UPDATE ON IRAN - Sept. 24, 2010

Jailed teacher in critical condition in prison denied treatment
Sep. 22, 2010
Death row political prisoner Abdolreza Qanbari is suffering from bleeding in his kidney and is in poor physical condition.
Despite his constant moaning at night, prison officials pay no attention to his condition and refuse to give him treatment.
Qanbari was arrested after Ashura events (December 27, 2009) and was sentenced to death on charges of having links to the PMOI by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Qazi Salavati. This sentence was upheld by the 36th branch of the court of review headed by Judge Zargar and was announced to the Sentence Implementation Department.
This teacher has said that the charges against him were baseless. His wife who is also a teacher has been constantly threatened by the Ministry of Intelligence that she would be fired. Qanbari is currently in cellblock 350 in Evin Prison. Sahel Qanbari, his daughter is in bad spirits after hearing of her father’s death sentence.
His family did not give any interviews to the media regarding the condition of this political prisoner because of pressures from the Ministry of Intelligence.

Female death row political prisoner in critical condition denied treatment
Sep. 22, 2010
According to reports, the physical condition of political prisoner Farah Vazehan who was sentenced to death after being arrested on Ashura (December 27, 2009) is suffering from a critical heart condition and is in very bad health. Interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence prevent her from receiving treatment in a hospital outside of prison.
Farah (Elmira) Vazehan was taken to the emergency room of Modares Hospital in Tehran on September 9 because of her critical heart condition.
She was shacked to the hospital bed while in critical condition and 3 security forces were in her room at all times. This is while a person suffering from a heart condition should not be put under stress. Doctors were conducting tests to treat her when interrogators ordered that she be returned to Evin Prison and she was taken back to prison in that condition.
She is also suffering from other illnesses such as a severe lack of iron to the extent that she has to be hospitalized every month. But since her arrest, she has been deprived of treatment and this has deteriorated her health putting her life in danger.
This political prisoner is a 49 year old homemaker. She was arrested two days after massive protests on Ashura by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in her home along with her husband and two children and was transferred to a solitary cell in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison.
Her husband Ali Memari, 58 and her two children (Yansa Memari, 25 and Mehdi Memari, 27) were detained in solitary for a month and were subjected to physical and mental torture in this time. Her daughter Yansa Memari is suffering from lymph cancer and was under treatment when arrested. She was temporarily released from prison after one month because of her deteriorating physical health.
Vazehan was detained in a solitary cell in cellblock 209 under physical and mental torture and was then transferred to the female cellblock in Evin Prison. She was taken to the 15th branch of the Revolutionary court and the head of this court, Salavati, lied to her family and said that she would soon be released and deceived this family in this way. She was sentenced to death on July 4 by this court branch.
Two head interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence nicknamed Alavi and Saied Sheikhan made fabricated charges against her such as waging war with God, propagating against the government by having communications with the PMOI and insulting the leader.
Her lawyer and family have protested this sentence and according to reports, her case is currently being reviewed in the 31st branch of Supreme Court.

Ailing jailed protester denied medical leave because he can’t afford bail
Sep. 22, 2010
Mehdi Fatah Bakhsh, a political prisoner who was arrested in the post-election events has been denied the right to a medical leave because his family cannot afford to provide his bail.
Mehdi Fatah Bakhsh who was arrested on June 16, 2009 has been detained for the past 14 months in a solitary cell and cellblock 350 in Evin Prison.
His family did not know anything about his health months after his arrest until they saw his public court which was broadcasted from state-run TV.
He was sentenced to 42 months of prison on charges of ‘participating in the march, disrupting national security and throwing stones at agents’ and is serving his time. He has not been granted even a one day leave in this time.
The Tehran prosecutor recently set a 400 million toman (about 400,000 dollar) bail for a leave from prison for him and after his family said that they could not afford such an amount it was lowered to 300 million tomans (300,000 dollars), but his family is not able to pay this amount because of their financial condition and because they have no personal property.
This political prisoner is in bad physical health and his ankle and shoulder were dislocated twice in his time in prison and because of the lack of proper treatment, he now has problems walking.

Iran sentences Kurd activist to 16 years of prison 
Sep. 22, 2010
On Monday this week, Mokhtar Houshmand was sentenced to 16 years of prison by the Marivan Revolutionary Court on charges of espionage, spreading propaganda against the government and cooperating with dissident groups. His sentence was announced to him on Wednesday.
According to Kurdish news sources, Houshmand was arrested by security forces on May 23 in Marivan.
Security forces told the family of this artist not to spread the news of his arrest or talk to the media.
Houshmand is an artist, cultural activist, the head of the Marivan Visual Arts Association and the executive manager of the yearly design festival in West Iran and had set up numerous visual art presentations in Marivan and other cities in Kurdistan.


Iran Students Committee (Supporters of PMOI)

Brief on Iran - Sept. 24, 2010

Brief

The Deplorable situation of Iranian Teachers

On the Eve of the New Academic Year

Ahmainejad claimed that he will bring oil (its income) to the table of all Iranian;

 But 300,000 ousted from Ministry of Education is the result of his governing;

one fact from thousands catastrophically facts under his rule.

The new academic year in Iran starts while Ahmadinejad's government has fired 300,000 of Ministry of Education's Employees, instead the deputy of Development of Management & Human Assets has received permission for hiring only 40,000 teachers on the condition of exams and interviews.

120,000 teachers who are among the 300,000 fired employees from five provinces have been protesting in front of regime's parliament since August 23, 2010.

The subject of protests was the firing of contract – teachers. These teachers demanded to be fully hired. They said that the Ministry of Education had promised to hire them at the end of their contract but instead it has fired them.

