Showing posts with label Ashura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ashura. Show all posts
December 16, 2010
A group of people commemorate Kianoosh Asa memory in Kermanshah
A group of people commemorate
Kianoosh Asa memory in Kermanshah
Iran Students Committee (Supporters of PMOI)
Reports from Iran - ASHURA IN IRAN - December 16, 2010
Reports from Iran
ASHURA IN IRAN
December 16, 2010
Rasht Golsar Region Mourning groups chanted ‘Ya Hossein’ and ‘we will never surrender’. Security forces are trying to disperse the mourners.
Tehran Enqelab Street 1:30 pm Two young men were arrested in Enqelab Street. They were handcuffed and taken to a police car. There are only security forces in Enqelab Street. From Azadi Street to Imam Hossein Square, security forces have been stationed in very high numbers and strict security measures have been enforced.
Tehran A group of about 200 to 300 people are moving towards Enqelab Square chanting ‘death to dictator’ and ‘Abbas (brother of Imam hossein who was killed by Yazid) remove the dictator’.
Tehran 11:30 to 12:30 pm People in Janat Abad and Tehransar are chanting death to dictator. There have been clashes in this area and a number of people have been arrested. People chant louder when people are arrested.
Tehran 12:10 pm People have clashed with security forces in Firdosi Square. These clashes are still ongoing. Security forces arrested two people. The people are chanting death to dictator in their support.
The head of the State Security Forces in Tehran, Sajedi Nia, is charged with controlling Tehran today and four RGC bases are tasked with controlling the scene and protests.
Tehran 12:30 pm A large number of mourning groups have gathered near the Khayam intersection. Security forces tried to block their path to prevent them from passing, but these groups paid no heed to the security forces and continued their procession.
Helicopters are being used to patrol Tehran from the air.
Tehran Enqelab Square 1:30 pm Security forces are filming the mourners from helicopters for later identification and to control the people. Intelligence agents have confiscated all the cameras and warrants of those who were allowed to take pictures and only government cameramen are allowed to take pictures and films of the scenes.
The people are very radical in their chants against the government.
Enqelab Square 12:30 pm Mourning groups in the Taleqani Intersection are literally surrounded by security forces.
Tehran At about 10:20 am in Navab Street, about 50 government forces on motorcycles chanted Allah O Akbar, death to Monafeq and Monafeq get lost (Monafeq is used by the regime to refer to the PMOI) and charged at an Azeri mourning group in Tehran. The people in the group chanted ‘Iran has turned into Palestine’, ‘death to this deceitful government’ and ‘death to dictator’, and continued their procession.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
Reports from Iran - December 15, 2010
Reports from Iran - December 15, 2010
Tehran According to eyewitness reports, security forces and plainclothes agents are present in all mourning groups and are controlling even the smallest actions of the mourners. Fire trucks have been stationed next to mourning stations and security forces are constantly patrolling the area.
Arak Mourning groups chanted Allah O Akbar (God is Great) today in this town and security forces tried to disperse them.
Tehran In Tehransar, a large number of people chanted Allah O Akbar near the Hazrate Rasoul Mosque.
Gohardasht Prisoners in Gohardasht Prison (Rajayi Shahr Prison) in Cellblock 1 prevented security forces from entering their cells to conduct a search.
According to reports, the prison guards were met with resistance from prisoners when they tried to raid cellblock 1 to conduct their periodic search. Prisoners closed the entrances of cellblock and prevented the gaurds from entering. This measure by prisoners which is unprecedented went on until 8 pm on December 15.
Shahre Kord Clashes have taken place between groups of mourning Dervishes and security forces. The 150 mourning Dervishes intended to leave their station at about 4 pm on December 15. They had put up a large picture of Dervish leaders on their mourning banner. Security forces interfered and did not allow them to leave their station. Despite this, they left their station which led to clashes with security forces. This clash ended when 10 elderly Dervishes interfered.
Shahre Kord An explosion went off in a mourning group in Melat Street. The explosion led to ensuing fires and a car also caught fire. Two people were killed in the explosion. There are no reports on the cause of this explosion but it is said that it was because of a gas leak.
