Urgent Appeal: To Stop another executions in Iran - save the lives of Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaee

Urgent Appeal: To Stop another executions in Iran - save the lives of Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaee

Urgent Appeal: To Stop another executions in Iran

The world should not let the execution of Ali Saremi be repeated

After the execution of Ali Saremi, supporter of PMOI at dawn of Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010 by the religious fascism ruling Iran, this regime intends to hang two other supporters of this organization Mr. Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaee.
Tehran’s prosecutor, Jafari Dolatabadi, has once more confirmed the decree for their execution.
We, Iran Students Committee, supporters of PMOI once again call on all international and human rights organs and bodies to act urgently and immediately to stop the criminal executions of innocent people whose only so-called crime is supporting PMOI and having a relative in Ashraf City (the place of resident of PMOI members in Iraq).
The only crime of Mr. Kazemi and Haj Aghaee is that they have gone to Ashraf to visit their family member or relatives.

I hope my father’s execution will rouse those who are still asleep

The Saremi family and a number of their friends and relatives gathered outside Evin Prison demanding to see Ali Saremi but received no answers and froze in the cold temperatures until morning.
Ali Saremi’s daughter Leila expressed her last farewells to her executed father in a letter addressed to God.
This letter reads in part:
I hope that one day the daughters and sons and grandchildren of the Iranian people will never have to wait outside the doors of prison to witness the inhumane scenes of execution.
Dear God, if I come to you, I will tell you about the reality of the hardships on earth and I will tell you how painful it is not be with a father which the most valuable thing to you on earth.
I will tell you that living on earth without freedom is so hard, painful and intolerable and if you believe, me give me the power to wipe off all this evil from the world and try to find the best in life.
Dear God, if a land was filled with darkness, how will you bring the light to this land? How will you make it up to the people who are forced to live in this land?
Will you ever be able to bring back the lifetime that was wasted away?
I hope that the execution of my dear father will rouse those who are still asleep. Those who rule over us and decide for us and our children have turned off the voice of their conscience.

100% rise in price of fabric in a week

Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
The price of each kg of fabric has risen 100% in Tehran’s Great Baazar.
Khabar Online site said that the price was 7000 tomans last week and is 14000 tomans now. People in fabric bazaar say that raise in cost of energy carriers and transportation price of goods are the main reason of this price rise.

Poya Saremi threatened to be re-detained

Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
At the day of Ali Saremi’s execution his wife and daughter Poya have been arrested along with some other families and friends of him.
The Intelligence interrogators asked Poya: why did you gathered in front of Evin from night till morning?
Poya had answered: to know and to remember where my father was taken from me.
When the henchmen wanted to set her free they threatened her: “don’t make yourself coming back here! You must be careful what you do otherwise if you are back here (at Evin) it would not be our fault”!

Striking letter of Zainab Saremi to his father after his execution

Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
Zainab’s letter speaks of moments of a girl who feels her kind and struggling father going to the gallows and hears his cry of ‘Hussein’ with all her cells: Father, we came so that they would shot mother, my sisters and I at heart to let you live and defend my homeland!
The full letter:
“I write this letter for the soul of my great father so that it would hear!
My dear dad, I wish I could know if you could feel us behind the prisons wall!
In the cold winter weather we were all shaking and the SSFs were sitting in their cars warming themselves.
Father, I came to kiss your shining face.
I came so that they would shoot my mother, my sisters and I at heart but you could live and defend my homeland!
I lasted not more than 20 minutes that two ambulances came close to Azan (call for praying time) and they wanted to enter Evin through its iron door. On one of them it was written inspection…They haven’t entered yet that the cry of ‘Hussein’, ‘Hussein’, ‘Hussiein’ broke the chilling silence of Evin and strangled with Azan in a night full of stars and moon!
I couldn’t move. I cannot describe it. We all felt the chill. After Azan the SSFs went and we were left there.
Dad, I saw you flew away and left us behind. But we have not been left behind; just look at you footprint! The whole world came; they are following your path even with broken heads!
Father! I love you from the bottom of my heart. I love you. I love you.

Ali Saremi: I demand nothing from the henchmen

Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
Ali Saremi stood to pray before his execution. When the torturers wanted to blindfold him when hanging him he didn’t accept and said that he wanted his eyes open and he went up the gallows while crying the name of Imam Hussein (Imam Hussein is the symbol for withstanding against oppressors in any condition).
His wife says: “on Monday we went to visit him (the day before his execution). The cabin’s phone didn’t work properly. My daughter Zainab told his father: Dad! Ask for one more visit, and he answered back: my darling I ask these henchmen none”.
She adds: “once Misagh (Misagh Yazdan Nejad political prisoner) called me and said: tell Mr. Ali that now that we are transferred and you are in ward 2, ask them to transfer you to our cell; I did so but Ali answered me: I will never demand anything from these henchmen…”

Students of Mashed, Shiraz and other cities condemn the execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi, supporter of PMOI

Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
The statement of students of Mashed’s university reads in part: “…We the students of Mashed Azad University condemn the hidden and anti-human execution of this political prisoner at the age of 63. We count this as a witness to regime’s horror from ever-adding protests. This Establishment which is striving to be on power for a while longer commits any crime and villainy…”
Students of Shiraz condemned this wicked act by saying in their statement: “it is clear for everybody that the dictator regime intends to pave the way for the execution of other prisoners including our classmates. We a group of students of Shiraz being the stratum which seeks freedom, democracy and gaining the minimum human rights, strongly condemn the executions on Tuesday. We demand that all freedom-loving people would condemn this act to prevent more pressure on political prisoners…”

Other students issuing statement in condemnation of Ali Saremi’s execution are:
- Students from Tabriz
- Students from Golestan Provinc
- Students of Chamran University, Ahwaz
- Students of Gilan University

