UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 4, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.653

Anniversary of Student Uprising July 9, 1999

Resistance, July 2:
Gonbad- Writing anti regime slogans throughout the city has increased.
Tehran- Students of Science & Industry University resisted the closure of their dormitory and didn’t permit it. The dormitory is open now.

Regime, July 2:
Tehran- In a directive issued by Ministry of Education addressing the deans of important universities in Tehran they have been ordered to close the universities from July 6 to July16 not letting students in.
This decision has been taken in a session with the presence of not only the minister of education but also the head of regime’s Bassij and some high rank elements of IRGC and security forces. The head of regime’s police force and the General prosecutor were also present.
Tehran- The clerical regime intends to keep student political prisoner, Behraoz Javid Tehrani in solitary cells until after the anniversary of Students Uprising. Behroz has been arrested during the events of Tehran University’s dormitory in Students Uprising on July 9, 1999 and has been in prison since. Since a month ago he has been transferred to solitary cells with no excuse. He is even deprived from his medication and hygiene necessities. He is permitted to take shower once a week and use toilet once a day.


The Downfall

A torturer of Gohardasht prison resigned 
Tehran, July 2, 2010
A torturer of Gohardasht Prison, Saftar Moradi the Deputy Officer of this prison resigned from the fear of the uprising.
He claimed that he has resigned of all his duties because of the systematic beatings and tortures in the prison.
Gohardasht is one of the most dreadful prisons of the regime and tens of inmates either lose their lives of become handicapped there each year due to medieval tortures.

Negotiation is retreating
Tehran, July 2, 2010
Falahat Pishe a member of Security & Foreign Policy Commission of regime’s parliament called negotiation over fuel for Tehran’s reactor as a ‘retreat’ and said: “by approving the resolution of sanctions against Iran two articles of Tehran Statement was ignored so going back to the negotiation table for exchange of fuel in current situation would be counted as retreating”.
Counting Ahmadinejad’s conditions for continuation of negotiations as not serious he added: “the president’s words were actually a series of warnings for dominant-seeking countries. If these issues were complied with so far then we wouldn’t witness such discrimination in IAEA”.
He continued: “the elements to bring two sides of the negotiations close to each other does not exist so we are witnessing more and more distances each day”.

Motaki worried of the consequences
Tehran, July 1, 2010
Worried about the consequences of 1929 resolution Motaki, Ahmadinejad’s Foreign Minister said: “threatening to attack has been in the agenda of some of the countries as a executable reality”.
He added: “we too had planned moves and we will give the appropriate answers. When we ask them why are you in such a hurry they talk about the unrests...”.
In another event Motaki expressing his concern about the consequences of the sanctions announced the formation of ‘Especial Headquarters for Confronting Sactions”.

Global disgust towards the clerical dictatorship reflection of the breakage of Khamenei’s talisman
Tehran, July 2, 2010
Broojerdi the head of Security & Foreign Policy Commission of regime’s parliament admitted to the disgust of people in Moslem countries towards the clerical dictatorship and said: “the popularity of the establishment has decreased to 27% from 80% before the election”.
Broojerdi counted the defeated fraction responsible for such hatred and demanded an answer: “today these gentlemen must answer why they acted such so that the popularity of an Islamic establishment would decrease in Moslem countries”?

Deepening of schism; threatening Larijani
Qom, July 2, 2010
As schism within the top of the regime over the possession of the assets of Azad University escalates, after Qom’s Friday Prayer some who called themselves ‘the Nation of Hezbollah’ issued a statement against Larijani the head of Majlis (regime’s parliament) announcing that they wanted their vote back and saying that Larijani is no longer their representative.
Ahmadinejad’s hooligans wrote in their statement: “you have voted pro Ahmadinejad’s rival and even congratulated him on the phone and you haven’t still denied that. At the beginning of the schism you demanded permission for the gathering of the followers of the sedition in TV while our Leader’s policy was that these protests must not take into the streets and there should be no compromising with the conductors of the sedition...”


Resistance

Mother of Farzad Kamanger gave a message
Kermanshah, July 1, 2010
Mother of Farzad Kamangar executed political prisoner of May 9 asked that her message be delivered in different languages to the world.
She said: “on behalf of all who have lost their beloveds during these 30 years (rule of religious tyranny) I must say that we are not ‘mourning mothers’ but ‘mothers of honor and pride’...If you ask any of us as why our child was killed or imprisoned there would be only one answer; defending humanity, which is counted as a crime in where we live....
Our children are not dead.
They have been killed and imprisoned only for one thing; for freedom, for freedom of humans...
Farzad was not killed for Kurdistan or for Iran; he was killed for a poor human being that is deprived of even bread in any corner of the world; Iran is a part of the world.
Coney my message to all TV stations, Radio stations, newspapers, groups and organs, international bodies and to all freedom loving and humane women and men of the world and tell them that we need their help for those who are still in prisons...It is only peace and freedom that will bring humans close to each other killing will solve nothing”.

Majid Tavakoli- student political prisoner Majd Tavakoli in critical condition
Tehran, July 1, 2010
Majid Tavakoli student political prisoner is suffering from stomach bleeding and he hasn’t been taken to hospital yet and is in critical condition. He has been recently transferred to ward 350 which has no medical facilities.
His brother Ali Tavakoli said in his short interview that Majid is in critical condition and the main reason of his problem is his lung problem due to being kept in solidarity cells in ward 240 before. He went on hunger strike there.


Regime’s revenges
Tehran, July 1, 2010
Rasoul Bodaghi a teacher political prisoner and a member of the Board of Directors of Teachers Guild of Iran was transferred on last Sunday to an unknown location from ward 6 of Gohardasht Prison. He has been beaten and tortured because the scenes of his beatings have been conveyed to out of the prison and published in the media. He is under pressure to give name as who did this.


Suppression

The main elements and commanders of torture and rape in Kahrizak detention center saved from justice
Tehran, July 1, 2010
The Judiciary of Armed Forces Organization responsible for Kahrizak’s murder cases issued a statement on June 30 about the result of the case.
There have been 12 accused, one is counted as innocent; 9 others are condemned to prison terms, fines and temporarily being banned of service and two others are condemned to execution. But no name is given for these two and nothing is said about the main elements and actual commanders of these crimes Radan and Hossein Fadaie.
The two receiving death penalty decree (which can be bought with money in this case) by the file are responsible for ‘killing to death’ of Amir Javadi Far, Mohsen Roholamini and Mohammad Kamrani.
There are two other known victims of this detention center which have not been named in the file; Ramin Aghazadeh Ghahremani who was identified by a surveillance camera arrested and freed after 15 days with a body full of tortures signs but died because of blood cloths in his chest due to tortures in the hospital. Ramin has told his mother that he had been hanged upside down for several days.
The other victim is Ramin Poorandarjani a physician at service under SSF. He was the doctor who checked Mohsen Roholamini before he was killed. Dr. Poorandarjani suspiciously died after he stood in witness stand. SSF said that he has had a heart stroke and died but the first officer present at the scene has written in his report: “sings of bruises and blood cloths were visible around his neck”.
Mehdi Karrobi who revealed the issue of rape in Kahrizak said that if the Judiciary gives protection to his witnesses he will introduce some but this demand was left unanswered.
In the statement issued it is also written that the decrees issued are not final!

No women with improper veil and no singles allowed
Mashad, July 1, 2010
In Mashad coffee shops a poster has been posted reading: “by the order of The Bureau of Public Places we cannot serve improperly veiled persons and singles”!


Other News

An interrogator of Evin a member of board of mullahs’ nuclear negotiation
Tehran, July 2, 2010
Hamidreza Askari who was named a legal advisor of regime’s Foreign Ministry and Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization and was present in regime’s nuclear negotiations is an interrogator nicknamed ‘Mahdavi’ active in Department of Out of Country’s Intelligence of Intelligence Ministry.
This torturer has been the advisor of Majid Alavi appointed deputy of Intelligence Minsitry (appointed by Ahmadinejad) in interrogations of Evin Prison in last winter. The media belonging to defeated fraction had written then that he has had hands in merciless beatings of women political prisoners.



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Students Uprising on July 9, 1999 pictures talk

Students Uprising on July 9, 1999 pictures talk




‘Students Uprising’ on July 9, 1999 was the defiance of religious tyranny ruling Iran but it was followed by vicious and evil suppression of regime and its mercenaries covering; but the suppression was just covering the fire with ashes.
The clips talks of the day.

