UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 16, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 744

Ashura in Iran

Regime’s fear from street protest during Ashura
 Dec.14, 2010
In fear of street protests during Ashura regime has ordered the mourning groups not to leave the mosques. They are not permitted to take the mourning into the streets.

SSF on state of alert for Ashura
 Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
On the eve of Ashura and in fear of the uprising on that day Ismael Ahmadi Moghadam the head of SSF said: “SSF is always on alert and monitors the situation. This year all forces are completely mobilized so that during days of Moharam (the month in which Ashura took place) the country will be in peace”.
Moghadam absurdly claimed that there is no such potential for uprising such as last year’s but added: “cyber- crimes are dangerous now and are very capable. If we don’t act as soon as possible the country will be damaged”.

Suppressive forces on state of alert
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
Since December 11, Bassij and security forces have been stationed in the crowded regions of Tehran and have put up checkpoints with the aim of creating an atmosphere of fear and terror to prevent anti-government protests on the Ashura mourning ceremonies (Dec. 16). The government has learned from past experience that since Ashura is the anniversary of the deaths of a number of slain protesters, there are bound to be protests. The government is terrified of protests and has carried out precautionary measures from one month ago. They have announced a framework for mourning ceremonies to keep the ceremonies under control. Filming this religious ceremony is also a new method to control and identify would be protesters and to create an atmosphere of fear.

Teacher’s Guild of Ardebil Province: Ashura is the day for the oppressed to assert for Justice
Dec.14, 2010 - Ardebil
The statement issued by the guild to call for protest demonstration on Ashura reads: “Ashura is always a day for oppressed to claim justice so we support all justice-seeking moves at this day by chanting ‘death to dictator’”.

Teachers of Abhar call for participation in Ashura Uprising
Dec.14, 2010 - Abhar
A group of teachers in Abhar issued a statement calling on people to participate in Ashura Uprising:
“Dear compatriots; for us and any freedom-loving  human being Hossein’s Ashura has the message of fighting against oppression imposed by despotic rulers who use religion as a cover. In our era the rulers are using religion to oppress us and put pressure on us so far that any kind of protest is severely suppressed and one faces imprisonment. So we teachers following the path of Imam Hossein will join the protest marches and will chant ‘we will not surrender to oppression’ on Ashura”.


Downfall

An IRGC commander talks of the broken talisman of Khamenei
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
An IRGC commander admitted that attacks against Khamenei during last year equals to the amount of attacks against him during last21 years.
Ramezan Sharif, responsible for public relation of IRGC admitted to the fact in a gathering of IRGC in Tehran: “attacks against the establishment are imposed on two courses; the Supreme Leader and IRGC along with Bassij”.
He tried to brief the IRGC and Bassij members about the danger of uprisings and popular resistance.

Ousted; Manouchehr Motaki
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
The state-run daily Jomhori under the title: 'Motaki is gone' pointed to the appointment of special representatives of Ahmadinejad (the main dispute between Ahmadinejad and Motaki) and added that two key posts in Middle East and Asia have been appointed to two person close to Ahmadinejad namely Isfandiar Rahim Mashaee and Mohammad Baghaee none of them has any experience at Foreign Ministry”.
The daily continues: “the observers talk of this act as Ahmadinejad not trusting the Foreign Ministry and the Foreign Minister”.
Jomhori while protesting says: “weakening the diplomatic apparatus of the country especially at the current situation by some people from the government is as sitting on a tree branch and cutting its trunk”.

Deployment of 30,000 pupils to war regions
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
22 years after the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq the clerical dictatorship is still receiving its energy from war wasting the young force of the country in that course.
ILNA an official news agency wrote that 30,000 pupils are being deployed to the regions of former Iran-Iraq war to be trained the “Sacred Defense”.
This deployment is done by Bassij having the approval of the Ministry of Education. These pupils are all from the 10th grade.


Suppression

No news on detained father of slain protester 
Dec. 14, 2010
Seven days after the arrest of the father of slain protester Ramin Ramezani, his family and relatives still do not have any information about his whereabouts.
According to reports, Ramin Ramezani’s father was arrested seven days ago in the gravesite of his 22 year old son in the Tehran Behesht Zahra Cemetery…
Ramin Ramezani was shot and killed on June 15, 2009 in a peaceful march in Tehran.
In the one and a half years after his son’s death, his father who has not been without sorrow even for a day has now been arrested and jailed. This is the first time that the father of a slain protester is arrested and jailed.

Iran suspends labor unionist from work 
Dec. 14, 2010
According to reports, labor unionist Homayoun Jaberi was suspended from work and summoned to the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
On Saturday December 11, Jaberi was suspended from work by the Protection Department of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company under the excuse of an unjustifiable absence (he was absent for 13 days when he was detained by the Intelligence Agency for the crime of accompanying his colleague’s wife). Jaberi went back to work when he was released on a 10 million toman (about 10,000 dollar) bail…
In another illegal measure, the Protection Department of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company has announced that his arrest last year on May Day will also be counted as an unjustifiable absence and a new case will be made against him for this reason.
On the other hand, he was told over the phone to go to the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court to be tried without being given a written summons.

