January 6, 2011

Reported by ISC members throughout the country:

Jan. 5, 2011
Tehran- Situation of Tehran’s bazaars on beginning of Jan.:

Exchange: 50% open, 30% closed, 20% half closed
Gold and jewelry: 60% open, 20% closed, 20% half closed
Shoe and leader: 75% open, 15% closed, 10% half close
Fabric and outfit: 70% open, 10% closed, 20% half close
Also merchants said that Ahmadinejad intends to appoint rations for imports within two months and probably in that case Bazaar will go thoroughly on strike.

Tehran- price of poultry has raised another 400 tomans and is now 3550 per kg.
Ardebil- on beginning of Jan:
Lavash Bread: from 25 tomans to 60 tomans after subsidy cuts
Barbari Bread: from 50 tomans to 200 tomans after subsidy cuts
Sangak Bread: from 75 tomans to 200 tomans after subsidy cuts
Another aftermath of subsidy cuts in Ardebil is that the number of beggars has risen and they are seen everywhere. Many of laborers and poor people now have lost their jobs and even children, and girls at ages of 16 to 17, are begging; a phenomena that was never seen. It is obvious from their appearance that they are not beggar and they have to do this because they have no other choice. Everybody is cursing Ahmadinejad for this.
In General: Subsidy cuts have caused a serious drop in jobs that are related with cars such as mechanics, auto services and spare parts shops because people are using their cars less and because of other problems caused by subsidy cuts. People say that there is a Tsunami on the way.

Cry of Allah O Akbar on Arbaeen

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
ISC reports that people are inviting each other to participate in a nightly protest on Arbaeen crying Allah O Akbar on the roof tops.
*Arbaeen is 40th day after Imam Hussein fall in struggle with the oppressor of his time.

Mullahs fear dishes

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
The fact that people are welcoming satellite TVs especially ‘Simaye Azadi (the face of freedom)’ has horrified the mullahs.
A site belonging to defeated fraction wrote: “before 2009 election and even a while after that governmental agents raided roof tops to collect dishes and opened judiciary records for people in that regard but the usage of dishes has grown so much that it is now out of control…Official polls show that 45% of Tehran’s residents use satellite dishes which is a 10% growth”.
Sadegh Ziba Kalam said: “the educated stratum of the society doesn’t welcome governmental programs at all. Neither our TV nor radio were not able to compete even in minimums with foreign media”.
It is to be mentioned that last mid-Fall Ali Darabi the deputy of Khamenei’s TV & Radio expressed his concern of how much people welcome ‘Simaye Azadi’ and said: “Simaye Azadi which is affiliated with Monafeghin’s activities (Monafeghin is the name regime calls PMOI) is amongst those media that is watched in most Iranian homes…”

Schism gets even deeper in Khamenei Band

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
In its political note Kayhan state-run daily admitted that schism is getting deeper within Khamenie’s band: “this problem of political and legal issues some times get mixed and some times this is also accompanied by conspiracies of mischievous and diverged currents. This has strange outputs to the point that… officials and caring personalities in regard with the Establishment will confront each other.
Unfortunately in some cases without the issue being clear, the consequences would be this: the public will feel that two powers of the country are confronting each other”.
The source continues: “what is ultimately seen in domestic and media circles is a chaos that takes place because political and legal issues are not separated”.

Aftermaths of breakage of Khamenei’s talisman in Hozeh

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
By the breakage of Velayat-e-Faghieh’s Talisman mullahs in Hozeh (religious schools and circle in Qom and other religious cities) are opposing Khamenie for taking advantage of religious decrees to impose reactionary and dominating insights on the mass.
Khabar Online a state-run media published an example of such opposition on Jan. 3 quoting the notes of Hojat Al Islam Soroush Mahalati. The notes read in part:
‘Taghlid’ is a logical act. Its root is ‘when an ignoramus person refers to a wise man’ and it is approved in Islam. It is obvious that in religious issues not every body can deduce straightly from canon sources and must refer to a ‘Mojtahed’ who is expert in that and act as he says. So far this is a clear issue but if the Fatwa given is not acceptable for the person and he is sure that there is a wrong doing in that what should he do? Should he close his eyes and follow the Fatwa?
As far as the most expert Islamic researchers are concerned the answer is negative?
The prominent researcher Mullah Mohammad Kazem Khorasani also puts it as ‘the outmost wrong’ to follow a Fatwa which you believe is wrong.
“In the past such cases were rare but in our time due to multiple factors this is not a rare case and makes the follower distrust a Fatwa.
In such a case such a Fatwa cannot be an ‘augment based on canon law’ and he must act to another Fatwas.
For that reason in our era Fatwa is not as firm amongst the people as it was before, followed without bringing it under question.
Formerly Ejtehad (deduction of issues from religious sources and canon law) was counted as ‘unmistakable’ and thus it was counted as ‘decisive decree’ but we are far from that these days.
About the decrees in regard with social and economical issues a human being can comprehend right and wrong; a Fatwa that just pays attention to ‘surface of issues’ might put the follower in a position of defiance”.

Ahmadinejad fires more

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
The subsidy cuts were the start of some changes within the ruling band of the regime.
After Ahmadinejad dismissed 14 of his advisors its now turn for 9 new changes in cabinet.
Tehran Emrooz wrote on Jan. 4: though there are still reactions to the sudden ousting of 14 advisors of the president a weekly close to the cabinet said that 9 other changes in high rank and middle rank officials of the government is on its way.
According to this report either Alireza Soltanieh or Mohammad Ahmadian will replace Ali Akbar Salehi in Nuclear Energy Organization.
Ali Akbar Salehi is currently put at the head of Foreign Ministry but there has been no news that he will be introduces as the Foreign Minister to regime’s parliament.
The other change will be the head of Central Bank. Seyyed Hamid Poormohammadi would probably be the new director of this bank and will replace Bahmani.
It is also said that Ali Akbar Mohebian, Minister of Industry and Hamid Behbahani, Minister of Road and Transportation will be changed.
Other changes will be the head of Country’s Air Line Organization, the director manager of Kish’s free region and the deputy in Cinema Affairs of Guidance Ministry.