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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 3, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.652

Anniversary of Student Uprising July 9, 1999

PMOI’s call for uprising on the anniversary of Students Uprising July 9, 1999

The People’s Mojahedin Organization in Iran issued a call on July 1, 2010 urging various social strata to voice their protests against the clerical regime chanting for freedom and for the defiance of the principle of Velayat-e-Faghih on the anniversary of the Students Uprising June 9, 1999.
The call emphasizes that regime’s suppressive measures such as vast arbitrary arrests, medieval decrees of execution and the accusation of ‘Moharebe’ (fighting against God) will never be able to stop the freedom seeking movement of the Iranian Nation; “People will chant once more ‘death to dictator’ and ‘death to Khamenei’ at the anniversary of Students Uprising”.

Student’s protest at Payame Noor University
Karaj, July 2, 2010
Students of Payame Noor University in Karaj gathered in protest for the anniversary of arbitrary arrests of last year of this university on June 26.
Students chanted ‘we will stand firm till the end’; this disrupted the final exams.
After this protesting act some students were summoned by Harast and were under detention for three days.

Regime’s measures to confront potential uprising of students
Poldokhtar, July 1, 2010- Security agents at Poldokhtar have taken away the grave stone of Ezat Ibrahim Nejad a student martyr of Students Uprising of July 9, 1999 and his family is under control.

Tehran, July 1, 2010- As the anniversary of Students Uprising comes Guidance Patrols are stationed around Ponak Square and are controlling youths. Their support unit too stops the cars and searches them down the street. It is about two days that the number of patrols has increased.

Tehran, July 1, 2010- Since June 30 Tehran University’s dormitory was closed and it will be closed till July 11 to prevent any student protest gathering at Tehran University.

Tehran, July 1, 2010- recently in main streets of the city regime agents ask youths for their document of their military service and if they don’t have it or if he is doubted that he has not gone to service he is taken away. This kind of check has not been seen for years and regime is trying to provoke fear and horror to stop any uprising at the anniversary of Students Uprising.


Tehran, July 1, 2010- regime’s elements at Allameh University are trying to close the dormitory of the university as quickly as possible in fear of students protest for the anniversary of Students Uprising. They have cut dormitories water and are taking other measures in that accord.


Suppression

Jailed student activist in poor health in prison
June 29, 2010
Majid Tavakoli, a well known jailed student activist is suffering from severe gastric hemorrhage. Officials have so far refused to take him to hospital and as a result his condition has deteriorated.
According to reports, Tavakoli was recently transferred to cellblock 350, which lacks any kind of medical facilities and because of severe coughing and lack of medical attention, he developed severe gastric hemorrhage.
He has had constant nose bleeds in the past week but prison officials have paid no heed to other prisoners’ requests to see to the condition of this political prisoner.
Majid Tavakoli is a shipbuilding student at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University, who was arrested on December 7, 2009 and has been jailed ever since. He was sentenced to eight and a half years of prison.

Iran arrests two teachers’ rights activists
June 29, 2010
Mohammad Baqeri, a member of the Teacher Center in Iran was arrested in Tehran.
Mokhtar Asadi, another teacher activist, was also arrested today by security forces in Karaj.
A number of the members of this center were threatened over the phone in the past few days to end their activities for teachers’ rights.

Iran arrests 5 Christian converts in Tehran
June 30, 2010
One of the relatives of five Christians arrested on June 18 in Tehran said, “Our meetings are religious but are thought to be political”.
Five Christian converts by the names of Afshin Vafadari, Mehdi Karbalayi Ali, Omid Keleydar Nejad, Alireza Seyedi and Fatemeh Tork Kajuri, wife of Behrouz Sadeq Khanjani (arrested before this), were arrested on Friday June 18 in Tehran in Khanjani’s home.

Iran sentences Kurd man to prison
June 30, 2010
Naser Saiedi was sentenced to 18 months of prison by the Saqez Revolutionary Court for cooperating with an illegal (Kurd) party.
According to reports, this political prisoner from Baneh has recently been transferred to Baneh Prison from Saqez Prison to serve his sentence.

Female political prisoners kept under growing pressure in Evin Prison
June 30, 2010
The pressure and abuse of female political prisoners in Evin Prison has increased. About 28 female political prisoners are all cramped into one cell. This cell lacks any kind of cooling system in the swelling Tehran heat which has reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the past few days. The heat is so severe that prisoners fall in a faint.
In the past few days, the water has been constantly cut off and prisoners are deprived from drinking water. When the water does come on, only warm drops come from the tap. (Officials) cite installation problems as the cause of the warm water in the pipes and say that they are not able to solve the problem.
Female prisoners have also been suffering from severe food poisoning in the past few days and are denied treatment. They suffer from nausea and severe diarrhea.
Student prisoner Mahdieh Golro was summoned by the Prosecutor of Tehran, Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi, and pressured and threatened for supporting her executed cellmate Shirin Alamhouli.
“Do you know who they are when you defend them?” he asked her. “They are a grouplet and should not be defended”.
The Tehran Prosecutor also told another political prisoner that in the future, they intend to separate political prisoners from the ‘Monafeqin’ (PMOI members and supporters). Dolat Abadi and interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence have from some time ago unsuccessfully tried to create divisions and clashes between female political prisoners.
On the other hand, female political prisoners who report their severe problems to outside prison sources are under growing pressure and threats. These threats are made by Dolat Abadi. One of his methods is to raise pressures against political prisoners when news on the problems of female prisoners is published in the media (by a particular prisoner) and in this way officials blame the growing pressure on that particular prisoner to create divisions between prisoners.

Husband of slain mother of two: they took my wife and gave me a card instead
June 30, 2010
Hassan Mir Asdolahi, the husband of Fatemeh Semsarpour said in an interview that the military court asked him to accept blood money (for his wife’s murder) but he refused. Fatemeh Semsarpour was shot by security forces along with her son, Kaveh Mir Asdolahi on June 20 last year in the post election protests. Mrs. Semsarpour died that day, but her son was able to survive after two major surgeries.
According to her husband, Mrs. Semsarpour’s body was buried in Babol.
Mr. Asdolahi filed a complaint demanding that the murderer of his wife and shooter of his son be identified and introduced.
“The last answer I got was that the shooter has not been identified and that I should accept blood money instead”, he said.
Kusha Mir Asdolahi, the youngest son of the family, was looking out of his home window on June 20, 2009 when his mother and brother were shot and according to his father he has had psychological damage and is being treated by a psychiatrist. This 13 old boy has written a poem describing his mother’s death.
“Her flowers fell and the petals fluttered away but these eyes did not see”, he wrote in this poem. “They took her flowers; her seeds are in our hearts… They took her body; her roots are in our body…”

Political prisoners still denied minimum rights after 10 years of prison
June 30, 2010
Dr. Saied Masouri, a political prisoner in the Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj who has been sentenced to life in prison is still denied the right to a leave after having served one third of his sentence.
According to reports, Masouri was initially sentenced to death for cooperating with and having contacts with a political organization (PMOI) but his sentence which was commuted to life in prison. He has been denied the right to a leave from prison which is the minimum right of a prisoner in the face of the law. His family announced that last month they went to the Tehran Prosecutor to seek his acceptance of a leave but Prosecutor Dolat Abadi said he would answer their request in the future because he was not aware of the state of this political prisoner’s case.
Dr. Saied Masouri’s mother said that her son was arrested on December 2000 upon arrival to Iran but the Ministry of Intelligence informed his family of his arrest on April 2001.

Student activist tried without lawyer
July 1, 2010
Javid Haj Hemati, a student activist in the Khajeh Nasir University in Tehran was tried in the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Moqiseh on June 30.
According to reports, this is while he had not received a summons to be present in trial and was called and told to go to the Revolutionary Court to complete his case. He defended himself without a lawyer in this trial.
Haj Hemati was arrested on December 7, 2009 after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence and was detained for 70 days in cellblocks 240, 209 and 350 of Evin Prison.