Iran fatally shoots two Kurd citizens in border region
Dec. 14, 2010
In the past few days, two Kurd citizens were killed in the border region of Piranshahr after being shot by security forces.
Security forces opened direct fire on Osman Mohammadi and Mahmoud Minehzadeh killing them.
The bodies of these two border merchants were buried after one day in Mahabad.
Some news sources in Kurdistan have reported that 18 Kurd citizens were killed in the past two months in Kurdistan’s borders.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

SSF on state of alert for Ashura

Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
On the eve of Ashura and in fear of the uprising on that day Ismael Ahmadi Moghadam the head of SSF said: “SSF is always on alert and monitors the situation. This year all forces are completely mobilized so that during days of Moharam (the month in which Ashura took place) the country will be in peace”.
Moghadam absurdly claimed that there is no such potential for uprising such as last year’s but added: “cyber- crimes are dangerous now and are very capable. If we don’t act as soon as possible the country will be damaged”.

Regime’s fear from street protest during Ashura

Dec.14, 2010
In fear of street protests during Ashura regime has ordered the mourning groups not to leave the mosques. They are not permitted to take the mourning into the streets.

An IRGC commander talks of the broken talisman of Khamenei

Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
An IRGC commander admitted that attacks against Khamenei during last year equals to the amount of attacks against him during last21 years.
Ramezan Sharif, responsible for public relation of IRGC admitted to the fact in a gathering of IRGC in Tehran: “attacks against the establishment are imposed on two courses; the Supreme Leader and IRGC along with Bassij”.
He tried to brief the IRGC and Bassij members about the danger of uprisings and popular resistance.

Teachers of Abhar call for participation in Ashura Uprising

Dec.14, 2010 - Abhar
A group of teachers in Abhar issued a statement calling on people to participate in Ashura Uprising:
“Dear compatriots; for us and any freedom-loving human being Hossein’s Ashura has the message of fighting against oppression imposed by despotic rulers who use religion as a cover. In our era the rulers are using religion to oppress us and put pressure on us so far that any kind of protest is severely suppressed and one faces imprisonment. So we teachers following the path of Imam Hossein will join the protest marches and will chant ‘we will not surrender to oppression’ on Ashura”.

Teacher’s Guild of Ardebil Province: Ashura is the day for the oppressed to assert for Justice

Dec.14, 2010 - Ardebil
The statement issued by the guild to call for protest demonstration on Ashura reads: “Ashura is always a day for oppressed to claim justice so we support all justice-seeking moves at this day by chanting ‘death to dictator’”.

Suppressive forces on state of alert
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
Since December 11, Bassij and security forces have been stationed in the crowded regions of Tehran and have put up checkpoints with the aim of creating an atmosphere of fear and terror to prevent anti-government protests on the Ashura mourning ceremonies (Dec. 16). The government has learned from past experience that since Ashura is the anniversary of the deaths of a number of slain protesters, there are bound to be protests. The government is terrified of protests and has carried out precautionary measures from one month ago. They have announced a framework for mourning ceremonies to keep the ceremonies under control. Filming this religious ceremony is also a new method to control and identify would be protesters and to create an atmosphere of fear.

Ousted; Manouchehr Motaki

Motaki is gone
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
The state-run daily Jomhori under the title: 'Motaki is gone' pointed to the appointment of special representatives of Ahmadinejad (the main dispute between Ahmadinejad and Motaki) and added that two key posts in Middle East and Asia have been appointed to two person close to Ahmadinejad namely Isfandiar Rahim Mashaee and Mohammad Baghaee none of them has any experience at Foreign Ministry”.
The daily continues: “the observers talk of this act as Ahmadinejad not trusting the Foreign Ministry and the Foreign Minister”.
Jomhori while protesting says: “weakening the diplomatic apparatus of the country especially at the current situation by some people from the government is as sitting on a tree branch and cutting its trunk”.

Allah O Akbar - From Iran Students Committee - Dec. 15, 2010 - night

No news on detained father of slain protester

Dec. 14, 2010
Seven days after the arrest of the father of slain protester Ramin Ramezani, his family and relatives still do not have any information about his whereabouts.
According to reports, Ramin Ramezani’s father was arrested seven days ago in the gravesite of his 22 year old son in the Tehran Behesht Zahra Cemetery…
Ramin Ramezani was shot and killed on June 15, 2009 in a peaceful march in Tehran.
In the one and a half years after his son’s death, his father who has not been without sorrow even for a day has now been arrested and jailed. This is the first time that the father of a slain protester is arrested and jailed.

No news on detained father of slain protester

Dec. 14, 2010
Seven days after the arrest of the father of slain protester Ramin Ramezani, his family and relatives still do not have any information about his whereabouts.
According to reports, Ramin Ramezani’s father was arrested seven days ago in the gravesite of his 22 year old son in the Tehran Behesht Zahra Cemetery…
Ramin Ramezani was shot and killed on June 15, 2009 in a peaceful march in Tehran.
In the one and a half years after his son’s death, his father who has not been without sorrow even for a day has now been arrested and jailed. This is the first time that the father of a slain protester is arrested and jailed.

Deployment of 30,000 pupils to war regions

Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
22 years after the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq the clerical dictatorship is still receiving its energy from war wasting the young force of the country in that course.
ILNA an official news agency wrote that 30,000 pupils are being deployed to the regions of former Iran-Iraq war to be trained the “Sacred Defense”.
This deployment is done by Bassij having the approval of the Ministry of Education. These pupils are all from the 10th grade.

