Two political prisoners on hunger strike transferred to solitary cells

Orumieh- Jan. 19, 2011
Jahangir Badouzadeh and Mohammad Amin Abdollahi who went on hunger strike in protest against the execution of Hussein Khezri, Kurd political prisoner were transferred to solitary cells on Wednesday morning.
Jahangir is from Mahabad and Mohammad Amin is from Boukan and they are respectively sentenced to life in prison and 18 years of incarceration and exile to Tabas Prison (east of Iran).
After the execution of Hussein Khezri pressure on political prisoners in Orumieh prison has increased. The door of their ward is locked and they are not allowed to go into prison yard or to make a phone call.
It is to be mentioned that Habibollah Golparipoor a death row political prisoner and Ahmad Tamouee with 15 years of sentence are on hunger strike in solitary cells for more than two weeks in protest to this execution.
Another political prisoner Ali Ahmad Soleiman has been transferred to Orumieh’s intelligence office after announcing his hunger strike.

Paralyzed political prisoner tried again

Rasht- Jan. 19, 2011
ISC reported that Homayoun Abedi Bakhoda has been tried again on the absurd excuse of not introducing himself to the prison on time.
This political prisoner that became paralyzed due to the shooting of regime’s suppressive forces at the time of his arrest was hospitalized on the expense of his own family. Both the hospital’s physician and the coroner have testified that this political prisoner can no more bear the conditions at prison but still the henchmen took him back from hospital to prison and then took him to the court again on wheelchair while his hands were handcuffed to it.
The people at the building seeing the scene protested against the act but were dispersed by the vicious raid of regime’s agents.
Mr. Abedi Bakhoda is not able to urinate after the shooting and his bag must be changed every four hour but after 15 days the henchmen have not permitted this change which can cause danger for him.
Mr. Bakhoda has been imprisoned in 1980s because of supporting PMOI and his brother Hormoz was executed at prison in that decade.

Opening new file for political prisoner Arzhang Davoodi

Tehran- Jan. 19, 2011
The clerical dictatorship has opened a new file for political prisoner Arzhang Davoodi and took him again under interrogation.
He is accused of: Propagating against the Establishment, offending the Establishments officials and disrupting public opinion inside the country and abroad against the Establishment.

Regime’s officials fear the consequences of international court about Hariri’s terror

Tehran- Jan. 19, 2011
Hadad Adel the head of Cultural Commission of regime’s parliament said in fear of Hariri’s court: “Hariri’s court gave birth to a dead child. It will not affect the world of Islam and Arabic countries”.
Speaking amongst regime’s reporters he added: “from the course that this court was following we could guess that this court will be a tool in the hands of US and Israel for reaching their goals”.

Summoned to parliament; is Rahimi’s degree valid!

Tehran- Jan. 19, 2011
State-run media reported that Naderan, regime’s MP, demanded that the degree of Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Ahmadinejad’s first deputy be inspected in regard with its validity.
In another event Mosavi a member of Educational Commission asked Naderan to “leave the issue aside because Rahimi is the second in power of the country and it is not right to look into this issue at the current situation”.
Mosavi then added: “Naderan even brought under question Rahimi’s Master of Science degree”.

Ordered demonstration against Afghanistan

Tehran- Jan. 19, 2011
Fars news agency affiliated with IRGC announced that there is going to be a demonstration on Jan. 21 by Afghan immigrants against “the small crowd affiliated with foreigners” and “known people” who had offended regime’s officials (in their demonstration in Afghanistan).
This demonstration will be held in front of representative bureau of High Commissioner of UN in Affairs of Refugees in Tehran.

Mullah Gorgani: the executions give fruit in society’s stability and security

Tehran- Jan. 19, 2011
Mullah Gorgani the head of regime’s High court speaking amongst some henchmen of regime’s judiciary and calling himself a judge said: “if the villains of society are not executed insecurity will be doubled in the society (read for clerical dictatorship) and these executions give fruit in society’s stability and security”.
He added: “an important part of society’s security is in the hands of Judiciary and everybody must obey the organ and the issued decrees must be executed immediately and decisively”.

Jomhori state-run daily: no retreat in nuclear program

Tehran- Jan. 19, 2011
In its editorial titled as ‘About Istanbul’s Nuclear Negotiation’, Jomhori state-run daily rejected any retreat in regime’s nuclear program and wrote: “the inimical sayings of Mrs. Catherine Ashton responsible for EU’s foreign policy, who is responsible for 5+1 nuclear negotiation group too and the provoking visit of Hilary Clinton show that the two side of the negotiation move in different courses with different thoughts…but the West does not have much time for these futile negotiations and it must adopt itself with the realities”.