More than 90,000 married children in Iran
June 30, 2010
A children’s rights activist said that according to official statistics, there are 950,000 married children in Iran and 85 percent of them are girls.
“Official sources say that there are 900,000 to 950,000 married children in Iran even as this is against the International Children’s Rights Convention”, Mohammad Banazadeh said.
“The law considers children to be under 11 and considers them mentally incompetent to participate in the elections and choose a candidate but the marital age in the country is between 9 to 13 years. (ILNA state-run News Agency)

Ill political prisoner gradually becomes paralyzed because of lack of medical attention
July 1, 2010
The psychological and physical condition of political prisoner Hamed Rouhi Nejad who is detained in cellblock 8 in Evin Prison is critical because of the deterioration of his multiple sclerosis (MS) and lack of medical attention.
According to reports, one of his hands is completely paralyzed and he is suffering from serious problems in the eyesight of both eyes. This political prisoner is even having problems hearing. But despite his numerous problems from his disease, prison officials are completely oblivious to his illness.
This lack of attention by officials is so serious that aside from not taking him to hospital, they even refuse to give him medicine provided by the Rouhi Nejad family. It seems that officials are oblivious to the dangers of MS or at best have no knowledge about its dangers.
There is a high chance of this disease paralyzing the whole body of the victim from lack of medication.
Hamed Rouhi Nejad is a philosophy student who has been jailed since May 2009 on charges of being a member of a dissident group and has been denied even a one day medical leave from prison.
He was sentenced to death in the mass post election show trials but his sentence was commuted to 10 years of prison in a court of review.

Political prisoner’s detention in solitary extended on orders of Ministry of Intelligence
July 1, 2010
Rajayi Shahr prison officials have extended the detention of political prisoner Behrouz Javid Tehrani in solitary until after the anniversary of student protests on July 9 for an unknown amount of time.
According to the reports, political prisoner Behrouz Javid Tehrani who is detained in cellblock 1 in this prison in Karaj was transferred to solitary on May 31 for unknown reasons.
He has been kept in solitary for one month and is kept under severe conditions. Prison officials prevent him from receiving medical attention and deprive him from minimum sanitary facilities. He is allowed to bathe once a week and use the restroom once a day.

Iran issues 20 death sentences and executes 8 people in unknown timespan
July 1, 2010
The head of the Judiciary’s Popular Staff for Social Prevention and Security in Kurdistan said, “Up to now, the death sentence for 20 people has been issued and the sentence for eight of them has been carried out. (Ravanews state-run website)
(Note: The date for the execution of these prisoners was not mentioned in this report.)


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Ill political prisoner gradually becomes paralyzed because of lack of medical attention July 1, 2010 The psychological and physical condition of political prisoner Hamed Rouhi Nejad who is detained in cellblock 8 in Evin Prison is critical because of the deterioration of his multiple sclerosis (MS) and lack of medical attention. According to reports, one of his hands is completely paralyzed and he is suffering from serious problems in the eyesight of both eyes. This political prisoner is even having problems hearing. But despite his numerous problems from his disease, prison officials are completely oblivious to his illness. This lack of attention by officials is so serious that aside from not taking him to hospital, they even refuse to give him medicine provided by the Rouhi Nejad family. It seems that officials are oblivious to the dangers of MS or at best have no knowledge about its dangers. There is a high chance of this disease paralyzing the whole body of the victim from lack of medication. Hamed Rouhi Nejad is a philosophy student who has been jailed since May 2009 on charges of being a member of a dissident group and has been denied even a one day medical leave from prison. He was sentenced to death in the mass post election show trials but his sentence was commuted to 10 years of prison in a court of review.

Brave youths of Tehran call for July 9 Uprising

Brave youths of Tehran call for July 9 Uprising




Brave youths of Tehran fill the city with slogans in defiance of the clerical dictatorship calling people to join the protest gathering at the anniversary of Students Uprising on July 9, 1999

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Valiant youths of Iran call for uprising on the anniversary

Valiant youths of Iran call for uprising on the anniversary



Valiant youths of all around Iran have increased their activities for call for the anniversary of Students Uprising, July 9, 1999

Students Committee in Iran- July 2, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 2, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.651

Anniversary of Student Uprising July 9, 1999

Written slogans against regime increases as July 9 comes
Uromieh, June 30, 2010
An ISC member reported from Uromieh that as only few days is left to the anniversary of Students Uprising on July 9 anti regime slogans and calls for uprising on the day is being increasingly written throughout the city.

Call of the Council of Freedom Loving Workers for July 9 uprising
Tehran, June 30, 2010
In the statement the council points to the Students Uprising on 1999 and then the recent uprising nationwide. It calls universities as ‘battalion of freedom’ along with any factory and workshop that our compatriots are gathered in.
The statement emphasizes on the slogan of ‘death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghif and calls all workers to join students at the anniversary of July 9, Students Uprising, at 5pm and chant ‘death to dictator’ and ‘death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghih’ “to convoy our voice once more to the world and praise the memory of those students and workers who fall for freedom and also the political prisoners and to continue their path”.

Regime’s measures for dispersing students
June 30, 2010
-It is for two weeks that no launch or dormitory services is given to the students of Sharif Industrial University to make the students evacuate the dormitory as July 9 comes.

-To speed up the evacuation of its dormitory, the officials of Alameh University cut water and lift services of the dormitory. No cleaning services were given so that the dormitory smelled bad. This was done to make students to leave the dormitory sooner and eventually on June 27 the dormitory was closed.

-An ISC member said that in Shiraz the professors are not simply passing the students in their courses. Thus students from other cities had to leave the university and go back to their home towns.


The Downfall

Larijani attacks G8
Tehran, June 30, 2010
Ali Larijani the head of regime’s parliament expressed his wrath in regard with G8’s statement about a halt in regime’s nuclear activities and demanded that the activities be speeded up. He addressed the members of Security Council and said: “you will take this wish to your graves to be able to stop Iran’s nuclear activities”.

Regime will not comply with 1929
Tehran, June 30, 2010
The head of Security Commission of regime’s Majlis said: “we do not accept 1929 at all and that’s the reason we cancelled the negotiations until mid August”.

How effective is 1929? Listen to regime
Tehran, June 30, 2010
In its editorial Afarinesh Daily wrote that by approval of 1929 resolution another course of sanctions has started against regime and the following it sanctions announced by other countries show that this pressure is increasing. The daily wrote: “far from the announced goal of sanctions, ‘bringing Iran back to the negotiation table’, actually the international sanctions both collectively, or issued by one country have broaden the pressure on Iran. In addition to that the recent words of chief of CIA said that probably Iran will achieve nuclear weapon until 2012, the dispute amongst European officials and the reaction of the leaders of G8 all show that there is increasing quest to intensify the sanctions and pressures against Iran”....

Regime’s bands tear each other apart 
Tehran, June 30, 2010
The schism has deeply increased within Khamenei’s band:
-Amir Mohebian from Khamenei’s band: it is for a while that known personalities of hardliners in the government and Majlis (parliament)... have forgotten the especial condition of their society both inside and outside the country and whenever they get a chance they attack each other on none real or at least none excusable excuses. They discredit each other amongst people and even make people to revolt against the other one. He warned Khamenei’s elements and said: “our condition abroad is as such that any dispute within us is good news for Iran’s (read regime’s) enemies. They will probably say that disputes amongst the heads are due to political and economical pressures so we must increase the pressure and tighten the circle”.

-Mullah Reza Ostadi a member of Qom Religious Teacher’s Band warned: “weakening the position of Velayat-e-Faghih will damage the establishment in its root and is not at interest of the society”.

-Mohammad Nabi Habibi from fascist Motalefeh Band: “Disputes amongst the powers and activating schism amongst the officials is in the agenda of the schemers of ‘soft-war’. The officials must be careful about disputes in relation amongst the powers”.

In the middle of these disputes an organization from Khamenei’s band disintegrated:

-Mullah Ibrahim Bahari from the band of Preachers of Velayat said: “disputes has led to our disintegration...”.

-Mullah Sahjooni pointing to this disintegration said: “the members of central council of this organization decided to disposition Amiri Far the executive director of the organization. Following that some young students of religious school formed and organization called ‘the Society of Preachers of Velayat’”.

Pasdar Jafari brings excuses for defection of regime’s forces
Tehran, June 30, 2010
The head of IRGC, Jafari while attacking regime’s defeated fraction said: “it is a hard time for some who were revolutionary and were beside Imam before. As the Islamic Republic progresses remaining a revolutionary and accompanying the revolution gets harder”.
Calling purification of the regime from elements other than Khamenie’s subordinates as Islamism Jafari conceded to defects in regime’s forces and said: “most of the problems, challenges and defects occur at the stage of Islamism of the government because some cannot comply with the trend of progress of Islamic Republic ... and thus they are defected”.

