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Angry people clashed with SSF agents during a public hanging
The people of Nashtaroud, in northern Iranian Gilan province expressed their anger and disgust against public execution of a prisoner and clashed with the suppressive State Security Forces (SSF) on Monday. The prisoner, Ghanbar Kelari, 34, was hanged publicly in front of Nashtaroud Prison at 10 a.m. When being hanged, he shouted: 'I am innocent, don’t hang me'. The people who witnessed this scene expressed their anger and clashed with the SSF agents. The witnesses said the protest was so extensive that the transfer of the body of hanged prisoner was delayed for several hours.
US State Department sanctions Iranian regime’s Guard Corps (IRGC)
The United States has imposed sanctions on companies from China, Russia, Venezuela and other countries for allegedly violating its ban on sales of technology that could help Iran, Syria or North Korea develop sensitive weapons systems, reported Associated France Press. The State Department announced in the Federal Register that '13 foreign persons,' meaning companies, 'engaged in activities that warrant imposition of measures' under its Iran, North Korea and Syria Non-Proliferation Act. The United States says the sanctions are meant to punish the firms for sales that have 'potential to make a material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction or cruise or ballistic missile systems.'Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps was one of the targets of the sanctions.
Geneva Sit-in, day 58Canadian human rights activist, European prominent lawyer stress on US protection of Ashraf
Geneva is still witnessing the sit-in of Ashraf residents’ families and freedom-loving Iranians in support of Ashraf City. On the 58th day of sit-in, Dr. David Kilgour, prominent human rights activist, former deputy of Canadian Parliament and Director General of Africa-Asia department of Canadian Foreign Ministry in the previous Liberal Government, delivered speech and said: “If Ashraf protection is not provided by the Multi National Force in Iraq, it would lead to a human catastrophe; the United States has a special role in this issue; it is no hidden that the Iranian regime is training armed groups inside Iraq. The next speaker was Professor David Mitz, one of the most prominent European lawyers for defence of Ashraf who emphasised on continuance of Ashraf protection by the Multi National Force and the United States and said: The US government has commitment in this matter; it is well clear that what consequences the Ashraf protection transfer has; the history of that regime in murdering its opposition is not covert for anyone, and Ashraf protection transfer has risk of humanitarian tragedy.Then the letter of Ed Towns, US Congressman, to the UN Secretary General in defence of Ashraf residents was read. In his letter, while referring to enjoying of Ashraf residents from the status of political refugees according to the Geneva Fourth Convention, and the emphasis of the International Committee of Res Cross (ICRC) and Amnesty International (AI) to the US and Iraqi governments regarding observance of Ashraf residents’ rights, reminded the pressures of the Iranian regime for expelling the PMOI from Iraq asked the UN Secretary General to listen to the Also, the solidarity message of the Association of Iranian specialists and Academicians residing in Netherland was read. A group of youth participating in the sit-in read their message of support for Ashraf too.
Monday, October 20, 2008
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Prisoner murdered under torture in Isfahan
The Isfahan Prison interrogators murdered a prisoner under torture. According to received reports by the resistance sources in Iran, a prisoner by the name of Mohammad A. who had escaped from Isfahan Prison along with three other prisoners was arrested and was murdered under torture imposed on him by Ali Banaii, the interrogator of the Counterintelligence section of Isfahan Prison. In order to cover up this crime, the prison officials, according to reports, transferred the body of the murdered prisoner to the roof of an unfinished building and dropped him down to report his death as accident. The neighbours and family of this prisoner went to the public prosecutor’s office and testified that Mohammad had been arrested by Ali Banaii, the top prosecutor of Isfahan Prisons counterintelligence.
Many striker shopkeepers and youth arrested in Isfahan
According to news a large number of shopkeepers and youth who had participated in recent strike and demonstrations in Isfahan have been arrested and transferred to Isfahan Prison.According to this news the arrested persons have been taken under interrogation by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry (MIOS)’s interrogators and torturers. It is said that they have no connection with their families and repeated referring by their families to get information from the detainees have been abortive so far and they have been threatened by the interrogators several times.
Geneva sit-in, Day 53
Prominent NCRI artist speaks, solidarity messages of Associations read
On the 53rd day of Ashraf residents’ families’ sit-in in Geneva, Bahram Alivandi, the prominent artist and member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, spoke to the demonstrators. Solidarity messages from several societies in different countries were also read. Addressing the United Nations and other international bodies, Bahram Alivandi asked them to hear the voice of sit-in participants and their demands regarding Ashraf residents’ rights, particularly guarantee their protection based on the international conventions.Then the following messages in support of the sit-in demands in defence of Ashraf residents’ rights were read:
- Association of Iranian Refugees in Belgium
- Association of Fundamentalism’s Victims in Sweden
- International Women’s Association in Netherlands
Prisoner murdered under torture in Isfahan
The Isfahan Prison interrogators murdered a prisoner under torture. According to received reports by the resistance sources in Iran, a prisoner by the name of Mohammad A. who had escaped from Isfahan Prison along with three other prisoners was arrested and was murdered under torture imposed on him by Ali Banaii, the interrogator of the Counterintelligence section of Isfahan Prison. In order to cover up this crime, the prison officials, according to reports, transferred the body of the murdered prisoner to the roof of an unfinished building and dropped him down to report his death as accident. The neighbours and family of this prisoner went to the public prosecutor’s office and testified that Mohammad had been arrested by Ali Banaii, the top prosecutor of Isfahan Prisons counterintelligence.
