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Friends of a Free Iran intergroup in the European Parliament strongly condemned the medical ban on Ashraf residents by the Iraqi government
Friends of a Free Iran Intergroup European Parliament in Brussel, released a statement which reads: The committee in charge of suppressing the residents of Ashraf, within the Iraqi government, organized a deadly attack against Ashraf on July 28 and 29 during which 11 residents were killed, 130 were disabled, 370 were wounded and over 1000 were beaten up. Ashraf Camp is home to 3400 members of the Iranian democratic opposition, PMOI.For the past three days, this Iraqi committee has prevented the necessary medicine purchased by Ashraf residents as well as specialist doctors from entering the camp to visit their patients. On November 25, it was notified to the residents of Ashraf that from now on all medicine and medical doctors would be barred from entering Ashraf. In addition, in recent months, sending medical test samples of the patients and the wounded to laboratories in Baghdad as well as entering any medical equipment to Ashraf has not been allowed. To prevent access to medical doctors and treatment as well as medicine is a war crime and crime against humanity in blatant violation of the principles of the medical profession and medical law.The European Parliament resolution adopted on April 24, 2009, ’Calls on the Iraqi government to end its blockade of the camp and respect the legal status of the Camp Ashraf residents as ‘Protected Persons’ under the Geneva Conventions, and to refrain from any action that would endanger their life or security, namely full access to food, water, medical care and supplies, fuel, family members and international humanitarian organizations.” It also “calls on the Iraqi authorities to protect the lives, and the physical and moral integrity of the Camp Ashraf residents and to treat them in accordance with the obligations under the Geneva Conventions, notably not to forcibly displace, deport, expel or repatriate them in violation of the principle of non-refoulement,’The Iraqi committee in charge of suppressing the residents of Ashraf has also told PMOI representatives that it will soon resort to force and violence to transfer Ashraf residents to Southern Iraq. Displacement of Ashraf residents and threats by the Iraqi government representative are unlawful and considered as criminal acts under International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law. According to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, the forcible displacement of a population is a case of crime against humanity. We call on the Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki not to stand face to face against the international community on the basic rights of people who have lived lawfully in Iraq for many years. We are fully confident that the people of Iraq would strongly condemn violations of these rights and it is only the Iranian regime that would welcome such violations.
A female Kurdish political prisoner on the verge of execution
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on November 28, 2009 that the mullahs’ regime has sentenced a female Kurdish political prisoner, Zeinab Jalalian, accused of ‘waging war against God’ to death. The sentence, delivered in a trial that lasted only a few minutes in the absence of a lawyer and a fair judicial process, has also been approved by the regime’s Supreme Court. Zeinab, 27, coming from Maku (Western Azerbaijan), was interned for eight months in torture chambers of the regime’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS.) She is now in Sanandaj prison and on the verge of execution. She is in a poor state of health as a result of tortures. The clerical authorities refuse her medical attention and visits with her family. The Iranian Resistance called on all human rights organizations, the UN High Commissioner for human rights and women’s rights organizations to condemn the wave of arbitrary arrests, torture and execution of women in Iran and the medieval state of prisons in that country and it urges them to take urgent and binding measures to stop executions, especially that of Zeinab Jalalian.