Ahmadinejad in Yazd; nuclear program

Yazd- Jan. 19, 2011
IRNA state-run news agency quoted Ahmadinejad in his speech in Yazd in regard with nuclear program and wrote: “the West has only two options in regard with Iran. First it can continue its current path and demand that we do not become a nuclear country, and I must say that they will face resistance in that regard, and secondly to cooperate with a nuclear Iran.
In our point of view this issue of becoming a nuclear country is over. The west must cooperate with us; it will be at their interest”.

Sakineh will be stoned to death

Tehran- Jan. 19, 2011
Fatemeh Alya regime’s MP announced: “the news about cancellation of the decree for stoning to death of Sakineh Ashtiani is totally a lie”.
Her words quoted by Jahan News state-run site said: “the decisive news in regard with Sakineh Ashtiani’s file and the related decree is only valid if it is given out by the official references of Judiciary. So the news of cancellation of this decree is just a mere lie”.

Regime’s MPs appreciate vast executions!

Tehran- Jan. 19, 2011
ISC reported that in a letter to the head of Judiciary 146 MPs of regime supported and appreciated the vast executions around the country.
They wrote in the letter: “we MPs thank and appreciate the execution of law No. 182 from Islamic Law of Punishment and its third amendment in regard with punishing hooligans (read regime’s dissidents) that cause horror in Islamic society (read for Khamenei and its subordinates).
We hope that with your thoughtfulness the Judiciary decisively acts in regard with those who disrupt the society so that the measures that shake society’s psychological security will reach minimum”.

Laborers protest in front of Gilan’s Governor Office

Gilan- Jan. 18, 2011
100 laborers of Tabriz Construction Company gathered in protest against the non-payment of their 11 months of wages and other bonuses in front of Gilan’s Governor Office.
One of the laborers said: “we worked in heat and cold, without food and appropriate housing and we didn’t say anything but neither Interior Ministry nor Road and Transport Ministry meet our demands.

Three Bassijies rebuked in Mashhad

Mashhad- Jan. 16, 2011
During a clash at 1430 of Jan. 16 in Reza Bazaar in Mashhad people chastised three Bassijies and made them run away.
These three intended to force a shopkeeper to sell them the good at a price that they wanted him to. The shopkeeper resisted and shouted ‘Ahmadinejad is responsible for price rises’.
The crowd present supported the shopkeeper and chastisec the Bassijies making them run away from the scene.

Hear from regime!!!

Tehran- Jan. 15, 2011
While people especially low income sector of the society are in desperate conditions after the subsidy cuts and many cannot afford even to buy mere bread, state-run media try to show the situation the other way around saying that the clerical dictatorship is facing no economic and social problems after subsidy cuts.
Khabar On Line state-run site citing the report of Central Bank said that one month after subsidy cuts the price of comestibles are almost steady and in some cases the prices have decreased.
Regime is telling these lies to calm down the protesting atmosphere of the society. Even the price of bread has risen so much that the poor people whose main food is bread can no longer provide even that for their families.

Police warns 26,000 taxi violators!

Tehran- Jan. 163, 2011
Fars state-run news agency reported on Jan.15: “Great Tehran’s Chief of Traffic Police, Hossein Rahimi said that 140 police-taxi enterprise teams have warned 26,000 taxi drivers so far”.
After subsidy cuts people have rushed to use public transportation but due to price rise in gasoline and gas taxis are not able to offer their services.
Instead of lowering the price the clerical dictatorship has formed police force to put pressure on taxi drivers to offer their services to prevent public discontent.

Subsidy cuts and universities

Tehran- Jan. 15, 2011
One of the most serious effects of subsidy cuts on the education and life of the students is the quality of food at the universities and row material for labs after subsidy cuts. The providers just take the residuals of Tehran’s Fruit Bazaar at the cheapest price, to use for students’ food. Also the bus services of the dormitory are now giving rid only to those students who live in the dormitory.
Price of books have risen 5 to 10 percent.
These negative consequences are seen more at nongovernmental universities.

Khabar on Line site asks for trial of Rahimi and Saeed Mortazavi

Tehran- Jan. 14, 2011
Following the disputes and schism between Ahmadinejad’s government and the parliament headed by Larijani, Khabar on Line site belonging to Larijani demanded the trial of Rahimi, Ahmadinejads first deputy, Saeed Mortazavi another of Ahmadinejad’s deputies and the head of the Headquarters against Smuggling of Goods.
This media in an article titled as ‘two deputies of the president, culprits by the countries Judiciary’ discussed the financial corruption and theft conducted by Rahimi in Iran Insurance and Fatemi Street’s House and crimes of the henchman Mortazavi in Kahrizak (death camps) and wrote: “all those who were under pursuit by Judiciary references as they had unjustly accused these two are found innocent. This means that their allegations towards these two have not been a lie and has been mere truth”.

