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Religious fascism ruling Iran hanged Political prisoner Ali Saremi

Religious fascism ruling Iran hanged 

Political prisoner Ali Saremi 

Supporter of PMOI who had spent more than 23 years of his life in prison

Iran refuses to hand over body of executed political prisoner to his family
According to reports, several family members of executed political prisoner and PMOI supporter Ali Saremi went to Kahrizak Detention Center to get custody of Ali Saremi’s body. They were told by Evin Prison agents to go to Kahrizak for the body.
They were initially banned from entering Kahrizak and finally after persisting, security forces told them to leave and bring a letter from Evin Prison.
According to other reports, after widespread reports in the international media about the execution of this 63 year old political prisoner, the Iranian regime is looking to retaliate against his family and therefore arrested a number of his family members on the day he was hanged. They were finally forced to release them last night after harassing and threatening them. Security forces also raided their family shop today and arrested Ali Saremi’s nephew identified as Mohammad.

Biography of Ali Saremi
Brave supporter of PMOI resisted to the end
Dec. 29, 2010
Ali Saremi, political prisoner and a supporter of PMOI who was executed by the clerical dictatorship on Tuesday dawn Dec. 28, 2010 was born in 1948 in Broojerd. He started teaching at high schools after he graduated from university well knowing five foreign languages.
He spent about 24 years of his live at prisons on the whole suffering different kinds of pressure and torture.
He was incarnated for two years during Shah’s era and was freed by the revolution of 1979. He joined Teachers Movement supporters of PMOI but was arrested after June 20, 1981.
He was imprisoned five times during the rule of religious fascism in decades of 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s and was held in prisons of Gohardasht, Gezelhesar and Evin but each time he was more decisive to continue his struggle after he was freed.
He was last arrested end of summer of 2007 because he attended a ceremony for commemoration of the massacre of political prisoner, 30000 of them, in summer of 1988 and was in prison until the dawn of his execution.
Mr. Saremi has four children and has traveled to Ashraf City (the place of residence of PMOI members in Iraq) in years of 2003, 2004 and 2005.
During these years he was summoned to the reactionary courts of the regime four times but he didn’t accept the charges so they couldn’t allege him with anything in particular.
He was arrested in February 2005 only because he had laid flower on the grave of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh on behalf of the leadership of the resistance. He was tried on late Fall of 2006 because of that and was condemned to 6 years imprisonment along with being exiled for a year to Minab’s prison.
In 1987 he sent his only son Akbar to Ashraf to join NLA.
During the clash that occurred between henchmen of Evin and his family and the families of other political prisoner on Tuesday for receiving his body Poya, Mahin and Mohtaram Saremi his daughter, wife and sister; Akram Sanjari mother of political prisoner Misagh Yazdan Panah and Hadi and Mahbobeh Mansouri the son and sister of political prisoner Mohammad Ali Mansouri were arrested and taken into Evin Prison.
To cover its crime the clerical regime announced that ‘a member of Mohafeghin grouplet’ was executed on charge of ‘Moharebe’ along with Ali Akbar Siadat the ‘element of Zionist regime’s spying service’.
Regime’s media published the decree of execution of Mr. Saremi as:
“The extinct (Ali Saremi) travelled in 2002 to Monafeghin’s camp called Ashraf and was trained and returned back to the country. Then along with some freed prisoners of this grouplet he started propagating for them. Monafeghin paid him to hold gatherings for the group and publish and distribute a publication called ‘Aryaee Land’. He propagated for Monafeghin publicy at his work and distributed the pictures of its leaders. He attracted some and sent them to Monafeghin’s camp in Iraq. He organized sessions and sent their clips to be broadcasted from Monafeghin’s TV. He actively provided and distributed advertising brochures for Monafeghin and the poster of their leaders to be posted in general places. He was in contact with Monafeghin’s contact centers by the order of the grouplet...”.
Then the media continued that he was condemned to death by article 47 of the law of Islamic Punishment and articles 186, 190 and 191.

Statement by Society of Engineers in Seek of Freedom in condemnation of the execution of political prisoner Ali Sarami
Dec. 29, 2010 
In the name and memory of those who fall for freedom during Iran’s national uprising.
Hail to all political prisoners who are fully withstanding the henchmen of Velayat.
Hail to the risen students of our homeland.
Hail to people of Iran.
Hail to Ali Saremi the day he was born and the day he joined eternity.
Death to the principle of Velayat-e-Faghieh,
…You henchmen, you will probably get your decisive answer by people like Ali Saremi and we the people of Iran. Once more the trembling hands of Velayat is getting closer to its final…Do you think by killing Ali Saremi this fire will be hushed?
Since the day that Ali Saremi like those other who fall for freedom of their people said no to the oppressor he was ready for this moment and we are ready for it too.
You killed Ali but by this you give birth to thousand other Alies…
The other day Khomeini massacred (political prisoners) in fear of his overthrow and now you are doing the same…
At the end we pay our condolences to the family of Ali Saremi; now the whole Iran, and we strongly condemn this vicious act of brutal mullahs.
Death to the ominous Velayat and to religious fascism
Death to Khamenei
Hail to freedom
Society of Engineers in Seek of Freedom
Iran- Dec. 29, 2010

The Society in Solidarity with Bazaars Guilds condemns the execution of political prisoner Ali Saremi
Dec. 28, 2010 
…Ali Saremi was executed just because he defended the rights of deprived people and just because he withstood the tyranny of the time…
In the dreadful condition of economy recession in Iran and the ever increasing economic pressure on different sectors of the society including guilds and Iran’s bazaar, to suppress people even more the rule of despotism committed a dirty act and at the dawn of Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010 it executed the political prisoner Ali Saremi.
We the Society of Solidarity with Iran’s Guilds strongly condemn this execution and we pay our condolences to his family and friends.
Society of Solidarity with Iran’s Guilds
Dec. 28, 2010

