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February 8, 2011
Close to the anniversary of anti-monarchy revolution on Feb. 11 the clerical dictatorship steps up its suppressive measures
Two Bassiji women harassing female students under the excuse of improper veil, checking and confiscating their students cards.
February 7, 2011
January 10, 2011
January 3, 2011
UPDATE ON IRAN - Jan. 3, 2011
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No.754
Aftermaths of Subsidy Cuts
Reports from within regime’s organs:
Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
- The Central Bank has reported: “during the first day of subsidy cuts, more than 10% of the deposited money, substitutes for subsidy cuts, has been withdrawn from the banks. Entrance of this amount of cash in the society will cause inflation and is a serious threat for the goals of this plan. It will turn to a great social-economic crisis. In Tehran’s and other cities’ Baazar there is not enough food and people are referring to whole-sellers”.
- Ministry of Road & Transportation reported to the Subsidy Headquarters: “transportation is very slow throughout Iran right now. Transportation of goods from their entrances towards Tehran and centers of other provinces is disrupted. Bandar Abbas custom’s bureaucracy and stores are out of their normal order because the goods are not evacuated from the stores. The cost for transportation of goods has risen more than 3 times…Truck Union is about to announce national strike. The ministry of intelligence has threatened some of the officials of the union to prevent this strike”.
- In a report sent to Tehran’s Municipality it is said that Tehran’s Taxi-Drivers Union has threatened that it will hold a national strike. This threat has made regime’s officials worried.
Sky rising prices
Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
The execution of ‘Subsidy Overhaul Plan’ and unbelievable rise in prices of necessary goods is putting a lot of pressure on people.
The rate of bread announced by the regime shows double to triple rise in its price:
- Lavash Bread from 35 to 100 tomans per piece
- Tafton Bread from 90 to 200 tomans per piece
- Barbari Bread from 100 or 150 to 300 tomans per piece
- Sangak Bread from 170 to 400 or 7oo tomans per piece
And these prices are for low quality bread.
The price of each kg of flour has reached from 7.5 to 350 tomans. Many people are not even able to buy bread.
Taxi rates have risen twice or three times on one hand and on the other hand taxi drivers are protesting the announced rates and are sitting-in, for example in Hamedan.
Truck loads are rotten at Bandar Abbas; fuel price too high
Bandar Abbas, Jan. 1, 2011
There are many trucks in Bandar Abbas that are just parked and their contents are rotting because the price of fuel is too high. Before subsidy cuts they had to pay 50000 tomans for gas oil per round trip but now it costs 250000 and many of truck owners are not able to pay such great amount of money.
Taxi drivers protest in Hamedan
Hamedan, Dec. 31, 2010
In protest against the announced taxi rate Hamedan Taxi drivers protested in front of the Governor’s Office. They said that this rate will not compensate for the fuel cost and all their income goes for the fuel.
Hadieh Safahan textile factory almost close
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
This factory is closing and dismissing its workers. During last week six other of its laborers were dismissed.
One of the laborers said that this factory has 25 weaving machines but due to the current crisis only 7 of these machines can work.
He added that the two parameters causing problem for them is that firstly they cannot sell their products because all bazaars are filled with imported Chinese fabrics and then they are not receiving the raw material needed.
Following subsidy cuts, flower houses are being destroyed
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
As the result of subsidy cuts and raise in price of gas oil, flower houses are almost completely in crisis such as other guilds.
Flower houses use 2000 liter of gas oil per day per each 100 m2 and after the subsidy cuts they are not able to provide the fuel. The government is doing nothing in that regard.
Bread gets even more expensive
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
In Ekbatan Complexes in Tehran, Sangak Bread is now 700 tomans per piece and people are complaining about that. They say that they had reported this but the government has taken no action.
Tehran’s Pars Metal laborers on strike and protest
Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
On Wednesday Dec. 29 the laborers of Pars Metal Factory held a protest sit-in.
One of the laborers said: “it is for a month that the factory owes 1,300,000 tomans debt to the Electricity Enterprise so the electricity is cut and there is no production. Before the electricity was cut 397 laborers worked here, 140 of them were temporary workers.
You must know that we have only received two months of our wages since the beginning of the new year (March 31, 2010)”.
He emphasized that the laborers livelihood is in terrible condition and 2 of these workers are now at prison because of this…”
Downfall
Regime’s head of Gymnastic Federation is ousted
Tehran, Jan. 2, 2011
State-run sites announced that Ahmad Mohtashami the head of regime’s Gymnastic Federation is ousted.
He called this act: “the worst behavior and far from humane and Islamic moral”.
Regime’s Mehr news agency quoted Mohtashami: “on Saturday night during a session to inspect the doings of the federation I represented a report about the results of National Team. There was no word then of my dismissal and then the day after I heard from the media that I was ousted”.
Nightmare of downfall
Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
At the first anniversary of Ashura Uprising some of regime’s officials admitted that the aim of that uprising was toppling the regime and added that the ‘sedition’ (what they call the uprisings) is not over yet.
Pasdar (IRGC member) Asoodi, IRGC’s deputy of Culture and Advertising of IRGC expressed this fear as: “last years sedition was not a crisis it was a thorough war…some said that the Establishment is done with on June 13, 14 and 15.
Safar Harandi the former Minister of Guidance of Ahmadinejad’s government reminded the nightmare of regime’s overthrowing and said: “the rioters started swearing at and then when their number raised they attacked a Bassij base…On Students Day they passed the line and offended pictures of Imam (Khomeini) and the leadership (Khamenei)…They wanted to overthrow the Establishment.
