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Fifth day of Geneva sit-in for guarantee of Ashraf protection
Today on the fifth day of the Iranian Resistance supporters and families of Ashraf residents’ sit-in in Geneva, Antonio Hodgers, member of Swiss Federal Parliament and head of the Greens Party of Geneva’s Canton, delivered speech and expressed his support for the sit-in participants. He said: On behalf of me and the Green Party, I express our full support for your struggle to obtain the guarantee of Ashraf’s protection and recognition of exiled Iranians’ political rights. The other speakers were Dr. Manouchehr Hezarkhani, chairman of NCRI’s Commission of culture and art, Mr. Aziz Paknejad, and Ms. Sedigheh Shahrokhi, members of the NCRI, Mr. Abdol-Ali Maasoumi, historian and member of NCRI who all emphasized on guaranteeing of Ashraf protection to prevent a human catastrophe. Also Mr. Kazemi, father of two martyred PMOI member, and one of whose offspring resides in Ashraf, on behalf of participant parents in the sit-in asserted on the firm determination of the participants for continuation of the sit-in until implementation of their demand in guaranteeing of Ashraf’s protection.
Also on Wed. the Iranian in Ottawa gathered in front of the Canadian Red Cross on Metcalf st. for Ashraf’s protection.
Undeclared martial law to stop the memorial services in Tehran A number of the percipients were arrested in the ceremony
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on Aug 29th 2008: On Friday, the mullahs’ regime dispatched thousands of the State Security Forces (SSF)-mullahs’ suppressive police -- to stop the memorial service held by the families of the victims of the 1988 massacre in Khavaran cemetery in suburban Tehran. A number of the participants were arrested.Friends and families of the slain prisoners affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) and other political groups held a memorial service for their loved ones. The mourners walked toward the cemetery in groups of 100 to 150 people. However, they were confronted with thousands of the ruling clerical regime’s repressive forces such as the SSF, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the paramilitary Bassij force as well as other security agents. Tow days prior to the ceremony, the Khavaran district, in south eastern Tehran was cordoned off by the security agents for a two kilometer radius. They prevented the participants from entering the roads leading to Khavaran. In addition to such suppressive measures, the agents arrested a number of participants and seized driving licenses of people trying to enter the roads leading to cemetery and were ordered to collect their permits at the police precinct in Sepah Square.Khavaran is the site where a part of some 30,000 members and supporters of the PMOI and other groups are buried in mass graves. They were savagely massacred during the summer of 1988. Despite repressive measures, the friends and families of the slain prisoners mark the event every year. The Iranian Resistance once again calls on all international human rights organizations and international tribunals to follow the leaders of the Iranain regime for the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners and bring them to justice.
4,000 centrifuges in Iran nuclear program
The Associated Press quoted Iran’s official IRNA news agency as saying: “the government now has nearly 4,000 centrifuges operating in its uranium enrichment plant.”IRNA also quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh Attar as saying Iran is installing 3,000 more centrifuges at the plant in Natanz.Iran says it plans to move toward large-scale uranium enrichment that will ultimately involve 54,000 centrifuges.
2nd nuclear power plant in design stage
The Associated Press, 25 August 2008 that Iran’s official news agency says the country has begun designing its second light-water nuclear power plant, a 360-megawatt facility in the southwest. Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, says experts have chosen the site where the light-water nuclear reactor will be built using local technology. Iran is still finishing building its first nuclear power plant, a 1,000-megawatt reactor in the southern city of Bushehr being constructed with Russian help. It is to begin operations early next year.
Five hangings on Wednesday
The Iranian regime hanged five prisoners, a woman and four men. They were Shabnam, Amin, Vahid, Majid and Najaf, the state-run daily Iran reported on Thursday. The Iranian regime indifferent to international calls to stay execution in the country, stepped up executions in summer especially that of the young prisoners who had allegedly committed a crime when under 18. According to rights groups there are at least 132 juveniles on death row in Iran. In past few months six of them were hanged in different jails nationwide. A day after the EU presidency issued a statement condemning the execution of Reza Hejazi, a young man allegedly committing a crime when he was only 15, another minor Behnam Zare was executed on Wednesday in Adel Abad prison in the southern city of Shiraz. His attorney and family were bewildered by Behnam’s sudden hanging since they were not informed.