Taxi drivers on strike

Gonbad Kavoos, Jan. 4, 2011
Reports obtained by ISC from Gonbad Kavoos say that the taxi drivers of the town are on strike. They say that taxi rate is too low. It is to be mentioned that after subsidy cuts and rise in fuel price both the taxi drivers and the passengers are suffering.

On strike again

Khozestan, Jan. 5, 2011
On Sunday Jan. 2 about 100 workers of Khozestan Pipe Factory gathered in protest in front of Harasat building of this factory to protest their 20 months not-received wages. They have received no answer yet.

Poultry breeders on protest

Tehran, Jan. 5, 2011
On Sunday Jan. 2 more than 150 poultry breeders gathered in protest against the process of rating in front of Trade Bureau. This protest gathering closed Taleghani St. for an hour.

1200 workers on strike

Tehran, Jan. 5, 2011
1200 laborers from Alborz Industrial Complex are in strike demanding the money the complex owes them. They said that they will continue their strike until their demands are fulfilled.

Families in protest in front of Evin

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
On Saturday Jan. 1 a group of families of political prisoners and detainees of the uprising gathered in protest in front of Evin Prison expressing their concern about prisoners in death row. They demanded visiting them.
They stood up in front of the pressures and offences of regime’s intelligence agents and clashed with them.
At least three of protestors were injured.

Political prisoner’s cancer spreads due to lack of medical attention

Jan. 4, 2011
It has become clear that the constant stomach pains of Political prisoner Mohsen Dokmeh Chi (PMOI supporter), who has been in a critical condition from some time ago and was accused of ‘faking his illness’ by prison officials, is actually a kind of cancer.
The lack of attention and negligence of Evin Prison officials has caused hi illness to deteriorate. Dokmeh Chi who is a Tehran Bazaar merchant has been detained for more than 15 months for giving financial assistance to the families of political prisoners.
According to reports, he was suffering from constant pain for several months but prison officials refused to give him medical attention or see to his problems and transfer him to a hospital, until his condition became very critical. Because of his late transfer to the hospital, doctors have said that his cancer has advanced and that there was no hope in treating him.
According to this report, prison officials still refuse to give him a short furlough and he was once again transferred to prison.

Suppressive acts of clerical dictatorship; ISC reports

Jan. 5, 2011
Hamedan- Internet has been drastically slowed in this city. During the last few days it was cut completely. It is not possible to post voice or video clips from Café Nets. Also entrance of data is cut in these places.

Tehran- reports from inside the regime says that it wants to control all calls to other countries from public phones by a new system. In this system particular pre-appointed words will be automatically recorded.

Tehran- reports from inside regime’s air force say that its personnel have been informed officially that they will be on state of alert for Arbaeen and the anniversary of anti-monarchy revolution.

Tehran- reports from inside Interior Ministry say that regime intends to change the system of National Cards. Some of the sections will be similar to bank cards which contain all information about a person.

Tehran- reports from inside Traffic Bureau of Tehran say that there will be advanced cameras installed throughout Tehran since next month.

Notorious intelligence agents stationed in ward 350

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
Regime’s intelligence Ministry intends to station its agents in ward 350, the ward of political prisoners to impose even more pressure on them.

Political prisoners under pressure to sign obligatory commitments

Tehran, Jan. 5, 2011
On Monday Jan. 3 the Intelligence Ministry has distributed papers to be signed amongst the prisoners to cover its crimes
and suppressive acts in Iran’s prisons and to make the political prisoners to be silent in that regard.
The paper reads as: “I…the child of … while being in prison has had no connection with other sites and dissident networks and I will not have. If any thing is published or said by others under my name I seriously deny it. Signature…”
In this manner the henchmen want to have a free hand in their anti-human and suppressive acts without prisoners being able to complain or echo these acts anywhere.

On strike for the third day

Kerman, Jan. 4, 2011
Tuesday was the third day of strike of 3500 laborers of Barex Tire Factory in Kerman. On Saturday these workers gradually stopped working and turned off all the machinery in the afternoon and entered a unanimous strike.
The head of Harasat of this factory constantly threatened them that if they don’t stop the protest he will call Especial Units to detain them. He is telling them: “your strike is of no importance because nothing belongs to you. If you continue your employer has said that he will close the factory”.

Bassijies attacked embassy of Egypt in Tehran

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
A group of regime’s mercenaries under the disguise of students gathered in protest on Jan. 3 in front of the Bureau representing Egypt’s interests in Tehran and chanted against the government of Egypt and its president. They said that they are protesting because Egypt did not permit regime’s caravan to enter Qaza.
It is to be mentioned that last Friday Egypt did not allow the agents of clerical regime to enter Qaza for security reasons.

Mullahs’ nuclear tour for covering covert nuclear activities

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
To cover its covert nuclear activities the clerical regime has invited representatives from some countries to visit its public atomic sites.
The date has been determined as Jan. 15 to 16 and all the expenses will be paid by the regime.

Hundreds of factories and great production units are either bankrupted or in critical condition

Tehran, Jan. 4, 2011
Due to incompetency of clerical regime, hundreds of factories and great production units in different provinces of the country are either bankrupted or in critical condition. More than 1200 small production units are already bankrupted and their laborers are now out of job.
Here is a glance over the report of bankruptcy and consecutive closure of factories:
- Yassoj Starch Flour in Koohkiloyeh & Boyerahmad Province had not paid the wages of its laborers for a long time.
- Iran Maye Enterprise which produces the yeast for bakeries having 80 workers is closed.
- It is for a month that Zarjin Baft Enterprise in Ilam, the largest outfit production in this province having 180 workers is closed.
- Noor Chinaware Factory working for 22 years and having 140 workers is closed.
- Khoram Dareh Metal Melting Factory is closed for good. This is the second factory that is closed in this city.
- Alvand Qazvin’s Tavanbakhsh laborers have not received their wages for 21 months some of them working there for 25 years.
- The important industrial factories of Gilan including Khavar, Dokhaniat, Iran Poplin and Iran Kanaf are at the edge of bankruptcy and this fear exists that 1000s will be out of job.
- Omid Ali Nazeri a member of Mazandaran Council of Labor said: “by execution of subsidy cuts we must await a new wave of closure of factories and dismissal of laborers”.
- Aziz Akbarian, a member of Mines and Industry Commission of regime’s parliament said: “due to import of low quality goods including cotton, country’s textile factories are closing”.
- Iran Automobile Factories have difficulty in paying their 1000 billion tomans debt to the factories building automobile parts.
- Many of the factories producing household appliances such as TV, refrigerator, warmer and stove and etc are closing.