Resistance

Anti-regime protest and clashes in Abadan Refinery (supplementary)
Abadan, June 30, 2010
Workers of Abadan Refinery gathered in protest in front of the refinery’s main entrance and clashed with suppressive SSF.
On Monday June 28 as the workers gathered SSF raided on them and tried to disperse them but the workers defied this attack by lying down in front of the entrance and blocking it.

Resistance will give fruit
Arak, June 30, 2010
On Sunday June 26 a group of fired workers of Arak’s Aluminum Factory gathered in protest in front of the Governor Office in protest to the act. They continued the protest until they made the local official to accept their rights and the officials promised that the workers will get back to their jobs.

In front of Evin Prison
Tehran, June 30, 2010
The families of the detainees of the uprising of June 12 this year gather daily in front of Evin Prison to find out their beloveds’ status that have been arbitrary arrested.
An old parent looking for their daughter Leila for days have fallen sleep on the ground being so tired of the search.

Suppression

Creating inhumane condition for political prisoners
Tehran, June 30, 2010
Reports from ward 350 of Evin Prison say that about 40 to 50 political prisoners are kept in each cell several times the cells’ capacity. All leaves have been cancelled and the water is cut on the prisoners daily.
Most of the prisoners have to sleep on the ground and the officials have started destroying some sections of the ward on the excuse of maintenance tightening the ward even more on the prisoners.
The officials have destroyed and blocked the library that was made by the prisoners; the books were provided by the old and new inmates.
In person visits are banned by the order of Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi Tehran’s prosecutor unless he gives a written permission an even so by the advice of the interrogators of Intelligence Ministry only one member of the family can be present.
Even with this written permission Pasdars of the prison prevent the meetings.

Two years term for a labor activist
Tehran, June 30 2010
Khosro Bookani a labor activist and a member of executive board of Coordinating Committee for forming Labor Organizations was condemned to two years imprisonment on Monday June 28.

Workers of Iran

Not received wages for more than three months
Natanz, June 30, 2010
More than 600 workers of Natanz Steel Factory have not received their wages since the beginning of the new Iranian year. A worker said: “our livelihood is in terrible condition but we don’t dare to protest because they fire us right away”.
He added: “while there are 4 factories in this city but still our youths are unemployed. More that 80% of the workers are from out of town because of they are either relatives of acquaintances of the manager, Friday Imam, Governor or other officials.

Workers protests
 June 30, 2010
Sanandaj -On Tuesday June 29 fired workers of Sanandaj’s Agriculture Services held a protest gathering in front of the Labor Bureau of the city for not receiving their unpaid wages and bonuses.
Tehran- Workers of Pars Metal gathered in protest on June 28 in front of Ahmadinejad’s office. The workers are fully suppressed at the factory and they are banned from saying any words about the factory’s condition but the workers resisted and said they will not stop until they gain their rights.
Qazvin- the workers Qazvin Chinaware Factory are in protest for three months but they haven’t received any answer for their demands yet. They held a sit-in in the factory on June 29 to protest the decree of closure of the factory and because they had not received their wages for 8 months.
They have gone to Tehran times and again and protested in front of Ministry of Industry and Presidential Organ receiving no answer but they said: “we will not become tired, we will protest until the officials get tired and we will gain our rights”.

Plundering rights of workers
Tehran, June 30, 2010
Though it is a law to pay unemployed or fired workers from their unemployment insurance but the Social Securing Organization is deducting this money from the workers’ retirement insurance or pension.
Until a few years ago insurance companies only paid 18 months of unemployment insurance money but since two years ago this number has changed to 50. This is just propagation for Ahmadinejad’s government because all the money will be deducted from their pension.


News on Iran’s economy

More factories closed
June 30, 2010
-Abi Sanat Factory is bankrupted because of uncontrolled import of samovar from China by the government. Similar factories are close to bankruptcy.
-Evans Factory in Tehran’s Abali which produces doors is about to close because of the uncontrolled and cheap import of the good from China. The factory has fired some of its workers in recent month as the result.
-Iran Machine Factory in Tehran is bankrupted and closed because it could not sell its production due to import of similar goods from China. The government does not provide any support.
-In recent month a great number of the workers of Kaveh Sandogh Nasoz Factory are fired because the factory is almost broke due to fuel problems.

Other News

Mullah Laghaee, element of export of terrorism and fundamentalism expelled from Australia
Tehran, June 30, 2010
Mullah Laghaee’s decree of expulsion from Australia was finalized.
This mullah is the head of the main organ of regime’s fundamentalism the Organization of Islamic Culture and Communication and Global Assembly of Ahle Bait in Asutralia and worked directly with regime’s embassy.
He entered Austrailia 16 years ago on a business visa. At the first year he tried to build a mosque there to use it as a base for pursuing regime’s fundamentalist goals but some Iranians who were residing in the country disclosed his intention and thus the mayor didn’t gave permission for the building.
Security organs of Austrailia reported that in 2006 Laghaee met with Mullah Taskhiri then head of regime’s Organization of Islamic Culture and Communication and when interrogated in return of one of his trips to Iran it was found out that he had received 10000 Australian Dollars from regime.
Mullah Laghaee opened one of the biggest centers of fundamentalism in Australia with the help of regime’s advocates there and called it ‘Islamic Center of Imam Hossein’.
On June 27 it was announced that the decree of his expulsion is finalized.

Internet in Iran
Tehran, June 30, 2010
Average speed of home internet in Iran is deep down the international comparison table and stands amongst the most ten weakest countries in the world even weaker than Iraq’s but the average cost in 11 time Turkey’s and 330 time Japan’s.
The government was supposed to establish 1.5 million high-speed gateways but only 300000 gateways of high speed exists.

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Eazt Ibrahimnejad Fallen for Freedom on July 9, 1999 Stuents Uprising

Ezat Ibrahimnejad
Ezat Ibrahimnejad was a graduate of law from Chamran University, Ahwaz.
On July 9, 1999 he went to Tehran and went to Tehran University’s dormitory to see some friend.
At the night of July 9, 1999 Ansar Hezbollah raided the dormitory and Ezat was surrounded by four Hezbollhaies who beat him with batons and chains and at the end before the other students could get to him for help Ezat was shot in the left eye at 6.50 pm. The bullet entered his brain and killed him.
His family identified the killers as Mehdi Safari Tabar the son of Islamishahr’s Friday Imam and Massoud Dehnamaki on of the main leader of the raid of Ansar Hezbollah at the dormitory but the court didn’t even accept them as accused.

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Anniversary of Student Uprising July 9, 1999 in Iran

Anniversary of Student Uprising July 9, 1999 in Iran 

 Place, Date and Time of Gathering

As Fridays are holiday in Iran students are trying to gather in commemoration of Students Uprising on Thursday June 8.
We, students, know that we will face again waves of suppression, arrests and other preventing measures but we will announce our gatherings and we will try to hold these protest gathering to say that Iran’s Uprising is alive; it is the regime that is death and is trying to take the last breaths by suppression, arbitrary arrests and execution of youth.
The history has shown that when dictators reach this point they don’t have much time left.
The gatherings announced for Thursday July 8 are:

Time
Place of gathering
City


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
In front of Tehran University, main entrance
Tehran


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
Sajad Blvd.
Mashad


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
Darvaze Shiraz
Esfahan


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
In front of Tabriz University
Tabriz


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
Daneshjoo Square
Shiraz


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
Sanandaj’s main square
Sanandaj


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
Mikaiel Intersection
Rasht


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
In front of Noshirvan University
Babol


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
In front of Azad University,
 International University
Qazvin


Thursday June 8, 5 pm
In front of Zahedan University
Zahedan



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Commemorating Students Uprising on July 9, 1999

The Students Uprising on July 9, 1999 which lasted for 6 days imposed the first shock of downfall on the clerical dictatorship and showed that ‘university’ is still the ‘battalion of freedom’ as it has always been in Iran’s history.

This uprising was the beginning of the movement for liberty and the beginning of the decisive historical defeat of Mullahs’ rule.

The Students Uprising started in protest to the approval of a new law of censorship and confiscation of ‘Salam’ newspaper.