Jailed Kurds Begin Hunger Strike
Adnkronos International reported on Aug. 25th that Kurdish prisoners, all jailed for political motives in Iran, on Monday began an indefinite hunger strike to promote human rights. The news, released by the Kurdish agency, Mokrian, was confirmed by the sister of Adnan Hassanpour, the award-winning journalist who has been condemned to death.Hassanpour was awarded a media award in Italy by the Information, Safety & Freedom Association. The prisoners’ hunger strike is to 'sensitise Iranian and international public opinion' to 'protest against the death sentences given to Kurdish representatives' and to 'denounce continuing human rights violations in prison and outside prison'. Eight Kurdish intellectuals and activists have been condemned to death in Iran, while another six have been sentenced to penalties of up to 11 years for their alleged political and militant activities.
Anti-regime workers protest across Iran
The sufferer workers staged demonstrations, strikes and gathering protests against the clerical regime in the cities of Shiraz, Sanandaj, Ahwaz, Arak, and Zanjan.In Ahwaz over 500 workers of Rolling and Pipes Mill Corporation (ARPCO) walked out for the second time this summer over their unpaid salaries in the southwestern city of Ahwaz, the state-run Kargozaran daily reported on Sunday. The striking workers were cordoned by the State Security Forces - mullahs’ suppressive police - preventing the demonstration from spreading to other parts of the city. They have not been paid for the past four months. The protesting workers continued their gathering in another point of Ahwaz. In Shiraz, the workers of Fars Chemical Industry staged gathering in front of Labor office of Fars province to protest the firing of workers and not paying their delayed salaries. In Sanandaj, Western Iranian city, the textile factory workers, staged a protesting gathering. The workers whose number was 170 protested against unpaid salaries. In Zanjan, northwestern Iranian city, the drivers of Bus Transport Company staged strike to protest the unpaid salaries of 2005 and 2006. This strike caused disorder in traffic of the city.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
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One thousand workers walked out in Ahwaz
National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement: One thousand city rail workers of the southern city of Ahwaz have been on strike since last Saturday over their unpaid salaries in past five months. Workers at the north and south yard depots of the railway have been waiting for a definitive answer from their government appointed management. However, it is refusing to give in to the workers’ demands.Ahwaz strike is just the last episode in the string of walk outs over pay disputes in the country. Less than 90 miles north of Ahwaz has been the seen of longest strike by the country’s largest sugar cane factory, Haft-Tapeh in the southern city of Shoosh with over 5,000 workers for months. In August alone nearly 140 workshops and factories have gone on strike over payments. Factories such as Haft-Tapeh sugar cane mills, Kiyan-Tire making car tires, Iran Khodro the car manufacturer are some of the biggest with tens of thousands of workers. In the past decade, most of Iran’s factories have been privatized by the mullahs’ regime opening the doors to even more suppressive measures against the Iranian workforce. The new managements were appointed by the government without adequate protection for workers and their families who make the most venerable part of the population.
A man hanged in Bojnourd
According to a statement by the National Council of Resistance of Iran a man identified only by his first name Ali, was hanged in the prison yard in the northeastern city of Bojnourd on Thursday, the state-run daily Etemaad reported on August 22. Two other men, 60-year-old Reza and 65-year-old Farhad, were sentenced to death on Friday by the mullahs’ judiciary in the northeastern province of Khorasan, the state-run daily Khorasan reported on Friday. In past three weeks 56 prisoners were hanged throughout Iran. Among the victims were young men under 18 at the time of the alleged crimes. Execution of Reza Hejazi, a 20-year-old man who was only 15 at time of the alleged crime, demonstrates the barbarity of the mullahs’ regime in the eyes of the people of the world. Hejazi alongside two other prisoners were hanged in prison in the central city of Isfahan on Tuesday. He was executed despite the fact that the henchmen had notified his family earlier of the stay of his execution because of procedural deficiencies
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Touraj Negahban passed away at age 76 in Los Angeles, California on Wednsday 20th of Aug. He was a very talented song writer. The Iranian music owes so much to this man and the memorable lyrics he wrote for hundreds of favorite Iranian pop songs.