Hadad Adel: they didn’t oppose the election they opposed the Establishment and Imam
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
In an exclusive at regime’s TV on Dec. 30th Hadad Adel talked about the uprising after last year’s election: “they took into the streets not only one or two days… they stepped forward even further and spoke of opposing the constitution…after a while it wasn’t about the election, fraud and presidency they spoke of opposing the Revolution itself and the Imam himself…
On Qods Day they took into the streets chanting ‘neither Gaza nor Lebanon (I will sacrifice my life for Iran)’ while the Qods Day is appointed by Imam…
Around my home there were some houses that its inhabitants chanted Allah O Akbar at nights. Nobody did anything about that…”
Mullah Moslehi: 18 billion dollars for toppling the Establishment
Tehran, Dec. 31, 2010
On Thursday Dec. 30 Mullah Haydar Moslehi, clerical regime’s Minister of Intelligence claimed in Ray Township that 17 billion and 700 million dollars has been dedicated for regime being overthrown.
IRNA state-run news agency counted the deep disputes of those inside the Establishment as the main factor of ‘sedition’ and said: “…we must truly investigate about those personalities who claim that they are with the revolution and the Establishment”.
Suppression
More than Gobels lies
Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
Bijan Nobaveh a regime’s MP claimed shamelessly: “I am informed about the world’s media very well and I study them. I believe that there is no other country that is in higher rank than Iran for freedom of speech. This freedom is so much that sometimes it turns to anarchism and illegality. We leave in the country of Imam Zaman (the last Imam of Shiites) and we are too much tolerant”.
The notorious intelligence agents killed one in Baloochistan
Baloochistan, Dec. 31, 2010
The notorious agents of regime’s Intelligence Ministry besieged Kohnook Genijan Dep Village in Baloochistan, in Kohoon region and started searching the houses and offending the villagers. The villagers protested against the act and were consequently shot at by the agents. Accordingly one of the villagers called Shahibak was killed by 3 bullets and his younger brother, Molavi Khalid was arrested and transferred to an unknown location.
4 execution decrees in Kerman
Kerman, Dec. 31, 2010
Regime’s judiciary issued four decrees of execution in Kerman.
Dadkhoda Salari the head of branch one of regime’s so-called Revolutionary Court in Kerman said that the decrees are sent for approval of the General Prosecutors Office.
Students summoned on the excuse of improper veil
Tehran, Dec. 30, 2010
The Disciplinary Committee of Science & Industry University summoned some of female students of this university on the excuse of ‘improper veil’ to provoke and atmosphere of fear and horror.
During recent days Harasat agents have harassed female students on this excuse and Bassiji elements of the university have threatened them and sometimes even clashed with them.
Fire at Gohardasht Prison
Karaj, Dec. 30, 2010
On last Wednesday the prison shop in ward 4 of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison was torched and a thick smoke covered the ward. The reason is not known yet.
Resistance
Employees of Damghan schools gathered in protest
Tehran, Jan. 1, 2011
The employees of schools in Damghan gathered in protest in front of the cities Education Bureau. These employees have not received three months wages for their over time work.
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December 27, 2010
UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 27, 2010
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 750
Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods
in different cities of Iran
Dec. 26, 2010
Tehran- Price of liquid gas capsules have raised drastically during the last 3 days from 2000 or 2500 tomans to 5000 tomans. All the drivers and other consumers are objecting the fact.
Booshehr- by this rumor that the government is withdrawing the deposited money for subsidies from the accounts, and as villagers are rushing to the banks, banks’ operating systems are actually disrupted.
The banks have no money to give to the customers. There is a security atmosphere ruling over the city and by each bank several SSF, an officer and cars belonging to operation units of SSF are patrolling.
Kerman- drivers of heavy vehicles are on strike in Kerman thus no fruit has been transferred to Kerman’s Vegetable and Fruit Baazar.
Tehran- Eyewitnesses say that most of the people who have withdrawn the subsidy money from their accounts have expended it in two days. For example a bakery in a village at east of Tehran is closed after two days announcing that it will not reopen unless the government provides the subsidy.
Tehran- A student from Tehran said that it is like a chaos every where. Everybody is talking about this plan. Since its execution any SMS containing the word ‘subsidy’ is not being sent.
Tehran- A student from Fadak neighborhood said that people are buying extra bread and storing it: “Situation is getting worse. Yesterday someone from the house opposite to ours came out and started shouting and complaining about the cost of electricity. Prices have risen so high and protests are taking place. If the government doesn’t stop this even if this issue wouldn’t lead to their overthrow it will lame them”.
Checks face crisis after subsidy cuts
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
One of the new crises created in people’s life after subsidy cuts is the crisis of checks with respite. The customers who have drawn checks with respite for their purchases and the checks were not cashed yet must now either turn back their purchase or pay more for it.
Ahwaz, Dec.26, 2010
To provoke an atmosphere of horror as it is executing the ‘Subsidy Overhaul Plan’ the clerical dictatorship hanged four inmates at Karoon Prison in Ahwaz. The names are announced as A.A/ H.M/ J.J/ and Qh.F.
It is to be mentioned that the regime had also executed four prisoners the day before in Sari, Saveh and Oromieh.
Students sat-in; protesting subsidy cuts
Sabzewar, Dec.26, 2010
Students of Khaje Nasir University of Sabzewar sat-in in protest against the subsidy cuts at the dining hall of the university. They announced that such plan equals paralyzing domestic production and industry.