The same kind of protest was held in front of regime's parliament at the first week of September by teachers from Isfahan, Mazandaran, East Azerbaijan and Khorasan Razavi Provinces. They said: "though we have the experience of  4 to 7 years of teaching but the Ministry has told us that it doesn't need us while it is using the retired teachers or some teachers are teaching double hours. The Ministry even doesn't let us to participate in the hiring exam."

The Ministry of Education left no hope for these teachers and said that these forces have always been a burden on the Ministry's shoulder and now the problem was solved in the history of the Ministry of Education.

This is the gratitude of Ahmadinejad and the system of Velayat-e-Faghieh towards the teachers who have worked for years but have been paid on daily bases, just like a (free) laborer; without any future they have been fired joining the army of unemployed.

In answer to the protest of these teachers in regard with discrimination in being hired, Haji Babaie the Minister of Education said that by law %25 of the capacity of the ministry belongs to the families of regime's martyrs and handicaps of (Iran-Iraq) ; this will be 10,000 people.
The percent left for others is %50 in each region.

But by regime's parliament's law the priority should be given to daily-waged teachers. The protesting teachers said that though there has been room to hire teachers for elementary classes but the ministry did not hire them.

Our deprived and oppressed people for sure will not tolerate all these bullying which is imposed on them as social suppression or economical pressure by this regime.

With no doubt a regime that has sunk in foreign and domestic crises; social, economic and political, does not have much time left. Its count down has started from long ago.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Sept. 23, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 707

Downfall

Atomic bomb -Sanction - Crack within regime

Iran’s Trade Room head admits to negative effect of sanctions
Sept. 21, 2010
Mohammad Nahavandian, the head of Iran’s Trade Room admitted to the negative effects of international sanctions and said, “The sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program have a political root but its effects and cost are economical and therefore to counter the sanctions we have to act in coordination with political and economical institutions”.
“The truth is the limitations and sanctions impose an inacceptable cost to trade, transactions, and the economy in the country”, he added.
He pointed to the unprecedented increase of bounced checks and said the figures were similar to 1978 and said that it was the result of the ‘special economical condition’.

According to official newspaper of Jomhouri, sanctions have effected
Sept. 21, 2010
This newspaper wrote: Country’s economy is facing its hard days and its ups and downs, which safe and less expense passage needs a wise and powerful management. There is not a day that representatives of western countries try to refuse the trading sides to not to have any deal with Iranian trade sides.

Sale of oil and gas of Iran by Pasdaran
Sept. 22, 2010
Hadi Nejad Hosseinian, ex deputy minister of Oil, in the gang fights of regime, exposed that: government of Ahmadinejad in order to prove that he had been able to sign an agreement with Pakistan, he had given a large credit to India and Pakistan.
Nejad Hosseinian says: if by this pipe line every day 60 million cubic meter of Gas is being produced, it means every day 25 million $ is being discounted from the Iranian people assets to India and Pakistan.
If the production of gas reaches to 150 cubic meters per day it means that this discount is 55 million $.
Minister of Oil officials of Ahmadinejad cabinet announced that if this pipe line which is called peace pipeline is established, first year there will be 60 million cubic meter daily, next year will be 150 million cubic meter gas per day.
Since the agreement is for 25 years, in the first state 225000 million $ and in the second state, 495000 million $ of Iranian people assets will be plundered.
This pipe line of 2400 kilometer called peace is going to take the gas of Iran to Pakistan and India to the Eastern Asia.
Regime has tried very hard for this agreement but USA’s objections and the fear of Pakistan and India from the sanctions backwashes have been the obstacles.
Mullahs' regime after the extension of sanctions has taken a lot of efforts and they have travelled many times to Dehli and Islamabad and have meetings with their officials. But all the promises have not reached to the point of implementation.

Ahmadinejad’s subsidies plan raises poverty in Iran
Sept. 21, 2010
The state-run Mehr News Agency wrote: “According to an order by Ahmadinejad, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, cash subsidies will be transferred from September 23 to the bank accounts of the guardians of families”.
According to this report, poverty stricken families will receive about 44,000 tomans a month while other classes of the society will receive 24,000 tomans.
This is while according to the funneling subsidies law, 50 percent of the revenue from the price revision of energy should have been allocated to the people but the amount given to the people is less than 20 percent.


Crack within regime

State-run daily attacks Ahmadinejad over parliament remarks
Sept. 21, 2010
After Ahmadinejad said that the executive power runs everything and not the Iranian parliament, the state-run Asre Iran website wrote: “The current problem in our country is not if a certain power or official has more power but the main issue in the country is that the law is not carried out correctly”.
This website attacked Ahmadinejad and questioned the status of the Supreme Leader and wrote; “The respected president should take heed that in the constitution, even the Supreme Leader who is the highest official in the country is equal in the face of the law with other people and according to the law, the Assembly of Experts can supervise the actions of the Supreme Leader and even impeach him… The parliament (Majlis) can if they see fit even impeach the president”.

Attack of Mohammad Reza Bahonar to Ahmadinejad

Sept. 21, 2010

Mohammad Reza Bahonar member of the parliament, by attacking the Ahmadinejad who said that the  government is in the head of the government and not the parliament and said: I hope that day never come but this parliament can say about the president’s insufficiency.

Expediency Council official: Ahmadinejad is obstacle to unity
Sept. 21, 2010
Ali Asgari, the assistant head of the Research Center of the Expediency Council attacked Ahmadinejad and said, “Those who have an ego and interpret the law to match their taste and think they are above the law, stress on their evil ego according to the Imam (Khomeini) and are a great obstacle for unity”.
He repeated Rafsanjani’s remarks against plainclothes agents and forces that work for the supreme leader and said, “When violence is organized, it is a fatal poison for unity… We see that the judiciary and security forces do not counter this in a serious way”.