One thousand workers walked out in Ahwaz
National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement: One thousand city rail workers of the southern city of Ahwaz have been on strike since last Saturday over their unpaid salaries in past five months. Workers at the north and south yard depots of the railway have been waiting for a definitive answer from their government appointed management. However, it is refusing to give in to the workers’ demands.Ahwaz strike is just the last episode in the string of walk outs over pay disputes in the country. Less than 90 miles north of Ahwaz has been the seen of longest strike by the country’s largest sugar cane factory, Haft-Tapeh in the southern city of Shoosh with over 5,000 workers for months. In August alone nearly 140 workshops and factories have gone on strike over payments. Factories such as Haft-Tapeh sugar cane mills, Kiyan-Tire making car tires, Iran Khodro the car manufacturer are some of the biggest with tens of thousands of workers. In the past decade, most of Iran’s factories have been privatized by the mullahs’ regime opening the doors to even more suppressive measures against the Iranian workforce. The new managements were appointed by the government without adequate protection for workers and their families who make the most venerable part of the population.
A man hanged in Bojnourd
According to a statement by the National Council of Resistance of Iran a man identified only by his first name Ali, was hanged in the prison yard in the northeastern city of Bojnourd on Thursday, the state-run daily Etemaad reported on August 22. Two other men, 60-year-old Reza and 65-year-old Farhad, were sentenced to death on Friday by the mullahs’ judiciary in the northeastern province of Khorasan, the state-run daily Khorasan reported on Friday. In past three weeks 56 prisoners were hanged throughout Iran. Among the victims were young men under 18 at the time of the alleged crimes. Execution of Reza Hejazi, a 20-year-old man who was only 15 at time of the alleged crime, demonstrates the barbarity of the mullahs’ regime in the eyes of the people of the world. Hejazi alongside two other prisoners were hanged in prison in the central city of Isfahan on Tuesday. He was executed despite the fact that the henchmen had notified his family earlier of the stay of his execution because of procedural deficiencies
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Touraj Negahban passed away at age 76 in Los Angeles, California on Wednsday 20th of Aug. He was a very talented song writer. The Iranian music owes so much to this man and the memorable lyrics he wrote for hundreds of favorite Iranian pop songs.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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An Iranian minister allied to Ahmadinejad has been exposed for parading a fake law degree from Oxford University
Telegraph, 13 Aug 2008’The University of Oxford has no record of Mr Ali Kordan receiving an honorary doctorate or any other degree from the university,’ it said in a statement Photo: EPA Ali Kordan, who was only confirmed in the post of interior minister last week after a cabinet reshuffle, had based his academic credentials for the job on an honorary doctorate in law from the famous city of learning. He boasted that the degree had been awarded in 2000 for 'opening a new chapter' in comparative legal studies.But the government’s opponents investigated his claims to erudition and after being presented with a document on Oxford-headed notepaper, checked it out with the university.'The University of Oxford has no record of Mr Ali Kordan receiving an honorary doctorate or any other degree from the university,' it said in a statement.Now the speaker of Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, has ordered an investigation into Mr Kordan - embarrassing the firebrand president and strengthening his parliamentary enemies. To increase Mr Ahamdinejad’s blushes, he had already struggled to see Mr Kordan approved by the Majlis - only succeeding after saying he was personally backed by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.But while the president has lost a small battle, his enemies will also have cause to rue the case of Mr Kordan: the website that revealed the truth of his education background has been blocked by the authorities.
SWAT teams to grow by fifty percent for more control
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement: Brig. Gen. Ali Asghar Asadi, deputy commander of Public Security of the State Security Forces (SSF) - mullahs’ suppressive police-- announced that 'SSF SWAT' teams will have a fifty percent growth in numbers to combat what he called 'thugs and hooligans,' reported the state-run news agency Fars on Tuesday. 'The SWATs will conduct overt and covert operations round the clock to combat ’thugs’ in compliance with legal mandates,' Asadi said. 'The teams will have 12 operations consist of surveillance, control, and arrests,' He added. 'We will follow soon the same pattern in other provinces throughout the country,' Asadi elaborated. On July 30, Fars had quoted Asadi as saying, 'These teams are capable of carrying out an operation from A to Z.' Separately, Brig. Gen. Hossein Sajedinia, deputy chief of (SSF) in greater Tehran claimed that in less than 24 hours 'the [force under his command] has carried out 700 operations to enhance the ’public security’.' 'In the past, the SSF would conduct its raids only at nights. In accordance with the third phase of ’boosting public security plan,’ it will act round the clock now,' Sajedinia added. The NCRI added the so-called 'boosting public security plan' was first introduced in April 2007 to combat popular uprisings. Mass street arrests of hundreds of thousands of women and youth under the pretext of 'mal-veiling' and cracking down on 'thugs and hooligans' followed. In the same period, more than 300 prisoners were sent to gallows.
