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Twelve students arrested
Agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) have arrested a dozen students of University of Babolsar(northern Iran) in the past few days. According to NCRI’s sources a number of detainees are under torture. The MOIS has pressured the families of the detainees to make forced confessions.

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Based on the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s statement on the 15th day of the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising, on Saturday, many residents of Mashhad, particularly mothers of those killed by suppressive forces in recent days, protested in Mellat Park. Suppressive agents of the State Security Force (SSF) and anti-riot forces clashed with the protestors near the park, Shahr-e-bazi district and the local mosque.The gathering took place despite the suppressive forces having blocked entry points to the park and sent hundreds of female members of the Revolutionary Guards to suppress the mothers of the martyrs.
Saturday, 27 June 2009:
The Iranian regime is attempting to disperse a gathering of people in Laleh Park. At around 7:30 pm local time, the Iranian regime’s plain-clothes agents, State Security Forces (SSF) and special units tried to disperse the protestors who were mourning the loss of their loved ones during the nationwide uprising. The park itself had been surrounded by SSF, special units and other regime agents on motorbikes. In streets leading to Kargar Shomali Street, special units and SSF agents had been positioned and armed with various equipments to clamp down on protests. Inside the park, the regime’s forces (including bikers, plain-clothes agents and SSF) were patrolling the area, preventing anyone to stand in one spot. People with cell phones were searched and questioned by SSF and plain-clothes agents.Women, young and old, and youth were walking around the area, hoping to find an opportunity to form a crowd or gathering. Heavy traffic had gripped Keshavarz Boulevard and Amirabad Street as a result of the presence of a slew of suppressive forces. Plain-clothes agents and special units have also been stationed in other parts of Tehran, including Enghelab Square, Ferdowsi Square, Haft-e Tir Square and Vali-e Asr Sqare.

Neda's memorial held at NCRI HQ and 59 other places across the world on Thursday
National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement: - A memorial was held Thursday afternoon at the NCRI’s headquarters in Auvers-sur-Oise for Neda Agha-Soltan, a young woman who was killed on June 20 by agents of the religious fascism ruling Iran. Iranians living in France and French people joined members and officials of the NCRI in the service. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, said: “Close to 200 people of this brave, devoted, and determined generation have lost their lives to the bullets and daggers of Khamenei's criminals and thousands more have been wounded or arrested. Addressing the international community, Mrs. Rajavi said: “Let me ask governments who are not willing to give up appeasement of the murderous rulers [in Iran] even as young Iranians are being brutally killed in the streets - those who regard negotiations with this regime as their strategy - how much more blood must be shed in the streets and torture chambers for your conscience to awaken?” “The Iranian people and Resistance will force them to abandon this backward policy”, she added. Mrs. Rajavi added: “The tide is turning against the mullahs’ regime, and it will not turn back because the brave women and youths of Iran, who have come to the streets, will not rest until they gain their freedom”.
On June 25, 09 in Ottawa at the Parliament Hill a lot of people participated in a candle light vigil for Neda Agha Soltan who was killed by the bassiji forces in Tehran. The ceremony was held by the National Council of Resistance of Iran. NCRI wants a free election under the supervision of the United Nations in Iran. It was a very nice memorial for Neda and yet very moving. People were crying with the soft music by Nader Golchin in the background. Some people were angry and frustrated about the situation in Iran. There was a young man who said he wished to be in Iran, so he could help the people. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the president elect of the NCRI has called on the west to cut diplomatic, political and economical relations with the Iranian regime. The same ceremony was held in NCRI headquarter in Paris. Following her invite for a ceremony on the 7th night of Neda’s death, there were similar ceremonies in 59 different cities. The organizers informed Radio Irava that they would gather at the Parliament Hill this evening and Monday in support of the Iranian people’s uprising from 6-8.

Candle light vigil in Ottawa on the Parliament Hill (June 25,09)

On June 25, 09 at the Parliament Hill a lot of people participated in a candle light vigil for Neda Agha Soltan who was killed by the bassiji forces in Tehran. The ceremony was held by the National Council of Resistance of Iran. NCRI wants a free election under the supervision of the United Nationas in Iran. It was a very nice memorial for Neda and yet very moving. People were crying with the soft music by Nader Golchin in the background. Some people were angry and frustrated about the situation in Iran. There was a young man who said he wished to be in Iran, so he could help the people. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the president elect of the NCRI has called on the west to cut diplomatic, political and economical relations with the Iranian regime. The same ceremony was held in NCRI headquarter in Paris. Following her invite for a ceremony on the 7th night of Neda's death, there were similar ceremonies in 59 different cities.

There are reports that the this in not Neda's picture.

This is the real picture of Neda Salehi Agha Soltan.

Neda Salehi who died on the street in Tehran by the Iranian regime's authorities. Her funeral was ordered to be held in secret and according to reports all the mosques in Tehran were told to refuse her memorial service.

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Gathering of 90 thousand Iranians in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising
and in support of Ashraf attended by 14 parliamentary committees in Europe
Mrs. Rajavi: Nationwide gathering represents the Iranian people’s vote and marks the beginning of the end for the religious dictatorship
The only option is democratic change and disbanding of suppressive organs

NCRI (National Council of Resistance of Iran): Ninety thousand Iranians gathered at the Villepinte Convention Center, north of Paris, in the largest gathering of exiled Iranians in a sign of solidarity with the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people and in support of Ashraf residents, members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).In the gathering, which fell on the eighth day of national uprising of Iranians, hundreds of Europeans, Americans, Canadians, Australians, Arabs and Muslims took part. Representatives and chairmen of 14 parliamentary committees and international committee “In Search of Justice,” which is comprised of 2,000 parliamentarians on both sides of the Atlantic, attended the rally, which also included representatives, intellectuals and writers from Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq and other countries in the region.Tens of thousands of participants reached the location of the gathering using thousands of buses, vans, and personal vehicles from across Europe. Thousands of other Iranians from the US, Canada and Scandinavian countries arrived by plane.The keynote speaker, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, hailed the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people and paid homage to the martyrs, those wounded and detained. She said that this uprising was the real choice and vote of the Iranian people and not the illegitimate and rigged election of the mullahs’ regime. The echoes of ’death to the dictator’ and ’Khamenei shame on you, let go of absolute rule’ during this uprising reached every corner of the world. This uprising represents the beginning of the end for the religious dictatorship.
The complete speech of Mrs. Rajavi will follow at the end of this news segment.

Day 9 of nationwide uprising: Protests and clashes in Shiraz and Mashhad
Nationwide uprising in Iran - Statement 36

NCRI- June 21, 2009
More than 4,000 students and youths in Shiraz on Sunday afternoon protested in Daneshjoo (Elm) Junction and Namazi and Chamran streets. They resisted attacks that ensued by suppressive forces. People and suppressive forces also clashed in other parts of Shiraz, including Afif-Abad and Motehari. In Shahcheragh people protested and chanted “Death to the dictator” and “I will kill those who killed my brother”.Chants by protestors and gun-fire can be heard and pepper spray smoke can be seen in many parts of the city. In Mashhad, on Sunday morning, protestors clashed with suppressive forces and special anti riot forces in Rahnamaii Junction, Taqi-Abad Square and Ahmad-Abad Street. They were protesting against the brutal crackdown that took place on Saturday. Suppressive forces attacked the protestors using water cannons, with high-pressured hot water, and truncheons, injuring a number of people.