Iran arrests more than 60 Christians

Jan. 4. 2011
Unofficial sources have said that more than 60 Christians have been summoned by the Intelligence Agency or arrested in their homes by plainclothes agents thus far. The detainees were mostly arrested in Tehran and a number of other Iranian cities and were mostly temporarily released after interrogations and forced pledges.
The large Christian community in Iran has been under great pressure by security forces on the days leading to Christmas and the New Year. Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran warned against the growth and spread of home churches for the first time in a speech in Qom on October 19, 2010.

Female prisoners denied treatment for influenza

Jan. 4, 2011
Despite the fast spread of influenza A in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj, prison officials refuse to give prisoner serious treatment.
Three weeks after the spread of Influenza A, prison officials have only vaccinated prisoners but have distributed more than 50 ill prisoners to various sections of the female cellblock in this prison and there is danger that prisoners will once again contract this influenza.
Prisoners do not allow ill female prisoners to come inside the cells and they are forced to sleep in the filthy hallways without having anyone to look after them.
The signs of this influenza were also seen in Mrs. Mahvash Sabet, a prisoner of conscience who is one of the heads of the Baha’i minority faith and is detained in the female cellblock in this prison.

January 5, 2011

Writing slogans on bills condemning Ali Saremi’s execution

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
Slogans written on the bills which are now in hands of everybody throughout Tehran condemn the execution of political prisoner, Ali Saremi a supporter of PMOI.
From top to bottom:
- We condemn the criminal execution of people’s hero Ali Saremi
- You beat and you kill but what are you going to do with the unpreventable growth of the buds?
- We condemn the criminal execution of Ali Saremi the hero of the people.
- We condemn the execution of Ali Saremi- death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghieh
- Prison, torture and execution do not have any effect any more. Regime’s fall is close.
People are also calling on each other for nightly protests over the roof tops on Arbaeen.
Slogans such as ‘the brave people of Iran, rise’, is also seen throughout the city.

Agents of Intelligence Ministry fear Ali’s goals

Tehran, Jan. 3, 2011
In fear of the path Ali Saremi has paved the agents of regime’s Intelligence Ministry have told his family that they are not allowed to write any inspiring poem on his gravestone that would be against oppression and tyranny which would show Ali’s thoughts.

The everlasting photo of Ali Saremi in regime’s media!

Tehran, Jan. 3, 2011
On morning of Jan. 3 the state-run media published a photo of the hero executed political prisoner, supporter of PMOI, Ali Saremi as ‘not formerly published’. This photo shows Ali Saremi in his visit to Ashraf City (the place of residence of PMOI members).
Some of the media publishing this photo are: Jahan News, Journalists Club, Alborz News, Ghatreh, Afkar News, Iran Diplomatic, Jelvegah and Tebyan.

ISC talks in scene with people of Tehran and Najafabad

Jan. 3, 2011
Tehran- the price of poultry meet has risen from 2700 tomans to 3200 to 3400 tomans. The reason is rise in the price of fuel. People say that in next month it will reach 4500 to 5000 tomans. On the other hand people are not able to purchase as before and the shopkeepers cannot sell what they sold. Bazaar is not in a good condition. One of the oldest shopkeepers in Tehran’s Bazaar, 70 years old, said: “It is for three months that I have sold almost nothing. I have an income of 200000 to 250000 and I cannot pay even my taxes with that. Every body is stuck in the same situation”.

Tehran- A fabric seller said that the price of fabric is going up. People say that the Petrochemical Factory has changed its line of productions and is producing gasoline instead of threads so we are having a shortage of thread and are facing its high price. Other than that people are not able to purchase as they did before. So they don’t come to buy fabric and bazaar is completely in recession.

Najafabad- A part of Najafabad’s Bazaar is in strike. A great number of old shopkeepers in Najafabad’s traditional Bazaar went on strike for a day in protest to the current situation of Bazaar and country’s economy. They gathered in front of Bazaar’s Mosque and demanded that the government express its clear position in regard with rating.

Tehran’s Municipality is dismissing its day-pay workers

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
Tehran’s Municipality will dismiss its day-pay and contract workers in two weeks.

Contract teachers are dismissed in Tehran

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
After the subsidy cuts Tehran’s Ministry of Education is dismissing 400 contract-teachers of this ministry in less than a month.

The wage for a laborer is 303000 tomans per month. Having in mind the subsidy cut you can imagine the pressure.

People under more pressure by subsidy cuts
Tehran, Jan. 3, 2011
In its editorial, Mardomsalari state-run daily admitted to the pressure on people due to subsidy cuts and wrote: “…laborers are in bad conditions…usually each year the minimum wage is specified in a council of three representatives of laborers, three managers and 6 representatives of the government. But as the government is the great manager in our country and more than 70% of the government’s budget is for the wages of laborers the government stands with the managers in the council to prevent rise in the wages…those responsible claim that there will be no price rise.”
A laborer said: “when we come out in the morning to go to work, transportation rate has increased but these gentlemen (government) say there is no rise in prices. You go shopping prices have risen 30 to 40 percent but when you watch TV they say every thing is under control.
The Poverty line in large provinces is 800000 tomans and in smaller ones 600000 tomans.

