UPDATE ON IRAN - Nov. 6, 2010

Tehran intelligence agents beat and abduct two labor activists 
Nov. 4, 2010
On Wednesday November 3 at about 9 am, two labor activists identified as Gholamreza Gholam-Hosseini and Saied Torabian were brutally attacked by six agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Karaj and were abducted. They were severely beaten upon their arrest transfer to solitary cells and sustained injuries in their stomach. They were separated in the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj. There is currently no information on the condition of labor activist Gholamreza Gholam-Hosseini. He sustained multiple injuries. Before this, intelligence agents raided his home on October 11 and took his son hostage because he was not home.
Saied Torabian was released this morning on bail. He was also beaten upon arrest.
Gholam-Hosseini, 44, was arrested in 2005 during widespread strikes by employees of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company and was detained for weeks in Evin Prison. He was suspended from work for close to 4 years. He was able to return to work about 8 months ago but on July 24 he was once again suspended under false pretexts.

Kurd citizen beaten and arrested by security forces
Nov. 4, 2010
In the past few days, a Kurd citizen was arrested after being beaten by security forces in a village in the town of Oshnavieh.
According to reports, Osman Shojayi from the village of Narzivi was beaten by security forces after arrest and was taken to an unknown location.
Eyewitnesses described his condition as critical because of his injuries.
There is still no news on his charges or where he has been taken.

Evin Prison female inmates banned from using telephone
Nov. 4, 2010
The telephones lines in cellblock 2 in the female section of Evin Prison have been blocked and prisoners have been cut off from the outside world.
According to reports, political and human rights activists in this cellblock such as Bahareh Hedayat, Mahdieh Golro and Atefeh Nabavi are currently serving their prison term in this cellblock.
It is important to note that before this, the telephones in cellblock 350 in this prison where mostly political prisoners are detained were cut off by prison officials

Iran flogs 4 people in public
Nov. 4, 2010
The flogging sentence for four convicts in the town of Tabas was carried out in public.
Three of the convicts were sentenced to prison terms, fines and flogging on drug related charges and their flogging sentences were carried out in public.
Another one of the convicts was sentenced to prison and flogging on charges of robbery and was flogged in public. (Fars state-run News Agency) 

New Evin Prison warden increases pressure on political prisoners
Nov. 3, 2010
The new head of Evin Prison has banned all fruits and some food from cellblock 350 in his first measure. The head of this prison has been changed and Hojatollah Souri has taken the place of Farajollah Sedaqat.
According to reports, Sedaqat did not have a positive report card while he was warden and had threatened and exerted pressure on prisoners numerous times. He has now given his position to Souri who has violated the minimum rights of political prisoners by banning fruits in cellblock 350.
There are about 200 political prisoners in 350. A large number of them are prisoners who were arrested in post-election protests. After protests by political prisoners to the lack of fruits and other nutritious food in this cellblock, especially after 17 of them went on a hunger strike demanding better conditions in prison , prison officials finally accepted to bring fruit to the cellblock once a week enabling prisoners to buy fruit with their own money.
Before this, the lack of fruit and other nutritious food had caused a large number of prisoners to suffer from severe physical weakness because prison food contains low quality material and lacks most vitamins and fruit was completely eliminated from their diets to the point where a number of prisoners who had long prison terms had not tasted fruit for years. But now it is not clear why the new warden has banned fruit in his first measure.
In his second measure, Souri transferred student prison Kohyar Goudarzi to Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj. According to reports, this was done upon the request of intelligence interrogators and the new warden immediately carried out their request.
It has been five months that all telephones have been cut off in cellblock 350, but none of the Evin Prison officials including Souri have paid heed to the request of political prisoners to connect the phone lines.

Political prisoner banned from seeing father before his death
Nov. 3, 2010
According to reports, agents of the Intelligence Agency prevented political prisoner Karimpour Samadi from saying his last goodbyes to his father before his death. His father who was hospitalized for days in the ICU of the Shams Hospital in Tabriz passed away on November 1. Karimpour tried his best while his father awaited his son’s visit on his death bed to carry out his father’s last request but his interrogators prevented his visit and his father passed away waiting to see his son for the last time. This political prisoner was under severe pressure in this time and tried until the last moment to visit his father.
After his father’s death, Samadi is now trying to see if he can participate in his funeral but it is still not clear whether intelligence interrogators would allow this.
Karimpour Samadi was arrested on January 13, 2010 in the post-elections protests and was detained for more than five months in a solitary cell in Evin Prison’s cellblock 209. He was transferred to cellblock 350 and was then sent to Gohardasht Prison (Rajayi Shahr) in Karaj. He has been kept in a state of limbo for 9 months now.

Former political prisoner and mother of two sentenced to 3 years of prison
Nov. 3, 2010
According to reports, Zahra Safayi, a former political prisoner in the 80’s was sentenced to the heavy sentence of three years of prison in a show trial by Judge Salavati.
This 45 year old homemaker has two small children. She was tried some time ago by Salavati in a case that was opened seven years ago by the Ministry of Intelligence. This case was reopened again after seven years and she was summoned to the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court to be tried.
Safayi is the only guardian of her two small children. Her father, Haj Safayi was a well-known bazaar merchant in Tehran who was arrested and executed in the 80’s.
Her nephew, political prisoner Hassan Tarlani is currently in prison after being arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on February 21, 2008. He was sentenced to 10 years of prison to be served in Kerman Prison

In Protest to Gas Shortage in Iran a student used a donkey to go to his university and was are arrested by security forces.....

In Protest to Gas Shortage in Iran a student used a donkey to go to his university and was are arrested by security forces.....

Graffiti writings against Khamenei in Iran for 'Students Day' - Nov. 4, 2010

The Protest of Iran Medical Sciences University students against shuting down the medical science universities

The Protest of Iran Medical Sciences University students against shuting down the medical science universities

The Protest of Iran Medical Sciences University students against shuting down the medical science universities

UPDATE ON IRAN - Nov. 3, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 721

4th of November, 'Student Day'

Suppressive actions by mullahs' regime in the beginning of student day 4th of November
Nov. 2, 2010
Basij forces of Free University of ShahrKord warned 50 students of this university for setting any sort of ceremonies. Two of the Police officials entered the University of ShahrKord and threatened the students of expelling them.

Iranian regime becomes ready for soft war
Nov. 2, 2010
Ilam radio: supreme leader representative in Ilam said: today war of Basij and youths is soft war which enemy is trying to hit the Islam today, therefore we have to have Basij spirit so that to defeat the enemy.


Downfall

Dreams of expansion by Mullah’s regime in Ahmadinejad’s words
Nov. 1, 2010
Ahmadinejad in a TV interview said: after 15 years, Iran will be in another part of the world, they say that there are two powers in the world; one is Iran and the other one America. I think then every thing has changed and the life of Iranian people and its inspiration will be in the highest level of eminence and human values.
Ahmadinejad who among the people of Iran is called liar Mahmoud, said: Iran is no. one in industry, comfort, urbanism, Architecture, art is incomparable with others. Ahmadinejad in a reply to the question about the time for doing the Subsidy Plan did not give a proper answer and said I don’t want to answer this question because this is also in the plan and all the procedure will be dictated by the government to reduce the outcomes.

The worry of Minister of Justice from the outcomes of the Subsidy Plan
Nov. 1, 2010
Morteza Bakhtiyari minister of justice called the Subsidy Plan, biggest economic surgery and expressed his worry about the outcomes and said: we have to be completely ready for such big project. He also said that after finalizing the statement of political crime in judicature, this statement will be implemented by the government.