The following guilds and societies also condemned the execution in their statements:
- Society in Solidarity with Baazar’s Guilds
- Guild of Shoemakers of Tehran
- Shopkeepers of region 10 of Tehran
- Association in solidarity with Iran’s Laborers
- Residents of Haft-e-Tir region in Tehran
- Residents of Hashemi Street in Tehran
- Students residing in Nazi Abad region of Tehran
- Gold Sellers of Tehran
- Laborers of Tehran Pars
- Laborers of Karaj’s Mehr Shahr
- Laborers of Tehran Pars
- Restaurants of region 3 of Tehran
- Iron Sellers of Tehran’s Baazar
- A group of residents of region 15 of Tehran
- A group of taxi agencies of Broojerd
- Restaurant Guild of Broojerd
- A group of outfit shops of region 6 in Tehran
- The Committee of Defending the Annulment of Decree of Execution

Mullah Alam Al Hoda fears continuation of the uprising

Tehran, Dec.29, 2010
Though the defeated band of regime is completely yielding to it but still mullah Alam Al Hoda a member of regime’s Council of Experts said: “some tried to spread hypocrisy after the election in the society and to move in an invalid course. Those who sold Velayat-e-Faghieh to blasphemy are not returnable.
Worried about the continuation of the uprising he added: “the ‘sedition’ is not over yet and confronting those who raise the sedition continues…some in the country are seeking to separate Velayat from the religion”.

Ayatollah Sane’ie: solitary cells are against the canon law

Qom, Dec.29, 2010
Yousef Sane’ie a source of canon law in Qom criticized judiciary behavior and said that solitary cell, long term decrees for keeping a prisoner in solitary cells and violation of inmates’ rights is not permitted by the canon law.
He said: “you cannot put some one in a cell without air; you cannot violate the basic rights of a prisoner. A prisoner is a prisoner not some one that should be deprived from his or her basic rights. In my opinion cells in some places that are common now are not permitted by canon law…long term solitary cells are psychological torture and in my opinion it is not allowed by canon law”.
He added: “it is not allowed not to give the prisoner a Koran, a newspaper and if he or she is sick he or she must be taken to doctor…nobody is allowed to commit an outrage against a Moslem and violate the cannon law. One cannot disgrace human beings that live together”.

Aftermaths of subsidy cuts

Dec. 30, 2010
Tehran- one butter bar which cost 590 tomans before is now 700 tomans and cheese also costs more about 100 tomans.
Price of chicken has risen during last two days. It was 2700 to 2800 kg and now it is sold at least 3400 tomans per kg.
Price of tomato is sky rising and is not controlable. In Ponak region it is sold 4000 tomans per kg and its purchase has drastically decreased.
There is no control over the prices and the government is just talking that it is supervising the prices.
Price of gas oil is announced as 150 toman per liter but when you go by internet to buy it, it is 350 tomans per liter.
The cost of trasferring a load to Tehran from north was 40000 tomans a few days ago but now it is doubled.

Airline Enterprises at the edge of bankruptcy

Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
Director of Iran Air Tour pointed to the rise in price of airplane’s fuel and said: If the price of ticket doesn’t raise these enterprises will face severe crisis.
Seyed Mehdi Sadeghi the director said that to compensate for the current situation Airline Enterprises have to eliminate some flight roots.
Sadeghi emphasized that if the ticket’s price does not rise these enterprises will have to close. He added that the price should rise at least 40% if they want to compensate for their expenses.
He added that an airplane uses 5000 liters of fuel in each hour which costs 500,000 tomans.

Pilgrimage to Mashed decreases 80%

Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
News agency belonging to Cultural Heritage reported that the subsidy cuts had its deepest result on the energy carriers and this it the main element for decreasing pilgrimage to Mashed.
Mohammad Ghaneie the director of The Union for Hotel Owners of Mashed announced the decrease and said: “if the government does not support us all of us will go bankrupt”.
He added that average tickets sold before for flights to Mashed was 200 per day and now it is 4 per day. During last week 5 flights have been cancelled and only 2 flights to Mashed were carried out.
Ghaneie also said that even the number of those who went with private cars to Mashed has decreased.

Students of Science and Industry University praise their lost classmates

Tehran, Dec.29, 2010
On Dec. 28 on the anniversary of the raid by Plainclothes and security forces to this university a group of students of this university rose at 1230 and held few hours of silence to commemorate the memory of their classmates who fall on the Ashura Uprising of 2009.
This act was done while Khalili a Herasat agent and a known element of Intelligence Ministry was present and controlling them.
The same ceremony was held at female’s dinning hall (it is to be mentioned that reactionary regime has separated male and female dining halls) and a great number of female students were present. They held a 5 minutes silence and at end prayed for the martyrs.

Inmates of ward one of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison withstood the guards raid

Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
Political prisoners of ward one of Gohardasht withstood the vicious raid of prison guards and made them to ran away.
On Thursday Dec. 30, around 9.30 more than 60 prison guards raided ward one and started beating defenseless prisoners with batons.
The political prisoners confronted them and clashed with them for a long time which made the guards to retreat and ran away and left several prisoners injured.
Prison guards raid the cells once in a while, beat the prisoners and destroy their belongings; they even take away the food that the prisoners by from prison’s shop several times the normal price.
This raid was carried out by the order of Ali Haj Kazem and Ali Mohammadi the head and deputy of the prison and under the supervision of Faraji the intelligence head of the prison.
The prisoners of ward one which is famous as ‘the end of line’ ward have freed the ward several times and chastised the ward’s Pasdars (IRGC forces) and torturers.
Most of the prisoners of this ward are awaiting execution and are awaiting it in medieval conditions.

Iran sentences man to eye gouging and ear mutilation

Dec. 29, 2010
A man who was arrested for throwing acid (at a person) was sentenced to retribution. According to this sentence, one of his eyes will be gouged out and his earlobe will be cut off.
The Isfahan Public Prosecutor has also requested the death sentence for five men charged with armed robbery.