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 15, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 743

Ashura in Iran

Activists call on anti-regime demonstrations on Ashura
Dec.13, 2010
Following the successful anti-regime demonstration on Students Day a group of activists call for demonstration on Ashura; the call says in part: “On this Ashura we will take into streets ... for better life, freedom and welfare. It is about just vs. unjust. It is about truth vs. lie. It is about the rule of people vs. rule of a regime who claims it gets its legitimacy from God! ...A freedom loving nation is going to gain its goals.
Tehran, 12 noon: from Imam Hussein Sq. to Enghlab Sq.”.

We fight back Khamenei the oppressor of our time on Ashura
Dec.13, 2010
Bus drivers in Bandar Abbas (south of Iran) called on uprising on Ashura. In their statement they called on all drivers, laborers, fishermen and other sectors of the society in Bandar Abbas to vastly be present during Tasua and Ashura demonstrations to fight the tyrant and the oppressor ruling Iran. They wrote: “...Our nation is in a condition in which it needs to follow Imam Hussein's path because of the oppression and despotism imposed on all people especially workers, drivers, nurses and fishermen. The victory is God’s and the victory is ours. Death to this deceptive government.'

On Ashura we will all rise
Dec.14, 2010 
A group of laborers of Khozestan Pipe-making factories, Rajaee Dock of Bandar Abbas, Alborz Chinaware factory of Qazvin, Iran Radiator Factory, Sarcam Filter Production Factory in Tehran and the Activists of Guilds for Justice have issued statements calling on Iranians to participate in Ashura’s protest demonstrations. In these statements it’s written:
On Ashura we will all rise and cry loud as ‘the victory is God’s and the victory is close; death to this deceptive government’, ‘death to dictator’ and ‘we will never surrender to oppression’.

Commemorating martyrs of 2009 Ashura in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery
Dec.13, 2010
The Society for Defending Families of Martyrs and Detained issued a statement calling for the commemoration gathering of 2009 Ashura in Behesht-e-Zahra. The statement reads in part: “People took into the streets last year on Ashura to protest vastly against the social and political conditions and against the Ahmadinejad’s government.
The government suppressed them full force with its SSF, Bassij and Intelligence Ministry...They shot at people and killed and injured tens of them even drove with their cars over people and killed them like Shahram Farjzadeh...
During last year they put sever pressure on the families of these victims and threatened them not to hold any ceremony in their commemoration...
This society is calling on all compatriots to participate in the ceremony for commemoration of these martyrs to soothe their families and not to let their voice of seeking justice to be hushed.
Date of gathering: Thursday Dec.16 at 3 pm in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery.
Lets raise our voices once more; viva freedom, viva freedom”.
In the statement the name of some of those fallen for freedom during last Ashura Uprising is mentioned as:
1- Jahanbakhs Pazooki
2- Shahram Farajzadeh
3- Mehrdad Karimpoor
4- Shabnam Sohrabi (fe)
5- Amir Arshad Tajmir
6- Mehdi Farhadi
7- Mohmmad Ali Rasekhnia, father of two
8- Mostafa Baik Iraqi
9- Seyyed Ali Mosavi Habibi, father of two

Note: A link of film regarding these nine martyrs fallen for freedom on Ashura 2009 is  as following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR3K0e5IA-g


Slongans challenging the clerical regime during Ashura
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
As Ashura comes, written slogans throughout Tehran call for another uprising. These slogans reading: we will come on Ashura/ Ashura another epoch...are seen in regions such as Aryashahr (Sadeghieh) metro station and Navab.

Distribution of leaflets and readiness of Tehran’s youths for Ashura protests
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
Coming closer to the time of Ashura, readiness of youths for protest acts against the regime have increased. For this occasion, youths in Tehranpars and Behjatabad in Tehran, have distributed thousands of small leaflets on streets and avenues in this zone from top of the tall buildings. Signature of these leaflets is “Tehran’s Youths”. What is written on them is that: in the memory of last year’s Ashura / down with principle of supreme leader / our promise in the main ways  of Tehran youths uprise.
According to news by the witnesses on 11th of December, hundreds of leaflets about youths protest have been distributed in the street of Satarkhan and many have been left on the street and pavement. An hour after this event a group of intelligence agents and a mayor car tried to collect the leaflets from allover.
On one of these leaflets, was written, "We call on all people of Iran to take part in Ashura."
This leaflet was written by students' supporters of Ashraf (place located in Iraq which is the place of all members of PMOI). In these days there has been an increase of conflicts among the youths and police forces which the reason is fear of regime from youths gatherings, and it is like that they have become suspicious to all the people and they become aggressive to people.

Regime’s fear of protests during Tasua and Ashura
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
The suppressive agents of SSF are stationed in Tehranpars’ First and Second Circle and at the beginning of Damavand Street while fully equipped. They try to provoke an atmosphere of horror amongst people by searching the cars passing by in fear of the protests during Ashura.
The organs that traditionally hold the ceremonies of that day are informed that each group holding the ceremony must be controlled by at least 10 to 12 SSF agents and plainclothes.

