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Iranian Resistance demonstrated in Brussels to protest against lawbreaking of EU Council of Ministers
Iranians and supporters of the people’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) staged a demonstration in protest in Brussels on Saturday to the EU’s defiance to implement the ruling of the European Court of First Instance regarding annulment of the terrorist designation of the PMOI. They also started a sit-in outside of the EU headquarters against the lawbreaking act of the EU Council of Ministers.Professor Eric David, President of the Law College of the Brussels’ Free University, also attended the Brussels sit-in. The participants and speakers warned against direct impacts of terrorist designation of PMOI on emboldening Iran’s clerical dictatorship in suppression of the opposition, and on intensification of conspiracies against Ashraf residents and setting the grounds for a human catastrophe. The participants in the Brussels’ demonstration announced that in protest to the infamous lawbreaking of the EU Council of Ministers, the sit-in in Brussels would continue until the Council of Ministers abides by the rule of court and law.
Participants protested against Rubaie’s remarks on Ashraf
123rd day of the sit-in in Geneva was held by Iranians and families of Ashraf residents outside of the UN headquarters today (28th of December). The protestors, while chanting slogans in support of Ashraf residents, rallied in front of the UN European headquarters and strongly condemned the remarks of the Iraqi government’s National Security Advisor’s remarks and his lawbreaking threats against Ashraf City. Mr. Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said in a statement "The Iraqi government is responsible for their security and it continues to implement its plans to shut down the camp and to either deport its population to their country or to a third country. Remaining in Iraq is not an option for them." The announcement was made during a visit by a government delegation to the camp in Iraq where about 3,500 members of the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) are based.
Norway deplores executions in Iran
The Norway Post, wrote on December 26, 2008 that Norway deplores the executions of 10 persons in Iran on Christmas Eve. Prior to the executions Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere appealed to Iran to stop in time and not go ahead with the executions. Last week Norway aligned itself with an EU declaration on the mass executions in Tehran’s Evin Prison on 26 November and other repeated violations of human rights that have taken place in Iran lately. - It is highly regrettable. Norway is opposed to all forms of capital punishment, the Foreign Minister continued. - Norway is engaged in the fight to abolish capital punishment, both in international organisations and through active cooperation with human rights organisations and likeminded countries. We regularly raise the issue of capital punishment as a matter of principle with countries where it is practiced. We focus special attention on individual cases where we know that there are plans to carry out the death penalty in a particularly inhuman way or to execute minors, pregnant women or persons who cannot be deemed criminally responsible. In such cases Norway considers use of the death penalty to be a violation of international law, Stoere said. Last week Norway aligned itself with an EU declaration on the mass executions in Tehran’s Evin Prison on 26 November and other repeated violations of human rights that have taken place in Iran lately.
Thirty students summoned to ’disciplinary committee
National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement that with 19 new students summoned to Shiraz University’s 'disciplinary committee' the total number of students called by the committee has reached 30, reported the state run daily Etemaad on Thursday.The students were summoned because they had participated in December 9th and 10th ’Student Day’ ceremonies in Shiraz University in southern Iran, Etemaad said.Students summoned to the 'disciplinary committee' in the past always received suspensions notices, the paper added. Among those called in by the committee this time, there were those who had been suspended for a number of semesters in the past and now are facing total expulsion from the school, Etemaad emphasized. Since the early days of mullahs’ rule, the Iranian universities have been the scene of much anti-government protests. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ascendency to power in 2005 was an inclination point in student protest when Tehran’s Polytechnic (Amirkabir) University students burned his pictures before his eyes on December 20th of 2005. On December 14, following the two days of much heated student protests marking the Student Day in Shiraz University, Etemaad reported that Paramilitary Bassij Students have threaten to 'take the matters in their own hands if the government goes soft on students.'Mullahs’ security forces also had threatened the student activists with their lives right after the protests ended on December 10.
More suppressive measures underway for youths
Brig. Gen. Ahmadreza Radan, Deputy Chief of the State Security Forces (SSF) --mullahs’ suppressive police-- threatened the youths with 'breaking their necks,' reported the state television on Thursday. While calling the Iranian youths 'thugs and hooligans,' Radan said, 'It was natural [that with our measures] some crimes would drop sharply.''But let me assure you that if I face any ’hooligan’ anywhere, I would [personally] break his neck,' Radan said. Radan is known among Iranian people for his ruthlessness. He was mainly behind the 'boosting public security plan.' The '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.
A prisoner hanged in Noshahr A prisoner was hanged by the mullahs’ judiciary in the northern city of Noshahr, reported the semi-official news agency Fars on Thursday. On December 19, the UN General Assembly condemned the widespread human rights violations in Iran. It was the 55th such resolutions passed by the UN bodies on human rights violations in Iran.
A man murdered in Isfahan prison by the guards
National Council of Resistance of Iran revealed on Monday that a prisoner indentified as 35-year-old Mohammad Ali Sadeqi was arrested by anti-narcotics division of Isfahan’s Dastgerd prison in central Iran last week. Upon his arrival at the facility, he was badly beaten by his jail keepers. According to the family, both of his kidneys malfunctioned because of the tortures. Despite the repeated requests by the prisoner for medical attention, he was kept in a quarantine cell for a few days with no attention. On Saturday, Sadeqi died of kidney failure and his body was handed over to his family. 18 women inmates were locked in a metal mobile container during the scorching summer heat last August since there was no women ward in Kahrizak prison in southern suburbs of Tehran. They died of dehydration and respiration problems and prison authorities paid no attention to their problems. Instead the prison authorities tried to cover it up so they claimed that the prisoners died of heart failure or committed suicide. According to eye witnesses, in October 2007, ten other prisoners died under torture in this prison. During that period 80 children who were staying with their mothers in the same prison were kept in inhumane conditions in a warehouse.
Five hanged in Qom
The mullahs’ judiciary hanged five prisoners in the holy city of Qom, reported the state-run daily Iran on Sunday. The men were identified as Mohammad Reza, 37, Hossein, 37, Esmail, 26, Alireza, 41, and Hamid, 22. Alireza was sent to the gallows on Thursday morning for what the regime called being 'corrupt on earth' for 'promoting superstitions.' The report did not elaborate.