Majlis member calls on Rafsanjani to surrender even more to Khamenei
Sept. 21, 2010
Cleric Mousa Qorbani, a member of the Majlis from Khamenei’s faction called on Rafsanjani to repent more than he already has and said, “Hashemi Rafsanjani should officially announce that he never had anything to do with the seditionists and that he is in the service of the government”.
He pointed to Ahmadinejad’s disagreements with the Majlis and said, “In a joint session of the Majlis and the government, Azizi the assistant head of the president’s supervision and Abutorabi Fard, the assistant head of Majlis complimented the cooperation on the reviewing of the fifth program bill but after a few days, the president sent a retraction letter to the Majlis for the bill. These kinds of methods do not solve the problems”.
“If differences exist in the country, and if a sedition like the 2009 sedition takes place again, the country and officials will be occupied at least 6 months”, he added.


Downfall

Fear of Mullahs of suspension of Regime’s representative seat in United Nations
Sept. 21, 2010
Following the letter of political prisoner, Arjank Davoudi to UN secretary general, which asked for suspension of the seat of regime’s representative in UN, Iran’s official site wrote: anti -government sites on behalf of one opponents of Last year, have asked to suspend the regime’s seat in UN so that the president would not be able to speak out about Iranian people thoughts. According to Iran’s network, Ahmadinejad's travel has made a lot of objections among Iranian opponents.
Arjang Davoudi who was arrested in the recent uprising and was being convicted for doing a coup against the regime, in a letter to U. N. has asked to put pressure on the Islamic republic of Iran and has asked them to suspend the regime’s seat in U. N.
Political activists believe that the effect of Ahmadinejad’s speech on people has caused that opponents of this regime do in every ways they can to stand against the regime.

Open hand of regime’s officials in plundering
Sept. 21, 2010
PourMohammad, head of investigation office, to justify the plundering of regime’s gang said: at the time that the country is in tumult and the enemy uses it, some of the trespassed are not being declared. While he was trying to give high moral to regime’s forces, he said: enemy wants to defeat us but we should not give up.


Resistance

Call upon students of Isfahan universities for anti-regime uprising in the beginning of the learning year
Sept. 21, 2010
In these days that we are going for another study year, we are witnessing that our school mate seats are empty. Kiyanoush, Ashkan and Alireza who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of our homeland like the Myth character of “Arash Archolder”. They are those who did not surrender against disgrace and shame. They are those who did not accept to live on their knees but they did choose to die standup.
In this manifest, they also added: in the new study year we need more unity and solidarity and we have to start the first class with the wish of destroying the dictator ruling regime. We have to write down with dictator once again on the boards of every class and we have to believe that every slogan on the walls and every cry is a last bullet to the rotten body of this regime. This year we will send this message to the people of the world and our suppressed people that our country is the place of freedom fighters and not the place of murderers and rulers.

Protest gathering of Plastic Factory workers of Avand in Qazvin
Sept. 21, 2010
Numbers of workers of plastic factory of Avand in Qzavin, protested against the 8 months unpaid salaries.

Attack of Ahmadinejad against the US foreign Minister
Sept. 21, 2010
Ahmadinejad attacked Hillary Clinton and said: there is no need for Mrs. Clinton to become attorney of Iranian people. The US foreign minister had confirmed that the repression of people of Iran must be stopped.

Document of Ahmadinejad’s lie from Sajad, son of Sakineh Ashtiani
Sept. 21, 2010
This is the stoning sentence of Mrs. Ashtiani who Ahmadinejad denies it. My message to Ahmadinejad is this: Surrender yourself to the will of the Iranian people. Your crime days have to the end. World governments should be ashamed who give tribune to such murderers.
You think that for fun we have been following our mother’s case to save her life for these many years of nightmares.
We will publish the documents of our mother’s sentence for public which has been issued under the control of this president, so that world can judge the words of him clearly. I ask from the Television authorities to setup an interview for me and Mr. Ahmadinejad and answer all the questions and mists which there are on our mother’s case. I ask once again to free my innocent mother.

Sajad Qaderzadeh, son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani


Suppression

Iranian regime hangs three in Yazd
Sept 21, 2010
Iran has hanged three men, in a prison in the central city of Yazd, ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday. The time of execution is unknown.

Prisoner executed in Zahedan Prison
Sept 21, 2010
On Sunday, September 19, a man was executed in Zahedan Prison.
According to the official website of the Sistan and Baluchistan Judiciary, on the dawn of September 19, a prisoner identified as Keshvar Gorgi was hanged in Zahedan Prison. His charge has not been confirmed by any independent sources.

Three men were hanged
Sept 20, 2010
Iran hanged on Monday two men, in a prison in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Fars news agency reported.
The men were only identified in the report by their initials as A. Gh., S.F., Gh. J.

Reopenning of universities and increase of repressive acts
Sept. 21, 2010
Mullahs' regime has increased their repressive acts against the students at the time of reopening the universities.
In Babol – there has been a number of issues to expel, punish, suspension and calls on students.
In Lahijan – the intelligence office of university have installed monitoring cameras and microphones in all sections of university.
In Kerman: for 6 students they have issued suspension sentences.
In Boushehr: cameras have been installed to control students; these moves were stopped by objection of students.

Set checkpoints to frisk passersby in various areas in Tehran
Sept. 21, 2010
According to received reports Basij grubs have closed Harvi square of Tehran and stated controlling and searching cars of youths and making disturbance for them. This act caused objection in people.

