UPDATE ON IRAN - Sept. 15, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 702

Downfall

Atomic bomb -Sanction - Crack within regime

Iran’s reaction to IAEA report
Sept. 14, 2010
In reaction to a new report by the secretary general of the IAEA, Soltanieh, Iran’s representative in the IAEA in a letter to the agency called the report ‘unbalanced’ and said that it was copied off the Security Council resolution 1929 and asked that it be changed. According to the Fars News Agency on September 13, Soltanieh denied the documents of the IAEA and Amano’s report which was based on a report by inspectors and wrote: “It seems that this report has used its odd wording under foreign pressure”.
“This claim that Iran has not had the necessary cooperation is incorrect and misleading”, he wrote.
“This report has been copied off from sections of Security Council Resolution 1929 in an unprecedented manner”.
Iran’s representative in the agency also asked the agency to balance its report just as the former head of this agency had done in the interests of the Iranian dictators.

Government media are worried of the results of council’s meetings
Sept. 14, 2010
Following the exposure of atomic sites by Iranian Resistance, Mullah’s dictatorship in their media in advance, are expressing their worry and say that the result of Agency is negative on our atomic program.
Regime’s media also wrote: the main subject of international agency of atomic energy will be Iran’s nuclear program. Content of the report will be about the nuclear activities of Iran which has not been revealed yet.
But it is obvious from now that the report is negative and it will state that the international community is disappointed of Iran’s attitude to stop nuclear activities.

Top cleric, Rafsanjani: We have never been sanctioned to this extent; officials should take sanctions very seriously
Sept. 14, 2010
A top Iranian cleric and head of the Assembly of Experts, Rafsanjani said, “In the course of the Revolution we have never had sanctions to this extent and my request is that all officials take these sanctions seriously and do not take them as a joke”.
The head of the Expediency Council cited the international isolation of the regime and the abhorrence of the Iranian people of the regime and said, ‘We all know the current conditions. Today there is an unsuitable condition in the world and around us and especially in Iran and we have a great duty”.
“In the past 30 years despite putting behind a war which was forced on us, we had never seen (the west) plan and carry out so many evil plans against the Islamic Revolution and this in itself is brutal”.
“We have never had so many resolutions against us. The sanctions are from the Security Council and the IAEA and governments have also stepped in the field and are carrying out measures which increase the effects of their conspiracies against the revolution”.
He cited the IAEA report and said, “In this report, the head of the IAEA has claimed that the Iran does not let in Agency inspectors to its nuclear facilities and has increased its tone in saying that our nuclear activities are for military purposes”.
He told members of the Expediency Council that ‘the enemies do what they do, but I want you and those who listen to you to take heed of these issues”.
“I am a cleric who has 50 to 60 years of experience in this field and I have a duty to tell you this”, he added.

German companies and regime’s sanctions
Sept. 14, 2010
Even though that the amount of exchanges with large company of Lind in the present year has been only 50 million dollars, which is only 0.3 of all the treatments of this company, but stopping such relation with Iran’s regime has a important political message. The message is that the sanctions are going on and no company wants to accept risk.
Excess to Lind Company, some other banks and German companies have stopped their relations with the regime. For example two insurance German Company called Aliantes and Monshnerrok have stopped all their activities in Iran. In January Zimens German Company also stopped its activities in Iran. Alwo Diamler Company cut its exchanges with the regime, but these steps and still limited.


Crack within regime

Third Iranian diplomat separated from regime in Belgium
Sept. 14, 2010
The third Iranian diplomat, Farzad Farhang, separated from the regime in Belgium. Just as another defected diplomat had said in an interview with Radio Farda that she will not be the last to defect, there are reports that another diplomat has defected in Belgium which is another blow to the Iranian regime. Regime diplomats in Finland and Norway and currently in Belgium have resigned their posts in protest to the Iranian regime’s suppression in the course of popular protests in Iran.


Why does Iran not publish news on diplomat’s asylum?
Sept. 14, 2010
Tabnak, A website run by former RGC head Rezayi refuted claims by the Foreign Ministry spokesman on the resignation of Iran’s charge d'affaires in Finland and wrote: “If Alizadeh has taken refugee in that country, why do we refuse to announce it?”
This website wrote: “Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, denied that the charge d'affaires of Finland had taken asylum and said, “Alizadeh had problems with his child or children’s education and asked for a delay in coming back to the country”.
Mehmanparast had said similar things about another former diplomat, Heidari, who took refuge in Norway and finally after Heidari gave interviews to the media it became evident that he had become a refugee in Norway. It seems that the same thing is happening in the case of Alizadeh and the Foreign Ministry has adopted the same tone in denying this issue. Despite the fact that only foreign media have confirmed this issue, there are concerns that this issue would repeat itself and public opinion would lose its trust in the Foreign Ministry”.
“Today with the spread of the media and communications in the world and also the internet, publishing news is not limited to what it used to be and the minute something happens, everyone becomes informed in a matter of seconds so what would be better than for the organization that the news belongs to publish and analyze the news itself before anyone else so that it could always be one step ahead of other media?”.
This website also recommended to the foreign ministry that it should be careful in choosing people who go on missions abroad.

Ahmadinejad shows stubbornness in changing Mottaki
Sept. 14, 2010
A state run website wrote quoting a member of the Presidential Council of Iran’s Majlis: “The likely change of the foreign minister shows the stubbornness of the president”.
“Regarding the appointment of Jalili or Hashemi Samareh instead of Mottaki, the president has complete authority in choosing members of the heads and assistant heads in his cabinet but the Majlis studies the history of all candidates from all aspects and will only vote for him if he meets all the necessary conditions”, Hossein Sobhani said.
“The president is actually disregarding Majlis’s notice with this measure and it will surely have a negative effect on the government and Majlis”, he added.