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EU court rejects EU Council and France demands to delay annulment of PMOI terror label
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of IranDecember 19, 2008The Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI), in its fourth ruling over the past two years, rejected a request by the EU Council and France to delay implementation of the December 4 court ruling on the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI )until the deadline to submit an appeal against the ruling has ended. It described their demand as ’clearly unacceptable’ and ordered the Council to pay all legal costs incurred by the PMOI .Thus, the Court put an end to unlawful delays and excuses by the Council, leaving it with no alternative but to comply with the court ruling and acknowledge that the PMOI is no longer on the terrorist list. The EU Council on December 4, immediately after the CFI annulled the terror tag against the PMOI for the third time, tried to take advantage of a paragraph from one of the previous rulings of the CFI to request that the court agrees with a delay in its implementing the order until the deadline to submit an appeal expires, and if the Council submits an appeal, until the end of such an appeal process. The French authorities immediately supported the Council’s request. Fully aware of their certain defeat in a possible appeal, the Council and the French authorities tried to please the medieval mullahs by delaying the implementation of the court ruling. When legally the court annuls a ’decision’ by the Council, the ruling is binding and is not conditional to the appeal process. The latest court decision comes after the Council refrained from releasing the new list when it simply announced in its December 17 Common Position that 13 new individuals had been added to the Common Position of July 15, 2008. It is a misleading and designed to buy more time for the regime. The court in its 15 paragraph judgment says, ’The application for interpretation is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.’ It further orders the Council to reimburse the PMOI (MEK). Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect said that the fourth European Court ruling in favour of the PMOI and against the unlawful Council decisions leaves the EU with no remedy but to immediately accept the ruling and admit that the PMOI (MEK) had been out of the list since December 4.. She added that there is nothing the EU Council could do to prevent implementation of the ruling. She hoped that the EU would immediately comply with the Court’s decision and prevent further disgrace for itself. Mrs. Rajavi reiterated that over the past two weeks the Council tried to evade the court ruling and had refused to accept it; however, the new decision by the court puts an end to the shameful deals which have been pursued by some European countries with the religious dictatorship against the Iranian people and the Resistance. She said that the Iranian people should be compensated for the enormous sufferings of the past seven years because of the unlawful designation. She emphasized that the terror label against the legitimate Resistance of the Iranian people has provided the best opportunity for the religious dictatorship and the Islamic fundamentalism as well as terrorism emanating from it. She concluded that the terror designation has disrupted the campaign against terrorism and the real terrorists.
Argentina seizes property of Iran regime’s fugitive diplomat
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on Thursday that an Argentinean court on Tuesday ordered the seizure of property belonging to a former Iran regime’s diplomat for his role in the Jewish centre bombing in Buenos Aires in July 18 1994 which killed 85 and wounded hundreds. Mohsen Rabbani, former Iranian cultural attaché to Argentina is one of the six Iranian regimes’ officials that the Argentine President, Mrs. Cristina Fernandez in her speech at the UN General Assembly in September, called for their surrender to the Argentinean authorities for trial. The names include the former president Hashemi Rafsanjani. Following 13 years of investigations, the General Assembly of the Interpol, in November 2007, issued Red Notices for former Intelligence Minister, Ali Fallahian; former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohsen Rezai; the current Deputy Minister of Defence and former commander of the Qods force of the IRGC, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi; Mohsen Rabbani, former cultural attaché in the regime’s embassy in Argentina; and Ahmad Reza Asghari , third secretary in the regime’s embassy in Argentina. Rabbani is still on the run despite an international arrest warrant. Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor in charge of the case, said the property will be sold and the money will be used to compensate the victims of the attack if Rabbani is convicted. The Iranian Resistance was amongst the first sources to confirm the Iranian regime’s involvement in the bombings and only a few weeks after the incident, in August 1994, provided specific information, revealing the identity of those involved in the bombing.
Angry students set fire on Khomeini and Khatami pictures and clashed the agents
On Wednesday during the speech of Mohammad Khatami (former regime’s president) at Tehran University, angry students of Tehran University tore Khomeini and Khatami pictures and chanted 'death to dictator'. While Khatami was speaking, the students broke the hall door and ripped up Khomeini’s picture installed above the door. Chanting 'it’s all lies, it’s all lies', the students set Khatami’s picture on fire before his eyes. The students were chanting “Death to dictator!” Khatami begged them, “Don’t chant death”. Meantime clashes between the students and the state suppressive agents took place in the middle of the hall. The Tehran University students carried banners of boycotting the elections and chanted 'freedom, equality, boycott elections'.
Four hangings, one limb amputation
National Council of Resistance of Iran published a statement on December 16 revealing that the mullahs’ inhuman regime amputated the hand of a prisoner in western city of Kermanshah, the state-run daily Qods reported on Monday. The unidentified victim was also sentenced to six months in jail and 30 lashes, the daily wrote. A young man named Zanjani was hanged in the central prison in north eastern city of Mashad the Qods daily reported on Tuesday. A man, identified only by his initials M. Sh. was hanged on Saturday in northern city of Semnan, the official news agency, IRNA reported. Two more prisoners, Zahed Salehabadi, 35, and Mohammad Amin Barahoue, 28, were hanged in central city of Tabas. The mullah’s judiciary also sentenced a 21 year old man named Shaheen to death, the daily Qods reported on Sunday. The Iranian Resistance calls on the UN Secretary General, Security Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights and other competent international bodies to take urgent measures to stop rising trend of executions in Iran. It also calls for immediate referral of the clerical regime’s human rights dossier to the UN Security Council for adoption of binding measures. Silence and inaction by the international community over the systematic and flagrant violations of human rights in Iran only emboldens the mullahs to continue and step up their atrocities.
EU court rejects EU Council and France demands to delay annulment of PMOI terror label
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of IranDecember 19, 2008The Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI), in its fourth ruling over the past two years, rejected a request by the EU Council and France to delay implementation of the December 4 court ruling on the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI )until the deadline to submit an appeal against the ruling has ended. It described their demand as ’clearly unacceptable’ and ordered the Council to pay all legal costs incurred by the PMOI .Thus, the Court put an end to unlawful delays and excuses by the Council, leaving it with no alternative but to comply with the court ruling and acknowledge that the PMOI is no longer on the terrorist list. The EU Council on December 4, immediately after the CFI annulled the terror tag against the PMOI for the third time, tried to take advantage of a paragraph from one of the previous rulings of the CFI to request that the court agrees with a delay in its implementing the order until the deadline to submit an appeal expires, and if the Council submits an appeal, until the end of such an appeal process. The French authorities immediately supported the Council’s request. Fully aware of their certain defeat in a possible appeal, the Council and the French authorities tried to please the medieval mullahs by delaying the implementation of the court ruling. When legally the court annuls a ’decision’ by the Council, the ruling is binding and is not conditional to the appeal process. The latest court decision comes after the Council refrained from releasing the new list when it simply announced in its December 17 Common Position that 13 new individuals had been added to the Common Position of July 15, 2008. It is a misleading and designed to buy more time for the regime. The court in its 15 paragraph judgment says, ’The application for interpretation is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.’ It further orders the Council to reimburse the PMOI (MEK). Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect said that the fourth European Court ruling in favour of the PMOI and against the unlawful Council decisions leaves the EU with no remedy but to immediately accept the ruling and admit that the PMOI (MEK) had been out of the list since December 4.. She added that there is nothing the EU Council could do to prevent implementation of the ruling. She hoped that the EU would immediately comply with the Court’s decision and prevent further disgrace for itself. Mrs. Rajavi reiterated that over the past two weeks the Council tried to evade the court ruling and had refused to accept it; however, the new decision by the court puts an end to the shameful deals which have been pursued by some European countries with the religious dictatorship against the Iranian people and the Resistance. She said that the Iranian people should be compensated for the enormous sufferings of the past seven years because of the unlawful designation. She emphasized that the terror label against the legitimate Resistance of the Iranian people has provided the best opportunity for the religious dictatorship and the Islamic fundamentalism as well as terrorism emanating from it. She concluded that the terror designation has disrupted the campaign against terrorism and the real terrorists.