Father of Kurd death row political prisoner says son is innocent

Dec. 29, 2010
Simultaneous with the execution of two political prisoners in Evin Prison, the state-run Iran Daily announced the death sentence in public of two Kurd prisoners. Zaniar and Loqman Moradi are two suspects who were sentenced to death on charges of complicity in the assassination of the son of Marivan’s head of Friday Prayers and two other people last year. Zaniar Moradi’s father Eqbal Moradi, who is also one of the suspects in this case, announced in an interview that he was informed of his son’s death sentence through the media. Moradi also said that his son’s lawyer did not know about the death sentence either…
“My family said that his lawyer has said that my son never accepted his charges and based on this my son’s lawyer will appeal this initial sentence next Saturday”, Eqbal Moradi said…
“It has been years that I live in Iraq’s Kurdistan as a political activist and therefore it is natural that in the Islamic Republic’s opinion, in such cases, people like me would be constantly subjected to such baseless charges.
After my son’s confessions were broadcasted from television, the heads of security institutions called me several times asking me to cooperate with them for them to release my son. Now one has to ask that if I have been introduced as a suspect in this case, how is it that a suspect is given an offer to cooperate on security issues with them? They want to negotiate over my son who has nothing to do with my activities”…
Eqbal also denied that his son had links to the Komala Organization. “My son did not have any links at any time and under no circumstances with Komala or any other political group. He was under 16 years old when he was arrested. No political organization would accept a person in that age for its activities”.
“I request from all human rights organizations and the public conscience not to prevent the execution of my son on these baseless charges in any possible way. His mother and I have been forced to leave Iran because of our activities and cannot do anything for him. Our hope lies with the efforts of the human society and humanitarians in preventing this execution”, he concluded.

Ali Mohammad Dastqaib: no source of canon law approves of the current situation

Tehran, Dec.29, 2010
Ali Mohammad Dastqaib a member of Council of Experts pointed to kangaroo courts of Khamenei and said: “you find no righteous source of canon law who would say that one can make an accused to confess by force”.
He added: “both in the Council and elsewhere we have said and we say that no source of canon law approves of the current situation because it is against the Koran, profit’s traditions and the Constitution. When on Qods day or after Ashura they attack Ghoba Mosque, people there can defend themselves and this is legitimate. Which source of canon law would give this decree to leave the offenders and to arrest and put the defenders on trial? No source would sign such decree”.

Religious fascism ruling Iran hanged Political prisoner Ali Saremi

Religious fascism ruling Iran hanged 

Political prisoner Ali Saremi 

Supporter of PMOI who had spent more than 23 years of his life in prison

Iran refuses to hand over body of executed political prisoner to his family
According to reports, several family members of executed political prisoner and PMOI supporter Ali Saremi went to Kahrizak Detention Center to get custody of Ali Saremi’s body. They were told by Evin Prison agents to go to Kahrizak for the body.
They were initially banned from entering Kahrizak and finally after persisting, security forces told them to leave and bring a letter from Evin Prison.
According to other reports, after widespread reports in the international media about the execution of this 63 year old political prisoner, the Iranian regime is looking to retaliate against his family and therefore arrested a number of his family members on the day he was hanged. They were finally forced to release them last night after harassing and threatening them. Security forces also raided their family shop today and arrested Ali Saremi’s nephew identified as Mohammad.

Biography of Ali Saremi
Brave supporter of PMOI resisted to the end
Dec. 29, 2010
Ali Saremi, political prisoner and a supporter of PMOI who was executed by the clerical dictatorship on Tuesday dawn Dec. 28, 2010 was born in 1948 in Broojerd. He started teaching at high schools after he graduated from university well knowing five foreign languages.
He spent about 24 years of his live at prisons on the whole suffering different kinds of pressure and torture.
He was incarnated for two years during Shah’s era and was freed by the revolution of 1979. He joined Teachers Movement supporters of PMOI but was arrested after June 20, 1981.
He was imprisoned five times during the rule of religious fascism in decades of 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s and was held in prisons of Gohardasht, Gezelhesar and Evin but each time he was more decisive to continue his struggle after he was freed.
He was last arrested end of summer of 2007 because he attended a ceremony for commemoration of the massacre of political prisoner, 30000 of them, in summer of 1988 and was in prison until the dawn of his execution.
Mr. Saremi has four children and has traveled to Ashraf City (the place of residence of PMOI members in Iraq) in years of 2003, 2004 and 2005.
During these years he was summoned to the reactionary courts of the regime four times but he didn’t accept the charges so they couldn’t allege him with anything in particular.
He was arrested in February 2005 only because he had laid flower on the grave of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh on behalf of the leadership of the resistance. He was tried on late Fall of 2006 because of that and was condemned to 6 years imprisonment along with being exiled for a year to Minab’s prison.
In 1987 he sent his only son Akbar to Ashraf to join NLA.
During the clash that occurred between henchmen of Evin and his family and the families of other political prisoner on Tuesday for receiving his body Poya, Mahin and Mohtaram Saremi his daughter, wife and sister; Akram Sanjari mother of political prisoner Misagh Yazdan Panah and Hadi and Mahbobeh Mansouri the son and sister of political prisoner Mohammad Ali Mansouri were arrested and taken into Evin Prison.
To cover its crime the clerical regime announced that ‘a member of Mohafeghin grouplet’ was executed on charge of ‘Moharebe’ along with Ali Akbar Siadat the ‘element of Zionist regime’s spying service’.
Regime’s media published the decree of execution of Mr. Saremi as:
“The extinct (Ali Saremi) travelled in 2002 to Monafeghin’s camp called Ashraf and was trained and returned back to the country. Then along with some freed prisoners of this grouplet he started propagating for them. Monafeghin paid him to hold gatherings for the group and publish and distribute a publication called ‘Aryaee Land’. He propagated for Monafeghin publicy at his work and distributed the pictures of its leaders. He attracted some and sent them to Monafeghin’s camp in Iraq. He organized sessions and sent their clips to be broadcasted from Monafeghin’s TV. He actively provided and distributed advertising brochures for Monafeghin and the poster of their leaders to be posted in general places. He was in contact with Monafeghin’s contact centers by the order of the grouplet...”.
Then the media continued that he was condemned to death by article 47 of the law of Islamic Punishment and articles 186, 190 and 191.