Many striker shopkeepers and youth arrested in Isfahan
According to news a large number of shopkeepers and youth who had participated in recent strike and demonstrations in Isfahan have been arrested and transferred to Isfahan Prison.According to this news the arrested persons have been taken under interrogation by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry (MIOS)’s interrogators and torturers. It is said that they have no connection with their families and repeated referring by their families to get information from the detainees have been abortive so far and they have been threatened by the interrogators several times.
Geneva sit-in, Day 53
Prominent NCRI artist speaks, solidarity messages of Associations read
On the 53rd day of Ashraf residents’ families’ sit-in in Geneva, Bahram Alivandi, the prominent artist and member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, spoke to the demonstrators. Solidarity messages from several societies in different countries were also read. Addressing the United Nations and other international bodies, Bahram Alivandi asked them to hear the voice of sit-in participants and their demands regarding Ashraf residents’ rights, particularly guarantee their protection based on the international conventions.Then the following messages in support of the sit-in demands in defence of Ashraf residents’ rights were read:
- Association of Iranian Refugees in Belgium
- Association of Fundamentalism’s Victims in Sweden
- International Women’s Association in Netherlands
Monday, October 06, 2008
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Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe regards US forces accountable for the security of Camp Ashraf
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe, consisting of 636 members of Senates and Parliaments from 47 countries across Europe and central Asia, regarded the U.S. forces accountable for the security of Camp Ashraf.The declaration of October 2, 2008 in support of the legal rights of Ashraf residents, signed by four leaders of different political groups of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe and a number of most prominent members of the Assembly, was announced by Mr. Louise Maria de Pouch, chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe in the official session of the Council in Strasburg. Part of the declaration reads: Amnesty International (28 August 2008 statement), the European Parliament (4 September 2008 resolution), and the International Federation of Human Rights (8 September) have expressed concern regarding the threats posed to 3,500 Iranian political refugees in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, who are protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention.Relevant international bodies and U.S. officials have confirmed that the principle of non-refoulement and protections under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Law apply to Ashraf residents.We are deeply concerned that the protection of Ashraf may be transferred from the U.S.-led Multi-National Force-Iraq to Iraqi forces resulting in greater pressure on the Iraqi government by the Iranian regime to crack down on or extradite PMOI members in Ashraf, and allowing the regime to increase its terrorist attacks on Ashraf. Transferring protection of Ashraf under the present circumstances violates the principle of non-refoulement, the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Refugee Convention, the Convention Against Torture, IHL and International Law and would result in a humanitarian catastrophe, thus we urge U.S. forces for as long as they remain in Iraq to continue to protect Ashraf residents and uphold their judicial protection under international law.
Orumieh hunger striker prisoners in critical condition after forty days
According to the last received news by the Iranian resistance sources from Orumieh Prison, a number of Kurdish political prisoners who have staged hunger strike are in critical condition. These prisoners who are numbered 17 have been transferred to solitary confinement after close to 40 days of their hunger strike. They ask for halt of torture and brutal treatment of the clerical regime’s executioners and dismissal of imprisonment and execution verdicts of political prisoners. The prison officials have pressed these prisoners to break their hunger strike but they have continued their resistance. The prisoners also demand visit of international organizations of human rights and ICRC from the Iranians’ jails.
Youths in northern Iranian city turn soccer match into a protest against the regime
The angry youths clashed with suppressive State Security Forces (SSF) agents and demolished some vehicles during a soccer match in the city of Gorgan (northern Iran).According to reports, about 2000 youths broke the windows of the Physical Education office of Gorgan and inflicted some damages to the building after the match. The SSF agents attacked the protesting youths but were faced with their resistance. The suppressive agents used tear gas and injured some people. During this clash a number of SSF agents were severely injured too.