Argentina seizes property of Iran regime’s fugitive diplomat
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on Thursday that an Argentinean court on Tuesday ordered the seizure of property belonging to a former Iran regime’s diplomat for his role in the Jewish centre bombing in Buenos Aires in July 18 1994 which killed 85 and wounded hundreds. Mohsen Rabbani, former Iranian cultural attaché to Argentina is one of the six Iranian regimes’ officials that the Argentine President, Mrs. Cristina Fernandez in her speech at the UN General Assembly in September, called for their surrender to the Argentinean authorities for trial. The names include the former president Hashemi Rafsanjani. Following 13 years of investigations, the General Assembly of the Interpol, in November 2007, issued Red Notices for former Intelligence Minister, Ali Fallahian; former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohsen Rezai; the current Deputy Minister of Defence and former commander of the Qods force of the IRGC, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi; Mohsen Rabbani, former cultural attaché in the regime’s embassy in Argentina; and Ahmad Reza Asghari , third secretary in the regime’s embassy in Argentina. Rabbani is still on the run despite an international arrest warrant. Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor in charge of the case, said the property will be sold and the money will be used to compensate the victims of the attack if Rabbani is convicted. The Iranian Resistance was amongst the first sources to confirm the Iranian regime’s involvement in the bombings and only a few weeks after the incident, in August 1994, provided specific information, revealing the identity of those involved in the bombing.
Angry students set fire on Khomeini and Khatami pictures and clashed the agents
On Wednesday during the speech of Mohammad Khatami (former regime’s president) at Tehran University, angry students of Tehran University tore Khomeini and Khatami pictures and chanted 'death to dictator'. While Khatami was speaking, the students broke the hall door and ripped up Khomeini’s picture installed above the door. Chanting 'it’s all lies, it’s all lies', the students set Khatami’s picture on fire before his eyes. The students were chanting “Death to dictator!” Khatami begged them, “Don’t chant death”. Meantime clashes between the students and the state suppressive agents took place in the middle of the hall. The Tehran University students carried banners of boycotting the elections and chanted 'freedom, equality, boycott elections'.
Four hangings, one limb amputation
National Council of Resistance of Iran published a statement on December 16 revealing that the mullahs’ inhuman regime amputated the hand of a prisoner in western city of Kermanshah, the state-run daily Qods reported on Monday. The unidentified victim was also sentenced to six months in jail and 30 lashes, the daily wrote. A young man named Zanjani was hanged in the central prison in north eastern city of Mashad the Qods daily reported on Tuesday. A man, identified only by his initials M. Sh. was hanged on Saturday in northern city of Semnan, the official news agency, IRNA reported. Two more prisoners, Zahed Salehabadi, 35, and Mohammad Amin Barahoue, 28, were hanged in central city of Tabas. The mullah’s judiciary also sentenced a 21 year old man named Shaheen to death, the daily Qods reported on Sunday. The Iranian Resistance calls on the UN Secretary General, Security Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights and other competent international bodies to take urgent measures to stop rising trend of executions in Iran. It also calls for immediate referral of the clerical regime’s human rights dossier to the UN Security Council for adoption of binding measures. Silence and inaction by the international community over the systematic and flagrant violations of human rights in Iran only emboldens the mullahs to continue and step up their atrocities.
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Shocking crimes in mullahs’ medieval prison of Kahrizak unveiled
Secretariat of the National Council of Iranian Resistance said in Dec. 13, 2008 that; Eighteen women died of inhuman conditions in Kahrizak medieval prison, southern suburbs of Tehran. The 18 inmates were locked in a metal mobile container during the scorching summer heat in August since there was no women ward in Kahrizak prison. They died of dehydration and respiration problems and prison authorities paid no attention to their problems. Other prisoners found out about the tragedy by the odour of decomposing bodies spread in the prison complex. The regime made no attempt to transfer the bodies and left them in the metal cells to create more fear among other prisoners. The prison authorities tried to cover up their crime by claiming that the prisoners died of heart failure or committed suicide. According to eye witnesses, in October 2007, ten other prisoners died under torture in this prison. During that period 80 children who were staying with their mothers in the same prison were kept in inhumane conditions in a warehouse. These crimes are committed under the supervision of Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Reza Radan, Commander of the State Security Forces. He regularly visits this prison and praises the henchmen for their suppressive crimes. Kahrizak prisoners are mostly victims of raids in the streets or are picked up by the mullahs’ police patrols. These arrests are not subject to any judicial process and none of the detainees are handed over to judicial authorities for investigations while they experience months of detention and torture. During their detention they have been denied of minimum due process of law. The Iranian Resistance draws the attention of human rights organizations in particular the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the tragic situation in Iran and calls for condemnation of these crimes. It also calls for referral of the regime’s human rights dossier to the UN Security Council for adoption of urgent and binding measures.
Iranian regime’s plot against Iranian Resistance failed in Finland
Finnish Justice Ministry officially and firmly rejected the Iranian regime’s demands against the Iranian Resistance. In its latest conspiracy, the Iranian regime had made huge efforts and dispatched its intelligence agents to Finland aiming at misusing Interpol’s documents against the PMOI and the Iranian Resistance. On Friday 12 December 2008, Mrs. Tuija Brax, the Finnish Minister of Justice, rejected the demand of the mullahs ruling Iran by issuing an official written order by virtue of the Finnish laws and announced in an official statement: 'The requests lacked legal legitimacy and no acceptable reasons and must be rejected immediately based on the law.' Following the order, the Iranian Resistance asked for removing the names and documents presented by the Iranian regime against its opposition in the Interpol, and asked for expulsion of the regime from Interpol. On Saturday, December 13, Mr. Mohammad Ali Jaberzadeh, chairman of the Committee of Political Studies of the NCRI and Hadi Roshanravani, member of the NCRI, entered Paris and were welcomed by the senior secretary of the NCRI and a number of other NCRI members. They had participated in the demonstration of Iranians in Helsinki simultaneous with the European conference of Peace and Security and also in a press conference in Helsinki for international revelation of the Iranian regime’s plots and conspiracies.
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The families of Ashraf residents and supporters of the Iranian Resistance from different US and Canadian cities held their ninety first day of sit-in in sub-zero temperature outside of the White House. In this sit-in Moslem Eskandar Filabi, chairman of the Sport Committee of the NCRI said: 'We have gathered here to tell the White House to respect the human rights laws written in 1907 and 1949. One of these laws is the Fourth Geneva Convention. According to this law the United States is responsible for the lives of all single residents of Ashraf under current situation in Iraq. We ask the White House to guarantee continuing protection of Ashraf based on the law.'
Garbage collectors walked out in Khorramshahr
According to National Council of Resistance of Iran’s statement, the garbage collectors walked out in protest to their back pays by the mullahs’ local authorities in the port city of Khorramshahr in southwestern Iran, reported the state-run website Tabnak on Friday. The municipal employees went on strike over their unpaid salaries. They have not been paid for the past four months. Workers gathered outside governor’s office demanding their rights. Garbage has not been collected and caused much discomfort among the citizens. Abadan and Khorramshahr are two cites completely destroyed by the Iran-Iraq war. However, after two decades since the end of the war local residents are suffering from extreme poverty. On November 24, Garbage collectors went on strike over the sudden move by the mullahs’ municipal authorities to layoff some 1,200 in Abadan, some 18 kilometers south of Khorramshahr. Some 2,000 garbage collectors work for the government in the city. However, in a suppressive measure, the municipal authorities have decided to turn over 800 government employees to private sector. The rest will be laid off.Turning over mostly government-run entities to so-called private sector is another way the mullahs’ regime is trying to escape from paying the deprived Iranian workers the fraction of what they deserve especially in terms of paying for their health insurance. The private management for the formerly state-owned factories, workshops and other entities and in this case the city workers are mostly former Revolutionary Guards turned businessmen.