An Iranian minister allied to Ahmadinejad has been exposed for parading a fake law degree from Oxford University
Telegraph, 13 Aug 2008’The University of Oxford has no record of Mr Ali Kordan receiving an honorary doctorate or any other degree from the university,’ it said in a statement Photo: EPA Ali Kordan, who was only confirmed in the post of interior minister last week after a cabinet reshuffle, had based his academic credentials for the job on an honorary doctorate in law from the famous city of learning. He boasted that the degree had been awarded in 2000 for 'opening a new chapter' in comparative legal studies.But the government’s opponents investigated his claims to erudition and after being presented with a document on Oxford-headed notepaper, checked it out with the university.'The University of Oxford has no record of Mr Ali Kordan receiving an honorary doctorate or any other degree from the university,' it said in a statement.Now the speaker of Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, has ordered an investigation into Mr Kordan - embarrassing the firebrand president and strengthening his parliamentary enemies. To increase Mr Ahamdinejad’s blushes, he had already struggled to see Mr Kordan approved by the Majlis - only succeeding after saying he was personally backed by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.But while the president has lost a small battle, his enemies will also have cause to rue the case of Mr Kordan: the website that revealed the truth of his education background has been blocked by the authorities.
SWAT teams to grow by fifty percent for more control
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement: Brig. Gen. Ali Asghar Asadi, deputy commander of Public Security of the State Security Forces (SSF) - mullahs’ suppressive police-- announced that 'SSF SWAT' teams will have a fifty percent growth in numbers to combat what he called 'thugs and hooligans,' reported the state-run news agency Fars on Tuesday. 'The SWATs will conduct overt and covert operations round the clock to combat ’thugs’ in compliance with legal mandates,' Asadi said. 'The teams will have 12 operations consist of surveillance, control, and arrests,' He added. 'We will follow soon the same pattern in other provinces throughout the country,' Asadi elaborated. On July 30, Fars had quoted Asadi as saying, 'These teams are capable of carrying out an operation from A to Z.' Separately, Brig. Gen. Hossein Sajedinia, deputy chief of (SSF) in greater Tehran claimed that in less than 24 hours 'the [force under his command] has carried out 700 operations to enhance the ’public security’.' 'In the past, the SSF would conduct its raids only at nights. In accordance with the third phase of ’boosting public security plan,’ it will act round the clock now,' Sajedinia added. The NCRI added the so-called 'boosting public security plan' was first introduced in April 2007 to combat popular uprisings. Mass street arrests of hundreds of thousands of women and youth under the pretext of 'mal-veiling' and cracking down on 'thugs and hooligans' followed. In the same period, more than 300 prisoners were sent to gallows.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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US blacklists five Iranian entities citing nuclear, missile ties
Associated France Press reported on Aug 12, 2008 that the US Treasury said Tuesday it had imposed sanctions on five Iranian entities for alleged ties to country’s nuclear and missile programs. Washington has already blacklisted Iranian entities and banks for their apparent links and support of Iran’s nuclear programs. Tehran has steadfastly denied it is pursuing nuclear arms, and says its nuclear ambitions are peaceful. 'Responsible financial institutions and businesses worldwide are taking steps to avoid doing business with Iranian nuclear and missile entities, as well as with the front companies and cut-outs the Iranian regime uses to disguise its activities,' said Stuart Levey, a senior Treasury official. The five entities were identified as the Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine, the Esfahan National Fuel Research and Production Center, Jabber Ibn Hayan, Safety Equipment Procurement Company and Joza Industrial Company. 'These five nuclear and missile entities have been used by Iran to hide its illicit conduct and further its dangerous nuclear ambitions,' Levey charged. The sanction bar any US citizen from business dealings with the Iranian groups and also freezes any assets the groups may have under US jurisdiction.