Statement by Society of Engineers in Seek of Freedom in condemnation of the execution of political prisoner Ali Sarami
Dec. 29, 2010 
In the name and memory of those who fall for freedom during Iran’s national uprising.
Hail to all political prisoners who are fully withstanding the henchmen of Velayat.
Hail to the risen students of our homeland.
Hail to people of Iran.
Hail to Ali Saremi the day he was born and the day he joined eternity.
Death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghieh,
…You henchmen, you will probably get your decisive answer by people like Ali Saremi and we the people of Iran. Once more the trembling hands of Velayat is getting closer to its final…Do you think by killing Ali Saremi this fire will be hushed?
Since the day that Ali Saremi like those other who fall for freedom of their people said no to the oppressor he was ready for this moment and we are ready for it too.
You killed Ali but by this you give birth to thousand other Alies…
The other day Khomeini massacred (political prisoners) in fear of his overthrow and now you are doing the same…
At the end we pay our condolences to the family of Ali Saremi; now the whole Iran, and we strongly condemn this vicious act of brutal mullahs.
Death to the ominous Velayat and to religious fascism
Death to Khamenei
Hail to freedom
Society of Engineers in Seek of Freedom
Iran- Dec. 29, 2010

The Society in Solidarity with Bazaars Guilds condemns the execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi
Dec. 28, 2010 
…Ali Saremi was executed just because he defended the rights of deprived people and just because he withstood the tyranny of the time…
In the dreadful condition of economy recession in Iran and the ever increasing economic pressure on different sectors of the society including guilds and Iran’s bazaar, to suppress people even more the rule of despotism committed a dirty act and at the dawn of Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010 it executed the political prisoner Ali Saremi.
We the Society of Solidarity with Iran’s Guilds strongly condemn this execution and we pay our condolences to his family and friends.
Society of Solidarity with Iran’s Guilds
Dec. 28, 2010

Ali Saremi joined eternity- message of political prisoners
Dec. 28, 2010 
A group of political prisoners of ward 2 of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison sent a message for the martyrdom of Ali Saremi titled ‘Ali Saremi joined the eternity’.
After paying their condolences to the family of Mr. Saremi and all freedom loving people they said; “…neither us ... believed that this cruel decree will be executed. When he was summoned by Intelligence he had a high spirit and he said goodbye to us. We were awaiting his return…and we never believed that our friend has been transferred to Evin Prison for execution…Regime’s officials blocked our calls to outside the prison from fear. All the freedom loving people of Iran must know that in his last days Ali was roomed in corridors of ward 2 because the ward was so crowded to make him even weaker...
The brutal rulers of Iran must know that by suppression and killing struggle of our nation for freedom and social justice will not end. They will gain nothing but notoriety from executing Ali Saremi. Because he, like other who fall for freedom we be alive for ever.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 30, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 752

Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods 

in different cities of Iran

Scraping subsidy, jeopardizing agriculture
Dec. 28, 2010 
Hussein Naghavi Hosseini a member of regime’s reactionary parliament admitted to aftermaths of subsidy cuts and said: “execution of ‘subsidy overhaul plan’ has faced agriculture with serious problems because of rise in price of gas oil. 50% of water pumps of farmers work with gas oil and the fuel used for tractors is gas oil too”.
He admitted that if the farmers want to buy gas oil in free price they must pay 88 million tomans for each 10000 square meter of land.

Laborers portest in Khozestan
Dec. 28, 2010 
More than 500 laborers of Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Factory and Karoon Shoostar’s Industry gathered in protest in front of the general bureau of regime’s social providence in Khozestan.
These laborers protested against the fact that years of insurance have not been counted for them since 2007.

Heat is cut in Varamin’s schools
Dec. 27, 2010 
In schools of Varamin that are equipped with central heating system the system is shot down. The students are told that it is still soon to turn on the heat and they should wear more clothes to warm themselves.

Anti-riot battalions of IRGC on state of alert to confront protests
Dec. 28, 2010
To confront popular protests after subsidy cuts, IRGC anti-riot battalions are in state of alert in Tehran.
IRGC has also provided several landing sites for its helicopters in different regions of Tehran for controlling protests.


Downfall

Death to Khamenei on the wall
Dec. 28, 2010 
In one of Boroojerd’s neighborhoods youths wrote ‘death to Khamenei’ on a wall. Immediately suppressive forces were present and covered it with paint in order to prevent the spread of such acts of opposition.

Nategh Noori is defected
Dec. 29, 2010
Mullah Ibrahimi, the deputy head of Security and Foreign Policy Commission of regime’s reactionary parliament talked about defection of Nategh Noori the former head of regime’s parliament.
He said: “I was one of the members of this society. I went to see Mr. Nategh Noori to ask him to return to Cleric’s Society but he didn’t accept my invitation and didn’t answer us”.

Ahmadinejad complains from regime’s Meyer of Tehran, Ghalibuf
Dec. 28, 2010 
Jafari Dolatabadi while announcing the news also added that Ahmadinejad has complained from Ali Motahari, MP and on side of Larijani.
He also asked regime’s Hezbollah not to attack the judiciary while pointing to the pressure of Ahmadinejad’s band on judiciary for trying the heads of the rival band.
On the other hand Ahmadinejad’s rival bands are putting pressure for trial of Rahimi, Ahmadinejad’s first deputy.

More omission in Ahmadinejad’s cabinet
Dec. 28, 2010 
A site belonging to regime’s defeated fraction wrote about the continuation of dismissals in Ahmadinejad’s cabinet: “now its turn for Minister of Intelligence to be ousted. It is said that Ahmadinejad is negotiating with Hojatol Islami Hussein Taeb to accept the post but Taeb does not accept it”.
Mullah Hussein Taeb is the intelligence deputy of IRGC and one of the former heads of Bassij who had a great role in killings during 2009-2010 uprisings.


Suppression

Clerical fascism condemned two Kurd youths to death
Dec. 28, 2010 
Iran Daily the official organ of Ahmadinejad’s government wrote: “according to a file in branch 15 of Teheran’s so-called Revolutionary Court headed by so-called judge Abolghasem Salavati, two Kurd youths, Zania Moradi 22 and Loghman Moradi were condemned to death on charge of ‘Moharebe’.