1,160 French mayors support the Iranian Resistance
1,160 French mayors and council chairmen from seven French districts call on the EU presidency to immediately implement the ruling of the European court ordering the removal of the PMOI from the list of terrorist organizationsA statement endorsed by 1,160 mayors in France, which declared solidarity with the Iranian Resistance, was unveiled at a press conference in Paris on Friday. In the statement, the mayors demanded from the French government, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, to implement the EU court ruling ordering the removal of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) from the EU terror list. In addition to the mayors, the statement was also signed by 40 chairmen and deputies of councils in different districts and provinces in France. The mayors’ signatures, the entirety of which was put together as a book, were presented to Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, at the press conference. This marks the first time that such a high number of mayors and elected district and provincial representatives from 97 French provinces and overseas territories adopt such an initiative. 135 of the mayors are also members of the French National Assembly and 31 others are members of the Senate.The statement reads in part, “It is the responsibility of the EU Council under the French presidency to implement the court rulings and the desire of the elected representatives of the people of Europe, and delist the PMOI. Maintaining the PMOI on the list is tantamount to defying the court ruling and trampling upon the rule of law, and would cause serious harm to the legacy of France as the EU president.”The initiative takes place a week after the Court of First Instance of the European Communities annulled the terrorist designation of the PMOI. In its December 4th verdict, the Court stated that the Council had violated the PMOI’s rights of defense and had deprived them of effective judicial protection. The ruling affirms that the allegations presented by France as the basis of the Council’s decision to list the PMOI had not relied on serious and credible clues or evidence.
SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York, Security Council, 10 December, 2008 (excerpts) - The Security Council today heard the eighth quarterly briefing by the Chairman of the Committee established under Security Council resolution 1737 (2006) to monitor implementation of the sanctions imposed against Iran.Committee Chairman Jan Grauls of Belgium told an open meeting that the figures concerning States that had presented reports under that text and related decisions were 90 reports under resolution 1737 (2006), 77 reports under resolution 1747 (2007) and 63 reports under resolution 1803 (2008).Resolution 1737 (2006) banned trade with Iran in all items, materials, equipment, goods and technology that could contribute to the country’s enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy-water-related activities, or to the development of nuclear-weapon delivery systems. In March 2007, the Council adopted resolution 1747, further tightening those sanctions by imposing a ban on arms sales and expanding the freeze on assets.A continued tightening of the sanctions regime occurred when the Council adopted resolution 1803 (2008), which, among other things, called upon all States to “exercise vigilance in the areas of publicly provided financial support for trade with Iran and of banking with Iran, particularly with respect to Bank Melli and Bank Saderat”. Other measures included the inspection of cargo suspected of carrying prohibited goods, and the extension of travel bans and asset freezes.Mr. Grauls reported that, on 15 October, the United States had provided a briefing on its efforts to implement provisions of resolutions 1737 (2006) and 1803 (2008) relating to the transfer of goods and technology to Iran that could contribute to enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy-water-related activities, or to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems. Following that briefing, some Committee members had also shared the steps they had taken to implement the relevant provisions. On the same date, Norway had provided a briefing on its plans to strengthen the effectiveness of the regulatory oversight of the safety at the Bushehr nuclear power plant.He said that, on 7 and 21 November, the Russian Federation had notified the Committee of supplies it had delivered for the light water reactor at Bushehr. In his previous briefing (see Press Release SC/9443), Mr. Grauls said, he had noted that the Committee members were considering a written request for certain specific information from a Member State, adding that the Committee subsequently had responded to the communication from that Member State.Following the briefing, representatives of the United States, France, Italy and the United Kingdom noted that, according to recent reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Iran continued to defy the demands of the Council and had not cooperated fully with the IAEA. They expressed support for the “dual-track” approach.The representative of France described additional European Union measures meant to ensure the implementation of Council decisions, in terms of embargoed goods and financial flows and cargo inspections. The United States representative noted the “chilling” fact that, according to the latest IAEA report (document GOV/2008/59 of 19 November), Iran now had 630 kilograms of low-enriched uranium, which was half the amount needed for the production of a nuclear bomb.The representative of the Russian Federation, expressing the hope that the Committee would continue to be guided by the spirit and letter of resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008), said resolution 1835, adopted in September, clearly demonstrated the unity of the six countries -- China, France, Germany, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States -- regarding compliance with IAEA requirements.
Shocking crimes in mullahs’ medieval prison of Kahrizak unveiled
Secretariat of the National Council of Iranian Resistance said in Dec. 13, 2008 that; Eighteen women died of inhuman conditions in Kahrizak medieval prison, southern suburbs of Tehran. The 18 inmates were locked in a metal mobile container during the scorching summer heat in August since there was no women ward in Kahrizak prison. They died of dehydration and respiration problems and prison authorities paid no attention to their problems. Other prisoners found out about the tragedy by the odour of decomposing bodies spread in the prison complex. The regime made no attempt to transfer the bodies and left them in the metal cells to create more fear among other prisoners. The prison authorities tried to cover up their crime by claiming that the prisoners died of heart failure or committed suicide. According to eye witnesses, in October 2007, ten other prisoners died under torture in this prison. During that period 80 children who were staying with their mothers in the same prison were kept in inhumane conditions in a warehouse. These crimes are committed under the supervision of Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Reza Radan, Commander of the State Security Forces. He regularly visits this prison and praises the henchmen for their suppressive crimes. Kahrizak prisoners are mostly victims of raids in the streets or are picked up by the mullahs’ police patrols. These arrests are not subject to any judicial process and none of the detainees are handed over to judicial authorities for investigations while they experience months of detention and torture. During their detention they have been denied of minimum due process of law. The Iranian Resistance draws the attention of human rights organizations in particular the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the tragic situation in Iran and calls for condemnation of these crimes. It also calls for referral of the regime’s human rights dossier to the UN Security Council for adoption of urgent and binding measures.
Iranian regime’s plot against Iranian Resistance failed in Finland
Finnish Justice Ministry officially and firmly rejected the Iranian regime’s demands against the Iranian Resistance. In its latest conspiracy, the Iranian regime had made huge efforts and dispatched its intelligence agents to Finland aiming at misusing Interpol’s documents against the PMOI and the Iranian Resistance. On Friday 12 December 2008, Mrs. Tuija Brax, the Finnish Minister of Justice, rejected the demand of the mullahs ruling Iran by issuing an official written order by virtue of the Finnish laws and announced in an official statement: 'The requests lacked legal legitimacy and no acceptable reasons and must be rejected immediately based on the law.' Following the order, the Iranian Resistance asked for removing the names and documents presented by the Iranian regime against its opposition in the Interpol, and asked for expulsion of the regime from Interpol. On Saturday, December 13, Mr. Mohammad Ali Jaberzadeh, chairman of the Committee of Political Studies of the NCRI and Hadi Roshanravani, member of the NCRI, entered Paris and were welcomed by the senior secretary of the NCRI and a number of other NCRI members. They had participated in the demonstration of Iranians in Helsinki simultaneous with the European conference of Peace and Security and also in a press conference in Helsinki for international revelation of the Iranian regime’s plots and conspiracies.