Laborers of Ahwaz pipe factory
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
More than 100 laborers from Khozastan’s Pipe Factory gathered in protest in front of Harasat building of this factory.
They demanded reopening of the factory, clearance of their retirement status and payment of 20 months of wages that they had not received.
Closure and bankruptcy strangles Tehran’s factories
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
Factories making building blocks, the machinery of which worked with electricity or gas oil, had to close and announce their bankruptcy after subsidy cuts. They are also dismissing their workers.
Some of these factories are Tirche East Block, Omid Construction Material and Tirche Block Bahador.
Zanjan’s carpet workshops closed
Zanjan, Dec.26, 2010
After subsidy cuts many of Zanjan’s carpet workshops that usually have large saloons are closed because the city’s whether is very cold at this time of the year and they are not able to provide the heat any more.
Most of the laborers in these workshops are women.
Beauty saloons and sewing workshops closed
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
Eyewitnesses reported that many of beauty saloons and sewing workshop having women as their laborers are forced to dismiss them after subsidy cuts and close because their machines and apparatuses work with electricity. The managers are not able to pay both for the new cost of electricity and the wages of their laborers.
At the edge of bankruptcy
Ahwaz, Dec.26, 2010
Factories and workshops in Ahwaz that produce goods needing high voltage electricity such as air conditioners are at the edge of bankruptcy after the subsidy cuts because nobody will by their goods anymore.
One of these factories is Pars Electronic Enterprise of Ahwaz. This factory has told its laborers that it has no job for them any more.
No insurance for construction painters
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
ILNA state-run news agency wrote: “in the latest move of directors of insurance law for construction workers, construction painters are deprived of having compulsory insurance.
Downfall
Regime’s suppressive forces uneasy
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
Change in structure of regime’s military forces shows the clerical regime’s fear of people’s uprising especially in Tehran. The regime is also worried about foreign threats. Some of these changes are:
1- One of the battalions of (anti) Mohammad the Profit Corps called Ansar Al Nabi has turned to a division. Brigades of (anti) Imam Hussein of Tehran 23 regions have joined this battalion. All three battalions of Tehran’s corps are directly supervised by the corps’ commander.
2- Maneuvers are going on for preparation of the forces. For example tactical practices of commando brigades belonging to (anti) Amir Al Momenin battalion have taken place in Ilam in Mehran Township. This maneuver was going on for five days and it included classic war tactics, soft-war and IRGC’s ideological courses.
3- Another maneuver took place for three days in Eghlid of Fars having the same framework. In addition they practiced confronting uprisings in cities.
These measures show that the clerical regime is concentrating both on military and security issues. Which means the regime is worried in both aspects.
Clerical regime’s suppressive forces under attack
Ahwaz, Dec.26, 2010
A site belonging to Mohsen Rezaie the former head of IRGC wrote that one Bassiji has been killed and one mullah has been injured in Ahwaz.
Two motorcyclists with mask attacked Mullah Kazem Abyat the former representative of Khamenei in the new formed corps in Hamidieh region of Ahwaz and Ghate Obaydavi an active Bassiji of the city on Dec. 25.
Mullah Ali Kazem Bahram, Khamenei’s representative in IRGC confirmed the armed attack.
On alert for Arbaeen
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
Reports obtained by ISC from inside Bassij say that the clerical dictatorship is getting ready to confront potential protests on Arbaeen (40th day after Imam Hossein’s death when he is commemorated) after the subsidy cuts. Regime has announced this day as the first day of uprising after the subsidy cuts.
15 ministers were summoned to parliamentTehran, Dec.26, 2010
The reactionary parliament of the clerical regime summoned 15 cabinet members. These ministers are ministers of Education, Economy, Trade, Hygiene, Agricultural Jihad, Justice, Defense & Support, Road & Transportation, Welfare & Social Providence, Industry & mines, Science, Guidance & Culture, Interior, Oil and Power.
Strong security measures in SanandajSanandaj, Dec.26, 2010
In fear of the protest of residents of Sanandaj against the execution of Habibollah Latifi, a Kurd student and a political activist, the clerical dictatorship has adopted intense security measures in the city.
Intelligence Ministry, IRGC forces and SSF are put on state of alert. The Interior Ministry has deployed an especial team for controlling the city in coordination with Intelligence Bureau of Kurdistan province.
Suppression
A 28 year old youth will be hanged
Tehran, Dec.26, 2010
The clerical regime’s judiciary issued the decree for hanging of a youth in Tehran. The victim is called Qholamreza and he is 28 years old.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
December 25, 2010
UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 25, 2010
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 748
Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods
in different cities of Iran
Gas stations torched; people answer to Ahmadinejad’s subsidy cuts
Dec. 24, 2010
Reports obtained says that two gas stations, one in Tehran and one in Tabriz have been torched by angry crowd after the subsidy cuts and sky rise prices of fuel.
Dec. 23, 2010
Tehran- taxi rates are now 500 Tomans the previous rate was 200 tomans.
Tehran- water’s cost has been announced as 370 Tomans per m3 for Tehran residents.
Tehran- eyewitnesses said that taxi rate for the root of Azadi to Andisheh has risen from 1000 Tomans to 1500 Tomans at one night.
Tehran- many of hen-breeding places around Tehran (in Shahriar and Robat Karim) are closed till further notice because lorries and trucks are on strike.