Ali Saremi joined eternity- message of political prisoners
Dec. 28, 2010 
A group of political prisoners of ward 2 of Karaj’s Gohardasht Prison sent a message for the martyrdom of Ali Saremi titled ‘Ali Saremi joined the eternity’.
After paying their condolences to the family of Mr. Saremi and all freedom loving people they said; “…neither us ... believed that this cruel decree will be executed. When he was summoned by Intelligence he had a high spirit and he said goodbye to us. We were awaiting his return…and we never believed that our friend has been transferred to Evin Prison for execution…Regime’s officials blocked our calls to outside the prison from fear. All the freedom loving people of Iran must know that in his last days Ali was roomed in corridors of ward 2 because the ward was so crowded to make him even weaker...
The brutal rulers of Iran must know that by suppression and killing struggle of our nation for freedom and social justice will not end. They will gain nothing but notoriety from executing Ali Saremi. Because he, like other who fall for freedom we be alive for ever.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 30, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 752

Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods 

in different cities of Iran

Scraping subsidy, jeopardizing agriculture
Dec. 28, 2010 
Hussein Naghavi Hosseini a member of regime’s reactionary parliament admitted to aftermaths of subsidy cuts and said: “execution of ‘subsidy overhaul plan’ has faced agriculture with serious problems because of rise in price of gas oil. 50% of water pumps of farmers work with gas oil and the fuel used for tractors is gas oil too”.
He admitted that if the farmers want to buy gas oil in free price they must pay 88 million tomans for each 10000 square meter of land.

Laborers portest in Khozestan
Dec. 28, 2010 
More than 500 laborers of Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Factory and Karoon Shoostar’s Industry gathered in protest in front of the general bureau of regime’s social providence in Khozestan.
These laborers protested against the fact that years of insurance have not been counted for them since 2007.

Heat is cut in Varamin’s schools
Dec. 27, 2010 
In schools of Varamin that are equipped with central heating system the system is shot down. The students are told that it is still soon to turn on the heat and they should wear more clothes to warm themselves.

Anti-riot battalions of IRGC on state of alert to confront protests
Dec. 28, 2010
To confront popular protests after subsidy cuts, IRGC anti-riot battalions are in state of alert in Tehran.
IRGC has also provided several landing sites for its helicopters in different regions of Tehran for controlling protests.


Downfall

Death to Khamenei on the wall
Dec. 28, 2010 
In one of Boroojerd’s neighborhoods youths wrote ‘death to Khamenei’ on a wall. Immediately suppressive forces were present and covered it with paint in order to prevent the spread of such acts of opposition.

Nategh Noori is defected
Dec. 29, 2010
Mullah Ibrahimi, the deputy head of Security and Foreign Policy Commission of regime’s reactionary parliament talked about defection of Nategh Noori the former head of regime’s parliament.
He said: “I was one of the members of this society. I went to see Mr. Nategh Noori to ask him to return to Cleric’s Society but he didn’t accept my invitation and didn’t answer us”.

Ahmadinejad complains from regime’s Meyer of Tehran, Ghalibuf
Dec. 28, 2010 
Jafari Dolatabadi while announcing the news also added that Ahmadinejad has complained from Ali Motahari, MP and on side of Larijani.
He also asked regime’s Hezbollah not to attack the judiciary while pointing to the pressure of Ahmadinejad’s band on judiciary for trying the heads of the rival band.
On the other hand Ahmadinejad’s rival bands are putting pressure for trial of Rahimi, Ahmadinejad’s first deputy.

More omission in Ahmadinejad’s cabinet
Dec. 28, 2010 
A site belonging to regime’s defeated fraction wrote about the continuation of dismissals in Ahmadinejad’s cabinet: “now its turn for Minister of Intelligence to be ousted. It is said that Ahmadinejad is negotiating with Hojatol Islami Hussein Taeb to accept the post but Taeb does not accept it”.
Mullah Hussein Taeb is the intelligence deputy of IRGC and one of the former heads of Bassij who had a great role in killings during 2009-2010 uprisings.


Suppression

Clerical fascism condemned two Kurd youths to death
Dec. 28, 2010 
Iran Daily the official organ of Ahmadinejad’s government wrote: “according to a file in branch 15 of Teheran’s so-called Revolutionary Court headed by so-called judge Abolghasem Salavati, two Kurd youths, Zania Moradi 22 and Loghman Moradi were condemned to death on charge of ‘Moharebe’.


Vast detention of political and civil activist in Sanandaj
Dec. 28, 2010 
Though the clerical dictatorship retreated from executing Habibollah Latifi a Kurd student and political activist due to serious quest by human rights groups and political and civil activists; but since last Monday a group of activists in Sanandaj are either arrested of disappeared.
On Monday night regime’s suppressive forces raided Habibollah’s home and viciously arrested every body even kids and guests. The name of some of the detainees are: Pedram Nasrollahi laborer activist and former political prisoner, Hashem Roostami laborer activist, Zahed Moradian laborer activist, Mahmood Mahmoodi journalist, Saeed Saedi journalist, Hamid Malek Al Kalumi environment activist, Simin Chaichi poet and writer, Vahed Majidi former political prisoner, Jyan Zafari former political prisoner, Abbas Latifi Habibollah’s father, Mokhtar Zareie student activist, 3 of Habibollah’s brothers, 3 of his sisters, Habibollah’s sister in law and 5 more whose identity is not known yet.

Detention and torture of a Christian Iranian in Shahryar Township
Dec. 28, 2010 
The suppressive agents of clerical regime summoned Alireza Najafi a Christian compatriot to the township’s intelligence bureau and detained him.
He then went under torture.

