Sunday, March 03, 2013

NEWS))))))


10 people are killed and hundreds wounded after repressive forces attack protesting farmers in Isfahan
According to additional reports, the number of wounded farmers has increased following the attacks by the Iranian anti-riot forces firing bullets at the Isfahani farmers.
Under Khamenei’s orders, city and province crises headquarters have been established and the Interior Minister Security Council in
Tehran is following up on this issue. Elements of repressive forces have stationed in vast numbers in various parts of the city.
The clashes of February 27th began after the farmers had protested for months and after angry farmers of the town of Varzane and its vicinity destroyed a water facility belonging to the IRGC on Friday, February 22nd. On February 22nd, regime officials faced popular protests when they intended to repair and rerun the facility. Despite the regime’s agents shooting tear gas and opening fire, people, forced them to flee the area. Once again the people attacked the facility with bulldozers and destroyed the remains of the building.
The Isfahan farmers protest against the Revolutionary Guards’ plundering began many years ago. Ever since the IRGC built dams on Zayande-Rud River in that area, it rerouted the water for its own facilities, leaving the farmers lands deprived of water. The farmers demanded all IRGC and government-run projects, that have cut-off their water and caused the drought and destroyed agriculture, to be halted. Farming is their only source of income.  During the clashes that began last Wed. 10 people have reportedly killed and hundreds wounded. There are at least 7 cases that people have been blinded by bullets.

UNHCR calls for safety and security of Iraq’s Camp Liberty population
According to a statement by the UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency) On March 1, 2013, it renewed its deep concern about the safety and security of the Iranian residents of Camp Liberty in Iraq in light of threats, made this week, by the group claiming responsibility for the 9 February mortar attack that killed seven people and wounded more than a hundreds. The statement reads: UNHCR reaffirms that this population is entitled to international protection according to international law.
UNHCR strongly calls on all countries to redouble their efforts to find humanitarian solutions for this population outside
Iraq and urges the Iraqi Government to do everything possible in the meantime to guarantee a safe and secure environment for this population. MRs Rajavi the president elect of the Iranian resistance told a confrence in Genva on Feb. 28 that the only viable solution would be to transferr all residents to US or transfer them back to Ashraf until their relocation to third countries.


 The 40th round of nuclear negotiations with Iranian regime ended without any results
According to National Council of Resistance of Iran On Wednesday February 27, another round of negotiations between the Iranian regime and 5+1 powers in Kazakhstan ended without any sign of a breakthrough and they only agreed on more negotiations. The world powers have been insisting the Iranian regime must suspend enrichment of uranium at Fordo and do so under safeguards that would constrain its ability to quickly resume operations there.

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Iraqi people who are fed up with the Maliki policies came to the streets of several provinces on Friday again by the millions. They demanded Maliki to step down. They were also angry about the involvement of the Iranian regime in their country. It's been 3 months since the vast demonstrations are taking roots in Iraq as part of the Arab Spring.