Iran sentences student to two years of prison for political activities
Sep. 21, 2010
Farshad Dousti Pour, a Kurd student at Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan was sentenced to two years of prison by the Revolutionary Court.
According to reports, this student activist who was arrested in 2007 for participating in a student day ceremony and was detained for two months in cellblock 209 In Evin Prison, was sentenced to two years of prison on charges of committing crimes against the security of the country, propagating against the Islamic Republic by the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by judge Moqiseh.

Five year prison term for journalist upheld by court of review
Sep. 21, 2010
The five year prison sentence for Mehdi Mahmoudian, a member of the Participation Front, was upheld in the court of review.
According to reports, the sentence for Mahmoudian who is currently in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj was announced to his lawyer. This journalist was arrested on September 16, 2009 during post-election events and after the Kahrizak Detention Center incident (in which a number of political prisoners were killed under torture) and from then on he has not even been granted a one day leave from prison.
This political prisoner played an important part in shedding light on the crimes committed in the Kahrizak Detention Center and published 70 names of post election slain protesters. He also played an important part in the publishing of a film showing the secret group burial of slain protesters in section 302 in Behesht Zahra Cemetery.

Human rights journalist sentenced to 6 years of prison
Sep. 21, 2010
Emaddin Baqi, journalist and human rights activist in Iran was sentenced to another six years of prison and five years of limitations after serving four years and a half of prison.
Baqi was sentenced to six years of prison in a case over his interview with the late Ayatollah Montazeri. His interview was broadcasted in January from the BBC. His trial was held on August 17, 2010 headed by Pir Abbasi. Baqi was charged with propagating against the government and assembling and conspiring to disrupt the security of the country in this case.

Iran kills another young man under torture
Sept 20, 2010
Naser Alizadeh, a Kurd man from a village in Salmas who was arrested last Monday along with a number of other people by security forces, died after being tortured.
He had gone to the border for mountain climbing with a number of other people last Monday when he was arrested by security forces.
Naser Alizadeh passed away on Thursday September 16 under severe torture by security forces and his body was handed to his family for burial on Friday.
Notably, regime forces have threatened his family that they cannot hold a mourning ceremony for him.
Alizadeh was a soldier in Tehran who had come back to his village on a leave and was arrested on charges of cooperating with a dissident Kurd party.

Iran exerts more pressure on its own former reporter
Sep. 20, 2010
Siamak Qaderi, a former reporter and journalist for the state run IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) is under pressure to confess to false charges in Evin Prison’s cellblock 209.
He was arrested on July 27, 2010 after security and intelligence agents raided his home and took him to Evin Prison for creating a weblog called ‘Our IRNA’ and publishing posts of his eyewitness accounts of the popular protests in the green movement.
He is still kept in prison without being given his minimum rights and is under pressure to confess to fabricated charges.
Despite claims by the officials of the Islamic Republic that prisoners’ families are not put under pressure, his wife and child are not able to access their bank accounts or use their credit cards…
Qaderi who officially worked as an editor, journalist and reporter for IRNA for 18 years was arrested by security forces after pressure from the head of this news agency while resting in his home and was thrown in solitary from the very beginning.
Immediately after his arrest, the assistant head of news at IRNA said in a short report in this news agency that ‘Siamak Q. a pro-green seditionist journalist was arrested on immoral charges’.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

PMOI Supporters in iran Protest Ahmadinejad Presence in New York - Sept. 2010

The people of Iran and supporters of the PMOI show their protest to Ahmadinejad's presence in New York and his admittance into the UN by writing slogans in public places in various cities in Iran against regime officials despite all the dangers of prison, torture and execution.

Iran Students Committee - Sept. 21, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN - Sept. 21, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 706

Downfall

Atomic bomb -Sanction - Crack within regime

Ahmadinejad says that Iran and US are today’s superpowers!
 Sept. 20, 2010
Ahmadinejad said, “Today in the world, politicians have reached the conclusion that there are two supervisors and powers in the world, one is America and the other is Iran”.

Ahmadinejad is pondering global management
Sept. 20, 2010
In an interview with Iranian state-run TV, Ahmadinejad said regarding international sanctions, “At a time when everyone is shouting for free economy and trade, when they are revising all the regulations in the world for a free economy, what do sanctions even mean? Sanctions are against this idea. It is a failure. In a world where there is a millimeter race to attract markets and have control over the market to attract clients… they have subjected themselves to sanctions. They have seen that is has no affect even from the mental aspect. If you go to the streets (in Iran), people say, what are sanctions…”
Ahmadinejad said, “Today in the world, politicians have reached the conclusion that there are two supervisors and powers in the world, one is America and the other is Iran. The supervision of the US has been experienced and now they are wondering what Iran’s supervision is like. (They ask that) if Iran was to regulate relations in the world, how would they regulate this…”
Ahmadinejad said in regard to the release of Sara Shourd, the female American hostage who was jailed in Iran for more than a year, “We expect nothing in return. But it is natural and we morally expect that the American government takes a step. A number of Iranians from various countries, for example an Iranian that has gone to Thailand or Georgia or another place, they came and arrested them and then took them to America or Iranians in America. When for example they wanted to send something to Iran, they would take you to prison without even observing your rights. It is natural that in the public opinion there is this expectation that they release some of those Iranians”.

Fear of Mullahs of the demonstration of Freedom loving Iranians against the presence of Ahmadinejad in Network
Sept. 19, 2010
At the time of massive demonstration of Iranians against the presence of Ahmadinejad in United Nations in New York, Mullah’s dictatorship expressed their worry in the media and asked for suspension of representative seat of the regime in United Nation.
News network of the regime added: Demonstrations of opponents of regime and Ahmadinejad is being used by members of PMOI in front of United Nations every year.