Mullahs’ preposterous and threadbare claims to justify suppression and killings in Iran, step up pressure on Ashraf residents

NCRI- June 21, 2009
As the suppressive forces of the mullahs’ regime continue to murder people on the streets of Tehran, Saturday evening, the state-run news agency carried a false claim by the notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) that several members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) “who had received training in Camp Ashraf in Iraq and had entered the country in order to carry out terrorist acts” had been arrested. This totally bogus claim was meant to justify the suppression and killings in Iran and put added pressure on the PMOI members residing in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. The state television, as always, paraded unidentified individuals confessing to such actions. The Fars news agency, affiliated to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), on Sunday falsely claimed: “During the disturbances last night in Tehran, a number of agents of the Monafeqin terrorist grouplet carrying an assortment of weapons were arrested. This group randomly fired on gatherings in various streets and on the State Security Forces. ... A mother and daughter who were relatives of an executed member of the Monafeqin were present. This terrorist group had in their possession MP5 firearms, handgun, grenades and Molotov cocktails”The regime ridiculously speaks of a mother and daughter of a martyr of the PMOI when it is common knowledge that the regime has executed 120,000 political prisoners, some 90 percent of whom were members or supporters of the PMOI, and millions of Iranians are among their relatives or friends.Following the remarks by the mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday, which linked the nationwide uprising by millions of Iranians to a plot by Western governments and the “global arrogance”, or US, the regime’s state-run press have continued to make such claims, and the US president has since called them as a stale tactic and ineffectual.The PMOI’s social department said that the regime was making preposterous and threadbare claims to justify the suppression and killings inside Iran and step up pressure on the residents of Ashraf. This, it said, was due to the regime’s fear of the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising and the fact that many young people are being drawn to the PMOI.Previously, the regime has used the same disgusting tactic of ‘televised confessions’ to accuse the PMOI of involvement in setting fire to the holy Ka’ba in Mecca, killing three Christian priests, and setting off a bomb in the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad. It also claimed that Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction were being hidden in the PMOI’s bases. However the false nature of these claims were later proven.During the televised debates between the candidates of the sham presidential election on June 3rd, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed that the Mecca affair had occurred in the summer of 1987 when Mir Hossein Mousavi was Prime Minister. Ahmadinejad said: “I don’t want to go into what was happened during Mr. Mousavi’s term and what they took through the airport and were arrested and what an ordeal became our country; but I will just say that our ties with them were severed. That is to say that during Mr. Mousavi’s term they acted in a manner that our ties with Saudi Arabia were severed.”Defeated candidate and former IRGC commander, Brig. Gen. Mohsen Rezai, revealed during another televised debate that the regime had spent billions of dollars to have the PMOI blacklisted by the European Union and United Kingdom.

Protests and clashes in Tehran despite clampdown
Nationwide uprising in Iran - Statement 34Tehran: Protests and clashes in Tehran despite clampdown by suppressive forcesShiraz: Anti-riot forces fire on crowds, scores wounded

NCRI - June 21, 2009
A group of university students, wearing symbolic death gowns, gathered outside Tehran University on Sunday. Suppressive forces attacked them ruthlessly. The students dispersed into side roads in order to reach the main gathering point in Enghelab Square.At 16:00 local time, people gathered in the vicinity of Vanak Square, 7-Tir-Fatemi-Enghelab. The regime sent helicopters over the city center to locate gatherings. A number of young people have gathered in Sadeghiyeh Square of Ariyashar in Tehran, and the crowd is constantly getting bigger. Since 16:00 mobile phone service has been cut off in a large section of Tehran, to a point where it has become difficult for people to contact each other inside the capital. Anti-riot forces have surrounded the area between Azadi Square and Enghelab Square and have significantly tightened security. The security forces do not allow pedestrians in this region, in particular in Enghelab Square, to stop for even one minute.In Shiraz, thousands of people have gathered since the morning in various parts of the city including in streets leading to Falakeh Daneshjoo, Alam Square, Saadi Avenue, and Chamran Blvd. They have gathered in groups of 200 and are engaged in hit and run clashes with anti-riot forces. The regime’s agents opened fire on people, wounding many. The clashes continue to take place.

