The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 719
Effect of Sanction
Oct. 23, 2010
Mehdi Ghafori, minister of trade, announced the establishment of committees for finding ways to stand against sanctions in foreign trades and exportations.
He said in Mehr news agency that organization for trade development and department of planning in trade ministry have meetings with exporters and in all their meetings the matter of how they can support the exporters in order to stand against sanctions is the main subject.
He also said: we are not going to extend sanctions together with international sanctions. Therefore a list of new suggestions and how to divert the sanctions have been published and is waiting for minister of trade prove.
Minister of trade, claimed that a special court will be formed soon in order to investigate the complaints of those who had overcome with problems due to sanctions, in order to withdraw their loss in future.
Reminding that recently some of economic experts of central bank of the regime have written a private letter to Khamenei, giving warnings that if sanctions continue, we will face with an economic breakdown.
Inconsistent claim of Pasdar Rahimi: we can go around the sanctions
Oct. 23, 2010
While the mullahs regime form an organization every day to overcome the sanctions, Rahimi, first deputy of Ahmadinejad claims that, today we could say that sanctions have die, all the ways that west have used for sanctions were found and we can go around them.
He claimed that: today despite the sanctions that our exchanges have been reduced but in compare to 6 months ago, our exchanges with Europe have been increased.
While Rahimi was saying the news of increase in exchanges, the imports were mainly gas, wheat and steel which were stopped due to sanctions.
He added: we have to increase our non-oil exports to its maximum to vanish the oil production exports. I want from exporters to do the exchanges in a right way so that not to become like those who want to damage the prestige of the exporters.
Concerns over consequences of scrapping subsidies Oct. 24, 2010
State-run media in Iran show the concerns of Iranian officials over the consequences, reactions from the people, explosive prices and chaos in the markets from cutting subsidies. The state-run Asre Iran daily wrote on October 20 that ‘the people even talk about the implementation of this law and the transfer of subsidies in cash while waiting in grocery lines’.
‘They tell each other to buy and keep everything that they need. One of the shoppers said that prices go up and down on a daily basis and that the people have a right to buy goods more than their needs. Another shopper believes that the people do not have enough money to buy and store goods even before this law is carried out.
The Trade Ministry is concerned of the morale of the market after this law is implemented which might cause disorder in the market’.
It is notable that some time ago in the entrance of the Tehran Bazaar, the people protested and expressed their anger towards the agents of the state-run radio and TV station and security forces were forced to quickly take them out of the scene. The radio and TV crew had asked questions about the people regarding the cutting of subsidies which had made the people angry.
Crack within Regime
Oct. 23, 2010
Security agents of Mullahs regime, held passports of some of prominent sonnie clergyman in Tehran Airport and prevented their journey to out of the country. Molana Abolqani Badri, the head of Zahedan religious education department, Abidollah, a master of this department and molana Osman Qalandarzehi, manager of Madinatol Olum Khash School was among these people.
Expelling a number of masters and members of scientific group of free university
Oct. 23, 2010
Mullah’s dictatorship expelled some of masters and members of scientific group of free universities, because of their objection with Mullahs regime.
Deputy of free universities in an interview with Mehr News Agency on 21st of October said: we notified them due to some reports we received, but they didn’t listen, so we expelled them.
Downfall
PMOI; the plight of the Iranian regime
Oct. 24, 2010
The Iranian regime once again admitted to the positive approach of the young people in Iran towards the PMOI in its television and called it a plight which is continuing until today.
Channel two of the Iranian regime repeated the labels against the PMOI and its founder and said, “We have a plight in this country which started in 1967 and 1967 and has gone on until today. The hypocrite movement, the so-called Mojahedin-e Khalq who we call them Monafeqin. This movement started with two or three of its founders named Mr. Hanif Nejad and Saied Mohsen. Hanif Nejad was from Tabriz and was religious while Saied Mohsen was from Zanjan and the son of a cleric. They both have religious backgrounds and entered the scene to fight against the regime of the Shah. Instead of understanding Islam, they write books which have a mixed content... and deviate our children. After the revolution this plight has gone on until today.
State-run website: Asia games refuse to sell tickets to Iranians
Oct. 24, 2010
The website which belongs to the former head of the Revolutionary Guards Corps cited the state of the Asian Games in China and wrote: “People from other countries do not have a problem in buying tickets but they do not sell us tickets directly. This problem only exists for Iranians”.