Isfahan - Severe clashes between Bassij forces and mourners
At 9 pm on Wednesday December 15, clashes occurred between people and Bassij forces near the home of dissident cleric, Ayatollah Taheri. This clash occurred when Bassij forces violently entered the mourning group and started using profane language and chanting ‘death to anti-Velayate Faqih (anti-Supreme Leader meaning Khamenei)’ and the people started chanting ‘death to dictator’ and ‘Abbas (referring to a revered Shiite saint) oust Khamenei’. A number of security force cars immediately entered the scene and arrested at least 10 people. A 23 year old girl was also severely beaten by security forces and is currently hospitalized.
Iran Students Committee (Supporters of PMOI)
UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 16, 2010
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 744
Ashura in Iran
Regime’s fear from street protest during Ashura
Dec.14, 2010
In fear of street protests during Ashura regime has ordered the mourning groups not to leave the mosques. They are not permitted to take the mourning into the streets.
SSF on state of alert for Ashura
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
On the eve of Ashura and in fear of the uprising on that day Ismael Ahmadi Moghadam the head of SSF said: “SSF is always on alert and monitors the situation. This year all forces are completely mobilized so that during days of Moharam (the month in which Ashura took place) the country will be in peace”.
Moghadam absurdly claimed that there is no such potential for uprising such as last year’s but added: “cyber- crimes are dangerous now and are very capable. If we don’t act as soon as possible the country will be damaged”.
Suppressive forces on state of alert
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
Since December 11, Bassij and security forces have been stationed in the crowded regions of Tehran and have put up checkpoints with the aim of creating an atmosphere of fear and terror to prevent anti-government protests on the Ashura mourning ceremonies (Dec. 16). The government has learned from past experience that since Ashura is the anniversary of the deaths of a number of slain protesters, there are bound to be protests. The government is terrified of protests and has carried out precautionary measures from one month ago. They have announced a framework for mourning ceremonies to keep the ceremonies under control. Filming this religious ceremony is also a new method to control and identify would be protesters and to create an atmosphere of fear.
Teacher’s Guild of Ardebil Province: Ashura is the day for the oppressed to assert for Justice
Dec.14, 2010 - Ardebil
The statement issued by the guild to call for protest demonstration on Ashura reads: “Ashura is always a day for oppressed to claim justice so we support all justice-seeking moves at this day by chanting ‘death to dictator’”.
Teachers of Abhar call for participation in Ashura Uprising
Dec.14, 2010 - Abhar
A group of teachers in Abhar issued a statement calling on people to participate in Ashura Uprising:
“Dear compatriots; for us and any freedom-loving human being Hossein’s Ashura has the message of fighting against oppression imposed by despotic rulers who use religion as a cover. In our era the rulers are using religion to oppress us and put pressure on us so far that any kind of protest is severely suppressed and one faces imprisonment. So we teachers following the path of Imam Hossein will join the protest marches and will chant ‘we will not surrender to oppression’ on Ashura”.
Downfall
An IRGC commander talks of the broken talisman of Khamenei
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
An IRGC commander admitted that attacks against Khamenei during last year equals to the amount of attacks against him during last21 years.
Ramezan Sharif, responsible for public relation of IRGC admitted to the fact in a gathering of IRGC in Tehran: “attacks against the establishment are imposed on two courses; the Supreme Leader and IRGC along with Bassij”.
He tried to brief the IRGC and Bassij members about the danger of uprisings and popular resistance.
Ousted; Manouchehr Motaki
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
The state-run daily Jomhori under the title: 'Motaki is gone' pointed to the appointment of special representatives of Ahmadinejad (the main dispute between Ahmadinejad and Motaki) and added that two key posts in Middle East and Asia have been appointed to two person close to Ahmadinejad namely Isfandiar Rahim Mashaee and Mohammad Baghaee none of them has any experience at Foreign Ministry”.
The daily continues: “the observers talk of this act as Ahmadinejad not trusting the Foreign Ministry and the Foreign Minister”.