Three years of prison for writing slogans
Dec. 28, 2010 
The criminal regime of mullah has condemned Mostafa Kamrani, brother of Kyarash Kamrani who was detained during the uprising, to 3 years imprisonment for writing slogan on the wall of Evin Prison.
A while ago when Mostafa went to visit his brother along with his father and sister in prison he wrote on the wall of the visiting hall: ‘we will turn this place to museum one day’. Then he was attacked by security forces there and detained

Students controlled in Yasooj
Dec. 28, 2010 
Since last Sunday a new plan has been executed in Yasooj University to control the students. Students are asked to give their cell phone number to the university on the excuse that the university might want to inform them of something but the students say that the only aim of such plan is controlling our phone calls.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 20, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 745

anti-plan of 

omitting the subsidy in Iran

Message to Ahmadinejad: whatever you said not to do, we will do

Dec. 19, 2010

Tehran – Security forces have been stationed on the streets from Saturday night on December 18 in various regions of the city especially in the Azadi, Enqelab, Firdusi, Imam Hossein, Valiasr, Rah Ahan, Monirieh and Vanak squares and they have imposed a martial law. All forces in Tehran are on full alert.
According to reports from the head of a gas station in Northern Tehran, since Saturday, before the subsidy cuts were announced, Bassij, Intelligence Agents, plainclothes agents, national security forces and security forces with 3 or 4 cars which belong to security forces were stationed in this gas station to control the people. Plainclothes agents were still present in the gas station on Sunday and were controlling the people.

Some people were crying over the subsidy cuts. One person in a gas station hit himself on the head after hearing the subsidy cut and said, ‘I came here with 5,000 tomans to fill my tank with 50 liters of gas and now you are telling me to pay 700 to 800 tomans for gas?’

Tehran – 11 am – Security forces are physically controlling all gas stations in Punak, Ariashahr, Azadi, Valiasr, Resalat and Vanak Squares.

Sari – 9 am- People in this town have also made long lines outside of gas stations and the presence of security forces in the gas stations is very noticeable.

Babol- There are also long lines in gas stations in Babol.

Tabriz Dec. 19 – In Tabriz, taxi drivers have gathered outside the centers of natural gas. A number of them have also next to the Pasdaran Highway and near the terminals.

Hamedan Dec. 19 – Since the announcement of the subsidy cuts, taxi drivers in Hamedan have gone on strike and their passengers are forced to walk to their destinations.
“They have not left us breathing space. They want to carry out a policy which says that to rule over Iranians, you have to keep them hungry. I know some people from among my colleagues who cannot even buy one kilo of tomatoes in one month”, a taxi driver said.

Dec. 18, 2010

Tehran December 18 – 11 pm – In Mohseni Square and Tehranparse there are long lines outside gas stations and security forces have also been stationed there with their vans to make arrests if necessary.

Tehran December 18 – 11 pm – After Ahmadinejad’s speech tonight in which he announced the subsidy cuts and heightened gas prices, people have gone to the gas stations to fill up their tanks with the subsidized gas before the midnight subsidy cut and all the gas stations are crowded. In the main regions of Tehran such as Tajrish, Valiasr, Azadi region, and Khosh armed security forces have been stationed with their automobiles.

Tehran December 18 – 11:30 pm – This SMS has been sent to many cellphones in Tehran: “To Mahmoud (Ahmadinejad): Whatever you said not to do, we will do”.

Tehran-Dec. 18, 2010- People are talking about the subsidy cuts and saying how is it that families in Lebanon are receiving 10 million dollar loans but we can barely afford to buy bread? The people ridicule the subsidy plan and say amongst themselves that we have to wait in the gas line from night to morning and then wait in the bank lines from morning to night.

Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan – Dec. 18 – After Ahmadinejad’s speech, people have said that large demonstrations would be held but the time and location have not been announced.

Isfahan – Dec. 18- 1am – There are at least 10 motorists waiting in line in each gas station in this city.

Hamedan – After the announcement of the subsidy cut, all banks have gone on alert. The manager of a gas station said that security forces have been stationed in all gas staions and that there are lone lines outside gas stations to the extent that each person has to wait 15 to 30 minutes for gas.

Zanjan – After the subsidy cuts were announced, security forces went on alert mode in Zanjan.

Ahwaz – The price of gas has raised to 700 tomans, last night, security forces forcefully closed all gas stations and told to people to wait until midnight to get gas at 700 tomans without subsidies.
Kermanshah – on Saturday night, several agents were stationed in every gas station to control the people. Today, the banks were very crowded and security forces have been doubled in banks.

Tabriz – after the subsidy cut was announced, long lines of motorists have been made in the Baghamishe Township in Tabriz.

Tehran 12pm – Dozens of agents have been stationed near the Chamran Highway. They do not stand adjacent to the gas station.

Tehran 7 am- Hundreds of agents were stationed in Tajrish Square.

Tehran – in the Tehranpars region, Damavand, Imam Hossein and Shohada Streets, about 5 to 6 security and Bassij forces have been stationed in about 20 gas stations in this region and their cars are also parked in a ready position. The people are saying that the goal of these measures is to prevent a repeat of what happened two years ago when the people torched gas stations in protest to the rationing of fuel.

Vast presence of suppressive forces in Tehran streets
Dec. 19, 2010- Tehran
As the anti-plan of omitting the subsidy of goods started on Sunday Dec. 19, Mohsen Khancharli one of the heads of Great Tehran’s SSF said that a plan called ‘the Plan of Fighting Theft’ is implemented since the morning of the day.
SSF will be present in all regions according to that plan.
He claimed in imposturous words: “this plan is to escalate social security”.
Eyewitnesses said that anti-riot squads are heavily stationed at squares and intersections such as Enghelab Square, Sadeghieh and Vali-e-Asr.

Regime’s fear from PMOI disclosure about omission of subsidies of goods
Dec. 19, 2010- Tehran
The clerical regime having the pillars of its rule build on censorship and lies is fearful from the disclosure of PMOI about the terrible situation of the economy and people’s leaving conditions especially when it fears the wrath of people after announcing the omission of subsidy of goods.
Regime’s News Network expressed regime’s fear on Saturday Dec. 18 just a few hours before Ahmadinejad announced the execution of the plan of subsidy, under the title of ‘Monafeghin’s mission in regard with the plan of subsidy’ and said: “at the eve of this huge economic change some members of this ‘grouplet’ are tasked to enter the country in disguise of tourism and go to poor regions and provide foreign media with photos and clips about poverty in different regions”.