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The families of Ashraf residents and supporters of the Iranian Resistance from different US and Canadian cities held their ninety first day of sit-in in sub-zero temperature outside of the White House. In this sit-in Moslem Eskandar Filabi, chairman of the Sport Committee of the NCRI said: 'We have gathered here to tell the White House to respect the human rights laws written in 1907 and 1949. One of these laws is the Fourth Geneva Convention. According to this law the United States is responsible for the lives of all single residents of Ashraf under current situation in Iraq. We ask the White House to guarantee continuing protection of Ashraf based on the law.'
Garbage collectors walked out in Khorramshahr
According to National Council of Resistance of Iran’s statement, the garbage collectors walked out in protest to their back pays by the mullahs’ local authorities in the port city of Khorramshahr in southwestern Iran, reported the state-run website Tabnak on Friday. The municipal employees went on strike over their unpaid salaries. They have not been paid for the past four months. Workers gathered outside governor’s office demanding their rights. Garbage has not been collected and caused much discomfort among the citizens. Abadan and Khorramshahr are two cites completely destroyed by the Iran-Iraq war. However, after two decades since the end of the war local residents are suffering from extreme poverty. On November 24, Garbage collectors went on strike over the sudden move by the mullahs’ municipal authorities to layoff some 1,200 in Abadan, some 18 kilometers south of Khorramshahr. Some 2,000 garbage collectors work for the government in the city. However, in a suppressive measure, the municipal authorities have decided to turn over 800 government employees to private sector. The rest will be laid off.Turning over mostly government-run entities to so-called private sector is another way the mullahs’ regime is trying to escape from paying the deprived Iranian workers the fraction of what they deserve especially in terms of paying for their health insurance. The private management for the formerly state-owned factories, workshops and other entities and in this case the city workers are mostly former Revolutionary Guards turned businessmen.
1,160 French mayors support the Iranian Resistance
1,160 French mayors and council chairmen from seven French districts call on the EU presidency to immediately implement the ruling of the European court ordering the removal of the PMOI from the list of terrorist organizationsA statement endorsed by 1,160 mayors in France, which declared solidarity with the Iranian Resistance, was unveiled at a press conference in Paris on Friday. In the statement, the mayors demanded from the French government, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, to implement the EU court ruling ordering the removal of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) from the EU terror list. In addition to the mayors, the statement was also signed by 40 chairmen and deputies of councils in different districts and provinces in France. The mayors’ signatures, the entirety of which was put together as a book, were presented to Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, at the press conference. This marks the first time that such a high number of mayors and elected district and provincial representatives from 97 French provinces and overseas territories adopt such an initiative. 135 of the mayors are also members of the French National Assembly and 31 others are members of the Senate.The statement reads in part, “It is the responsibility of the EU Council under the French presidency to implement the court rulings and the desire of the elected representatives of the people of Europe, and delist the PMOI. Maintaining the PMOI on the list is tantamount to defying the court ruling and trampling upon the rule of law, and would cause serious harm to the legacy of France as the EU president.”The initiative takes place a week after the Court of First Instance of the European Communities annulled the terrorist designation of the PMOI. In its December 4th verdict, the Court stated that the Council had violated the PMOI’s rights of defense and had deprived them of effective judicial protection. The ruling affirms that the allegations presented by France as the basis of the Council’s decision to list the PMOI had not relied on serious and credible clues or evidence.
SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York, Security Council, 10 December, 2008 (excerpts) - The Security Council today heard the eighth quarterly briefing by the Chairman of the Committee established under Security Council resolution 1737 (2006) to monitor implementation of the sanctions imposed against Iran.Committee Chairman Jan Grauls of Belgium told an open meeting that the figures concerning States that had presented reports under that text and related decisions were 90 reports under resolution 1737 (2006), 77 reports under resolution 1747 (2007) and 63 reports under resolution 1803 (2008).Resolution 1737 (2006) banned trade with Iran in all items, materials, equipment, goods and technology that could contribute to the country’s enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy-water-related activities, or to the development of nuclear-weapon delivery systems. In March 2007, the Council adopted resolution 1747, further tightening those sanctions by imposing a ban on arms sales and expanding the freeze on assets.A continued tightening of the sanctions regime occurred when the Council adopted resolution 1803 (2008), which, among other things, called upon all States to “exercise vigilance in the areas of publicly provided financial support for trade with Iran and of banking with Iran, particularly with respect to Bank Melli and Bank Saderat”. Other measures included the inspection of cargo suspected of carrying prohibited goods, and the extension of travel bans and asset freezes.Mr. Grauls reported that, on 15 October, the United States had provided a briefing on its efforts to implement provisions of resolutions 1737 (2006) and 1803 (2008) relating to the transfer of goods and technology to Iran that could contribute to enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy-water-related activities, or to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems. Following that briefing, some Committee members had also shared the steps they had taken to implement the relevant provisions. On the same date, Norway had provided a briefing on its plans to strengthen the effectiveness of the regulatory oversight of the safety at the Bushehr nuclear power plant.He said that, on 7 and 21 November, the Russian Federation had notified the Committee of supplies it had delivered for the light water reactor at Bushehr. In his previous briefing (see Press Release SC/9443), Mr. Grauls said, he had noted that the Committee members were considering a written request for certain specific information from a Member State, adding that the Committee subsequently had responded to the communication from that Member State.Following the briefing, representatives of the United States, France, Italy and the United Kingdom noted that, according to recent reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Iran continued to defy the demands of the Council and had not cooperated fully with the IAEA. They expressed support for the “dual-track” approach.The representative of France described additional European Union measures meant to ensure the implementation of Council decisions, in terms of embargoed goods and financial flows and cargo inspections. The United States representative noted the “chilling” fact that, according to the latest IAEA report (document GOV/2008/59 of 19 November), Iran now had 630 kilograms of low-enriched uranium, which was half the amount needed for the production of a nuclear bomb.The representative of the Russian Federation, expressing the hope that the Committee would continue to be guided by the spirit and letter of resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008), said resolution 1835, adopted in September, clearly demonstrated the unity of the six countries -- China, France, Germany, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States -- regarding compliance with IAEA requirements.
Monday, December 08, 2008
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Special ceremony held for 100th day of persistence in defence of Ashraf’s rights
December 06th and on the occasion of the 100th day of sit-in by the Iranian Resistance supporters and families of Ashraf residents in Geneva, a special ceremony was held outside of the UN headquarters in Geneva. An exhibition of pictures of 100 days of the rally was held in the ceremony. The representatives and diplomats from different countries as well as Swiss citizens visited the exhibition and while expressing solidarity with the sit-in goals, admired the persistence of the participants during last 100 days. In this ceremony, Dr. Redha al-Redha, chairman of the Institute of Iraqi Shiite Jafariah, and Bayram Ubaid from the' Organization of Relief to Slaves' participated and the solidarity message of Mgr. Jacques Gaillot, the progressive and humanitarian French priest was read out. In the ceremony, the prominent artists of the Resistance, Mr. Mohammad Shams, Mrs. Marjan, and Mr. Jourak took part and extended their appreciation and salutes to the artists in Ashraf and all Ashraf residents.
A man hanged in Isfahan
A man was hanged by the mullahs’ judiciary without being named in the central city of Isfahan, the state-run daily Hamshahri reported on Wednesday. On November 21, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly passed a resolution expressing deep concern over human rights violations by the ruling clerics in Iran.