Jomhori while protesting says: “weakening the diplomatic apparatus of the country especially at the current situation by some people from the government is as sitting on a tree branch and cutting its trunk”.
Deployment of 30,000 pupils to war regions
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
22 years after the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq the clerical dictatorship is still receiving its energy from war wasting the young force of the country in that course.
ILNA an official news agency wrote that 30,000 pupils are being deployed to the regions of former Iran-Iraq war to be trained the “Sacred Defense”.
This deployment is done by Bassij having the approval of the Ministry of Education. These pupils are all from the 10th grade.
Suppression
No news on detained father of slain protester
Dec. 14, 2010
Seven days after the arrest of the father of slain protester Ramin Ramezani, his family and relatives still do not have any information about his whereabouts.
According to reports, Ramin Ramezani’s father was arrested seven days ago in the gravesite of his 22 year old son in the Tehran Behesht Zahra Cemetery…
Ramin Ramezani was shot and killed on June 15, 2009 in a peaceful march in Tehran.
In the one and a half years after his son’s death, his father who has not been without sorrow even for a day has now been arrested and jailed. This is the first time that the father of a slain protester is arrested and jailed.
Iran suspends labor unionist from work
Dec. 14, 2010
According to reports, labor unionist Homayoun Jaberi was suspended from work and summoned to the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
On Saturday December 11, Jaberi was suspended from work by the Protection Department of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company under the excuse of an unjustifiable absence (he was absent for 13 days when he was detained by the Intelligence Agency for the crime of accompanying his colleague’s wife). Jaberi went back to work when he was released on a 10 million toman (about 10,000 dollar) bail…
In another illegal measure, the Protection Department of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company has announced that his arrest last year on May Day will also be counted as an unjustifiable absence and a new case will be made against him for this reason.
On the other hand, he was told over the phone to go to the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court to be tried without being given a written summons.
Iran fatally shoots two Kurd citizens in border region
Dec. 14, 2010
In the past few days, two Kurd citizens were killed in the border region of Piranshahr after being shot by security forces.
Security forces opened direct fire on Osman Mohammadi and Mahmoud Minehzadeh killing them.
The bodies of these two border merchants were buried after one day in Mahabad.
Some news sources in Kurdistan have reported that 18 Kurd citizens were killed in the past two months in Kurdistan’s borders.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
December 15, 2010
UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 15, 2010
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 743
Ashura in Iran
Dec.13, 2010
Following the successful anti-regime demonstration on Students Day a group of activists call for demonstration on Ashura; the call says in part: “On this Ashura we will take into streets ... for better life, freedom and welfare. It is about just vs. unjust. It is about truth vs. lie. It is about the rule of people vs. rule of a regime who claims it gets its legitimacy from God! ...A freedom loving nation is going to gain its goals.
Tehran, 12 noon: from Imam Hussein Sq. to Enghlab Sq.”.
We fight back Khamenei the oppressor of our time on Ashura
Dec.13, 2010
Bus drivers in Bandar Abbas (south of Iran) called on uprising on Ashura. In their statement they called on all drivers, laborers, fishermen and other sectors of the society in Bandar Abbas to vastly be present during Tasua and Ashura demonstrations to fight the tyrant and the oppressor ruling Iran. They wrote: “...Our nation is in a condition in which it needs to follow Imam Hussein's path because of the oppression and despotism imposed on all people especially workers, drivers, nurses and fishermen. The victory is God’s and the victory is ours. Death to this deceptive government.'
On Ashura we will all rise
Dec.14, 2010
A group of laborers of Khozestan Pipe-making factories, Rajaee Dock of Bandar Abbas, Alborz Chinaware factory of Qazvin, Iran Radiator Factory, Sarcam Filter Production Factory in Tehran and the Activists of Guilds for Justice have issued statements calling on Iranians to participate in Ashura’s protest demonstrations. In these statements it’s written:
On Ashura we will all rise and cry loud as ‘the victory is God’s and the victory is close; death to this deceptive government’, ‘death to dictator’ and ‘we will never surrender to oppression’.