A new suppressive police soon in action at the gas pumps
National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement that “ the mullahs’ regime introduced on Monday a new suppressive force for what it called 'help restoring order in the gas stations' in case of potential public protests. 'With assistance from the Oil Ministry, in enforcing the law and order, we will use Bassij personnel to help police the gas stations. The new measure will go into effect in 10 days time,' the state-run news agency Fars quoted Colonel Hadi Hashemi, chief of the traffic violation in the State Security Forces (SSF) - mullahs’ suppressive police -- in greater Tehran. 'The gas stations are twice as crowded as they should be. In past three decades, there has not been built a new gas station in the greater Tehran,' Col. Hashemi said. What the clerical regime fears the most are popular upheavals such as fuel uprisings of last summer. On June 26, 2007 and shortly after the Iranian regime announced the start of a fuel rationing program, residents in Tehran, Khuzestan, Gorgan, Azerbaijan, and elsewhere took to the streets in protest. The protests and demonstrations continued into the morning hours in many areas of the capital, including Azadi, Saharvardi, Piroozi, Imam Hossein, and Tehran-No streets. To crackdown on the protests and prevent them from spreading into other areas, the regime dispatched its suppressive forces, including the Revolutionary Guards, the Bassij paramilitary force, State Security Forces, and intelligence agents into the streets. As a result, scores of people were arrested and/or injured.”
Anti-regime protests in Tehran, Qazvin and Karaj
The workers of Kian Tire Factory in southern Tehran passed their thirty fist day of strike on Sunday. These workers have frequently gathered and demonstrated against their last three months unpaid salaries. The workers of Alvand Lamp Company in Qazvin held a gathering protest on Sunday. The protesting workers said it was 19 days that the main gate of the factory was closed to workers and they were left in uncertainty. More than 500 of the pupils’ parents in Azimiyeh District of Karaj gathered in front of two schools to protest against the schools’ suspension by the judiciary system. They said over 1,500 pupils have been left straggle.
Iranian regime detain couple for converting to Christianity
The Washington Times reported that an Iranian couple in eastern Tehran were detained because of converting to Christianity and studying Bible and going to church. The Iranian secret agents arrested Arya, 31 and his wife Tina, 28 on June 3, 2008 secretly and left their 4yr. old daughter, Odzan, unattended. They were released after four days on $50,000 bail. They have been told should they return to church or have relations with Christians, they would loose guardianship of their daughter.
Dozens of students summoned to the disciplinary committee
NCRI - In the past week dozens of students at Teacher’s Education School have been summoned to the school’s disciplinary committee in Karaj, some 40 kilometer west of the capital. A sit-in was staged by 6,000 students, many on hunger strike too, in the school protesting to pressures by the school administration last May. It ended when the government appointed officials agreed to the students’ terms. However, shortly after the agreement, the disciplinary committee began summoning dozens of the student activists. To date, 8 students have been banned from enrolling for two semesters. The mullahs’ regime set a pattern of first giving into students’ demands, fearing widespread students’ protests, then in time backs off from the agreements with them and on top of it active students are summoned by the disciplinary committees and often by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Students at Polytechnic University of Tehran, Shiraz University in the southern city of Shiraz, Sahand in the northwestern city of Tabriz are a few of such higher education schools in the country with the same fate last year.
US blacklists five Iranian entities citing nuclear, missile ties
Associated France Press reported on Aug 12, 2008 that the US Treasury said Tuesday it had imposed sanctions on five Iranian entities for alleged ties to country’s nuclear and missile programs. Washington has already blacklisted Iranian entities and banks for their apparent links and support of Iran’s nuclear programs. Tehran has steadfastly denied it is pursuing nuclear arms, and says its nuclear ambitions are peaceful. 'Responsible financial institutions and businesses worldwide are taking steps to avoid doing business with Iranian nuclear and missile entities, as well as with the front companies and cut-outs the Iranian regime uses to disguise its activities,' said Stuart Levey, a senior Treasury official. The five entities were identified as the Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine, the Esfahan National Fuel Research and Production Center, Jabber Ibn Hayan, Safety Equipment Procurement Company and Joza Industrial Company. 'These five nuclear and missile entities have been used by Iran to hide its illicit conduct and further its dangerous nuclear ambitions,' Levey charged. The sanction bar any US citizen from business dealings with the Iranian groups and also freezes any assets the groups may have under US jurisdiction.