RGC expresses concern over rifts in Khamenei’s faction
Sept. 14, 2010
Javan Online which belongs to the Revolutionary Guards Corps said, “The perverse faction of the followers of principles (right wing of the regime) who have failed in attracting a number of influential and effective personalities from followers of principles, have contacted some organizations asking them to come to private sessions and have offered them posts and financial aid to carry out their ideas in their organizations”.
This website wrote: “The perverse faction of the followers of the principles has put creating rifts in (pro-regime) organizations in its priorities. The same faction that has created rifts in some Islamic societies, the same faction that is looking to create discrepancies among the three forces, the same faction that deviates (pro-regime) gatherings, has currently targeted (pro-regime) organizations to create rifts in these originations and try to attract members.


Resistance

Protest gathering of Howo lorry drivers, in front of Iran Khodro Company
Sept. 14, 2010
Drivers of Howo Lorries held a gathering in front of Iran Khodro Company to protest against the quality and selling price of these lorries.


Suppression

Issuing the execution sentence of two prisoners in Tehran
Sept. 13, 2010
Mullah’s regime issued the execution sentence of two prisoners called Amin and Shahin in Tehran.

Kurd prisoners died under torture in prison
Sept. 14, 2010
According to Kurdish sources, Ravand Mohammad Ismail, an Iraqi Kurd citizen from Qale Dizeh located in Soleimanieh in Iraq’s Kurdistan was arrested in the town of Sardasht by Iranian security forces and after severe torture in the Intelligence Agency, passed away.

Sonnies inTehran, must do their praying behind Khameneii
Sept. 14, 2010
Sonnies in Tehran who even are banned of having a mosque, they have been told that they cannot do their Fetr praying at home.
Security police in Tehran, by going to houses of sonnies who have held the Fetr Praying, with pressure and threatening orders them that they do not have any rights to held ceremony and they have to pray behind the Leadership. Most probably internal ministry is behind this.
The Friday pray and ceremonies of sonnies who have a history of 30 years used to be held in Pakistani’s school, but this was also banned since from a few years ago. After this they held their praying at their own houses. But the pressures on sonnies have reached to a point that they cannot even do their praying at home.
Mentioning that before this, sonnies were prevented of holding their praying in large cities of Isfahan, Qom, Kashan, Kerman, Yazd and Tehran.

Issuing repressive sentences against students of Technology science university of Babol
Sept. 14, 2010
Intelligence office of Babol University for putting pressure on students at the time of opening universities, has issued punishment of preventing 5 students to continue their studies. For 3 students has issued suspension and for 10 has given written reproach.

Iran jails political activist
Sep. 13, 2010
Meisam Roudaki was taken to Evin Prison on Saturday September 11 to serve his three years of prison.
According to reports, this political activist was sentenced to three years of prison in June by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Salavati.
He was charged with acting against national security, membership in a political party and cooperating with the opposition.
Notably, he is suffering from a severe digestive illness and is in a bad health.
Pressure and inhumane limitations on political prisoners in Evin’s cellblock 350
Sep. 13, 2010
According to reports, Ministry of Intelligence interrogators and Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi use the ban on telephone calls and limitations on in person family visits to put pressure on political prisoners and their families.
The telephones are still cut off after three months on orders of intelligence interrogators. These interrogators and Tehran Prosecutor Dolat Abadi have stressed on keeping the phone ban. The families of death row political prisoners whose loved ones were arrested in the post-election protests are extremely worried over the telephone ban.
On the other hand, political prisoners are denied their minimum rights such as the right to have in person visits with their children, spouse, father, mother, brother and sister, the right to be granted leaves from prison, and the right to be released from prison at the end of their terms. These issues have all been stipulated in the law but intelligence interrogators and especially the Tehran Prosecutor openly violate the law and deny violating these rights when talking to the media.

Jailed lawyer’s husband and lawyer threatened with arrest
Sep. 13, 2010
The husband and lawyer of jailed lawyer Nasrin Sutodeh were threatened by the Ministry of Intelligence that if they talk to the media about Sutodeh’s case, they will be arrested.
“Yesterday, the Intelligence Agency called Ms. Ghanavi (Sutodeh’s lawyer) and said that they have an arrest warrant issued for her and me and that if we give interviews they will arrest us both”, Sutodeh’s husband Reza Khandan said.
“Today when she went to court to look into Nasrin’s case, they confirmed this issue and once again reiterated this”, he added.



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UPDATE ON IRAN - Sept. 8, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 698

Downfall

Sanction – Economy - Crack within regime

Ridiculous scenes of a so-called show of power near the Friday Prayers
Sept. 6, 2010
Tehran: On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 there were ridiculous scenes of a so-called show of power near the Friday Prayers by Bassij forces. It was supposedly a karate and Kong foo show on the street and all the people passing by made fun of the Bassiji forces. The two attached videos show this ridiculous show of Bassijis which was played out as Ahmadinejad was giving a speech.
In one of the scenes of this ‘play’ the Bassijis set something on fire on the street which led to protests from young people and even to anti-government slogans. The Bassij force quickly put out the fire to prevent further protests and gatherings.

'Quds Day' in Isfahan
Sept. 6, 2010
Report from Isfahan on Friday Sept. 3, 2010 – According to a report given by a witness in Isfahan, the crowds in Isfahan for 'Quds Day' were very small. Only about 150 people were walking in each line. The state-run TV was saying that millions were out on the street but I only saw that barely 200 to 300 people were out in Isfahan. They had brought maybe 100 people from other towns because of the small turnout in this city.