Commemorating martyrs of 2009 Ashura in Behesht-e-Zahra CemeteryDec.13, 2010
The Society for Defending Families of Martyrs and Detained issued a statement calling for the commemoration gathering of 2009 Ashura in Behesht-e-Zahra. The statement reads in part: “People took into the streets last year on Ashura to protest vastly against the social and political conditions and against the Ahmadinejad’s government.
The government suppressed them full force with its SSF, Bassij and Intelligence Ministry...They shot at people and killed and injured tens of them even drove with their cars over people and killed them like Shahram Farjzadeh...
During last year they put sever pressure on the families of these victims and threatened them not to hold any ceremony in their commemoration...
This society is calling on all compatriots to participate in the ceremony for commemoration of these martyrs to soothe their families and not to let their voice of seeking justice to be hushed.
Date of gathering: Thursday Dec.16 at 3 pm in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery.
Lets raise our voices once more; viva freedom, viva freedom”.
In the statement the name of some of those fallen for freedom during last Ashura Uprising is mentioned as:
1- Jahanbakhs Pazooki
2- Shahram Farajzadeh
3- Mehrdad Karimpoor
4- Shabnam Sohrabi (fe)
5- Amir Arshad Tajmir
6- Mehdi Farhadi
7- Mohmmad Ali Rasekhnia, father of two
8- Mostafa Baik Iraqi
9- Seyyed Ali Mosavi Habibi, father of two
Note: A link of film regarding these nine martyrs fallen for freedom on Ashura 2009 is as following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR3K0e5IA-g
Slongans challenging the clerical regime during Ashura
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
As Ashura comes, written slogans throughout Tehran call for another uprising. These slogans reading: we will come on Ashura/ Ashura another epoch...are seen in regions such as Aryashahr (Sadeghieh) metro station and Navab.
Distribution of leaflets and readiness of Tehran’s youths for Ashura protests
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
Coming closer to the time of Ashura, readiness of youths for protest acts against the regime have increased. For this occasion, youths in Tehranpars and Behjatabad in Tehran, have distributed thousands of small leaflets on streets and avenues in this zone from top of the tall buildings. Signature of these leaflets is “Tehran’s Youths”. What is written on them is that: in the memory of last year’s Ashura / down with principle of supreme leader / our promise in the main ways of Tehran youths uprise.
According to news by the witnesses on 11th of December, hundreds of leaflets about youths protest have been distributed in the street of Satarkhan and many have been left on the street and pavement. An hour after this event a group of intelligence agents and a mayor car tried to collect the leaflets from allover.
On one of these leaflets, was written, "We call on all people of Iran to take part in Ashura."
This leaflet was written by students' supporters of Ashraf (place located in Iraq which is the place of all members of PMOI). In these days there has been an increase of conflicts among the youths and police forces which the reason is fear of regime from youths gatherings, and it is like that they have become suspicious to all the people and they become aggressive to people.
Regime’s fear of protests during Tasua and Ashura
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
The suppressive agents of SSF are stationed in Tehranpars’ First and Second Circle and at the beginning of Damavand Street while fully equipped. They try to provoke an atmosphere of horror amongst people by searching the cars passing by in fear of the protests during Ashura.
The organs that traditionally hold the ceremonies of that day are informed that each group holding the ceremony must be controlled by at least 10 to 12 SSF agents and plainclothes.
Situating repressive forces in Tehran’s streets
Dec. 13, 2010
According to receiving reports, repressive police forces with all kinds of equipment are situated widespread in different region of Tehren, such as, Tehranpars and Damavand streets and by investigating and searching all cars intend to create a fearful atmosphere among the people. These repressive acts are in fear of anti-governmental protests in days of Tasoua and Ashura.
Downfall
Motaki ousted; another sign of clerical regime’s downfall
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
Regime’s foreign minister being hurriedly ousted by Ahmadinejad while he was visiting African countries is the result of the breakage of Khamenei’s hegemony and talisman. It shows the deepening of schism within the regime and is a sign that regime’s era is over.