Vast detention of political and civil activist in Sanandaj
Dec. 28, 2010 
Though the clerical dictatorship retreated from executing Habibollah Latifi a Kurd student and political activist due to serious quest by human rights groups and political and civil activists; but since last Monday a group of activists in Sanandaj are either arrested of disappeared.
On Monday night regime’s suppressive forces raided Habibollah’s home and viciously arrested every body even kids and guests. The name of some of the detainees are: Pedram Nasrollahi laborer activist and former political prisoner, Hashem Roostami laborer activist, Zahed Moradian laborer activist, Mahmood Mahmoodi journalist, Saeed Saedi journalist, Hamid Malek Al Kalumi environment activist, Simin Chaichi poet and writer, Vahed Majidi former political prisoner, Jyan Zafari former political prisoner, Abbas Latifi Habibollah’s father, Mokhtar Zareie student activist, 3 of Habibollah’s brothers, 3 of his sisters, Habibollah’s sister in law and 5 more whose identity is not known yet.

Detention and torture of a Christian Iranian in Shahryar Township
Dec. 28, 2010 
The suppressive agents of clerical regime summoned Alireza Najafi a Christian compatriot to the township’s intelligence bureau and detained him.
He then went under torture.

Three years of prison for writing slogans
Dec. 28, 2010 
The criminal regime of mullah has condemned Mostafa Kamrani, brother of Kyarash Kamrani who was detained during the uprising, to 3 years imprisonment for writing slogan on the wall of Evin Prison.
A while ago when Mostafa went to visit his brother along with his father and sister in prison he wrote on the wall of the visiting hall: ‘we will turn this place to museum one day’. Then he was attacked by security forces there and detained

Students controlled in Yasooj
Dec. 28, 2010 
Since last Sunday a new plan has been executed in Yasooj University to control the students. Students are asked to give their cell phone number to the university on the excuse that the university might want to inform them of something but the students say that the only aim of such plan is controlling our phone calls.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

Ali Saremi joined eternity- message of political prisoners

Dec. 28, 2010
A group of political prisoners of ward 2 of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison sent a message for the martyrdom of Ali Saremi titled ‘Ali Saremi joined the eternity’.
After paying their condolences to the family of Mr. Saremi and all freedom loving people they said; “…neither us ... believed that this cruel decree will be executed. When he was summoned by Intelligence he had a high spirit and he said goodbye to us. We were awaiting his return…and we never believed that our friend has been transferred to Evin Prison for execution…Regime’s officials blocked our calls to outside the prison from fear. All the freedom loving people of Iran must know that in his last days Ali was roomed in corridors of ward 2 because the ward was so crowded to make him even weaker...
The brutal rulers of Iran must know that by suppression and killing struggle of our nation for freedom and social justice will not end. They will gain nothing but notoriety from executing Ali Saremi. Because he, like other who fall for freedom we be alive for ever.

Cry of ‘ Ya Hussein’ by Ali Saremi echoed at the time of his execution

Dec. 29, 2010
By the time of Azan (call for praying time) two ambulances came. On one of them it was written ‘inspection’ and on the other nothing was written. It didn’t take even half an hour.
After a while three loud cries of ‘Ya Hussein’ echoed in the air shivering our bodies. Then when the SSF left one by one we understood that everything was over.
Zainab Saremi who was present in front of Evin at the time of his father’s execution said that the officials didn’t inform them of the time of the execution and they found it out from his father’s cell-mates. Zainab said that even his lawyer was not informed of the time: “last night at dusk my father’s cell-mates called us at home and told us that Ali Saremi is suspiciously ‘abducted’ and his cell-mate have noticed his absence. They told us you should really be afraid”.
She added: “even when we gathered outside Evin along with our friends and relatives and asked about him they told us ‘there is nothing going on here, everybody is sleep, go away’. My mother was walking there from early night till morning”.
At the end she said: “we ask all human rights organizations not to permit more families become mournful. I hope that they don’t let this happen to other families”.

News of Ali Saremi’s execution

Dec. 29, 2010
- Henchmen of Evin Prison have threatened the family of Ali Saremi and have told his family members that they are not allowed to hold any ceremony for his commemoration.
- The Henchmen of Evin Prison have told Ali Saremi’s family that they will not give them his body.
- This morning suppressive SSF raided Ali Saremi’s shop and torn away the placard that was posted on the window in regard with his martyrdom.
- The suppressive SSF arrested Ali Saremi’s nephew this morning and took him away.
- A great number of political prisoners of ward 3 of Gohardasht Prison held a ceremony in Ali Saremi’s commemoration.
- A Site belonging to Science and Industry University published the news of the execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi a PMOI supporter. In the news the gathering of families of supporters of PMOI in front of Evin Prison at the night of his execution and the fact that the time of his execution was not announced neither to his family nor his lawyer as well as the name of those arrested in the clash there afterwards were published. At the end a letter from Ali Saremi was mentioned.
- Though the henchmen of Evin tried to prevent any ceremony on Ali Saremi’s commemoration at the prison but many of ordinary inmates referred to the cell of political prisoners paying their condolences. The prisoners intended to lit candles at night of his execution to pay their tribute to him.