Situating repressive forces in Tehran’s streets
Dec. 13, 2010
According to receiving reports, repressive police forces with all kinds of equipment are situated widespread in different region of Tehren, such as, Tehranpars and Damavand streets and by investigating and searching all cars intend to create a fearful atmosphere among the people. These repressive acts are in fear of anti-governmental protests in days of Tasoua and Ashura.


Downfall

Motaki ousted; another sign of clerical regime’s downfall
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
Regime’s foreign minister being hurriedly ousted by Ahmadinejad while he was visiting African countries is the result of the breakage of Khamenei’s hegemony and talisman. It shows the deepening of schism within the regime and is a sign that regime’s era is over.
International sanctions, atomic crisis, economic crisis, unemployment, poverty and thousand other crises within Iran’s society are all bringing this regime under tremendous pressure dragging it even closer to its end.
We will witness crisis-stricken clerical regime receiving other blows in near future for sure.


Suppression

Call on 25 students of Khajehnasir university in Tehran
Dec. 13, 2010
The suppressive forces of the KhajehNasir University, called on 25 students on Saturday 11th of December, and threatened them. This calls followed by students protest on student day.

Political prisoner threatened by prison judicial official
Dec. 13, 2010
Ali Mohammadi, the Judicial Assistant of the Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj who has a long history in abusing and harassing political prisoners, summoned political prisoner Saleh Kohandel to his office this morning and insulted and threatened him.
According to reports, Ali Mohammadi demanded that he deny his membership in a political organization and not to leak news from inside prison to the outside.
Ali Mohammadi has harassed and abused many political prisoners in recent years. He was a member of the Revolutionary Guards Forces in the 80’s but after participating in the suppression of political prisoners he was appointed as the Judicial Assistant and assistant head of prison.
Notably, another political prisoner, Farzad Madadzadeh was transferred to cellblock 8 in this prison and was beaten.

Political prisoner goes on hunger strike after being tortured for writing Student Day statement from prison
Dec. 13, 2010
Arash Sadeqi went on a hunger strike in protest to being beaten after being subjected to pressure by interrogators for writing a letter in prison which was published (in the media).
According to his family, after his statement for Student Day was published, he was severely beaten by interrogators in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison and suffered a serious fracture in this ribcage. Interrogators refused to take him to the infirmary.
Therefore Arash Sadeqi went on a hunger strike on December 10. Notably, this prisoner had also suffered a broken shoulder in his past detentions.

Iran chops off hand of two men in Shiraz
Dec. 13, 2010
The amputation sentence for two men was carried out in the Central Shiraz Prison. This sentence was upheld by judicial institutions and the hand of these robbers was amputated according to religious law. (Kayhan state-run daily) 

15 percent of workers in Neishabour have not received wages for last 4 months
Dec. 13, 2010
The Executive Secretary of the Labor House in the town of Neishabour said that 15 percent of workers in this town have not received their wages for about 4 months.
“About 15 percent of laborers in the town of Neishabour have not received their wages for 4 months and despite constant inquiries by the Labor Home, the relevant institutions have not answered in this regard”, Mohammad Omarlou said. (ILNA state-run News Agency) 


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

On Ashura we will all rise

Dec.14, 2010
A group of laborers of Khozestan Pipe-making factories, Rajaee Dock of Bandar Abbas, Alborz Chinaware factory of Qazvin, Iran Radiator Factory, Sarcam Filter Production Factory in Tehran and the Activists of Guilds for Justice have issued statements calling on Iranians to participate in Ashura’s protest demonstrations. In these statements it’s written:
On Ashura we will all rise and cry loud as ‘the victory is God’s and the victory is close; death to this deceptive government’, ‘death to dictator’ and ‘we will never surrender to oppression’.

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)

Report on Iran - Dec. 13, 2010

Report on Student protests on national Student Day in Iran

On December 7, Student Day, universities across Iran commemorated the memory of slain students by holding demonstrations and ceremonies and showed with their anti-government slogans and chanting that the university, which is the bastion of freedom, is unbeatable and will not bow down to any dictator. Protests and gatherings in Tehran were held in the Technical Department of Tehran University, Polytechnic (Amir Kabir) University, Sharif Industrial University, Beheshti University, Arts University, Science and Industry University, Tehran Scientific Research University, Abbaspour University, Tehran Free University Eastern Unit, Parand Free University, and Tehran Free Sahand University, while in other Iranian cities gatherings were held in the Free Qazvin University, International Qazvin University, Mashhad Free University, Engineering College in Mashhad, Industrial Shiraz University, Medical Science Shiraz University, Shiraz University, Isfahan University, Kermanshah’s Razi University, Gilan Technical College, Tabriz Sahand University, Tabriz Payame Nour University, Shahre Kurd University, Hamedan Bu-Ali Sina University, Free University Firouz Kouh Unit, Yasouj University, and the Sistan and Baluchestan University.