Text of address by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
Villepinte June 20, 2009
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s speech in gathering of 90,000 Iranians in Paris It is so good to see you here in such numbers to mark the largest gathering in solidarity and defense of the Iranian people and Ashraf City. You have brought misery to the mullahs and joy to the people of Iran.In memory of the martyrs,The Iranian people send their greetings and salutations,And let us send our greetings and salutations from inside and outside the occupied nation and from the steadfast Ashrafto my valiant sons and daughters, to my arisen sisters and brothers in the streets and in universities during the massive uprising of the Iranian people across the country which began on June 13 and is continuing all over our beloved nation to this very day like a roaring river.The struggle will continue until triumph in TehranSo, we sing with them;City of the Sun is our nestFlames and rage run in our songsWe head home Singing along the wayOur home does not belong to the enemy,It is ours, we say.Let us send endless greetings to the martyrs and thousand of those injured and arrested during the uprising of the people of Iran for freedom in recent days.We are left to wonder: For what crime were they murdered other than wanting to live in freedom?So, let us rise and pay homage to the martyrs with a standing ovation.Indeed, this ovation is for the audacious women and men, who like those in Ashraf, have forsaken their lives, and endured truncheons, beatings, bullets, and tear gas. They have been battered and bruised by the Revolutionary Guards, the Bassijis and Intelligence Ministry agents, but have declared null and void the sham elections staged by the veli-e faqih, the Supreme Leader.They have shown to the world the real vote and choice of the Iranian nation.And they are chanting against the occupier and usurper mullahs: You are the enemy of this land and we are its owners; and that, “neither Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, I give my life for Iran.”They are bravely chanting in the streets, ’Iranian nation, bring down the dictator.’Indeed, the sacred rage that has exploded in the streets across Iran is different from all pervious demonstrations, protests and uprisings.This is because just one day after the election farce, it exposed the mullahs’ witchcraft and demonstrated to the whole world the Iranian nation’s genuine and real choice, which was freedom over dictatorship and religious fascism, and popular sovereignty over absolute rule of the mullahs.This is the real and pressing choice for the Iranian people, which the mullahs have stolen from them for the past thirty years by usurping the people’s sovereignty.The real scenes of the election were not the bogus votes, but the uprising by the millions which has heralded Tehran’s spring; The real scenes depict the courage and leading role of heroic women who have impressed every one by their resistance against the Revolutionary Guards; The scenes of rocks being hurled at the mullahs and their agents by the Mojahed and combative youths in every corner of the country; And, the scenes of cries of women and youths echoed all over Iran and around the world. The people of Iran do not want the regime of velayat-e faqih and are crying out, ’Khamenei shame on you, let go of your absolute rule.’Indeed, the world is watching the resounding ‘NO’ by the people of Iran these days to the ruling theocracy, the velayat-e faqih regime, as well as the boycott of the regime’s election masquerade.Khamenei is trying to paint the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people against the ruling theocracy in the context of a simple dispute of a candidate who is protesting against the vote count or the committing of some fraud, and that anything else is the work of ’world arrogance’ and ’terrorists’.The real issue is that the regime’s factional feuding has created an opportunity amid the repression for the people of Iran to demonstrate in the streets of Iran and before the world the real struggle, which is the fire simmering under the embers.As you know, yesterday, the political crisis and earthquake within the mullahs’ regime reached the point of no return. Khamenei was quite clear and emphatic in defending the 40 million vote fraud, supporting Ahmadinejad’s presidency, opposing the annulment of the election, warning the defeated factions and threatening a bloody suppression of the popular uprising.The Supreme Leader said that he will not accept the annulment of the results or a new election and if others want to continue the demonstrations in the streets it will have dangerous implications and ’whether they want it or not will, they be responsible for the bloodletting, violence and chaos’ because this demonstration opens the way for ’terrorists. In effect, he means opening the way for overthrowing the velayat-e faqih regime by the people, the Mojahed and combative youth, and the organized resistance of the Iranian people.Khamenei tried to separate Rafsanjani from others to ensure that the rivalry over the presidency overshadows the dispute over leadership within the decadent regime.Khamenei tried very hard, as I noted, to say that the conflict in Iran was not between the supporters and opponents of the state. As such, he explicitly stressed several times that all four candidates were elements within the system, belonged to the system and were loyal to the velayat-e faqih regime.He also denied Western governments’ long-term incentives and concessions as well as their appeasement of the regime. He attributed the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people to them and said that hopes for a velvet revolution similar to Georgia were futile.I said yesterday that Khamenei’s explicit support for Ahmadinejad’s presidency and the outcome of the elections, as well as rejecting the demands for annulment of the election and warning the defeated factions, Mousavi, Karroubi, Khatami and Rafsanjani, leave only two options: Either kowtowing to the Supreme Leader as Khatami did during the 1999 uprising or distancing themselves from him somewhat, separating themselves from him. Otherwise, they will certainly be the ultimate losers and Khamenei will eliminate them from the scene, as Khomeini did to [his handpicked successor] Montazeri [in 1988]. Yesterday, the Supreme Leader left no doubt that he will not spare any measure for the bloody suppression of the popular uprising. Therefore, it once again became apparent that in the velayat-e faqih regime there is no way out for Iran and its enraged citizens other than democratic change and free elections under United Nations supervision.The religious dictatorship and all its suppressive institutions must be dismantled.I would like to thank the stances taken by leaders, personalities and political parties in various countries against Khamenei’s suppressive threats, and also their support for the Iranian people’s uprising. But, I must also say that it is incredibly insufficient and must continue so that the suppressive regime would take it seriously.Dear Compatriots,Today marks the 28th anniversary of the start of resistance for freedom with 120,000 martyrs dedicated to the cause of freedom,So, I proudly declare to the world on behalf of the Iranian people that,From a political and strategic standpoint, those leading the masquerade, namely the Supreme Leader and his crony, Ahmadinejad, were defeated. They had no choice but to push their regime into the irreversible slope leading to its overthrow. All wheels are now set in motion against the regime.We, the Iranian people, those yearning for freedom across the world and those in Ashraf, were the real and ultimate winners of the mullahs’ sham election.Indeed, this is a victory by a generation reared by Massoud Rajavi; a generation of hundreds of thousands of people.Indeed, this victory belongs to the Iranian people and Resistance, to the Mojahedin who have been besieged and incarcerated in Ashraf for 7 years.Indeed, this is quite remarkable and serves as a lesson for all.We saw that the defeated factions in the boycotted election farce were explicitly saying during the debate that ’our government deceives under the banner of religion.’ These factions had formally stated their heartfelt and practical allegiance to the Supreme Leader in order to clear the Guardian Council’s firm filters. They were among the top leaders of this regime and accomplices in war, suppression, plunder and in the massacre of political prisoners. And now, they are describing the regime’s election as a ’masquerade,’ ’bewildering,’ ’stage managed,’ ’illegitimate,’ ’a ridiculous show’ and the ’rule of lies and dictatorship.’These are the very words the Iranian Resistance has been using to describe the mullahs’ election in the past 30 years.By talking about the “vote compilation room” in the Ministry of the Interior, they also revealed secrets about the mullahs’ five-fold inflation of the vote tally.Please do not assume that I have found it opportune to blame and admonish those who are astonished today and use the very words the Resistance uses to acknowledge the mullahs’ masquerade and despotic rule. That is not at all the case.Now is not the time to lay blame. On the contrary, in dealing with the mullahs’ first president 30 years ago, Massoud Rajavi taught us an important lesson.We learned to even welcome their admission that the despotic regime’s ridiculous election had simply been a sham, but on the condition that they- completely disavow this regime of lies and demagoguery;- condemn fully the usurping of the right of the Iranian people to sovereignty;- reject the velayat-e faqih regime in its totality, There are no other conditions attached to these statements.We tell them that they can continue- to attack us as much as you want;- to call the valiant children of this nation ’hypocrites’ as if they are a bunch of ’thugs and hooligans’ in the desert in Ashraf or on the streets of Tehran;- to accuse them once again of being proxies of “Global Arrogance,” an accusation on the basis of which corpses get trampled upon in Evin or Khavaran cemetery, while wrapped in American flags.But, we ask them to only acknowledge the denial of the right of the Iranian people to sovereignty and reject the entirety of the absolute rule of the clergy.In addition, whatever the circumstances may be, we condemn any aggression by the ruling clerics against them and their families and also condemn their beating, arrest and persecution.We further denounce the violation of their human rights by the dominant Khamenei-Ahmadinejad faction.And we set no conditions in saying so. If you recall, in 1981, the leaders of the Communist Tudeh Party and the Fedayee Majority openly demanded the extradition and execution of the leader of the Resistance, Massoud Rajavi. They also congratulated the “crushing” of Ashraf Rajavi and Moussa Khiabani and their comrades by the ’Islamic Revolution.’Even so, when they were arrested, the Resistance’s Leader condemned their imprisonment, torture and execution and defended their rights.A week ago, I read that Mrs. Zahra Rahnavard had described the election farce and the vicious assaults of the dominant faction as an attack by “wolves.” She is absolutely correct. One can only wish that she had come to realize the ’war of wolves’ 30 years ago.Dear Compatriots,On the anniversary of Khomeini’s death on June 3rd, approximately at the same hour, after 20 years, Khomeini died once more. He died a historic death and was buried once again.Do you now see the blood of the martyrs as well as the suffering of the enchained and the combatants of freedom coming to fruition?This is a glimpse of the punishment this regime is receiving before the eyes of the people of Iran and of the whole world.I am referring to the debate between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi in which they revealed some of the astronomical thievery by the mullahs and their crimes against humanity.It was not without reason that they wrote in their editorials that those did not resemble debates at all, but that instead ’the regime itself was put on trial” and that “there were no winners.” They said the debates proved the 30-year-old claims of ’the sworn enemies of the state.’ They said the debates lent credence to the thirty-year-old claims of “this system’s sworn enemies.” They asked themselves ’whether the continuation of this trend would leave anything but a mere pale shell of the Islamic Republic.’That is why we say that the main winners were the Iranian people and the Resistance. Dear friends, Of course, these were debates in which the participants were quite careful not to cross the red lines of the regime.That explains why in the debates, no one, not even once, talked about the people’s sovereignty and its innate contradiction with the principle of the velayat-e faqih, nor did they question the constitution and the Supreme Leader’s absolute rule.No one talked about freedom for which the Iranian people have been yearning.No one, not even once, talked about the fact that the regime and its constitution deny women the right to leadership, presidency and judgeship. No one talked about gender inequality and discrimination.No one talked about the massacre of political prisoners or the actual figure of executions.No one protested against the inhuman laws on retribution, stoning, limb amputation and the execution of 150 political prisoners in the past four years under the pretext of [punishing] those who wage war on God and corrupt the Earth.No one talked about the mullahs’ occupation of and crimes in Iraq and its export of terrorism to Lebanon, Palestine, Afghanistan and elsewhere. No one, not even once, talked or asked about Khomeini or Khamenei.Was the order to perpetrate the chain murders and the fatwa to assassinate dissidents abroad not in fact issued from Khamenei’s office? And, who except Khamenei, is really in charge of Tehran’s ruthless prosecutor’s office, and Evin Prison’s ward 209? Who, except Khamenei, is the commander of the Qods Force and terrorist groups in the Middle East?Was the assault on students’ dormitory in recent days not organized from Khamenei’s office, even though the Supreme Leader was shedding crocodile tears yesterday for the same students?Dear Friends,When the religious fascism ruling Iran has reached a point where the Supreme Leader cannot even tolerate his closest cohorts and accomplices, the Iranian people have the right to ask Western governments the following:- What was the result of 30 years of searching for moderates within the regime?- What was the result of appeasement?- Are you not yet ashamed of fabricating cases for the June 17 semi-coup d’état?Several days after the uprising in Iran, fortunately the US President affirmed that the Iranian people are demanding democracy and their voices must be heard and not suppressed. He underscored that the differences between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi are not as much as those portrayed by the publicized version. He also said that the United States takes issue with the regime over the nuclear matter, and support for Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon and Palestine and that for this reason, he would use any opportunity in the future to engage in dialogue with the Iranian regime. We ask, ‘Does the minimum respect for the struggle of millions of Iranians for freedom not require that any concessions or dialogue with the ruling criminals at the expense of the Iranian people, be halted’? Of course, we have always said if negotiations with this regime could ever be fruitful, then go ahead and negotiate.But giving another chance to the Supreme Leader and his crony, Ahmadinejad, is to give viper another opportunity, whereas a viper would never give birth to a dove. The previous U.S. administration did not obtain anything from negotiating with the regime on 28 different occasions, both covertly and overtly.Believe me when I say that the solution in Iran is the third option, namely democratic change and the restoration of the people’s sovereignty by the Iranian people and the Resistance.Dear Compatriots,It has now become clear why four months ago Khamenei ordered his Iraqi interlocutors while they were in Tehran to close down Ashraf City. He wanted to eliminate Ashraf before the decisive moment of the elections so as to neutralize the strategic winner of the subsequent developments and implications of the unipolarity of the regime and its main existential threat; Particularly because the removal of the terror label against the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Europe rendered Ashraf doubly dangerous as far as Khamenei was concerned. But the magnificent 7-year perseverance of Ashraf dashed the covetous hopes of the Supreme Leader.Khamenei had correctly realized that Ashraf was the ray of hope and the strategic nucleus of the Iranian nation’s lasting struggle for freedom. Therefore, he had desperately tried to marshal all his forces to destroy Ashraf before the elections.But, you rose up and launched a great campaign, which has heralded the spring for Iran.Truly, how were those disarmed and besieged combatants of freedom not only not eliminated in the face of a barbaric dictatorship and its allies, but instead fueled the struggle for freedom?Their perseverance is a new phenomenon in the struggle for freedom, where sacrifice, honesty and the belief in equality were the source of their power.Those who fulfill the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah fearing. (Al-Baqara,177).And may Ashraf be blessed, for as the Bible says, it was ’built […] on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse.’ MT. 7.25Greetings to you, the combatants of freedom in Ashraf! You inspired the whole world through your honesty and your sacrifice.Freedom is listening to you.Destiny is following you.And your struggle is shaping the future.The Iranian people rose up and defended you with their lives, property and loved ones both inside and outside Iran.In Iran, many were imprisoned because of Ashraf.Our mothers were arrested and tortured.Families got themselves to Ashraf from the four corners of Iran, but were prevented from visiting the Ashrafis.Brave young women and men who are resisting in Evin, Gohardasht, Vakil-Abad, Dastgerd, Dizel-Abad, Karoun and Adel-Abad prisons are sending messages of support and solidarity with Ashraf.And many compatriots took on security risks in order to declare their salutations and support through the Simay-e Azadi [Iran National TV] to you and to the rest of the world.Among the exiled Iranian community, many left their jobs and lives to expand sit-ins in four corners of the globe.It was through your efforts that 37 credible human rights organizations and parliamentary committees in 14 countries in Europe, US, Canada and Australia, as well as the Council of Europe and the European Parliament, which adopted the resolution named after the late Lord Slynn, underscored the inalienable and undeniable rights of the residents of Ashraf. I sincerely thank all of them, especially the International Committee In Search of Justice led by Dr. Vidal Quadras. All of these accomplishments are the result of your perseverance and faith, which is inspired by the correct strategy articulated by Massoud Rajavi from Day One. And during these years he led this movement and perseverance through painstaking, selfless work while taking on extremely risky decisions. Indeed, he guided the movement through a tortuous path abounding in conspiracies, treachery and blows. Since Day One, it was Massoud who said that the main threat to Iran and the region is fundamentalism and retrogression. It is Massoud Rajavi who has laid the foundations for, and guided, a strategy which would lead to defeating the ruling religious fascism. His voice echoed in the dark skyThat Iran’s bright day will comeAnd that upon sunrise, our path will shineFrom this podium, I would like to tell those who have not yet acknowledged the legal status of the residents of Ashraf and have continued to besiege them to take a look at the Iranian people’s uprisings in the past few days.Do not give priority to the interests of the faltering regime in Iran over the interests of Iraq.You should remember that if the mullahs’ covetous designs for Iraq were to become reality, they will spare none of the current government leaders in Iraq other than their handpicked cronies. A viper can only tolerate the Revolutionary Guards.Jurists, parliamentarians and international human rights organizations across the world are emphatically stressing that the case of Ashraf must be referred to the United Nations and an international tribunal. In other words, if the Iraqi Government lacks the capacity, the capability or the independence to abide by international law, and the European Parliament resolution, then the United States, which disarmed the residents of Ashraf rendering them defenseless and singed an agreement with each and every one of them, must assume responsibility for their protection under the supervision of the United Nations.Dear Compatriots,Regarding the presidential elections, I would like to reiterate that we fully agree with annulling the results of the election masquerade, the boycott of which we had called for from the very beginning. Since three decades ago, we have demanded the holding of free elections under the United Nations supervision based on popular sovereignty. Many of you remember that six years ago, in October 2003, I proposed on behalf of the Iranian Resistance a referendum under UN supervision. But what we have seen throughout these years instead was that the mullahs increased the number of their suppressive forces to 55 organs. Therefore, the main dispute, as I have indicated, was about the velayat-e faqih regime and the variety of its suppressive agencies. In one word, the Iranian people are saying,So long as the velayat-e faqih has not been buried, Iran, this most beautiful nation will not become a nation.Dear Compatriots,In accordance with the framework of its program for national solidarity, the National Council of Resistance of Iran extends its hands to all persons, groups and forces which seek a republic, reject the velayat-e faqih regime in its entirety and demand the establishment of a democratic, independent state based on the separation of church and state.Hand in hand with the Iranian people, we are intent on realizing the righteous demand for democratic change.Our goal is to establish a pluralistic republic; A society based on respect for human rights and devoid of torture and execution; A society where all individual and social freedoms are recognized, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and freedom to choose one’s clothing; A society where women will attain equal political, social and economic rights, and where their equal rights in political leadership are recognized.Indeed, everything must be built anew. A new constitution and a new republic must be built based on popular sovereignty; A democratic system of government where all officials would derive their legitimacy from the ballot box; A government, which recognizes the right of the people to change their government.A new economic system must be erected based on equal opportunity for all, where there would be no place for the mullahs’ astronomical plunder.An independent judiciary and court system based on internationally recognized standards must be created.Certainly, the Iranian people’s perseverance will push aside all obstacles and herald freedom for our nation.Those who are fighting for freedom everyday are deserving of freedom and life.Our beloved nation is deserving of freedom,And each and every one of you, the gleaming hopes in the heart of darkness, are deserving of freedom.Rest assured, the dawn of freedom will shine as a result of your resistance.And in closing, I repeat.The breaking down of the Supreme Leader’s masquerade, the raging war of the wolves, the million-strong uprisings complete with the chants of “death to dictator” and the disintegration of the decadent regime is the start of an irreversible era, which has set the wheels in motion against the regime in its entirety in favor of a democratic solution.This is the new era of resistance for freedom.This carries the promise of the great spring for the Iranian people, and the beginning of the end of the velayat-e faqih regime.It heralds the victory of Iran’s democratic and victorious revolution.So, you brave, proud heroes and heroines of the nation, rise up. Kavehs [legendary figure and symbol of valor] of Iran, rise up.