Regime’s judge: 17 people are in prison for espionage accusations
Oct. 30, 2010
The head of judiciary system in Tehran announced on Tuesday that two espionage file are ready to be sent to the court and 15 others with the same accusation are already spending their imprisonment sentence.
According to official news agencies, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, judge of Tehran, announced that files of two persons, who were in contact with the intelligence services of Israel to pass the information to them, are ready to be sent to the court.
He said that these two were working for intelligence service and had received money for it. One of them was working on the activities of anti-revolutionaries and the other person was working on internal matters of Iran which is not proper to explain them.
Dolatabadi added: 15 other Iranians who are already in prison for espionage which we do not name them because of the respect to their families.
Regime’s judge also said that on 13th of October we exposed the files of 5 espionages for selling information to foreign countries by 5 Iranians. Americans did wide efforts for exiting this information from the country.
He said that he had given warnings to the government officials about the people who share information especially those who work in the aviation and financial departments.
In the beginning of the October, Heydar Moslehi, intelligent minister, announced that this ministry for preventing the demolition activity of the enemy has arrested some of nuclear espionage elements that following AliAkbar Salehi’s claims, the head of Iran’s nuclear power, announced that some of employees have given out some informations.
Following the arrests after the people’s protests to the result of the presidential election, started. Some went to prison for cooperating with the enemy or working in soft war. Recently   regime’s officials announced that the Iranian citizens have done espionage from and this is the reason for their arrest.

Khamenei knew about the Kahrizak crimes
Nov. 1, 2010
Mullah Pourmohammadi, head of the detection department, exposed that long before the election show of the regime, they knew about the crimes in Kahrizak and supreme leader was informed. According to Ilna, state run news agency, Pourmohammdi said: in Kahrizak story before these matter come into the press, the detection office authorities investigated there and gave a report and when it was broadcasted, our news was completed and even in many meetings by the judiciary authorities it was discussed and then with this report and the reports of other departments to the leadership, he issued the order of closing down this prison.
Head of detection center, by pointing out to the direct figure of the supreme leader in decision making of killing and torturing prisoners, added that, in important files, some of them will be taken into consideration by supreme Security Council and with the opinion of the leader and by considerations, some of the file will be examined later on.

Rezaii explains about the formation of 9th Badr corps
Oct. 30, 2010
Pasdar Rezaii in a program in news channel by pointing to Pasdar Ismaeel Daghayeghi’s as the commander of Badr corps, said: Badr Brigade was established in year 84 which later on became Badr Army.
Rezaii added: I asked Daghayeghi that this Badr corps which was Badr Army, who were they? , he explained to me, that they were runaway Iraqis or Iraqi volunteer. So it needed some one to receive them, organize them, gather facilities, take guns, train them, divide them into battalions, join them in operations, make plans, so we saw that suitable person for such difficult situation is our brother Ismaeel.
Rezaii said: first he formed Sadr battalions, then Badr brigade, we told them to choose a name themselves, I think it was 9th of Ramadan and Badr operation; he came and said that he recommends the name 9th of Badr for Badr Brigade.

Mohseni Ejeii confirmed on arresting Mehdi Hashemi
Nov. 2, 2010
He confirmed on arresting Rafsanjani’s son, Mehdi Hashemi and said: when he comes to Tehran, he will be arrested immediately and there will be no difference between the cases.


Effect of Sanction

Increase in sanctions and seclusion of regime in international scene
Nov. 1, 2010
Along with the exposure and notoriety of regime’s crimes in Wiki leaks documents, seclusion of regime and the sanctions against it have even extended and the regime’s officials after early Scrimmagers of Ahmadinejad, now are expressing their fear from sanctions.

More Restriction on regime of Iran
Nov. 1, 2010
The head of Homa -aviation said: except European Oil Company, some non-European companies have implemented restrictions for giving fuel to this company’s airplanes.
Pasdar Safar Harandi, ex-minister of culture expressed his worry about the world wide sanctions against the Mullahs dictatorship and said: one threat is implementing sanctions.

Increase in price of car spare parts
Nov. 1, 2010
Following the international sanctions against the mullah’s nuclear activities, prices of all the spare parts for cars such as pride and Pejo have increased up to twice their price.

Increase in prices of electricity and gas in the frame work of tax cancelation plan
Oct. 31, 2010
Majid Namjo minister of power in the Ahmadinejad cabinet informed of the increase in price of electricity and gas. He said: the price of electricity and gas was set and the president issued its order.


Resistance

Increase in security atmosphere and people’s protests
Nov. 1, 2010
According to news, security precautions inside cities and roads around Tehran, Shiraz, Arak and Isfahan have been raised and investigation stations have been increased.
On the other hand people in visiting areas and in mountains and especially mountains around Tehran are using every chance to give slogans and protest against the regime and many ladies take off their compulsory veil. This matter has been pervasive and is a new phenomenon   which is uncontrollable by the regime.

Alborz Tire Factory workers continue their strike
Nov. 1, 2010
 The workers of the Alborz Tire Factory in Tehran are continuing their strike. The workers of this factory went on strike nearly two weeks ago demanding their delayed wages.

Thousands march in protest in Gerash, Fars Province
Nov. 1, 2010
According to reports from Fars Province, southern Iran, thousands marched in protest in the city of Gerash last Thursday. The demonstrators expressed their hatred regarding the Iranian regime’s Country Division Plan.
This demonstration took place heading to the Provincial Governorate Office, and according to reports, the number of demonstrators reached nearly 10 thousand. The participation of women in this demonstration was significant.
The protesters beat a number of the regime’s elements who were taking film of the protesters.

Iran arrests 30 striking laborers in Lorestan cement factory
Nov. 1, 2010
On Sunday, October 31, about 30 cement factory workers in Lorestan who were on strike in protest to being temporarily contracted were arrested by security forces and detained.
According to sources, these laborers who worked under temporary contracts in the Doroud Cement Factory stopped working and went on a strike after they realized that despite promises by the president, they will not be permanently contracted and will not become official employees. The production of this factory came to a standstill as a result and 30 workers were arrested after a raid by security forces.


News on Universities

Ahamdinejad shuts down medical university, riot police surround student protesters
Oct. 31, 2010
The Iran Medical Sciences University was shut down not upon the suggestion of medical science universities, students or the Ministry of Hygiene and Sanitation but with the announcement of the Human Advisor of the Presidential Office which was a great shock to students in this university.
Students of the nursing and obstetrician schools gathered in protest in the campus of this university after hearing that their university had been disbanded. Riot police have surrounded the central university building located in the Hemat Highway in Tehran.
Note: Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi, Minister of hygiene, by issuing a letter to Mohammad Bagher Larijani, head of medicine department of Tehran university, ordered all the education units of medicine university  of Iran, including all the departments and research centers, training hospitals, central and international units of  pardis and  other units of university which are connected to the education sections and also logistical unites such as sleeping units and other cultural section have been transferred to medicine department of Tehran university.

Student activists expelled from Isfahan University
Oct. 30, 2010
In the past few days, Arsalan Sadeqi and Maziar Massoumi, two student activists in Isfahan University were expelled from this university.
They were expelled on the direct orders of the Isfahan Intelligence Agency…
No evidence or documents were presented showing that they were guilty of the charges brought against them and the University Disciplinary Committee has not even announced why it issued such sentences.


Suppression

Suppression and collation with uprising
Nov. 2, 2010
Tehran Police announced that all Tehran police stations will be equipped with monitoring system so that they will know about the working hours of police stations personnel.
The head of Police department said that 144000 forces and 6600 spots will be managed which according to police statistics these are the number of Basij in the police force.

Increase in pressure on women prisoners of section 2 of Evin prison by cutting the drinking water
Oct. 31, 2010
Torturers of Evin prison have cut the drinking water of women prisoners.
Cutting the drinking water have caused so much problems especially high hygiene matters for them which has caused diarrhea and turmoil and their lives are in danger. In this section there are babies and children under 2years old who are imprisoned together with their mothers. The political prisoners in this place are: Nazila Dashti, Atefeh Nabavi, Mahdiyeh Golro, Zahra Jabari, Farah Vazehan, Kobra, Zaghedost, Aliyeh Eghdamdost, Saba Rezvani, Hengameh Shahidi, Bahareh Hedayat, Parvin Javadzadeh, Reyhaneh HajIbrahim Dabbagh, Sousan Torabian, Manijeh SafarElahi, Fatemeh Khorramjo, Motareh Bahrami Haghighi, Ozra Sadat Qazi mirsaied, Kefayat MalekMohammadi and Fatemeh Rahnama.