Student organizations formed a committee called ‘the Committee of Sit-In’. The committee condemned the confiscation of ‘Salam’ and called other students to join the sit-in at Koy-e-Daneshgah (section of Tehran University that its dormitory is located at, called as Koy in abriviation).

This uprising swiftly spread to other cities such as: tabriz, Shiraz, Mashad, Isfahan, Hamedan, Uromieh, Mahabad and some other cities summing up to 14 cities. The students showed that the best counteract for oppression is uprising.

On July 9, 1999 more than 10000 students organized a huge demonstration, in fear of which the clerical dictatorship attacked them at night by its SSF and Plainclothes. These vicious forces threw down some students from the second floor of the dormitory resulting to their death or injury.

Khatami was then president and ordered the Interior Minister to suppress the students.

The great lesson of this uprising was defiance of the regime. Students chanted ‘death to dictator’, ‘death to Khatami’ and ‘long live freedom’.

Now at the anniversary of Students Uprising, students intend to rise again in all universities and are calling people to join them.

Students, the most aware and prosperous elements of the society will rise in unity with other social strata at the anniversary of Students Uprising against religious tyranny ruling Iran.

Since last year’s election the uprising of Iranian nation has been continuous; the duty of students now is to call all social strata to hold demonstrations and call for freedom.

In unity we all will call ‘death to dictator- long live freedom’ and ‘death to Khamenei and death to the principle of Velayat-e-faghif’. We will demand the legitimate right of freedom of speech and we will demand the freedom of political prisoners.

We will tell the world with our cries that this uprising is alive and will continue till the clerical regime’s downfall.


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UPDATE ON IRAN - JULY 1, 2010

 The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.650

Anniversary of Student Uprising July 9, 1999

Free Teachers of Iran Committee call for demonstrations on July 9
Tehran, June 29, 2010
Free Teachers of Iran Committee announced in a call for July 9 uprising that it invites all society’s strata to participate in the demonstration for commemoration of Students Uprising. It also announced that in this demonstration they will also protest against the continuation of detention of teachers with the slogan of “political prisoner must be freed”.

Students of Department of Engineering of Tehran University call for uprising on July 9
Tehran, June 7, 2010
While giving their promise to the enchained students, by expressing their great love for freedom and by promising to protect the cause of the martyrs, students of Engineering Department of Tehran University announced that they will stand and resist until they gain freedom.
In their statement they pointed to the harsh suppression imposed on the universities by the regime to hush up the students but they said that a student will never surrender to oppression.
They announced that after a year students’ movement has grown stronger with higher morale and will not yield and will stand firm until the rule of Velayat-e-Fagih is overthrown in its entirety.
These students restated in their statement that they have decisive will for pulling down the dictatorship and they addressed their fully armed enemy as: “when the enemy is afraid it is the end of it. This is the rule for all dictators and they cannot run away from it”.
At the end of the statement the students of Tehran University called all the students to hold the anniversary of Students Uprising as glorious as possible by their participation in the demonstrations.
They announced the place and time of their gathering as:  Thursday July 8, 5 pm, in front of the main entrance of Tehran University.

Regime avenges 
Tehran, June 29, 2010
-Following the participation of students in protest gatherings of June 12 at least for students have been suspended and 2 has been warned at Sharif Industrial University. The names of some of the suspended students are: Shahin Razazi, Ehsan Irani, Mohammad Sadegh Faiz and Miss Massoudeh Ghodain has received warnings.
-In a letter sent to Yashar Dar Al Shafa student of Master of Science in Sociology of Tehran University it is said that he will have a trial on July 7. The judge will be the criminal judge Salavati.
-Since last year Rahim Mashaee a relative of Ahmadinejad and his head of office enjoying support of him and a great number of heads of IRGC has started appointing his own subordinates in cultural organs and organs affiliated with universities. These people have been appointed to sensitive educational posts controlling the registration of students’ scores and approving their passage of a term. In other cultural organs these people have started purifying other employees with long history of work at those organs.
-75 people were arrested in Tehran in different regions of the capital. 15 of them were put for show in regions of Khosh, Abozar Sqare, Ghapan intersection and Nezamabad being taken around the streets.


The Downfall

The Uprising continues
Sanctions and Uprising will pull regime down
Tehran, June 29, 2010
Following the fourth resolution of sanctions against the clerical dictatorship regime’s bands while horrified are demanding unity.
Mohsen Kohkan a member of Board of Directors of Majlis said: “right now, especially having in mind the international conditions and impose of sanctions against our country having unity is more then essential”.
Admitting to the continuation of the uprising he added: “the events after the election ignited a new sedition against the establishment which still exists and shows itself. We cannot say that the sedition is completely eradicated. We need time before the face of provokers of sedition is clearly revealed”.
He continued confessing to the schism within the regime: “the enemies put pressure on us to make us retreat from our positions. It is enough for them to hear or feel that there is schism within us and they will take advantage of that”.

Band disputes continue
Tehran, June 29, 2010
Following the disputes within the regime a site belonging to Mohsen Rezaee the former head of RGC wrote that the head of office of Yaser Hashemi Rafsanjani was arrested accused of keeping confidential documents.

Karrobi thrown out
Tehran, June 29, 2010
Raja News belonging to Khamenei’s band wrote that as Karrobi wanted to intent a ceremony for commemorating the death of Dr. Aref from Sharif University at the university he was confronted by Bassiji students and was thrown out of the university.
Raja news wrote: “Karrobi was confronted with slogans such as ‘sedition get out’, ‘hypocrite get out’ and ‘university is no place for those who provoke sedition”.
Karrobi’s bodyguards took him out of the university.
If Shah had trained one hooligans’ leader this state has trained hundreds
Tehran, June 29, 2010
In a reaction to the attack at Sharif University Karrobi said: “I am very sorry. Bassiji who had fought in war fronts for 8 years and had defended the country now he is stationed at the universities confronting the academics, beats people at mosques, conducts fraud in the election, kills people in the streets and on June 4 prevents Imam’s grandson from holding a speech, attacks the houses and offices of sources of religious law and commits other acts that ruins its face.
Karrobi added: “if Shah had trained one leader for its regime’s hooligans this state has trained hundreds”.

The heavy blow of sanctions 
Tehran, June 28, 2010
To keep his regime’s face red Manocher Motaki regime’s Foreign Minister said: “it is clear for those who issued this resolution that this resolution is not operational”.
He continued: “the simplest thing in the world today is trading. We have planed the counter act and we will give the appropriate answer.
We live in a sensitive region. Our motto was that Persian Gulf’s security must be in mind of all the countries around it.  The enemy’s psychological war in form of issuing resolution will be answered back with a soft-war namely ruining the credibility of Security Council”.

Broken talisman of Khamenei
Tehran, June 29, 2010
Raja news affiliated with Khamenei’s band wrote:
“In a strange act Khabar daily who claims that it supports the head of Majlis (regime’s parliament) didn’t publish the words of the great leader of the revolution said amongst some officials of the Judiciary! This daily that is recently re-published...not only didn’t print the words of the honorable leader on its first page but has preferred not to publish it in any page”.

Suppression

Youths raided viciously
Isfahan, June 7, 2010
In a vicious raid on a party 21 youths were arrested in one of the southern regions of Isfahan.
Javan Site affiliated with IRGC wrote that 13 boys and 9 girls most of the students from Tehran have been arrested.

More pressure on Osanloo’s family
Tehran, June 29, 2010
The younger son of Mr. Osanloo the head of Tehran’s Bus Driving Syndicate and a political prisoner for four years was summoned by regime’s suppressive organs.
Mr. Osanloo’s younger son was arrested last year and freed after 18 days because he has problem with his skull having a heavy surgery because of it. He is not even capable of leaving home much.
Regime’s elements had called Mrs. Osanloo on June 28 telling her that his son must introduce himself in regard with his last years file.

Human rights activist sentenced to 3 years of prison
June 29, 2010
Saied Kalanaki, a member of the Committee for Human Rights Reporters in Iran was sentenced to three years of prison by the 26th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Pir Abbasi.
He was sentenced to one year of prison for ‘spreading propaganda against the government’ and two years of prison for ‘insulting the leader’.
According to reports, this human rights activist and former secretary of the Student Committee in Defense of Political Prisoners was arrested on November 30, 2009 and was released on a 100 million toman (about $100,000) bail on March 7, 2010 after close to 100 days of detention.

