The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.600
The Downfall
Spear of the people of the Uprising aims at Khamenei
Tehran, May 11, 2010
Mullah Safaee the head of Political-Ideological Office of Khamenei in regime’s armed forces warned that the target of those who participate in the uprising is Khamenei and his ominous regime.
Quoted by ILNA state-run news agency he said: “Supreme Leadership is the pillar of the Moslem’s society and the enemy intends to strike on it by starting a soft-war”.
Calling the Uprising ‘soft-war’ this element of Khameni added: “soft-war is much harder (to confront) because you don’t see the enemy’s possibilities and equipments…enemy’s planning in regard with the soft-war has increased with starting the sedition after the presidential election”.
MP called Mosavi an ‘apostate’
Tehran, May 12, 2010
Nasrollah Kuhi Bagh Anari regime’s MP called Mosave ‘against Islam’ and ‘against Koran’ because he protested the execution of political prisoners on May 9 and said that ‘Iran is not his place anymore’. In an interview with Iran Network he added: “unfortunately while Judiciary must put Mosavi on trial because of the sedition provoked by him it retreats and thus Mosavi is taking advantage of Islamic kindness”.
Kuhi said: “though Mr. Mosavi has said recently that he is still with us but ‘he is diverging from Islam and as the sources of religious laws put it he is against Koran and he is counted as an apostate”.
Afsanjani admitted that Khamenei’s talisman is broken
Tehran, May 11, 2010
Following the schism at the top of the regime Rafsanjani once more taunted Khamenei and admitted that suppressing people is not useful.
Rafsanjani said: “states in the modern world try to make public opinion content; the era of suppression and oppression is over”.
Rafsanjani confronted Khamenei directly by counting regime’s constitution the pivot of regime’s movement instead of Khamenei.
Rafsanjani’s words in confrontation with Khamenei confirm that the talisman of Supreme Leadership is broken and on the other hand it shows the deepening of the schism at the top of clerical regime.
The incurable situation of the System of Supreme Leadership has no other cure than being toppled.
Mullah’s party and disputes within reactionary bands
Tehran, May 11, 2010
Qods state-run daily revealing disputes between regime’s parliament and Ahmadijejads’ government said that the parliament had summoned 9 ministers this week.
One of those summoned was Manoucher Motaki, Ahmadinejad’s Foreign Minister.
Joumhori state-run daily wrote in that regard: “what has brought Mr. Motaki under question is that while the president of United States has threatened Iran with a nuclear assault and the US government is working against Iran’s nuclear activities and for intensifying the sanctions against our country he has invited US representative to a party. What is the meaning of this”?
Warning about the critical regime’s conditions
Tehran, May 11, 2010
Regime’s MP Sirous Sazdar a member of Energy Commission warned Khamenei’s fraction in his speech on May 11 in the parliament to open room for the defeated fraction and said: “as a soldier of revolution and the system of Islamic republic who has sacrificed the best years of his life for revolution I warn not to ruin the last opportunity for rebuilding people’s trust. We should not close the hands of the friends of the system and the true companions of Imam and revolution. If we do so we will open the hand of those who don’t have the slightest obligation towards revolution and they will try to destroy the System and the country”.
The MP added: “today we are standing at the most critical point for Islamic Republic during the last 30 years”.
He pointed to the increase of poverty, addiction and corruption in the corrupted clerical regime and said: “who is responsible for the poverty stricken people, for the cancer-like spread of addiction, for decrease in society’s morel and for mistrust in the society”.
The board of ‘Controlling Crisis’ entered Sanandaj
Sanandaj, May 13, 2010
Following the critical situation in Kurdistan after the execution of 5 political prisoners, four of them Kurds and public call for protests in all Kurdistan’s regions the board of ‘Controlling Crisis’ of the Interior Ministry entered Sanandaj yesterday.
Resistance
People clash with suppressive forces in Piranshahr
Piranshar, May 13, 2010
ISC reported from Piranshahr that in protest against the displacement of border bazaar of the city to Neghadeh’s Mohammad Shariar and the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 residents of Piranshahr took into the streets and clashed with regime’s forces.
They attacked the Governor and Piranshahr’s representative and beat them.
Clashes were heavy and people torched SSF cars.
Piranshar and Sardasht cities are uneasy and Kamyaran (birth place of Farzad Kamandgar) is in control of security forces.