Judiciary officials treat families of political prisoners with disrespect; refuse to answer concerns on loved ones 
Oct. 30, 2010
According to reports, the families of political prisoners Ali Saremi and Reza Bukani Sharifi, who went to the Tehran Revolutionary Court to follow up the cases of their loved ones were treated with contempt and mistreated by court officials and were led out of the court. They were not given a satisfactory answer regarding these prisoners.
In answer to their questions regarding the condition of their loved ones, court officials expressed surprise that they were even still alive.
“How are they still alive”, they asked. “Their sentences should have been carried out by now”.
Mohammad Ali Saremi, 63, was arrested in 2007 for giving a speech in a ceremony to commemorate the memory of those killed in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and last December after 26 months of detention in Rajayi Shahr Prison and being under the most severe torture in solitary for months, he was sentenced to death in the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court by Judge Abolqasem Salavati. He is currently in Rajayi Shahr Prison waiting for his execution sentence to be carried out.
Reza Bukani Sharifi is another political prisoner in Rajayi Shahr who was arrested by the Intelligence Agency on charges of ‘espionage’ and ‘waging war with God’ on May 5, 2010 in Tehran. He was under pressure and torture to make confessions on TV.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

Brief on Reports of Protests in Iran

Brief

Brief on Reports of Protests in Iran

Workers of the Ablorz tire Factory set fire to tires in this factory on Monday October 25 in protest to their demands not being met. These workers have not received their wages for several months. Worker representatives have threatened that they would gather outside the Tehran Industrial Ministry and the heads of the Ministry immediately announced that they would give this factory a 5 billion toman loan.

Workers of the Pashmineh Baft Factory in Qazvin also held a protest gathering outside the offices of this factory. These workers have not received their wages for one year and are forced to live in dire financial conditions. They also went from Qazvin to Tehran October 9 for the fourth time to hold a protest gathering.

Bus drivers – Tehran bus drivers went on a strike on October 24 in protest to not receiving their wages for putting in additional time. These drivers protested in the roads between Tehransar and Azadi Street.

Teachers – Teachers who receive their wages on a daily basis held a protest gathering outside the Iranian parliament on October 24 because of the expulsion of 36,000 employees of the educational system in Iran. These unsatisfied teachers had come from the provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran, Isfahan, Easter Azarbaijan, Semnan and Boushehr. They had several protest gatherings in Tehran especially in the past two months.
Teachers who receive their wages on a daily basis and are not considered official and can be fired at any time have been laid off to pay off the budget deficient in the Ministry of Education. Recently the Minister of Education in the Ahmadinejad government, Hamidreza Haji Babayi claimed that these teachers ‘had illegally entered this ministry’. This is while each one of the fired teachers had several years of experience and mostly had university degrees and master’s degrees. These teachers say that for the past four years in some provinces and in 2009 in Tehran and other provinces, the shortage of education forces in the Educational System was provided with these unofficial teachers. And their wages seriously varied in different provinces. But these teachers said that they did not say anthind and did not complain but now the government has evaded the main issue and has fired these teachers in the face of their patience.

The people of Larestan in the Fars Province held a protest gathering outside the home of the Friday Prayer leader of this town in protest to the divisions made in the country. These people demanded that that the town of Ouz and Biroum be joined once again with Larestan.

Economical News:
The price of home gas has suddenly increased in Tehran and has reportedly increased eightfold.
According to a Tehran resident in a “residential building which houses 10 families, the price of gas used to be 1 million and 847 tomans, but now even while we have used less than before, we had to pay 8 million and 338,700 tomans”.
“This is while 4 million tomans have been subtracted from the gas bill as government subsidies. This means that without the subsidies, the gas bill would be more than 12 million tomans”, this resident said.
While the Smart Subsidy Plan has not been carried out in the country, the increase of the price of gas given to homes has raised concerns that if these subsidies are scrapped, the price of gas would severely rise.
The price of electricity has also tripled and has risen from 162 rials per kilowatt hour to 430 rials per kilowatt hour.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Oct. 28, 2010

University professor tortured in detention in Isfahan
Oct. 26, 2010
One of the professors of the Free Isfahan University who will remain anonymous (for security reasons) has been temporarily released from prison after being physically and mentally tortured in detention.
According to our sources, this university student was beaten and tortured after protesting a sentence suspending him from this university. After paying a 150 million toman (150,000 dollar) bail, he was temporarily released until his trial. Some of the charges made against him were acting against national security, creating anxiety for the public, disrupting the order of the university and cooperating with foreign elements.
These pictures, which were taken after his release, show the torture signs on his body. (Human Rights Activists in Iran)

Iran sentences Science and Industry University students to prison terms for protesting
Oct. 26, 2010
A number of the students of the Science and Industry University in Tehran who were arrested in student gatherings in the university or in street demonstrations were sentenced to 10 years of prison all together.
These students who were detained in Evin Prison for some time after their arrest were temporarily released on bail until they were summoned to the Revolutionary Court this summer and their initial sentences were announced to them…
The reason for the arrest of some these students has been stated as ‘being active in the presidential elections in 2009’ and ‘sending emails’…
Some of these students who were summoned to court said that their trials did not last more than 6 to 7 minutes.

Intelligence interrogator threaten to pin new charges against political prisoner in notorious Gohardasht Prison 
Oct. 26, 2010
According to reports, interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence intend to pin new charges against political prisoner Afshin Baimani.
After new criminal records were filed for Afshin Baimani by his interrogators, he was transferred from his solitary cell in cellblock 1 known as the ‘doghouse’ for its inhumane conditions to the assistant prosecutor’s office in prison on Monday October 25. The assistant prosecutor charged him with insulting sanctities and threatened that he would be sentenced to 5 additional years of prison.
This political prisoner was violently thrown in solitary while being mistreated on October 3 and was physically tortured in solitary.
Interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence have in the past filed additional charges against political prisoners Mansour Radpour and Mansour Osalu and sentenced them to 5 years and 1 year of prison. This is one of the methods used to suppress political prisoners who are serving their prison time.

Iran hangs five people without disclosing time and place of executions 
Oct. 26, 2010
Tehran Prosecutor Jafari Dolat Abadi said that in the past few days, five people were killed on charges of dealing narcotics in what he called the ‘serious battle’ against narcotics.
The Tehran prosecutor said that in the past two or three days 5 people were executed and admitted that this policy would continue. He did not mention the exact time and place of the executions.
According the state-run ISNA news agency, Dolat Abadi said that “these sentences have to be carried out”.
“It has been recommended that the sentences of all those who have finalized sentences be carried out”, he added.


Iran Students Committee (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Oct. 27, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 720

Downfall

Fearful reaction by the international adviser of judicature from exposures of Wiki leaks

Oct. 26, 2010

Mohammad Javad Larijani, international adviser of judicature, expressed his worry from exposure of documents showing the regime figure in terrorist crimes in Iraq and said: it is necessary to prevent any political misuse of wiki leaks documents and stand against it.


Effect of Sanction

Factory workers in Qazvin laid off from work
Oct. 24, 2010
A worker in the Tazh Company in Qazvin wrote a letter describing the very hard working conditions in this company.
The state-run Ati News website quoted these workers and wrote, “The Tazh Company produces hygienic goods and is located in the Leilay Industrial Township in Qazvin and its new phase will ended in the summer with Ahmandinejada’s presence. According to him, all officials and contracted workers in this factory will be paid off and new forces will be used instead of them. Currently more than 200 people work in this factory that are either officially hired or contracted.
This worker has said that some of the workers in this factory have contracted lung diseases because of working directly with chemicals and with their current income, they cannot afford treatment for it and now they also have to look for new jobs.