Iran tears down homes of Baha’is in Northern Iran village 
June 29, 2010
The homes of close to 50 Baha’is were demolished to force its residents out of an isolated village in northern Iran…
Most of the Baha’i homes in Eival were evacuated because of previous violent attacks against its residents by local authorities. For example, six Baha’i homes were torched down in 2007.
Members of the Baha’i society have on many instances filed complaints to government officials including the Sari Provincial Governor but in all the instances, authorities denied being notified of the demolitions or the motives behind it.
According to the latest reports, 90 percent of all Baha’i homes in this area were demolished.


Workers of Iran

Workers of Abadan refinery on strike
Abadan, June 29, 2010
About 100 workers of Abadan refinery gathered in protest in front of the main door of the refinery and blocked the traffic in protest on June 28. They had lost their jobs by the order of officials of the refinery. SSF took into the scene to control the gathering.
Then the workers lied down on the street and completely blocked the road.
Two of the workers who were taping the gathering with their cell phones were beaten and arrested by Plainclothes and their condition is still unknown.

More bankruptcy, more workers out of job
Tabriz, June 29, 2010
Sahand Tread Factory in Tabriz that provides tread for carpet weaving is almost completely bankrupted. It has fired more than half of its workers.
An official of the factory said that due to wrong policies ruling our economy such as uncontrolled import of tread from China and other countries no room has been left for domestic productions.

Destiny of workers of Pars Metal Factory
Tehran, June 30, 2010
300 workers of this factory who had gathered in protest to the none payment of their wages for four month in front of Ahmadinejad’s office on Monday June 28 went to the Ministry of Labor the day after to pursue their rights there.
To bribe the workers as not to go for protest in front of Ahmadinejad’s office, as their managers became aware of their intention he paid each worker 70000 tomans to prevent the action but the workers paid no attention to this pathetic act.
The workers of this factory are receiving a monthly wage of 100000 tomans which is one third of the minimum wage for temporary workers by even regime’s laws.

Government fearing workers protest
Qazvin, June 28, 2010
The workers of Chinaware Factory in Qazvin who had not received their wages for 6 months all of them with history of 19 years of work at the factory intended to come to Tehran and protest in front of the Country’s High Court because they have not received their rights after numerous protests but regime’s mercenaries blocked their way saying that if they do so they will be charged with provoking riot.


News on Iran’s economy

Oil sanctions
Tehran, June 7, 2010
Regime’s oil and gas industry is the main target of sanctions.
By endorsement of 1929 resolution of Security Council and unilateral sanctions by US, Europe and Australia economic pressure on regime is increasing more than ever.
The first effect of these sanctions is pressure on regime’s oil and gas industry.
Currently 8 countries namely China, India, South Korea, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkey are the main buyers of regime’s oil.
These countries buy 1,700,000 barrels of oil per day from regime but this is decreasing.
Until recently Iran was the third provider of China’s oil but it has fallen down to the 8 level.
The latest news show that China’s import of oil from Iran has reduced up to 74% during the last month.
European countries that buy oil from Iran are gradually changing their counterparts and they might cut this purchase completely for a short interval.
Along with Europe, Japan and South Korea will not hesitate in cutting their deals with the regime.
In fear of sanctions India has not only reduced its import of oil from Iran but also has stopped exporting gasoline to it.
In such a condition gradual reduction in capacity for production of oil will have serious consequences for the regime.
Lack of international investment in oil industry which is the direct result of international sanctions has led to increase in regime’s capacity for production of oil.

Long gasoline queues
Ahwaz, June 29, 2010
As US gasoline sanction against the regime was announced long queues for receiving gasoline were formed in gas stations.


Other News

No drinking water
Natanz, June 29, 2010
Residents of Natanz are suffering from lack of drinking water in this city. The residents use buckets and other containers to bring drinking water from Tume Village in 8 kilometer of distance from Natanz by carts and cars.

Regime defamed in International Exhibition in Tehran
Tehran, June 29, 2010
International exhibition of Iran Plast which was held in the premises of Tehran’s permanent location for exhibitions was a disgrace for the clerical regime.
Agents of Harasat at the exhibition warned those in charge of boots to comply with ‘Islamic veil’ even they warned representatives of foreign countries in that regard.
Germany and Korea protested the act.
China, Korea, Italy, Germany and Iraq had participated in this exhibition.

Million tomans spent for governmental ceremony 
Tehran, June 28, 2010
By the order of IRGC, Ministry of Education has spent millions tomans to paint on school for a ceremony called ‘the congress of martyrs of east of Tehran’. Two adjacent girls- schools have been used for this ceremony. The schools’ yards are covered with chairs and millions of tomans have been spent for the decoration. Pictures of hundreds of those who were killed in Iran-Iraq war as well as pictures of heads of IRGC and Bassij are painted on the walls costing millions of tomans..
This region is from deprived regions of east of Tehran but is embeds the highest number of governmental schools and educational centers. Most of the building of these schools and centers need maintenance; they even lack enough classes, blackboards, chalk and benches but the budget that was supposed to be used to provide this shortage and repair the buildings was used for this ceremony.
By using this budget for such a ceremony regime wants to show that the ideology of martyrdom in compliance with Vali-e-Faghih is deep in Iran’s schools in reaction to protests that have risen from the schools and other educational organs of the country for toppling the clerical dictatorship.


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Advancement of Iranians Uprising

Though the clerical regime has suppressed full force to prevent any protest gathering at the anniversary of the nationwide uprising but Iran has witnessed protests and demonstrations especially by the students.
On June 12 students of Tehran University gathered in protest against the regime chanting ‘death to dictator’ and ‘a student will die but will not yield to oppression’.
Students of Sharif Industrial University chanted in their protest the same day ‘death to dictator’. Addressing Ahmadinejad they chanted ‘liar, liar’.

Families and mothers of the Uprising gathered in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery despite drastic security atmosphere to praise those who gave their lives for freedom of Iran. Some gathered by Kianoosh Asa’s grave in Kermanshah counting as nothing all the military and security measures of the regime.

On June 10, one day after the approval of sanction resolution in Security Council against regime and after Mr. Obama took position against the regime for the first time calling it an oppressing state, state supporter of terrorism, violator of human rights and a threat for justice for the whole globe Mosavi and Karrobi retreated from their call for demonstration on June 12.

Mr. Obama’s position clearly paved the way for Mosavi to stand firm. Mr. Obama said that Saturday (June 12) was the anniversary of the day when Iran’s election attracted the attention of the whole world, an event that must be remembered as how Iranians participated in it with praiseworthy feelings. But it must be remembered how Iran’s government brutally killed and suppressed the innocent and decent people including a young woman that died in the street.

This was the time when Iranian’s uprising had provoked international atmosphere in favor of it and it was the best time for Mosavi and Karobi to come into the scene.
But instead in a common statement they announced: “for preserving the lives and belongings of people the march on June 12 will not be held”!
By this they opened the way for Khamenei to suppress; closing their eyes on the right of speech, gathering and demonstration. ‘Preserving people’s lives and belongings’ was the worst excuse for preserving the life and wealth of Iranian regime, Khamenei and his suppressive forces.

Why did Mosavi and Karobi retreat and turned their back to people and participants in the uprising? Is such an issue accidental? No and never.

What is the importance of Security Council’s resolution?
The clerical regime has said from before that achieving nuclear weapon is the guarantee of its survival.
Since the day after Khomeini’s death in 1990 Rafsanjani said that this is the strategic tool for regime’s survival.
Regime reached to this conclusion that achieving nuclear weapon is its only way of survival.
Far from the nuclear issue this resolution blocks the appeasement policy conducted so far by US and European countries; from negotiations for finding moderates within the regime, to positive dialogues to criticizing dialogues. They are all done with.

By unbelievable suppression of this regime for 30 years, the price that was paid by people for 30 years and by their continuous uprisings the western countries specifically US reached this conclusion that there is no more room for any appeasement.

17 months after Mr. Obama took office and announced that his policy towards this regime was negotiation, after 27 months from the last resolution of sanctions on March 4, 2008 now this regime is faced with a new resolution of sanctions which targets regime’s organs including IRGC.  This resolution is coup de grace for the appeasement policy and compromising with it.