Visitors of Tehran’s book exhibition welcomed Ahmadinejad by chanting ‘death to dictator’ at him
Tehran, May 12, 2010
Visitors of Tehran international book exhibition demonstrated against Ahmadinejad’s presence there and chanted death to dictator.
Regime’s mercenaries present tried to prevent people from chanting but were not able to.
Anti regime slogans at Sharif University’s dormitory
Tehran, May 12, 2010
ISC reported that writing slogans against the heads of clerical regime including Khamanei has astonishingly increased at the university’s dormitory.
Protest gathering of families of political prisoners
Tehran, May 12, 2010
On Tuesday May 11 more than 60 family members of political prisoners gathered in protest in front of Evin Prison having documents for their freedom of leave with them.
The families of 5 executed political prisoners had come for the bodies of their beloveds too but Evin’s officials said that until the climate is uneasy they will not give them the bodies.
Though Farzad Kamangar’s family are still in Tehran but the residents of Kamyaran have announced that there will be a gathering on May 13 at 0800 in protest to Farzad’s execution.
We praise our heroes
May 12, 2010
An ISC member reported from Marivan that on Monday May 10 a group of the city’s youths held a ceremony in commemoration of the 5 executed political prisoners Farzad Kamangar, Shirin Alam Hooli, Ali Haydarian, Farhad Vakili and Mehdi Islamian in front of the building of Pre- University.
In another event students of Law and Political Science Faculties in Tehran issued statements and distributed them in the campus against the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 and against the presence of regime’s elements at the Faculties.
Shahe Kurd University in protest
Shahre Kurd- May 13, 2010
On Wednesday May 12 Harasat of the university collected away all books written by Ayatollah Montazeri throughout the university but the students boycotted the speech of Sabzyan the head of the university (formerly a high ranking commander in Qods Force) and only 18 Bassiji students attended his speech.
Students of the Uprising also distributed statement condemning the execution of 5 political prisoners on May 9 in the university.
Suppression
Freed political prisoners of the Uprising summoned again
Tehran, May 12, 2010
During the recent days a great number of detainees of the Ashura Uprising who were freed on bail have received a subpoena.
Many of these former detainees are those who had participated in street demonstrations or had sent SMS or emails (in that regard) and have no record of political activities.
The dates for the courts are mostly the last days of month of Khordad (around June 10 to 20 the anniversary of the Uprising) and the beginning of the month after. The court that they are summoned to is mostly branch 15 which is judged by the criminal judge Salavati.
1,197,000 records in judiciary during a year
Tehran, May 12, 2010
The clerical regime’s judiciary system has opened 1,197,000 records for people only in one year.
Baigy, a Pasdar and the head of SSF said amongst regime’s reporters: “During last year 1,197,000 accused were handed over to judiciary officials by SSF. We had 580 escapes which is a 17% decrease in comparison with the previous year”.
He added: “currently about 1000 of police station’s agents are women and this number will increase during the current year”.
Regime of thugs dishonor a youth in public
Ghaemshahr, May 12, 2010
In a suppressive and inhuman act the clerical regime’s agents took a youngster around the Ghaemshar City, north of Iran, in humiliating manner.
Ghanbar Habashi a Pasdar and the head of Ghaemshahr’s SSF said: “by the decree of a judge one of the hooligans called M.M. was taken around the city for show to be a warning to those who intend to break the law and disrupt the security”.
Suppression-Tehran University
Tehran, May 13, 2010
- There has been a terror attack against Dr. Motamedi professor of power of Tehran University.
- In another event girls at Bastami Dormitory of Tehran University must be inside the dormitory by 9 and they are not allowed to leave the dormitory after 9 pm.
- Summoning of students to Disciplinary Committee continues.
Prison guards torture prisoner to death in Sari Prison
May 11, 2010 –
Hadi Aravand, a death row prisoner in Sari Prison was killed under torture.
The head of this prison has claimed that he committed suicide with a sheet but the forensics doctor said he died after being choked.
The signs and bruises from torture were clearly evident all over his body to the extent that one of his hands was broken and his back was injured. There was also a 1 cm cut around his neck which cancels the probability of suicide. A person close to him has announced that the cuts around his wrists show how much pressure he was under while dying.