ISC members report from Iran’s cities:

Jan. 3, 2011
- Tehran- milk powder has become rare and people cannot find it even in drug stores.
- Tehran- Carpenters Bazaar is closed due to the high cost of tools, spare parts, sews and cost of electricity.
- North of Iran- people are rushing to the woods and cutting trees because they cannot pay the high price of oil and gas oil. After subsidy cuts the cost of fuel has risen120000 tomans for an average family.
- Fuel stations are not crowded any more. Each fuel station has been established on a loan of 60 million tomans and if this condition continues they will be forced to close.
- The high cost of fuel has made people to use public transportation and bus, metro and taxi stations are too crowded. Even that, due to fuel cost the taxis are not able to move around a lot and their number is not enough to suffice the number of passengers. People stay in line sometime for one hour.
- Tehran- a shoe merchant said that 97% of smuggled shoe imports from China and other countries is handled by the government particularly IRGC. This is done with a green card. The owner of the card those not pay any custom for his imports. As the result many of shoe merchants are bankrupted. The price of raw material for shoe making has tripled after subsidy cuts. Each pair of domestic shoe is 500 tomans more expensive now. The foam for shoe that was 120000 tomans before is now 170000 tomans after subsidy cuts.
- Qazvin- one of the laborers of Iran Docharkh Factory, Mr. Panbehee, who had worked for 35 years in this factory, has to sell one of his kidneys a week ago to be able to provide his living. A relative of him said: by subsidy cuts the workers are not able to even live, with a 303000 tomans of wage, house rent of 25000 tomans, bread being 400 tomans a piece how can we live. So we have no choice other than selling our kidneys to be able to provide only food for our family.
- Qazvin- bus rates from Orumieh to Qazvin has reached 19000 tomans; it was 13000 before subsidy cuts. This causes financial problems for students who must attend universities in these two cities.
- Qazvin- The number of buses between Qazvin and Zanjan are reduced from 12 to 4 because of fuel expenses.
- Tehran- A part of factories in Abbas Abad industrial city in Pakdasht are almost closed; they cannot provide the fuel needed. Amongst these factories is Metal Melting Factory. The manager of one of these production units said: “we have a ration for fuel. Though its price has risen 10 times but still we are not receiving it. To continue my job I am even ready to buy fuel 20 times in price but even that is not provided and the factory is not working any more”.
- Tehran- Bazaaries of Tehran said that there is no production of domestic stationery. Large factories such as Pegah that produced staplers, paper clips and other stationary have stopped production and are importing Chinese stationery because they cannot compete with that. Sigol Stationery Factory is also closed and they are all importing Chinese stationery.

Almost a week after Ali Saremi’s execution students and other sectors of the society are still condemning this savage act

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011

- A group of students of Science & Industry University condemned Ali Saremi’s execution in a statement title as: “each night they drag a star down from the sky but still this sad sky is full of stars”. The statement reads in part: “the henchmen of the night think that by execution of resistance’s symbols and political prisoners they can choke our voices in our throats. But in vein, Iran’s students are aware and risen and will not keep silence in regard with this injustice. We condemn the execution of political prisoners under any excuse…”

- A group of students of Khaje Nasir University in Tehran condemned the execution in their statement: “…the dictator has committed this crime in a situation that because of subsidy cuts…he is facing vast social discontent. He thinks that by executing aware children of Iran who participate in the struggle he can stop popular protest…”

- A group of PMOI supporters in West Azerbaijan condemnd the execution of PMOI supporter Ali Saremi. In their statement they wrote: “…don’t be afraid we are all together… this month is the month of blood and the regime will be overthrown… death to dictator… death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghieh…”

It is not enough to just say you are repentant

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
Though Mullah Mohammad Khatami (regime’s former president) is completely yielding to Khamenei but still Mohammad Taghi Rahbar the head of regime’s mullah’s fraction in parliament said: “to return to political scene of the country Khatami has only one way; to repent from those who provoke the sedition. Of course it is not enough that he would say that in words…… he must join the people (read Khamenei and his subordinates).

Pasdar Mehdi Fraji is dismissed

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
In continuation of omissions of officials within the regime, the head of regime’s TV & Radio Organization’s Bassij, Mehdi Faraji was ousted. Ali Asghar Jafari, also a Pasdar (Pasdar is a member of IRGC) replaced him.
In the introduction ceremony Pasdar Naghdi, the head of Bassij said: “the presence of media is a necessity at a time when we are engaged in a great war. We anticipate that Bassij representative in TV & Radio Organization…would have good moves in that regard.
Naghdi also emphasized in strengthening criminal Bassiji’s and said: “…values of Bassij must spread everywhere. We must fully act in regard with west’s attack which has aimed at Bassij after the Leadership”.

Mullah Moslehi: we have heavier seditions ahead

Tehran, Jan. 3, 2011
Ati News a state-run media quoted Mullah Moslehi, regime’s Intelligence Minister on Monday Jan. 3 as: “the enemy provokes a new sedition everyday to reach its goals. According to documents, news and intelligence we have heavier seditions ahead”.
He pointed to the events of Ashura of 2009 and said that those who provoke the ‘sedition’ bring under question the Establishment and rule of religion in their worlds and sayings.
Admitting to regime’s deep schism he continued: “one of the heads of ‘sedition’ who had a post in Islamic Republic said in his sayings that Velayat-e-Faghieh is dictatorship and religious despotism. Another director of the ‘sedition’ said that Velayat-e-Faghieh cannot manage the country and laws such as constitutional era must be held in the country.
In an obvious admission to people’s hatred towards the clerical dictatorship Moslehi emphasized that whoever is arrested by the regime turns to a hero for people.
He said: “maybe you have this question in mind as why we don’t arrest the heads of the sedition. If they are arrested they will turn to heroes”.

The head of regimes fascist band of Motalefeh feared the continuation of the uprising

Tehran, Jan. 3, 2011
Habibi, the head of fascist band of Motalefeh admitted to regime’s crisis and schism within the dominant band of regime and said: “some want to put aside the old hardliners”.
Pointing to Khamenei’s warnings about regime’s critical situation he added: “when hardliners disperse, this is laying red carpet for those who are with the ‘sedition’. The leader of the revolution during his several trips to Qom has talked about 2009’s sedition and this means that it will not be over”.
He also said that the uprising of 2009 aimed at toppling the regime and schism will be at the benefit of regime’s dissidents.

Great hatred towards Bassij; official admit

Tehran, Jan. 3, 2011
Pasdar Zarghami, regime’s head of TV & Radio admitted to the great hatred of people towards Bassij and said: “the situation is as such that we cannot hold a ceremony for killed Bassijies”.
Speaking in the replacement ceremony for the head of TV & Radio Organization’s Bassij he added: “…during the sedition (read uprisings) Bassijies came to the scene with all they had and tried to save the Revolution. They had to confront them alley by alley holding batons and sticks but foreign media showed in its heavy propaganda that Bassij is against people… After the sedition we decided to rebuild Bassij’s face in the society… How much our young and sensitive Bassijies can tolerate such a condition while the heads of Revolution who have been with Imam Khomeini are defected and they don’t know what happened”.