Iranian regime's FM spokesman admits pain of sanctions
Sept. 6, 2010
The Iranian regime’s foreign ministry spokesman admitted to the painful impacts of international sanctions on the clerical regime, saying, “So, if we retreat, there would be nothing left for us.”
According to the state-run Fars news agency on Sunday, Ramin Mehmanparast, whose remarks were broadcast on state-run TV, said, “We do not welcome any sanctions or [punitive] resolutions. We don’t want to move towards resolutions. But, at the same time, we are not prepared to back away from our rights under pressure.”
The comments ran counter to what the mullahs’ President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had previously stated on a number of occasions to the effect that the regime “embraces sanctions.” He had added that sanctions actually benefit the Iranian regime.
Mehmanparast also unveiled the creation of “the special headquarters at the Foreign Ministry to confront sanctions.” He referred to some of the impacts, saying, “For example, there are chemical products that are used for peaceful purposes 96% of the time. They could only have a 4% chance of being used for military purposes. But, as soon as a merchant starts to be active in this field, he is told that you are importing these products for military purposes in Iran. Even cement and iron rods count as being sensitive products. They say that these products may be used for building military fortifications.”

The regime has been powerless against universities for the past 32 years, official says
Sept. 7, 2010
A member of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (Parliament) has said that the clerical regime has not been able to dominate universities during the past 32 years after the 1979 revolution, the state-run Tabnak reported on Monday.
In reaction to the regime’s Minister of Science who had said that universities opposed to the regime would have to be destroyed, the Majlis deputy, Abdoljabar Karami, said regime officials should avoid making such statements, adding, “Instead of demolishing universities, we have to look back to our own wrong doings and see why in the past 32 years we have not been able to influence students.”
In statements targeting Kamran Daneshjou, the mullahs’ Science Minister, Karami said that measures that could “incite chaos in universities” and “harm the regime” must be avoided.

Dire condition of laborers in Iran
Sept. 7, 2010
Qom: according to a worker in the Qom Derakhshan Factory, last month 20 workers were laid off work because the low purchases of fabric.
Workers in this factory have 3 month contracts and the head of the factory can fire them whenever the factory goes into a critical state. None of the workers have job security and can be fired any day.

Tehran: about 400 workers of the Kian Tire Factory who had not received their wages for four months did not receive their wages in the month of Mordad (July 23 to august 22) and these workers are still in an undetermined state. There is a tense atmosphere among the workers in this factory.
In this regard, the factory Protection Department and the head of the factory have told workers that they should not talk about the condition of this factory with anyone and if someone wants to know about the worker’s situation, they should come to us.

All factories are gradually closing
Sept. 7, 2010
Tehran: the head of a Western Tehran Taxi agency said that 300 liters of fuel only last for 10 to 15 days when you consider car maintenance and the agency commission and 400 liters of fuel, nothing is left for the driver. And this is in conditions where taxi drivers even in northern Tehran are from the impoverished south of Tehran who all live in rented homes and have loans and have to pay the expenses of their children and they cannot make a living under these circumstances.

Sanctions and nuclear bomb
Sept. 7, 2010
Amol: It has been a month now that cylinder gas has become scarce in the town of Amol. This shortage has led to serious problems for the people in this town.

Tehran: A taxi driver in a Taxi agency in West Tehran has said that one of their problems is that an agency that has 300 to 400 calls a day only has two cars. Drivers practically make no money and have to use their money for their car maintenance which needs a lot of care as a result of overuse. This taxi driver also said that because of high prices, inflation and the price of his children’s education including text books and other facilities, they  have problem sending their children to school.


Resistance

Political prisoners in Iran commemorate anniversary of 1988 massacre
Sept. 7, 2010
 On the 22nd anniversary of the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 at the hands of the Iranian regime, political prisoners at Evin Prison commemorated the memories of the victims by holding a special ceremony on Friday.
The ceremony was called “A Night with Khavaran,” referring to Khavaran cemetery where some of the victims are buried in mass graves. More than 30,000 dissidents, a majority of whom were supporters of the main opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), were executed in groups in the summer of 1988 by the clerical regime.
Political prisoners at Ward 350 recited poems and sang resistance anthems. Some of those who survived the massacre also recounted past stories and honored the memory of the slain.
According to a report obtained from Ward 350, the prisoners condemned the 1988 killings, describing it as a humanitarian and national catastrophe. They also denounced the issuing of heavy sentences against the massacre’s current survivors who are still imprisoned as well as against other political prisoners and said these death sentences are the continuation of the crimes committed by the regime in the 1980s.


Suppression

Suppression in Ramadan
Sept. 7, 2010
Tehran: Security forces are showing their true identity in the month of Ramadan by dealing harshly with those who eat in public. Even drivers in cars are not spared for smoking. Security forces stop cars with passengers who eat in public and after checking their documents send their cases to judicial sources.

A 70 Year old man sentenced to two years of prison
Sept. 7, 2010
Tehran: according to reports, after months of being kept in an undetermined state in Evin Prison, the trial for political prisoner Omid-Ali Mehrnia, a 70 year old retired teacher and PMOI supporter whose children live in Ashraf City (in Iraq where the members of PMOI live) was held on Tuesday August 31. He was sentenced to two years of prison on charges of propagating against the government and acting against national security.
The judge did not allow his family inside the court and only a few minutes before the court session ended and after the sentence was announced, his relatives were allowed inside.

Situation of Prisons in Iran
Sept. 7, 2010
Tehran: according to the judge in a Tehran court, most prisons have been filled to their maximum capacity and Evin Prison does not accept most prisoners who have been sentenced to prison by courts.
For example when a convict is sent to prison, they are sent back in many instances and prison officials say that they should either be released until their final sentence or they should be detained in Intelligence and Security Detention Centers. This is while intelligence detention centers are very small and have a limited capacity.