The EU court has for the first time annulled a currently-valid terrorist register
EU verdict on Iran group creates legal quandary The EUobserver.com reported that the EU’s Court of First Instance has annulled the member states’ latest decision to keep Iran opposition group, the PMOI, on their terrorist register, creating a legal quandary. The court verdict on Thursday (4 December) overturned the EU’s July 'common position' to label the PMOI as a terrorist organisation and to freeze its financial resources and fund-raising activity across the EU. Member states in July had said that new information arising from a counter-terrorism probe by the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris justified leaving it on the blacklist, but kept the new information a secret. 'The refusal by the council [the member states’ secretariat] and the French authorities to communicate, even to the court alone, the information ...has the consequence that the court is unable to review the lawfulness of the contested decision, which infringes the PMOI’s fundamental right to an effective judicial review,' the EU court said. The verdict is the first time the court has ruled on the EU terror register while it is actually in force. Member states issue a new blacklist every six months or so, with two previous pro-PMOI. EU court rulings in 2006 and 2008 referring to lists which had already expired in legal terms. 'The hearing in this case took place on 3 December and only one day later, the court has delivered its judgement. This one-day period is the quickest that the court has ever delivered its judgement following the hearing,' the court statement added. The council’s legal service is currently analysing if the timing means that the PMOI is off the register effective immediately, or if a follow-up EU common position amending the register is needed to enact the verdict. 'That’s the key question. There’s some legal doubt and we are examining it,' an EU official said. 'There are many other groups on the list which have never complained. This is just one case and it doesn’t mean the council is not doing its work properly,' he added. 'What all this shows is that EU mechanisms are working well - people are duly protected and they can appeal against any decision. ''With this ruling, the PMOI is no longer on the list and cannot be kept on the list in future. It is now up to the council of ministers to state this publicly and to apologise to the PMOI and the people of Iran,' Shahin Gobadi, a spokesman for the PMOI’s sister group, the NRCI, said. 'The EU should compensate the Iranian resistance and the Iranian people for the damage it has caused.'
Special ceremony held for 100th day of persistence in defence of Ashraf’s rights
December 06th and on the occasion of the 100th day of sit-in by the Iranian Resistance supporters and families of Ashraf residents in Geneva, a special ceremony was held outside of the UN headquarters in Geneva. An exhibition of pictures of 100 days of the rally was held in the ceremony. The representatives and diplomats from different countries as well as Swiss citizens visited the exhibition and while expressing solidarity with the sit-in goals, admired the persistence of the participants during last 100 days. In this ceremony, Dr. Redha al-Redha, chairman of the Institute of Iraqi Shiite Jafariah, and Bayram Ubaid from the' Organization of Relief to Slaves' participated and the solidarity message of Mgr. Jacques Gaillot, the progressive and humanitarian French priest was read out. In the ceremony, the prominent artists of the Resistance, Mr. Mohammad Shams, Mrs. Marjan, and Mr. Jourak took part and extended their appreciation and salutes to the artists in Ashraf and all Ashraf residents.
A man hanged in Isfahan
A man was hanged by the mullahs’ judiciary without being named in the central city of Isfahan, the state-run daily Hamshahri reported on Wednesday. On November 21, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly passed a resolution expressing deep concern over human rights violations by the ruling clerics in Iran.
The EU court has for the first time annulled a currently-valid terrorist register
EU verdict on Iran group creates legal quandary The EUobserver.com reported that the EU’s Court of First Instance has annulled the member states’ latest decision to keep Iran opposition group, the PMOI, on their terrorist register, creating a legal quandary. The court verdict on Thursday (4 December) overturned the EU’s July 'common position' to label the PMOI as a terrorist organisation and to freeze its financial resources and fund-raising activity across the EU. Member states in July had said that new information arising from a counter-terrorism probe by the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris justified leaving it on the blacklist, but kept the new information a secret. 'The refusal by the council [the member states’ secretariat] and the French authorities to communicate, even to the court alone, the information ...has the consequence that the court is unable to review the lawfulness of the contested decision, which infringes the PMOI’s fundamental right to an effective judicial review,' the EU court said. The verdict is the first time the court has ruled on the EU terror register while it is actually in force. Member states issue a new blacklist every six months or so, with two previous pro-PMOI. EU court rulings in 2006 and 2008 referring to lists which had already expired in legal terms. 'The hearing in this case took place on 3 December and only one day later, the court has delivered its judgement. This one-day period is the quickest that the court has ever delivered its judgement following the hearing,' the court statement added. The council’s legal service is currently analysing if the timing means that the PMOI is off the register effective immediately, or if a follow-up EU common position amending the register is needed to enact the verdict. 'That’s the key question. There’s some legal doubt and we are examining it,' an EU official said. 'There are many other groups on the list which have never complained. This is just one case and it doesn’t mean the council is not doing its work properly,' he added. 'What all this shows is that EU mechanisms are working well - people are duly protected and they can appeal against any decision. ''With this ruling, the PMOI is no longer on the list and cannot be kept on the list in future. It is now up to the council of ministers to state this publicly and to apologise to the PMOI and the people of Iran,' Shahin Gobadi, a spokesman for the PMOI’s sister group, the NRCI, said. 'The EU should compensate the Iranian resistance and the Iranian people for the damage it has caused.'
Monday, December 01, 2008
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Maryam Rajavi visits Holocaust museum and memorial, condemns historical crimes of massacre of Jews by Hitler
On Tuesday 25 November 2008, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi visited the Holocaust museum and memorial in Berlin. In this visit, chairman of the Judicial Commission of the German parliament and a number of other representatives of the Federal parliament and political, religious and academic personalities accompanied Mrs. Rajavi. In contrast with the religious fascism in Iran and Ahmadinejad, Mrs. Rajavi condemned the historical crime of massacre of Jews by Hitler. Mrs. Rajavi said: “My presence here means the Iranian people and Resistance, contrary to the religious fascism ruling Iran and Ahmadinejad, condemn the historical crime of massacre of Jews by Hitler. The reason that Ahmadinejad and the clerical dictatorship deny this historical event is because their nature is similar to the fascists and we have frequently emphasized that appeasement with that religious fascism has a threat of a world’s disastrous war like appeasement with Hitler resulted. Continuance of the mullahs’ anti-human rule and acquiring nuclear bomb by that regime is not only against the Iranian people’s freedom and sovereignty, but a threat of peace for the region and the whole world.'Hermann-Josef` Scharf, member of German Parliament from Democrat- Christian party said: “Your visit to the monument of victims of fascism is a great and shocking moment and is an indication of democratic nature of the organized resistance of the Iranian people against religious fascism.Referring to Mrs. Rajavi’s speech at the parliamentary session of the Bundestag, he said:' Your speech demonstrated again that the Iranian Resistance is a democratic resistance that struggles for the Iranian people’s freedom and human rights.Hemann Josef Scharf added:' Your visit to Germany and your remarks addressing German members of Parliament was very impressive and important; and we cannot be indifferent to the pains and sufferings of the Iranian people under the rule of religious fascism. We assure you that the German MPs who have signed the statement of support for the “third option” would support wholeheartedly the Iranian people and your endeavors for Iran’s freedom and achieving democracy in Iran.'
