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Two prisoners murdered in Orumieh prison in Iran
According to National Council of Resistance of Iran, the clerical regime’s henchmen in Orumieh prison murdered two inmates. Last Sunday, April 18, the special guard in Orumieh prison attacked inmates to quell their protests. In this attack, led by a prison guard named Akbar Pishehvar, an inmate identified as Seifoddin Yahya Zadeh was murdered by blows of baton to his head. The protest in prison was provoked by the murder of another inmate earlier who was identified as Iraj Ghamangiz. On the same day, the guards in Gohardasht prison attacked inmates in Ward 1 and destroyed or stole their personal belongings. The inmates confronted the attackers and punished the warden, Hassan Akharian, and forced them to retreat. This is the second time that the warden has been punished by the inmates.
The Iranian regime has Sentenced three members of One Family to Death
Spero website, April 21, 2010 reported that the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has reported that three members of one family (husband, wife, and their son) and two of their close friends have been sentenced to death after being arrested in Iran’s postelection crackdown. The rights group said the death sentences were issued following an unfair trial during which only weak evidence was presented. The five have been charged with sending videos and pictures to an exiled Opposition group, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), which is on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations.
Amnesty International’s urgent action appeal to prevent imminent execution in Iran
Amnesty International released an URGENT ACTION APPEAL on April 21, 2010 to prevent executions of two Iranian Kurds in Iran who are feared to be at imminent risk of execution. “Hossein Khezri, a 28-year-old man, and Zeynab Jalalian, a 27-year-old woman, both members of Iran’s Kurdish minority, are feared to be at imminent risk of execution. Both were convicted of “enmity against God”, in separate cases, for membership of the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan. Hossein Khezri was arrested in Kermanshah in 2008, held in detention facilities under the control of the Ministry of Intelligence and Revolutionary Guards, and was later sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Oromieh, north-west Iran, for “enmity against God” (“moharebeh”). His sentence was upheld in or around August 2009. He said he was tortured and asked for an investigation, but his request was denied in March 2010.
On 11 April 2010, he was moved from Oromieh Central Prison to an unknown location, raising fears that his execution may be imminent. Zeynab Jalalian, from Maku, a town in the north-west of Iran, was sentenced to death for “enmity against God” around January 2009 by Kermanshah Revolutionary Court. Before that, she had spent eight months in a Ministry of Intelligence detention facility, during which time her family had no information concerning her fate. She is reported not to have been granted access to a lawyer during her trial, which she said lasted only a few minutes. Zeynab Jalalian’s death sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court on 26 November 2009. In early March 2010, Zeynab Jalalian was moved from Kermanshah Prison to an unknown location, possibly a detention facility of the Ministry of Intelligence. After several weeks, in late March 2010, she was transferred to Section 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran. The precise reasons for her transfer are unknown, but the website Reporters and Human Rights Activists in Iran has reported that she said she is awaiting execution.”
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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Iranian prisoners to protest conditions through hunger strike
CNN iReport, April 16, 2010: A group of recent Iranian detainees have announced that they will go on a “hunger strike” until their “legal” demands for just and rightful treatment are met by the authorities. According to a statement published on Jaras website, the prisoners are planning to start their “hunger strike” on April 21 and if their demands are not met, it will continue until the anniversary of the disputed presidential elections in June. The prisoners are demanding 'annulment and reduction of sentences handed to political prisoners, immediate release of all detainees on bail until their trial date and complete adherence to the article 168 of the constitution” which states that all political and media charges will be dealt with in a public trial in the presence of a jury.
The prisoners also demand a review of the “illegal and unjust interrogation, trial and sentencing procedures in all levels and an improvement of the prisoners’ diet, hygiene, well-being and leisure conditions.” Addressing the “Iranian nation”, the statement carries on to say: “Thousands of your children who supported reformist candidates in the presidential elections have been continuously arrested since the day after June 12 over baseless charges and been transferred from their homes or workplaces to some known and some unknown detention centres and prisons.” The statement goes on to maintain that after long term imprisonment under “special conditions” and being interrogated “under fierce physical and mental pressure”, the detainees have been sentenced to long term and unjust imprisonment terms in “show trials.” They contend that many of them have been languishing in prison for close to a year without any trial in complete judicial limbo. They maintain that these prisoners are “deprived of all their legal, Islamic and Human rights” behind bars.
Iraqi forces attack Ashraf residents in support of Iranian regime
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on April 16 that on Thursday evening, at about 23:30 local time, in a failed attempt, Iraqi forces attacked Ashraf residents and tried to overtake some of installations inside the camp. The assault took place in support of the agents of the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the terrorist Quds Force stationed at the entrance of Ashraf for the past 66 days. NCRI added: The agents, with full support of the Iraqi army battalion and the clerical regime’s embassy in Baghdad, using high powered amplifiers and loudspeakers they have been threatening to “set fire” and “close down” Ashraf and “kill” PMOI members residing in the camp and to “pull their tongues out of their throats.” The agents have been disrupting peace for the camp residents. At about mid-night Thursday evening, an Iraqi colonel and a captain by the names of Ali and Jawad entered the camp and said that the loudspeakers by the Ashraf residents should be turned off under the orders of the Iraqi government to allow the voice of the loudspeakers of the regime agents be heard. In an attempt to neutralize the disturbing screaming of agents, Ashraf residents were playing music at some of their buildings.