The price for truck fuel has risen 10 times so they want to raise the price of the transportation but the owners of the hen-breeding facilities have no income to pay such a rate so they close the place instead.
Tehran- during the last two days the price of 3rd grade tomatoes has been announced 1300 Tomans per kg. Free sold tomatoes are 3000 per kg. These kind of prices have risen discontent amongst the residents.
Tehran- truck drivers are not transporting goods because of gas oil price. The strike is going to reach bus terminals too.
Tehran- eyewitnesses say that though it was announced in the news that the agencies will have 300 liters ration fuel by the price of 100 Tomans but that was only a lie and the amount was only 250 liters.
Tehran- an eyewitness said: I went to bakery today at 8 in the morning and the bread was 30 Tomans per piece. The second time that I referred there at 11.5 am it was posted there that the bread would be 100 Tomans per piece afterwards and the government would deposit 4000 Tomans for each person for bread in their accounts.
The papers wrote that the president has said that people will use only 2000 Tomans from that 4000 per month and this would be a saving for them! In townships too the price of each piece of bread has risen from 16 Tomans to 70 Tomans. Residents there are becoming desperate too.
Karaj- eyewitnesses say that after subsidy cuts angry people have torn Ahmadinejad’s posters that were installed throughout the city.
Sari (north of Iran) - Sari’s taxi drivers went on strike because of gasoline’s price. Many of them were arrested by the agents of Intelligence Ministry.
Tabriz- in Tabriz, residents are riding donkeys in the streets to show their dissatisfaction.
Chabahar- a resident from Chabahar said: in our city we don’t have taxis but there are some people acting as such instead. Now the rates have doubled after the subsidy cuts. We are going to return to the age that people used donkeys and horses.
Booshehr- the day after subsidy cuts were announced the residents didn’t know that the price of gasoline has risen. When they referred to gas stations they were not able to pay for the new price.
Dec. 22, 2010
Tehran- all bus terminals for transporting passengers between cities are full of buses that don’t work due to rise in fuel price. Only a few of them transport the passengers.
Tehran- craft shops needing fuel for their apparatuses are closed.
Tehran- The number of women who have no choice other than using their body for an income under the rule of religious tyranny has risen drastically after the execution of plan of ‘Subsidy Overhaul’.
Tehran- Detective Bureau of Tehran reported that during last three days the number of robberies has multiplied 20 times in Tehran. The report says that people with no record of theft are now being arrested because of it.
Tehran- on Dec. 22 Taxi Guild’s Union of Tehran issued a statement announcing the new rates. The rates have risen 15% and the drivers are not satisfied with that because the rationed fuel’s price has risen four times. As a result most taxi agencies are inactive and half closed.
Mashhad- regime’s suppressive security forces mostly from Especial Guards Forces are seen in Mashad’s streets patrolling on foot or riding. People have rushed to gas stations and suppressive forces intensely control come and goes. Close to Melat Park four vans belonging to black outfit Special Forces are stationed. No pedestrians are seen in Sajad St. only patrolling forces can be seen.
Qom- A group of Qom’s taxi drivers went on strike in Amin Bolvar Street in protest to raise in price of CNG gas in front of regime’s Radio & TV Station of this city.
Karaj- on Dec. 22 Karaj’s gas stations were crowded following the subsidy cuts and bakeries were half closed.
Tehran- since Monday Dec. 20 lines for receiving gas have become shorter. Residents have tried not to use it as a sign of protest. The gas price has multiplied 8 times.
Price of bread announced
Dec. 22, 2010 - Tehran
On-line news belonging to the clerical regime announced the new price of different kinds of bread approved at Tehran’s provincial session. The prices are as such: Lavash bread 100 tomans/ Sangak bread 400 toman/ Barbari bread 350 tomans and Taftoon bread 200 toman.
Students protest ‘Subsidy Overhaul’ plan
Dec. 22, 2010 - Tehran
On Dec. 21 a group of students at Khaje-Nasir University protested against the ‘subsidy overhaul’ plan supporting the vulnerable class of the society.
Fist they distributed leaflets reading ‘students will die but will not yield to oppression’ and then started hitting their plates with their spoons at the dinning hall to show their protest.
After the distribution of the leaflets Harasat agents started collecting them and prevented the students to form a protest gathering.
Qazvin is uneasy
Dec. 24, 2010 - Qazvin
Residents of Qazvin talk against Ahmadinejad in public places and in taxis and are very angry.
They talk about torching gas stations and about strike in Bazaar.
They have rushed to withdraw their money from bands.
A factory is closed at Kohkiloye Boirahmad Province
Dec. 23, 2010
Alireza Janati the executive manager of Laborer House of this province said that the motorbike production factory of the province in Yassoj is once more closed.
In his interview with ILNA state-run agency he said: “this factory has been closed once more last year but it was reopened in the current year. It is once more closed”.
He added that the manager says that it is closed because it has no customer and it is short of cash.
Janati said that the issue of this factory in Yasooj has been discussed at Labor Commission of the province several times but without any result.
The price of Iran Khodro productions fall
Dec. 23, 2010 - Tehran
Asre- Iran State-run daily wrote: “after the announcement of 2 to 5 percent degree decrease in the production of Iran Khodro Industrial Group by its manager the group announced a reduction of price in all its productions.”