A new suppressive police soon in action at the gas pumps
National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement that “ the mullahs’ regime introduced on Monday a new suppressive force for what it called 'help restoring order in the gas stations' in case of potential public protests. 'With assistance from the Oil Ministry, in enforcing the law and order, we will use Bassij personnel to help police the gas stations. The new measure will go into effect in 10 days time,' the state-run news agency Fars quoted Colonel Hadi Hashemi, chief of the traffic violation in the State Security Forces (SSF) - mullahs’ suppressive police -- in greater Tehran. 'The gas stations are twice as crowded as they should be. In past three decades, there has not been built a new gas station in the greater Tehran,' Col. Hashemi said. What the clerical regime fears the most are popular upheavals such as fuel uprisings of last summer. On June 26, 2007 and shortly after the Iranian regime announced the start of a fuel rationing program, residents in Tehran, Khuzestan, Gorgan, Azerbaijan, and elsewhere took to the streets in protest. The protests and demonstrations continued into the morning hours in many areas of the capital, including Azadi, Saharvardi, Piroozi, Imam Hossein, and Tehran-No streets. To crackdown on the protests and prevent them from spreading into other areas, the regime dispatched its suppressive forces, including the Revolutionary Guards, the Bassij paramilitary force, State Security Forces, and intelligence agents into the streets. As a result, scores of people were arrested and/or injured.”
Anti-regime protests in Tehran, Qazvin and Karaj
The workers of Kian Tire Factory in southern Tehran passed their thirty fist day of strike on Sunday. These workers have frequently gathered and demonstrated against their last three months unpaid salaries. The workers of Alvand Lamp Company in Qazvin held a gathering protest on Sunday. The protesting workers said it was 19 days that the main gate of the factory was closed to workers and they were left in uncertainty. More than 500 of the pupils’ parents in Azimiyeh District of Karaj gathered in front of two schools to protest against the schools’ suspension by the judiciary system. They said over 1,500 pupils have been left straggle.
Iranian regime detain couple for converting to Christianity
The Washington Times reported that an Iranian couple in eastern Tehran were detained because of converting to Christianity and studying Bible and going to church. The Iranian secret agents arrested Arya, 31 and his wife Tina, 28 on June 3, 2008 secretly and left their 4yr. old daughter, Odzan, unattended. They were released after four days on $50,000 bail. They have been told should they return to church or have relations with Christians, they would loose guardianship of their daughter.
Dozens of students summoned to the disciplinary committee
NCRI - In the past week dozens of students at Teacher’s Education School have been summoned to the school’s disciplinary committee in Karaj, some 40 kilometer west of the capital. A sit-in was staged by 6,000 students, many on hunger strike too, in the school protesting to pressures by the school administration last May. It ended when the government appointed officials agreed to the students’ terms. However, shortly after the agreement, the disciplinary committee began summoning dozens of the student activists. To date, 8 students have been banned from enrolling for two semesters. The mullahs’ regime set a pattern of first giving into students’ demands, fearing widespread students’ protests, then in time backs off from the agreements with them and on top of it active students are summoned by the disciplinary committees and often by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Students at Polytechnic University of Tehran, Shiraz University in the southern city of Shiraz, Sahand in the northwestern city of Tabriz are a few of such higher education schools in the country with the same fate last year.
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The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement On July 26: a group of plain-clothes agents of the notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) raided a Christian house-church in the small township of Malak in the suburbs of the central city of Isfahan. They arrested a number of worshipers singing in group prayers. The house-church was led by a Christian believer named Mr. (A) and Ms (R) in the “Malak Shahr Isfahan”, it was reported that during the baptizing of new believers and praying for a few sick people, the MOIS agents raided the house beating the worshipers and arresting eight men, 6 women and two children. The victims were transferred to an unknown location. There were also two elderly worshipers believed to be in their 60s were present at the ceremony. The suppressive security forces paid no heed to the couple’s age and subjected them to severe harassment. Later these two senior citizens were taken to the Shariati Hospital in Isfahan where they were hospitalized in ICU. The MOIS agents thoroughly searched the house for forbidden Christian books and literatures. According to reports from Isfahan, the MOIS official at the scene were outraged when they found that Mr. A, the owner and host of the ceremony, was a pilgrim to Mecca and was named hajji and participated in the eight year Iran-Iraq war. Suppressing followers of other faiths has been an inhuman practice by the mullahs’ regime in the past three decades. On October 1, 2006, the mullahs’ security forces arrested the late Rev. Mahdi Dibaj’s daughter and her husband for following Christ’s teachings in a house-church in the holy city of Mashhad. The Rev. Dibaj was murdered on July 5, 1994 by the agents of the MOIS in a Tehran park. His conversion to Christianity caused mullahs’ rage which led to his murder.