Resistance

Iranians write slogans in public places in Tehran’s Amir Abad regions inviting the public to Student Day protests 

Oct. 26, 2010

University students and young people wrote slogans in Tehran’s Amir Abad region calling for 'Students' Day' Demonstrations on December 7.
Some of these slogans were, ‘we will be there on December 7 – Death to Khamenei
Students fight and Khamenei trembles – don't forget Student Day, December 7'

Public protest and close down of shops in Larestan – Fars
Oct. 23, 2010
People of Larestan in Fars, in continuation of their requests for rejoining of Ooz and Beyrom to Larestan, on Saturday, held a public protest and closed their shops and gathered in front of the Mosque of the city and confirmed on their protest and gathering till they reach to their demands.

Protest move of fast drive line bus drivers of Tehran 
Oct. 23, 2010
Majority of buses of Tehran pars to Azadi, prevented coming to work due to their protest against not paying for excess work which the worker have done.

Protest Act by Tehran Bus Drivers
Oct. 24, 2010
Tehran bus drivers left their work on Sunday, October 24, 2010 in protest to their unpaid salaries.

Protest gathering of workers of PashinehBaft Factory in Qazvin 
Oct. 23, 2010
Workers of PoshinehBaftin protest against their 12 months unpaid salary, gathered in front of the factory.

News on Universities

Taking students cards from Hormozgan students under the excuse of bad veiling
Oct. 26, 2010
On Sunday, October 25, 2010 security agents of Hormozgan University, under the excurse of bad veiling took the cards of the most of girl students and told them for getting their cards, they have to refer to the security department. The pressure was so high that in an hour, 100 cards were detained.

Shiraz university students hold protest sit-in
Oct. 24, 2010
Students of the Shiraz University held a sit in in protest to the clashes which occurred last week in this university which led to the injuries of a number of students. Students blocked off the road leading the university with their cars and prevented classed from being held.



Disturbing the students of Gorgan University
Oct. 23, 2010
Following the plan of separation between men and women in universities, in Gorganuniversity, security forces in many different ways tried to make disturbance for students. As one girl students in Gorgan university said, since a while ago entrance gate of boys and girls were separated and the behaviors of agents were very rude and un polite. These restrictions are harder on girls.

Increase in salary of Boali university of Hamedan and close down of café
Oct. 25, 2010
As students say, this year there has been so much pressure on students and there was an increase of about 130 $ on the university of agriculture of Boali salary and the café of this university is already closed.

Threat and scaring freedom loving university professors by Basijs' agents
Oct. 25, 2010
A group of Basij in Khaligfars in Boushehr, announced that we cannot bear the opposition professors.
Raja News reports, a Basij group named society of Islamic students of Khalijfars university, in a statement, while confessing on resistance of professors said: offenses of new young professors in university , was not the beginning of the story, there has always been samples among other selected professors.


Suppression

33 people including a youth and two women were executed in October
Oct. 25, 2010
Statistic and publication unit for human rights activists in Iran gave the news of at least execution of 33 prisoners.
According to reports, among the executed there are two women and a youth who was convicted to a crime when he was a youth. In the last month Kerman with 9 execution and Isfahan with 6 executions are on top of the list and Shiraz and Ahwaz are the next.
This report adds that dissection of the hand of a man in Tehran and public lashing in Ahwaz and Gonbad for 6 prisoners under the name of god, are same as the range of these facts.

Iran chops off hand of another man Yazd Prison
Oct. 23, 2010
The hand amputation sentence was carried out in the Central Yazd prison.
The convict was identified as 32 year old ‘M’. His amputation sentence was carried out after it was upheld by the Supreme Court and after his request for amnesty was turned down by the Judiciary’s Amnesty and Sentence Commutation Commission in the Yazd Central Prison. (Asre Iran state-run daily)

Death sentence for 4 people was issued in Ramsar
 Oct. 25, 2010
Ramsar's judiciary issued death sentence for four people.
The head of Judiciary in Ramsar said:  this sentence will be done after the confirmation of high bureau of the country.

Iranian regime’s widespread suppression of political prisoners
Oct. 25, 2010
Political prisoners who have written or signed statements in Evin or other prisoners have been summoned by the court and have been asked to deny that they have signed these statements and if they refuse, they will be thrown in solitary or receive other punishments.
According to reports, these political prisoners have also been threatened that if they not deny their signatures on these statements, their visits will also be cut off and new charges will be made against them.
Being denied a condition release and leaves from prison is another thing that these prisoners have been threatened with. Fourteen political prisoners in Evin Prison’s cellblock 350 issued a statement some time ago in reaction to Ahmadinejad’s statement in the UN General Assembly that a truth finding independent group had to look into the September 11 attacks to identify the real culprits of this crime. These 14 political prisoners asked that an international truth finding committee do the same thing in Iran and discover the real facts in the Iranian presidential elections and post-election events.
Those who signed this statement were Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi, Seyed Milad Asadi, Mohsen Amin Zadeh, Ali Parviz, Ali Tajenia, Mohammad Davari, Majid Dori, Amir Khosro Dalir Sani, Mohammad Farid Taheri Qazvini, Keivan Samimi, Kouhyar Goudarzi, Ali Malihi, Abdollah Momeni, and Mohsen Mirdamadi.
Political prisoners Abdollah Momeni, Keivan Samimi, Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi, Mohammad Davari and Kouhyar Goudarzi have been under the most pressure so far to deny that they signed this statement.
A number of these prisoners were summoned to court and pressured last week but none have given in to this demand.
They had stressed in their statement that ‘as some of the innocent detained victims of post-election events, we have been charged, arrested and sentenced to unjust prison terms in the same way that Mr. Ahmadinejad cited (in his speech) and we propose that a national independent truth finding group, made up of people who are credible and trusted in the society be established to discover the truth about the elections and post-election events.
According to reports, Gohardasht (Rajayi Shahr) political prisoners have also received the same kind of threats over publishing political statements.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Oct. 26, 2010

Gohardasht Prison gang beat and stab prisoner in organized attack
Oct. 25, 2010
According to reports, in a bloody clash in cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, a prisoner was severely wounded and was transferred to a hospital in Tehran on the verge of death.
On Sunday, October 24, prisoner Vahid Khodabakhsh who was being brought back from court by prison guards was intentionally returned to cellblock 1 so that he would be attacked by prison gangs. When this prisoner was completely surrounded by the gang, prison guards left the scene so that the gang could easily attack him.
The assailers who were about 7 or 8 people attacked him with knives and stabbed him several times. Vahid Khodabakhsh was stabbed in the stomach, shoulder, lungs and his legs. His lung has been punctured in two places and his leg artery was also severed.
Khodabakhsh was taken to a hospital in Tehran where he is reportedly in very critical condition. According to reports, this organized attack was to take revenge over the beating of a prison guard by prisoners a few weeks ago.
Prison gangs who are in various cellblocks in Gohardasht Prison have been organized by Ali Haj Kazem, and Ali Mohammadi, the head and assistant head of prison and Kermani and Faraji, the head and assistant head of the Intelligence Unit in this prison. They are active in selling drugs, attacking dissident prisoners and political prisoners. They have cell phones in prison and are also armed with knives and even swords and daggers. Prison officials and guards do not interfere while they are clashing with other prisoners and only after the fight is over, they evacuate the slain and injured prisoners from the cellblock.