Downfall
Mullahs fear delisting of PMOI
Dec. 22, 2010 - Terhan
On-line state-run media belonging to Larijani discussed the Symposium for Confronting Iran’s Atomic Threats and Terrorism and wrote: “during last few days a number of officials of US former administration including John Bolton the former representative of US at UN, suggested that Barak Obama should put aside his current course of confronting Iran and should adopt the strategy of ‘regime change’ in regard with this country. They said that he should delist PMOI in that regard as a group that is ‘pursuing freedom in Iran’”.
While worried about the effect of these sayings the media called it as violating the international treaties and added: “such a position aside its fundamental political repugnancies and impasses is in contradiction with the framework of international society…”.
Regime’s MP fear questioning Ahmadinejad
Dec. 22, 2010 - Tehran
Ali Motahari a member of regime’s parliament said: “during the course of collecting signatures for questioning the president, MPs say that we are pro this act and support you but we will not sign because they will ruin our lives”.
Minister of Economy summoned
Dec. 23, 2010- Tehran
Two days after the execution of ‘Subsidy Overhaul’ plan and in fear of its aftermaths, regime’s parliament is discussing these aftermaths which they call ‘worriment’ in a non-public session summoning the Minister of Economy.
As state-run media report MPs are worried about the consequences of the raise in gasoline price up to 700 tomans per liter and are demanding its decrease to 400 tomans.
20 regime’s MP demanded studying Mottaki’s case
Dec. 23, 2010- Tehran
20 of regime’s MPs asked Larijani the head of regime’s parliament in a letter to study humiliating dismissal of Mottaki. They asked him for a report after the study.
They called this method of work as damaging ‘the establishment’s prestige’: “this unprecedented phenomenon has raised questions and ambiguities, especially because the subject of Foreign Minister’s dialogue in Senegal regarded national security”.
The names of some of regime’s MPs signing this letter are: Ahmad Tavakoli, Elyas Naderan, Mohammad Dehghan and Ali Motahari.
Mullah Mesbah Yazdi another MP said that this dismissal was ‘politically wrong’ and added that this act would ‘internationally damage us and ruin our country’s international credibility’.
Suppression
Families of Martyrs of uprising threatened
Dec. 23, 2010 - Tehran
ISC reported that the Intelligence Ministry constantly calls and threatens the families of those who fall for freedom during last year’s uprising to hush them. It tells them that they should not have any interviews, if they do so another member of their family will be arrested and killed.
The ministry also wants them to go to Evin Prison and get money (Dieh) for their killed loved ones and refrain from complaining.
One family is told that they will be paid 15 to 20 million Tomans but the family had not accepted that.
One of the mothers said that if a family accepts such thing they have wasted the blood of their beloveds.
Jailed father of Ashraf resident in critical condition
Dec. 22, 2010
According to reports, political prisoner Mohsen Dokmeh Chi is in critical condition in the Taleqani Hospital.
On Saturday December 18, after the condition of this jailed Tehran Bazaar merchant became critical, he was transferred to the Taleqani Hospital from prison and was hospitalized in the surgical unit. Despite his poor condition, three prison guards are stationed in his room at all times and his hands have been handcuffed to his bed. His family is banned from visiting him under normal conditions and especially in the past four days, they have had no information about his condition and are only allowed to visit him with the permission of Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi.
Dokmeh Chi came down with an illness about 3 months ago in prison but did not receive serious treatment. He had constant pain day and night and was not able to rest or eat and lost 16 kilos. But agents of the Intelligence Agency and the Tehran Prosecutor prevented his hospitalization.
On Saturday, they were forced to take him to the hospital because of his critical condition. The hospital has still not been able to give a final diagnosis of his illness. He is suffering from severe pancreas and gallbladder problems.
Political prisoner Mohsen Dokmeh Chi, 52, is a well-known Tehran Bazaar merchant who was arrested on September 6, 2008 after agents of the Intelligence Agency attacked his place of work. He was transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. Dokmeh Chi was charged with giving financial assistance to the families of political prisoners and the presence of his daughter in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Salavati, the head of the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court has sentenced him to 10 years of prison to be spent in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj. He was also a political prisoner in the 80’s and was jailed for 7 years.
Iran continues its harassment of dissident university professors
Dec. 22, 2010
The pressures and threats against dissident professors in the Law and Political Science Department of Tehran University have increased.
According to reports, these pressures which come in the shape of summonses, threats and harassment of professors reached their climax after election events last year.
According to this report, in light of the political price of expelling or forcing dissident professors into retirement, the government’s security system has in the past years implemented a new method of using its elements to harass professors to force them to resign or retire. One of these professors in Dr. Seyed Hossein Seif Zadeh, a professor of international relations at Tehran University’s Law and Political Science Department…
Notably, Dr. Seif Zadeh was summoned to the University’s Protection Department on October 23, 2010 and was interrogated for three and a half hours by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence about the discussions and subjects he had presented in class. There were also reports that he was insulted and physically harassed while being interrogated…
Dr. Seif Zadeh has a Ph.D. of political science from the University of Santa Barbara in California and Harvard University.
Other News
Meddling in Iraq
Dec. 23, 2010 - Tehran
In its ‘political analysis of the week’, Jomhoori state-run daily showing regime’s meddling attitude towards Iraq wrote about the formation of Iraqi government: “Maleki is facing two challenges in his second term at the head of executive power in Iraq; first the presence of American occupiers and then the existence of political rivals with great difference in opinion inside and outside the cabinet”.
This source added: “Maleki is sharing the new government with some who have complete controversial positions and perspectives, at top of them is Al-Iraqieh and Ayad Alavi.
