daily threatened Rafsanjani in order to make the ruling class unanimous and wrote: ”A hardliner is someone who clearly declares that he has redlines with the current of ’sedition’. The first question to be asked is how a person or a current acts in regard with the ’sedition’. One year has past but there are still people who have said not even a sentence in condemning the founders of this great treason despite off all they claim. These people will not be welcomed in calling themselves hardliners. They cannot ask to participate in decision makings none the less claiming that they are leaders”!


More News on Ashura

Regime’s suppressive mercenaries
Dec.16, 2010 – Tehran
On Ashura, in fear of the wrath of people, regime deployed its black outfit mercenaries into the streets.
A part of this force actually consists of torturers from Army’s Especial Brigade famous as Brigade No. 65 which is stationed at Base 62 in Afsarieh, Tehran.

3 girls rescued by crowd in Ashura
Dec.16, 2010 – Tehran
In Ashura evening regime’s intelligence agents 3 male and one female arrested three girls in front of Melat Park (north of Tehran) trying to force them into an SSF van but the crowd present bravely attacked the car with sticks and made them to stop and free the three girls. Then the brave crowd escorted the girls out of the region.

SSF station torched by youths at Qhaitarieh region
Dec.16, 2010 – Tehran
Around 12 noon of Ashura a SSF station at the main intersection of Qhaitarieh region which was used for identifying dissident youths leading to their arrests was attacked by youths and all its windows were broken. The agents flew the station from fear of the protesting youths.

Ashkan Sohrabi’s mother summoned to the regime’s Prosecutor Office
Dec.16, 2010 – Tehran
During last two days Ashkan Sohrabi’s mother (Ashkan was killed by regime’s suppressive forces during last year’s uprisings) was summoned to regime’s Prosecutor Office in a course of provoking fear and horror among the families of the martyrs of last year’s uprisings.
In another event Mehdi Ramezani, father of Ramin Ramezani another martyr was also arrested along with a number of mothers of other victims of the regime during last year’s uprisings while they were attending a gathering for remembering Amir Arshad Tajmir another martyr of the uprising on his birthday.
Some of the detainees were released later but Mr. Mehdi Ramezani and Ms Hakimeh Shokri and Ms Neda Mostaghimi are still under arrest at Evin Prison and their families have no news of them.

Other News

Who is Rahman Froozandeh
Dec.17, 2010 – Tehran
On Dec. 12 regime’s state-run dailies wrote that Rahman Froozandeh the head of regime’s Army Corps 21 was killed while returning from a great land maneuver in south of the country when his car had an accident. There has been no such maneuver announced any where and this corps is not assigned for that area.
Froozandeh participated for 138 months in the war between Iran and Iraq and actively deployed youths to the war front. He then was appointed during the war as the head of battalions at Armored Corps 16 of Qazvin and Khorasan Corps 77 of land forces. He then was appointed to head of Marine Birgade 45 and then as the substitute commander of Khorasan Corps 77 of land forces.
In a speech he named suppression of people of Kurdistan, Torkaman Sahra and Khozestan as army’s most glorious acts.
He was so loyal to Khamenei’s regime that he became the commander of Corps 21 in Fall of 2008. He has also been a high rank commander of the army in East Azerbaijan provinces and Ardebil.

South Pars Gas Field
Dec.18, 2010- Tehran
0.5% progress instead of 25% is the destiny of the South Par gas fields in the hands of IRGC.
At the end of last spring, Ahmadinejad’s government granted the project of 6 phases from 28 phases of the largest gast field in Iran worthing 21 billion dollars to companies affiliated with (anti) Khatam Al Anbia Base of IRGC after great international oil companies stopped their cooperation with Iran due to sanctions. The two companies envolved now are called ’Iranian Petro Paydar’ and ’Petro Sina’.
The two companies from the start had a low investment and most of the members of the board of directives of these two companies were the same.
The base has left the project half done. This project was supposed to be finished in 35 months but Hamidreza Katoozian the head of Energy Commission at regime’s parliament said: ”the parliament is worried that this project will not be finished on time”.
He added:”During last 9 months the project has progressed only 0.5% instead of 25%”.

Sweine Flu in Gohardasht Prison
Dec.18, 2010- Tehran
Many prisoners in Karaj’s Gohardasht prison are infected with Sweine Flu virus. The number of the contaminated inmates is rising each day but the clerical regime has acted none to prevent the spread of the disease.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)