For you, our lives have no value, long live Iran – Ali Saremi

In answer to the announcement of his death sentence by the Tehran Prosecutor Jafari Dolat Abadi in December 2009, political prisoner Ali Saremi bravely gave the following message from prison:
“In the name of God- Whenever the rights of a people are plundered, a resistance is created and tyrants are forced to carry out wicked acts and suppress the people.
Dear compatriots, Tehran Prosecutor Dolat Abadi said in an interview which was published in the Kayhan (hardline daily) on May 16, 2010 that I was charged with having links to the PMOI and that I was arrested in September 2009 after the elections.
This is while I was arrested on September 4, 2007 which means two years before the elections and after I went to Ashraf City to see my son in 2005. I was sentenced to one year of prison for that visit which lasted a few days.
My arrest in 2007 was because I participated in a ceremony in Khavaran Cemetery which is the gravesite of those executed in 1988. However, is going to the cemetery or supporting an organization or visiting ones son, really enmity with God and punishable by death?
In line with this, the Tehran Prosecutor’s statements are baseless and it does not even require an explanation. It is so baseless that they are not even willing to announce this sentence to my lawyer. They have sent and confirmed the sentence to an appeals court without it having my signature or that of my lawyer. Despite this, I cry out and say that even if they hang me, they do not scare my compatriots or me because I have scared them so much that they are forced to execute me.
The only reason behind these kinds of sentences is their fear of their unsteady status and not to carry out justice. Now, as a father whose children Farzad, Ali, Farhad, Shirin and Mehdi (executed political prisoners) were recently taken to the gallows and thousands of other children who were slain before this, what is expected of me except to cry out as a freedom loving Iranian that if in my lifetime and even in the 23 years of my detention in prison I was not able to carry out my duty for God, my people and country, maybe my execution will be effective in rousing my people.
I cry out again and address my people and country when I say that ‘for you, our lives have no value, long live Iran’ – Political prisoner Ali Saremi

Political prisoners send message from prison on the execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi

A group of political prisoners in cellblock 2 in Gohardasht (Rajayi Shahr) Prison in Karaj sent a message from prison to commemorate the memory of executed courageous political prisoner Ali Saremi who was hung today in Evin Prison.
This message reads in part: “We give our condolences to all freedom lovers, those who are fighting for freedom and especially to the family of Ali Saremi for the martyrdom of this courageous Mojahed. Ali Saremi was hanged on Tuesday December 28 by the executioner while neither he nor us believed that he would actually be executed. After being summoned by the Intelligence Unit he was in high spirits and said goodbye to us. We were waiting for his return and were counting the hours and minutes when he would come back. We never believed that our friend was transferred to Evin Prison for the implementation of his death sentence. Prison officials cut off all our communications with the outside world in fear that we would make calls. All the freedom loving people of Iran should know that Saremi was forced to sleep in the hallways of the cellblock 2 due to shortage of space before he was taken for execution. The cruel rulers of Iran should know that with suppression and killings, the struggles of our people for freedom and social justice will not cease and the execution of Ali Saremi will have no other consequence than more notoriety for the regime”.

Iran prevents phone calls by political prisoners after execution of Ali Saremi

According to reports, after Ali Saremi was transferred to Evin Prison for his execution, all scheduled phone calls of political prisoners were cancelled and they were not allowed to use the phone.

Ali Saremi’s letter from prison after his death sentence and that of his friends were issued

“I read once again in the newspaper that the prosecutor said that the death sentence for six supporters of the PMOI has been upheld and they are waiting for its implementation. One has to ask the prosecutor if they have done anything for the people of Iran except bring about death, poverty, terror and suppression in the 31 years of their reign? If one looks at the outcome of these 31 years, the execution of six people is neither new nor comes as a surprise! Rather, it is the only thing that you are able to do.
Have you ugly reactionaries done anything for the people except bring about death? You should be aware that the day that the people take their vengeance is not far… Do not think that the people will forget the suppression, chains, Kahrizak (Detention Center) and the constant killings by plainclothes agents… You rule with deception and lies, people have no food to eat, children are left without guardians, and addiction is prevalent. How do you still govern and talk and make promises? Do you have no shame? Shame on you!
Your brother Ali, Please send my regards to everyone, Goodbye”.

Message to mark International Day against Execution

“We are for abolishing the death sentence and the downfall of governments who follow violence and we support a government that recognizes humanity and human rights. Ali Saremi - October 2010”

Messages of slain political prisoner Ali Saremi from prison

Message to mark national Student Day
“…The part played by students and the university in breaking the atmosphere of despair and hopelessness after 1978 is still alive and fresh in the memory of the people of Iran and students and is commemorated every year. Now, students and the university are tasked with playing this part again… On the anniversary of this day, I stand with students and the university and hope that democracy, freedom and justice becomes victorious.
Ali Saremi – Nov. 29, 2010”.

Committee of Free Teachers in Iran condemns execution of political prisoner Mr. Ali Saremi

We were informed that political prisoner Mr. Ali Saremi who was a 63 year old teacher in Tehran’s Nazi Abad region and was loved by his students was executed on Tuesday, December 28 by the government ruling Iran. He was also a political prisoner under the rule of the Shah and spent 23 years of his life in prison for freedom of expression and freedom of thought.
Compatriots,
The Iranian government has committed this crime at a time of widespread public discontent because of the implementation of the plan to cut subsidies and a price raise on all goods including bread and fuel which is the minimum needs of all the sectors of the Iranian society.
The dictator government thinks it can prevent this discontent and social protests by executing the children of the Iranian people. However, historical experience has shown that such measures will only fuel public discontent.
The Committee for Free Teachers supports political prisoners and condemns the execution of political prisoner and teacher, Mr. Ali Saremi and requests from all teachers, the freedom loving people of Iran, and international human rights organizations to condemn his execution and prevent the execution of other jailed political prisoners including jailed teachers.
Committee of Free Iran Teachers December 28, 2010

Center in Defense of the Rights of Iran Laborers condemns execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi

According to reports published in websites and the media, executions in Iran have remarkably increased in the past few weeks and the most recent of these executions was the execution of Mr. Ali Saremi who was 63 years old. According to these reports, he has spent 23 years of his life in various Iranian prisons for protesting the tyranny ruling Iran and suppression of the people.
The Center in Defense of the Rights of Iran Laborers supports political prisoners and dissidents and condemns this brutal measure and asks all international human rights organizations to support the rights of Iranians and carry out measures to prevent the continuance of these inhumane measures by the Iranian government.
Center in Defense of the Rights of Iran Laborers – Dec. 28, 2010

Members of families of political prisoners arrested in clashes in front of Evin Prison