The Iraqi colonel threatened that if the residents’ loudspeakers were not turned off in 10 minutes, the Iraqi forces, under the orders of the government, would enter the camp and take over the buildings at the entrance of the camp by force. But the residents said that their music would be turned off provided that the agents turned off their loudspeakers that had been disturbing and depriving them from getting rest and sleep. When the Iraqi forces faced with Ashraf residents’ defiance who refused to give in to their intimidation and threats to shoot and kill, they started attacking the residents with electric batons and iron bars. Five Ashraf residents were wounded in the attack.
The Iraqi forces also attacked a woman resident of Ashraf in a bid to take her hostage, but failed when faced with her resistance and protests by other residents.
Iranian prisoners to protest conditions through hunger strike
CNN iReport, April 16, 2010: A group of recent Iranian detainees have announced that they will go on a “hunger strike” until their “legal” demands for just and rightful treatment are met by the authorities. According to a statement published on Jaras website, the prisoners are planning to start their “hunger strike” on April 21 and if their demands are not met, it will continue until the anniversary of the disputed presidential elections in June. The prisoners are demanding 'annulment and reduction of sentences handed to political prisoners, immediate release of all detainees on bail until their trial date and complete adherence to the article 168 of the constitution” which states that all political and media charges will be dealt with in a public trial in the presence of a jury.
The prisoners also demand a review of the “illegal and unjust interrogation, trial and sentencing procedures in all levels and an improvement of the prisoners’ diet, hygiene, well-being and leisure conditions.” Addressing the “Iranian nation”, the statement carries on to say: “Thousands of your children who supported reformist candidates in the presidential elections have been continuously arrested since the day after June 12 over baseless charges and been transferred from their homes or workplaces to some known and some unknown detention centres and prisons.” The statement goes on to maintain that after long term imprisonment under “special conditions” and being interrogated “under fierce physical and mental pressure”, the detainees have been sentenced to long term and unjust imprisonment terms in “show trials.” They contend that many of them have been languishing in prison for close to a year without any trial in complete judicial limbo. They maintain that these prisoners are “deprived of all their legal, Islamic and Human rights” behind bars.
Iraqi forces attack Ashraf residents in support of Iranian regime
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement on April 16 that on Thursday evening, at about 23:30 local time, in a failed attempt, Iraqi forces attacked Ashraf residents and tried to overtake some of installations inside the camp. The assault took place in support of the agents of the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the terrorist Quds Force stationed at the entrance of Ashraf for the past 66 days. NCRI added: The agents, with full support of the Iraqi army battalion and the clerical regime’s embassy in Baghdad, using high powered amplifiers and loudspeakers they have been threatening to “set fire” and “close down” Ashraf and “kill” PMOI members residing in the camp and to “pull their tongues out of their throats.” The agents have been disrupting peace for the camp residents. At about mid-night Thursday evening, an Iraqi colonel and a captain by the names of Ali and Jawad entered the camp and said that the loudspeakers by the Ashraf residents should be turned off under the orders of the Iraqi government to allow the voice of the loudspeakers of the regime agents be heard. In an attempt to neutralize the disturbing screaming of agents, Ashraf residents were playing music at some of their buildings.
The Iraqi colonel threatened that if the residents’ loudspeakers were not turned off in 10 minutes, the Iraqi forces, under the orders of the government, would enter the camp and take over the buildings at the entrance of the camp by force. But the residents said that their music would be turned off provided that the agents turned off their loudspeakers that had been disturbing and depriving them from getting rest and sleep. When the Iraqi forces faced with Ashraf residents’ defiance who refused to give in to their intimidation and threats to shoot and kill, they started attacking the residents with electric batons and iron bars. Five Ashraf residents were wounded in the attack.
The Iraqi forces also attacked a woman resident of Ashraf in a bid to take her hostage, but failed when faced with her resistance and protests by other residents.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
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U. S. group targets Honeywell over Iran
Reuters reported that a pressure group, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), is urging industrial “Honeywell International Inc” to stop selling security technology to Iran, the group said on Thursday. Honeywell security products can be used for surveillance of oil pipelines and nuclear reactors, UANI said in a letter faxed to Honeywell it provided exclusively to Reuters.
The sale of security technology, via a British subsidiary, violates company guidelines for business conduct, UANI said, adding it may sue or pressure the New York Stock Exchange to delist Honeywell if the company continues operations in Iran.
UANI’s website lists 200 companies targeted over their dealings with Iran, which it argues is developing a secret nuclear weapon and sponsors terrorism. Its list includes names such as Royal-Dutch Shell Plc, Hewlett-Packard Co, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Coca-Cola Co.