Alavi has …joined Maleki government on this condition that the council under his leadership would have the same power as the cabinet and this can be a great potential problem for Maleki in future”.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
December 23, 2010
UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 23, 2010
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 747
Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods
in different cities of Iran
Tehran- On Dec. 19, Lorries that were supposed to deliver milk with subsidy to Qods town refrained from delivering it and only 20% of the milk has reached its destiny.
Tehran- Dec. 21- in Zaferanieh end of Asef St. Lavash bread has reached 100 Tomans per piece.
Tehran- Dec. 21- price of fruit has risen very high: cucumber=1500 tomans per kg/ tomato-2000 tomans per kg/ watermelon= 700 tomans per kg/ tangerine=1500 tomans per kg/ pomegranate= 2000 toman per kg.
Tehran- Sunday Dec. 19- taxi drivers of root Varamin to Shoosh went on strike.
Tehran- Tuesday Dec. 21- taxis of Azari region refrained from using CNG gas and they didn’t permit private cars to use it either in protest to the rise in price of gas.
Tehran- Dec. 21- though Ahmadinejad’s government has said that the heads of families can give their bank account no. through a site so that the government would deposit some money to their accounts instead of subsidy cuts but people have problem in that because the site is closed.
Tehran- Dec. 21- taxi rates have tripled. A passenger said I used to pay 500 tomans for going from Olympic to Sadeghieh Sq. but today the driver ask for 1500 tomans and when I asked the reason he said that gasoline has reached 700 tomans per litter.
Tehran- Dec. 21- due to rise in price of gas and gasoline transporting vehicles are not working and thus there are long queues of passengers waiting for transportation and this has aroused discontent amongst people. Some of the longest lines are at the center of the city, Abbas Abad region and Haft-t-tir (Rezaieha) Sq.
Fars Province, Mamasani Dec. 21- liquid gas capsules have reached 4000 tomans per capsule.
A driver said with gasoline 700 tomans per litter, CNG gas 350 tomans per kilo and LPG capsules 4000 tomans per capsules, this will take away from us our only income now we have to become a thief. Then he started swearing at the heads of the regime.
A lorry driver said the he needs 400 liter of gas oil per day and with the new price that would be 140000 tomans per day. He added that he could no more continue with his job to provide his living.
Tabriz- Dec. 21- after the execution of plan suppressive forces are stationed at sensitive locations of the city such as in front of banks, gas stations, university and machine banks.
Birjand- Dec. 21- since the first day of execution of the plan all taxi drivers are on strike.
Isfahan- Dec. 22- Some hen raising places closed as soon as the government announced the new rates.
Suppressive stations are popping up every where in Isfahan. During last 48 hours several stations are formed in critical regions of Isfahan and its suburbs. These stations belong to Especial Guards Forces and they are formed in fear of people’s protests.
Most people say that the money that the government has deposited for them instead of subsidy cuts would last only for one month and then the government will face protests.
Dec. 21, 2010
Arak- After the announcement of the execution of the plan suppressive forces are stationed in all gas stations and it is like a curfew. Even policemen have been put on state of alert.
Mashad- security atmosphere has masked all the city. Beside each gas station a police patrol is present.
Tehran- an eyewitness: I used taxi four times today. In all rides both the driver and the passengers swore at the government. The taxi driver said that at the begining of the root suppressive forces are stationed so that if a driver says anything in protest they will pull of his taxi’s lisence.
Bandar Abbas- On Sunday Dec. 20 Bahoonar Port in Bandar Abbas was closed in protest against the subsidy cuts.
Tehran- a murchant of Baazar said that this plan is a heart attack for people. He said: ”this will arouse more discontent in near future amongst people. Their capability of puchase will go down and this will raise protest which would be for sure against the government.
Teachers of Kish Island on strike
Dec. 21, 2010 – Kish Island
As the regime started implementing its plan of subsidies cut the teachers of Kish Island went on strike protesting against the non-payment of their wages. They didn’t attend their classes.
Motorcyclists on strike
Dec. 21, 2010 –Tehran
On the second day after the execution of subsidy cut plan motorcyclist went vastly on strike in protest against escalation in price of gasoline and other fuel. Many of the motorcyclists parked their bikes at the sidewalks of Azadi and Enghelab Streets.
Most of the people who use motorbikes for transportation are from the poor class of the society and rise in prices has caused many problems for them. They use this vehicle for providing quick transportation for other people in traffic and this is their tool of livelihood.
Maneuver of suppressive security forces in Kurdish regions
Dec. 20, 2010- Kurdistan
By the announcement of execution of clerical regime’s plan of ‘omission of subsidies’ it held a horror-maneuver in Kurdish regions.
Since the morning of Dec. 20 SSF and IRGC started patrolling Kurdish cities in Caravan-like formations provoking a militant atmosphere in the cities. The forces are still at the state of alert.
Iran Students Committee has received news from other cities including Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashad, Tabriz and etc. of similar suppressive acts.
Aftermaths of scraping subsidies
Dec. 20, 2010- Tehran
In his interview at Saturday night Dec. 18 Ahmadinejad talked about mild and bearable ascending slope of price changes and tried to minimize the aftermaths of this anti-people plan.
But a look at price changes show that opposite to what Ahmadinejad has claimed prices have risen several percents.
Aside the price of rationed gasoline that has multiplied four times the mild slope of Ahmadinejad shows itself in price of gas oil more than any other good!