International sanctions, atomic crisis, economic crisis, unemployment, poverty and thousand other crises within Iran’s society are all bringing this regime under tremendous pressure dragging it even closer to its end.
We will witness crisis-stricken clerical regime receiving other blows in near future for sure.
Suppression
Call on 25 students of Khajehnasir university in Tehran
Dec. 13, 2010
The suppressive forces of the KhajehNasir University, called on 25 students on Saturday 11th of December, and threatened them. This calls followed by students protest on student day.
Political prisoner threatened by prison judicial officialDec. 13, 2010
Ali Mohammadi, the Judicial Assistant of the Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj who has a long history in abusing and harassing political prisoners, summoned political prisoner Saleh Kohandel to his office this morning and insulted and threatened him.
According to reports, Ali Mohammadi demanded that he deny his membership in a political organization and not to leak news from inside prison to the outside.
Ali Mohammadi has harassed and abused many political prisoners in recent years. He was a member of the Revolutionary Guards Forces in the 80’s but after participating in the suppression of political prisoners he was appointed as the Judicial Assistant and assistant head of prison.
Notably, another political prisoner, Farzad Madadzadeh was transferred to cellblock 8 in this prison and was beaten.
Political prisoner goes on hunger strike after being tortured for writing Student Day statement from prisonDec. 13, 2010
Arash Sadeqi went on a hunger strike in protest to being beaten after being subjected to pressure by interrogators for writing a letter in prison which was published (in the media).
According to his family, after his statement for Student Day was published, he was severely beaten by interrogators in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison and suffered a serious fracture in this ribcage. Interrogators refused to take him to the infirmary.
Therefore Arash Sadeqi went on a hunger strike on December 10. Notably, this prisoner had also suffered a broken shoulder in his past detentions.
Iran chops off hand of two men in Shiraz
Dec. 13, 2010
The amputation sentence for two men was carried out in the Central Shiraz Prison. This sentence was upheld by judicial institutions and the hand of these robbers was amputated according to religious law. (Kayhan state-run daily)
15 percent of workers in Neishabour have not received wages for last 4 months
Dec. 13, 2010
The Executive Secretary of the Labor House in the town of Neishabour said that 15 percent of workers in this town have not received their wages for about 4 months.
“About 15 percent of laborers in the town of Neishabour have not received their wages for 4 months and despite constant inquiries by the Labor Home, the relevant institutions have not answered in this regard”, Mohammad Omarlou said. (ILNA state-run News Agency)
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
December 14, 2010
UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec.14, 2010
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 742
Ashura in Iran
On the picture: "Death to the principle of Supreme leader", "we will come again on Ashura"
Youth and freedom loving people of Iran getting ready for Ashura!
The following text has been written in different websites, facebook and been distributed in different universities in order to call people for Ashura
In Ashura, writing slogans on money or walls, kiosks, schools, education centers, hospitals and …. or distributing leaflets on seats in parks and inside elevators , in telephone kiosks or on bus and taxi seats or sticking a label of down with dictator or doing anything which can show our resistance in getting our rights, are actions which not only gives information, it gives moral help to each other in front of the enemy. We will make fear in regime’s agents. Every one of us, who do efforts in this regard, will reduce the life of this ruling regime.
Fear of Mullah’s regime from anti-government protests in time of Ashura
Dec. 13, 2010
According to reports, in the days near to 'Ashura', Mullah’s regime in fear of anti-government protests, has increased control on mosques and ceremonies that youths are present.
Effect of Sanction
Tehran’s Air pollution and regime’s officials' confessions
Dec. 13, 2010
Tehran’s Air Pollution still takes victims. Head of staffs of Tehran’s municipality said: according to hygiene’s ministry statistics, because of air pollution, there has been an increase of 40% in referring to emergency and hospitals.
He added: in the past 24 days, what Tehran’s residents have breath, had been pure poison.
The environment adviser of regime’s mayor in Tehran confessed: in the past year, news about air pollution had been in the category of security news and had not been revealed and all the time it has been said not to say about it. Announcing the statistics of deaths, caused by air pollution can be compared by the eight years war of Iran-Iraq.