Three students sentenced to prison; student activist beaten in Vakil Abad Prison
Sep. 6, 2010
Three students of the Firdosi University in Mashhad by the names of Mehdi Khosravi, Amin Riahi and Hamid-Reza Amirkhani were sentenced to one year of prison which has been suspended for five years.
This is while Amir Riahi, the editor of the Mohavereh student publication, was severely beaten in Vakil Abad Prison. Eyewitnesses said that the reason he was beaten was for protesting to a soldier in prison…
Riahi disclosed the name of the person who beat him and said, “A soldier named Reza Bayat who was responsible for fingerprinting took me to another room and then started violently beating me for about 10 minutes. In the two or three hours that I was kept in that hall I saw at least four more beatings and two of them were carried out by Mr. Bayat”.
“After that when I was being released from prison, another soldier separated me and another political prisoner and asked us a few questions. I really did not have the ability to answer but the person next to me who decisively answered the questions was beaten and unfortunately he did not have a name tag and I do not know his name”.
These students wrote for their student publication in Mashhad’s Firdosi University and were sentenced to one year of prison on charges of propagating against the government. They were also sentenced to four semesters of suspension in 2008 for their activities in this publication.

Sunni prisoners insulted and beaten in Gohardasht Prison 
Sep. 6, 2010
According to reports from Iran, cellblock 2 known as the Dar al-Quran in Gohardasht Prison is very tense after prison agents insulted Sunni prisoners. These prisoners who are mostly Kurd political and non-political prisoners protested the insults which were being broadcasted from the cellblock loudspeakers.
Prison officials Kermani and Faraji and other prison guards threatened the Sunni protesters that if they do not end their protests, prison guards will beat them and transfer them to solitary cells…
On Sunday September 5, when they see that the protests of political and non-political Sunni prisoners were ongoing, Karami, Faraji the head and assistant head of the Prison Intelligence Unit and prison guards attacked a Sunni prisoner identified as Ata-ollah Azizi and beat him, subsequently taking him to cellblock 6 in this prison.
The Prison Intelligence Unit instigates and encourages other prisoners to clash with Sunni prisoners and there is a high chance of widespread religious clashes in this cellblock.

Officially organized instigated clashes in Gohardasht Prison leaves many prisoners severely injured
Sep. 7, 2010
According to reports from Iran, on Monday September 6, at least seven prisoners were severely injured after bloody clashes in cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison. Four of these prisoners were taken to hospitals outside of prison because of the severity of their injuries and are in critical condition.
One of the prisoners identified as Javad Zare was struck on the head with a sword and his eye was scooped out in the prison infirmary. Another prisoner who had a deep wound on his head was taken to a hospital outside of prison.
The clashes in these cellblocks are carried out with the instigation and encouragement of the Prison Intelligence Unit and those who participate in these clashes and attack prisoners are intelligence elements in prison and are also used in distributing drugs and suppressing prisoners.
When a clash starts in a cellblock, prison guards close the cellblock doors and let the gangs attack their victims. These attacks are carried out with the intention of fatally wounding or severely injuring the victims. Prison guards only intervene after the clashes end and start evacuating the wounded prisoners. In most cases the attackers are not held accountable and continue their crimes in the cellblocks.
The organizers of these clashes in various prison cells are Kermani and Faraji, the head and assistant head of the Intelligence Unit in this prison.

Suppression in Iran
Families of detained Christians threatened in Mashhad
Sep. 7, 2010
The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mashhad has threatened the families of detained Christians and has told them that if the jailed Christians do not turn back to Islam, they will be charged with apostasy.
According to reports, three of these converted Christians identified as Reza (Stephan), his wife Maria and Ehsan Behrouz were arrested on July 8, 2010 on charges of converting to Christianity. Branch 901 of the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad asked the families of these three Christians on August 29 to participate in their trial.
According to reports from a source close to this case, in the above mentioned session, court and security officials told these families that despite 50 days of attempts by guidance agents to convert these prisoners back to Islam, these people have still not given a positive answer and are not willing to leave their Christian beliefs…
Judicial and security officials in Mashhad have also said that if their families are not able to force them back to Islam, they will charge them with apostasy and they will be tried on these charges.
The official meaning of apostasy in Iran is execution.

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UPDATE ON IRAN - Sept. 7, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 697

Downfall

Sanction – Economy - Crack within regime

Study of reason for regime failure on Quds Day 
5 September 2010
The very low turn out on Quds Day and the media boycott of this event has led regime officials to examine the reasons behind this failure on Quds Day.
One example of this evaluation was published by the state-run Farda Website in which Ismail Ahmadi Moqadam, the head of the State Security Forces, said that carrying out security maneuvers before Quds Day was ‘bad taste’. But he claimed that the maneuver was for ‘robbers and other like them’.
Farda wrote: Ismail Ahmad Moqadam implicitly criticized the Prevention Maneuver on Thursday (September 2). This maneuver was to counter armed robbers and other criminals.
The head of the State Security Forces said that carrying out this police maneuver a day before Quds Day was ‘bad taste’.
Ahmadi Moqadam said that the carrying out the Crime Prevention Maneuver one day before Quds might ‘have been because of the bad taste of our colleagues on choosing the day of the maneuver”.
On Thursday, the streets of Tehran were filled with police forces one day before Quds Day. The head of the Tehran Security forces immediately reacted to rumors regarding the heavy police presence and said that it was part of the ‘Prevention’ plan.