Why is this resolution a coup de grace for appeasement policy towards regime?
This resolution represents the red line of international society in regard with regime’s achievement of nuclear weapon.
About three months ago regime didn’t accept to send 1200 kg of its 3.5% enriched uranium to France; this was US condition for the continuation of negotiations with it. Then to prevent the approval of 1929 resolution regime was ready to send the same amount to Turkey but this time the uprising of Iranian nation had changed the situation. Regime had become shaky and weak.
As soon as the world comprehended that, the resolution was approved.
US and Europe counted regime’s treaty with Brazil and Turkey as nothing. Vienna Group; Russia, US and France too ruled out this treaty.
Thus it must be emphasized that this resolution is the coup de grace of maximum appeasement that US wanted to have towards the regime.

Can regime return to its former situation in a year ago?
If we close our eyes on this resolution and its aftermaths which are the results of Iran’s Uprising it would mean that the condition in Iran can go back to what it was before the Uprising. But the reality is that Khamenei’s talisman is broken and after people’s confrontation with the regime during the Uprising the regime is not capable of returning its condition back to what it was before the uprising.

Though with absolute suppression and enormous executions this regime has apparently been able to hold back the uprising but the uprising is the fire beneath the ashes.

What happened after the resolution? What could regime do? Were all these related to Mosavi’s withdrawal?
The clerical regime had two solutions.
First: to retreat in its atomic projects this would mean passing over the tool for its long term survival.
Second: to upgrade suppression and export of terrorism; a solution that regime has prefered.
Mosavi and Karobi discerned that Khamenei has chosen the second solution and they too would be the subject of arrest and they might be killed. Thus in spite of the fact that society especially youths were ready to confront a regime that was trapped in a dead-end and having in mind that they could use the positive international atmosphere especially in regard with US their first reaction was to cancel the march and the demonstration.

This wouldn’t stop the Uprising. Repression, suppression, cruelty and plundering is nothing new in this regime what is new is the global unity believing now that this regime is unstable and fragile.
Mosavi’s and Karobi’s role in such an international condition is just holding back the movement and people who are seeking freedom and democracy.
If the uprising that started from a year ago had a capable national leadership who would not compromise and surrender to Velayat-e-Faghieh it would have been in a different situation now.

On the other hand our people showed that they will not be stuck behind Mosavi and Karobi and they showed that the Uprising is alive and continues.
It is the fire under the ashes!
As our people had chanted in their uprisings ‘we haven’t been killed to compromise and to worship the murderer leader’.

Yes the opposition in Iran is alive. It is the fire under the ashes...


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UPDATE ON IRAN - JUNE 30, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.649

Anniversary of Student Uprising July 9, 1999

News obtained by ISC:

Suppressive measures of regime
June 28, 2010
-Karaj: in all points of Azad University of Karaj surveillance cameras are installed to control any move of students.

-Qazvin: nine student activists from Qazvin’s International University are ousted. Payam Haidar Qazvini and Farzad Moeeni are amongst these students. They had participated in students’ protest gatherings of last year.

-Zahedan: Sistan and Balochestan University is not offering summer courses in order to disperse the students. To take summer courses the students have to go to other cities.

-Sanandaj: Following the protest of last years Student Day some of the students who participated in the protest gatherings of that day have been suspended.

Commemorating Kianoosh Asa at Chemistry Department
Students keep alive Kianoosh Asa’s memory to show that they will not retreat
Tehran, June 28, 2010
Students of Department of Chemistry at Science & Industry University commemorated the memory of Kianoosh Asa a student of this department who was murdered under torture in the event of post-election last year.
They posted his pictures on the walls and lit candles to keep his memory alive.


The Downfall

Admitting to schism within the regime Rafsanjani called it ‘waves of sedition’
Tehran, June 28, 2010
Rafsanjani the head of regime’s Expediency Council said: “today we need unity more than ever. There are visible and invisible hands who are striking on the drum of schism and severance”.
Pointing to the sanctions and ever increasing regime’s isolation he added: “at a time when sanctions and international pressures are coming to us like waves of sedition the just expectation from within (the regime) is to surmount the threats against the Islamic establishment by unity, solidarity and being tact”.
Without naming Khamenei whose talisman is broken he continued: “today whoever and in any place causes severance amongst people even if he says that he is sincere he is committing a huge and strategic mistake. The only way of getting rid of threats and concerns is strengthening unity and solidarity in the country.
Pointing to the anniversary of Khomeini’s death on June 4 and the fact that Hosein Khomeini, Khomeini’s grandson was not permitted to speak Rafsanjani said: “in a condition that the country is faced with different problems such an act is just the imprudence of some who show themselves as revolutionary and sacred”.

Larijani conceded to fatal schism at the top of the regime
Tehran, June 28, 2010
Javad Larijani deputy of regime’s Judiciary pointing to the schism at the top of the regime said: “the sedition of last year was so heavy and dangerous that if it wasn’t for Khamenei’s guidance and enlightening a great number of people would have rolled into it.
Larijani who is also Khamenei’s advisor counting Khamenei as the criterion said: “to be secure from the sedition we must hang to criterions, if we do so we will be rid of sedition even in our personal lives”.

Regime’s head of Security Commission in Majlis desperate in regard with G8’s statement 
Tehran, June 28, 2010
Broojerdi the head of Security and Foreign Policy Commission in regime’s parliament reacted to the statement of G8 against the clerical regime and said: “this statement is a political pandemonium and is the result of pressure imposed by US”.
“US and its allies don’t want any step to be taken outside the framework of Security Council for solving the issues”.
 The leaders of G8 have expressed their concern about the continuation of 20% enrichment of uranium and the goals regime pursues by this at their final statement.


Resistance

Pupils’ protest attacked by suppressive forces
Tehran, June 28, 2010
The final exams of Tehran’s high schools this year were very hard including math exam; they were out of normal standards. As the result both teachers and pupils were not satisfied with the exams.
Pupils of region 2 in Tehran along with some pupils from other regions, more than 500 girls and almost 50 boys, went to Bureau of Education in Italy Street and protested the exams demanding new questions and repeat of the final exams.
Suppressive forces and plainclothes raided the protesting crowd and viciously beat them. They even raided on them by motorcycles.

A Plaincloth killed
Kenartakhteh, June 28, 2010
The state-run Mehr News Agency announced that a Plaincloth was killed and wrote: “Mohsen Dehghani a Bassiji student of Power was shot to death by armed villains while participating in a search along with SSF at Kenartakhteh City”.

A trainee of law in jail
Tehran, June 28, 2010
Abolfazl Ghasemi, having Master of Science in Public Law and a trainee of law who was arrested at noon Ashura at Enghelab Square was condemned to three years imprisonment in a court judged by the criminal judge Moghisehee in branch 28 of regime’s kangaroo revolutionary court.
He was accused of propagating against the Establishment, participating in gatherings to disrupt national security and offending the leader. His penalty was approved in revision court.
Mr. Ghasemi is now in ward 350 of Evin Prison.


Suppression

Do not let our mother be stoned to death

Sakineh Mohamadi Ashtiani a mother of two is in prison of the religious tyranny ruling Iran for five years. The decree issued for her is death penalty by ‘Stoning to death’ (Sangsar).
Her lawyer has tried hard these five years to rescue her from such a dreadful destiny but in vein and now Sakineh is in real danger.
Her two children Farideh (fe) and Sajad (m) are asking for help from all the world to prevent such and execution.

you can read their letter at below:

Letter of the children of death row prisoner Sakineh Ashtiani, who has been sentenced to death by stoning:


Today we seek help from people all over the world. It has been five years that we have lived without a mother’s love in constant fear. Is the world so cruel that it can see this catastrophe and easily pass it by? 
We are Farideh and Sajad Mohammadi Ashtiani, the children of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. The pain of having a mother in prison and having to wait for this catastrophe to take place is familiar for us. The truth is, the words ‘death by stoning’, is in itself so terrifying that we try to never use it. We say that our mother is in danger, our mother might die and our mother expects to be helped. Today, when all the paths have reached a dead end and our mother’s lawyer said that she is in grave danger, we come to you. We go to the people of the world. The color of your skin or the country or city you live in is not important. We go to everyone who has experienced the pain of losing a loved one. 
Please help our mother come back home! We especially seek the help of Iranians all over the world. Please help end this nightmare and do not let it turn into a reality. Help and save our mother. Explaining the minutes and seconds of our life is very difficult. Words loose their meaning in these agonizing moments. Help us save our mother. Write letters and ask officials to release her. Tell them that no one has filed a complaint against her and that she has done nothing wrong. Our mother should not die. Is there anyone who hears our plea for help?