Mullahs Interior Minister admits not holding Oxford University degree
National Council of Resistance of Iran: - After two months of controversy, the mullahs’ disgraced Interior Minister, Ali Kordan, admitted that he never held an Oxford University degree. In his letter to Ahmadinejad, he regretted that his degree was forged and he claimed that he has pressed charges against an unnamed individual who had given him the honorary degree in Iran. The controversy began last August following his appointment as the regime’s new Interior Minister and the release of a report by Britain’s Oxford University dismissing his claim that he held a doctorate degree from that University.In the meantime Iran’s Free University Dean also denied awarding Kordan any degrees in a letter to the chair of the mullahs’ parliamentary Committee on Education and Research.Looking into his background, it was reported that in 1977 he was jailed in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, for attempted rape. After the anti-Monarchy revolution in 1979 he was released from jail and was soon recruited by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He rapidly climbed up the ladder in the notorious IRGC and has been a close associate of Ahmadinejad.When it was first revealed that his degree was no good, the Interior Ministry and the regime’s vice-president on judicial and parliamentary affairs insisted that his degree was genuine and threatened anyone trying to prove otherwise will face judicial prosecution. The affair has left Ahmadinejad’s government in yet another domestic crisis and increasing internal feuding among factions. This also comes amid lack of any legitimacy in the country with growing hatred for the regime among the people.
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe regards US forces accountable for the security of Camp Ashraf
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe, consisting of 636 members of Senates and Parliaments from 47 countries across Europe and central Asia, regarded the U.S. forces accountable for the security of Camp Ashraf.The declaration of October 2, 2008 in support of the legal rights of Ashraf residents, signed by four leaders of different political groups of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe and a number of most prominent members of the Assembly, was announced by Mr. Louise Maria de Pouch, chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe in the official session of the Council in Strasburg. Part of the declaration reads: Amnesty International (28 August 2008 statement), the European Parliament (4 September 2008 resolution), and the International Federation of Human Rights (8 September) have expressed concern regarding the threats posed to 3,500 Iranian political refugees in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, who are protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention.Relevant international bodies and U.S. officials have confirmed that the principle of non-refoulement and protections under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Law apply to Ashraf residents.We are deeply concerned that the protection of Ashraf may be transferred from the U.S.-led Multi-National Force-Iraq to Iraqi forces resulting in greater pressure on the Iraqi government by the Iranian regime to crack down on or extradite PMOI members in Ashraf, and allowing the regime to increase its terrorist attacks on Ashraf. Transferring protection of Ashraf under the present circumstances violates the principle of non-refoulement, the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Refugee Convention, the Convention Against Torture, IHL and International Law and would result in a humanitarian catastrophe, thus we urge U.S. forces for as long as they remain in Iraq to continue to protect Ashraf residents and uphold their judicial protection under international law.
Orumieh hunger striker prisoners in critical condition after forty days
According to the last received news by the Iranian resistance sources from Orumieh Prison, a number of Kurdish political prisoners who have staged hunger strike are in critical condition. These prisoners who are numbered 17 have been transferred to solitary confinement after close to 40 days of their hunger strike. They ask for halt of torture and brutal treatment of the clerical regime’s executioners and dismissal of imprisonment and execution verdicts of political prisoners. The prison officials have pressed these prisoners to break their hunger strike but they have continued their resistance. The prisoners also demand visit of international organizations of human rights and ICRC from the Iranians’ jails.
Youths in northern Iranian city turn soccer match into a protest against the regime
The angry youths clashed with suppressive State Security Forces (SSF) agents and demolished some vehicles during a soccer match in the city of Gorgan (northern Iran).According to reports, about 2000 youths broke the windows of the Physical Education office of Gorgan and inflicted some damages to the building after the match. The SSF agents attacked the protesting youths but were faced with their resistance. The suppressive agents used tear gas and injured some people. During this clash a number of SSF agents were severely injured too.
Mullahs Interior Minister admits not holding Oxford University degree
National Council of Resistance of Iran: - After two months of controversy, the mullahs’ disgraced Interior Minister, Ali Kordan, admitted that he never held an Oxford University degree. In his letter to Ahmadinejad, he regretted that his degree was forged and he claimed that he has pressed charges against an unnamed individual who had given him the honorary degree in Iran. The controversy began last August following his appointment as the regime’s new Interior Minister and the release of a report by Britain’s Oxford University dismissing his claim that he held a doctorate degree from that University.In the meantime Iran’s Free University Dean also denied awarding Kordan any degrees in a letter to the chair of the mullahs’ parliamentary Committee on Education and Research.Looking into his background, it was reported that in 1977 he was jailed in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, for attempted rape. After the anti-Monarchy revolution in 1979 he was released from jail and was soon recruited by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He rapidly climbed up the ladder in the notorious IRGC and has been a close associate of Ahmadinejad.When it was first revealed that his degree was no good, the Interior Ministry and the regime’s vice-president on judicial and parliamentary affairs insisted that his degree was genuine and threatened anyone trying to prove otherwise will face judicial prosecution. The affair has left Ahmadinejad’s government in yet another domestic crisis and increasing internal feuding among factions. This also comes amid lack of any legitimacy in the country with growing hatred for the regime among the people.
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