Canadian Parliamentary session held to support Iranian Resistance
On invitation of the Canadian Committee of Friends of Democratic Iran, a parliamentary session titled 'Iran’s Challenges' was held in Canadian Parliament on Thursday, November 20, 2008. In this session that was held on the second day of re-opening of Canadian Parliament after that country’s new elections, a number of parliamentarians and their advisors participated. In their speeches, they supported the third option of the Iranian Resistance for democratic change in Iran. They regarded the unjust terrorist tag against the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) an obstacle to the Iranian people’s just resistance and asked for annulment of this labeling. The speakers emphasized that along with parliamentarians of other countries, the Canadian parliamentarians could have a determining role in accomplishment of democratic change in Iran. Mrs. Raymonde Folco, Canadian Member of Parliament, delivered her speech and described the history and reasons of terrorist designation of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). She said: 'The purpose of this session is to emphasize the removal of the PMOI as the Iranian regime’s biggest democratic opposition from list of terrorist organizations.' Addressing the parliamentarians, Paul Forseth, former Canadian MP and Co-chair of the Canadian Committee of Friends of Democratic Iran, referred to the importance of their role in correction of the mistake that led to the unjust terrorist designation of the PMOI. He said 'Iran has turned into an international problem today. Exportation of terrorism and threatening other countries, in addition to other cases like murder, torture, and execution of citizens, demands that we stand against this regime and defend the PMOI’s democratic opposition
Kiyan-Tire striking workers beaten up
NCRI, 27 November, 2008 - Hundreds of Kiyan-Tire factory workers gathered outside the mullahs’ Cooperation Ministry on Valiasr Avenue in Tehran. The striking workers carried signs reading, 'We demand our unpaid salaries' and 'We don’t have enough to buy a loaf of bread.'he authorities in the ministry called in the State Security Forces (SSF) -- mullahs’ suppressive police -- to remove the demonstrating workers.The SSF agents attacked the workers beating and arresting a number of them. The strikers have not been paid for the past seven months. Nearly 7,000 families of the striking workers are in economic disaster with winter just around the corner in Iran. Nearly 1,200 workers walked out on April 12 for the first time when the hand-picked management called in the SSF to crush their demonstration. A number of the workers were arrested in that incident. The mullah’s regime, fearing the spread of the move, rushed hundreds of the SSF agents to the scene to suppress the strikers. However, the local residents and youths clashed with the SSF units in support of the striking workers. They threw stones and sticks at the security forces. It has been one of the longest strikes by the workers in the country. Kiyan-Tire is only second to that of the Sugar Cane factory workers in the southwestern city of Shoosh in which more than 5,000 workers are still on strike over their unpaid salaries since last year.
Three prisoners hanged in Zahedan
NCRI - The mullahs’ regime hanged three prisoners identified as Hossein Nahtani, Abdullah Dahmardeh, Mohammad Barahouni in the southeastern city of Zahedan, reported the official news agency IRNA on Monday. Despite new condemnation by the UN Third Committee on human rights, the Iranian regime is going full steam ahead in carrying out executions. In past two weeks alone eight prisoners were hanged and four more are facing gallows soon.Last Friday the UN body passed a resolution expressing deep concern over human rights violations by the ruling clerics in Iran. The UN document reads in part: 'Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment such as flogging and amputations, public executions, stoning as a method of execution, execution of persons who were below 18 years of age at the time their offence was committed, arrests of and violent crackdowns on women exercising their right to assembly, increasing discrimination and other human rights violations against persons belonging to religious, ethnic, linguistic or other minorities, ongoing and serious restrictions of freedom of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, and the increasing harassment, intimidation and persecution of human rights defenders,' are a common practice in Iran.
Eighteen hangings in past ten days
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on Nov. 26 that following the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the mullahs’ regime hanged ten prisoners, including a 37-year-old woman in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Thus, the number of executions in the past ten days rises to 18. Fatemeh Haqeqat-Projeh, mother of two teenage girls, spent seven years in prison before her hanging on Wednesday. She was executed for defending her 14-year-old daughter from being raped and was convicted of manslaughter. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance expressed her condolences to the families of the mass executions. She said that soon the mullahs’ leaders will be held to account for their inhuman crimes against the Iranian people. She added that as the Iranian Resistance has often reiterated in the past, dealing with the mullahs’ medieval regime is illegitimate. Mrs. Rajavi said that since these executions come a week after the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly condemned the Iranian regime’s barbaric violation of human rights, it is high time that the UN Security Council condemns the regime’s crimes against the Iranian people and the region and sets the improvement for human rights situation in the country as a precondition to all economic relations with the mullahs’ regime.
Iranian court sentences man to be blinded by acid
Iranian newspapers say a court has sentenced a man to be blinded with acid under the country’s Islamic law, reported Associated Press on November 28, 2008.
Three more man to be executed in Iran
AFP, Tehran, Nov 29, 2008 - Iran has sentenced to death three men convicted of a mosque bombing which left 14 people dead in the southern city of Shiraz in April, Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday. Prosecutor Ali Akbar Heidari-Far said Mohsen Eslamian, 21, and Ali Asghar Pashtar, 20 -- both university students -- and Rouzbeh Yahyazadeh, 32, would be hanged in Shiraz once the sentence was confirmed by the supreme court.'A revolutionary court in Tehran has found the three main accused of the case to be ’mohareb’ (enemies of God) and ’corrupt on the earth’,' he said, without disclosing when the verdict was issued. The three men were tried over the bombing of a packed mosque during evening prayers in Shiraz and also faced charges of 'belonging to a terrorist group,' cooperating with hostile armed groups, seeking to overthrow the Islamic system and planning to launch other attacks.
AI expresses concern over US-Iraqi pact for having no reference to Ashraf residents’ situation
By releasing a statement, Amnesty International expressed concern that the US-Iraqi pact contains no reference to the situation of Ashraf residents associated with the Iranian opposition-PMOI who have been under the US protection so far.The Amnesty International statement dated November 27, 2008, partly reads: 'The agreement contains no reference to the more than 2,000 Iranians associated with the People’s Mojahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI), an Iranian opposition organization, who remain at Ashraf Camp in northern Iraq, where they have been under the protection of US forces for several years. The Iraqi government is reported to have told the PMOI that those at Camp Ashraf must leave Iraq by 31 December 2008. Some Iraqi officials have suggested that they will be forcibly expelled if they fail to comply. According to Amnesty International, the Iranians would be at risk of serious human rights violations if they were forcibly returned to Iran.' The statement also expressed concern over the situation of Iraqi detainees if they are delivered to the Iraqi officials after the US-Iraqi agreement.
Maryam Rajavi visits Holocaust museum and memorial, condemns historical crimes of massacre of Jews by Hitler
On Tuesday 25 November 2008, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi visited the Holocaust museum and memorial in Berlin. In this visit, chairman of the Judicial Commission of the German parliament and a number of other representatives of the Federal parliament and political, religious and academic personalities accompanied Mrs. Rajavi. In contrast with the religious fascism in Iran and Ahmadinejad, Mrs. Rajavi condemned the historical crime of massacre of Jews by Hitler. Mrs. Rajavi said: “My presence here means the Iranian people and Resistance, contrary to the religious fascism ruling Iran and Ahmadinejad, condemn the historical crime of massacre of Jews by Hitler. The reason that Ahmadinejad and the clerical dictatorship deny this historical event is because their nature is similar to the fascists and we have frequently emphasized that appeasement with that religious fascism has a threat of a world’s disastrous war like appeasement with Hitler resulted. Continuance of the mullahs’ anti-human rule and acquiring nuclear bomb by that regime is not only against the Iranian people’s freedom and sovereignty, but a threat of peace for the region and the whole world.'Hermann-Josef` Scharf, member of German Parliament from Democrat- Christian party said: “Your visit to the monument of victims of fascism is a great and shocking moment and is an indication of democratic nature of the organized resistance of the Iranian people against religious fascism.Referring to Mrs. Rajavi’s speech at the parliamentary session of the Bundestag, he said:' Your speech demonstrated again that the Iranian Resistance is a democratic resistance that struggles for the Iranian people’s freedom and human rights.Hemann Josef Scharf added:' Your visit to Germany and your remarks addressing German members of Parliament was very impressive and important; and we cannot be indifferent to the pains and sufferings of the Iranian people under the rule of religious fascism. We assure you that the German MPs who have signed the statement of support for the “third option” would support wholeheartedly the Iranian people and your endeavors for Iran’s freedom and achieving democracy in Iran.'
