Latest News on Uprising in Iran - Feb. 20, 2011

Tehran- Feb. 20, at 1600
People clashed with SSF at 1600 in Haft-e-Tir Square and several people were arrested. A great crowd is at the place and they are awaiting the dark.

Shiraz- Feb. 20,
The residents of Shiraz have gathered in protest in Mola Sadra St. clashes have started with Plainclothes at the intersection of Mullah Sadra

Isfahan- Feb. 20
In Enghelab Square of the city a great crowd has gathered in protest. Bassij forces didn’t expect such gathering and they are currently few in number. Anti regime slogans are being chanted.
Sanandaj - Feb. 20
The people of Sanandaj have announced that along with their strike across the whole city, they will come out on the street at 3 pm. Security forces are out in full force in this city and have been stationed in various areas in this city.


Tehran - Feb. 20
People are chanting anti-regime slogans in a bus which is moving towards Valiasr.

Regime top diplomat in Italy seeks political asylum

Tehran- Feb. 20
Ahmad Maleki the head diplomat of regime in Italy resigned in protest against the merciless suppression of popular uprising on Feb. 14 by regime’s suppressive forces and sought asylum from Italy.
He is the head diplomat of regime’s head-consulate in Milan.

Tehran-Feb.20

At 1400 a great number of SSF vans headed towards Imam Hussein Square.

Hamedan - Feb. 20 , 2011

There is a gathering in Bu-Ali SIna University in Hamedan. Students are chanting death to dictator. According to reports, there is also a gathering near the university.

Regime’s Interior Minister: we will suppress the dissident’s protest

Tehran- Feb. 20, 2011
Mostafa Mohammad Najar regime’s Interior Minister reacted to the call for the uprising on Feb. 20 and said that regime will confront the demonstrators and suppress them.
He was quoted by Jomhori Islami state-run daily on Feb. 19.

Isfahan - Uprising in Iran - 1Esfand

Isfahan
There are large crowds in the Shiraz Gateway and everywerehe you look you can see protesters who are moving from various paths to the Shiraz Gateway. Security forces take away cellphones from the people and throw them in the river.

Uprising Tabriz- 1Esfand - IRAN

Tabriz- Feb. 20
Protesting people are present at Abresan in Tabriz. The suppressive agents don’t let them to stop and disperse them.
Most of the protesters are students. The sound of handmade sound grenades was heard in this area and security forces ran in the direction of the sound.
Protesters have also gathered in the Sa’ad Square in this city.

Uprising in Iran - Kurdistan, Sanandaj - Feb. 20, 2011

Kurdistan, Sanandaj
In protest to the killing of Kurd student Sane Zhaleh by security forces during the February 14 protests, the people of Kurdistan went on a strike and the Bazaar in this city has been closed since this morning.

Uprising Feb. 20, 2011 - IRAN

Tehran
Demonstrators are moving from Vanak Square to the Valiasr Intersection. With the end of business hours in offices and companies, the crowds are growing larger. Security forces and plainclothes agents are out on full force in the Enqelab and Azadi streets.
Because people are spread out and the gatherings are very widespread, security forces are somewhat confused and disorganized and their cars are constantly going and coming. They did not anticipate the gatherings to be spread out in all of the streets.

Uprising 1Esfand - Feb. 20, 2011 - IRAN

Tehran
Tehran is completely cloudy and somewhat severely windy which works in favor of demonstrators and makes it hard for security forces to throw tear gas at the crowds.
Plainclothes agents are asking book stores near Tehran University to close their shops. A large number of security forces with cars and riot police have been stationed outside the Tehran and Sharif Universities.
Azadi Square is under the complete control of security forces and it has turned into a parking lot for various types of security force cars. Protesters have been mostly gathered in the Northern parts of Tehran and some areas in Enqelab Square and Jamalzadeh Street.
Internet Cafes in the main roads have been closed and several plainclothes agent units have been stationed on their motorcycles waiting for orders.
The town is very volatile and the numbers of protesters are growing.
There have been clashes between security forces and the people in Amir Abad. The people hurled stones to defend themselves. The environment is very volatile. There are fires all over Tehran and security forces are hastily throwing tear gas in all directions. The sounds of shots were also heard.
The police and Bassij forces are trying to make noise and intimidate the people to disperse them. Demonstrators are resisting and holding their ground. There is a fierce fight between security forces and protesters in Enqelab Street. The brave young people are fighting back and chanting slogans.
Municipality employees have gathered all the trashcans to prevent demonstrators from burning them.