Mesbah Yazadi’s confession about the defeat of regime in universities
Sept. 18, 2010
Mesbah Yazdi, one of the closest Mullahs to Khamenei confessed that the ruling regime has been defeated in Universities.
Mesbah Yazdi in his speech in Assembly of Experts said: the main point of enemies’ target is universities. The cultural institutions of universities should have been very careful, but I have to admit that they couldn’t do anything and they cannot.
He expressed his worry about the growing resistance and opposition of youths and said: in the recent two three years, there have been many doubts on religion among the youths and these doubts are being discussed in new ways that we cannot do anything about it.

Increase several times in price of bread in Tehran and other cities
Sept. 19, 2010
Following the implementation of anti-people plan of so called Yaraneha (subsidies), price of bread in Tehran and number of cities increased many times, which overcame with people’s objections


Crack within regime

Exclusion of 270 Employers from State Ministry  
Sept. 19, 2010
Today in a site belonging to the other wing of the regime wrote: 270 of precedence employers of state ministry, who had between 20 to 29 years of records in ministry which were so called fighters and sacrificing forces, were excluded only because of complaining against Ahmadinejad’s government.
This source also added: these people are protesting against these unofficial acts of managers in state ministry. They have also said that all the authorities including the minister, deputy minister and secretary generals are all from Pasdanran and none of them are from state ministry and now they expelling the house holder from the ministry.

Attack of Mullah Amini the Friday prayer of Qom to Ahmadinejad’s government
Sept. 18, 2010
In continuation of large number of schisms among the close people to supreme leader, Mullah Amini the Friday prayer of Qom and a member of Assembly of Experts, attacked Ahmadinejad’s government.
Ilna news agency: a strong criticism of Mullah Amini of unemployment and he said I have statistic of unemployment, which if I speak about it, it will make people worry. We have too many educated unemployed.
Oom-Ilna
After Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi that in Fetr pray said about the unemployed, now is Ayatollah Amini in Friday pray. He said authorities have problem and my words have no effect on them. According to report of Ilna from Qom, Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini in the Friday pray which was held in so called Khomeini’s section of Masoumeh Shrine in Qom said: the reason that the marriages do not take place is because of unemployment. In our country youths who want to get married should be able to handle their expenditure but with unemployment is very difficult.

Iran official expresses anger over Ahmadinejad’s head of office
Sept. 20, 2010
Mohammad Nabi Habibi, from the very right wing Motalefeh faction in the Iranian regime said, “We oppose Ahmadinejad’s absolute support and no questions asked view of Mashayi (Ahmadinejad head of office)”.
“We strongly oppose the statements of the head of Ahmadinejad’s office. His statements are not compatible with the spirit of the revolution”, he added.

Iran concerned that government will fall apart
Sept. 20, 2010
The state-run Jomhouri daily expressed concern over the fact that the government was falling apart and wrote in its editorial, “The enemies of Islam, the revolution and the Islamic Republic system have sharpened their teeth for the destruction and uprooting of the government to the extent that if they are not blocked and if they are able to realize their evil goal, nothing will be left of the basis which the system is standing on currently and there will be no system left to discuses its management”.
This state controlled daily admitted to the deepening divisions in Khamenei’s faction and wrote: “What is preventing the unifying of the forces around their commonalities is the extreme measures taken and severe treatments which unfortunately takes place without any attention to its results and negative consequences. The insults, eliminations, exclusive approaches and narrow minded judgments should be put away and the principles of the system should be carried out and acted upon”.

MP attacks Ahmadinejad
Sept. 20, 2010
Daryoush Qanbari, a member of the Iranian parliament from the minority faction attacked Ahmadinejad for questioning Khomeini’s statement which stressed that the Majlis is on top of all affairs and said that this issue is like opposing Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
“Unfortunately, the negotiations of a group of government minded MPs has led to the severe weakening of the Majlis”.
“A republic which is not run by the legislative body and Majlis will lead to a dictatorship”, he added.

Resistance

Down with dictator slogan on Caspian Sea waters
Sept. 19, 2010
According to reports, on Friday in one of Mazandaran province sea beach, on a boat shouted slogans of death to the dictator. This brave act of 15 youths overcame a number of people and travelers who were present in there.

Increase in writing slogans against the Reactionary supreme leader
Sept. 19, 2010
Revolutionary youths in Tehran have increased writing slogans against Mullah’s dictatorship.

Suppression

Pressure of mullah’s regime on students of international university of Qazvin
Sept. 19, 2010
Mullah’s regime in order to put pressure on students of Qazvin university, at the time of university opening, suspended 8 terms of university for 6 students.

Call from repressive forces for students of Tehran University
Sept. 19, 2010
At the time of universities reopening, a large number of students of Tehran University have called and then arrested by repressive forces. Mullahs' regime in fear of uprising forces, at the beginning of the new study year, has taken many security measures. According to this, special investigator of military court has called upon a large number of university residents areas to come to judiciary organization of armed forces.

Iran beats human rights activist in prison
Sep. 18, 2010
On the night of September 17, Abolfazl Abedini Nasr, journalist and human rights activist was severely beaten in Ahwaz Prison.
In this incident, a person named Qoldori who is prison personnel attacked Abedini and severely abused and harassed him.
According to reports, this journalist was waiting in line to use the restroom in the prison yard when this person attacked him for no reason and shackled his hands and legs to a pole in the yard of cellblock 6. He was beaten with a pipe for hours.
The beatings were so severe that Abedini’s hands and legs were completely blackened and bruised. None of the prison officials are answering his protests to this issue.
This human rights activist has been sentenced to 11 years of prison and is suffering from a severe heart problem.