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Iran: Clashes and protests by thousands in Tehran against mullahs’ fraudulent election
National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on June 13: while the hostilities between internal factions of the clerical regime and their feuding over the sham election is escalating, the people of Tehran, particularly young people, demonstrated in their thousands in different parts of the city including Fatemi Street, Vali-Asr Street and Square, Vanak Square, Shariati Street, Takht-e-Tavoos Street and Sa’adatabad against the illegitimate and fraudulent election.The demonstrators chanted 'With the help of God, victory is imminent. Death to this deceitful government', 'Enthusiastic people, give us your support', 'Artilleries, tanks and Bassij are no longer effective'. They called for the overthrow of the entire clerical regime with all its factions. Agents of the State Security Force (SSF) and the special anti-riot force attacked the protesters and the opponents of the clerical regime, beating them with batons and using teargas and pepper spray. The young people confronted the agents with stones. Numerous state busses and the suppressive forces’ motorcycles and several banks and state buildings were set on fire in clashes between the demonstrators and the suppressive forces. A number of demonstrators were arrested.At a press conference Saturday, Sadeq Mahsouli, the regime’s Interior Minister, said, “Those who organize such gatherings do not support any of the candidates; they want to use the gatherings for their own group interests and therefore they should not be given that opportunity.”

Khamenei’s faction expose astronomical plunders of Rafsanjani’s faction 6/12/2009

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NCRI- Fars news agency, affiliated to the Iranian regime’s Revolutioanry Guard Corps (IRGC) close to mullahs Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s faction, in an unprecedented revelation exposed parts of astronomical plunders of the rival faction, especially Hashemi Rafsanjani, head of the regime’s Expediency Council and the Assembly of Experts, and his family. The latest revelations take place in the course of heightening internal feuding within the clerical regime in the run up to the regime’s presidential election. The 9,500-word report named Rafsanjani’s family as the “Mafia of wealth and power,” “Excellencies of Mafia” and a “deadly infected tumor.” The report stresses that if Rafsanjani’s faction does win the presidential seat then “the country will take a down trend and the national interest will be threatened.”The report enumerates some of the measures by the “Hashemi Rafsanjani’s dynasty” to include “complete control over the country’s life line in areas such as the industry, money circulation, energy sector, export and import of goods, housing, …” It threatens to continue with the revelations. Direct attack on Rafsanjani and settling accounts with him as a person who has played a key role since the inception of the clerical rule and currently heading the mullahs’ Assembly of Experts and the Expediency Council, unveils the depth of incurable crisis facing the entire regime in its final phase. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, described revelations by the report as the “tip of an iceberg” and a minor part of astounding dimensions of corruption and plunder of the Iranian people’s wealth in which all leaders and factions of the mullahs’ regime are involved. The exposure of the clerical regime’s internal secrets and escalation of infightings have dealt a decisive blow to the regime in its entirety. In these circumstances, no faction can evade the fallouts and whoever becomes the mullahs’ president is doomed to suffer from its scathing and broad consequences.Some of the aspects unveiled by Fars news agency report are; colossal embezzlements by threats and intimidation using front companies, taking advantage of grants given to oil companies including natural condensed gas company, receiving billions of dollars in foreign oil contracts, handing over large sums of bribes to middlemen dealing with major oil companies such as Total, Elf, Stat Oil and Norinco, using influence within the Oil Ministry to grant contracts to certain targeted companies, forming a shipping line to facilitate smuggling of goods, setting up money laundering network, smuggling antiques and illegal commodities, dominating Kish Island as a free trade zone and making massive profits in trade, holding monopoly of the air industries, taking advantage of the country’s ports and custom services and making huge benefits using special privileges in import and export and smuggling goods through various ports, holding the monopoly of pistachio trade and eliminating minor traders in this business, massive foreign investments such as building highways, luxurious tourist centers, holiday villas in Canada, setting up oil equipment company in Britain, swindling Arab Sheikhs and plundering billions of dollars allocated to foundations dealing with special diseases.The report states, “Ending of the war… establishing free economy and … benefitted some of the government officials and families of some officials. They gained economic privileges and Hashemi Rafsanjani’s dynasty made greater benefits compared to others due to various reasons.”Corruption and plunder of wealth by the clerical regime which sets an unprecedented record in today’s world, has been going on while the country is suffering from high inflation, massive unemployment and at least 80 percent of Iranians live under poverty line. Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of IranJune 10, 2009

Exiled group says race on in Iran to build bomb

6/14/2009 7:17:53 AM

Reuters, Paris, 13 June 2009 - Iran will redouble efforts to build an atomic bomb following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory in a presidential election but could still be deterred by tough sanctions, the head of an exiled Iranian group said Saturday.Maryam Rajavi, leader of the French-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Reuters that Western powers had to abandon a ’policy of appeasement’ if they wanted to thwart Ahmadinejad’s nuclear ambitions.’Sadly Iran will get the bomb if the West continues with its strategy of negotiations. This is just giving the mullahs more time to play with,’ she said in a telephone interview.’Lots of sources say they will get the bomb in 1-1/2 years, but Ahmadinejad will now speed things up and he will have the bomb in one year maximum.’The NCRI has thousands of followers in Europe and the United States and was the first group to expose Iran’s covert nuclear program in 2002. It claims to have huge backing within Iran although analysts say its support is very hard to gauge.Iran’s interior minister said Saturday that hard-liner Ahmadinejad swept Friday’s presidential election with 62.6 percent of the vote. Turnout was put at a record 85 percent.Rajavi called the election ’a charade’ and said most Iranians had shunned the ballot boxes.’Around 85 percent of people boycotted this election. It is not true there was a massive turnout,’ she said, adding there was growing public anger over the vote.’The situation is explosive ... The mullahs are afraid.’

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Reuters witness in Tehran reported that Ahmadinejad partisans clashed Saturday with about 2,000 supporters of moderate former prime minister Mirhossein Mousavi, who came second in the election after initially claiming victory.Many in the West had high hopes in Mousavi but Rajavi said the United States and its allies had misread the situation. Moderates would never be given power in Iran while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held sway, she said.’Sadly Western authorities are trying to find moderates in the mullah regime. But it is wrong to think one can negotiate with the mullahs,’ she said. ’The (nuclear) negotiations are dead in the water.’The United States, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain have invited Iran to talks to find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear row, but Tehran has so far rejected the offer.The major powers suspect Iran wants to produce a nuclear weapon. Tehran says it wants to generate electricity.’The West can stop the nuclear program if they stand up to the mullahs. They need strong sanctions, generalized sanctions on oil, on the economy and political sanctions,’ said Rajavi.The U.N. Security Council has imposed several rounds of sanctions on Iran.The main faction within the NCRI opposition umbrella movement is the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI), based in Iraq. European states agreed this year to remove it from a list of banned terrorist groups but Rajavi said much of its bank funds remained frozen despite the decision.’This makes things very difficult for us,’ she said.

Khamenei, Ahmadinejad, IRGC prepare grounds for bloody internal purge
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on June 11 that
Ali Khamenei, mullahs’ Supreme Leader, and his faction are preparing the grounds for a bloody internal purge and widespread crackdown as infighting within the regime is escalating in the run up to the regime’s presidential election. In the meantime, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which fears social upheavals and the youth to take advantage of the power struggle within the regime, warned against any developments similar to the one happened in Georgia. The Revolutionary Guard Javani, head of the IRGC political bureau said, “Any move in line with a velvet revolution in Iran will be crushed at its inception.” Referring to the bloody crackdown of uprising by people and students on the orders of Khamenei and Khatami on July 9, 1999, he said, “sedition by those who seek disorder,” and “instability of the country with ominous political aims” will be crushed “with a hint by the leader” and “they will be annihilated.” He continued by threatening the rival faction and said, “It is the Supreme Leader who determines the road map and people will distance themselves from those who do not follow that path.”Meanwhile, Ahmad Salek, a cleric from Khamenei’s faction said, “By deploying thugs and hooligans, those who seek disorder on streets plan to repeat the events of Central Asia to incite a velvet revolution in Iran.”In his speech at Sharif Technical University yesterday, mullahs’ president Ahmadinejad spoke about repressing the rival faction and Hashemi Rafsanjani’s family and said, “I will deal with them in the next government.” He reiterated, “Those who violated the people’s rights and used their wealth for personal purposes will be paraded in the bazaar and forced to apologize before the people.”By referring to the rival faction, Ahmadinejad said, “According to the law, the president should not be insulted. They have insulted the president and this is a crime. In compliance with the law, that person must be punished and he should be jailed.” As the Iranian Resistance has reiterated, mullahs’ sham election and escalation of internal feuding in the final phase of the regime, has turned into a broad crisis facing the clerical medieval regime. This is an illegitimate regime and all its factions as well as leaders have been involved in torture and killings, export of terrorism and fundamentalism, plundering the Iranian people’s wealth and they should be put on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