Ali Akbar Salehi; we continue enrichment full force

Tehran- Jan. 15, 2011
Ali Akbar Salehi the supervisor of Foreign Ministry announced: “we will continue Uranium enrichment full force”.
This saying comes just a few days before regime’s nuclear negotiation in Istanbul.

Mullahs’ nuclear tour was just a disgrace

Tehran- Jan. 15, 2011
Countries of EU, China and Russia didn’t accept the invitation for a nuclear tour on Jan.15 and 16 by Tehran and said this is the job of IAEA’s inspectors not the diplomats’ job.
So the mullahs had no other choice than touring the countries that have no relation to Tehran’s nuclear record and its negotiations.

Returned to prison right after surgery

Tehran- Jan. 15, 2011
The henchmen of Khamenie returned Mr. Mohsen Dogmechi from hospital to the prison (Evin Prison ward 350) after a surgery and prevented his chemotherapy.
Mr. Dogmechi is a well known merchant of Bazaar and the father of one of the PMOI members residing in Ashraf City, Iraq.
Mr. Dogmechi is having great pain due to progress of his pancreas cancer. He can hardly move and is not able to eat the prison’s food.

Price rise in cement and brick

Tehran- Jan. 13, 2011
Mehr state-run daily reported on Jan.12: “in Arak the brick makers have raised the price of brick and it is now 37 to 47 thousands tomans per ton as before it was 20,500.
Aryafard, the head of Brick Kilns Unions, in his interview with a reporter from Omid Ostan said: “the government gives no subsidy for buying Fuel Oil for kilns.”
He added that a producer has no choice other than raising the price per ton because the prices of electricity and fuel have risen.
Also Hamid Navazi the deputy of Housing and Urbanization of the Central Province while admitting that the construction market is at recession added that the price of brick and cement have had 30% and 20% rise consecutively.
Alireza Raveshi the head of Industry and Mines of Central Province said that if the problems in regard with the Fuel Oil at brick industry are not solved many businesses will be damaged and the price of housing will face up and downs.

Anti-regime slogans at Khomeini Airport and Karaj’s metro

Tehran, Jan. 13, 2011
Writing anti-regime slogans has increased in Tehran during last two weeks. At Khomeini airport these slogans are written by active youths:
- Death to Khamenei
- Ahmadinejad a puppet without will
- Ali Saremi (political prisoner supporter of PMOI, recently executed) we will follow your path
- Hussein’s movement continues
- Ali Saremi’s blood; revolution, revolution
At Karaj’s metro brave students have written:
- Death to the henchman of our time, Khamenie
- We fight with our love for Iran you murderer Khamenie
- February 11 is the day of uprising
- We commemorate the heroes who have been executed last week by the murderers of Iranian nation- Students Movement 89 (2010-2011)
- The hushed voice of Iranian nation spoke with Ali Saremi’s blood; Khameneie the henchman await us.
In another event nightly leaflets have been distributed in Tehran commemorating those who fell for the freedom of Iran and calling for the uprising on February 11: “in the name of freedom- in the name of those who made freedom the destiny of Iranian nation with their blood. We praise them all and we will attack Khamenei and his subordinates on February 11 like thunderbolt.
Iran Students Movement- month of Day, 1389 (Dec. 2010 to Jan. 2011)”.

Students protest regime’s bullying

Jan. 14, 2011
When the officials of some universities didn’t issue entrance cards for students on this excuse that they had not paid their full tuition the students gathered in protest.
These protests were seen at Tehran Shargh University, Abu Raihan Bironi University of Varamin, Garmsar University, Sari’s Azad University and Payame Noor University in Tehran.

Protest against 20 months of unpaid wages

Ahwaz- Jan. 14, 2011
Reports received from Ahwaz say that on Thursday Jan. 13 laborers of Khozestan Pipe Factory gathered in protest in front of Harasat building of the factory to receive 20 months of their unpaid wages.
These laborers had protest gatherings on last Wednesday and Tuesday in front of regime’s Governor Office of the province too.

Attack on Rafsanjani

Tehran, Jan. 12, 2011
Mullah Ghasem Ravanbakhsh from Khamenei’s band attacked Rafsanjani pointing to the slogan of ‘death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghieh and the torn pictures of Khomeini and said: “those participating in the ‘sedition’ who torn the deceased Imam’s picture and offended him are hidden under the Aba (a cloak with sleeves) of Rafsanjani”.
He threatened Rafsanjani and added: “Hashemi’s analysis is upside down…why doesn’t he come to Friday Prayer of Tehran and speak there and then see how people treat him”.

