Sunday, July 13, 2014

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4 individuals were whipped in public for eating during fasting hours in Iran

The Iranian regime lashed 4 individuals in public in the city of Shiraz under the pretext of eating during fasting hours in the month of Ramadan.
Ahmad Ali Gudarzi, the head of the regime’s police in
Fars Province, threatened by saying, “People should respect the sanctity of this month, otherwise they will face legal punishments.”

 

protest rallies across Iran;

 Repressive state police in Tehran intended to arrest a number of young girls in Niavaran Park at 2AM on Wednesday, July 9th. The forces faced stiff resistance by the girls. This resistance, and the presence of other people in the area, forced the repressive police to flee the area in fear of retaliation by the people.

 

A group of taxi drivers in Kermanshah, western Iran, rallied outside the taxi drivers’ organization building in this city on Wednesday, July 9th, demanding lesser annual expenses for their taxis.


  The workers of the Paksan Company in
Tehran went on strike on Tuesday, July 8th, demanding their unpaid salaries.




 

Workers of the Abedi Auto Manufacturing Company in Tehran protested the delays in their insurance pensions being deposited. 


 
 Passengers of the Tehran-Mashhad train protested the cancellation of this train on Wednesday, July 9th, at Tehran rail station. This train was to leave at 8:30 pm from Tehran but it was cancelled due to the low number of passengers.



Ansar Hezbollah agents in Iran’s streets

According to the Iranian resistance July 12, the head of the Iranian regime’s club wielding unit known as the ‘Ansar Hezbollah’ said the activities of this unit’s repressive motorized patrols will continue under the pretext of ‘Enjoin Virtue and Prohibit Vice’. He emphasized the activities of this unit is not a subject that officials are not aware of.
“Any obstructive measure will be met with swift and harsh measures by the Hezbollah.”

In another news the state-run ‘Hijab and Virtue Club’ issued a statement marking the so-called national virtue and hijab day. In parts of this statement we read, “Today hijab and virtue have completely become a social and bisexual matter, and it is far beyond a religious viewpoint that needs the will of both parties, meaning officials and the public.”
Here are their demands:
“We call on the judiciary to conduct necessary coordination with police in having a much better and firm approach against such currents that are destroying the country’s cultural atmosphere.
“We call on the state police to continuously carry out measures against enemy rings by strengthening their covert activities.”


4 Sunni Kurd pol prisoners on 32nd day of hunger strike

Hamed Ahmadi, Kamal Molaei, Jamshid Dehghani and Jahangir Dehghani are four Sunni Kurdish political prisoners in Iran who have reached their 32nd day of hunger strike on Sunday, July 13th. They have each lost around 33 pounds and are currently losing their vision. In the heat of Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, Iranian regime authorities are even refusing to provide cool water to these hunger striking prisoners for ‘iftar’ breaking the fast, during the month of Ramadan.