Regime officials terrified over consequences of subsidy cuts
Dec. 19, 2010- Tehran
Bahman Akhavan, a member of the Industry and Mining Commission in the Parliament expressed concern over the consequences of the subsidy cut and said, “If we are not able to carry out a clean and radical surgery, the reactions of this live specimen will come out in the forms of inflation, waves of bankruptcy and probable protests and then we will be forced to stop the plan which will have a very heavy price”.


Downfall

Deepening of regime’s schism and crises
Dec.17, 2010 – Tehran
The clerical regime tried to provoke an atmosphere of fear and horror in society during last weak at the days of Ashura and the days that it wants to implement the anti- people plan of omitting the subsidy of goods, by issuing verdicts of death penalty in some cities and blinding both eyes of a 29 years old inmate.
But all the suppression could not and will not ease the inner crises of the regime or even cover it.
A sign of these crises which showed up last week inside Ahmadinejad’s cabinet as the result of regime’s international scandals and defeats targeted Manochehr Motaki the highest political personality of regime in foreign policy. He was ousted in a coup de tat-like act by Ahmadinejad while he was on his visit to Africa and was then in Senegal.
In a gathering of Ahmadinejads band an agent of Foreign Ministry said: “delisting of PMOI is an issue that has been brought to discussion several times. Foreign Ministry is so weak that they are de-listed in England and EU. Their issue has become both serious and strange and it is not clear to where this course will lead”.
Of course all those who follow regime’s status know that regime is getting closer to its downfall each week and people of Iran are getting even closer to their victory.


Ahmajinejad absent in Motaki’s farewell ceremony
Dec.17, 2010 – Tehran
Mehr state-run news agency wrote: Farewell ceremony for Motaki will be held without the presence of Ahmadinejad. The ceremony will be held on Saturday Dec. 18 in building No.1 of Foreign Ministry and Ahmedinejad’s first deputy Mohammad Reza Rahimi will be present along with the deputies and directors of the ministry.

Motaki ousted, Ahmadinejad gaining control
Dec.18, 2010- Tehran
In his site, Mohsen Rezaie, regime’s former head of IRGC pointed to the ousting of Manoucher Motaki and wrote: ”When the president appointed his especial representatives for different geografical reigions there was this possibility that there would be paralled policies in foreign policy. To stop that with the guidance of the honorable leader of the revolution the president partially retreated and appointed those people as his own advisors. But it seems by his second move, ousting Manoucher Motaki, he has gained his goal”.
The site added: ”in recent years Motaki had to get advice about the foreign policy issues from the high advisor of the president Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi and sometimes from Saeed Jalili, once his advisor and now the secretary of the High Commission for National Security, and some other time from Esfandiar Rahim Mashaee, the head of the government’s office”.
The source then pointed to the fact that about two weeks ago in the last session with the deputies of Foreing Ministry, Motaki spoke as such that one would understand that he will be put aside.

Regime’s Parliament summoned 11 ministers of Ahmadinejad
Dec. 19, 2010- Tehran
The ministers of Education, Science, Research and Techniques, Welfare and Social Providence, Defense, Agriculture, Power, Oil, Industry and mines, Communications and Techniques of Intelligence as well as the minister of Roads and Transportation were summoned to Regime’s parliament.

Kayhan Daily, Khamenei’s organ, attacked Rafsanjani
Dec.18, 2010- Tehran
In its political note Kayhan state-run daily threatened Rafsanjani in order to make the ruling class unanimous and wrote: ”A hardliner is someone who clearly declares that he has redlines with the current of ’sedition’. The first question to be asked is how a person or a current acts in regard with the ’sedition’. One year has past but there are still people who have said not even a sentence in condemning the founders of this great treason despite off all they claim. These people will not be welcomed in calling themselves hardliners. They cannot ask to participate in decision makings none the less claiming that they are leaders”!


More News on Ashura

Regime’s suppressive mercenaries
Dec.16, 2010 – Tehran
On Ashura, in fear of the wrath of people, regime deployed its black outfit mercenaries into the streets.
A part of this force actually consists of torturers from Army’s Especial Brigade famous as Brigade No. 65 which is stationed at Base 62 in Afsarieh, Tehran.

3 girls rescued by crowd in Ashura
Dec.16, 2010 – Tehran
In Ashura evening regime’s intelligence agents 3 male and one female arrested three girls in front of Melat Park (north of Tehran) trying to force them into an SSF van but the crowd present bravely attacked the car with sticks and made them to stop and free the three girls. Then the brave crowd escorted the girls out of the region.

SSF station torched by youths at Qhaitarieh region
Dec.16, 2010 – Tehran
Around 12 noon of Ashura a SSF station at the main intersection of Qhaitarieh region which was used for identifying dissident youths leading to their arrests was attacked by youths and all its windows were broken. The agents flew the station from fear of the protesting youths.

Ashkan Sohrabi’s mother summoned to the regime’s Prosecutor Office
Dec.16, 2010 – Tehran
During last two days Ashkan Sohrabi’s mother (Ashkan was killed by regime’s suppressive forces during last year’s uprisings) was summoned to regime’s Prosecutor Office in a course of provoking fear and horror among the families of the martyrs of last year’s uprisings.
In another event Mehdi Ramezani, father of Ramin Ramezani another martyr was also arrested along with a number of mothers of other victims of the regime during last year’s uprisings while they were attending a gathering for remembering Amir Arshad Tajmir another martyr of the uprising on his birthday.
Some of the detainees were released later but Mr. Mehdi Ramezani and Ms Hakimeh Shokri and Ms Neda Mostaghimi are still under arrest at Evin Prison and their families have no news of them.