Prisoner hanged in Karoun prison on moral charges
Oct. 25, 2010
A prisoner was executed in the Karoun Prison in Ahwaz on Saturday October 23.
The Public Relations Office of the Khuzestan Judiciary said that M.S was charged with ‘immoral conduct’. His charge has not been confirmed by an independent source.
According to this report, his death sentence was issued by the provincial penal court and was upheld by the Supreme Court

New reports on secret mass executions in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad
Oct. 25, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is constantly getting credible reports from former prisoners in Vakil Abad Prison (in Mashhad) regarding numerous group hangings which are carried out without prior notice. Trusted sources show that in the past year (Persian Year starting from March 24) there have been numerous executions in Vakil Abad Prison and at least 600 people are waiting for their death sentences to be carried out.
According to the latest reports, on Tuesday October 12, 10 prisoners were hanged in Vakil Abad Prison. The number of announced executions by officials is much fewer that the real figures…
Iranians officials do not present any figures for the number of executed prisoners, do not announce the names of hundreds of people who are executed throughout the year and do not announce the crimes that these people have been accused of. A number of former prisoners in Vakil Abad have reported that officials have tried to limit the information stream regarding group executions in the prison.
“Families, lawyers and death row prisoners do not receive a written sentence after it has been issued, they also do not know when the sentences will be carried out so that they can be present at the time of execution. The day after the execution, they pay the fee for the noose (used to hang their loved one) and receive the bodies”, a former Vakil Abad prisoner said regarding the executions carried out in prison.
 “When they intend to carry out the execution sentence, the prison telephones are cut off at 4 pm so that no one would be able to notify the outside, the prison yard is evacuated of prisoners and all prisoners except the cellblock deputies who are prisoners themselves are led to their cellblocks. At that point, everyone knows that it is time for the executions. No one knows whose turn it is until the names are read out. The head of the prison Protection Unit (Alizadeh), the prison judge (Anvari) and the assistant prosecutor or the prosecutor go into the cellblocks and with the help of guards, read out the names of prisoners and send them outside the cellblock”, this former prisoner said.
Sources have reported that in prison those who are ‘cellblock deputies’ are actually prisoners themselves and are allowed to be present in the stages before the executions.
“After the sentences are carried out and the executions have ended, the names and number of hanged prisoners become known to prisoners because the cellblock deputies are allowed to be present in the stages before the executions”.
“Because I was in cellblock 6-1, I was able to see with my own eyes the number of executed prisoners (46) and their Ghosl (religious washing of the body before death) and when they were writing their wills and after carrying out these stages, they were taken for execution”, a former prisoner said regarding a group execution. (International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran )

Iran chops off hand of another man Yazd Prison
Oct. 23, 2010
The hand amputation sentence was carried out in the Central Yazd prison.
The convict was identified as 32 year old ‘M’. His amputation sentence was carried out after it was upheld by the Supreme Court and after his request for amnesty was turned down by the Judiciary’s Amnesty and Sentence Commutation Commission in the Yazd Central Prison. (Asre Iran state-run daily)

Iran murders political prisoner in Kermanshah prison
Oct. 24, 2010
Another defenseless political prisoner was killed by a prison gang working under orders of prison officials in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah.
Peiman Khanjari, 30, was from Qasre Shirin and had been detained in this prison for 9 years. He was suffering from several illnesses which he got in his time in prison. Khanjari was severely beaten by mercenaries of prison officials and was severely wounded. He died on October 11 because he was denied treatment.
Iranian regime attacks political prisoners through death row prisoners which have been chosen (for this job) after being threatened and bribed. These mercenaries attack and beat political prisoners to the point of death and after which the prison infirmary finishes their unfinished job by not treating the beaten prisoner which leads to his death.
Peiman Khanjari was severely mentally and physically tortured and pressured to give interviews on state-run television but refused to cooperate with the Iranian regime and was therefore hated by his interrogators. Prison officials had transferred him to a cellblock where ordinary prisoners, drug addicts and prisoners with deadly diseases were kept to put more pressure on him.
His father, mother, sister and wife were also arrested by the Intelligence Agency in Kermanshah and detained for three years.

Election protestor sentenced to prison and lashes
Oct. 24, 2010
According to reports, the 36th branch of the Tehran Court of Review confirmed the 33 month prison term and 75 lashes which was issued by a court of first instance for Seyed Navid Kamran who was arrested on Ashura (December 27, 2009).
After his sentence was confirmed by the court of review, he was summoned to the court in Evin Prison and was notified of his sentence.
According to reports, he was mistreated while his final sentence of 2 years and 9 months of prison and 75 lashes was announced to him.
He was charged with ‘assembling and conspiring with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country’ and ‘disrupting public order’.

Political prisoner on hunger strike in protest to violation of rights
Oct. 24, 2010
According to reports, Mehdi Khazali has been on a hunger strike since Monday in protest to his arrest and being subjected to pressure in a solitary cell.
Khazali was summoned to the Evin Prison Revolutionary Court on October 13 and was then arrested and taken to a solitary cell in cellblock 209 in this prison. He was arrested for writing his views in his weblog.
According to an informed source he was arrested with the request of his father (a cleric in the Iranian regime) and has been under extreme pressure from his father not to write in his weblog. He cut off his contacts with his family because he refused to stop writing.
Khazali went on a hunger strike on October 18 in protest to the interrogations and inhumane pressure. An intelligence agency interrogator nicknamed Saiedi is in charge of his interrogations. After Khazali’s hunger strike, this interrogator took him to another cell and has placed an intelligence agent who pretends to be a prisoner in his cell so that he can mentally harass him. This method has been used from a long time ago by intelligence interrogators to force political prisoners to give in to their demands.


Iran Students Committee (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Oct. 25, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 719

Effect of Sanction

Trade Minister of Regime Announced the Establishment of Committee for Finding ways to Stand against the Sanctions
Oct. 23, 2010
Mehdi Ghafori, minister of trade, announced the establishment of committees for finding ways to stand against sanctions in foreign trades and exportations.
He said in Mehr news agency that organization for trade development and department of planning in trade ministry have meetings with exporters and in all their meetings the matter of how they can support the exporters in order to stand against sanctions is the main subject.
He also said: we are not going to extend sanctions together with international sanctions. Therefore a list of new suggestions and how to divert the sanctions have been published and is waiting for minister of trade prove.
Minister of trade, claimed that a special court will be formed soon in order to investigate the complaints of those who had overcome with problems due to sanctions, in order to withdraw their loss in future.
Reminding that recently some of economic experts of central bank of the regime have written a private letter to Khamenei, giving warnings that if sanctions continue, we will face with an economic breakdown.

Inconsistent claim of Pasdar Rahimi: we can go around the sanctions
Oct. 23, 2010
While the mullahs regime form an organization every day to overcome the sanctions, Rahimi, first deputy of Ahmadinejad claims that, today we could say that sanctions have die, all the ways that west have used for sanctions were found and we can go around them.
He claimed that: today despite the sanctions that our exchanges have been reduced but in compare to 6 months ago, our exchanges with Europe have been increased.
While Rahimi was saying the news of increase in exchanges, the imports were mainly gas, wheat and steel which were stopped due to sanctions.
He added: we have to increase our non-oil exports to its maximum to vanish the oil production exports. I want from exporters to do the exchanges in a right way so that not to become like those who want to damage the prestige of the exporters.

Concerns over consequences of scrapping subsidies 
Oct. 24, 2010
State-run media in Iran show the concerns of Iranian officials over the consequences, reactions from the people, explosive prices and chaos in the markets from cutting subsidies. The state-run Asre Iran daily wrote on October 20 that ‘the people even talk about the implementation of this law and the transfer of subsidies in cash while waiting in grocery lines’.
‘They tell each other to buy and keep everything that they need. One of the shoppers said that prices go up and down on a daily basis and that the people have a right to buy goods more than their needs. Another shopper believes that the people do not have enough money to buy and store goods even before this law is carried out.
The Trade Ministry is concerned of the morale of the market after this law is implemented which might cause disorder in the market’.
It is notable that some time ago in the entrance of the Tehran Bazaar, the people protested and expressed their anger towards the agents of the state-run radio and TV station and security forces were forced to quickly take them out of the scene. The radio and TV crew had asked questions about the people regarding the cutting of subsidies which had made the people angry.


Crack within Regime

Holding passports of some of prominent sonnies clergyman in Tehran Airport
Oct. 23, 2010
Security agents of Mullahs regime, held passports of some of prominent sonnie clergyman in Tehran Airport and prevented their journey to out of the country. Molana Abolqani Badri, the head of Zahedan religious education department, Abidollah, a master of this department and molana Osman Qalandarzehi, manager of Madinatol Olum Khash School was among these people.

Expelling a number of masters and members of scientific group of free university
Oct. 23, 2010
Mullah’s dictatorship expelled some of masters and members of scientific group of free universities, because of their objection with Mullahs regime.
Deputy of free universities in an interview with Mehr News Agency on 21st of October said: we notified them due to some reports we received, but they didn’t listen, so we expelled them.