19 Universities in ten different cities hold gatherings and protests on Student Day

Tehran University Technical Department students started their protest on December 6 by chanting death to dictator.
On December 7 in Tehran University students chanted ‘death to dictator’ in strict security measures and sang the student song to show their solidarity with other students. Students booed Bassij forces who intended to disperse them. More than 300 students participated in the gathering.
Amir Kabir University students gathered in the university campus and chanted ‘students will die but will never surrender’.
In the Sharif Industrial University, students gathered in the central campus of this university despite the heavy presence of security forces outside the university and marched towards the university entrance chanting ‘death to dictator’ and ‘the coup government has to resign’. These students also cried ‘Allah O Akbar’ (God is Great) in Tardasht Dormitory number 3.
In the Beheshti University, about 400 students gathered outside the Computer and Electric Departments at 12 pm and marched towards the Literature Department.
Students of the Arts University gathered outside the central building of this university and sang the student song to commemorate this day.
In the Science and Industrial University, more than 300 students held a ‘silent gathering’ in protest to the suppressive atmosphere in this university. Hundreds of people gathered outside the university in support of the students.
In the Scientific Research University in Tehran, despite heavy security measures, students held a half hour gathering and chanted ‘death to dictator’ and sang the student song.
In Abbaspour University, about 400 students gathered and held a free tribune which ended with students chanting ‘political prisoners must be freed’ and the student song.
In the Free Tehran University Eastern Unit, about 200 students gathered and chanted slogans.
In the Islamshahr Free University, despite strict measures by the Protection Department in this university, students held a gathering outside the entrance of this university on December 6.
In the Free Parand University in Tehran students also held a protest gathering.
In the Firouz Kouh Free University, students gathered to commemorate Student Day and hundreds of students sang the student song together. This ceremony lasted about 30 minutes.
Two thousand students in the Free Qazvin University held a gathering and chanted ‘death to dictator’. This demonstration started when a student cried out Allah O Akbar when a Bassij agent tried to put his over the student’s mouth which led to protests from other students and triggered a demo.
In the International Free Qazvin University, students held a protest gathering. Security forces attacked the students and arrested 6 of them.
In the Zanjan University, dozens of students gathered and put up a banner in commemoration of Student Day.
In Arak University, about 150-200 students gathered chanting ‘death to dictator’. Students tried to enter the hall where pro-regime forces were holding a ceremony to disrupt the ceremony but they were not allowed to talk and about 80 percent of the students left the ceremony in protest.
Students in the Mashhad Free University started their 500 strong gathering at about 12 pm.
In the Engineering College in Mashhad, about 50 students gathered outside this college.
In Mashhad University, about 500 students gathered to commemorate Student Day.
In the Industrial University in Shiraz, the gathering started at 1:45 am. This gathering went on for about 30 minutes outside the administration building with the participation of about 100 students who all sang the student song together.
Students of the Razi University in Kermanshah chanted death to dictator when former Guidance Minister Safar Harandi came to their university on December 6. These students chanted ‘death to dictator’ in the middle of his speech and walked out on him.
In the Gilan Technical University, more than 200 students gathered in the afternoon and chanted ‘students will die but will never surrender’ and sang the student song.
Students in the Sahand University in Tabriz also gathered to commemorate Student Day.
Payame Nour University students in Tabriz went on a strike on Student Day and refused to go to their classes.
In the Shahre Kord University, despite severe security measures around the university, a number of students held a ceremony to commemorate this day. Students also cried out ‘Allah O Akbar’ on the night of December 6 in their dormitories.
Students in the Isfahan University had a number of gatherings and the main gathering was held outside the Physics Department in this university.
In Yasuj University, students went on a strike in protest to the presence of Ahmadinejad’s brother, Davoud Ahmadinejad. Protection Department agents attacked the protesters. Female students in this university also attempted to hold a ceremony in their dormitory but Protection Department forces opened the gas valves in the building to counter their protests.
In the Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan, despite numerous limitations, students held a large gathering and commemorated Student Day. These students sang the student song.
In the Sistan and Baluchetan University, students gathered outside the Engineering Department cafeteria and lit candles in memory of students who were slain in post-election protests.

December 7, 2010 Students' Day - Bu-Ali University students in Hamedan hold

Strict security measures being enforced outside and near Tehran University.

Payame Nour University in Tabriz Students in this university did not go to class on Students’ Day and went on a strike.

Sahand University in Tabriz Today at about 1:30 pm, students in this university stages a gathering.

Student's Day in Iran- December 7, 2010 - Science and Industrial University

Science and Industrial University Today from about 9 to 9:30 people gathered outside the Science and Industrial University.
At 11:30 am about 150 to 200 Bassij militia forces and 50 to 60 security forces equipped with helmets and bullet vests were stationed outside this university.
The protection department in this university severely controlled students as they entered and left the university.

Gilan University in Rasht Today about 300 students in the Technical Department of this university gathered and chanted ‘students will die but will not give in’.

Abbaspour University in Tehran - Student's Day - Dec. 7, 2010

Abbaspour University in Tehran Students in this university chanted ‘political prisoners must be released’ in their protest for Students’ Day. These students held a Free Tribune outside the office of the students Islamic Association. Student members of this organization talked about Students’ Day and political prisoners. About 400 students participated in this gathering. They sang a song in solidarity with other students and demanded the release of political prisoners.

Qazvin Free University - Dec. 7, 2010

Qazvin Free University Picture of a Protection Department agent arresting a student in this university. At about 10 am, Protection Department forces gave notices to a boy in this university and followed him. This student started chanting Allah O Akbar and the Protection agent tried to put his hand over his mouth which led to protests by other students who also chanted. This brave student was being watched during the gathering and he was taken away by the Protection Department at 1 pm after he started feeling ill.