Other News

Who is Rahman Froozandeh
Dec.17, 2010 – Tehran
On Dec. 12 regime’s state-run dailies wrote that Rahman Froozandeh the head of regime’s Army Corps 21 was killed while returning from a great land maneuver in south of the country when his car had an accident. There has been no such maneuver announced any where and this corps is not assigned for that area.
Froozandeh participated for 138 months in the war between Iran and Iraq and actively deployed youths to the war front. He then was appointed during the war as the head of battalions at Armored Corps 16 of Qazvin and Khorasan Corps 77 of land forces. He then was appointed to head of Marine Birgade 45 and then as the substitute commander of Khorasan Corps 77 of land forces.
In a speech he named suppression of people of Kurdistan, Torkaman Sahra and Khozestan as army’s most glorious acts.
He was so loyal to Khamenei’s regime that he became the commander of Corps 21 in Fall of 2008. He has also been a high rank commander of the army in East Azerbaijan provinces and Ardebil.

South Pars Gas Field
Dec.18, 2010- Tehran
0.5% progress instead of 25% is the destiny of the South Par gas fields in the hands of IRGC.
At the end of last spring, Ahmadinejad’s government granted the project of 6 phases from 28 phases of the largest gast field in Iran worthing 21 billion dollars to companies affiliated with (anti) Khatam Al Anbia Base of IRGC after great international oil companies stopped their cooperation with Iran due to sanctions. The two companies envolved now are called ’Iranian Petro Paydar’ and ’Petro Sina’.
The two companies from the start had a low investment and most of the members of the board of directives of these two companies were the same.
The base has left the project half done. This project was supposed to be finished in 35 months but Hamidreza Katoozian the head of Energy Commission at regime’s parliament said: ”the parliament is worried that this project will not be finished on time”.
He added:”During last 9 months the project has progressed only 0.5% instead of 25%”.

Sweine Flu in Gohardasht Prison
Dec.18, 2010- Tehran
Many prisoners in Karaj’s Gohardasht prison are infected with Sweine Flu virus. The number of the contaminated inmates is rising each day but the clerical regime has acted none to prevent the spread of the disease.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

Ashura - we will meet in the street and cry 'Death to Dictator' - Dec. 16, 2010

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec.14, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 742

Ashura in Iran

On the picture: "Death to the principle of Supreme leader", "we will come again on Ashura"

Youth and freedom loving people of Iran getting ready for Ashura!

The following text has been written in different websites, facebook and been distributed in different universities in order to call people for Ashura

In Ashura, writing slogans on money or walls, kiosks, schools, education centers, hospitals and …. or distributing leaflets on seats in parks and inside elevators , in telephone kiosks or on bus and taxi seats or sticking a label of  down with dictator or doing anything which can show our resistance in getting  our rights, are actions which not only gives information, it gives moral help to each other in front of the enemy. We will make fear in regime’s agents. Every one of us, who do efforts in this regard, will reduce the life of this ruling regime.

Fear of Mullah’s regime from anti-government protests in time of Ashura
Dec. 13, 2010
According to reports, in the days near to 'Ashura', Mullah’s regime in fear of anti-government protests, has increased control on mosques and ceremonies that youths are present.


Effect of Sanction

Tehran’s Air pollution and regime’s officials' confessions
Dec. 13, 2010
Tehran’s Air Pollution still takes victims. Head of staffs of Tehran’s municipality said: according to hygiene’s ministry statistics, because of air pollution, there has been an increase of 40% in referring to emergency and hospitals.
He added: in the past 24 days, what Tehran’s residents have breath, had been pure poison.
The environment adviser of regime’s mayor in Tehran confessed: in the past year, news about air pollution had been in the category of security news and had not been revealed and all the time it has been said not to say about it. Announcing the statistics of deaths, caused by air pollution can be compared by the eight years war of Iran-Iraq.
Iraj Khosrownia, head of physicians' society said to the Isna News Agency, said: continuation of air Pollution will gradually makes the mind to work negatively and reduction in mind intelligence.

Pictures of Tehran’s Air pollution

Downfall

Basij from one month to 7 years
Dec. 12, 2010
Mullah’s regime in a ridiculous show announced that they will have ceremony  for  membership of babies aged from one month to 7 years old.
According to this plan babies of one month to 7 years old will get Basij Card.
Mullah’s regime in a funny way claimed that this act will expand literature of Basij in the society specially the fifth generation.


Suppression

Arrest of 13 from Shahr Kord University
Mullahs dictatorship, yesterday called on 13 students of ShahrKord University. They wanted to held a ceremony  to free Mohammad Reza Heydarzadeh the student of this university who is in prison.

Political prisoner tortured in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj
Dec. 12, 2010
According to reports, on Sunday December 12, Farzad Madadzadeh was transferred to the Intelligence Agency’s Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj and was physically tortured by intelligence agents for a prolonged amount of time.
This political prisoner was transferred to the Sepah Cellblock at about 3 pm. He was taken with blindfolds and shackles to this cellblock and was interrogated and pressured for several hours on why news on his condition and that of his jailed sister was published in international media.
Intelligence agents constantly punched and kicked him in the face and other parts of his body leaving him with injuries and bruises.

Iran persecutes and harasses Christian family in Ahwaz 
Dec. 11, 2010
Neshan Saiedi, a Christian convert Arab in Khuzestan, was temporarily released on October 13, 2010 on a 250 million toman (about 250,000 dollar) bail after spending close to 70 days in a solitary cell.
According to reports, Saiedi was arrested by plainclothes agents from the Intelligence Agency on July 24 in his home in Golestan Koy in Ahwaz along with his wife and 6 year old daughter. His wife was released in the middle of the night after undergoing prolonged interrogations along with her daughter. But Saiedi, 37, was detained for two months in a solitary cell in the Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence Agency in Ahwaz known as the Chaharshir Detention Center.
He was only allowed a one minute distant visit with his wife on September 15 and a 5 minute phone call with her afterwards. In this telephone call, he said that he was treated well by the detention agents but did not explain why as his wife had witnessed from a distance, his hand was broken and in a cast. He said that agents wanted information regarding the church pastors and that they have put him under pressure in this regard.
Agents threatened Neshan Saiedi’s wife that if she talks about what she saw and heard in this visit, she and her daughter would be in trouble and she would never see her husband again. These agents also told her that she was not to get a lawyer for her husband.
Saiedi was kept in detention for a long time in a state of limbo without being charged and was interrogated on several occasions by security forces. His broken hand was apparently the result of these interrogations.
He was accused of having communications with Israel and Britain, apostasy, annunciating Zionist Christianity in Iran, diverting Muslims, baptizing Muslims who had converted to Christianity, holding illegal gatherings in his home and even secessionism for Khuzestan’s Arabs.
This Christian man denied all the accusations and said that he was in no way involved in any political and illegal activities and was only holding religious ceremonies with a number of his fellow Christians.
Agents have told this Christian convert that until his trial or until he is once again summoned, he cannot leave his home and his wife, Mrs. Entezar, has to go to the Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence Agency in Chaharshir Ahwaz at a specific time everyday to sign in. Before this, they were banned from registering their daughter in school and were told that she has to be registered as a Muslim and if they want to sign her in as a Christian, they have to get a court confirmation.