Downfall

PMOI; the plight of the Iranian regime
Oct. 24, 2010
The Iranian regime once again admitted to the positive approach of the young people in Iran towards the PMOI in its television and called it a plight which is continuing until today.
Channel two of the Iranian regime repeated the labels against the PMOI and its founder and said, “We have a plight in this country which started in 1967 and 1967 and has gone on until today. The hypocrite movement, the so-called Mojahedin-e Khalq who we call them Monafeqin. This movement started with two or three of its founders named Mr. Hanif Nejad and Saied Mohsen. Hanif Nejad was from Tabriz and was religious while Saied Mohsen was from Zanjan and the son of a cleric. They both have religious backgrounds and entered the scene to fight against the regime of the Shah. Instead of understanding Islam, they write books which have a mixed content... and deviate our children. After the revolution this plight has gone on until today.

State-run website: Asia games refuse to sell tickets to Iranians
Oct. 24, 2010
The website which belongs to the former head of the Revolutionary Guards Corps cited the state of the Asian Games in China and wrote: “People from other countries do not have a problem in buying tickets but they do not sell us tickets directly. This problem only exists for Iranians”.
This website pointed to a regime businessman who lives in the city of Guang Jo and added, “He wants to see the opening ceremony of the games from up close but cannot. In the website which sells these tickets, the old building of the Olympics Committee has been recorded and Iranians have been asked to go that building to get tickets. Therefore they do not sell any tickets to Iranians”.


Resistance

Latest student news
Tehran
Oct. 23, 2010
According to reports in the first week of Aban (Persian month starting from October 23) there is to be a briefing in the Science and Industrial University for the Protection Department forces in this university.

Regime forces in universities have recently become active in the arts and national universities. Of their activities is spreading rumors in the university which are in the interests of Ahmadinejad. Of these rumors is that Ahmadinejad opposes the clerics and if he is put away from the government the system will become completely clerical.

According to reports from the Sush and Khazaneh and Edam Squares, on Friday flyers were distributed challenging Khamenei on Ashura (religious ceremony marking the death of the revered Shiite Imam, Imam Hossein son of Ali and grandson of Mohammad).

Students of the Teacher Training University clashed with security forces outside the entrance of this university on October 18 because of the fact that female students were harassed under the excuse of ‘improper veiling’.

Young people and students in Amir Abad and Fisher Abad wrote on the walls of public places to call for a protest for Student Day in Iran. Some of their messages were ‘Students fight while Khamenei trembles’ and ‘Don’t forget December 7 (Students Day)’, and ‘death to Khamenei’.

The head of Custom Bureau in Khorramshahr was Attacked
Oct. 23, 2010
Jahannews site (state-run) wrote: Mohmmad Bialayesh in the way from Abadan Airport to Khorramshahr, was attacked by some unknown people who had poniard and was injured; he was confined in a hospital.

Technical office of Basij was set on fire
Oct. 23, 2010
A technical office for printing and duplicating belonging to AmirAlmomenin Mosque in Zarinshahr was set on fire on Wednesday night. This office was used for printing leaflets and brochures of Basij. This office on Wednesday printed and distributed a long leaflet about Khamenei’s travel to Qom.
According to reports, possibly this false leaflet have caused anger among the freedom loving youths so they have done this job.
As some experts said, in this office, there were newest printing and duplicating machineries and this place was used to distribute lies of Basij.


Suppression

No news on condition of jailed student activist and sister of Ashraf residents
Oct. 23, 2010
According to reports, it has been eight days since Shabnam Madadzadeh contacted her family from Gohardasht Prison in Karaj and her family’s constant appeals to get information on their loved one has had no conclusion.
This jailed student issued a statement and condemned the arrest of one of her lawyers and the continued detention of jailed lawyer Mohammad Oliayi Fard.
She was taken to the Intelligence Unit and the office of the assistant head of Gohardasht Prison on October 14 and after being threatened with a transfer and pressured, she was banned from contacting or seeing her family. From that day on, no one has any information about her condition. There are unconfirmed reports that she has gone on hunger strike in protest to the inhumane limitations against her.

Human rights activist in critical condition denied treatment
Oct. 23, 2010
According to reports, the physical condition of human rights activist Mohammad Sediq Kaboudvand is deteriorating but agents of the Intelligence Agency and Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi prevent him from receiving treatment.
This human rights activist is suffering from severe heart and prostate problems and also has severe headaches and is in danger. His arteries have also been obstructed which previously led to a heart attack. Infirmary medics have requested that he be sent to a hospital outside of prison and have made their request in written form to the Sentence Implementation Unit of the Revolutionary Court.
Kaboudvand has also come down with a severe prostate problem in prison and has severe pain. Prison doctors have told him that the only way that his problem can be treated is with surgery. Unusual headaches also plague this political prisoner and he had a brain stroke from the severe pain in the past.
The prison infirmary prescribes strong sedatives to him instead of giving him serious treatment. These sedatives have caused problems for him. As a result of these unknown pills Kaboudvand is almost always asleep and has side effects such as dizzy spells, fatigue and sometimes he cannot distinguish his family members in visits.
His family has gone to see the prosecutor and to other centers several times and asked that he be transferred to a hospital outside of prison but officials have refused their request.


Other News

Torturer appointed as new head of notorious Evin Prison
Oct. 24, 2010 
A torturer named Hojatollah Souri was appointed as the new head of the notorious Evin Prison. According to the state-run Khabar Online website, Farajollah Sedaqat the former head of this prison will be the new assistant Secretary of the General Prison Administration in Tehran.



Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Oct. 23, 2010

PMOI supporters brutally tortured in prison
Oct. 20, 2010
Political prisoner Afshin Baymani was harassed and violently abused on October 3 and was thrown in a solitary cell in cellblock 1 known as the ‘doghouse’ because he protested the violent treatment of prisoners by the head and assistant head of the Intelligence Unit in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
Kermani and Faraji, the head and assistant head of this prison’s Intelligence Unit along with head guard Mirza Aqayi and another guard named Zinali took Baymani to the torture room with shackles and physically tortured him for a long period of time with batons, electric batons, and shockers. Ali Mohammad, the assistant head of this prison who was also involved in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners also mentally tortured this political prisoner. After this violent torture, Baymani was taken to a cell with intolerable conditions.
The guards did not let Baymani bring any personal belonging or clothes with him and since his transfer to this cell, he has only had the clothes on his back. Prison guards have also lowered his food rations and limited the number of times he is allowed to use the restroom to 3 times in 24 hours. Guards only answer with batons to the protests of this political prisoner…
This political prisoner was arrested in 2000 when he was travelling with his brother in Khuzestan. When they stopped at a checkpoint, security forces opened fire on them. His brother, Mehdi Baymani died on the spot and Afshin was injured. He was then detained and taken to prison. His pregnant wife was then arrested and kept in detention for a long time. This political prisoner was initially sentenced to death because he and his brother were supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran but after international protests, the death sentence was lowered to prison time.

Isfahan head of SSF: female cyclers are criminals
Oct. 20, 2010
The head of the State Security Forces in Isfahan said that female cyclers, card playing in parks, women playing volleyball or skating and singing next to the Khajou Bridge are all evident crimes.
“The police will deal harshly with the law breakers”, he added.
The head of the SSF stressed that police patrols are active in the city to control transgressions and said, “We have to control crimes by increasing patrols and police stations and separating the 110 patrol from the Prevention Police”.

Jailed female student banned from visiting jailed brother 
Oct. 21, 2010
On Monday, the officials of Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj where student activist Shabnam Madadzadeh is jailed banned her and her brother who is also jailed in this prison from seeing each other.
According to reports, prison officials summoned Farzad Madadzadeh for an internal prison visit with his sister which usually takes place on Mondays but then cancelled the visit for unknown reasons.
Shabnam who was the political secretary of the Tehran Teacher Training University Student Association and her brother have been sentenced to five years of prison to be served in Rajayi Shahr Prison. A short time before this, in an illegal order by Ali Mohammadi, the assistant head of this prison, Shabnam was banned from all visits and telephone calls. These two political prisoners have not been allowed to use their right to a leave from prison since their arrest.
Shabnam and Farzad were arrested in March 2009 and after a year of temporary detention were finally sentenced to five years of prison to be served in Rajayi Shahr Prison by the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Mohammad Moqiseh who is known for issuing heavy sentences for political activists.