University students in Tehran clashed with state suppressive agents

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Students of different universities including Tehran University and Allamen Tabatabaii University, while chanting anti-government slogans, clashed with the suppressive State Security Forces (SSF) and anti-riot police in Vali-e-Asr Square in Tehran On Friday night.The protesting students chanted 'Political prisoner must be released', 'Oil income is lost' and 'Cannon, tank and Basiji are no more effective'.Many people joined the demonstrators and chanted 'Mahmoud (Ahmandinejad), get lost!'According to eyewitnesses, the demonstration was so extensive that all paths to Vali-e-Asr Street from Revolution Street to Shemiran in northern Tehran were blocked. The SSF agents attacked the crowd in Qolhak region using batons and shooting in the air.

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The situation is escalating in Tehran and other cities such as Esfahan, Mashhad, Ghazvin, Orumieh, Shiraz and... According to reports by media, 3 people have been killed in Iran during the clashes with the state security forces. The Iranian youths chanted today: Down with dictator, Down with Khamenei, and Mousavi, Mousavi, if you stay silent, you’re a traitor.
This unrest started with the re-election of Mahmud Ahmadinejad but it quickly changed into a wide spread protest which objects to the regime as a whole. It is dejevu all over again. It is the same as the summer of 1999 when the “moderate” Khatami was the regime’s president. The only difference is that in 1999 mostly students were on the street, but this time it’s the whole society. The west miscalculated by waiting to Mousavi to come out victorious but one thing they’re not admitting is that the Iranian regime is playing the west. The uprising by the Iranian people was inevitable. If even Mousavi won the scheme election the same people would come out and chanted the same slogan because they’re so fed up with the regime’s policies therefore they would expect more from someone like Mousavi who is posing as a moderate.

Iran: Highlights from mullahs’ election TV debate
NCRI, 09 June 2009 -
The TV debates between mullahs’ presidential candidates where the mullahs’ secrets were revealed, is a turning point in the regime’s escalating internal feuding and a devastating blow to its entirety. The escalation of infighting and uncovering of internal secrets of the regime have deeply worried mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.He allowed the debates between the candidates - approved by him personally - in a bid to warm up the already boycotted sham election. This was a miscalculation and a clumsy imitation of election campaigns in other countries. For the medieval regime with no capacity for such debates, the event was a blow to its entirety before benefiting one or the other candidate. The following are highlights from Ahmadinejad-Karoubi debate on June 6, 2009:
Karoubi:
• I believe if Ahmadinejad had been dealt with in a wise, rational and calculated manner since he took office, the reaction from high ranking officials had not been the way it is now.
• Your central bank said that the inflation rate was about 25 percent but suddenly, two days ago you lowered it to 14 percent by using strange calculations.
• You are giving us figures as if the country is flourishing, but the experts say that unemployment rate has gone up. I must add that the experts say the opposite to all the figures he [Ahmadunejad] presented to us.
• Ahmadinejad has given a loan of 40 billions of Tomans to Mahsouli who himself is a billionaire. The relevant documents on this are available.
• The supreme audit court reports that one billion dollars has been lost. You [Ahmadinejad] said there has been a mistake but again they said no this is not the case and one billion has been lost.
• You say you have visited 100 countries and they have asked for your model of governing the country. Please tell us about your model, we like to know about it... Please name 20 of those countries.

Ahmadinejad:
• You accepted 300 millions of Tomans [from Shahram Jazayeri….]. You are a politician. Why you did not ask him what the money was for and why he should give you that money?
• When you [Karoubi] were in charge of Martyr’s Foundation, you built jails in there and imprisoned people and they [prisoners] were beaten up… Did you have permission from Imam [Khomeini] or the head of the judiciary for this?

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A turning point in mullahs’ escalating internal feuding - Maryam Rajavi
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on Friday that Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, described Wednesday‘s television debate between mullahs’ president Ahmadinejad and Mir-Hossein Moussavi, a presidential candidate and a former prime minister, where the mullahs’ secrets were revealed, as a turning point in the regime’s escalating internal feuding and a devastating blow to its entirety. Whoever comes out of ballot boxes is doomed to suffer from its scathing and broad consequences, she reiterated. Immediate reaction by Hashemi Rafsanjani, former president and the head of the regime’s Expediency Council, to the debate and his call to respond on television to charges made there against him is the unraveling outcome of the debate. Mrs. Rajavi added that the escalation of infighting and uncovering of internal secrets of the regime have deeply worried mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He allowed the debate between the candidates - approved by him personally - in a bid to warm up the already boycotted sham election. This was a miscalculation and a clumsy imitation of election campaigns in other countries. For the medieval regime with no capacity for such debates, the Wednesday’s event was a blow to its entirety before benefiting one or the other candidate. Fearful of the surfacing scandalous secrets of the regime, Khamenei came on stage the following day to pull the reins and control the crisis. Warning the leaders of the regime, he said: “Do not let the firm structure of the regime break down. If it does, then no wound will be healed and the ruins will not be mended. We have to take care of the strong structure of the Islamic system as Imam [Khomeini] taught us…We should not allow confrontation, arguments or conflicts [among ourselves]. You must be careful. If you noted that someone is insisting on causing chaos and conflict, be aware that he is either a traitor or extremely ignorant.”Mrs. Rajavi emphasized that Ahmadinejad-Moussavi debate only unveiled a small part of the crisis, decadence and corruption within the regime, its plunder of the nations’ wealth and its role in terrorism. According to some people within the regime, in this unbridled power struggle the parties involved in the debate uncovered the kind of things which were only exposed previously by the Iranian Resistance.In the meantime, the evolving consolidation of the clerical dictatorship has led to polarization within Khamenei’s faction in mullahs’ parliament and traditional groupings there and various bodies in the regime. So far, the grouping known as Association of Clergy and leading figures in Khamenei’s faction such as Ali Larijani, Speaker of the parliament; Ahmad Tavakoli, Mohammad Reza Bahonar and Haddad Adel, former Speaker of the parliament; have refrained from rendering public support to Ahmadinejad. This is while they know full well that Khamenei is pressing hard and engineering for maximum rigging in order to bring out Ahmadinejad from the ballot box.Mrs. Rajavi also recalled the Iranian Resistance’s revelations 22 years ago regarding the mullahs’ terrorist plot to bomb Mecca and set fire to the holy shrine. The Resistance provided detailed information and the names of people involved in that heinous and unforgiveable crime that the regime persistently attributed to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). But, in the course of the regime’s internal feuding, Ahmadinejad reminded Moussavi that it was under his government that explosives and the agents with a terrorist plan left Tehran Airport to Saudi Arabia. This was in response to Moussavi when he mentioned about Ahmadinejad sending missiles to Gaza.