Arts University in Tehran University - Dec. 7, 2010

Arts University in Tehran University officials have filled the university campus with poles and fabric to prevent students from being able to gather there. But students gathered at about 11 am until 1 pm for Students Day. This gathering was held outside the Central building in this university.

Zanjan University Dozens of students in this university held a protest gathering for Students’ Day. - December 7, 2010

Amir Kabir University in Tehran - Dec. 7, 2010

All the students gathered in this university from 10 to 12 pm for Students’ day.

Tehran University 2 Pm About 300 students gathered outside the Central Pardis - Dec. 7, 2010

building in the Technical Department and started singing a song in solidary with other students in iran but the Protection Department agents dispersed them. There were less Bassij forces than the students and students booed them.

Rasht University, Technical Department Students gathered in the Technical - Dec. 7, 2010

Department and they are currently outside of this department. Three students in this university were arrested and Protection Department agents said in the presence of university officials that they would only be released if other students dispersed. The crowds were large and they chanted anti-regime slogans.

Amir Kabir University University officials had announced since yesterday that all classes have been canceled today but students still came to university without paying heed to this issue.
More than 400-500 students gathered in a Students’ Day gathering but the university prevented a large number of students from even entering the university. Students chanted death to dictator.
About 100 Bassij students were standing in front of the student gathering chanting Allah o Akbar (God is great) and students also chanted these slogans so that the Bassij forces would not be able to steal these slogans.
Police cars and security forces were stationed around the university and strictly controlled everything. Around Valiasr Street security forces were gathered in groups of 20 to 25 people and masked plainclothes agents were patrolling the area on motorcycles.

Kermanshah The families of two detained students Ahmad Ghiasvand and Seyed Qasem Mahmoudi who were arrested yesterday after leaving the Razi University in Kermanshah, have still not been able to get any information on their loved ones. These two students were arrested after a protest gathering in this university in opposition to the presence of the former Guidance Minister Safar Harandi. Students chanted death to dictator in this gathering.

Technical Department of Tehran University 2:45pm Bassij students have a ceremony in the Chamran Amphitheater. Safar Harandi, the former Guidance Minister, has also gone to this amphitheater to give a speech. Students have gathered outside the Technical Department but Protection Department forces are dispersing them and are filming the faces of students in the gathering. A student was also arrested by the Protection Department.

Dec. 7, 2010
Yasuj University Students in this university protested the presence of Davoud Ahmadinejad in this university and there were ensuing clashes.

Yasuj University According to reports from Yasuj University two female students identified as Ameneh Zeidouni and Marjan Alizadeh who are both studying foreign languages in this university were arrested yesterday in this university.

Dec. 7, 2010 Free Qazvin University

More reports from Qazvin Free University
In light of the heavy presence of Protection Department agents who are used to control students in universities, student gathered in the Qalam Square in this university. These agents constantly told students to go back to their classes and when a protection agent attacked a student intending to arrest him, students started chanting anti-regime slogans and the protest gathering started in this way at 10:30 am and is still in progress.

Tehran Arts University

Students in the Applied Arts Department of the Arts University gathered for Students’ Day from 10 am.
Students sang ‘My Elementary School Friend’ which is sung by students in all universities as a sign of solidary and clapped their hands at the same time. This gathering was staged in the soccer field in this university outside the Farabi Amphitheater. The Protection Department set strict limitations and prevented students from taking pictures or films of this gathering. Internet speed has also been lowered to a crawl in this university.

Science and Industrial University - Dec. 7, 2010

Students of the Science and Industrial University students gathered in this university for Students’ Day at 11 am. There were about 300 students in this gathering. The Protection Department agents tried to disrupt their gathering. Students prayed for their slain classmate Kianoush Asa and commemorated his memory. Asa was killed under torture after he was arrested in post-election protests.

Student's Day in Iran- December 7, 2010

Student's Day in Iran - Fear of Dictator...Khamenei
Death to Dictator - December 7, 2010

Student's Day in Iran- December 7, 2010

Death to Khamenei

Dec. 7, 2010 Mashhad University - Student's Day in Iran

About 500 students have started their protest gathering in this university for Students’ Day.

Dec. 7, 2010 Free Qazvin University - Student's Day in Iran

During the student gathering in this university, the representative of the Bassij militia forces came towards the students with a number of other Bassij forces and suggested that they all gather and go to the mosque for a debate but students refused and said that this was only a trick to deceive them. There are about 2,000 students who were chanting Allah O Akbar but the Protection Department forced them to go to the mosque in this university and students are going towards the mosque right now.

Qazvin University: Dec. 7, 2010 Students have started their gathering and are in the Sa’at Square. They are chanting death to dictator.

Qazvin Free University :
Students started their protest and students clashed with Protection Department agents in the university in the Qalam Square.

Student's Day - Qazvin University: - December 7, 2010

Qazvin University:
Dec. 7, 2010
Students have started their gathering and are in the Sa’at Square. They are chanting death to dictator.

Qazvin Free University :
Students started their protest and students clashed with Protection Department agents in the university in the Qalam Square.