Prison officials spy on political prisoners even in bathroom and showers with security cameras
Sep. 19, 2010
Evin Prison officials control the actions of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in cellblock 350 with security cameras on a 24 hour basis. According to reports, the Tehran Prosecutor and a number of security officials go to Evin Prison on certain days and sit watch prisoners from the security cameral control room for hours.
According to reports from Evin Prison, these cameras have been installed in all the rooms, hallways and even restrooms and showers of cellblock 350.
By watching prisoners with these cameras prison officials have prevented prisoners from gathering in groups of more than two and have even sent prisoners to solitary over this issue. Prisoners are not even allowed to sit next to each other in prison.
The head of this cellblock, Bozorg Nia constantly calls on prisoners and threatens them that the head of prison, Sedaqat, and the Tehran Prosecutor, Jafari Dolat Abadi, are directly watching their behavior and have called him in this regard to warn them.

Rajayi Shahr Prison searches political prisoners’ cellblock with dogs
Sep. 19, 2010
According to reports, prison guards in cellblock 4 in Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj searched room 3 in hall 10 where a number of political prisoners are kept with two dogs.
This prison which is known as the place of banishment for political prisoners is used by security officials to put pressure or physically eliminate political prisoners.

Human rights activist sentenced to more than 2 years of prison and 74 lashes
Sep. 19, 2010
Saied Haeri, a member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters was sentenced to two years and six months of prison and 74 lashes.
This human rights activist’s sentence was issued today by the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court on charges of ‘disrupting public order’ and ‘assembling and conspiring’.
Haeri was released on a 100 million toman (about 100,000 dollar) bail after 80 days of incarceration on March 11, 2010. He was arrested on December 20, 2009 along with human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari and Kohyar Goudarzi.


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UPDATE ON IRAN, Sept. 19, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 704

Downfall

Atomic bomb -Sanction - Crack within regime

International community steps up Iran isolation and sanctions
Sept. 18, 2010
In the past week, the Iranian regime’s nuclear crisis reached another level with IAEA’s report.
The publication of the new report and reactions from the world has openly terrified the regime and a number of regime officials have said that they miss the days with Alberadai was the head of the agency.
The spokesman of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that they are trying to put pressure on the government in this way.
Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear energy said, ‘we believe that this report is exaggerated because of political pressure and marginal issues.
ILNA state-run daily wrote: “America has been able to turn Iran’s nuclear issue to an international phenomenon. We are currently in a fragile layer and everyday our policies become more breakable”.
Ahmadinejad claimed in his first reaction to the report that the agency is under the pressure of bullying governments and that the report has no legal value.
Mehmanparast, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry said that if we back down, nothing will be left for us.
Unlike Ahmadinejad who said that ‘we welcome sanctions’, Mehmanparast said, ‘We do not welcome any resolutions or sanctions. We do not want to go towards the resolution but we are not willing to back down from our rights because of the pressure. Nothing will be left for us’.
Borujerdi, the head of the Security and Foreign Policy Commission in Iran’s parliament (Majlis) said that sanctions by Japan are going beyond Security Council resolutions and expressed concern over its consequences.
And finally, Khamenei came to the scene and called on regime officials to counter the sanctions.
“The enemies of the people try to torment the people with economical pressures so that the people thing that the pressure is because of the government’s actions therefore the relationship between the government and the people gets severed”, he said.

Iran forms staff to counter sanctions
Sept. 17, 2010
The former head of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and the head of the Government Expediency Assembly said that a new staff has been created to counter international sanctions against the Iranian regime.
Tabnak website wrote: “There are reports that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered that a staff be created to counter sanctions against our country and Mohamamd Reza Rahimi has been chosen to pursue this manner”.
According to this report, this staff has begun its work from some time ago and is tasked with solving the problems of fuel, food and the needed material for industrial factories and manufacturers so that according to this website, they can ‘pass this sensitive pathway’.
Notably, Khamenei had explicitly said before this that they would go around the sanctions.

Consecutive explosions in Iran’s oil industry result of handing them over to pillaging government factions
Sept. 17, 2010
The state-run Jomhouri (Republic) daily admitted that the reason for consecutive explosions in Iran’s oil industry is that they were given to plundering factions of the Iranian regime who are only after profit and take no heed of safety issues.
This newspaper wrote: The head of Safety at the Ministry of Oil described the reasons for the increase of explosions in the oil industry in the past few months and said that ‘all these explosions took place in the units that were transferred to the private sector and most of them were a result of mistakes or not carrying out very minor measures which led to the loss of lives and financial damages’.
‘Unfortunately because these units are looking for issues regarding production and relevant issues, they pay less attention to safety and HSE (health, safety and environment) and this issue is the reason for 95 percent of the accidents in these units’, he added.
The head of Safety at the Ministry of Oil said that government factions have the private sector in their hands and added that as result of more production and the profits of this, they care less for HSE and if they follow safety rules, things like this will not happen’.