IAEA report signals need for comprehensive sanctions against mullahs
Latest IAEA report highlights mullahs’ nuclear weapons project again and signals need for comprehensive sanctionsWestern negotiations and concessions biggest aid to the mullahs for producing atomic bombNational Council of Resistance of Iran(NCRI) - The latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sheds fresh international light on the Iranian regime’s attempts to continue and expand its project to obtain a nuclear weapon, simultaneously engaging in deception and secrecy. This demands the adoption of a firm policy and imposition of comprehensive sanctions against the Iranian regime more than ever before.The IAEA report expresses outstanding concerns due to the clerical regime’s lack of response to the agency’s questions about experiments pointing to the military dimension of its nuclear program. In this regard, it notes that, “The Agency has still not received a positive reply from Iran in connection with the Agency’s requests and, therefore, has not had access to relevant information, documentation, locations or individuals.”The new IAEA report indicates that the number of the regime’s deployed centrifuges has now reached 7,000, showing a 30 percent increase compared to the number of centrifuges mentioned in the agency’s February report. The Iranian regime has increased its stockpile of low-enriched uranium (LEU) by 500 kg, according to the nuclear watchdog.The report adds that the clerical regime has refused to grant the inspectors access to the heavy water reactors in the city of Arak. It also talks about the testing and deployment of more advanced models of centrifuges, which had already been revealed earlier by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)Some of the other points highlighted in the IAEA’s latest report include: Failure to implement the Additional Protocol and violation of UN Security Council resolutions and IAEA Board of Governors requests, including suspension of uranium enrichment and heavy water related projects, as well as stonewalling requests to disclose information about new projects such as the nuclear power plant in Darkhovin.Although the IAEA report has failed to note many other aspects of the Iranian regime’s nuclear activities and has turned a blind eye to scores of further violations, it nonetheless clearly demonstrates that the ruling clerics in Iran have benefited most in regards to the expansion and completion of their nuclear project thanks to the Western countries’ policy of negotiations and concessions.While the regime speedily steps closer to building a nuclear weapon, providing it with the opportunity to clarify its position about negotiations until the end of 2009, is a great mistake. This opportunity moves the regime closer to its objective.A timid and soft approach vis-à-vis the clerical regime persists while Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the mullahs’ President, on June 4 boasts his government’s four-year achievements by pointing to the Western countries’ acquiescence and concessions to his regime. He added, “Today, we have achieved nuclear capability.” Before, he said, the regime had to conduct many rounds of negotiations “on just three centrifuges,” whereas “now more than 7,000 centrifuges are running.” Prior to this, he had rejected uranium enrichment suspension, saying, “No one can block our progress toward producing nuclear fuel” (Fars News Agency, April 14, 2009).The Iranian Resistance reminds about the immediate and serious threats for peace and tranquility in the region and the world as a result of the fundamentalist and terrorist mullahs’ ability to acquire a nuclear bomb. The Iranian Resistance thus calls on the UN Security Council to immediately adopt comprehensive military, diplomatic, technological, and oil embargoes against the Iranian regime.Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of IranJune 6, 2009

Iran has highest brain drain among 91 world developing and non-developed countries
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest report, announced that among 91 world’s developing and non-developed countries Iran has the highest rate of brain drain, reported Radio France on May 31, 2009. According to this report, 150 to 180 of the Iranian elites migrate annually from Iran for different reasons. 220 Iranian academicians have left Iran for residing in western countries only in year 2,000. Presently more than 250,000 Iranian engineers and physicians and more than 170,000 other high educated Iranians live in the United States and according to the official figures of the Passport Office, in 2008, 15 senior expert and 2-3 PhDs and altogether 5, 475 Bachelors of Science(B.S.C) have migrated from the country.

Iranian regime’s meddling in Lebanon’s election
NCRI - Iranian Resistance warns against widespread meddling of the Iranian regime in Lebanon’s upcoming elections and its catastrophic consequences for the Middle East and the Mediterranean region. It calls for the formation of an anti-fundamentalist front by all countries as well as political parties and forces in the region to prevent the religious fascism’s progress in the area and evict it from the whole region. The clerical regime which has no support among Iranians has found the export of terrorism and fundamentalism crucial for its survival. Senior officials of the Iranian regime have repeatedly described Lebanon and Palestine as part of their “strategic depth.”For years, mullahs have planned to devour Lebanon in order to achieve their sinister goal of establishing an 'Islamic empire'. Since 2003, the mullahs’ infiltration into Iraq and the subsequent hidden occupation of that country, has enabled the clerical regime to intensify its aggression into Lebanon which had been launched by Khomeini in the early 1980s.The regime intends to help groups formed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its proxies to win the elections and bring them to power in Lebanon. To this effect, the mullahs are spending billions of dollars to create divisions among nationalist and anti-fundamentalist forces, conspiring and committing terrorist activities against them. Over the past few years and particularly following the July 2006 war, Iranian regime has spent tens of billions of dollars from the Iranian people’s wealth for advancement of this project in Lebanon. On May 25, Ahmadinejad explicitly stated that by the success of the regime’s agents and proxies in the Lebanese election 'the situation in the region will change, a new front will be formed, and the resistance front will be strengthened in the whole region.' Hezbollah has also explicitly announced that the Iranian regime and in particular Khamenei will not refrain from 'handing over unconditionally weapons and military equipment to strengthen the Lebanese army and support the resistance'.As many nationalist and democratic Arab personalities express their concern, the above remarks clearly indicate that the Iranian regime intends to use Lebanon as a military garrison and a base for its meddling in other Arab countries and in the Mediterranean region.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)June 5, 2009

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International Committee of Jurists in Defence of Ashraf calls sudden entrance of Iraqi police forces to Ashraf suppressive and illegal
The International Committee of Jurists in Defence of Ashraf (ICJDA) that enjoys support of 8500 jurists in Europe and North America, in separate letters to the Multi National Force-Iraq and the US Ambassador to Iraq, regarded the sudden entrance of the Iraqi police forces into Ashraf as a suppressive and unlawful action which prepares the ground for a humanitarian catastrophe in Ashraf and a violation of the Iraqi government’s obligation to the US government with regard to respect for the rights of Ashraf residents and emphasized on necessity of undertaking Ashraf protection by the US forces.ICJDA underscored: 'Today’s tremendously dangerous action takes place while despite all the pliability shown by the residents of Ashraf, the Iraqi government has refused to acknowledge their rights in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention which have also been underscored by the European Parliament in its 24 April resolution.Iraqi police entrance into Ashraf is while the Iranian regime, at the brink of its presidential election, has launched a new battle against the residents of Ashraf and started exerting new pressures upon the Iraqi government in order to expel and extradite them. On one occasion, the regime’s President, Ahmadi-Nejad as well as its secretary for the Supreme Council of National Security, Said Jalili, called in their meeting with Iraq’s Foreign Minister for 'Implementation of the mutual agreements”.Recent developments and particularly today’s suppressive measure indicate that the Iraqi government posses neither the will nor the necessary independence of action to respect the rights of Ashraf residents and to implement the European Parliament’s resolution which determines the minimal rights of Ashraf residents. Therefore, as announced by the International Committee of In Search of Justice (encompassing 2,000 lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic), the only option remains is for the US government to ensure international protection for Ashraf and to take up the responsibility of protection in accordance with its international commitments and obligations.
Also Tthe Committee of Friends of Free Iran in the European Parliament, honorary chaired by Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice President of the European Parliament and co-chaired by Paulo Casaca and Straun Stevenson and consisting of a great number of the EP representatives from different political currents, in a letter addressing Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, wrote:’ We were shocked to hear that this morning a group of Diyala police force, including dozens of police vehicles, entered Camp Ashraf, home to 3400 Iranian democratic opposition PMOI members living in exile in Iraq… This storming into Ashraf Camp is an obvious breach of the Iraqi government’s agreement with the US government to respect the rights of Ashraf residents.’
The text of the letter is as follows:European Parliament
May 28; 2009
Hon. Hillary ClintonSecretary of State,
United States of AmericaU.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NWWashington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Clinton,
I am writing as the Co-Chair of Friends of a Free Iran intergroup which includes a large number of MEPs from different political group in the European Parliament. We were shocked to hear that this morning a group of Diyala police force, including dozens of police vehicles, entered Camp Ashraf, home to 3400 Iranian democratic opposition PMOI members living in exile in Iraq. This is in line with the declared policy of Mr Mowaffaq-al-Rubaie to make life ’intolerable’ for Ashraf residents.This unlawful act by the Iraqi government can prepare the grounds for a humanitarian catastrophe in Ashraf. This storming into Ashraf Camp is an obvious breach of the Iraqi government’s agreement with the US government to respect the rights of Ashraf residents.As you are aware the European Parliament adopted resolution on the ’Humanitarian Situation of Camp Ashraf Residents’ on 24 April 2009. It called for the guaranteeing of Ashraf’s protection, prohibition on any sort of displacement of Ashraf residents, and ensuring all of their rights in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.The adoption of the resolution showed that Europeans and their lawmakers are watching the situation of Ashraf residents and respect for their rights by the Iraqi government with grave concern and scrutiny.With today’s action by the Iraqi police, it is quite clear that the Iraqi government refrains from complying with the resolution and continues to violate the rights of Ashraf residents. There remain no other alternative but to seek an international guarantee for protection of Ashraf and the U.S. government to assume the responsibility of protection under its international obligations. This is particularly important as the residents of Ashraf are absolutely defenceless following the handover of all their arms to the U.S. forces and the U.S. commitment to protect them.Therefore we wish to call on you to intervene and prevent a disaster from taking place and ask the Iraqi police force to leave Camp Ashraf.