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Tehran
Students of the Arts University have said that they will not go to class until all their arrested classmates have been released.

Tehran
All paths to Valiasr have been closed expect for via BRTs (electric busses).

Tehran – 4pm
Valiasr is more volatile than on February 14 and the crowds are growing larger.

Feb.20 uprising ignited

Feb.20 uprising ignited
Feb. 20, 2011
Tehran- at 1500 Sohrevardi St. towards Haft-e-Tir square is witnessing a crowd of 50 chanting ‘death to dictator’. Most of the forces stationed in Vali-e-Asr Street belong to IRGC.

Tehran- Feb. 20

The protesters have gathered at Vali-e-Asr Square. SSF has fired tear gas at the crowd.
People have got control over the Square.
Anti-riot forces are pulling back from the Square to the streets around.

Tehran- Feb. 20 - Uprising in Iran

A protesting crowd has gathered in front of regime’s TV & Radio building in Vali-e-Asr Street chanting Allah O Akbar.
Eyewitnesses say that the uprising has started at Sohrevardi St, Haft-e-Tir Sq, Enghelab and Vali-e- Asr. People are chanting anti-regime slogans.

Tehran- Feb. 20

Tehran- Feb. 20
IRGC in fear of attack against Khamenei’s place has surrounded it with iron blockers at Pastor St.

Close friend of Sane: he was chanting death to dictator

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
A close friend of Sane Jale wrote that during the uprising of Feb. 14 they were together in Jamalzadeh St. and Sane was chanting death to dictator. From one point they got separated and Sane got shot.

Call for Uprising on 1Esfand - Feb. 20, 2011 in Iran

Call for Uprising on 1Esfand - Feb. 20, 2011 in Iran

Regime’s foreign guests are arrested alleged with spying

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
A group of regime’s foreign guests who had been invited for participating in regime’s ceremonies for the anniversary of its ‘Islamic Revolution’ while going towards the theater on Feb. 14 were arrested.
The sponsors of these ceremonies said that the guests were prohibited from going into the streets on that day but some of them went to tape the unrest and they were arrested as spies and went under interrogation by agents of regime’s Intelligence Ministry.
One of the guests said: “they have given us all guarantees about our security before the trip, the officials promised that we will be totally free to move around but still they arrested us and took us to an unknown location.
The interrogator asked us for whom we are spying? Even when they were certain that we were official guests they still wanted us to confess that we were spies.
In Iran even taking photos from street protests is a crime”.

17 arrested in Feb. 14 uprising in Kerman

Kerman- Feb.18, 2011
Public prosecutor of regime in Kerman, Yadollah Movahed, pointed to the uprising on Feb. 14 and said that in one of Kerman’s squares “17 were arrested, 8 of them are under temporary detention and the rest were conditionally freed”.
He added: “these 8 are accused of ‘disrupting public order by provoking chaos’, ‘acting against national security’, ‘propagating against the Establishment’, ‘holding illegal gatherings’ and ‘offending the officials of the Establishment and profanity’ and their files are being studied”.

Regime’s criminal prosecutor threatens; suppression will increase

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
ISNA state-run news agency quoted Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, regime’s prosecutor in Tehran: “having in mind the recent events in Tehran, the identity of the criminals who acted on Feb.14 is revealed more than before…The Judiciary and Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran decisively announces that we will act decisively in regard with those who are guilty in the recent events and the invokers… we will never permit that the ideals of the deceased Imam be ridiculed by some”…
Being worried about regime’s trembling after the Feb. 14 uprising he added: “God’s will this revolution will proudly continue its move and those who stand in opposition to it will be punished”.