Intelligence agency refuses to release acquitted political prisoner 
Oct. 21, 2010
According to reports, political prisoner Teimour Rezayian is still in detention two weeks after he was cleared of all charges and his release sentence was issued by a court of review.
This 50 year old political prisoner was acquitted two weeks ago in a court of review and was only sentenced to pay a 300,000 toman fine for having a satellite receiver in his home. But interrogators of the Intelligence Agency refuse to release him and are trying to keep him in detention under false pretexts.
Rezayian, who was a political prisoners in the 80’s, was arrested on February 7 when he was taken to a solitary cell in cellblock 209 In Evin Prison. After a few months he was transferred to cellblock 350 in this prison.
Rezayian was sentenced to 3 years of prison in a show trial on August 9 but was then cleared in a court of review. He was under torture in prison while innocent for close to year but despite all the pressures, they still refuse to release him.

Iran lashes 4 men in public 
Oct. 20, 2010
The flogging sentence for four men was carried out on Monday, October 17 in the Central Square of Gonbad Kavous.
According the Kayhan state-run daily these men were Mehdi A., Ehsan R., Abdolaziz A., and Mojtaba Q. who were each sentenced to 74 lashed in public on charges of ‘disrupting public order, harassing people and citizens, intentional attacks with knives and destroying stores’. (Kayhan state-run Daily)

Iran throws ‘secular’ minded professors out of free universities
Oct. 20, 2010
The assistant head of the Free University said that a number of the members of the Science Committee of the Free University who have been proven to be secular minded have been identified and expelled.
“These members of the Science Committee who we had reports of were given notices but when they did not change (their attitude), we asked them to leave”, he said. (Mehr state-run News Agency)


Iran Students Committee (Supporters of PMOI)

UPDATE ON IRAN - Oct. 19, 2010

The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran

No. 717

Downfall

Khamenei’s trip to Qom

Khamenei goes to Qom simultaneous with anniversary of 2,500 years festival of Shah
Oct. 17, 2010 
A website run by the minority faction of the Iranian regime wrote about Khamenei’s trip to Qom and said, “Khamenei’s show is simultaneous with the anniversary of the 2,500 year festival of the Shah in October 1971 by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and it seems that history is repeating itself. This time in 2010 instead of Pasargadae (the scene of the show) is the holy city of Qom”.
This source wrote that group work was carried out for planning and coordination from months ago and the group work started its work led by Mojtaba Khamenei (Khamenei son) with the approval of Khamenei.
The members of this group include: Firouz Abadi, Jafari, Naqdi, Ahmadi Moqadam, Mojtaba Zolnour, Hossein Taeb, Zarghami, Mostafa Mohammad Najar, Hossein Shariatmadari, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejeie, Sheikh Morteza Moqtadayi, Yazdi, Ahmad Khatami, Asghar Hejazi, Ali Larijani, Mohammad Golpaygani, Janati, Heidar Moslehi, Salimi, and Gholam Ali Hadad Adel.
This website wrote: “To reach this goal, clerics and their offices were called a number of times and talked to and sometimes threatened and other times enticed but according to reports, most clerics have announced that they are not willing to give in to these orders. Security forces even told those close to Qom clerics that if clerics were not willing to be present as planned in visits with Khamenei, as the warden of all the world’s Muslims and supreme clerics of the Shiites, they will have a fate like that of the late Ayatollah Montazeri and other independent clerics”.

Confession of Mullah PourMohammadi to the hate and dislikes of youths to the dictatorship of Mullahs
Oct. 17, 2010
He said: we have to consider the atmosphere which is between the youths.
The previous internal minister of the regime expressed his worry and added: some times in a society feeling against the present situation, is formed which is only making the society black; we should not give this chance to these riots.
He also said: they have put pressure and sanctions against the government by giving the false news of atomic bombs, definitely after this matter is finished, they will some other excuses. Enemy is trying to tear the government apart.


Effect of Sanction

People in fear of backwashed of cancellation of taxes have started to store stuffs 
Oct. 17, 2010
Tehran - According to news and reports, anyone who has money especially food sellers, have started to by stuffs and store them till the taxes have been taken and prices will increase, then they can sell them in higher price. Ordinary people are also trying to store foods so they will not buy them in higher price. They buy rice, flour and … Anybody who has cash is changing them to gold. People are extracting their money from banks. Everything, economy, policy and the spirit of people have been mixed.

Fear of Mullahs from the new combination of Security Council
Oct. 16, 2010
Secluded Mullah’s regime, expressed his fear of the new combination of Security Council, and in one its site, titled new combination of Security Council and the nuclear problem of Iran, wrote: end of the temporary membership of Turkey and replacement of Portugal, could be an important matter for Iran. Turkey in Security Council used to stabilize the atmosphere of anti-regime in council and declare its disagreement on resolution 1929 in Security Council of UN. Replacement of Portugal instead of Turkey which is a member of European Union and cannot defend Iran’s position in Security Council is not acceptable for Iran.


Crack within Regime

Clash between Ahmadinejad and Rafsanjani on possessing the land of international exhibition
Oct. 17, 2010
According to reports, clashes have risen up between Ahmadinejad and Rafsanjani on possessing lands of international exhibition of Tehran. Changing the place of exhibition is a result of these clashes.
Also on the assets of Iranian companies belonging the regime in Malasia there are clashes between officials of the regime, AsgarOladi and Rafighdost have clashes with each other.

Ahmad Tavakoli asked for Ahmadinejad presence in parliament
Oct. 17, 2010
The head of research commission of parliament called for Ahamdinejad’s presence. He said: unfortunately this matter has become so hard that if you want to ask a question from president, it is very bad.
In my beliefs president should answer all the questions every month in parliament. Parliament has this authority to stop the president and vote for his mal qualified career. President cannot complain against the parliament and cannot order for parliament breakup.


Resistance

Writing slogans in Salsabil, Imam Hossein, RahAhan, Javadiyeh, Yaghchiabad in Tehran
Oct. 17, 2010
Youths and active students of Tehran in Salsabil, Imam Hossein square, RahAhan, Javadiyeh and Yaghchiabad of Tehran, by writing slogans against Khamenei and in support of international sanctions for 7th of December called upon the residents of these areas. Some of the slogans written on the walls included: “down with Khamenei”, “Khamenei be ready 7th of December is coming”, “the one who is frightened is supreme leader not the people, our promise is on 7th of December”.

Security agent killed in armed clash in Zahedan
Oct. 16, 2010
In an armed clash in the town of Zahedan, a state security force agent was killed and four others were injured.
Abdollahi, the assistant head of Security in Iran said, “This attack took place on Friday evening in the path of a security forces between Khash and Zahedan. In this attack, a SSF employee was killed and four others were injured”.

Saving a young girl from the hands of repressive agents
Oct. 17, 2010
People of Zarin Shahr saved a young girl from the hands of repressive agents who wanted to arrest her. These agents wanted to arrest this girl under the excuse of fighting with improper veil.






Suppression


Jailed female lawyer tortured in interrogations
Oct. 16, 2010
According to reports, jailed lawyer Nasrin Sutodeh who is on hunger strike has been subjected to torture by intelligence interrogators.
Reports from the notorious cellblock 209 in Evin Prison say that these tortures are so severe that her cries can be heard in the middle of the night in the whole cellblock. Hearing her cries has also subjected other female political prisoners to great suffering and agony. Her cries are heard almost every night in the cellblock.
Nasrin Sutodeh was arrested on September 4 for defending her clients in the framework of existing laws in Iran and protesting illegal measures by the intelligence agency and those who work as judges.