Professor dismissed from Yazd University in purge of dissident professors 
Dec. 11, 2010
In the continuing waves of pressures and threats against universities and the purge of professors, Dr. Morteza Falah, the former editor in chief of the Eqbal Daily who was a literature and foreign language professor in Yazd University was dismissed from this university on orders of the head of Yazd University, Seyed Ali Mohammad Mir Mohammadi.
In the beginning of the current semester, his classes were taken away from him and a dismissal order was subsequently issued for him by the university.
According o reports, no written or oral charges were made against him during his time at the university. He is a reformist professor and was dismissed with the intervention of the representative of the Velayate Faqih (Supreme Leader, Khamenei) and the head of Yazd University.

Iran arrests another state-run daily journalist
Dec. 12, 2010
Reihaneh Tabatabayi, a political journalist for the Sharq (state-run) daily was arrested after the arrest of a number of other Sharq journalists.
According to reports, she was arrested in her father’s home this morning.



New false charges brought against political prisoner as an excuse for longer jail term
Dec. 12, 2010
On Sunday, December 12, political prisoner Arjang Davoudi was taken to the 6th branch of the Revolutionary Court and the head of his court branch, Mohammadyari, accused him of strange and false charges. This court, which started in the morning continued to about 3 pm in the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
Some of the charges made against Davoudi include, ‘acting against national security, instigating public opinion against the government by way of websites and foreign media and insulting government officials’. Mohammadyari also told Davoudi that he would sentence him to another 15 years of prison so that ‘he would stay in prison for life’.
This is while Davoudi has already been jailed for 8 years and has been under the most severe pressure, torture and abuse. One has to ask intelligence interrogators who act under the guise of judges how someone who is jailed and under control can act against the government, insult officials or instigate public opinion by way of websites and foreign media from prison?



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 13, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 741

Ashura in Iran

By coming closer to Ashura, Thursday 16th of December, youths and people of Iran once again in the memory of Last Ashura, have a different atmosphere and they are preparing themselves everywhere for protests against Mullah’s regime. Youths and people of Iran inform each other in every ways. In the following news which youths and freedom loving people of Iran have published in different sites and in facebook, they have once again called upon for protest gatherings in the day of Ashura.            

In this years’ Ashura we will hit against this repressive government
In the last year Ashura, people’s anger harvested the repressive regime of Khamenei and this year also we have to harvest it and must wipe out the repressive forces of this cruel government by slogan of, “Moharam is the month of blood, Khamenei will be over thrown".

The epic of last Ashura, was a huge epic, which should be created again
Ashura is not same as other days. On Ashura, everywhere of the city is busy, the number of people is high and there are mourns all over. Therefore every place can become a place for protest gathering. In Ashura because the presence of the people is high, controlling the crowd is a difficult job for regime. The epic of last Ashura was so huge and we can only recreate it in coming Thursday (Dec. 16, 2010).

Ashura is a cry against the repressive ruling regime 
Last year’s Ashura was an epic as big as the Ashura, only the conflict scene was different: Harpoons and swords were replaced by guns and cars of police forces. Otherwise, Yazid was same as the Old Yazid and Hossein was the Hossein. When you see Ahmad Khatami who gives order of acting cruel, it is like that Omar Saed has come out of the grave and is reading sermon for his forces. When Khamenei threatens his opponents for pouring their blood it reminds Yazid. Ashura is a cry against the repressive ruling regime. Another Ashura is in the way, once again by shouting “ Khamenei is a murderer and his rule is a waste, we will shake the present Yazid".
Note: Yazid was the enemy of Imam Hossein (Grandchild of Prophet Mohammad) who was killed by Yazid.


Downfall 

Schism among pasdarn repressive forces
One of the elements of supreme leader exposed that during the Iranian people uprising, some of Pasdaran’s leaders, turned away from Khamenei and stood against him.
Saedollah Zareii, one of the writers of Keyhan newspaper said: Behaviors of Khamenei caused some of the commanders who stood against him to join the leader and become a martyr. It is our responsibility today to clear this for the people.
He also confessed to Khameini’s discredit and said: unfortunately in speeches they say less about Khamenei, this is while in the time of Imam Khomeini we used to say a lot about him.
He pointed out to swear said about the supreme leader and said: shouldn’t we react against the insults made about him? What is our responsibility?

Ahmadi Moghadam, proved the increase of executions
Ahmadi Moghadam, head of Mullah’s police forces, proved the increase of executions and said: If Ayatollah Larijani’s plan for an armed burglar is definitely, execution, and is added to judicature, this will effect on preventing crimes.
He who was speaking among some of the police force officials, said: recently we are witnessing speed action and decisive decisions in crimes, I think if we continue to act like this, definitely there will be reduction in such crimes, but if we delay in act against these crimes, it will reduce its effectiveness and it will not have any preventing signs. We are very optimistic on the attitude of judicature.

Barbaric attack of government agents to sleeping units of Zahedan University
On Thursday around 9 pm, a group of security officers, attacked to Zahedan University and by breaking windows and doors, hit the students and grabbed ten students.
At 9pm, masked security forces attacked to a house of students, where active students of Sistan university were studying there, and by breaking doors and windows, attacked and hit the students and took number of them by two white vans to an unknown place.
Most of the students were from active students of this university. Security agents of Zahedan have not given any news of their holding place, to their families yet.
Names of some of the grabbed students are: Behnam Barahouii, Mousa Rahimi, Mahdiyeh Sarbandi and Seyyed ali.
On the students day there was a calm gathering in this university.