Tehran 11 am- Dec. 28, 2010
In the ongoing clashes between the families of PMOI members outside of Evin Prison and security forces, the following people were arrested and taken inside Evin Prison:
Mahin Saremi, wife of Ali Saremi
Mohtaram Saremi, his sister
Akram Sanjari, mother of political prisoner Misaq Yazdan Nejad
Mahboubeh Mansouri and Hadi Mansouri, family members of political prisoner Mohammad-Ali Mansouri

Ali Saremi had no fear from the clerical dictatorship

Dec. 28, 2010 – Tehran
While the clerical dictatorship intended to provoke an atmosphere of fear and horror to prevent from any uprising, Mr. Saremi never gave up. He always issued messages from inside the prison calling on people to defend their rights and freedom.
In his message about the execution of Habibollah Latifi, a Kurd student and a political activist who was to be executed a few days ago Mr. Saremi wrote: “Despotism always kills to hush people and prevent great protests. The regime’s officials who are incapable of managing the country which is the source of all the problems kill. Until the despotism exists, the killing continues and people’s escalating problems will last for ever.
While condemning the execution decree of Habibollah Latifi we warn the regime that uprisings of the mass will not end with these killings”.

Report from Tehran; Ali Saremi

Dec. 28, 2010
Right now at 11.10 the family of the executed political prisoner Ali Saremi is in front of Evin Prison along with other families of supporters of PMOI. They demand the body of Ali Saremi.
The henchmen have told them that they must go to Kahrizak to receive his body.
The family of the Martyr Saremi is protesting the fact and is clashing with the henchmen. Poya Saremi, Ali Saremi’s daughter is arrested during the clash and taken into Evin Prison.

Religious fascism ruling Iran hanged Political prisoner Ali Saremi this morning

Supporter of PMOI who had spent more than 23 years of his life in prison

Tuesday - Dec. 28, 2010 – Tehran
IRNA state-run news agency announced this morning:
“This dawn Ali Saremi a member of Monafeghin Terrorist grouplet was hanged this morning at Evin Prison on charge of ‘Moharebeh’ (staging war against God)”.
The political prisoner Ali Saremi who was hanged this morning by the henchmen of Velayat-e-Faghieh has spent about 23 years of his life in prisons and torture chambers of Shah and Clerical dictatorship. He was arrested because he had visited his son in Ashraf City (the place of resident of PMOI members in Iraq) and had attended the commemoration ceremony held at Khavaran for those who fall for freedom in the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, 30000 of them. He was then condemned to death.
Regime had announced that he was arrested because he had participated in Ashura Uprising of 2009 and thus was condemned to execution but he was arrested in 2007 in Khavaran and was in prison since.
The execution of Ali Saremi is a pathetic reaction of Khamenei to the heavy blows that he constantly receives from Iran’s resistance.
Keeping the PMOI in terror list of US due to US appeasement policy towards the clerical dictatorship while this allegation has been ruled our in high courts of Europe and a high court in District of Columbia has ruled that this listing has not gone under its due procedure and the Secretary of State must revise it, gives open hand to the religious fascism in Iran to execute PMOI members and supporters on the excuse of terrorism and ‘Moharebeh’.

We call on all international bodies to put an end to the human right violations in Iran and to send clerical regime’s record of violation of human rights to UN Security Council for taking decisive action against these crimes.

Iran Students Committee
Dec. 28, 2010

Request for urgent action to save the life of political prisoner Ali Saremi, Supporter of PMOI who has spent more than 23 years of his life in prison

Request for urgent action
Request for urgent action to save the life of political prisoner Ali Saremi,
Supporter of PMOI who has spent more than 23 years of his life in prison

Transferring death row political prisoner to an unknown location
Monday Dec. 27, 2010 – 15:53
Reports obtained by Activists of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran say that the political prisoner Ali Saremi, 62 years old and condemned to execution has been transferred from ward two of Gohardasht Prison to an unknown location outside the prison.

On Monday Dec. 27 around 13:30 pm political prisoner Ali Saremi under execution has suddenly and in an unusual manner been transferred from ward two to an unknown location. His cellmates have constantly tried to get information about his whereabouts from prison’s officials but they were not successful so far and were faced with contradictory sayings.
Some officials have told them that he has been transferred to Evin Prison but his cellmates are suspicious of this saying because of the manner he was transferred and the contradictory words. They think that it is possible that he has been transferred to be executed; executions are usually conducted on Tuesdays.
In fear of international reactions and to make people of Iran and the world face a done did the clerical regime uses sudden executions of political prisoners such as the execution of 5 political prisoners on Sep. 10 of this year.

In addition to Mr. Ali Saremi a number of political prisoners at ward 350 of Evin Prison are awaiting execution. The names of some of them are: Jafar Kazemi, Javad Lari, Abdoreza Ghanbari, Haj Aghaie and Ahmad Daneshpoor Moghadam.

Political prisoner Ali Saremi was arrested in 2007 after he attended the ceremony for commemoration of the 19th year of massacre of political prisoners in 1988 and was condemned to death by Judge Salavati. He is one of the oldest political prisoners in Iran who had spent more than 23 years in prison.

Activists of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran are strongly worried about this sudden and unusual transferring. There is a serious danger that he will be executed.

We ask the General Secretary of UN, High Commissioner of Human Rights and other international organs to conduct an urgent action for saving the lives of death row political prisoners in Iran.

Activists of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran
December 27, 2010


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 27, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 750

Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods 

in different cities of Iran

Dec. 26, 2010

Tehran- Price of liquid gas capsules have raised drastically during the last 3 days from 2000 or 2500 tomans to 5000 tomans. All the drivers and other consumers are objecting the fact.

Booshehr- by this rumor that the government is withdrawing the deposited money for subsidies from the accounts, and as villagers are rushing to the banks, banks’ operating systems are actually disrupted.
The banks have no money to give to the customers. There is a security atmosphere ruling over the city and by each bank several SSF, an officer and cars belonging to operation units of SSF are patrolling.

Kerman- drivers of heavy vehicles are on strike in Kerman thus no fruit has been transferred to Kerman’s Vegetable and Fruit Baazar.