This website pointed to a regime businessman who lives in the city of Guang Jo and added, “He wants to see the opening ceremony of the games from up close but cannot. In the website which sells these tickets, the old building of the Olympics Committee has been recorded and Iranians have been asked to go that building to get tickets. Therefore they do not sell any tickets to Iranians”.
Resistance
Latest student news
Tehran
Oct. 23, 2010According to reports in the first week of Aban (Persian month starting from October 23) there is to be a briefing in the Science and Industrial University for the Protection Department forces in this university.
Regime forces in universities have recently become active in the arts and national universities. Of their activities is spreading rumors in the university which are in the interests of Ahmadinejad. Of these rumors is that Ahmadinejad opposes the clerics and if he is put away from the government the system will become completely clerical.
According to reports from the Sush and Khazaneh and Edam Squares, on Friday flyers were distributed challenging Khamenei on Ashura (religious ceremony marking the death of the revered Shiite Imam, Imam Hossein son of Ali and grandson of Mohammad).
Students of the Teacher Training University clashed with security forces outside the entrance of this university on October 18 because of the fact that female students were harassed under the excuse of ‘improper veiling’.
Young people and students in Amir Abad and Fisher Abad wrote on the walls of public places to call for a protest for Student Day in Iran. Some of their messages were ‘Students fight while Khamenei trembles’ and ‘Don’t forget December 7 (Students Day)’, and ‘death to Khamenei’.
The head of Custom Bureau in Khorramshahr was Attacked
Oct. 23, 2010
Jahannews site (state-run) wrote: Mohmmad Bialayesh in the way from Abadan Airport to Khorramshahr, was attacked by some unknown people who had poniard and was injured; he was confined in a hospital.
Technical office of Basij was set on fire
Oct. 23, 2010
A technical office for printing and duplicating belonging to AmirAlmomenin Mosque in Zarinshahr was set on fire on Wednesday night. This office was used for printing leaflets and brochures of Basij. This office on Wednesday printed and distributed a long leaflet about Khamenei’s travel to Qom.
According to reports, possibly this false leaflet have caused anger among the freedom loving youths so they have done this job.
As some experts said, in this office, there were newest printing and duplicating machineries and this place was used to distribute lies of Basij.
Suppression
No news on condition of jailed student activist and sister of Ashraf residents
Oct. 23, 2010
According to reports, it has been eight days since Shabnam Madadzadeh contacted her family from Gohardasht Prison in Karaj and her family’s constant appeals to get information on their loved one has had no conclusion.
This jailed student issued a statement and condemned the arrest of one of her lawyers and the continued detention of jailed lawyer Mohammad Oliayi Fard.
She was taken to the Intelligence Unit and the office of the assistant head of Gohardasht Prison on October 14 and after being threatened with a transfer and pressured, she was banned from contacting or seeing her family. From that day on, no one has any information about her condition. There are unconfirmed reports that she has gone on hunger strike in protest to the inhumane limitations against her.
Human rights activist in critical condition denied treatmentOct. 23, 2010
According to reports, the physical condition of human rights activist Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand is deteriorating but agents of the Intelligence Agency and Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi prevent him from receiving treatment.
This human rights activist is suffering from severe heart and prostate problems and also has severe headaches and is in danger. His arteries have also been obstructed which previously led to a heart attack. Infirmary medics have requested that he be sent to a hospital outside of prison and have made their request in written form to the Sentence Implementation Unit of the Revolutionary Court.
Kaboudvand has also come down with a severe prostate problem in prison and has severe pain. Prison doctors have told him that the only way that his problem can be treated is with surgery. Unusual headaches also plague this political prisoner and he had a brain stroke from the severe pain in the past.
The prison infirmary prescribes strong sedatives to him instead of giving him serious treatment. These sedatives have caused problems for him. As a result of these unknown pills Kaboudvand is almost always asleep and has side effects such as dizzy spells, fatigue and sometimes he cannot distinguish his family members in visits.
His family has gone to see the prosecutor and to other centers several times and asked that he be transferred to a hospital outside of prison but officials have refused their request.
Other News
Torturer appointed as new head of notorious Evin PrisonOct. 24, 2010
A torturer named Hojatollah Souri was appointed as the new head of the notorious Evin Prison. According to the state-run Khabar Online website, Farajollah Sedaqat the former head of this prison will be the new assistant Secretary of the General Prison Administration in Tehran.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