Foreign Ministry admits to mullahs’ stalemate 
5 September 2010
The spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry admitted to the negative results of international sanctions for the mullah’s dictatorship and said that “if we retreat, we will have nothing left”.
According to the state-run Fars News Agency on September 5, Mehman Parast said, “We do not welcome any sanctions or resolutions, we do not want to go towards a resolution but we are not willing to retreat from our rights because of the pressures… nothing will be left for us”.
Notably, Ahmadinejad had constantly said that ‘we welcome sanctions and sanctions are in our interest according to a program that we had set’.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman also said that a “Special Staff will be created to counter sanctions in the Foreign Ministry” and said that “we do not welcome sanctions and they are not in the interest of the Iranian people”.
Special Staff counter sanctions in Ministry of Foreign Affairs
He referred to the problems after sanctions and said, “For example, there are chemical goods that have a 96 percent non-military use and four percent is only used for military purposes and immediately when a tradesman becomes active on these grounds, they claim that you intend to use these goods for military purposes in Iran. They even claim that cement and iron rods are sensitive goods and that they are used in military fortified sanctuaries or strongholds”.

Regime officials admit to effects of sanctions
September 5, 2010
Hossein Sasani, the Secretary General of the Iranian regime’s Industry Confederation admitted to the effects of the sanctions and said, “Resolution 1929 in the Security Council has targeted and limited bank transactions in addition to limitations for military purchases, activities of economical businesses and ocean transportations”.

Larijani sounds alarm bells on growing threats for the Iranian regime
September 5, 2010
The Iranian regime’s parliamentary speaker has admitted that the regime is facing “difficult threats” in comments that echoed growing fears in the regime over recent domestic and regional developments.
Ali Larijani made the unprecedented remarks during a speech in Qom, according to the state-run Mehr news agency on Friday.
“A quick glimpse at the country’s situation shows that we are facing difficult threats and overcoming them requires a period of resistance. We have to avoid making costly statements.”
“Currently, we are being threatened economically, culturally, politically and regionally. The most important of them are economic threats and the West is trying to impose various sanctions to cause drain the system from within and diminish the political influence of the establishment among people.”
Larijani said in thinly veiled remarks that clearly expressed anxiety, “The enemies are targeting the Islamic Republic’s capabilities in the region. A triangle is currently being formed that consist of the three sides of pressuring Iran, pressuring the Lebanese resistance forces and creating a mild atmosphere for the Palestinians to pursue peace talks.”
Referring to expanding conflicts within the clerical regime, Larijani said talk of issues that might encourage discord should be set aside. “Domestically, the enemies are trying to incite divisions among our internal loyal forces in order to achieve their ends.”

Ahmadinejad's debt problems spread to other parts of economy
September 5, 2010
While the government of the mullahs’ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is grappling with a $140 billion debt, various parts of the economy and social services are taking huge blows.
According to a Aftab state-run news agency, 750,000 farmers have lost their jobs during the past five years alone. Aftab said that the latest reports and statistics by the regime show that bank credits to farmers are severely restricted and despite rising inflation, the government buys agricultural products like rice and wheat at cheap prices citing dubious pretexts.
At the same time, other agricultural products, particularly fruits, are being imported in an unbridled fashion, which leads to more unemployment in the industry.
Separately, 120,000 teachers have also lost their jobs, according to Arman newspaper. This week, a number of teachers protested to the decision by gathering in front of the regime’s Majlis (Parliament).
Meanwhile, the regime’s prisons are unprecedentedly overcrowded. Recently, the head of the regime’s Prisons Organization said there are over 205,000 people behind bars in Iran, warning that “if the trend were to continue, a serious human catastrophe will be in the works.”
According to the regime’s Prisons Organization statistics, while the average rate of prisoners in the world is 132 for every 100,000 people, “in Iran, there are 348 inmates for every 100,000 people.”
The Ahmadinejad government has also made a significant calculation mistake in declaring the banking system’s capacity to issue credits. According to the state-run Donyay-e Eqtesad on August 30, although the banks could issue 23 billion dollars in credit, the government declared the amount as 70-80 billion dollars, making a mistake of over 50 billion dollars.

Iranian regime have given Million Dollars to Albaradeii
September 5, 2010
Alyomolsabe newspaper published in Egypt, with a title of “A Judiciary plea, Accused Albaradeii of receiving 7 million Dollars from Iran” exposed one of Mullah’s regime bargains with ex secretary general of International Agency of Nuclear Power.
This newpaper wrote: Dr. Yaser Najib Abdolma’boud, in a plea to Judiciary, accused Mohammad Albaradeii ex secretary general of International Agency of Nuclear Power for receiving 7 million dollars from Iranian regime.
Abdolma’boud in a plea of 15421 said that the leadership of Iran declared his financial support of Albaradeii through and Arab business man living in Europe and this business man gave a check for 7 million dollars for his election propagandas.  Plea emphasizes that the meeting between this arab business man who is close to Albaradeii and the Iranian official took place in a hotel in Romanian Capital. This business man went to Romania in order to finish this deal, and this was after 2 weeks secret communications between both sides which Iranian official asked the business man to inform Albaradiee of their complete support.

Additive crisis between Parliament and Ahmadinejad
September 5, 2010
Despite supreme leader advise to reduce crisis, Ahmadinejad wrote a letter to the head of parliament asking for restoration of his fifth resolution.
The government media called Mehr, wrote: Government representative, to show their protest, they didn’t take part in yesterday’s reconciliation commission. Today, the government had asked for restoration of this issue. During sending this letter to parliament, a delegation consists of parliament representatives led by Mohammad Hassan Abutorabi fard and some other members of the commission had a discussion with the president.
According to mehr media, the representatives including Abutorabi tried to solve the problem, but there is no result from such discussion.