Suppression

Iran arrests Christians in Pakdasht
Dec. 9, 2010
On Sunday November 14, 10 converted Christians were arrested in the town of Pakdasht. A child, four women and five men were among the detainees. These detainees were transferred to the Pakdasht Intelligence Agency and after interrogations were transferred to court. But two of the men identified as Mohammad Mohammadi and Ali Keshavarz were transferred to the Kharvin Prison. These people were all arrested in a religious ceremony in Mohammad Mohammadi’s home. All the detainees were released on bail after a few days but unfortunately Ali Keshavarz and Mohammad Mohammadi are still in prison. They are banned from visits and phone calls with their families.

Prisoner attempts suicide in prison denied timely treatment 
Dec. 10, 2010
A prisoner jailed in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj attempted suicide.
According to reports, Rohollah Nourozi who was detained in this prison on financial charges attempted suicide for being kept in an undetermined state in prison for 11 months.
Prison officials only gave him medical attention after a few hours and he is currently in the prison infirmary.
Notably, the lack of medical attention for prisoners is one of the main concerns for prisoners in this prison.

Blogger kept under inhuman conditions and in a state of limbo in Gohardasht Prison
Dec. 10, 2010
According to reports, a jailed blogger is in critical condition and in a state of limbo in cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
Jailed prisoner Mohammad-Reza Pourshajari was able to have a visit with his family from behind a glass partition after 4 months of solitary in cellblock 1 and the Sepah Cellblock in this prison. His family has said that he was in poor physical health and had become extremely thin.
Pourshajari was arrested on September 12 after intelligence agents raided his home. He was physically and mentally tortured and insulted for one week by intelligence interrogators in a solitary cell in the Sepah Cellblock.
His daughter is under constant pressure and interrogation in Mashhad by an intelligence interrogator known by his nickname as Mohammadian who is a member of the Mashhad Intelligence Agency. He has threatened Ms. Pourshajari that if she gives interviews to the media or talks to human rights organizations about her father’s condition, she will be arrested. This interrogator has interrogated and threatened Ms. Pourshajari several times.

Unknown virus spreads in Gohardasht Prison while officials deny prisoners medical attention 
Dec. 11, 2010
In the past few weeks, an unknown virus has spread amongst prisoners in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj and the heads of the infirmary have not done anything to treat those infected with the virus.
Nine prisoners in halls 10 and 11 in Cellblock 4 in this prison have been infected with this virus. Two of them identified as Reza Sharifi Bukani and Misaq Yazdan Nejad are in poor condition.
The initial symptoms of this virus are runny noses, diarrhea, severe coughs and black eye pupils.
The prison infirmary prescribes ordinary medicine to the infected prisoners and has not taken any serious measures to treat them.

Gohardasht Prison guards violently attack political prisoners 
Dec. 11, 2010
According to reports, on Friday December 10 at about 9 pm, prison guards attacked the cells of political prisoner Behrouz Javid Tehrani and Jafar Eqdami and harassed and abused them. This inhumane treatment went on for a long time.
The prison guard who was the commander of this violent attack was Zinali.



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Nov. 9, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 723

Downfall

Riot police go on alert in impoverished regions of western Iran
Nov. 7, 2010
Riot police and Special Guards Forces in the State Security Forces have gone on full alert in the impoverished regions of western Iran on the verge of the implementation of the Smart Subsidy Plan to prevent widespread protests and reactions from the people. These forces have gone into full alert as directed by a secret announcement to create an atmosphere of fear and terror and prevent any kind of protests the people may have in reaction to this plan and high prices. In the past week in the Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Ilam and Lorestan, riot police carried out military marches. These forces were equipped with electric batons and tear gas and put on a show of power in groups of 30 in the main and crowded centers of these towns. These forces have been stationed in these areas and have carried out strict security measures.
In light of the high figures of unemployment and poverty in western Kurdish areas in Iran, the government is afraid of protests in these areas and has readied its forces for all kinds of popular reactions.

Fear of Pasdar Jafari from the overthrow of Mullahs dictatorship
Nov. 7, 2010
Pasdar Jafari the head of RGC said with fear: we have to stand with our full power against the internal and external enemies who are trying to destroy and divert the revolution.

Basij deputy endorsed the extension of public uprising
Nov. 7, 2010
Pasdar Ali Fazli, deputy of Basij said: this riot is like fire under ash.
He pointed to the last year uprising and said: such riot has not happened in the history of revolutions, to stop happening such riots; we have kept our conscious and explain in clear words, because our enemy is always ready to hit us.
PasdarFazli in fear of last year uprising said: we have increased our acquaintance to the outrage of last year uprising to prevent virulenceincidents like last year.

What you didn’t know about Khamenei’s trip to Qom
Nov. 7, 2010
A pro-government cleric who is a member of the Association of Teachers and Researchers of the Qom Seminary School disclosed some of the things that were said in visits with Khamenei in Qom and said that Khamenei stressed on his support for Ahmadinejad.
Alireza Islamian said, “Some friends said some things and his holiness (Khamenei!) said in answer that ‘I have supported all the governments but this government is different from former governments and the main difference is that they do not try to make a dual government (as opposed to a unified government)’… in the past the enemy wanted to make a dual government and in some circles, some people were looking to force such a state on the government saying that the government and parliament oppose the leader which is the center of the system, but this is not the case”.
Islamian quoted Khamenei and said, “If the leader says something now, the president accepts and acts accordingly and this is a very important issue which is the opposite of what is shown and imagined that Mr. Ahmadinejad does not listen to the leader. His honor stressed that this is not the case”.
“Today when the president or a top official goes abroad, I am not worried, but I was worried before about what officials wanted to say abroad”, this cleric quoted Khamenei as saying.