Tear gas attack on protesting mothers of those killed in uprising and political prisoners
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran- November 28, 2009:
Mothers of those who were killed or detained in nationwide uprisings and families of political prisoners, held their weekly march on Saturday. The march went on despite measures by suppressive forces to prevent it. The regime’s agents who failed to prevent the gathering, fired tear gas to intimidate them. However, mothers continued with their protests until 6.00pm marching from Karegar Street to 16 Azar Street with candle lights in hand in memory of the martyrs.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Meeting with Iran’s Larijani "tense", says Iraq’s VP
The official website of Iraq’s Vice President wrote on November 6, 2009 that Tariq al-Hashemi, the Vice President of Iraq, has said that a meeting with Mr. Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iran’s Consultative Assembly, and his delegation took place in an uncomfortable and probably tense atmosphere.He added, “I informed Mr. Larijani that Iran’s illegitimate and unreasonable meddling in Iraq’s internal affairs particularly as it regards security and political spheres has led many Iraqis to lose faith in the prospect of normalization of relations between the two countries.”he VP also said, “I asked Mr. Larijani to explain about Iran’s policy towards many of the issues relating to Iraq, including the shutting down of water for 42 Iraqi rivers, violations with regards to common oil wells, regional water sources in Iraq, reduction of the Shatt al-Arab , exporting expired food products and drugs to Iraq, and a number of other complex issues.”He went on to say, “However, as usual, Mr. Ali Larijani denied these reports. Even when I stressed that I can back up my claims by relying on official Iraqi documents by personalities close to Iran as well as reports by the Iraqi government, Mr. Larijani once again denied the reports I introduced in the meeting. This meeting was not at all comfortable.”With regards to Larijani’s call on al-Hashemi to issue a pardon meant for the release of a number of Iranian prisoners in Iraq who were arrested for illegal entry into Iraq or for violation of residency laws, the VP said, “I called on Mr. Larijani to free Iraqi prisoners in Iran and in return I will study the option of a pardon for Iranian prisoners in Iraq and return the ball to Iran’s court.”
Specialist physicians were prevented from entering Camp Ashraf on orders of Iraqi government’s committee for suppression of Ashraf
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement on November 9, 2009, stressing that upon the order of the Iraqi government’s committee for suppression of Camp Ashraf residents, Iraqi forces on Sunday prevented the entry of a group of specialist physicians to the camp whose had come to treat patients at the camp’s hospital. This is for the fourth time during the past month that the Iraqi forces have prevented physicians from entering the camp. The forces threatened the physicians with arrests as they tried again to enter the camp. Previously, they were forced to return on October 21 and 28 and November 1. NCRI added: The physicians are barred while many of some 500 camp residents who were injured during the July 27-28 brutal attacks by Iraqi forces are in need of special medical attention. Also, Iraqi forces prevented two fuel tankers from entering the camp last week. Their drivers were arrested and taken to Khalis city prison and their tankers were seized. The Iraqi committee for suppression of Ashraf had ordered that no fuel should be allowed into the Camp. The committee is located in the Iraqi Prime Ministry.Ali Larijani, mullahs’ Parliament Speaker said in his latest visit to Iraq: “According to international laws majority of Ashraf resident criminals and must be extradited to Iran and we believe any hesitation in this regard would not be appropriate for Iraq… They must be expelled from Iraq and actions have been taken in this regard and we expect that the terrorists do not find sanctuary in our friendly and neighboring country. (State-run Fars news agency, November 4, 2009)The Iranian Resistance drew the attention of the United Nations Secretary General, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq, UNAMI, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and the Commander of the U.S. forces to the cruel siege imposed on Ashraf residents since the beginning of 2009 and calls for immediate measures to end the inhumane siege. The European Parliament, in its April 24, 2009 resolution, urged Iraq to respect the rights of Ashraf residents as Protected Persons under the Geneva Conventions, remove blockade on Ashraf and refrain from expelling or forcibly displacing them.
Iran: Six hanged in three cities
NCRI said in a statement on Nov. 7th that four prisoners hanged in Kerman prison on Saturday, Fars state-run news agency report. They were named as Morteza Y., Akbar J., Mehdi B. and Alireza S. Today’s hangings took place three days after the November 4 mass uprising and is aimed to intimidate people and create fear among youths who have displayed their resolve to overthrow the dictatorial regime and establish democracy and people’s rule in their nationwide protests over recent months. On Tuesday, November 3, a prisoner by the name of Abdulhamid Rigi was hanged in Zahedan prison. A 25-year-old man was also hanged in Bojnourd prison, reported Khorrasan daily, October 13. The Iranian Resistance called on all human rights organizations to condemn growing violations of human rights and rising number of executions in Iran. It also calls on them to adopt urgent measures to stop executions in Iran.