4 air accidents in less than a week in Iran
September 4, 2010
On 31th of August a Topoloph airplane belonging to KishAir airway agency, when it was leaving Mashhad to Tehran, in the airport was stricken by its tire fire and was stopped in the Airport.
A day ago on 30th of August, flight no. 088 of Mahan airplane agency, which was supposed to take the passengers in 2315 o’ clock from Shiraz to Tehran, but after 8 hours delay, the flight was canceled and the passengers were transferred to Tehran by another flight.
4 days before this event, on 26th of August in less than a day, 3 air accidents occurred.
According to reports in 4 years ago, more than 480 people have lost their lives in air accidents in Iran. The aircraft experts say that due to mismanagement and corruption, this regime is preventing maintenance and checking airplanes.
LosAngles Times newspaper wrote: Iran’s Aircraft with 14 deadly military and nonmilitary accidents, since the year 2000, has a history of deadly technical fails, 7 of these 14 accidents has been during Ahmadi nejad’s presidency.

There is unbridled poverty in Iran, the regime's mullah Makarem Shirazi says
September 4, 2010 
A cleric close to the Iranian regime says poverty in Iran has spun out of control. “On the other hand,” he added, “we see the enormous money provided to some people whose status is well known.”
Mullah Nasser Makarem Shirazi also referred to the hefty financial contracts involving actors and athletes.
He added, “Moreover, a substantial amount of money is spent out of the government budget on individuals who are described as Iranians living abroad.”
There are villages which are deprived of the most basic medical services and residents have to jump into the river to bathe, Shirazi said.
His comments were apparently targeting a state-organized “conference of Iranians abroad,” which took place last month in Tehran for the second consecutive year and was run by a close aide to the mullahs’ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
People who attended the gathering had their expenses paid in full by the Ahmadinejad government during their three day visit to Iran.
Some observers say the so-called conference was organized by Tehran to dispel its image as an isolated regime and to spur foreign investment.
But, even members of Ahmadinejad’s own faction began to lash out at the decision and even the participants. Some said the attendees did not come to invest but instead were motivated by an all expense paid trip to the country.


Suppression

Man threatened at gun point and arrested for smoking on Ramadan
September 5, 2010
Qazvin- Takistan University
The helper of a bus driver was threatened at gun point by a plainclothes agent and then forced into a white car and taken away.

Death sentence of political prisoner upheld by Supreme Court
Sep. 5, 2010
The death sentence for Kurd political prisoner Habibollah Golparipour was upheld by the Supreme Court.
According to reports, this sentence was announced to Golparipour in the past few days in court. This resident of Sanandaj is currently in Mahabad Prison.
He had been detained for a long time in the Sanandaj and Mahabad Detention Centers and was sentenced to death by the Mahabad Revolutionary Court on charges of waging war with God by membership in a dissident party.


Dissident Iranian cleric denied medical treatment on verge of going blind
Sep. 5, 2010
Despite the critical condition of the eyesight of Ayatollah Hossein Kazemi Borujerdi, officials prevent him from being taken to a hospital outside of prison.
According to reports, in the past four years of his detention he has been suffering from severe problems in his right eye because of mistreatment and being kept in a polluted environment.
Last week a medic in Evin Prison’s infirmary stressed after checking him that he has lost 80 percent of his vision because of a tear in the retina.
The medic also warned that such a tear will not be treated with medicine and the only effective way to treat it is by surgery therefore his condition is considered urgent and he has to be hospitalized in a well- equipped hospital.
The head of the Special Court for Clergy have deprived Borujerdi of treatment and will not even give his medical file to his family. They have recently told those close to Borujerdi that until he stops ‘propagating against the government’ he will be kept in these conditions.

Iran arrests lawyer of political prisoners
Sep. 5, 2010
Nasrin Sutodeh, a well-known lawyer was arrested after being summoned to the Revolutionary Court.
Her lawyer was informed of her arrest after going to the security court on Sunday morning September 5. This is while Nasim Ghanavi was not allowed to see the interrogator on the case and was told that they would call her whenever necessary.
She was also not allowed to participate in the interrogation session with Nasrin Sutodeh. After accepting and registering her power of attorney, judicial officials asked her to leave.
Nasrin Sutodeh is the lawyer of many political prisoners including Esa Saharkhiz and Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand. She is also following the case of Shirin Ebadi and several other human rights cases. Security forces went to her office and home on August 28 and confiscated her files and other personal items and asked her to come to the court in Evin Prison in one week after which she was arrested.
Nasrin Sutodeh is also active in the One-Million Signature Campaign (advocating for pro-women change in the constitution) and was also given an award by the International Human Rights Organization in 2008. Judicial officials have charged her with conspiring against the security of the country and propagating against the government.

Iran arrests nephew of executed Kurd political prisoner
Sep. 5, 2010
Azad Kamangar, a student of the Technical and Engineering College of Sanandaj was arrested and taken to an unknown location two days ago after going to college.
According to reports, Azad Kamangar is the nephew of Farzad Kamangar, a Kurd teacher who was executed. He was wanted by the police after a memorial ceremony was held for those executed on May 9, 2010 and attempts for his arrest were futile because he was not in his home at the time.
The family of this student activist was not able to get any news on his whereabouts after going to the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency and Revolutionary Court.

Sakineh Mohammadi sentenced to 99 lashes over a media blunder
Sep. 5, 2010
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery was sentenced to 99 lashes on the charge of spreading corruption after a picture of a woman without  the (Islamic) veil said to be Ashtiani by a British daily was published.
Her son Sajad Mohammadi Ashtiani said that her lawyer was informed via her recently released cellmates that his client was once again sentenced to lashing.
Times published a picture of a woman on August 28 saying it was Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. A few days later after apologizing from its readers, it said that it was not her picture.


