Monday, May 27, 2013

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Khamenei sends his agents to support Rafsanjani’s disqualification
The removal of Rafsanjani from presidential candidacy on the order of Khamenei has caused a deep rift within the regime, even within the Guardian Council. Khamenei though has brought his agents into the scene to confirm the decision of the Guardian Council and to neutralize pressures from inside the regime for issuing a State order to re-instate Rafsanjani.
Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, spokesman for the Guardian Council, said: 'Council’s decision is a final decision and there is no appeal process.
Raja News website belonging to Khamenei faction attacked opponents of the Guardian Council’s decision and called them 'corrupt on earth'.
Mohammad Javad Larijani, Deputy Director of the regime’s Judiciary, approving the Guardian Council’s decision and referring to Rafsanjani, said: 'Anyone who wants to come as the savior, we have to draw a cross on him ... The notion that I want to be a savior is based on a false assumption, because the country is not on the edge of a precipice.
Revolutionary Guard Brigadier Naghdi, commander of the Bassij said: 'We are not supposed to use the particular authority of the Supreme leader in every case; the country has its own rules and regulations and background for introduction of a State order is not there.' He pointed to Rafsanjani and said: 'The country is not drowning in order to need a savior; it is progressing but of course has problems too'.
At the same time the Iranian regime is intensifying crackdown on rival factions in the sham election. According to the Iranian resistance the regime has implemented a new wave of suppressive measures in Tehran and major cities across the country including Isfahan and Tabriz since Monday, the day that the final list of approved candidates by the Guardian Council was announced.
Agents of Ministry of Intelligence and Security and the State Security Forces have been put on state of alert, and anti-riot forces have been stationed in cities.
The Internet has been slowed down severely, making access to news websites very difficult.
Meanwhile the repressive measures against rival factions and disqualified candidates has begun and are continuing.
The State Security Forces have arrested a number of members of Rafsanjani’s election campaign. The editor of one the websites affiliated to Rafsanjani was detained on Saturday. A number of other websites affiliated to Rafsanjani and other candidates have been filtered


A female prisoner was executed with blood-soaked body after 100 lashes
The Iranian regime, hanged a female prisoner in Varamin Gharechak prison on Wednesday May 21, after 100 lashes with a blood soaked body. The prisoner, Guity Marami, 34, was the mother of a girl. Her husband has been in jail awaiting execution for the past 13 years.


From May 18 to 21, six other prisoners were hanged. Kourosh and Mohammad Heydari accused of espionage in
Tehran, Allahnazar Shibak, 35, in Zahedan Central prison, and a prisoner on Khorram Abad prison were executed.
Sirous Sajjadian, commander of the regime’s State Security Forces in Fars province, announced on May 21 the implementation of a repressive plan entitled “Promotion of social security” and said “Intruders of order and security, thugs, distributors of drugs and mal-veiled people … will be strongly dealt with.”


Two men were lashed in public in Iran
The Iranian regime lashed two men in public in south eastern city of Borazjan. The victims who were identified by their initials as ’A.M.’ and ’Y.M.’ each received 70 lashes. 









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HRANA News Agency reported on May 25th that Shahrokh Zamani and Khaled Hardani, the two political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj are on their 7th day of hunger strike against destroying 7 Arab civilians houses in Ahwaz. On Thursday May 16, houses of 7 Arab families were destroyed in Shelang Abad of Ahwaz which is one of the poorest neighborhoods. These families are now living in tents. They did not even have time to remove their belongings out of those houses.

 

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According HRANA, on Monday, students of Tabriz Azad and Urumiyeh university gathered in protest against moving the exams from July to June. The protests started because the high education ministry issued the exams schedule which moved the exams from July to June to have the universities closed on election days.

  

No TV debates for election candidates
The Iranian regime’s officials have refused to allow televised debates to take place between the candidates approved to stand in regime's presidential election.
Authorities at the state-run TV network have said that debates would have been allowed had there been only five candidates on the ballot sheet.
But now that there are eight, each presidential hopeful must present their manifesto individually.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday: 'From the outset there was never any serious intention among the authorities to allow debates to be held.'
The Iranian regime’s Ministry of Interior on Wednesday released the names of the approved candidates.
Eight individuals were approved by the Guardian Council, after a 10-day vetting process.
The Guardian Council is made up of six experts in ’Islamic law’, who are all selected by the Supreme Leader, and six judges selected by the parliament - but who were also appointed as judges by the Supreme Leader. The only time the Iranian regime has ever held a
televised presidential debate was in 2009 which created a window of opportunity for the Iranian people to display their anger and dissatisfaction with the regime.