Journalists union: Danish student jailed in Iran
Denmark’s journalists union says one of its members is being held in a jail in Tehran.The Danish Union of Journalists says Niels Krogsgaard 'apparently was arrested in connection with a demonstration on Wednesday.' The union said Friday that Krogsgaard is a Danish journalism student who went to Iran to work on an academic paper on Iranian politics. The union said it located Krogsgaard in an Iranian jail with the help of the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists. A reporter for French news agency (Agence France Presse) was detained Wednesday while covering a state-sanctioned rally to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. Anti-government protesters also clashed with police in counter-marches.
Meeting with Iran’s Larijani "tense", says Iraq’s VP
The official website of Iraq’s Vice President wrote on November 6, 2009 that Tariq al-Hashemi, the Vice President of Iraq, has said that a meeting with Mr. Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iran’s Consultative Assembly, and his delegation took place in an uncomfortable and probably tense atmosphere.He added, “I informed Mr. Larijani that Iran’s illegitimate and unreasonable meddling in Iraq’s internal affairs particularly as it regards security and political spheres has led many Iraqis to lose faith in the prospect of normalization of relations between the two countries.”he VP also said, “I asked Mr. Larijani to explain about Iran’s policy towards many of the issues relating to Iraq, including the shutting down of water for 42 Iraqi rivers, violations with regards to common oil wells, regional water sources in Iraq, reduction of the Shatt al-Arab , exporting expired food products and drugs to Iraq, and a number of other complex issues.”He went on to say, “However, as usual, Mr. Ali Larijani denied these reports. Even when I stressed that I can back up my claims by relying on official Iraqi documents by personalities close to Iran as well as reports by the Iraqi government, Mr. Larijani once again denied the reports I introduced in the meeting. This meeting was not at all comfortable.”With regards to Larijani’s call on al-Hashemi to issue a pardon meant for the release of a number of Iranian prisoners in Iraq who were arrested for illegal entry into Iraq or for violation of residency laws, the VP said, “I called on Mr. Larijani to free Iraqi prisoners in Iran and in return I will study the option of a pardon for Iranian prisoners in Iraq and return the ball to Iran’s court.”
Specialist physicians were prevented from entering Camp Ashraf on orders of Iraqi government’s committee for suppression of Ashraf
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement on November 9, 2009, stressing that upon the order of the Iraqi government’s committee for suppression of Camp Ashraf residents, Iraqi forces on Sunday prevented the entry of a group of specialist physicians to the camp whose had come to treat patients at the camp’s hospital. This is for the fourth time during the past month that the Iraqi forces have prevented physicians from entering the camp. The forces threatened the physicians with arrests as they tried again to enter the camp. Previously, they were forced to return on October 21 and 28 and November 1. NCRI added: The physicians are barred while many of some 500 camp residents who were injured during the July 27-28 brutal attacks by Iraqi forces are in need of special medical attention. Also, Iraqi forces prevented two fuel tankers from entering the camp last week. Their drivers were arrested and taken to Khalis city prison and their tankers were seized. The Iraqi committee for suppression of Ashraf had ordered that no fuel should be allowed into the Camp. The committee is located in the Iraqi Prime Ministry.Ali Larijani, mullahs’ Parliament Speaker said in his latest visit to Iraq: “According to international laws majority of Ashraf resident criminals and must be extradited to Iran and we believe any hesitation in this regard would not be appropriate for Iraq… They must be expelled from Iraq and actions have been taken in this regard and we expect that the terrorists do not find sanctuary in our friendly and neighboring country. (State-run Fars news agency, November 4, 2009)The Iranian Resistance drew the attention of the United Nations Secretary General, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq, UNAMI, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and the Commander of the U.S. forces to the cruel siege imposed on Ashraf residents since the beginning of 2009 and calls for immediate measures to end the inhumane siege. The European Parliament, in its April 24, 2009 resolution, urged Iraq to respect the rights of Ashraf residents as Protected Persons under the Geneva Conventions, remove blockade on Ashraf and refrain from expelling or forcibly displacing them.