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Empty streets on Quds Day Tehran-Sep.3,2010

'QODS DAY' - Sept. 3, 2010

'QODS DAY'

Tehran- reports on Quds Day march

Sept. 3, 2010

The seven paths that the Iranian regime had determined for the Quds Day March was so empty that the government was forced to park public transportations automobiles in these paths and streets. From Azadi Square to Enqelab Square in all the paths, the crowds barely reached one thousand. Regime supporters were walking in groups of two or three towards Enqelab Square which was the main site of the gathering in despair because of the lack of public participation Millions of colorful posters, pictures and other writing were left unused in the hands of regime forces because there were no mass crowds to distribute the posters to. The crowds participating in the Quds state-run marches were those who usually participate in Friday Prayers. Even those who usually came just to get food and drinks did not participate in the march.

Tehran – Karim Khan Zand Street 
Security forces were out on force on the streets. A young man was arrested after passing by a number of security forces. They would arrest anyone they deemed suspicious and a van full of arrested young people was seen in this street.

Valiasr Street 
There were clashes between security forces and the people in this region. Special Guards Forces were also on the scene in the Square. Cell phones were also down at that time in this region.

In the Karimkhan and Farahani intersection which is actually Haft Tir Square about 100 people who came out of the metro were chanting ‘no to Lebanon, no to Gaza, I will only sacrifice for Iran’.

13:30 in Friday Prayers
Today instead of fruit juice which is usually distributed by the regime to gather crowds for a bigger turnout, they were giving out pens with six colors and key chains to participants because of the month of Ramadan.


Sept. 3, 2010

- Last night the sound of 'Allah O Akbar' which was being chanted by people could be heard in the following regions:
Dolatabad, Qetareyh,Tajresh, Shah Abdol Azim, and the street leading to Hamaran Street.

- Last night a number of youths were arrested while writing slogans in the public areas in Arak (West of Iran).

- In the Sadat Abad region in Tehran people chanted 'Allah O Akbar' last night.
The notorious Bassij forces have been stopping people from 2am to body search passersby. The police forces have announced that they will do anything in order to control the security atmosphere.



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Cries of Allah O Akbar in Tehran Quds Day - Sep. 2, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN - Aug. 19, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No.688

Regime’s nuclear Project

The clerical regime steps up it nuclear projects

The Mullahs try to achieve the atomic bomb before sanctions can affect them thoroughly
Tehran, August 17, 2010
While the sanctions are stepping up pressures on the religious fascism ruling Iran leading also to the deepening of schism within the regime, regime’s head of Atomic Energy Organization announced: “appointing locations for 10 more uranium enrichment sites is done and the construction of one of the sites will be started before the end of the year”.
In another event Ahmadinejad emphasized on continuation of 20% uranium enrichment.
With all these maneuvers that are totally the violation of UN Security Council’s resolutions and the NPT treaty the clerical dictatorship tries to pretend from one hand that the pressure of the sanctions is nothing for it and from the other hand it tries to speed up it nuclear projects to achieve atomic bomb before the sanctions can drastically affect it.

Students Committee in Iran wants to echo the voice of Iran’s resistance that achieving nuclear bomb is a part of Mullahs’ strategy for their ominous survival and they will never give up on that.
Any potential negotiation with this regime will just buy them more time and make the result of the sanctions blunt.
In Students Committee in Iran we demand thorough oil, trade, technology and diplomatic sanctions against this regime as an essential act to prevent the terrorists ruling Iran from achieving atomic bomb and we warn the international society for any negligence in that regard.


The war of political prisoners

We have no fear from prison and execution 
Tehran, August 17, 2010
In a letter to regime’s General Prosecutor, Jafari Dolatabadi, some of the political prisoners of Gohardasht Prison wrote: “Mr. Prosecutor for times and again you are announcing that if we want freedom or even leave we must ask for pardon...but you have received no answer other than silence from us...The more we think the less we see any reason for asking for pardon...Should we repent because defenseless women and men who sought their rights were killed in the streets by fully armed agents? Or should we repent because you have made parents to mourn their children such as Neda, Sohrab and...Or because you have buried those you killed at night in unknown graves...Should we repent and ask for pardon because our youths have been tortured and kept in Kahrizak or because you have forced the prisoners to confess as you wish them too?..
Let us warn you that we have no fear from prison and execution at the course of freedom of our homeland”.

Political prisoner Farah Vazehan condemned to execution
Tehran, August 17, 2010
The clerical dictatorship condemned PMOI political prisoner Farah (Elmira) Vazahen to execution.
She was arrested on Dec. 27, 2009 at her home along with her two children raided by the agents of regime’s notorious Intelligence Ministry’s agents.
She was under torture in solitary cell for a month to make her confess in TV then transferred to ward 209. Her children were also kept in solitary cells while her daughter is suffering from cancer so that she would go under more pressure for confession.
Mrs. Vazahna’s uncle was a political prisoners executed by this regime during 1980’s.

Mother warns: I’ll go on hunger strike
Tehran, August 17, 2010
As pressure and tortures imposed on political prisoner Reza Joshan increases and he receives no treatment, his mother warned the prison’s guards that if he is not cared she will also go on hunger strike.
Mr. Joshan is on hunger strike and there is no news about his conditions.

Kayvan Samimi in critical condition
Tehran, August 17, 2010
The family of political prisoner Kayvan Samimi announced that he is in critical condition in his 22nd day of hunger strike at Evin Prison.


Sanctions

Crisis of gasoline
Tehran, August 17, 2010
As the rationed gasoline for private vehicles is finished gas stations are selling free gasoline using private gasoline cards.
Those residents who had tried to save some gasoline in their rationed cards are giving them to gas stations to be sold in fear of the fact that these rations will be useless in the coming month. The gas stations all selling these kinds of gasoline twice the price but still to obtain even free gasoline sold as such residents have to stay in long queues.