Iraj Khosrownia, head of physicians' society said to the Isna News Agency, said: continuation of air Pollution will gradually makes the mind to work negatively and reduction in mind intelligence.
Pictures of Tehran’s Air pollution
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Downfall
Basij from one month to 7 years
Dec. 12, 2010
Mullah’s regime in a ridiculous show announced that they will have ceremony for membership of babies aged from one month to 7 years old.
According to this plan babies of one month to 7 years old will get Basij Card.
Mullah’s regime in a funny way claimed that this act will expand literature of Basij in the society specially the fifth generation.
Suppression
Arrest of 13 from Shahr Kord University
Mullahs dictatorship, yesterday called on 13 students of ShahrKord University. They wanted to held a ceremony to free Mohammad Reza Heydarzadeh the student of this university who is in prison.
Political prisoner tortured in Gohardasht Prison in KarajDec. 12, 2010
According to reports, on Sunday December 12, Farzad Madadzadeh was transferred to the Intelligence Agency’s Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj and was physically tortured by intelligence agents for a prolonged amount of time.
This political prisoner was transferred to the Sepah Cellblock at about 3 pm. He was taken with blindfolds and shackles to this cellblock and was interrogated and pressured for several hours on why news on his condition and that of his jailed sister was published in international media.
Intelligence agents constantly punched and kicked him in the face and other parts of his body leaving him with injuries and bruises.
Iran persecutes and harasses Christian family in Ahwaz
Dec. 11, 2010
Neshan Saiedi, a Christian convert Arab in Khuzestan, was temporarily released on October 13, 2010 on a 250 million toman (about 250,000 dollar) bail after spending close to 70 days in a solitary cell.
According to reports, Saiedi was arrested by plainclothes agents from the Intelligence Agency on July 24 in his home in Golestan Koy in Ahwaz along with his wife and 6 year old daughter. His wife was released in the middle of the night after undergoing prolonged interrogations along with her daughter. But Saiedi, 37, was detained for two months in a solitary cell in the Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence Agency in Ahwaz known as the Chaharshir Detention Center.
He was only allowed a one minute distant visit with his wife on September 15 and a 5 minute phone call with her afterwards. In this telephone call, he said that he was treated well by the detention agents but did not explain why as his wife had witnessed from a distance, his hand was broken and in a cast. He said that agents wanted information regarding the church pastors and that they have put him under pressure in this regard.
Agents threatened Neshan Saiedi’s wife that if she talks about what she saw and heard in this visit, she and her daughter would be in trouble and she would never see her husband again. These agents also told her that she was not to get a lawyer for her husband.
Saiedi was kept in detention for a long time in a state of limbo without being charged and was interrogated on several occasions by security forces. His broken hand was apparently the result of these interrogations.
He was accused of having communications with Israel and Britain, apostasy, annunciating Zionist Christianity in Iran, diverting Muslims, baptizing Muslims who had converted to Christianity, holding illegal gatherings in his home and even secessionism for Khuzestan’s Arabs.
This Christian man denied all the accusations and said that he was in no way involved in any political and illegal activities and was only holding religious ceremonies with a number of his fellow Christians.
Agents have told this Christian convert that until his trial or until he is once again summoned, he cannot leave his home and his wife, Mrs. Entezar, has to go to the Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence Agency in Chaharshir Ahwaz at a specific time everyday to sign in. Before this, they were banned from registering their daughter in school and were told that she has to be registered as a Muslim and if they want to sign her in as a Christian, they have to get a court confirmation.
Professor dismissed from Yazd University in purge of dissident professors
Dec. 11, 2010
In the continuing waves of pressures and threats against universities and the purge of professors, Dr. Morteza Falah, the former editor in chief of the Eqbal Daily who was a literature and foreign language professor in Yazd University was dismissed from this university on orders of the head of Yazd University, Seyed Ali Mohammad Mir Mohammadi.
In the beginning of the current semester, his classes were taken away from him and a dismissal order was subsequently issued for him by the university.