Iran: Six hanged in three cities
NCRI said in a statement on Nov. 7th that four prisoners hanged in Kerman prison on Saturday, Fars state-run news agency report. They were named as Morteza Y., Akbar J., Mehdi B. and Alireza S. Today’s hangings took place three days after the November 4 mass uprising and is aimed to intimidate people and create fear among youths who have displayed their resolve to overthrow the dictatorial regime and establish democracy and people’s rule in their nationwide protests over recent months. On Tuesday, November 3, a prisoner by the name of Abdulhamid Rigi was hanged in Zahedan prison. A 25-year-old man was also hanged in Bojnourd prison, reported Khorrasan daily, October 13. The Iranian Resistance called on all human rights organizations to condemn growing violations of human rights and rising number of executions in Iran. It also calls on them to adopt urgent measures to stop executions in Iran.
Journalists union: Danish student jailed in Iran
Denmark’s journalists union says one of its members is being held in a jail in Tehran.The Danish Union of Journalists says Niels Krogsgaard 'apparently was arrested in connection with a demonstration on Wednesday.' The union said Friday that Krogsgaard is a Danish journalism student who went to Iran to work on an academic paper on Iranian politics. The union said it located Krogsgaard in an Iranian jail with the help of the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists. A reporter for French news agency (Agence France Presse) was detained Wednesday while covering a state-sanctioned rally to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. Anti-government protesters also clashed with police in counter-marches.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
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Rajavi calls for comprehensive UN sanctions against the Iranian regime
According to a statement issued by the National Council of Resistance of Iran on Oct. 31st, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, commenting on the Iranian regime’s negative response to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s proposal, said that it was fully anticipated as the Iranian Resistance had repeatedly declared in the past.She said that Khamenei and Ahamdinejad, faced with increasing public dissent and nationwide uprising and the regime’s inability to overcome the internal rift and crisis, consider the nuclear bomb as the only means for the regime’s survival. To this end, the mullahs will never give up the nuclear project as it will expedite disintegration and downfall of the regime. “The recent developments do not leave any doubts that the Iranian regime’s nuclear projects are only intended for developing nuclear weapons and the claims about their peaceful use in areas of technology and medicine are only pretexts for achieving that goal,” she added. Maryam Rajavi called on the United Nations Security Council to implement comprehensive diplomatic, technological, arms and oil sanctions on the Iranian regime. She said that such sanctions should be imposed as the first step in the course of preventing the terrorist mullahs from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Student turns Khameini ’s formal propaganda meeting to disgrace
In a formal meeting on Wednesday in Tehran, a student in an unusual encounter directly addressed Khamenei publicly criticizing him and the Iranian regime. His comments were followed by occasional applause and cheers from participants, several Iranian websites reported. The Iranian regime’s state-run TV which was covering the meeting was forced to stop the live broadcast for some times. The encounter lasted about 20 minutes. During the meeting a mathematics student from Sharif University of Technology spoke at the podium. He criticized Khamenei, state broadcast media and the recent crackdown in Iran. “Does the state broadcasting really reflect the realities of the country and the whole world, or does it draw an unrealistic caricature of the world?' he said.'Does state broadcasting permit diverse opinions?' He said he had never seen anyone publicly criticize Khamenei in the media. 'I think if they let criticism against you get published, then simple problems are not overplayed and will not lead to schism and division and hatred,' he said. As he was speaking the agents of Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Khamenei’s personal guards tried to silence him. The websites said he was harassed by security forces as the event ended, and many expressed concern that he might have been arrested.