Countries insurance in crisis
Tehran, August 17, 2010
The Social Welfare Insurance owes one of Tehran’s pharmacies called Ayatollah Kashani Pharmacy 32 million tomans. Many other treatment centers, pharmacies and labs also must be paid by the insurance system.
The authorities in countries insurance have announced crisis in the field and have said that they desperately need the help of the government otherwise they will be faced with greater crisis.

Weaving Factory closed
Tabriz, August 17, 2010
Atlas Poot Thread and Weaving Factory in Tabriz with about 800 workers is closed due to lack of raw material since last week. The factory provided its raw material from Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and China. The factory is completely closed. During the crisis the number of the factory’s workers has reduced from 800 to 200 and now these 200 are also without job.

Farnakh Factory completely closed
Qazvin, August 17, 2010
Farnakh factory in Qazvin that witnessed many laborers protest is completely closed now. 170 workers of this factory gathered in front of the factory on Tuesday Aug. 17 demanding their unpaid wages since 730 in the morning. All the laborers of this factory have 16 to 24 years history of work and are facing crisis in their lives because of the closure of the factory.

Municipality workers without any wage
Mashad, August 17, 2010
The workers of city services of the municipality of region 12 of Mashad have not received their wages since 5 months ago in addition with their rights for insurance and are in critical living conditions now.

ITI Long Distance Company workers under pressure
Shiraz, August 17, 2010
600 employees from ITI Company have given one month of their wages to hush them up. These workers had not received their wages for 17 months.


Downfall

Pictures of Mr. Massoud Rajavi distributed at universities of the west of the country
Tehran, August 17, 2010
The state-run site called Iran Network (Shabake Iran) while complaining about the fact wrote that pictures of Mr. Massoud Rajavi is distributed by ‘unknown individuals’ at the universities west of the country at the anniversary of his flight from Iran to Paris for the continuation of the resistance on July 29, 1981.
Iran Network: “recently unknown individuals affiliated with the terrorist group of Monafeghin (or Hypocrites the name the clerical dictatorship calls PMOI) have distributed some leaflets in supports of Massoud Rajavi, the head of this group at the campuses of the universities west of the country. As Iran Network reports these leaflets content the pictures of Rajavi and refer to the day he escaped to France.

Regime’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesman: PMOI is a threat for the regime
Tehran, August 17, 2010
The spokesman of regime’s Foreign Ministry targeted PMOI members residing in Ashraf City, Iraq as the threat against the regime.
In his press conference in reaction to a question Mehmanparast said: “in regard with Monafeghin we had pointed before that the existence of the members of this group as a terrorist group is dangerous for the security of the region (read the security of the clerical dictatorship)...”

Suppression

63 year old hunger striking political prisoner in critical condition denied treatment
Aug. 17, 2010
It has been eight days that the medical team in Evin Prison has not checked on jailed journalist Keivan Samimi who is on his 22nd day of hunger strike.
According to reports, he is being denied treatment on orders of prison officials especially the head of Evin Prison Sedaqat and Bozorgnia, the head of cellblock 350.
Samimi’s family is very concerned for his health and has asked all judicial officials especially the Tehran Prosecutor to pay immediate attention to his condition.
This jailed journalist is in his 22nd day of hunger strike and is in very poor health. Samimi is 63 years old and in light of his age the lack of treatment can be very dangerous for his health.

Death row political prisoner goes on hunger strike in protest to prison conditions
Aug. 17, 2010
A Kurd death row political prisoner in the Central Orumieh Prison went on a hunger strike on Sunday August 15.
The family of Mohammad Amin Agushi confirmed this report and said that he went on hunger strike in protest to limitations in prison and being kept in one cellblock with murderers.
Mohammad Amin Agushi is a retired teacher who was arrested along with Iraj Mohamamdi and Ahmad Poulad Khani about one year on charges of espionage. He was sentenced to death by the second branch of the Western Azarbaijan Military Court. This sentence was upheld by the 31st branch of the Supreme Court.

More than 1000 people arrested in three days in new suppressive measure in Tehran
Aug. 17, 2010
The Commander of the State Security Forces in the Greater Tehran District said that on the third days of the plan to deal with those who carry knives, 778 people were arrested in the past 24 hours in Tehran.
“In this plan which started on Saturday in the capital to identify and arrest those who carry knives, 321 people were arrested on the first day, 121 people on the second day and 778 people were arrested on the third day”, Hossein Sajedi Nia said. (Mehr state-run news agency)

Security forces attempt to illegally arrest Dervish 
Aug. 17, 2010
On Monday August 16 at 10 pm, four security forces went to the home of Kazem Dehqan, a Neimatollahi Dervish, and attempted to arrest him.
Dehqan asked the agents to show an arrest warrant but was shown a document without a stamp and signature. He then told them that his arrest was illegal and refused to cooperate with them. The agents then resorted to violence and beat him and even threatened his wife at gun point. This incident ended after other Dervishes intervened and the agents left the scene.

Resistance

In fear of the protests of Iranian youths the clerical regime banned soccer matches
Tehran, August 17, 2010
In fear of youths protest the clerical regime banned famous soccer teams including Persepolis and Teraktosazi from having a match for several weeks.

A youth killed in clashes with regime’s forces
Khozestan, August 17, 2010
On Tuesday Aug. 17 at 1420 during a clash in Yaser residential complexes in Khozestan’s Omidieh between youths and regime’s forces a youth called Ali Badiri was killed by the bullets of regime’s mercenaries.
Ali Badiri was about 27 and from Al Ahwaz tribe. While transferring his body regime’s agents were confronted with severe protest from the residents.


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