Crack within regime

Regime officials admit to PMOI’s part in nuclear program failure
Sept. 17, 2010
In an article in the Fars state-run News Agency titled, ‘The Three Parts of America’s Psychological Warfare against Iran’, a former RGC official wrote: “On the verge of Iran negotiations and 5+1, the US and some of its European allies aka Vienna Circle have started a three part psychological war against the Islamic Republic with the help of anti-revolutionary groups and the seditionists”.
Reza Saraj, an official in the Revolutionary Guards Corps which Fars called a strategic political analyst compared the ‘three parts of the psychological war’ to a triangle with one of its three sides as Iran’s nuclear activities and wrote, ‘Iran’s nuclear activities and the issue of enriching uranium is the first side of America’s and Washington’s European allies psychological warfare triangle”.
“Playing out this side of the triangle was left to the Monafeqin Organization (PMOI) and the director general of the IAEA”.  
 “After the Monafeqin forged documents, Mr. Yukia Amano claimed in his speech on September 14 to the 35 members of the board of governors that Iran has refused to let in two international inspectors in the country in the inspection process.  By citing the likely military scope of Iran’s nuclear program in his report, he has in practice impelled the psychological war on the nuclear issue”.  
Saraj said that the other two sides of the triangle are human rights violations in Iran and sanctions and expressed concern over the pervasiveness of global condemnation of the Iranian regime and also the increase of sanctions.

Mullahs' regime is afraid of resistance activities against the Ahmadinejad’s visit
Sept. 17, 2010
Mullahs' regime expressed their worry about Iranian resistance activities following Ahmadinejad’s trip to New York and Resalat newspaper wrote: In recent days, at the time of United Nations annual meetings, opponents and hypocrites have been reactivated and started to make some atmosphere. They are trying to make disappointments and hatred of officials.

Meeting with Rafsanjani, Khamenei urges alertness
September 18, 2010
At a meeting with the members of the Iranian regime’s Assembly of Experts and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the mullahs’ Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, warned about the threats caused by popular uprisings which took place last year and called on regime officials to be vigilant about the “enemy’s structure-shattering activities” and to boost the morale of regime forces.
According to the state-run TV, Khamenei also referred to international sanctions and said, “Imposing several resolutions and sanctions, creating an atmosphere (of animosity) and allegations against the Islamic Republic, coupled with activities that help the domestic radicals, and using all communications and political, cultural and economic resources are examples of extensive activities by the front that is active against the Islamic system.”
Khamenei also admitted to the widespread hatred of the Iranian people and especially youths toward the regime and said, “The enemy has focused its attention on two fronts, first to distance people from the establishment and second to shatter the religious beliefs of people and particularly the youths.”
Khamenei also highlighted divisions and infighting in the regime and in reaction to remarks by Rafsanjani, the chairman of the Assembly of Experts, who previously warned about the critical circumstances the regime is facing, added, “We must be mindful of not joining the enemy in unison and avoid fulfilling its agenda. We must not echo the enemy’s voice domestically.”
Khamenei also put his weight behind the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying, “One must not discredit the government in the eyes of the people for some action that was done in a part of the government or other branches. This is something that the enemy is after.”
He warned the regime’s senior officials that political activists and protestors have not been fully suppressed and may once again rise up against the Iranian regime.

Top right wing cleric: Assembly of Experts should be ready to counter next sedition
Sept. 17, 2010
Ahmad Khatami, a member of the presidential committee of the Assembly of Experts said that this assembly should be ready to counter the future sedition.
According to Fars News Agency in September 15, admitted to the deep divisions amongst regime officials saying that supporting the Ahmadinejad government is conditional on supporting the Supreme Leader.
“We support the government because we support the Supreme Leader and we do not confront the government, but I should say that supporting the government does not mean we praise it”.
Clearly pointing to Mashayi, Ahmadinejad’s head of office, he said, “One should not support a person who is criticized by the clerics and religious sources”.  


Suppression

Iran summons and arrests student activists in Tehran
Sept. 17, 2010
On the eve of the opening of universities for the new academic year, security and judicial forces have started subjecting students in the Tehran university dormitories to new pressure.
According to reports, from the beginning of the month of Shahrivar (Persian month starting from August 23) Judge Gholamhossein Turki the representative of the Larijani brothers and the Special Military Court head interrogator in the case of the Tehran University dormitories attack, has summoned a large number of dorm residents by phone without their lawyer to the Judicial Organization of Armed Forces. This illegal summons to an irrelevant institution has led to protests from students…
According to reports, in the Armed Forces Judicial Organization, students were charged with ‘being present in protest gatherings after the elections, throwing rocks, torching banks and damaging public and private property, throwing Molotov cocktails, clashing with security forces, and insulting officials and sanctities to incite Bassij and security forces to attack Tehran dormitories’ among other charges.
Also 10 to 50 million toman bails (10 to 50,000 dollars) have been issued for a number of students who were charged and enough time has not been given to them to provide the money.
The summoning and arrest of these students has so far become evident:
Sajad Akbari from the School of Social Sciences- 50,000 dollar bail
Sina Chegini from the School of Social Sciences- 50,000 dollar bail
Payam Salehi from the School of Management – 50,000 dollar bail
Hosseini from the School of Management
Qeisari from the School of Physical Education
Sharifi from the School of Physical Education- 10,000 dollar bail
But according to reports, a very large number of students were summoned. Also students who were released from Evin Prison have said that they were kept in a place other than the known security cellblocks in this prison and that they were put under severe physical and mental pressure to accept charges made against them and to express serious repentance because of their actions and accept the responsibility of the tragedies that took place in the 2009 attack against their dormitories such as the beating of students in the dorms by security forces.

Student activist in Tehran banned from continuing education
Sep. 16, 2010
Camellia Kosari, a student activist in Alameh University and a member of the Islamic Association in this university participated in the master’s degree exams but was banned from continuing her education by the Selection Committee.
Kosari was active in defending jailed students in this university especially Majid Dori and Mahdieh Golro. Her name was taken off the list despite the fact that she received acceptable grades in the exam.