Tehran- Eyewitnesses say that most of the people who have withdrawn the subsidy money from their accounts have expended it in two days. For example a bakery in a village at east of Tehran is closed after two days announcing that it will not reopen unless the government provides the subsidy.

Tehran- A student from Tehran said that it is like a chaos every where. Everybody is talking about this plan. Since its execution any SMS containing the word ‘subsidy’ is not being sent.

Tehran- A student from Fadak neighborhood said that people are buying extra bread and storing it: “Situation is getting worse. Yesterday someone from the house opposite to ours came out and started shouting and complaining about the cost of electricity. Prices have risen so high and protests are taking place. If the government doesn’t stop this even if this issue wouldn’t lead to their overthrow it will lame them”.

Checks face crisis after subsidy cuts
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
One of the new crises created in people’s life after subsidy cuts is the crisis of checks with respite. The customers who have drawn checks with respite for their purchases and the checks were not cashed yet must now either turn back their purchase or pay more for it.

Four inmates executed in Ahwaz
Ahwaz, Dec.26, 2010
To provoke an atmosphere of horror as it is executing the ‘Subsidy Overhaul Plan’ the clerical dictatorship hanged four inmates at Karoon Prison in Ahwaz. The names are announced as A.A/ H.M/ J.J/ and Qh.F.
It is to be mentioned that the regime had also executed four prisoners the day before in Sari, Saveh and Oromieh.

Students sat-in; protesting subsidy cuts
Sabzewar, Dec.26, 2010
Students of Khaje Nasir University of Sabzewar sat-in in protest against the subsidy cuts at the dining hall of the university. They announced that such plan equals paralyzing domestic production and industry.

Laborers of Ahwaz pipe factory 
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
More than 100 laborers from Khozastan’s Pipe Factory gathered in protest in front of Harasat building of this factory.
They demanded reopening of the factory, clearance of their retirement status and payment of 20 months of wages that they had not received.

Closure and bankruptcy strangles Tehran’s factories
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
Factories making building blocks, the machinery of which worked with electricity or gas oil, had to close and announce their bankruptcy after subsidy cuts. They are also dismissing their workers.
Some of these factories are Tirche East Block, Omid Construction Material and Tirche Block Bahador.

Zanjan’s carpet workshops closed
Zanjan, Dec.26, 2010
After subsidy cuts many of Zanjan’s carpet workshops that usually have large saloons are closed because the city’s whether is very cold at this time of the year and they are not able to provide the heat any more.
Most of the laborers in these workshops are women.

Beauty saloons and sewing workshops closed
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
Eyewitnesses reported that many of beauty saloons and sewing workshop having women as their laborers are forced to dismiss them after subsidy cuts and close because their machines and apparatuses work with electricity. The managers are not able to pay both for the new cost of electricity and the wages of their laborers.

At the edge of bankruptcy
Ahwaz, Dec.26, 2010
 Factories and workshops in Ahwaz that produce goods needing high voltage electricity such as air conditioners are at the edge of bankruptcy after the subsidy cuts because nobody will by their goods anymore.
One of these factories is Pars Electronic Enterprise of Ahwaz. This factory has told its laborers that it has no job for them any more.

No insurance for construction painters
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
ILNA state-run news agency wrote: “in the latest move of directors of insurance law for construction workers, construction painters are deprived of having compulsory insurance.


Downfall

Regime’s suppressive forces uneasy
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
Change in structure of regime’s military forces shows the clerical regime’s fear of people’s uprising especially in Tehran. The regime is also worried about foreign threats. Some of these changes are:
1- One of the battalions of (anti) Mohammad the Profit Corps called Ansar Al Nabi has turned to a division. Brigades of (anti) Imam Hussein of Tehran 23 regions have joined this battalion. All three battalions of Tehran’s corps are directly supervised by the corps’ commander.
2- Maneuvers are going on for preparation of the forces. For example tactical practices of commando brigades belonging to (anti) Amir Al Momenin battalion have taken place in Ilam in Mehran Township. This maneuver was going on for five days and it included classic war tactics, soft-war and IRGC’s ideological courses.
3- Another maneuver took place for three days in Eghlid of Fars having the same framework. In addition they practiced confronting uprisings in cities.
These measures show that the clerical regime is concentrating both on military and security issues. Which means the regime is worried in both aspects.

Clerical regime’s suppressive forces under attack
Ahwaz, Dec.26, 2010
A site belonging to Mohsen Rezaie the former head of IRGC wrote that one Bassiji has been killed and one mullah has been injured in Ahwaz.
Two motorcyclists with mask attacked Mullah Kazem Abyat the former representative of Khamenei in the new formed corps in Hamidieh region of Ahwaz and Ghate Obaydavi an active Bassiji of the city on Dec. 25.
Mullah Ali Kazem Bahram, Khamenei’s representative in IRGC confirmed the armed attack.

On alert for Arbaeen
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
Reports obtained by ISC from inside Bassij say that the clerical dictatorship is getting ready to confront potential protests on Arbaeen (40th day after Imam Hossein’s death when he is commemorated) after the subsidy cuts. Regime has announced this day as the first day of uprising after the subsidy cuts.

15 ministers were summoned to parliament
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
The reactionary parliament of the clerical regime summoned 15 cabinet members. These ministers are ministers of Education, Economy, Trade, Hygiene, Agricultural Jihad, Justice, Defense & Support, Road & Transportation, Welfare & Social Providence, Industry & mines, Science, Guidance & Culture, Interior, Oil and Power.

Strong security measures in Sanandaj
Sanandaj, Dec.26, 2010
In fear of the protest of residents of Sanandaj against the execution of Habibollah Latifi, a Kurd student and a political activist, the clerical dictatorship has adopted intense security measures in the city.
Intelligence Ministry, IRGC forces and SSF are put on state of alert. The Interior Ministry has deployed an especial team for controlling the city in coordination with Intelligence Bureau of Kurdistan province.


Suppression

A 28 year old youth will be hanged
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
The clerical regime’s judiciary issued the decree for hanging of a youth in Tehran. The victim is called Qholamreza and he is 28 years old.



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)