Farideh and Sajad, children of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani 


Filtering
Tehran, June 28, 2010
The clerical regime is continuing imposing limitation on use of internet and filters networks and social sites.
From the morning of June 27, ‘Iran 20’ a social site with about 100000 members was filtered.

Suppression of women
Tehran, June 28, 2010
An ISC member reported that on Sunday June 27 at 5 pm in Satarkhan Street a SSF patrol stopped a car having a young boy and girl as its passengers. After a while the agent hit the boy and made the girl to get of the car. The car was confiscated too.

Displacement of political prisoners
Tehran, June 28, 2010
A group of political prisoners in Evin Prison from different wards were transferred to ward 350. Inmates in this ward are deprived of calling outside in addition to severe hygienic and treatment problems that exist in this ward.
Ward 350 in Evin Prison is under the control of IRGC.

Disciplinary regulations of Azad Islamic University, Damavand Unit
Damavand, June 28, 2010


Some of these regulations are:

Public Regulations
1-There should be no contact or communication between boys and girls at the campus and its surroundings,
2-No illegal CDs, photos and clips or any of these items that are not appropriate for university’s environment must be carried into the university,
3-Any tape recorder, CD player, Walk-man or improper songs from cell phones must not be used at the campus or its premises and surroundings.
4-Every student must carry his or her ID card as he or she enters the university,
5-Any taping with cell phones or any other tool at the campus and around it is prohibited.

Especial Regulations for Sisters (women)
1-Complying with veil and wearing Chador is obligatory,
2-Using any kind of make-up is banned,
3-Wearing tight Manteau and pant is banned.

Especial Regulations for Brothers (men)
1-Wearing tight, short-sleeved outfit with open collar and inappropriate colors is banned,
2-Wearing any kind of jewelry is banned,
3-Having long hair is banned.
At the end of the regulations it is written that complying with these regulations is obligatory and if a student doesn’t comply, he/she will be punished.


Family of female death row political prisoner in the dark about her condition 
June 28, 2010 
There were unconfirmed reports that Zeinab Jalalian, a death row political prisoner, was transferred yesterday for her sentence to be carried out.
Jalalian, 28, was born in Maku and was sentenced to death in 2009 on charges of cooperating with the Kurdistan Independent Life Party (PJAK)…
Her family was not informed of reports that her sentence would be carried out.
“After we looked into her case, they told us that her files are missing and we have no news on her case”, her younger brother said.
 “Zeinab called us one month ago and said she was in Tehran in Evin Prison and after that she did not call us and we were not able to get any news on her”.
“Some time ago we called the number that we had and they said that Zeinab’s files are still missing and there is no new news on her condition”, her brother added.
The issue of missing files has occurred in the past in many death row cases.
“I have no news on my sister’s case and even lawyers are not able to pursue her case”, Zeinab’s other brother Pasha Jalalian said.
“We have gotten two lawyers for her till now but after going to court, her files were not given to them and they said there is nothing more they can do”.

Baha’i man taken to prisoner to serve two year prison term
June 28, 2010
Houman Bakht Avar, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad was summoned to serve his prison term.
It was stated in his summons that he has to turn himself in within three days for his sentence to be carried out.
He was sentenced to 5 years of prison but his sentence was lowered to 2 years in a court of review.

8 political and student activists sentenced to prison terms
June 28, 2010
Four student activists in Gorgan and four political activists in Mahalat were sentenced to prisoner terms.
The Revolutionary Court in Gorgan issued the sentences for four students in this city who were jailed for 10 days before this. According to this sentence, Mobin Mir Arab was sentenced to four years of prison, Hossein Matlubi to 18 months, Alireza Rahnamayi to 15 months and Saman Bozorgi was sentenced to one year of prison. They were charged with acting against national security and spreading propaganda against the government.
According to other reports, the Mahalat Revolutionary Court sentence four political activists and supporters of the Green Movement in this city to prison terms.
According to the issued sentences, Mehdi Yar Mohammadi was sentenced to one year and six months of prison, Reza Alikhani (an activist in Moussavi’s election campaign) was sentenced to 10 months of suspended prison for five years, Hesamoddin Alami was sentenced to nine months of prison suspended for four years while Ali Shahbazi was sentenced to six months of prison suspended for three years.
These political activists were charged with acting against national security.
Mohammad-Ali Elahi, another activist in this city is still in prison.

Iran arrests mother after a visit with jailed 19-year-old son
June 28, 2010
The mother of Arman Reza Khani, a jailed 19-year-old genius, was arrested after visiting her son in prison and was taken to an unknown location.
According to reports, Mrs. Reza Khani who was barred from visiting her son for 6 months was allowed to see him in person after he was transferred to cellblock 350 in Evin Prison and was detained for unknown reasons after her visit this morning.
This is the second time that members of a family are arrested after having in person visits with their jailed family members. Before this one of the family members of political prisoner Kiarash Kamrani was arrested and detained in cellblock 350 after a visit with him.
Arman Reza Khani is a student protester who has been detained in cellblocks 2A, 7 and 350 in Evin Prison from November 2009. He was in solitary for a few months and was forced to make fabricated confessions after false promises that he would be released and his family would not be harassed.
A short trial was held for him on the basis of his confessions in the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court on April 2010. He was sentenced to 2 years of prison for insulting the leader, one year of prison for insulting the government and a fine for insulting the president.
He is currently in poor health in prison. He has severe weight loss and like many other prisoners constantly coughs; a sign of a chronic illness which prison officials take no heed of and proper treatment is not given to prisoners.

Increased pressure on Evin political prisoners
June 28, 2010
According to reports, the water shortage, increased number of prisoners and other limitations in cellblock 350 in Evin Prison has made this cellblock intolerable for political prisoners.
On Sunday June 27, the water supply and drinking water used by political prisoners in this cellblock was cut off for a few hours in the hot summer temperatures and political prisoners who are mostly ill because of the torture were put under increasing pressure.
In the past few days, a number of political prisoners in cellblock 209, some of whom were detained in this notorious cellblock for more than six months, and political prisoners in sections 7 and 8 were transferred to cellblock 350. There are about 40 to 50 prisoners in every cell. Because of the crowdedness of the cells, most prisoners are forced to sleep on the floor and despite the high numbers of prisoners, the minimum facilities in the cells has not been increased to match the number of prisoners.

With the crowdedness of these cellblocks, officials have started construction work in some parts of this cellblock which has made prison conditions much more severe and prisoners are forced to do hard labor in hot summer temperatures.
The library which was put together by former political prisoners and all the books were provided by new and old political prisoners was also destroyed and sealed off.

Qazvin University expels 9 students because of political activities
June 29, 2010
Nine student activists at the International Qazvin University were expelled from this university. According to reports, Payam Heidar Qazvini and Farzam Moieni are two of these students who were expelled after participating in student gatherings in this university.


Workers of Iran

Government not complying with its own laws
Tehran, June 28, 2010
Though the basic wage for employees is announced as 300000 tomans (formerly 270000 tomans) but most of the private enterprises are paying the former basic wage to their employees. Though these employees have complained times and again to Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs, but this ministry has taken no action so far in that regard.

Protest gathering of more than 300 workers
Tehran, June 28, 2010
More than 300 workers of Pars Metal Factory in Tehran gathered in the morning of June 28 in front of Office of the President in Pastor Square to protest against the fact that they have been fired and have not been paid their wages and bonuses before being fired.


News on Iran’s economy

Increase in power cost
Tehran, June 28, 2010
In a directive to all trade units Ministry of Power announced that 30% increase in power’s cost will be implemented in a few days.
This increase is being implemented at a time when there still has been no report given out by experts about the implementation of elimination of subsidy of some items and goods.
This increase in the price of power for trading units will bring about a new wave of inflations and higher prices in goods which will affect the consumers.


Other News

Tehran’s water contaminated
Tehran, June 28, 2010
It is for a while that Tehran’s water is contaminated and about 30% of the residents have become sick as the result.
The government is trying to hide the issue. In that regard some of the residents who had attended hospitals were told that this news, meaning contamination of water, must not spread.
It is said that the reason for contamination is the usage of underground water that has reached heavy metals.
Even mineral waters sold are contaminated by lead and other poisonous elements.


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