The Club for Support of Families of those Fallen for Freedom called for protest demonstrations

Tehran- Feb.19, 2011
The Club for Support of Families of those Fallen for Freedom and the Detainees praising the memory of the martyrs of Feb. 14 uprising called for protest demonstration on Feb. 20 the seventh day they passed away (In Iran the seventh and 40th day after somebody’s death are the days that they are remembered).
In its statement the club said that the regime wanted to show that it wasn’t responsible for these two deaths saying that dissidents and PMOI killed these two, but the classmates of Sane answered back as why they didn’t kill Bassijies and regime’s elements on the state-run march of Feb.11. “…After paying our condolences to the families of these two martyrs we call on all Iranians to commemorate them and cry for justice…on Feb. 20…”

Prevented to participate in Mohammad Mokhtari’s commemoration ceremony people chant death to khamenei

Tehran- Feb.19, 2011
On Feb. 18 as many people of Tehran Pars region were prevented by regime’s suppressive forces to participate in the memorial of Mohammad Mokhtari fallen for freedom on Feb. 14 uprising by the direct shot of regime’s suppressive forces, They started chanting ‘death to dictator’ and ‘death to Khamenei’. The slogans were heard from Rashid Street, 196 Dardasht and from Bagheri Highway between the second and third circles of Tehranpars. This protest continued from 2 pm till 5 pm.

Najafabad under siege

Najafabad- Feb.18, 2011
On Friday Feb. 18 after the state-run Friday prayer when regime’s subordinates started a pro-regime march a group of courageous youths started to chant death to velayat-e-Faghieh confronting their march.
This aroused the wrath of Bassijies and they attacked the youths.
The city was immediately under the control of security forces and SSF.

Protesting chant of Allah O Akbar in Najafabad

Najafabad- Feb.18, 2011
Residents of Najafabad in Isfahan Province held a nightly protest of Allah O Akbar on Feb. 18.

Forced participation

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
An eyewitness said that on Feb. 16 that regime had forced the employees of governmental bureaus in Qods Township to participate in the march and funeral of Sane Jale. Regime stole this martyr calling him a Bassiji. These employees were transferred to Tehran by bus. He added that many of these employees didn’t accept to participate in such invidious act.

Oppression surges in Shahroud

Shahroud- Feb.17, 2011
Reports received by ISC from Shahroud say that in fear of continuation of protests of the students regime has cancelled all classes at Azad University of Shahroud and other universities of this city.
In another event regime’s suppressive forces stop motorbikes and harass them. They also bother young people and students on different excuses. The number of regime’s patrols has surged drastically in the city.
Phone lines, especially Iran Cell is either cut or works just one-way. Most of the SMSes sent either don’t reach their destination or partially reach it.
Satellite programs are having parasites.

Vast arrests in Ahwaz

Ahwaz- Feb.19, 2011
After the call for protest demonstrations at the seventh day of martyrdom of Sane Jale and Mohammad Mokhatari, regime is conducting vast arrests in Ahwaz.

13 arrested in Babol during the uprising of Feb. 14

Babol- Feb.19, 2011
Reports sent to ISC say that during the protest demonstrations on Feb. 14 in Babol, north of Iran, 13 were arrested, two of them under 18.
The detainees are taken to Mata Kala Prison at its Quarantine ward. There is no more news of their conditions.

Another arrest in Mashhad

Mashhad- Feb.18, 2011
Amir Shaibani one of the founders of Islamic Association of Department of Law and Political Science of Azad University in Mashhad was arrested on Feb. 14 uprising while he was going from Vakil-abad towards Rahnameie intersection (the main location of protests in Mashhad).
Amir was with his mother. They were attacked by suppressive agents and they took Amir away.
He is most probably taken to security prison belonging to SSF in Mashhad.

Pars Metal Company transferred to IRGC’s Air Force

Tehran- Feb.19, 2011
On Tuesday Feb. 16, Pars Metal Company was officially submitted to IRGC’s Air Force.
In that regard the production of this company will change and will serve this force producing spare-parts for the airplanes of this organ.

Deprived workers of Abanad Municipality

Abadan- Feb.19, 2011
Workers of Abadan Municipality working with contract-enterprises have not received their wages up to 5 months.
Though they had protested in that regard in front of the municipality but so far no problem has been solved. One of the workers said that it is four months that he had not received his right of insurance.