Students protest the symbolic statue of regime inside the campus

Tehran, Jan. 3, 2011
Last week the clerical dictatorship made a statue at the campus of Tehran University for the crime they committed against the students on Dec. 30, 2009 (on that day of the uprising people had torn photos and pictures of Khomeini and had burnt them).
This act was not at all welcomed by the students and they protested against it and attacked the statue so much that Harasat decided to displace it and take it out of the campus within a few days. The statue was called ‘insight’.

Protest resignation at Science & Industry University

Isfehan, Jan. 3, 2011
On Dec. 30, 2010 students of Isfahan Industrial University had a protest gathering in front of Omran Department. Last year at the same day the active students of this department were dismissed from the university. The protesting students demanded their return.

Youths of Lorestan punchtured the main oil pipe

Lorestan, Jan. 3, 2011
A group of youths Badamak from Poldokhtar Township of Lorestan Province to confront the regime for its subsidy cuts which has led to very high price of fuel, shot the main oil pipe line around Badamak Oil Enterprise so that the people of the region can provide the oil they need from that.
People are storing oil in any possible way and all the regional residents and residents from nearby villages were grateful to the act.

You are dumb and illiterate

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
Following the deepening of schism within the clerical dictatorship Firoozabadi the head of the General Headquarters of Armed Forces of the regime clearly pointed to Rahimmashaie, Ahmadinejad’s head of office and called him ‘a dumb man that is allowed to participate in cabinet’s sessions’.
His sayings, published in Fars news agency affiliated with IRGC is: “we see that illiterate and dumb people are allowed to participate in governmental sessions and speak words out of the framework of our Ideology”.
It is to be mentioned that formerly in an unprecedented attack of Firoozabadi against Rahimmashaie he called him Ahmadinejad’s infiltrator and demanded that he be legally pursued.

IRGC whitewashes money

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
In oil contracts between the clerical regime and India, IRGC has had an active roll. In coordination with Indian authorities this organ has set the documents so up that a part of oil income would go under the name of legal or true personalities to the accounts belonging to IRGC in Indian banks.
After India decided to join oil sanctions against the clerical regime, oil relation has been disrupted between the two countries and this whitewashing has been revealed.

Rasaie: UK’s ambassador must be banned from entering Iran as an undesirable element

Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
In reaction to UK’s queen appreciation from the country’s ambassador to Iran, Mullah Hamid Rasaie, regime’s MP supporter of Ahmadinejad said: “UK’s ambassador must be introduced as an undesirable element. I think that the ambassador has shown its ultimate obedience to UK’s interests which are exactly as the interests of Zionism”.
The mullah added: “I think in reaction to such act (UK’s ambassador has criticized the terrible condition of human rights in Iran) we must ban Guess from entering Iran as an undesirable element”.

Head of SSF attacked in Cheram

Koohkiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Jan. 3, 2011
Residents of Cheram City in Koohkiloyeh & Boyerahmad Province clashed with suppressive SSF agents in the city and severely injured the head of SSF of the region at 5 pm Sunday Jan.2. The clash lasted till 7 pm.
The head of SSF was transferred to Ahwaz Hospital. In Fear of the spread of the clash SSF closed the entrances to the city and was stationed throughout the city.

‘Get lost’ was how people drove SSF of the scene

Tehran, Jan. 3, 2011
On Monday Jan.3 when some Bassijies wanted to arrest some women on the excuse of ‘improper veil’ at Shoe Bazaar, the crowd and the shopkeepers clashed with them. SSF meddled arousing the wrath of people. The crowd booed them and chanted ‘SSF get lost’ and in this manner the suppressive agents were drove out of the scene.

Dervishes of Gonabad resisted; freed their Sheikh

Foolad Shahr, Jan. 3, 2011
The suppressive forces attacked the house of one of Gonabadi Dervishes in Foolad Shahr at 00:30 am on Monday Jan. 3 and arrested their Sheikh Mr. Seyyed Morteza Mahjoobi around with five of his comrades and transferred them to Isfehan’s Central Prison. During the raid they beat all those in the house including the ladies and injured some.
Hearing the news his supporters from Isfahan and other nearby townships gathered in protest in front of the prison. The suppressive forces drew gun at them to disperse them but they resisted and stayed put.
After 5 hours of resistance, regime had to free the Shiekh and his son. But others who were arrested are still at prison and their supporters are still going to join the protest gathering in front of the prison.

Two labor activists denied right to work after release from prison

Jan. 4, 2010
According to reports, the Protection Department of the Tehran and Suburbs bus company have prevented two labor unionists from going back to work after their release from prison.
Morteza Kamsari and Ali-Akbar Nazari were banned from working after their release. The Protection Department has said that they can only go back to work if the Revolutionary Court clears them of all charges.
Officials have suspended these drivers to put economical pressure on them and their families.
Morteza Kamsari was arrested on November 23 while Akbar Nazari was arrested on November 30. They were both released on a high bail after being detained for a couple of weeks under hard conditions.

Four students banned from continuing education in Bandar Abbas University

Jan. 3, 2011
A short time after two students and members of the Bandar Abbas University’s Islamic Association (Assadi and Fazel Pour) were sentenced to suspension from university, other students have also become the victim of the harsh judgment of this university’s Disciplinary Committee.
Sajad Abbasi (who is a student activist critical of the university management) was sentenced to one year of suspension for insulting the clergy and the head of the Khoramshahr Friday Prayers.
Another student identified as Fazel Pour was suspended for the same reason before this.

Protest act at Azad University in Shahre Ray

Shahre Ray, Jan. 2, 2011
To put pressure on students of Azad University in Shahre Ray the clerical dictatorship has made them to pay all their debts to the university and the full tuition before being able to attend examinations. The students issued statement protesting this suppressive act.

Students of Sistan & Baloochistan distribute nightly leaflets

Sistan & Baloochistan, Jan. 2, 2011
ISC reports from Zahedan that students of Sistan & Baloochistan have distributed nightly leaflets to protest against suppressive measures at this university as well as other problems that this university is facing.

