February 1, 2011

Reuters is filtered in Iran

Tehran- Jan. 30, 2011
One of the most famous news sources in the world, Reuters that also covered Iran very well is filtered.
Due to the words of officials more than 5 million internet sites are filtered.
This filtering has noticeably surged after the last years popular uprisings.

A father and daughter under execution

Tehran- Jan. 30, 2011
Regime’s Judiciary issued the sentence of execution of a father and his daughter. They are called Jabar and Anahita.

Manager of Iran Khodro retreated in fear of continuation of protests

Tehran- Karaj Rd. Jan. 30, 2011
Formation of Labor Council has been one of the demands of Iran Kodro workers in the past years and it was never accepted. After the current protests, the manager of the factory in Tehran accepted the demand in fear of the continuation of protests.
As a reminder, few days ago 10 workers were killed in this factory and since then the factory has witnessed protest gatherings of the laborers.

Two protest gathering in Orumieh

Orumieh- Jan. 28, 2011
On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings Jan. 25, 26 two protest gathering were held in front of regime’s Prosecutor Office and Orumieh Prison.
On Tuesday morning more than 300 of families of prisoners in death row carrying Koran’s in their hands gathered in front of regime’s prosecutor’s office and demanded cancellation of the executions.
On Wednesday morning following the execution of a prisoner called Farhud Taram his family and other relatives gathered in front of Orumieh Prison breaking the glasses of the outer walls of the prison. SSF meddled and at least ten were arrested.
The statistics obtained from within the Orumieh prison say that more than 300 prisoners are in death row at this prison.

Pressure on political prisoners increases

Karaj- Jan. 30, 2011
By the formation of the new security ward at Rajaee Shahr Prison and cut in all communications of this ward, pressure and limitations on political prisoners increases.
All in person visits are stopped and the prisoners can only have visits on Thursdays in cabins. The prisoners are also deprived from referring to prison’s infirmary.
Mehdi Mohammadian, Alireza Karami Khairabadi and Mansour Radpoor are three of these prisoners who are in critical physical conditions but they are not transferred to the infirmary.
The prisoners were banging on the doors to make the guards take these three to the infirmary but the guards answered back: “we are ordered not to”.
On Saturday afternoon Ali Mohammadi deputy of the prison answered the protest of the prisoners as: “we have no control over this ward. The orders come from the higher ranks”.
With more than 60 prisoners in this ward, the ward has only one bathroom.

Repent or go to the gallows

Tehran- Jan. 30, 2011
The agents of Intelligence Ministry of the clerical dictatorship are hardly torturing political prisoners. They put a paper in front of them and tell them “either write and repent and sign or we will make a case for your execution and we will execute you all”.

Private taxis on strike in Tabriz

Tabriz- Jan. 30, 2011
Reports received from Tabriz say that on Saturday Jan. 29 private taxis went on strike in protest against the subsidy cuts and rise in price of fuel.

Calling for protest on Thursday February 3

Tehran- Jan. 31, 2011
In different sites and blogs people inform each other of the protest gatherings on Thursday Feb. 3.
Here is one of these calls:

Thursday Feb. 3, the day of Iranian nation’s wrath
We are a group of youths of this land…our motto is ‘Iran is for Iranians’ with any race, language, ethnicity and religion; whether they are Kurd, Turk or Ballooch.
Here is our suggestion for getting rid of a dictator government:…if there is no Iran, I better not be.
Compatriots! For how much longer should we sit and just watch the executions?
As a freedom loving Iranian in all over Iran, we will gather on Thursday, Feb. 3, at 3 pm in the streets and squares and we will cry our protest.
To any political and intellectual spectrum that we belong, we will join and we will cry one voice: ‘death to dictator’.

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