Violation of Human Rights: Iran hangs two people in Ahwaz
Oct. 17, 2010
The execution sentence of two persons was carried out in Karoun Prison in Ahwaz.
According to Fars News Agency the Khuzestan Judiciary announced that K.Sh and M.Kh were sentenced to death. Both their sentences were confirmed by the prosecutor.
H.D was also sentenced to death by the 17th branch of the Khuzestan Penal Court. This sentence was also confirmed by the Supreme Court. (Fars state-run News)

Security forces violently attack and arrest five people in Marivan
Oct. 17, 2010
Agents of the Inteligence agency attacked the homes of villagers in the village of Ney in Marivan and arrested five people. They were taken to an unknown location. Keivan Nikpey, Jamal Parvazeh, Farzad Badakhsh, Qane Kaveh and Zana Kasrayi were among the detainees.

Iranian-Dutch woman thrown in solitary for forced confession
Oct, 16, 2010
According to reports, political prisoner Zahra Bahrami who was arrested in post election protests on Ashura (December 27, 2009) was transferred to a solitary cell in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. She was thrown in solitary for refusing to repeat the confessions she was tortured into making in a show trial headed by Judge Salavati and for refusing to force her daughter not to disclose the pressure and abuse and false accusations made against her mother.
Bahrami is under severe pressure by intelligence agents to confess to the charges made against her by the court. They have threatened that if she does not confess, she will be trialed for waging war with God and sentenced to death.
Bahrami is suffering from a severe heart condition which she did not have before.
This 45 year old political prisoner is a mother of two and has dual Dutch-Iranian nationality. She came to Iran to see her child and was arrested in the Ashura protests. She was then mentally and physically tortured while detained. Intelligence interrogators in the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison and in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison have put her under severe pressure and torture and forced her into giving televised confessions against herself which was broadcasted from state-run TV. Bahrami has been detained in cellblock 209 for close to 11 months.

Political prisoner sentenced to five years of prison
Oct, 17, 2010
Mohammad Banazadeh Amir Khizi (PMOI Supporter) was sentenced to five years of prison to be served in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Salavati.
He was tried on September 26. His court was postponed four times before this. He was tried without his lawyer, Alireza Tabatabayi.
Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi, 63, was arrested in his place of work on November 30, 2009 after an attacked by agent of the Intelligence Agency. He was transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. His wife, Shahla Zarin was sentenced to one year of prison for visiting her child in Camp Ashraf. She was released after serving her time.
Currently his sister Kobra Banazadeh Amirkhizi is jailed for intending to visit her children in Camp Ashraf. Before this, his brothers Asghar and Hamid Banazadeh were also sentenced to two years of prison for visiting their children in the camp and were released some time ago after they served their sentence.
Mohammad Banazadeh is currently detained in cellblock 240 in Evin and despite receiving his sentence has not been transferred to a public cellblock.

Jailed dissident cleric beaten in prison
Oct, 17, 2010
Yesterday evening the head of the Special Cellblock for Clerics in Evin Prison verbally abused and insulted Mr. Borujerdi once again and struck him with a baton.
According to reports, a prisoner has reported that this violent measure was carried out against Borujerdi because he had constantly protested the violation of the minimum rights of prisoners.
He had protested the lack of medical facilities, the banning of visits and the transfer of a large number of drug addicts to this cellblock a number of times in the past two weeks and wrote several letters to Evin Prison officials and Qadiani, the Special Prosecutor of Clerics.
Evin Prison officials claim that the Special Cellblock for Clerics is under the direct supervision of the Intelligence Agency and the Special Prosecutor for Clerics.

Security forces shoot and kill young man in Iranshahr 
Oct. 17, 2010
A 26 year old man identified as Abdolrahim Kanbarzehi (Qanbarzehi) was killed in the Gharib Abad region in Iranshahr by the SSF ‘Relief Unit’.
According to eyewitness reports, security forces stopped his car and violently pulled him out of his vehicle while beating him. It seems that he shielded himself from the beatings by hugging a security agent. When these agents saw that they had not been able to arrest him after 10 minutes of beatings, an agent shot him in the back.
Despite seeing his condition and that he needed to be taken to hospital because of his open wound, they refused to take him to hospital and banned others on the scene from taking him to the hospital.  After about 6 hours, Abdolrahim died on the scene in front of the security forces because he was not given medical treatment.

Wife of jailed lawyer banned from talking to husband in hospital; attacked by plainclothes agent
Oct. 16, 2010
Mohammad Oliayi Fard, a jailed lawyer and legal consultant of the Student Committee in Defense of Political Prisoners who was taken to a hospital outside of prison today because of his deteriorating physical condition was mistreated and harassed by a plainclothes agent.
According to reports, this agent who had entered the hospital with a gun clashed with Oliayi Fard’s family who intended to see him and insulted and mistreated them.
Oliayi Fard’s wife intended to talk to her husband when she saw him in the hospital but the above mentioned agent verbally abused her and then attacked her with the gun in his hand. When Oliayi Fard tried to defend his wife, he was also attacked. The hospital’s Protection Department unarmed the plainclothes agents after seeing this scene and then transferred Oliayi Fard back to prison…
There is a high chance that Oliayi Fard has cancer because a tumor was found in his body. He was sentenced to one year of prison by Judge Pir Abbas in the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.

Iran takes 15 year son of labor activist hostage as ransom for father’s arrest
Oct. 16, 2010
According to reports, labor activist Gholamreza Gholam Hosseini was forced to leave his home after agents of the ministry of intelligence raided his home in his absence.
On Monday October 11, at about 9 am intelligence agents raided the home of Gholam Hosseini in Karaj intending to arrest him but he was not home.
These agents then took his 15 year old son hostage until 8 pm. In this time, they threatened and interrogated 15-year old Amir. In calls to Gholam Hosseini’s wife, they said that she had to turn her husband in for her son’s release.
These agents searched his home for a long time and then confiscated his computer, legal documents, telephone book, books, CDs and other things…
Gholamreza Gholam Hosseini, 44, was arrested in 2005 during the strike of bus drivers of the Vahed Bus Company in Tehran and was subsequently suspended from work for 4 years. About 8 months ago he went back to work but on July 24 he was once again suspended under baseless pretexts.

Intelligence agents threaten jailed labor activist’s daughter in law to death
Oct. 15, 2010
According to reports, the threats and mental abuse of the intelligence agency against Zoya Samadi, the daughter in law of detained labor activist Mansour Osalu has increased in the past few weeks.
Intelligence interrogators constantly call Zoya Samadi and blatantly threaten her to death. These threats have increased in the past few weeks.
“You experienced what we did last time. You can be sure that this time you will not live through it”, they tell her over the phone.
Some time ago, intelligence agents in a car and two motorcycles went to the home of Mrs. Samadi and her husband in their absence and relayed their threats through their neighbors. This psychological and inhumane war is going on daily against this family.
Intelligence interrogators aim to increase the mental pressure on Osalu’s family and especially Mr. Osalu.
Zoya Samadi was abducted before this by intelligence agents and was violently tortured and beaten. She sustained serious physical and mental injuries as a result which she is still suffering from. Samadi was forced to quit her job after her abduction to stay at home for treatment.


Other News

SSF: watching satellite channels is like using narcotics 
Oct. 16, 2010
The assistant head on Social Affairs of the State Security Forces, Bahman Kargar, stressed in a news conference that buying and selling satellite equipment is illegal and said, “Satellite equipment is considered a crime like narcotics”.
“Narcotics endangers the mental and physical health of people while satellite (channels) leads to vulgarity, licentious behavior and destroys families therefore they are both equally dangerous”, he said.
The assistant social head of the State Security Forces said that satellites are an example of the ‘soft war’ and stressed that the SSF would seriously deal with the buying and selling of satellite equipment.

Imprisonment of 11000 people in central prison of Mashad with capacity of 2500people
Oct. 17, 2010
Zoghi the criminal judge of Mashad confessed about the intractable arrests and said: imprisonment of 11000 people in central prison of Mashad, with capacity of 2500 people shows our decisive action of our Judiciary system.
He added among a group of reporters: Adding 4000 prisoners to this prison in the last few months shows our growing strikes with those who are convicted and are the elements of disturbing the discipline and public security.


Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)