Canada unveiled UN resolution blasting Iran regime’s human rights record
Canada has deposited a draft resolution at the United Nations that implicitly criticizes the UN’s array of human rights investigators, saying they need to get proactive about exposing human rights abuse in Iran, Ottawa Citizen reported on Thursday. 'Today, at the United Nations General Assembly, Canada will table the toughest resolution on the human rights situation in Iran,' Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said in the House of Commons just ahead of the UN filing. 'For the first time, under this government, we are calling on the investigators to focus on Iran’s appalling human rights record.'The draft resolution calls on UN investigators of extra-judicial executions, torture, free speech suppression, persecution of human rights activists, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearances to 'pay particular attention' to Iran. It notes that Iranian regime has offered a 'standing invitation' for investigation by any of the UN experts, but has 'not fulfilled any requests from these special mechanisms to visit the country in four years.'The text reflects past Canadian-led resolutions in identifying torture, flogging, amputations and stoning as 'serious ongoing and recurring human-rights violations' in Iran.The call for more UN investigator involvement comes amid criticism that many of the 'special rapporteurs' spend a disproportionate amount of time probing alleged abuses in advanced democracies, while ignoring countries where the worst abuse takes place, the report said.
Rajavi calls for comprehensive UN sanctions against the Iranian regime
According to a statement issued by the National Council of Resistance of Iran on Oct. 31st, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, commenting on the Iranian regime’s negative response to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s proposal, said that it was fully anticipated as the Iranian Resistance had repeatedly declared in the past.She said that Khamenei and Ahamdinejad, faced with increasing public dissent and nationwide uprising and the regime’s inability to overcome the internal rift and crisis, consider the nuclear bomb as the only means for the regime’s survival. To this end, the mullahs will never give up the nuclear project as it will expedite disintegration and downfall of the regime. “The recent developments do not leave any doubts that the Iranian regime’s nuclear projects are only intended for developing nuclear weapons and the claims about their peaceful use in areas of technology and medicine are only pretexts for achieving that goal,” she added. Maryam Rajavi called on the United Nations Security Council to implement comprehensive diplomatic, technological, arms and oil sanctions on the Iranian regime. She said that such sanctions should be imposed as the first step in the course of preventing the terrorist mullahs from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Student turns Khameini ’s formal propaganda meeting to disgrace
In a formal meeting on Wednesday in Tehran, a student in an unusual encounter directly addressed Khamenei publicly criticizing him and the Iranian regime. His comments were followed by occasional applause and cheers from participants, several Iranian websites reported. The Iranian regime’s state-run TV which was covering the meeting was forced to stop the live broadcast for some times. The encounter lasted about 20 minutes. During the meeting a mathematics student from Sharif University of Technology spoke at the podium. He criticized Khamenei, state broadcast media and the recent crackdown in Iran. “Does the state broadcasting really reflect the realities of the country and the whole world, or does it draw an unrealistic caricature of the world?' he said.'Does state broadcasting permit diverse opinions?' He said he had never seen anyone publicly criticize Khamenei in the media. 'I think if they let criticism against you get published, then simple problems are not overplayed and will not lead to schism and division and hatred,' he said. As he was speaking the agents of Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Khamenei’s personal guards tried to silence him. The websites said he was harassed by security forces as the event ended, and many expressed concern that he might have been arrested.
Canada unveiled UN resolution blasting Iran regime’s human rights record
Canada has deposited a draft resolution at the United Nations that implicitly criticizes the UN’s array of human rights investigators, saying they need to get proactive about exposing human rights abuse in Iran, Ottawa Citizen reported on Thursday. 'Today, at the United Nations General Assembly, Canada will table the toughest resolution on the human rights situation in Iran,' Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said in the House of Commons just ahead of the UN filing. 'For the first time, under this government, we are calling on the investigators to focus on Iran’s appalling human rights record.'The draft resolution calls on UN investigators of extra-judicial executions, torture, free speech suppression, persecution of human rights activists, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearances to 'pay particular attention' to Iran. It notes that Iranian regime has offered a 'standing invitation' for investigation by any of the UN experts, but has 'not fulfilled any requests from these special mechanisms to visit the country in four years.'The text reflects past Canadian-led resolutions in identifying torture, flogging, amputations and stoning as 'serious ongoing and recurring human-rights violations' in Iran.The call for more UN investigator involvement comes amid criticism that many of the 'special rapporteurs' spend a disproportionate amount of time probing alleged abuses in advanced democracies, while ignoring countries where the worst abuse takes place, the report said.
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