Yours SinCerely’
Paulo Casaca MEPCo-Chair, Friends of a Free intergroup in the European ParliamentCC: Secretary of Defence, Mr Robert GatesPaulo Casaca, ASP 15G154European Parliament, Rue WiertzB - 1047 Brusselsoau 10 .casaca(a)eu rooarl. eurooa .eu


Arrest, torture and pressure against families of Camp Ashraf residents
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of IranMay 24, 2009:
According to reports from Iran, on May 13, 2009, agents of the mullahs’ Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) raided the house of Mr. Shamsoddin Mehdizadeh, 60, father of three residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq. During the raid, MOIS agents confiscated his personal belongings and arrested him. Also arrested on that day during the attacks were Mr. Mehdizadeh’s daughter, Monir, her husband, Mr. Ali Afshani, and the couple’s 3-month-old baby, Amirhessam. They were all taken to an undisclosed location and the family’s attempts to discover their whereabouts have not been successful.It should be reminded that the fate of other relatives of Ashraf residents, who were arrested and taken to the notorious Ward 209 of Evin prison on February 20, 2009, after MOIS agents violently raided their houses in Tehran, also remains unknown. Despite the passing of three months since their arrest, a period marked by constant psychological and physical torture, the status of all those arrested, including Ms. Fatemeh (Houri) Ziai, Ms. Mahsa Naderi, and Messrs Hamed Yazarlou, Ehsan Erfani, and Mohsen Tarlani, remains unresolved. Mohsen Naderi, Ms. Mahsa Naderi’s father, is being interrogated in Ward 8 of Evin prison by one of the regime’s henchmen identified as Sheikhan.Mr. Hamed Yazarlou’s brother, Hood Yazarlou, a 21-year-old student who was sentenced to three years in prison for going to Ashraf to visit his relatives, was transferred on May 23 to a ward allocated to dangerous prisoners in the Gohardasht prison in Karaj (western Tehran). His mother, Ms. Nazila Dashti, 49, has also been imprisoned at Evin prison on similar charges.Separately, the mullahs’ Judiciary has issued unjust rulings against other arrested relatives of Ashraf residents, thereby placing more pressure on them. On May 11, Ms. Kobra Banazadeh Amirkhizi, a 56-year-old mother, was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of acting against national security and conducting activities in support of the the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Ms. Sedigheh Falahatnezhad, has also been sentenced to 8 years in prison on similar charges.Ms. Amirkhizi and Ms. Falahatnezhad are some of the Ashraf residents’ relatives, who despite having official passports and visas, planned to travel to Iraq to visit their families in Ashraf, but were arrested on January 16 along with 18 others at the Tehran airport after MOIS agents attacked and beat them, eventually transferring them to Ward 209 of Evin. These prisoners have been subjected to continuing psychological and physical torture. Ms. Amirkhizi is on the brink of losing sight in one of her eyes due to the imposed strains.In December 2008, the Iranian Resistance provided international authorities with the identities of the families of 87 members of Ashraf residents, who were arrested and imprisoned after visiting their relatives in Ashraf.The Iranian Resistance calls for global condemnation of the brutal suppression of families of PMOI members and Ashraf residents, and demands the immediate intervention of international authorities and human rights organizations for the release of the detained relatives.

Minor sentenced to death; Couple to be stoned
National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on 25th May that the clerical regime has sentenced a young man in Shiraz to be hanged. Mohammad Reza Haddadi was 15 years old at the time of committing the alleged crime.The French news agency, AFP, reported on Wednesday that he is scheduled to be hanged in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz.The clerical regime’s judiciary has also sentenced another prisoner in Isfahan to death. Jamshid H. is 53 years old, and is charged with the killing of the regime’s deputy prosecutor in Isfahan, known as Toolai. Moreover, in Tabriz, the clerical regime’s Supreme Court has sentenced a young couple to be stoned to death. The couple, Rahim Mohammad and Kobra Babai, have a 12 year old daughter, according to reports.

Four hanged in Shiraz, including a woman
A woman and three men have been hanged in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, a state-run daily Etemad reported on Saturday.The report identified the woman only by her first name Afsaneh. The other prisoners hanged were an Afghan man and two Iranian men.

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Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement onMay 29 that in the run up to mullahs’ regime sham presidential election and in face of growing social uprisings and protests, mullahs’ Deputy Commander of the State Security Forces (SSF), Ahmad Reza Radan, threatened the opponents and critics with death and ‘breaking their neck’, the state-run News Agency Fars reported on May 27. On a visit to Bushehr, southern Iran, as part of his plan to expand suppressive measures, Radan said, “Those who stand against people and the police deserve to be dealt with decisively and killed.” He added, “No outlaw or offender should dare to roam freely in the society and the police will certainly break the neck of outlaws and offenders.” Radan reiterated, “Our expectation is to continue these measures with crushing firmness and decisiveness in a faster pace in order to raise the standards of the police operations in Bushehr province,” reported Fars and Mehr state-run news agencies on May 27. Remarks by Radan unveil new suppressive plans by the clerical regime. Tehran’s rulers can only continue with their shameful rule by stepping up executions, torture and murder in face of growing social protests and upheavals.

Iran: 410 anti-government protests in one month
Although the Iranian regime has hanged 47 prisoners and released the death sentence verdicts for 27 more prisoners and arrested thousands in Tehran and other cities and sent them to prisons during Iranian month of Ordibehesht (April 20-May 20), yet it couldn’t quell the protests. The records show that various sectors of the Iranian society staged more than 410 protest moves in different cities in the form of strikes, sit-ins, gatherings or clashes. The students held 114 anti-government strikes, gatherings, and sit-ins in universities. The slogans of the students were mainly 'Death to Dictator', ”death to fascist', ' Either Freedom or Death'. The Iranian workers held more than 90 strikes, sit-ins and gatherings during last month; their protests were aimed at taking back their rights form the mullahs. Despite banning demonstrations across Iran on May Day and suppressive measures to prevent any demonstration in that day, thousands of workers demonstrated across Iran such as the demonstration of 2,000 workers in Laleh Park in Tehran which was attacked by the State Security Force. In this attack more than 150 workers were arrested.The teachers have organized and held more than 100 protest moves. The widespread strike of teachers during the first week of May led to the closure of schools across Iran. The cross- country strike of the teachers took place at a time that the mullahs’ regime planned to prevent it by manipulating its security and intelligence agents extensively. Other sectors of the society also staged more than 100 anti-government moves across Iran during the same period.