The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 744
Ashura in Iran
Regime’s fear from street protest during Ashura
Dec.14, 2010
In fear of street protests during Ashura regime has ordered the mourning groups not to leave the mosques. They are not permitted to take the mourning into the streets.
SSF on state of alert for Ashura
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
On the eve of Ashura and in fear of the uprising on that day Ismael Ahmadi Moghadam the head of SSF said: “SSF is always on alert and monitors the situation. This year all forces are completely mobilized so that during days of Moharam (the month in which Ashura took place) the country will be in peace”.
Moghadam absurdly claimed that there is no such potential for uprising such as last year’s but added: “cyber- crimes are dangerous now and are very capable. If we don’t act as soon as possible the country will be damaged”.
Suppressive forces on state of alert
Dec.13, 2010 - Tehran
Since December 11, Bassij and security forces have been stationed in the crowded regions of Tehran and have put up checkpoints with the aim of creating an atmosphere of fear and terror to prevent anti-government protests on the Ashura mourning ceremonies (Dec. 16). The government has learned from past experience that since Ashura is the anniversary of the deaths of a number of slain protesters, there are bound to be protests. The government is terrified of protests and has carried out precautionary measures from one month ago. They have announced a framework for mourning ceremonies to keep the ceremonies under control. Filming this religious ceremony is also a new method to control and identify would be protesters and to create an atmosphere of fear.
Teacher’s Guild of Ardebil Province: Ashura is the day for the oppressed to assert for Justice
Dec.14, 2010 - Ardebil
The statement issued by the guild to call for protest demonstration on Ashura reads: “Ashura is always a day for oppressed to claim justice so we support all justice-seeking moves at this day by chanting ‘death to dictator’”.
Teachers of Abhar call for participation in Ashura Uprising
Dec.14, 2010 - Abhar
A group of teachers in Abhar issued a statement calling on people to participate in Ashura Uprising:
“Dear compatriots; for us and any freedom-loving human being Hossein’s Ashura has the message of fighting against oppression imposed by despotic rulers who use religion as a cover. In our era the rulers are using religion to oppress us and put pressure on us so far that any kind of protest is severely suppressed and one faces imprisonment. So we teachers following the path of Imam Hossein will join the protest marches and will chant ‘we will not surrender to oppression’ on Ashura”.
Downfall
An IRGC commander talks of the broken talisman of Khamenei
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
An IRGC commander admitted that attacks against Khamenei during last year equals to the amount of attacks against him during last21 years.
Ramezan Sharif, responsible for public relation of IRGC admitted to the fact in a gathering of IRGC in Tehran: “attacks against the establishment are imposed on two courses; the Supreme Leader and IRGC along with Bassij”.
He tried to brief the IRGC and Bassij members about the danger of uprisings and popular resistance.
Ousted; Manouchehr Motaki
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
The state-run daily Jomhori under the title: 'Motaki is gone' pointed to the appointment of special representatives of Ahmadinejad (the main dispute between Ahmadinejad and Motaki) and added that two key posts in Middle East and Asia have been appointed to two person close to Ahmadinejad namely Isfandiar Rahim Mashaee and Mohammad Baghaee none of them has any experience at Foreign Ministry”.
The daily continues: “the observers talk of this act as Ahmadinejad not trusting the Foreign Ministry and the Foreign Minister”.
Jomhori while protesting says: “weakening the diplomatic apparatus of the country especially at the current situation by some people from the government is as sitting on a tree branch and cutting its trunk”.
Deployment of 30,000 pupils to war regions
Dec.14, 2010 - Tehran
22 years after the ceasefire between Iran and Iraq the clerical dictatorship is still receiving its energy from war wasting the young force of the country in that course.
ILNA an official news agency wrote that 30,000 pupils are being deployed to the regions of former Iran-Iraq war to be trained the “Sacred Defense”.
This deployment is done by Bassij having the approval of the Ministry of Education. These pupils are all from the 10th grade.
Suppression
No news on detained father of slain protester
Dec. 14, 2010
Seven days after the arrest of the father of slain protester Ramin Ramezani, his family and relatives still do not have any information about his whereabouts.
According to reports, Ramin Ramezani’s father was arrested seven days ago in the gravesite of his 22 year old son in the Tehran Behesht Zahra Cemetery…
Ramin Ramezani was shot and killed on June 15, 2009 in a peaceful march in Tehran.
In the one and a half years after his son’s death, his father who has not been without sorrow even for a day has now been arrested and jailed. This is the first time that the father of a slain protester is arrested and jailed.
Iran suspends labor unionist from work
Dec. 14, 2010
According to reports, labor unionist Homayoun Jaberi was suspended from work and summoned to the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
On Saturday December 11, Jaberi was suspended from work by the Protection Department of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company under the excuse of an unjustifiable absence (he was absent for 13 days when he was detained by the Intelligence Agency for the crime of accompanying his colleague’s wife). Jaberi went back to work when he was released on a 10 million toman (about 10,000 dollar) bail…
In another illegal measure, the Protection Department of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company has announced that his arrest last year on May Day will also be counted as an unjustifiable absence and a new case will be made against him for this reason.
On the other hand, he was told over the phone to go to the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court to be tried without being given a written summons.
Iran fatally shoots two Kurd citizens in border region
Dec. 14, 2010
In the past few days, two Kurd citizens were killed in the border region of Piranshahr after being shot by security forces.
Security forces opened direct fire on Osman Mohammadi and Mahmoud Minehzadeh killing them.
The bodies of these two border merchants were buried after one day in Mahabad.
Some news sources in Kurdistan have reported that 18 Kurd citizens were killed in the past two months in Kurdistan’s borders.
Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI)