The price of rationed gas oil has risen from 16 Tomans per liter to 150 Tomans and free gas oil now costs 350 Tomans per liter. This means that the price of even rationed gas oil has multiplied 9 times.
Electricity used at homes has reached 22 Tomans per KWH, before the plan it was 7.5 Tomans, a three times rise.
The price of household gas has risen four times and the price of gas used by cars has risen 10 times.
Though it was said that the price of water would not rise at first stage of this plan but it has raised to 250 Tomans (per liter) for household usage and 400 Tomans (per liter) for industrial usage.
Most astonishing is the price of flour. Before the plan the price of flour that was provided for bakeries with subsidy was 7.5 Tomans (per kilogram) but now it is 280 to 300 Tomans (per kilogram) this means that the price has risen 40 times.
Having a look at the above mentioned prices one can see how the clerical regime is spreading more intensified poverty with this anti-people plan.
December 21, 2010
UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 21, 2010
The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 746
Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods
in different cities of Iran
Dec. 20, 2010
Kermanshah- there are long queues for gasoline and all gas stations are equipped with surveillance cameras. Several police forces and SSF are stationed at each gas station.
Qazvin- On Sunday Dec.19 there were long queues at gas stations, bakeries and supermarkets. People are angry of the new prices and they swear at Ahmadinejad in public. One citizen said: “is this the income of oil that they talked about; to turn gasoline from 100 to 700 tomans”?
Eyewitnesses say that even those who had voted for Ahmadinejad swore at him and said that they did wrong.
There were talks about torching gas stations and in Bazaar people talked of strike.
The banks had to withdraw money from treasury twice in one day. Before this act was needed only once per day.
Tehran- since the morning of Sunday Dec. 19 the rate of taxi has drastically risen. This rate should not have changed until the end of the year (March 20, 2011).
In some roots the rate has increased 150 Tomans and in some others up to 400 Tomans.
A manager of a bakery in Tajrish (north of Tehran) said: “after the plan was executed one of my customers said that they are 4 in their family and they have to pay 45000 Tomans for bread each month but the government is depositing only 25000 Tomans per month for them. He was worried about how he was to provide the shortage”.
A taxi driver said that before LDC gas was for free and on Sunday he had to pay 4500 Tomans for it and he added: “is this the help the government talked about”? He added that all people are discontent.
Tehran- Inside BRT (fast-running buses) people drove each other’s attention towards Special Unit forces and anti-riot forces around Ferdosi Sq. A boy said these forces are here to keep people secure when they take into the streets to celebrate the execution of the plan of omission of subsidies; every body laughed. People all said that things are getting worse each day.
Tehran- a great number of suppressive forces were deployed to Tajrish Square and from Tajrish to Parkway and then Qods Square.
Five to six SSF vans patrolled the root. Several mini-buses and about 20 motorcycles and 4 cars belonging to police were stationed at Tajrish Square. Ten other vans were stationed from Tajrish to Qods Square.
At 630 am on Sunday, Tajrish Sq. was flooded with Especial Guard’s forces. The same was with Vanank Sq.
At Resalat there were many forces but they were policemen and a great number of them were stationed at gas stations.
At 2100 some motorcyclists without having license number patrolled Tajrish Sq.
Tehran- Since Sunday morning long queues were formed at banks sometimes the end of the queue reached outside the banks. People wanted to withdraw the money that was supposed to be deposited in their accounts for compensating the omission of subsidies. All machine banks were closed and this made people angry.
Tehran- SSF covered the root between Ponak Sq. and Sadeghieh Circle. Around Ashrafi Isfahani St. too it was full of SSF.
At the side walks of Sadeghieh Sq. pedestrians couldn’t walk freely because the sidewalk was tightened by the number of SSF who were standing by their vans on state of alert.
Shahr-e-Kurd- At Sunday night there were long queues for gasoline. People were shocked with the rise in taxi rate. A rate of 1200 Tomans had risen to 1800 Tomans. Most of vehicles used for transportation of goods stopped their work.
City was full of security forces.
People in Shiraz clash with security forces over subsidy cuts
Dec. 19, 2010
There is a volatile atmosphere in many Iranian cities after a subsidy cut announced by the government. On Sunday, people Afif Abad in Shiraz went to gas stations in large numbers to buy the last remnants of subsidized gas. Their protests led to clashes with security forces.
In these clashes, angry protesters used profane language against Khamenei and Khomeini.
Boat owners go on strike in Bandar Abbas
Dec. 19, 2010
Boat owners who carry passengers from Bandar Abbas to Qeshm went on a strike in protest to the subsidy cut and raised prices.
Price rise leads to tension in Iran
Dec. 19, 2010 The state run Mardom Salari daily wrote in an article named, ‘fuel prices rise fourfold, electricity sevenfold, home gas fivefold and water doubles after subsidy cuts’: “Finally the surgical knife cut the ailing body of Iran’s economy. Despite the fact that politicians tell the people to be patient and calm and also to be thriftier, in their speeches on the implementation of the Smart Subsidy Plan, yesterday was a strange day and on the streets, alleys, bread lines and homes, everyone was talking about new prices.
People were thinking about withdrawing the subsidies from their bank accounts and they were only talking about the new price of water, electricity, fuel gas and gasoline. People were not even talking about if the transferred subsidy would be enough for all the high prices or not. There was a strange atmosphere in the society. One can compare the state of the society to an ailing person who is under surgery and everyone is hoping that he/she would come out from under the surgery as a healthy person”.