A student died from ‘A type influenza’ due to lack of minimum treatment facilities at the university

Tabriz- Feb.19, 2011
On Feb. 11 Reza Esfandiari, an engineering student of Sahand University refers to the university’s physician and he only gives him some pill though he was infected with ‘A type influenza’. When at 11 pm his condition gets critical there was no emergency facility to help taking him to a hospital and he died.

Four executed in Kerman

Kerman- Feb.18, 2011
Asr-e-Iran state-run news agency said that four were hanged in Kerman’s central prison on Friday morning Feb. 18. The agency said that they were accused of drug related crimes.
It is to be mentioned that the clerical dictatorship has hanged political prisoners times and again under the disguise of drug dealers. Zahra Bahrami, Iranian-Dutch political prisoner was hanged as such.

Regime’s MPs attacked Ashton

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
Regime’s parliament’s site: “Ashton’s weakness resulted in Istanbul negotiations being fruitless”, “Ashton brought about false arguments”.
Ashton’s saying that Iran’s regime does not comply with NPT and its nuclear program is not clear has aroused anger amongst regime’s MPS.
Jahangirzadeh, MP, said: “Ashton was not a qualified diplomat for directing the negotiation of 5+1 with Islamic Republic. One of the reasons that Istanbul negotiation was defeated was that Ashton didn’t know how to manage the negotiations. The negative result was so that two days of negotiations was fruitless and the negotiations were stopped”.
Mohammad Dehghani a member of the board of directors of regime’s parliament said: “Iran will not be stopped by Ashtons’ words and will continue full force. It will not pay any more attention to the fruitless negotiations”.
Karami Rad a member of regime parliament’s Security Commission while worried, said: “Ashton’s new claims are new deceptions. May be these claims are because west has been defeated continuously in negotiations and these are excuses for issuing a new resolution. It is clear that Mrs. Ashton has received orders from her masters and tries to express new issues against Tehran based on those orders”.

Quirking about Bousher’s nuclear reactor

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
Asr-e-Iran state-run site: Ali Akbar Salehi regime’s Foreign Minister said that Bousher’s nuclear reactor will be operational on April 9, 2011. On Nov.27, 2010 he said that it will be operational till the end of January 2011 max. But January is over and we are at mid February and now he says it will run in April”.
A member of National Security Commission of regime’s parliament, Fatemeh Alya said: “Boushehr nuclear site will run by March 20”.
Regime’s ambassador in Russia, Mohammad Reza Sajadi expressed his disappointment about this site becoming operative and said: “if Russia does not intend to finish its project in Bousher, it will totally lose its credibility by Iranians”.
The construction of this reactor was finished on Feb. 2009 but it is not still operational because Russia did not finish the project.

We don’t accept anything less than Freedom and democracy for Iran

We don’t accept anything less than
Freedom and democracy for Iran
Feb. 14 Uprising

Cry of Allah O Akbar; uprising continues

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
Youths of the uprising chanted Allah O Akbar in Imam Hussein Square and Navab Street to tell Khamenei that despite the killings and vast arrests the uprising continues till his downfall.

Praising Mohammad Mokhtari killed by suppressive forces on Feb. 14 uprising

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
A ceremony for commemoration of Mohammad Mokhtari, killed by regime’s suppressive forces on Feb. 14 was held by his family and a great crowd at Imam Hasan Mosque east of Tehran in the afternoon.
At the end of the ceremony the crowd marched along with his family to his home 300 meters away from the mosque.
A great number of SSF were present and regime’s forces were stationed up to 200 meters to the mosque. Plainclothes were at the door step of the mosque and all around the participant crowd.

Cry of Allah O Akbar; uprising continues

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
Youths of the uprising chanted Allah O Akbar in Imam Hussein Square and Navab Street to tell Khamenei that despite the killings and vast arrests the uprising continues till his downfall.