“Hadi was transferred from his cell on April 30 at about 5 pm and a few hours later, his injured and wounded body was at the Sari Hospital”, this person added.
According to the forensics doctor, his feet were crossed and shackled while his hands were tied from behind while he was killed and he did not have any opportunity to commit suicide. In this position, he was choked with a plastic strap which was placed around his neck.
According to other prisoners, since the arrival of a new warden named Abedi, there were four instances of suspicious deaths in this prison in the past 7 months which shows the bad conditions under which prisoners are kept in Sari Prison.
Hadi Aravandi, 23, was sentenced to death and would have been executed three months from now. He committed murder in a street fight on March 19, 2008 and was buried last Sunday in the cemetery in Surak which is a few kilometers from Sari.
Iran disbands political prisoner’s cellblock in Evin Prison, moves political prisoners in with ordinary criminals
May 11, 2010 –
After Farhad Vakili, a Kurd political prisoner was taken from cellblock 350 to an unknown location last Saturday and hanged along with four other political prisoners on Sunday, political prisoners in cellblock 350 who had lost their cellmate, mourned their loss which led to reaction from the head of this cellblock, Bozorgnia.
According to reports, after this reaction, these 180 political prisoners protested and refused to get food, announcing a hunger strike.
Because of this protest and on orders of the head of Evin Prison, Sedaqat, the process for the disbanding of cellblock 350 has started and political prisoners will once again be transferred to cellblock 7 and 8 in Evin Prison and Gohardasht Prison in Karaj to be put among ordinary criminals.
A prisoner arrested after the presidential elections who was taken to cellblock 8 said in phone call that at least 50 others from 350 were transferred since this morning to cellblock 7 and 8 and Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
Evin Prison guards’ brutal attack on political prisoners leaves some prisoners unconscious
May 12, 2010 –
According to reports, after the execution of five political prisoners, riot police in Evin Prison took revenge on protesting prisoners and brutally beat them to prevent the spread of protests.
The severity of the attack and the suppression was so high that some prisoners in cellblock 350, the special clerical cellblock 500, and cellblocks 7 and 8 became unconscious and there are reports of probable deaths. According to this report, agents prevent the injured prisoners from being taken to the infirmary.
All the phone lines in Evin were also cut off while in the past few days political prisoners Isa Saharkhiz, Tabarzadi, Davoud Soleimani, Rasoul Bodaghi, Mehdi Mahmoudian and Dr. Rafiei were transferred to Gohardasht Prison and Pardis Prison in Karaj. From the beginning of the (Iranian) New Year, some prisoners including Ayatollah Borujerdi who reported events inside prison to the outside were barred from visits. These pressures have been carried out to prevent the flow of news from prison especially reports on the critical and restive state of this prison.
Female prisoner dies in prison because of lack of medical treatment; disease spreads among female prisoners in Evin
May 12, 2010 –
Reports say that the sanitary state of the women’s cellblocks in Evin Prison is very poor.
In phone calls with their families, some political prisoners have said that all the female cellblocks especially section 4 are in very poor sanitary conditions and lice, women’s related diseases and throat infections are on the rise. Many of these diseases have become so chronic in some of the female prisoners that their bodies have become immune to the antibiotics.
Warm water has also been cut off and these prisoners are forced to shower with cold water.
According to these prisoners, prison officials do not take any measures to treat the ill women and their constant protests to this issue have so far been futile.
Prisoners are also faced with a lack of nourishment and the prison shop has put limitations to provide them with food. This is while the prison food is not enough and lacks quality but they are not allowed to purchase their needs from the prison shop with their own money. The prison shop usually does not have the prisoner’s needs.
Female prisoners have weak immune systems because of the lack of nutrition which results in constant illnesses.
According to reports from inside Evin Prison, a few nights ago, a female prisoner in the quarantine section of Evin Prison died as a result of a ruptured appendix because she was not given medical treatment and not taken to the infirmary on time.
From 10 pm to 7am when all the cell and block doors are shut, agents have no control over the condition of prisoners and if they have illnesses or any other problems no one is able to receive medical attention in this timeframe.