Kamyaran Friday prayer’s Imam was arrested
Sept. 17, 2010
According to reports, Mullah Mohsen Hosseini Friday prayer’s Imam of Kamyaran who is a sonny was arrested by security forces.
He who is also a family judge court of this city was arrested a few days ago and taken to an unknown place.
He in Friday pray of two weeks ago said to sonnies that he has been threatened by religious hard liners belonging to the government. He had also said that despite his efforts for uniting Muslims, but religious hard liners belonging to the government have deactivated these efforts.
This sonny cleric was arrested before because of his criticisms in Friday prayers against the bad situation of Kurdish living zones.

Confiscation of mobiles equipped with cameras by suppressive forces in Iran
17 September, 2010 
In fear of the propagation of news regarding the suppressive atmosphere in Tehran, agents of the State Security Force check all mobiles equipped with cameras throughout different regions of Tehran, and if any footage is discovered the mobiles are confiscated.
This suppressive act has been seen in the Tehran’s Karim Khan St., Keshavarz Boulevard and the Haft Hoze Square.

Mullah’s regime confirmed the execution sentence of Habiballah Golbaripour
Sept. 17, 2010
The Mullah’s supreme bureau has confirmed the execution sentence of political prisoner Habiballah Golparipour.
His father, Naser Golparipour said: when we met him in Mahabad prison on Monday together with his attorney, we understood that this was announced to him. He told us that life and death is in god’s hand, and his spirit was good.
His father added: Habib was god’s gift and I have given him to god. Its nearly a year that we are in this problem, I hope I will be the last father who will suffer from this problem. I ask from the entire god worshiping people, and all awake consciences, all the human rights organizations and United Nations and all the people who do well fares to help and do not let this happen. My son is only 25 and he was doing cultural work and when he was arrested he had only a few books with him. There were no gun and my son has no done any armed action. He had only books.

Arrest of 5 people in Ravansar
Sept. 17, 2010
Some agents of dire named Intelligence ministry have arrested 5 people in Ravansar city of Kermanshah province and taken them to an unknown place.
The names of the arrested are: Ayat Karimi, son of Abdolqader, Saleh Karimi, son of Abdol Rahman, Akbar Gholami, son of Ibrahim, Saber Mohammadi, son of Mohammad, Amin and Vahed Rahmani son of Mohammad.

Two hanged in Iran by the clerical regime
September, 18, 2010 
The Iranian regime hanged two more people on Thursday.
A 25 year old was hanged at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison after being lashed 174 times. According to the regime’s prosecutor, he was sentenced to two executions, 25 years in prison, 174 lashes and monetary fines.
Another prisoner was hanged in North Khorasan province. According to the state-run Fars news agency, the unnamed individual was arrested in Shirvan.(Fars state-run News Agency)

prisoners and family of Ashraf residents
Sept 15, 2010
According to reports, plainclothes agents attacked and ransacked the home of Mohammad Salam Jushan, the husband and father of two political prisoners (PMOI supporters) and violently destroyed his home and personal belongings.
On Monday, September 12 at about 7 pm, more than 8 plainclothes agents raided Mohammad Salam’s home in Tehran’s Hakimiyeh neighborhood. They broke down his door and broke all the windows and house appliances. They also stole some of this family’s belongings. This raid continued for a long time. The agents chanted death to the hypocrites (used by the Iranian regime to refer to the PMOI) while ransacking the home.
Jushan called the police to stop the raid but they did not show up and did nothing to stop the violent raid.
The names of the assailants who participated in this raid are Ali Afrouz, Mohammad Afrouz, Mehrdad, Reza Koul, and Rohollah Arzi among others. This violent attack was done under the orders of Mohebbi, a top Ministry of Intelligence interrogator in the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison (Rajayi Shahr) in Karaj. He was leading the raid a short distance from the house. Attacking homes with plainclothes agents is a new method used by the Ministry of Intelligence to terrorize the society.
Mohammad Salam Jushan was arrested a short time ago by the Ministry of Intelligence for participating in post-election protests and was transferred to Evin Prison. He was released on bail. Currently his wife, Zahra Asadpour Gorji and his son, Reza Jushan are in Gohardasht Prison and have been detained since December 2009. It has been close to 8 months that they have been banned from any kind of communication with their family.

Female university students will be forced to study only in universities close to home
Sept 15, 2010
The assistant head of Student Affairs at the Ministry of Science (higher education) cited a plan in which female university students would be transferred to universities and other educational facilities closest to their homes and said, “This issue has been brought up and discussed in the Ministry and will soon be officially announced”.
He said that students can continue their education in their chosen majors as permanent guests and receive their degree from the university they were accepted in and stressed that ‘this plan is effective in all universities and higher learning facilities in the country’. (State-run Iran International Women’s News Agency)

Political prisoner put under pressure on 64th day of hunger strike
Sep. 15, 2010
Arjang Davoudi was taken to the Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht Prison) infirmary after two months of hunger strike. He is unable to talk and cannot open his eyes.
Despite his severe critical condition in the infirmary, he was put under pressure to sign a form saying that he would accept the responsibility of the consequences of his hunger strike. He has stressed on continuing his hunger strike until all his demands have been met and refused to sign the form.
Notably, Davoudi’s home was seized under a sentence issued by Judge Hadad who was in charge of his case and was then sold.
Davoudi was arrested on November 9, 2003 on charges of acting against national security and writing the Manifesto for Iranian Secularism and has been detained ever since.

Iran to lash so-called street harassers – another inhuman punishment under mullah's rule 
Sep. 15, 2010
The punishment for those who harass women and children on the street or in public places is 2 to 6 months of prison and up to 74 lashes. Of course if this crime is the result of a prior conspiracy or carried out in group, each one of the convicts will be sentenced to the maximum punishment. (Fars state-run News Agency)


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