Students announce one week of mourning; classes closed

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
Students of Tehran University’s Art Department announced a week of public mourning in protest to the killing of their classmate Sane Jale by suppressive forces on Feb. 14 uprising. They also said that all the classes of the department will be closed until all the detained students are freed.
The name of the detained professor of the Art Department stated in the previous bulletin is Professor Ali Akbar Alizadeh and he is transferred to an unknown location.

Ghane Jale arrested

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
After Ghane Jale denied that his brother Sane Jale (killed by suppressive forces on Feb. 14 uprising in Tehran) was a Bassiji as regime’s has claimed he was arrested on Wednesday Feb. 16.

Families of detainees of Feb. 14 Uprising in front of Evin Prison

Feb.17, 2011
Hundreds of families of detainees of Feb. 14 Uprising gathered in front of Evin Prison and demanded the freedom of their beloveds.
They were attacked and beaten and offended by suppressive forces.
These families have gathered in protest in front of Evin Prison on last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Mothers of the Uprising in Kurdistan call for general strike on Monday Feb. 21

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
In accordance with the martyrdom of Sane Jale and Mohammad Mokhtari by the hands of regime’s suppressive forces, the ‘mothers of the Uprising’ in Kurdistan issued a statement calling on all Iranians to go on strike on Monday the seventh day Sane and Mohammad passed away.
The statement reads in part: “we are in a condition that the religion is playing with everything of the nation…they even deprive the mothers from seeing the body of their murdered children…”

Regime’s officials study the popular uprising

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
On Tuesday Feb. 15 the clerical dictatorship rushed into holding two sessions about Feb. 14 uprising in which high officials participated.
Meher state-run daily reported that the second session of the ‘Committee of Studying the Incursions of Feb. 14’ was formed.
The source reported that Mullah Moslehi, the Minister of Intelligence, Salehi the Foreign Minister, Hamedani the head of Saralah Base, Jafari the head of IRCG, Ahmadi Moghadam the head of SSF, Mullah Eje’ee regime’s general prosecutor, Jafari Dolatabadi regime’s prosecutor in Tehran and Zarghami the head of regime’s TV & Radio participated in the session.
According to regime’s media the agenda of this session was studying the popular uprising on Feb. 14 and the way they can confront its continuation.

Intelligence element Hasheminejad: PMOI has infiltrated our homes

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
A known element of Intelligence Ministry Hasheminejad worried about the role of PMOI in Iran’s popular uprisings warned: “these days PMOI has infiltrated in our homes and their SMS is saved in the cell phones of our children. We must be careful not to be strayed by them”.
Hasheminejad, the director of a covert intelligence organization called Hubilian Club added in his speech in Bandar Abbas: “all the events of last year were exactly the same as 30 years ago that they were conducted by PMOI. It was clear that the main conductor of last year’s events were PMOI.
While worried he added: “today the head of the ‘sedition’ say exactly the same things that Massoud Rajavi (the leader of the Iranian Resistance) said on those years.

We open a new file and then we execute you based on that

Karaj- Feb.18, 2011
The henchmen of Gohardahst (Rajaee Shahr) Prison opened a new file against the blogger Mohammad Reza Poor Shajari and intend to condemn him to execution on charge of ‘Moharebe’ (enmity against God) based on the opened file.
He was arrested end of last summer in the raid of the agents of Intelligence Ministry and was transferred to the ward under the control of IRGC in Gohardasht Prison and was severely tortured.
He was tortured so hard that he even tried to commit suicide to free himself of the tortures.

Kurd writer and political prisoner Saeed Saedi in critical condition

Sanandaj- Feb.18, 2011
Though Mr. Saedi has been under detention for more than 45 days his detention is extended for one more month.
Mr. Saedi is in critical physical condition due to the tortures imposed on him in Sanandaj’s Intelligence Detention Center.
He is suffering from a broken hand and leg due to tortures and his family could only talk to him for one minute.
Mr. Saedi was detained in a raid of suppressive forces along with eight family members of executed political prisoner Habibollah Latifi.