Shiraz University expels student activists
May 12, 2010 –
A number of Shiraz University students have received heavy disciplinary sentences including expulsion from this university. On the eve of the anniversary of the 10th presidential elections of the Islamic Republic which was the scene of widespread protests, well known students activists Kazem Rezayi, Abdoljalil Rezayi, Hamdollah Namjou, Ismail Jalilvand, and Eunice Mirhosseini, were expelled from Shiraz University. Alma Ranjbar, Hadi Alamli were also sentenced to exile from this university by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of Science (Ministry of Higher Education). University officials have illegally refused to allow Arash Roostayi and Mohsen Zarin Kamar to graduate despite having finished all their courses. The reason behind the expulsion of all these students is political and they did not have any academic related problems.
Iran attempts to arrest Kamangar family
May 12, 2010 –
According to reports, three days after the execution of Farzad Kamangar (political prisoner), judicial officials still refuse to hand over the body of this teacher and other executed political prisoners to their families. On the third day that the Kamangar family gathered outside Evin Prison, security forces attempted to arrest Saltaneh Rezayi (mother), Mehrdad Kamangar (brother), Suror (sister in law), Shirin Kamangar (sister) and Javid Kamangar (15 year old nephew). But attempts for their arrest were met with resistance from the people on the scene and the members of the Kamangar family were removed from the scene by these people.
Security forces tell family of executed female prisoner that she cannot be buried in Muslim cemetery
May 12, 2010 –
Four days after the execution (of five political prisoners in Evin Prison), security forces refuse to hand over their bodies to their families. One of the family members of Shirin Alamhouli (executed female political prisoner) said that Shirin’s home is under siege by security force and friends and other relatives are not allowed to go to her home.
“Four days after the executions, security forces have confiscate the cellphones of (Shirin Alamhouli’s) family in Tehran and they have been told that these people (executed political prisoners) were moharebs (wagers of war with God) and have to be buried somewhere far away from cemeteries where Muslims are buried”, this person added.
Workers of Iran
Protest gathering in Qazvin
Qazvin, May 12, 2010
ISC reported from Qazvin that on Tuesday May 11 about 160 workers of Alborz Chianware Factory which is going to be closed gathered in protest.
The 180 workers of this factory are in protest daily in front of governmental organs to receive their rights and in protest to the decree that says the factory must be closed.
All these workers are officially hired and have not received their wages and bonuses for 10 months. Each worker must be paid the average amount of 4million tomans.
All contracting workers, 220, were fired at the wake of the New Year.
Parsilon Factory’s worker’s life perished
Shiraz, May 12, 2010
A member of ISC reported from Khoram Abad that more than 500 workers of Parsilon Textile Factory have not received their wages for 5 months and their families are shattering.
This factory was handed over to the private section a few years ago which put the lives of its workers in hard conditions.
News of Iran’s Economy
Random
May 10, 2010
An ISC member talked randomly with people about the expenses of livelihood. Many people complained about the price of food.
In one case in Saqez city when he asked a man about the price of meat he paused and then answered back: “when it is for two months that I have not been able to buy any meat how can I speak about its price”?
A worker with 5 children said: “I cannot buy meat or chicken for my family”.
The price of one kilo of meet with bone (almost two pounds) has raised to 11000 tomans and in some cases 17000 tomans (about 11 to 17 dollars).
Women
Mullahs desperate in regard with Iran’s struggling women
Tehran, May 11, 2010
Resistance of Iranian women confronting the execution of Khomeini-made plan of ‘bad veil’ has made regime’s elements desperate and made them to babble against our women.
During the last few days a number of regime’s MPs have asked for a solution in regard with this resistance.
Women the most dread of mullah regime
Tehran, May 11, 2010
Fars news agency affiliated with RGC quoted the educational deputy of Tehran University on May 11: “the issue of veil and chastity is what has made all the heads and deputies of different campuses of Tehran University worried. The Cultural Council must think of executable solutions for it.
Seyyed Mohammad Ghanbari added that the issue of veil and chastity has turned to a subject of concern for the board of Tehran University too and babbled: “this is an issue of concern in the whole society. We witnessed that it was discussed in Friday Prayer too”.
Mobilizing Bassijies against the women of the Uprising
Tafresh, May 12, 2010
An ISC member reported from one of the universities of Tafresh in Central Province that a great number of Bessiji men and women have been mobilized at the university to meddle in all students affairs and to send students to Disciplinary Committee.
They want to separate entrances for female and male students.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