Female Baha’i student expelled from university

Jan. 12, 2011
A student in the Bahonar University in Kerman was expelled because of her religion and was denied the right to education.
According to reports, Bahar Iqani, who had been accepted in this university this year and was studying physics, was expelled last Sunday for being a Baha’i.
The heads of this university openly announced that she was expelled for adhering to Baha’ism.

Iran expels and threatens Baha’i student from university

Jan. 12, 2011
Bahman Mokhtari, a student who has been studying agricultural engineering at the Birjand University for 9 semesters was expelled from this university for being a Baha’i.
The Birjand University Protection Department has in the last few semesters put pressure on him to renounce Baha’ism.
These pressures continued until a week ago because he refused to renounce his faith until it was announced to him that he was expelled and that he had to hand in all of his university cards.
After his expulsion, Birjand University heads threatened that if he informed the media about his expulsion, he would be arrested.
In the past weeks, we have witnessed a wave of expulsions of Baha’i students from universities in Iran.

No interview!

Tehran, Jan. 12, 2011
Employees of Bus Driving Bureau said, no personnel of bus-driving of governmental bureaus are allowed to talk with the media. Any interview they want to make must be controlled and checked by high rank officials.

Regime’s measures for confronting potential uprisings on Arbaeen and the anniversary of anti-monarchy revolution on Feb. 11

Jan. 14, 2011
Tehran- some public phones have been disconnected including phone cabins in Mosadegh Street in front of Cinema Africa, in Taleghani Street in front of Agriculture Ministry and in intersection of Taleghani and Navab Streets.

Varamin- regime intents to deploy Bassijies of this city to Tehran on Feb. 11

Tehran and Varamin- regime intends to distribute sweet and chocolate on Feb. 22 for its forces and subordinates and has ordered it from now.

Tehran- based on a directive issued addressing Tehran’s Education Bureau regime intends to give colored outfits especial for Feb.11 to pupils and drag them to state-run demonstrations on that day.

Suppressive patrols

Tehran- Jan. 12, 2011
An eyewitness said that on last Wednesday agents of regime’s Intelligence were stationed in black Pejoets from 8 in the morning till 5 pm in Mosadegh Street, Azadi and Jomhori. At nights from 10 pm these mobile check points were stationed by SSF and Bassij agents.
On Friday Jan.14 regime’s intelligence and security agents were seen everywhere in Tehran. Nightly inspections were done in main squares and entrances of Tehran.
In another event it is about a week that searching belongings of passengers at Khomeini Airport whether they are leaving the country or entering it has intensified and this takes a lot of time from the passengers.

Iran at top of the table of immigration of elites

Tehran- Jan. 16, 2011
ILNA state-run news agency quoted Mohammad Tavakol the former general secretary of National Commission of UNESCO in Iran: “according to statistics 4 of 5 persons who have won in international competitions or Olympiads have left the country…Iran is number one amongst 91 countries in immigration of its elite citizens in the third world”.
He added: “according to the statistics published by the International Fund Coffer till 2009 more than 100000 elites have left Iran yearly…”

Iran state-run media welcomed fall of Lebanon government
Jan. 16, 2011
Regime’s media under the titles such as ‘Fall of Lebanese Government’, ‘Fall of Hariri’s Government’ and ‘Fall of Lebanese Cabinet’ supported Hezbollah.
Mehr news agency, under the control of regime’s Intelligence Ministry, quoted regime’s sources in Lebanon: “opposition groups demand formation of a strong government that would adopt a hard and decisive position in regard with the court investigating Hariri’s terror. Hariri whose cabinet has lost majority and has turned to an executive government has a hard task ahead to form a new cabinet”.
Fars news agency quoted Hassan Nasrollah as: “we take our steps weighty…Hezbollah believes that the activities in regard with the coming bill of indictment at international especial court for Lebanon’s former prime minister Hariri aims at Hezbollah.”

Fired laborers of Alborz Chinaware Factory; wonderers

Qazvin- Jan. 15, 2011
ISC reports that fired laborers of Alborz Chinaware Factory in Qazvin have not yet received their 14 months unpaid wages and they are like wonderers.
Other news speaks of more and more potential closure of Metal Melting & Casting Factories.

Decree for amputation of two hands

Mashhad- Jan. 13, 2011
The mullahs’ Judiciary issued the decree for amputation of hands of two inmates in Mashhad.
Mahmoud Zoghi Shokatabadi, regime’s criminal prosecutor of Mashhad announced the news and said that the Judiciary will not retreat from the decree.
The question is that if the hand of a thief must be amputated by regime’s law, aren’t the great thieves the heads of this plundering regime.