Farzaneh Najar, student, arrested

Mashahad- Feb.18, 2011
Farzaneh Najar Nejad (fe), student of Social Sciences was arrested with some unknown forces in her father’s house on the morning of Feb. 16. Her computer and other personal belongings have been confiscated too.
It is to be mentioned that Farzaneh Najar was suspended from university for two terms because of her activities in women’s affairs.
Also Ali Razeghi, Morteza Bagherzadeh and Hossein Ahmadnejad who were students of Mashhad universities were arrested on Feb. 14 at their homes.

Arresting residents of Tehran and Shiraz

Feb.17, 2011
During Feb. 15 and 16 regime’s security forces have arrested the residents of Tehran and Shiraz on hollow excuses. They had also arrested those citizens whose car’s license number was recorded during the uprising of Feb. 14.
As an example they raided the house of one of the residents of Tehran’s Shahrak Qarb and said that he had installed a camera on his car taping the uprising.
Seven Bahai residents have been arrested accused of having hands in the ‘unrests of Feb. 15’ and ‘having connection with the government of Israel’.

The real number of injured on Feb. 14 uprising and their destiny is unknown

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
From the existing evidences the number of those shot at by regime’s suppressive forces either injured or death on Feb. 14 is more than what was announced by the regime’s media.
So far we know that three who were shot on last Monday were transferred to Imam Hospital. One of them who was shot in the head passed away.
Seven others have been transferred to Sina Hospital but were immediately transferred by a military ambulance and there is no news of them.
Another injured who has been transferred to Hazrat Rasool Hospital had died too.
Mohammad Mokhtari was shot at west of Tehran and Sane Jale at the center of Tehran. These two were killed.
Another citizen has been killed in Roodaki-Toohid Street for sure.

Female political prisoners in need of medical attention in Gohardasht and Evin Prison
Feb. 17, 2011
According to reports, political prisoner Kobra Banazadeh, who is detained in Gohardasht (Rajayi Shahr) Prison in Karaj is in critical condition.
She is suffering from various ailments and needs medical attention but prison official have denied her minimum treatment.
Mrs. Motahareh Bahrami, detained in the Methadone Cellblock in Evin Prison, is also suffering from various ailments because of her old age. The lack of medical attention has made her unable to carry out the simplest tasks.

Two were lashed in Doroud

Doroud- Feb. 11, 2011
The clerical dictatorship lashed two people in public in Farmandari Square of Doroud Township. IRNA state-run daily said that they were condemned to receive 74 lashes and then they would be imprisoned.

Two execution decrees endorsed

Karaj- Gohardahst (Rajaee Shar) Prison- Feb.17, 2011
Zaniar Moradi a Kurd political prisoner will be executed for sure and his brother Loghman too will probably be condemned to death.
These two political prisoners had confessed under torture that they had participated in the killing of the son of Marivan’s Friday Imam.
They both have been threatened to rape.

Arrest of three former MP’s

Tehran- Feb.18, 2011
With the deepening of schism within the regime, the clerical dictatorship arrested three of its own former MPs; Ahmad Hakimi Poor, Shahrbanou Amani (fe) and Yadollah Islami.

Mohsen Rezaie’s fear of the flaming of nationwide uprising

Tehran- Feb.17, 2011
Mohsen Rezaie the former head of IRGC and the current secretary of regime’s Council of Expediency expressed his fear of the re-flaming of the nationwide uprising against the clerical dictatorship and said: “We must count the path that the Leadership (Khamenei) is paving as the main path and we must not go astray. We must take this path seriously and do not be afraid of these events…”
He counted regime’s survival conditional to defending Khamenei and added: “the issue of Velayat-e-Faghieh and defending the Leadership is a must for us and we put everything we have into it. The foreigners are trying to baffle this…The one who believes in Islamic Republic must clearly separate his course of action from the diverging and mutinous actions”.
Rezaie then attacked US State Department for its support of the freedom loving movement of Iranians and said: “these hypocritical words of US are meddling in our country’s affairs. Mrs. Clinton who says that they are supporting the protesters full force has no right to meddle in our interior affairs”.

For two martyrs Mohammad Mokhtari&Sane Jale. 25Bahman

Chants of 'Allah O Akbar' and 'death to dictator' in Sahand Univ. Tabriz -Feb. 13, 14.wmv

Uprising in Iran - 25Bahman - Feb. 14, 2011