Protest in Abhar Azad University

Zanjan, Jan. 3, 2011
In an architect seminar on last Thursday Dec. 30, in Abhar Azad University one of the students started protesting mid the session and Bassijies tried to stop him and grabbed the microphone. The student was saying: “you are afraid that your ‘pure Islam’ would be in danger!!!! Other students booed the Bassijies and the session was disrupted.

January 3, 2011

UPDATE ON IRAN - Jan. 3, 2011

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.754


Aftermaths of Subsidy Cuts

Reports from within regime’s organs:
Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
- The Central Bank has reported: “during the first day of subsidy cuts, more than 10% of the deposited money, substitutes for subsidy cuts, has been withdrawn from the banks. Entrance of this amount of cash in the society will cause inflation and is a serious threat for the goals of this plan. It will turn to a great social-economic crisis. In Tehran’s and other cities’ Baazar there is not enough food and people are referring to whole-sellers”.
- Ministry of Road & Transportation reported to the Subsidy Headquarters: “transportation is very slow throughout Iran right now. Transportation of goods from their entrances towards Tehran and centers of other provinces is disrupted. Bandar Abbas custom’s bureaucracy and stores are out of their normal order because the goods are not evacuated from the stores. The cost for transportation of goods has risen more than 3 times…Truck Union is about to announce national strike. The ministry of intelligence has threatened some of the officials of the union to prevent this strike”.
- In a report sent to Tehran’s Municipality it is said that Tehran’s Taxi-Drivers Union has threatened that it will hold a national strike. This threat has made regime’s officials worried.

Sky rising prices
Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
The execution of ‘Subsidy Overhaul Plan’ and unbelievable rise in prices of necessary goods is putting a lot of pressure on people.
The rate of bread announced by the regime shows double to triple rise in its price:
- Lavash Bread from 35 to 100 tomans per piece
- Tafton Bread from 90 to 200 tomans per piece
- Barbari Bread from 100 or 150 to 300 tomans per piece
- Sangak Bread from 170 to 400 or 7oo tomans per piece
And these prices are for low quality bread.
The price of each kg of flour has reached from 7.5 to 350 tomans. Many people are not even able to buy bread.
Taxi rates have risen twice or three times on one hand and on the other hand taxi drivers are protesting the announced rates and are sitting-in, for example in Hamedan.

Truck loads are rotten at Bandar Abbas; fuel price too high
Bandar Abbas, Jan. 1, 2011
There are many trucks in Bandar Abbas that are just parked and their contents are rotting because the price of fuel is too high. Before subsidy cuts they had to pay 50000 tomans for gas oil per round trip but now it costs 250000 and many of truck owners are not able to pay such great amount of money.

Taxi drivers protest in Hamedan
Hamedan, Dec. 31, 2010
In protest against the announced taxi rate Hamedan Taxi drivers protested in front of the Governor’s Office. They said that this rate will not compensate for the fuel cost and all their income goes for the fuel.

Hadieh Safahan textile factory almost close
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
This factory is closing and dismissing its workers. During last week six other of its laborers were dismissed.
One of the laborers said that this factory has 25 weaving machines but due to the current crisis only 7 of these machines can work.
He added that the two parameters causing problem for them is that firstly they cannot sell their products because all bazaars are filled with imported Chinese fabrics and then they are not receiving the raw material needed.

Following subsidy cuts, flower houses are being destroyed
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
As the result of subsidy cuts and raise in price of gas oil, flower houses are almost completely in crisis such as other guilds.
Flower houses use 2000 liter of gas oil per day per each 100 m2 and after the subsidy cuts they are not able to provide the fuel. The government is doing nothing in that regard.

Bread gets even more expensive
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
In Ekbatan Complexes in Tehran, Sangak Bread is now 700 tomans per piece and people are complaining about that. They say that they had reported this but the government has taken no action.

Tehran’s Pars Metal laborers on strike and protest
Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
On Wednesday Dec. 29 the laborers of Pars Metal Factory held a protest sit-in.
One of the laborers said: “it is for a month that the factory owes 1,300,000 tomans debt to the Electricity Enterprise so the electricity is cut and there is no production. Before the electricity was cut 397 laborers worked here, 140 of them were temporary workers.
You must know that we have only received two months of our wages since the beginning of the new year (March 31, 2010)”.
He emphasized that the laborers livelihood is in terrible condition and 2 of these workers are now at prison because of this…”


Downfall

Regime’s head of Gymnastic Federation is ousted
Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
State-run sites announced that Ahmad Mohtashami the head of regime’s Gymnastic Federation is ousted.
He called this act: “the worst behavior and far from humane and Islamic moral”.
Regime’s Mehr news agency quoted Mohtashami: “on Saturday night during a session to inspect the doings of the federation I represented a report about the results of National Team. There was no word then of my dismissal and then the day after I heard from the media that I was ousted”.

Nightmare of downfall
Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
At the first anniversary of Ashura Uprising some of regime’s officials admitted that the aim of that uprising was toppling the regime and added that the ‘sedition’ (what they call the uprisings) is not over yet.
Pasdar (IRGC member) Asoodi, IRGC’s deputy of Culture and Advertising of IRGC expressed this fear as: “last years sedition was not a crisis it was a thorough war…some said that the Establishment is done with on June 13, 14 and 15.
Safar Harandi the former Minister of Guidance of Ahmadinejad’s government reminded the nightmare of regime’s overthrowing and said: “the rioters started swearing at and then when their number raised they attacked a Bassij base…On Students Day they passed the line and offended pictures of Imam (Khomeini) and the leadership (Khamenei)…They wanted to overthrow the Establishment.

Hadad Adel: they didn’t oppose the election they opposed the Establishment and Imam
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
In an exclusive at regime’s TV on Dec. 30th Hadad Adel talked about the uprising after last year’s election: “they took into the streets not only one or two days… they stepped forward even further and spoke of opposing the constitution…after a while it wasn’t about the election, fraud and presidency they spoke of opposing the Revolution itself and the Imam himself…
On Qods Day they took into the streets chanting ‘neither Gaza nor Lebanon (I will sacrifice my life for Iran)’ while the Qods Day is appointed by Imam…
Around my home there were some houses that its inhabitants chanted Allah O Akbar at nights. Nobody did anything about that…”

Mullah Moslehi: 18 billion dollars for toppling the Establishment
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
On Thursday Dec. 30 Mullah Haydar Moslehi, clerical regime’s Minister of Intelligence claimed in Ray Township that 17 billion and 700 million dollars has been dedicated for regime being overthrown.
IRNA state-run news agency counted the deep disputes of those inside the Establishment as the main factor of ‘sedition’ and said: “…we must truly investigate about those personalities who claim that they are with the revolution and the Establishment”.