Signs of inflation from subsidy cut
Dec. 19, 2010
The state-run Mardom Salari newspaper wrote in its editorial titled, “Economical Surgery and the Necessary Tactics”: The announcement of the implementation of the final stage of the Smart Subsidy Plan was not unaccepted. But what raised questions among people were how much prices were raised. The 900 percent price raise of the of diesel gas, 400 percent price raise of gas, 4,300 percent price raise of flour and etc. has led to questions on if the soft slope of prices in the five year implementation of this plan has been taken into consideration or not.
Naturally, the sudden price raise can have many negative effects on the country’s economy. Of course, the implementation of this plan in any country can lead to inflation… The sudden price raise which started from yesterday and has left its first effects on the 30 percent price raise of taxis will have people going to banks to withdraw their cash subsidies. In this way, they will get an answer for their financial needs and the most natural effect of this issue will be an increase in liquidity which will lead to an increase in inflation. An inflation that is apparently more severe than previously predicted… We only hope that the government has the courage to carry out this economical surgery and to carry out accurate tactics so that this economical surgery would have the least amount of inflation, least amount of bleeding and least amounts of dissatisfaction.
Security forces have iron grip over Tehran
Dec. 19, 2010
Sajedi Nia, the head of the Greater Tehran District’s State Security Forces said, “Since the implementation of the Smart Subsidy Plan, we have not had any specific problems in Tehran because the police have welcomed this plan with complete readiness. Therefore, we will have no problems in carrying out this plan”.
“In Tehran, the Economical Crime and Smuggled Goods Police are on full alert and have special operations”.
Ahmadinejad and Khamenei use the scraping of subsidies as a tool to use the country’s economy for more terrorism and warmongering abroad and for domestic suppression!
Dec.19, 2010- Tehran
On Saturday Dec. 18 Ahmadinejad announced that the anti-people law of omission of subsidies will be implemented from Sunday Dec. 19.
Regarding to this plan that would result only in more poverty for Iranians, the price of rationed gasoline will have a sudden rise, from 100 Tomans per liter to 400 Tomans. At the same time the amount of the ration will lessen 10% so that the consumers will be forced to buy free gasoline at a price of 700 Tomans per litter.
This sudden rise in prices also includes the price of drinking water, flour and breads the most important and sensitive necessities of live for people.
Ahmadinejad tried to make people believe that this plan is at interest of low income families but the hated regime of Velayat-e-Faghieh is plundering people and is seeking a very high income by multiplying the price of goods.
The sources within the regime have said that Ahmadinejad’s government’s income from this plan will reach 100 billion dollars per year.
Imposter Ahmadinejad called the small amount of money that the government is depositing into the account of the head of each family instead of the omission of the subsidies ‘the money of Imam Zaman’ (the last Imam of Shiite that will bring justice to world when he comes). He said: “we must be careful not to contaminate this money with other monies because then it will not have its effect”!
Technical evaluations say that this plan will raise the inflation rate several times and will drag millions under ‘poverty line’.
Last year regime’s parliament predicted that this omission will raise the inflation rate 60%.
Decision of omitting the subsidy of goods is directly related to regime’s critical condition especially after last year’s uprisings from which regime is still shaking.
This measure taken by the regime, Khamenei at the head of it is because his regime is not capable of any flexibility or of the slightest withdrawal in its plan for production of nuclear bomb which has led to broader global sanctions each day.
Downfall
Iran MP tries to hide real reason behind PMOI listing
Dec. 20, 2010
The deals between Khatami’s government and the US for putting the PMOI on the terrorist list was not a secret and has been announced numerously by US officials and the American press.
But a regime official had never admitted to this issue. On Saturday, December 19, Mohammad Karami rad, a member of the Iranian regime’s Security Commission in the parliament said that putting the PMOI on the list was ‘done on a deal which was carried out in the reform government (Khatami’s government) and they (US) promised that in return for a suspension of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities they would place the Monafeqin (PMOI) on their terrorist list’.
Less than a day later, Kazem Jalali, the head of the Parliamentary Security Commission came to the scene and hastily denied this statement.
“These kinds of statements mean that the Islamic Republic placed this group on the terrorist list by making deals, even while the truth is that the Monafeqin (PMOI) is a terrorist organization”.
Government agent says Iran’s foreign minister was fired for not following government policies
Dec. 19, 2010
The media advisor to Ahmadinejad said that the reason Mottaki, Iran’s foreign minister, was dismissed was because he was unable to follow up the policies of the government in the Foreign Ministry.
“This shortcoming led to the necessity of dismissing Mottaki”.
“It was necessary for Motakki to carry out the policies of the president and government and to get results from them, but what needed to be done was not done”, Javanfekr said.
Suppression
Tehran Arts students arrested and expelled from university
Dec. 19, 2010
Ten days after the arrest of a number of the Tehran Arts University students after their participation in a Student Day Ceremony, all of the detainees were released except for Majid Sadeqi, who is still detained in Evin Prison.
According to a member of the Central Council of the Arts University Student Islamic Association, Vahid Nosrati, Houman Jafari, Savin Shiva, Majid Sadeqi, Hojat Sahrayi and Saidi were arrested on December 7 in a Student Day ceremony by security forces.
According to reports, Ahmad Hossein Khani, a member of the Islamic Association in this university who was arrested twice after last year’s elections and was released on bail, was expelled from the Arts University.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
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