Iranians in London condemned intensified wave of executions in Iran, asked for a firm policy against its regime
On Wednesday 30 July, freedom loving Iranians and supporters of Iranian Resistance staged a demonstration in London to protest the intensified suppression and increased number of executions by the brutal regime of mullahs’ ruling Iran, especially the recent execution of 29 people in Tehran. In this gathering that was held outside the UK Foreign Ministry, the participants asked the international community and the British government to immediately condemn the savage crimes of the mullahs’ regime and to take a firm stance before the suppressive regime of Iran. Brian Binley, the conservative MP from the House of Commons, was the first speaker who said: “We have gathered today in front of the foreign ministry while few days ago the mullahs’ regime hanged 29 people in the Evin notorious prison. Unfortunately they are just a small part of tens and hundreds of thousands people who have been tortured and executed over 29 years rule of the mullahs in Iran.” In the end of demonstration, a letter addressed to the UK Foreign Minister was presented on behalf of the Iranian societies supporters of the Resistance. In their letter, these societies severely condemned the anti-human measures of the Iranian regime and asked for a decisive policy before this regime.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement On July 26: a group of plain-clothes agents of the notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) raided a Christian house-church in the small township of Malak in the suburbs of the central city of Isfahan. They arrested a number of worshipers singing in group prayers. The house-church was led by a Christian believer named Mr. (A) and Ms (R) in the “Malak Shahr Isfahan”, it was reported that during the baptizing of new believers and praying for a few sick people, the MOIS agents raided the house beating the worshipers and arresting eight men, 6 women and two children. The victims were transferred to an unknown location. There were also two elderly worshipers believed to be in their 60s were present at the ceremony. The suppressive security forces paid no heed to the couple’s age and subjected them to severe harassment. Later these two senior citizens were taken to the Shariati Hospital in Isfahan where they were hospitalized in ICU. The MOIS agents thoroughly searched the house for forbidden Christian books and literatures. According to reports from Isfahan, the MOIS official at the scene were outraged when they found that Mr. A, the owner and host of the ceremony, was a pilgrim to Mecca and was named hajji and participated in the eight year Iran-Iraq war. Suppressing followers of other faiths has been an inhuman practice by the mullahs’ regime in the past three decades. On October 1, 2006, the mullahs’ security forces arrested the late Rev. Mahdi Dibaj’s daughter and her husband for following Christ’s teachings in a house-church in the holy city of Mashhad. The Rev. Dibaj was murdered on July 5, 1994 by the agents of the MOIS in a Tehran park. His conversion to Christianity caused mullahs’ rage which led to his murder.
Iranians in London condemned intensified wave of executions in Iran, asked for a firm policy against its regime
On Wednesday 30 July, freedom loving Iranians and supporters of Iranian Resistance staged a demonstration in London to protest the intensified suppression and increased number of executions by the brutal regime of mullahs’ ruling Iran, especially the recent execution of 29 people in Tehran. In this gathering that was held outside the UK Foreign Ministry, the participants asked the international community and the British government to immediately condemn the savage crimes of the mullahs’ regime and to take a firm stance before the suppressive regime of Iran. Brian Binley, the conservative MP from the House of Commons, was the first speaker who said: “We have gathered today in front of the foreign ministry while few days ago the mullahs’ regime hanged 29 people in the Evin notorious prison. Unfortunately they are just a small part of tens and hundreds of thousands people who have been tortured and executed over 29 years rule of the mullahs in Iran.” In the end of demonstration, a letter addressed to the UK Foreign Minister was presented on behalf of the Iranian societies supporters of the Resistance. In their letter, these societies severely condemned the anti-human measures of the Iranian regime and asked for a decisive policy before this regime.
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