Suppression

More than Gobels lies
Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
Bijan Nobaveh a regime’s MP claimed shamelessly: “I am informed about the world’s media very well and I study them. I believe that there is no other country that is in higher rank than Iran for freedom of speech. This freedom is so much that sometimes it turns to anarchism and illegality. We leave in the country of Imam Zaman (the last Imam of Shiites) and we are too much tolerant”.

The notorious intelligence agents killed one in Baloochistan
Baloochistan, Dec. 31, 2010
The notorious agents of regime’s Intelligence Ministry besieged Kohnook Genijan Dep Village in Baloochistan, in Kohoon region and started searching the houses and offending the villagers. The villagers protested against the act and were consequently shot at by the agents. Accordingly one of the villagers called Shahibak was killed by 3 bullets and his younger brother, Molavi Khalid was arrested and transferred to an unknown location.

4 execution decrees in Kerman
Kerman, Dec. 31, 2010
Regime’s judiciary issued four decrees of execution in Kerman.
Dadkhoda Salari the head of branch one of regime’s so-called Revolutionary Court in Kerman said that the decrees are sent for approval of the General Prosecutors Office.

Students summoned on the excuse of improper veil
Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
The Disciplinary Committee of Science & Industry University summoned some of female students of this university on the excuse of ‘improper veil’ to provoke and atmosphere of fear and horror.
During recent days Harasat agents have harassed female students on this excuse and Bassiji elements of the university have threatened them and sometimes even clashed with them.

Fire at Gohardasht Prison
Karaj, Dec. 30, 2010
On last Wednesday the prison shop in ward 4 of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison was torched and a thick smoke covered the ward. The reason is not known yet.


Resistance

Employees of Damghan schools gathered in protest
Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
The employees of schools in Damghan gathered in protest in front of the cities Education Bureau. These employees have not received three months wages for their over time work.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

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Condemn execution of political prisoners!

Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
Following the execution of Ali Saremi a group of families of political prisoners of Evin and Gohardasht prisons issued a statement calling on international bodies to condemn the execution of political prisoners.
A part of the statement reads: “we, a group of political prisoners enchained in Evin and Gohardasht Prisons while expressing our concern about the executions in last few days demand all human rights bodies and organizations to look into the crimes committed by the regime ruling Iran. When a father goes to the gallows because he had visited his child and is punished for a not-committed crime so there is no ‘Imam Ali’s like justice and no Islamic mercy’ in this government and this is just playing with words to deceive the mass”.

Intelligence agents pulled out Ali Saremi’s house number and torn his pictures

Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
Reports obtained by ISC show that the clerical regime fears people’s reference to the house of Ali Saremi the executed political prisoner supporter of PMOI.
Since the first day they had made his wife to give this obligation that there would be no gathering and no protest. To hush her they put in front of her a decree of 10 years term and exile issued by the criminal judge Salavati and made her to sign it.
Moreover they had pulled out Mr. Saremi’s house number and torn his pictures that were posted in front of it so that people won’t be able to find his house easily.
They also threaten the family: “your voice must not come out of the house otherwise we will shot the door and won’t let any come and go”.
They are still making the family wonder between the court, Evin and Kahrizak for getting his body. They harass the family and call them to threaten them that they should not go after getting his body.

Mansour Osanlo is taken to solitary cell

Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
Mansour Osanlo is taken to solitary cell because he held a speech at the ceremony that was held in ward 3 of Gohardasht Prison in commemoration of Ali Saremi, political prisoner and supporter of PMOI who was executed at dawn of Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010.

You honor Ali Saremi, you go to solitary cell

Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
The clerical dictatorship has sent political prisoner Khalid Hardani to solitary cell for participating in the ceremony for commemoration of Ali Saremi which was held in Gohardasht prison.
On Saturday morning Khalid has been transferred to solitary cells of ward 8 of Gohardasht Prison to be interrogated.

Two arrested for holding a ceremony for Ali Saremi

Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
On Dec. 31 at 0525 in the morning at Niro Havaee region of Tehran, intelligence agents raided an apartment arresting a man and a woman.
Eyewitnesses said that the day before a ceremony has been held in this apartment for commemorating the executed political prisoner, supporter of PMOI, Ali Saremi.

More than 5000 people commemorated Ali Saremi in his birth place Broojerd

Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
The mosque was so crowded. Any body who has heard the news of Ali Saremi in his own village and villages around came to the mosque to pay their tribute to his family.
Notorious intelligence agents in plainclothes were present but people had no fear and expressed their feelings towards him.
Akbar Saremi his son from Ashraf called his family at the ceremony and spoke to the people to thank them and said: “my father fought for the freedom of people and their release of all the oppression and brutality that is imposed on them. He feared no one. All he had was put in his struggle. So we too will cry along with him that we are ready to continue his path”.
The crowd then shouted ‘Ya Hussein’, ‘we will not surrender to oppression’ and ‘we are ready to continue his path’.
The brave people of Broojerd have told his family that: “God has sent us an angle to rescue us. He will bring mercy and prosperity for us. We will dear him as we dear our own beloveds and we are proud that he is buried beside us. He is not death, he is alive and we see him everyday”.
It is to be mentioned that the clerical regime has covertly taken the body of Ali Saremi to Amirabad of Broojerd and had him been buried there.
By afternoon the number of crowd who had attended this commemoration reached 5000. There was a long line formed by those who knew Ali Saremi and they counted themselves amongst his family and stand beside his family and did not accept to sit in the mosque to be counted as guests.