Crack within the regime

Mohammad Norizade: if I have to ask for remission, I must ask the people of Iran for remission
Nov. 7, 2010
Mohammad Norizade, (He used to work at the office of Khamenie because of criticizing the system was arrested and now is in prison) one of close person to Khamenei  who is in the prison, following writing a few critical letters to Khamenei, in a letter from prison, pointed out to the request of torturers to write a letter to Khamenei and ask for remission, he published a letter in his site and said, if I have to ask for remission, I must ask the people of Iran for remission.
Norizade in part of his letter writes: these days, prison officers of section 350 are looking for my remission, but I say it with assurance that their waiting will not reach to conclusion…   in the section 350, saw 150 flame. Burning flames which burn night and day and they melt to show our historic way, that the snake shoulder, Zahhak is being fed by brains of youths and instead of becoming wise, it is becoming greedier for power.(Referring to Khamenei).
Norizade said: my remission is not for my prison officers but is for the people of Iran.
I think no other shame is as penetrating as shame of apology. You in one side and I in the other side, you shout at me, and I am sitting silently, you are creditor, and I am loaner, you all are around me, and I am in the middle, what an arena is for me! This is the dance which is my wish, an apology dance!
Norizade adds: People of Iran, if in the world there is no good name on Iranian people I am ashamed and we are ashamed, Please forgive me and forgive us. Remission, Remission, Remission from all the Iranian people that in the name of religion, we made hate toward religion, I ask for apology from my people. I am writing this from only two steps to death. Death for us and living for you, Death Dance for me and for us and life dance for you, world and future be in your desire, my people.

A parliament member confessed about censorship of a meeting in parliament
Nov. 7, 2010
Massoud Pezeshkian, member of medical treatment commission of regime said: what of voting and timing is this? It is about 30 years that we are speaking for poor people but we don't do anything for them; at least let us speak so that people realize that the opinion of experts of medical and treatment is different from the agreements of parliament.

Murder of the third physician in Tehran
Nov. 7, 2010
Following the murder of two physicians in recent months in Tehran, one of the police officials told about the murder of another one.
According to regime’s news, pasdar Saberian, the head of information department of Police in Tehran, said: this incident happened in Golestan city. He refused to give more details.
Reminding that in the past two months in less than a week in Tehran, two physicians were murdered and another one was attacked and badly injured in Kermanshah.


Sanction

Falahatpisheh: we do not need discussions
Nov. 7, 2010
Falahatpisheh, member of security commission of parliament, emphasized on continuation of nuclear program and said: we are producing 20% gas so we do not need any discussion.
He added: their diplomacy is pressure diplomacy.




Economic Situation in Iran

Bazaar merchants plan to go on strike again
Nov. 7, 2010
Fabric merchants in the Tehran Bazaar have decided to go on strike and close their shops if the 3 percent VAT laws is implemented by the Tax Organization.
This decision has been made by fabric merchants without the knowledge of Fabric Merchants Union and in reaction to the remarks of the head of the Taxing Organization which is affiliated with the government.
“The Taxing Organization has still not dared approach merchants in the Bazaar, especially fabric merchants who are experiencing a slow business”, a merchant said.
On Wednesday, Asgari, the head of the Taxing Organization announced to the press that this week they would approach retailers from this week for the VAT and that this is law and everyone had to follow it.

Golestan miners work 300 days without wages 
Nov. 7, 2010
Miners in the Roudbar and Qeshlaq villages in eastern Golestan have said that their wages have not been given to them for the last 10 months.
According to a number of these miners, those in charge of the mine have invested in other sectors instead of paying their miners.
This is while the heads of the industry and mine sectors in Golestan say they are not aware of this issue. Also, a number of Eastern Alborz coal miners did not go to work for a few days last week because they had not received their wages in the past few months.
Work in the mines which has many dangers and the lack of wages has exhausted these impoverished workers.
Golestan has 21 active mines and in the first half of the year more than 179 tons of material, mostly coal, has been mined.


Resistance

Protest gathering of lorry owners in front of Parliament
Nov. 7, 2010
Lorry owners of china made lorry of Howo held a protest gathering in front of Parliament and asked for consideration of their problems including infraction of selling these lorry with high prices.


Suppression

Haeri: Robbers should have their hands amputated
Nov. 6, 2010
The head of Friday Prayers in Shiraz, Haeri, said that robbers should have their hands amputated instead of being imprisoned.
“If a person has committed a robbery and is jailed, his family might also be caught up in corruption whereas if Islamic decrees like hand amputation is carried out, it would not have any negative effects”, this cleric said.

Reply of the Foreign Minister Deputy Regarding about the500 executions in last year in VakilAbad prison
Nov. 6, 2010
Reply of the Foreign Minister Deputy to one of the Mashad University students about the500 executions in last year in VakilAbad prison
We live in a Islamic country and we do as Qoran says, do we ask from west that why you do not become a follower of Allah? Therefore they do not have right to ask us why we do not obey the Qoran’s rule and we do not execute the convicted. You tell us 100000 people, we do as Qoran states and all the convicted will be executed.

Lawyer’s husband says jailed wife on dry hunger strike
Nov. 7, 2010
Reza Khandan, lawyer Nasrin Sutodeh’s husband said in an interview that she is still on a dry hunger strike (refuses to eat and drink) and expressed concern over her condition. He said that if anything were to happen to Mrs. Sutodeh, all responsibility would lie with judicial and security officials.
He also said that her lawyer Nasim Ghanavi visited her in prison yesterday and said that in addition to the charge of acting against national security and conspiring and assembling she was also charged with being a member of the Center of Human Rights Defenders…
“According to Ms. Ghanavi, Nasrin has become extremely thin and was not even able to talk”, her husband said regarding her condition in prison.
Mr. Khandan who has not been allowed to visit his wife in prison and only had 3 short phone conversations with her said, “I do not know what they have done to her. When her sister asked her if she was under pressure she did not answer, as if she did not have the power to answer. Unfortunately we do not know what they have done to make Nasrin become oblivious to her own life and safety”.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)