Canadian Parliamentary session held to support Iranian Resistance
On invitation of the Canadian Committee of Friends of Democratic Iran, a parliamentary session titled 'Iran’s Challenges' was held in Canadian Parliament on Thursday, November 20, 2008. In this session that was held on the second day of re-opening of Canadian Parliament after that country’s new elections, a number of parliamentarians and their advisors participated. In their speeches, they supported the third option of the Iranian Resistance for democratic change in Iran. They regarded the unjust terrorist tag against the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) an obstacle to the Iranian people’s just resistance and asked for annulment of this labeling. The speakers emphasized that along with parliamentarians of other countries, the Canadian parliamentarians could have a determining role in accomplishment of democratic change in Iran. Mrs. Raymonde Folco, Canadian Member of Parliament, delivered her speech and described the history and reasons of terrorist designation of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). She said: 'The purpose of this session is to emphasize the removal of the PMOI as the Iranian regime’s biggest democratic opposition from list of terrorist organizations.' Addressing the parliamentarians, Paul Forseth, former Canadian MP and Co-chair of the Canadian Committee of Friends of Democratic Iran, referred to the importance of their role in correction of the mistake that led to the unjust terrorist designation of the PMOI. He said 'Iran has turned into an international problem today. Exportation of terrorism and threatening other countries, in addition to other cases like murder, torture, and execution of citizens, demands that we stand against this regime and defend the PMOI’s democratic opposition
Kiyan-Tire striking workers beaten up
NCRI, 27 November, 2008 - Hundreds of Kiyan-Tire factory workers gathered outside the mullahs’ Cooperation Ministry on Valiasr Avenue in Tehran. The striking workers carried signs reading, 'We demand our unpaid salaries' and 'We don’t have enough to buy a loaf of bread.'he authorities in the ministry called in the State Security Forces (SSF) -- mullahs’ suppressive police -- to remove the demonstrating workers.The SSF agents attacked the workers beating and arresting a number of them. The strikers have not been paid for the past seven months. Nearly 7,000 families of the striking workers are in economic disaster with winter just around the corner in Iran. Nearly 1,200 workers walked out on April 12 for the first time when the hand-picked management called in the SSF to crush their demonstration. A number of the workers were arrested in that incident. The mullah’s regime, fearing the spread of the move, rushed hundreds of the SSF agents to the scene to suppress the strikers. However, the local residents and youths clashed with the SSF units in support of the striking workers. They threw stones and sticks at the security forces. It has been one of the longest strikes by the workers in the country. Kiyan-Tire is only second to that of the Sugar Cane factory workers in the southwestern city of Shoosh in which more than 5,000 workers are still on strike over their unpaid salaries since last year.
Three prisoners hanged in Zahedan
NCRI - The mullahs’ regime hanged three prisoners identified as Hossein Nahtani, Abdullah Dahmardeh, Mohammad Barahouni in the southeastern city of Zahedan, reported the official news agency IRNA on Monday. Despite new condemnation by the UN Third Committee on human rights, the Iranian regime is going full steam ahead in carrying out executions. In past two weeks alone eight prisoners were hanged and four more are facing gallows soon.Last Friday the UN body passed a resolution expressing deep concern over human rights violations by the ruling clerics in Iran. The UN document reads in part: 'Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment such as flogging and amputations, public executions, stoning as a method of execution, execution of persons who were below 18 years of age at the time their offence was committed, arrests of and violent crackdowns on women exercising their right to assembly, increasing discrimination and other human rights violations against persons belonging to religious, ethnic, linguistic or other minorities, ongoing and serious restrictions of freedom of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, and the increasing harassment, intimidation and persecution of human rights defenders,' are a common practice in Iran.
Eighteen hangings in past ten days
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on Nov. 26 that following the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the mullahs’ regime hanged ten prisoners, including a 37-year-old woman in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Thus, the number of executions in the past ten days rises to 18. Fatemeh Haqeqat-Projeh, mother of two teenage girls, spent seven years in prison before her hanging on Wednesday. She was executed for defending her 14-year-old daughter from being raped and was convicted of manslaughter. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance expressed her condolences to the families of the mass executions. She said that soon the mullahs’ leaders will be held to account for their inhuman crimes against the Iranian people. She added that as the Iranian Resistance has often reiterated in the past, dealing with the mullahs’ medieval regime is illegitimate. Mrs. Rajavi said that since these executions come a week after the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly condemned the Iranian regime’s barbaric violation of human rights, it is high time that the UN Security Council condemns the regime’s crimes against the Iranian people and the region and sets the improvement for human rights situation in the country as a precondition to all economic relations with the mullahs’ regime.
Iranian court sentences man to be blinded by acid
Iranian newspapers say a court has sentenced a man to be blinded with acid under the country’s Islamic law, reported Associated Press on November 28, 2008.
Three more man to be executed in Iran
AFP, Tehran, Nov 29, 2008 - Iran has sentenced to death three men convicted of a mosque bombing which left 14 people dead in the southern city of Shiraz in April, Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday. Prosecutor Ali Akbar Heidari-Far said Mohsen Eslamian, 21, and Ali Asghar Pashtar, 20 -- both university students -- and Rouzbeh Yahyazadeh, 32, would be hanged in Shiraz once the sentence was confirmed by the supreme court.'A revolutionary court in Tehran has found the three main accused of the case to be ’mohareb’ (enemies of God) and ’corrupt on the earth’,' he said, without disclosing when the verdict was issued. The three men were tried over the bombing of a packed mosque during evening prayers in Shiraz and also faced charges of 'belonging to a terrorist group,' cooperating with hostile armed groups, seeking to overthrow the Islamic system and planning to launch other attacks.
AI expresses concern over US-Iraqi pact for having no reference to Ashraf residents’ situation
By releasing a statement, Amnesty International expressed concern that the US-Iraqi pact contains no reference to the situation of Ashraf residents associated with the Iranian opposition-PMOI who have been under the US protection so far.The Amnesty International statement dated November 27, 2008, partly reads: 'The agreement contains no reference to the more than 2,000 Iranians associated with the People’s Mojahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI), an Iranian opposition organization, who remain at Ashraf Camp in northern Iraq, where they have been under the protection of US forces for several years. The Iraqi government is reported to have told the PMOI that those at Camp Ashraf must leave Iraq by 31 December 2008. Some Iraqi officials have suggested that they will be forcibly expelled if they fail to comply. According to Amnesty International, the Iranians would be at risk of serious human rights violations if they were forcibly returned to Iran.' The statement also expressed concern over the situation of Iraqi detainees if they are delivered to the Iraqi officials after the US-Iraqi agreement.
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