Mahin Saremi: they want to make us fear from holding a ceremony for Ali

Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
Mrs. Mahin Saremi spouse of Ali Saremi is one of the political prisoners of 1980s and was arrested along with her husband for participating in a ceremony for commemoration of massacre of 30000 political prisoners (in 1988) at Khavarn and then was freed on bail in 2007.
She was condemned to 10 years imprisonment and to exile by the criminal judge Salavati end of summer of 2010. This decree was not handed over to her legally and even her lawyer was only informed verbally. He told them: “send me this decree officially” but the decree wasn’t posted to them even to the day of execution of her husband.
At the night of the execution when she was arrested she was forced to sign the decree and they said that she will not be freed unless she signed the decree. To be able to handle the issues related to this execution she had to sign the decree without the presence of her lawyer to be able to get out.
In an interview she said: “they didn’t hand over his body and they have buried him themselves…we found out that they had buried him God knows where. All the family is trying to find it out. We want to go to Broojerd (birth place of Ali Saremi) to see if they know anything there. Then they said we haven’t buried him come to the Revolutionary Court to complete a letter and then you can get his body. They are just telling lies; they just want to harass us.
They want us to be afraid so that we won’t hold any ceremony, not to inform people but we have informed them as much as we could…
The soldier said: when we were putting the rope around his neck he didn’t let us to close his eyes”.
The soldier has told him: “forgive me. I have to carry out orders” and Ali told him: “do what you must do. I have forgiven everybody…”

Mrs. Saremi’s message to people: “be aware, see whom you are losing! I told his lawyer that you lawyers shouldn’t let the families lose their guardians and I am telling the whole world, I am telling Obama, I am telling all those human rights people, I am telling the people of Iran; rise. If we all rise, these (mullahs) will be overthrown in two days….

An interview with Saeed Poor Haidar a recently freed Journalist about the situation of political prisoners, supporters of PMOI at the prisons of religious fascism ruling Iran

Jan. 2, 2011
Saeed Poor Haidar an enchained journalist who has been recently freed from Evin Prison and has been the cellmate of some of the PMOI political prisoners has had an interview in which he had talked about political prisoner who are supporters of PMOI. These prisoners are deprived of their minimum rights at prisons and are not allowed to meet with any of prison’s officials. Their letters to judiciary officials or bodies and even to their lawyers is not delivered.

Saeed Poor Haidar:
In our cell there were four others who were given unjust decrees of execution, Mr. Jafar Kazemi, Ghanbari, Mr. Siadat who is unfortunately executed and Mr. Mohammad Haj Aghaee.
I think in a condition that our country is the just deed is that the Islamic Republic would revise the execution of these unjust decrees that it has issued. But apparently logic is something that does not exist in this government. They act without having the domestic and international conditions in mind. This really arouses this question: what is the benefit of such acts except making the atmosphere of the society uneasy.
The prisoners with highest spirit at ward 350 were those on the death row. In my opinion (these executions) have no effect neither on other prisoners nor on the society; It doesn’t frighten people. It only disgraces the Islamic Republic both inside the country and internationally.
Four to five of our friends in our cell were from PMOI who either had received the decree of execution or long term incarcerations.
On Sunday and Wednesday of each week the Prosecutor General or his deputy would meet with some of the prisoners but those prisoners who are accused of being a member of PMOI and are under execution or have long terms are never taken for such a visit. They don’t listen to their demands at all.
If they gave a letter to the ward for example to be given to the Prosecutor or his lawyer, these letters never reached their destinations.
They are very much offended no matter if they are in their court procedure or in the prison having their terms.
Unfortunately our friends from PMOI are in worst conditions at the prisons even having in mind the minimum rights that a prisoner must have by our own laws (current laws in Iran under the so-called Islamic Republic).

Political prisoner Dr. Saeed Massori bids Ali Saremi farewell

Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
“Your being shined warmth at me, your glance soothed me, your voice made me secure; from the moment that the prison’s loudspeaker howled your name until the time that your cry of ‘Hussein’ at the time of execution echoed in the air and in the history and reached those behind the walls of Evin whose heart beat with yours, it was as if that I was hanged thousand times and rose again.
When your body shivered for the last time on the gallows and then stopped moving, it was then that the movement just started…and you became the movement…
You made them to hang you at last. As you had always said: “only with my pen and my words I will make them to hang me at last to reveal their true face”.
Even Kayhan (Khamenei’s organ) couldn’t allege you with a crime that would deserve even one month of imprisonment but they could not bare your righteous words and they had to hang you…
Your heart was empty of everything but love! Mr. Ali I know that you are beside me and you hear me. I promise that I will make them to hang me too so that I would fulfill my duty towards my people, my homeland and my beliefs; so that I could make aware the world of the unjust that is imposed on our people.
Hail to you, you great man of the current history and shame on those who killed you and on those who keep silence on your death…
Saeed Masouri
Dec. 2010- Gohardasht Prison

Studens overall the country condemn the execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi

Jan. 1, 2011
Students of Sistan & Baloochestan, Hormozgan, Ahwaz and Hamedan issued statements condemning the execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi; the statements read in part:
Sistan & Baloochistan: “…like those who were enchained because they used the word ‘human being’, like Ehsan Fatahian, Kianoosh Asa and thousand others like them…in this path there is daily struggle between just and unjust, between right and wrong. The wrong has the tool of execution and prison and the right has the tool of withstanding…it is the turn of whoever withstands and honors those who live…If Ali Saremi is gone other Alis are there. It is you (the regime) and your thoughts that will rot and it won’t be long before the history writes this in its chest…We a group of students of Sistan & Baloochestsn University condemn the execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi”
Hormozgan: “we unanimously say to this regime that it shouldn’t think that it can destroy our wills by prison and execution. These deeds only add to the hatred of people especially students towards your regime and be sure that we will confront you more inspired than before. We will topple you…”
Ahwaz: “…this is not the only execution. A wave of suppression and execution of the dissidents will come after it…we the students of Ahwaz condemn the execution of 62 years old political prisoner (Ali Saremi) at Evin Prison at dawn of Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010.
Before anything we should ask: “what has happened to this regime that it has to perish a 62 years old prisoner? What is it afraid of that it commits such act?”...
Hamedan: “…was Ali Saremi the last death row prisoner? Undoubtedly it is not so. He is only a start for the continuation of the crimes of the henchmen. It is upon us to withstand oppression, despotism and cruelty. We all can have a part in that…”