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec. 6, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 734

Student’s Day, December 7 

in Iran

Iranian Students are getting ready for 7th of December, the Student day
Dec. 5, 2010
Societies and student activists in different universities are getting ready with distributing leaflets and manifests. At the present time there are about 90 Iranian student activists in prison. By closing up to the student day, Islamic societies and different student's societies published their programs and activities for this day. The following universities are among the active universities which have made their protesting activities for this day: Allameh Tabatabaii university, Tehran, medical science, AmirKabir, international university of Qazvin, Central Tehran, Khajeh Nasirredin Tousi, Babol Noshirvani industrial university and …

Increase in security measures in Tehran in days near to 7th of December, the 'Student's Day'
Dec. 5, 2010
Tehran- security atmosphere in Tehran especially around the Tehran University has become even more intensive. From Azadi Sq. to the university in Azadi and Revolution Street, black cars of civil clothing and intelligence agents have been placed. Also in Vali Asr and Tajrish sq. agents are present.

Writing slogans in Mazandaran University near 7th of December, 'Student's Day'
Dec. 4, 2010
According to reports, in the recent days, a number of students in different universities of Pardis Mazandaran University, by writing slogans on the classroom’s walls, have asked for the freedom of their imprisoned friends. These acts are being done at the same time that there are closed circuit cameras all over. According to a report, students of this university are after holding a ceremony for the 7th of December. During the past 2 weeks, Ferdosi University of Mashad and Tehran University, a lot of slogan writings have been done by students for the 'Student Day'.

Closing Tehran University in 7th of December, the student day, because of Air pollution excuse
Dec. 5, 2010
Mullahs' dictatorship, in fear of students protest in Tehran University on 'Student's Day', intends to close Tehran city under the excuse of Air Pollution.

Condemnation of an active student for an insult against Khorramshahr Friday prayer
Dec. 5, 2010
According to reports, Khosrow Fazelpour, student of last year and a member of Islamic student's society of Sea Science University of Khorramshahr, was sentenced to one year of privation from study. The charge of this student was an insult against the Khorramshahr Friday prayer and involvement with security officers.
Mentioning that in the first committee, Fazelpour was sentenced to 3 term privation, but after giving commitments two of his terms were suspended.


Downfall 

Mullah Moslehi, overtured the fear of Mullah’s regime from Iranian people’s uprising
Dec. 4, 2010 
Moslehi, intelligent minister of mullah’s dictatorship, described the Iranian uprising as breath snagging scenes and by confessing to the Mojahedin’s infiltration in the elite society said: enemy by using Monafeqin (term that regime uses for PMOI), infiltrated us and implemented his plan to his us.
Moslehi in his speech in Qom added: if anybody thinks that last election was fight between two people, is in great mistake.
The minister of regime said: Detachment of society and people from the ruling system with the aim of creating weakness using satellite networks and attracting supporters among youths, educating students, doctors, reporters for overthrowing the regime, are some of enemy’s activities.


Effect of sanction

Larijani: They always raise their sticks
Dec. 4, 2010 
Larijani head of regime’s parliament, because of international sanctions against the Mullahs dictatorship moaned and said: They always raise their sticks.
Larijani with worry said: the subject of regime change is always in America’s order list; therefore we should be misled by their beautiful words like their New Year congratulations.
The head of parliament, by referring to Khatamies term of presidency, said his bows and tricky maneuvers were because of his weak character and added: in the past time, nuclear discussions ended to suspension of some departments, this shows if we show weak attitude, they will come forward and will humiliate us.



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Dec, 5. 2010

Iran announces death sentence for Christian priest on apostasy charges
Dec. 2, 2010
Shirin Khanjani, the sister of Bishop Behrouz Khanjani, cited in an interview the death sentences issued for Persian speaking Christians and the pressure on the Christian society in Iran.
Last week, the death sentence for Yusef Nodrkhani, a priest in the Church of Iran was announced even while security institutions had prevented the announcement of this sentence before this…
Shirin Khanjani: My brother Behrouz Khanjani is currently in the Shiraz Army Prison and when he was under the supervision of intelligence agents, he was under severe torture and was mistreated by intelligence agents…
According to the latest information, no court session has been held for him as yet.
He has been kept in temporary detention for 10 months in a state of limbo and he has been under severe mental and physical pressure in this time…
(Regarding the case of Mr. Nodrkhani), he has received his death sentence which was issued for the charge of apostasy and was announced to him in written form.
He is currently in the Lakan Prison in Rasht and his lawyer has filed for an appeal. His sentence has been referred to the Supreme Court for confirmation…
Mr. Nodrkhani became a Christian at the age of 19 which was the legal age for him to choose his religion and he became a Christian before he chose Islam as his religion. According to religious law, he has the right to choose a religion other than Islam when he reached his legal adult age. Therefore bringing up the issue of apostasy for him cannot be correct and anyway we look at it, his sentence is completely illegal and inhumane.

Political prisoner in poor health intentionally denied treatment
Dec. 3, 2010
Political prisoner Mohsen Dogmeh Chi who is suffering from a number of ailments and problems has been accused by the heads of the Evin Prison infirmary, that he is ‘faking his illness and has no problems’.
This is while his physical health is deteriorating on a daily basis but is being denied treatment. The prison doctor mistreats them instead of giving him and other ill prisoners medical attention.
Mohsen Dogmeh Chi, 50, is a well known Tehran Bazaar merchant who was trialed some time ago after being kept in a state of limbo for close to a year. He has been charged with financially aiding the families of political prisoners.