According o reports, no written or oral charges were made against him during his time at the university. He is a reformist professor and was dismissed with the intervention of the representative of the Velayate Faqih (Supreme Leader, Khamenei) and the head of Yazd University.
Iran arrests another state-run daily journalistDec. 12, 2010
Reihaneh Tabatabayi, a political journalist for the Sharq (state-run) daily was arrested after the arrest of a number of other Sharq journalists.
According to reports, she was arrested in her father’s home this morning.
New false charges brought against political prisoner as an excuse for longer jail termDec. 12, 2010
On Sunday, December 12, political prisoner Arjang Davoudi was taken to the 6th branch of the Revolutionary Court and the head of his court branch, Mohammadyari, accused him of strange and false charges. This court, which started in the morning continued to about 3 pm in the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
Some of the charges made against Davoudi include, ‘acting against national security, instigating public opinion against the government by way of websites and foreign media and insulting government officials’. Mohammadyari also told Davoudi that he would sentence him to another 15 years of prison so that ‘he would stay in prison for life’.
This is while Davoudi has already been jailed for 8 years and has been under the most severe pressure, torture and abuse. One has to ask intelligence interrogators who act under the guise of judges how someone who is jailed and under control can act against the government, insult officials or instigate public opinion by way of websites and foreign media from prison?
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
December 13, 2010
UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 13, 2010
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 741
Ashura in Iran
By coming closer to Ashura, Thursday 16th of December, youths and people of Iran once again in the memory of Last Ashura, have a different atmosphere and they are preparing themselves everywhere for protests against Mullah’s regime. Youths and people of Iran inform each other in every ways. In the following news which youths and freedom loving people of Iran have published in different sites and in facebook, they have once again called upon for protest gatherings in the day of Ashura.
In this years’ Ashura we will hit against this repressive government
In the last year Ashura, people’s anger harvested the repressive regime of Khamenei and this year also we have to harvest it and must wipe out the repressive forces of this cruel government by slogan of, “Moharam is the month of blood, Khamenei will be over thrown".
The epic of last Ashura, was a huge epic, which should be created again
Ashura is not same as other days. On Ashura, everywhere of the city is busy, the number of people is high and there are mourns all over. Therefore every place can become a place for protest gathering. In Ashura because the presence of the people is high, controlling the crowd is a difficult job for regime. The epic of last Ashura was so huge and we can only recreate it in coming Thursday (Dec. 16, 2010).
Ashura is a cry against the repressive ruling regime
Last year’s Ashura was an epic as big as the Ashura, only the conflict scene was different: Harpoons and swords were replaced by guns and cars of police forces. Otherwise, Yazid was same as the Old Yazid and Hossein was the Hossein. When you see Ahmad Khatami who gives order of acting cruel, it is like that Omar Saed has come out of the grave and is reading sermon for his forces. When Khamenei threatens his opponents for pouring their blood it reminds Yazid. Ashura is a cry against the repressive ruling regime. Another Ashura is in the way, once again by shouting “ Khamenei is a murderer and his rule is a waste, we will shake the present Yazid".
Note: Yazid was the enemy of Imam Hossein (Grandchild of Prophet Mohammad) who was killed by Yazid.
Downfall
Schism among pasdarn repressive forces
One of the elements of supreme leader exposed that during the Iranian people uprising, some of Pasdaran’s leaders, turned away from Khamenei and stood against him.
Saedollah Zareii, one of the writers of Keyhan newspaper said: Behaviors of Khamenei caused some of the commanders who stood against him to join the leader and become a martyr. It is our responsibility today to clear this for the people.
He also confessed to Khameini’s discredit and said: unfortunately in speeches they say less about Khamenei, this is while in the time of Imam Khomeini we used to say a lot about him.
He pointed out to swear said about the supreme leader and said: shouldn’t we react against the insults made about him? What is our responsibility?
Ahmadi Moghadam, proved the increase of executions
Ahmadi Moghadam, head of Mullah’s police forces, proved the increase of executions and said: If Ayatollah Larijani’s plan for an armed burglar is definitely, execution, and is added to judicature, this will effect on preventing crimes.