2 Men Accused Of Illegally Aiding Iran, arrested
The New York Times wrote that two men have been charged in Germany with illegally exporting equipment to Iran that was intended for use in the country’s missile program, prosecutors said Wednesday. The charges of violating export laws were filed against a 52-year-old Iranian identified as Mohsen A. and a 49-year-old Iranian-German dual citizen identified as Dr. Behzad S., federal prosecutors said. The men are suspected of exporting a vacuum sintering furnace worth $1.14 million to Iran in July 2007.
U. S. group targets Honeywell over Iran
Reuters reported that a pressure group, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), is urging industrial “Honeywell International Inc” to stop selling security technology to Iran, the group said on Thursday. Honeywell security products can be used for surveillance of oil pipelines and nuclear reactors, UANI said in a letter faxed to Honeywell it provided exclusively to Reuters.
The sale of security technology, via a British subsidiary, violates company guidelines for business conduct, UANI said, adding it may sue or pressure the New York Stock Exchange to delist Honeywell if the company continues operations in Iran.
UANI’s website lists 200 companies targeted over their dealings with Iran, which it argues is developing a secret nuclear weapon and sponsors terrorism. Its list includes names such as Royal-Dutch Shell Plc, Hewlett-Packard Co, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Coca-Cola Co.
2 Men Accused Of Illegally Aiding Iran, arrested
The New York Times wrote that two men have been charged in Germany with illegally exporting equipment to Iran that was intended for use in the country’s missile program, prosecutors said Wednesday. The charges of violating export laws were filed against a 52-year-old Iranian identified as Mohsen A. and a 49-year-old Iranian-German dual citizen identified as Dr. Behzad S., federal prosecutors said. The men are suspected of exporting a vacuum sintering furnace worth $1.14 million to Iran in July 2007.
Monday, April 05, 2010
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Hundreds arrested for chanting anti-regime slogans on Friday
Hundreds of residents of Tehran and other cities across Iran were arrested during protests on the 13th day of the Iranian New Year holiday (Sizdeh-be-dar) on Friday.
The Iranian regime’s State Security Forces (SSF) arrested a number of protesters in various locations across Tehran, including Melat, Daneshjoo, Shaqayeq and Chitgar parks, Azadi Square and Janat-abad district.
In central city of Esfahan, a number of people were arrested in Aineh Park, Kourosh Park and other locations in the city. They were transferred to unknown location.
In western city of Orumieh, the suppressive forces clashed with a large crowd who had gathered on a bridge over the Orumieh Lake on Friday. The suppressive forces fired teargas to break up the crowd and at least a hundred were arrested. The SSF established checkpoints on roads leading to the area to prevent people from joining the protest. A number of people who were trying to reach the lake on buses coming from cities of Ilkhchi and Salmas were arrested.
G8 increases pressure on Iran over nuclear program Module body
The world's leading industrial nations called on Tuesday for stronger action against Iran over its nuclear program and the United States said it was confident China would agree on the need for sanctions. Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight nations urged the international community to take "appropriate and strong steps" to show its resolve over the nuclear program, which Tehran insists it’s purely peaceful. Western members of the U.N. Security Council are pushing for a fourth round of sanctions against Iran, which many nations suspect is trying to develop nuclear weapons. In Gatineau- Quebec a group of Iranians gathered as the G8 members were meeting. They were chanting anit Iranian regime slogan and demanded a stronger measure be taken against the Iranian regime.
Hundreds arrested for chanting anti-regime slogans on Friday
Hundreds of residents of Tehran and other cities across Iran were arrested during protests on the 13th day of the Iranian New Year holiday (Sizdeh-be-dar) on Friday.
The Iranian regime’s State Security Forces (SSF) arrested a number of protesters in various locations across Tehran, including Melat, Daneshjoo, Shaqayeq and Chitgar parks, Azadi Square and Janat-abad district.
In central city of Esfahan, a number of people were arrested in Aineh Park, Kourosh Park and other locations in the city. They were transferred to unknown location.
In western city of Orumieh, the suppressive forces clashed with a large crowd who had gathered on a bridge over the Orumieh Lake on Friday. The suppressive forces fired teargas to break up the crowd and at least a hundred were arrested. The SSF established checkpoints on roads leading to the area to prevent people from joining the protest. A number of people who were trying to reach the lake on buses coming from cities of Ilkhchi and Salmas were arrested.
G8 increases pressure on Iran over nuclear program Module body
The world's leading industrial nations called on Tuesday for stronger action against Iran over its nuclear program and the United States said it was confident China would agree on the need for sanctions. Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight nations urged the international community to take "appropriate and strong steps" to show its resolve over the nuclear program, which Tehran insists it’s purely peaceful. Western members of the U.N. Security Council are pushing for a fourth round of sanctions against Iran, which many nations suspect is trying to develop nuclear weapons. In Gatineau- Quebec a group of Iranians gathered as the G8 members were meeting. They were chanting anit Iranian regime slogan and demanded a stronger measure be taken against the Iranian regime.
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