30 Kurd activists arrested in past 3 months in Iran
Dec. 2, 2010
Three people were arrested by security forces in Marivan in the Gogjeh Village.
While there are reports that at least 30 political, civil rights, cultural and literary activists were arrested in the past 3 months, on Monday November 29, three other people in this village were arrested by RGC Intelligence Protection Unit forces and were transferred to this organization’s detention center in Marivan.
According to Kurdish sources, those who were arrested are Rahman Razkhadiv, Majid Maryami and Abdollah Raygan. There in no information on the condition of these three Kurd citizens.

Prisoner dies for unknown reason in Rajayi Shahr Prison because of appalling sanitary conditions
Dec. 2, 2010
A new arrival in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj passed away in the morning for unknown reasons.
According to reports, Jafar Sarbandi, who slept next to the restroom in hall 10 cellblock 4 in this prison every night due to the high prison population and lack of space for keeping prisoners, passed away today at 11 am after his physical health deteriorated. He died before he was taken to the infirmary.
He had only been in this prison for a week.
Notably, in addition to poor sanitary conditions, lack of medical treatment, existence of criminal gangs in prisons among other things, the lack of attention in controlling new arrivals who are sometimes addicts or have diseases is also a reason behind these kinds of incidents in prison.

Iran chops off hand of man in Kermanshah
Dec. 1, 2010
The amputation sentence for a man charged with robbery was carried out in the Central Kermanshah Prison.
According to the ISNA state-run news agency it was requested in the bill of indictment presented in the Public and Revolutionary Court that this man be sentenced to the divine punishment and after due process in the penal court, the amputation sentence was issued and carried out in the Central Kermanshah Prison.
On orders of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor in Kermanshah, in addition to jailed robbers, state security forces also brought a number of what they called ‘experienced troublemakers’ to watch the implementation of the amputation so that it would ‘set an example’ for them. (ISNA state-run News Agency)

Iran sentences female student activist to 6 years of prison 
Dec. 1, 2010
Judge Salavati who is the head of the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court announced Nasim Soltan Bigi’s six year prison sentence to her lawyer on November 30.
This student activist who studied at the Alameh Tabatabayi University in Tehran had gone to the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court before this with her lawyer on August 22 and made her defense against the charges of propagating against the government and gathering and conspiring to disrupt national security.
She was sentenced to 3 years of prison for ‘acting against national security’ and one year of prison for ‘propagating against the government’. A 2 year suspended prison sentence that she received in 2006 was also added to her new sentence.
Soltan Bigi was arrested during a widespread arrest of student activists in 2007 and was detained in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison for 56 days before being released n a 50 million toman (about 50,000 dollar) bail. She was also arrested in a Woman’s Day gathering in 2006 and was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term.

Tehran University student activist sentenced to prison and lashes
Dec. 1, 2010
On the verge of Student’s Day in Iran and with the waves of pressures on student activists, the sentence for Mojtaba Hashemi, a member of the Central Committee of the Islamic Association of the School of Law and Political Science in Tehran University who was beaten and kidnapped last December outside of Tehran University was announced.
According to this sentence, he was sentenced to 6 months of prison on charges of acting against national security, 91 days of prison for insulting the leader, 91 days of prison and 74 lashes for disrupting public order and a 100,000 toman fine in cash for insulting the president. Currently more than 80 students and student activists are jailed in Iran.

Iran beats and arrests family members of political prisoners
Dec. 1, 2010
According to reports, agents of the Intelligence Agency attacked the relatives of the Jushan family in Gonbad-e Kavous and arrested 3 members of this family. They were taken to the Intelligence Agency in this city.
On Sunday, November 28, at about 4:30 pm, intelligence agents raided the home of the Jushan family and arrested three people. Those arrested were identified as Fereshteh Jushan, her 3 year old son Amir Hossein Alinia, Yaqub and Hadi Jushan.
Fereshteh Jushan was beaten and mistreated and transferred to the Gonbad-e Kavous Intelligence Agency. Agents of this agency violently beat her in front of her terrified son. They constantly threatened her son that they would hit him if he did not stay silent. Fereshteh Jushan’s son was handed over to his relatives after they pleaded for hours to take him in. Fereshteh Jushan is the third member of the Jushan family who has been arrested. Currently, her mother Zahra Asadpour Gorji and her brother Reza Jushan are in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
One of their family friends identified as Yaqub was also violently beaten and taken to the intelligence agency. They were all reportedly transferred from the Intelligence Agency to the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.

Two student activists expelled from university and denied right to education
Dec. 1, 2010
According to reports, on the verge of Student’s Day in Iran on December 7, pressure on students and student activists in the Teacher Training University have increased to the point that two student activists in this university identified as Amin Arya and Abbas Rashidi were expelled by security institutions.
According to this report, they were reportedly expelled to ‘scare students’ and prevent likely gatherings on Student’s Day. Amin Arya and Abad Rashidi received separate sentences and were expelled for ‘keeping order and security in the university and countering the arrogance’ after they were banned from entering university grounds.
A number of other student activists have been suspended from university.



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