He who was speaking among some of the police force officials, said: recently we are witnessing speed action and decisive decisions in crimes, I think if we continue to act like this, definitely there will be reduction in such crimes, but if we delay in act against these crimes, it will reduce its effectiveness and it will not have any preventing signs. We are very optimistic on the attitude of judicature.
Barbaric attack of government agents to sleeping units of Zahedan University
On Thursday around 9 pm, a group of security officers, attacked to Zahedan University and by breaking windows and doors, hit the students and grabbed ten students.
At 9pm, masked security forces attacked to a house of students, where active students of Sistan university were studying there, and by breaking doors and windows, attacked and hit the students and took number of them by two white vans to an unknown place.
Most of the students were from active students of this university. Security agents of Zahedan have not given any news of their holding place, to their families yet.
Names of some of the grabbed students are: Behnam Barahouii, Mousa Rahimi, Mahdiyeh Sarbandi and Seyyed ali.
On the students day there was a calm gathering in this university.
Suppression
Iran arrests Christians in Pakdasht
Dec. 9, 2010
On Sunday November 14, 10 converted Christians were arrested in the town of Pakdasht. A child, four women and five men were among the detainees. These detainees were transferred to the Pakdasht Intelligence Agency and after interrogations were transferred to court. But two of the men identified as Mohammad Mohammadi and Ali Keshavarz were transferred to the Kharvin Prison. These people were all arrested in a religious ceremony in Mohammad Mohammadi’s home. All the detainees were released on bail after a few days but unfortunately Ali Keshavarz and Mohammad Mohammadi are still in prison. They are banned from visits and phone calls with their families.
Prisoner attempts suicide in prison denied timely treatment
Dec. 10, 2010
A prisoner jailed in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj attempted suicide.
According to reports, Rohollah Nourozi who was detained in this prison on financial charges attempted suicide for being kept in an undetermined state in prison for 11 months.
Prison officials only gave him medical attention after a few hours and he is currently in the prison infirmary.
Notably, the lack of medical attention for prisoners is one of the main concerns for prisoners in this prison.
Blogger kept under inhuman conditions and in a state of limbo in Gohardasht Prison
Dec. 10, 2010
According to reports, a jailed blogger is in critical condition and in a state of limbo in cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
Jailed prisoner Mohammad-Reza Pourshajari was able to have a visit with his family from behind a glass partition after 4 months of solitary in cellblock 1 and the Sepah Cellblock in this prison. His family has said that he was in poor physical health and had become extremely thin.
Pourshajari was arrested on September 12 after intelligence agents raided his home. He was physically and mentally tortured and insulted for one week by intelligence interrogators in a solitary cell in the Sepah Cellblock.
His daughter is under constant pressure and interrogation in Mashhad by an intelligence interrogator known by his nickname as Mohammadian who is a member of the Mashhad Intelligence Agency. He has threatened Ms. Pourshajari that if she gives interviews to the media or talks to human rights organizations about her father’s condition, she will be arrested. This interrogator has interrogated and threatened Ms. Pourshajari several times.
Unknown virus spreads in Gohardasht Prison while officials deny prisoners medical attention
Dec. 11, 2010
In the past few weeks, an unknown virus has spread amongst prisoners in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj and the heads of the infirmary have not done anything to treat those infected with the virus.
Nine prisoners in halls 10 and 11 in Cellblock 4 in this prison have been infected with this virus. Two of them identified as Reza Sharifi Bukani and Misaq Yazdan Nejad are in poor condition.
The initial symptoms of this virus are runny noses, diarrhea, severe coughs and black eye pupils.
The prison infirmary prescribes ordinary medicine to the infected prisoners and has not taken any serious measures to treat them.
Gohardasht Prison guards violently attack political prisoners
Dec. 11, 2010
According to reports, on Friday December 10 at about 9 pm, prison guards attacked the cells of political prisoner Behrouz Javid Tehrani and Jafar Eqdami and harassed and abused them. This inhumane treatment went on for a long time.
The prison guard who was the commander of this violent attack was Zinali.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
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