Canada continues to list the Iranian regime as state sponsor of terrorism
Canadian
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird who visited Iraq unannounced on Wednesday declared that Canada would stand by the people of Iraq but rejected improving relations with
the Iranian regime for countering ISIS.
According to Ottawa Citizen, “Baird was unwilling to cut neighboring Iran any slack, despite that country’s stated opposition to ISIL’s advance and recent signals that it’s willing to work with the U.S. and its allies. Canada still lists Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism,” the report said.
Baird said, “Obviously we have a very different view when it comes to the government of Tehran". He added: "The Iranian regime “could suspend its considerable support to terrorist organizations not just around the region, but around the world".
Baird also urged the Iraqi leadership to come together and govern for all Iraqis, regardless of religious or ethnic background. “We want to be able to see the government here stand on its two feet and fight terrorism,” he said.
In another news John
Baird released a statement on Monday on Solidarity with Iranian prisoners. He
writes: "Canada remains deeply concerned by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s
determination to use the courts and prison system as tools of repression.
Hundreds of people are currently imprisoned in Iran simply for peacefully exercising their fundamental
rights to freedom of speech, assembly and association.
"These teachers, lawyers, artists, writers, students, scientists and
leaders have not only been deprived of their freedom, they are also
systematically abused by Iranian officials and subjected to violent attack,
torture, rape and threats against their loved ones. Others are simply executed.
"Iranian officials deny holding political prisoners, but these brave men
and women are not unknown and they will not be forgotten. Canada offers its sincere condolences to those
who have lost family or friends to Iran’s security apparatus and calls for the
immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners and prisoners of
conscience.”According to Ottawa Citizen, “Baird was unwilling to cut neighboring Iran any slack, despite that country’s stated opposition to ISIL’s advance and recent signals that it’s willing to work with the U.S. and its allies. Canada still lists Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism,” the report said.
Baird said, “Obviously we have a very different view when it comes to the government of Tehran". He added: "The Iranian regime “could suspend its considerable support to terrorist organizations not just around the region, but around the world".
Baird also urged the Iraqi leadership to come together and govern for all Iraqis, regardless of religious or ethnic background. “We want to be able to see the government here stand on its two feet and fight terrorism,” he said.
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The Iranian Resistance called for saving the lives of seven 
political
prisoners on hunger strike, especially Mr. Karim Moussazadeh who is on hunger
strike since the first week of Aug. and urged all international bodies and
human rights organs to take effective measures to save their lives and to look
into their demands. Karim Moussazadeh, 33, is a Kurdish political prisoner sent
to Bandar Abbas on exile and he has gone on a hunger strike since August 9 to
protest the conditions in exile and the anti-human actions of the torturers,
including deprivation of medical care. Meanwhile, three other political
prisoners: Khaled Hardani, Farhang and Shahram Pour-Mansouri who have been on
hunger strike since August 30 are suffering from feebleness, hypotension and
headaches. They are protesting intolerable pressures imposed on them by the
prison torturers. On August 30, Bahraini, head of the Intelligence Ministry in
Gohardasht Prison and one of the most vicious elements of regime’s
intelligence, intended to deceive these three prisoners in order to transfer
them to an unknown location, but with the solidarity of their cellmates, they
refused to go.Khaled Hardani suffers from acute digestive problem and since he's denied medical care for a long time, his condition has deteriorated. Presently, the interrogators of the intelligence ministry intend to transfer him to an unknown location to increase the pressures on him.
Since August 31, Mr. Farshid Yadollahi, the imprisoned lawyer of Gonabadi dervishes who is in Evin Prison , has gone on hunger strike to protest the fact that he is being constantly moved around and also the intensified pressures against the imprisoned dervishes. Hamidreza Moradi and Afshin Karampour, two imprisoned dervishes, have gone on a hunger strike since September 4 in solidarity with Mr. Yadollahi.
Iran: Pastor Behnam Irani
faces 18 new charges
The fresh charges appear to be part of a surge in repression under the Hassan Rouhani's presidency targeting religious and ethnic minorities, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports.
CSW’s Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas said, “We are deeply concerned by the new charges against Pastor Irani, especially the charge of spreading corruption on Earth, which bears unsettling similarities to the one faced by Pastor Matthias. Such charges are tantamount to an indictment of Christianity itself and mark a renewed escalation in Iran’s campaign against Persian Christians under the Rouhani presidency.” Pastor Irani was initially arrested in December 2006, and sentenced in 2011 to six years imprisonment for “action against the state” and “action against the order.”
UN human rights experts condemn destruction of Baha’i cemetery
The experts said: ”We are dismayed by reports that excavation work has resumed at the cemetery in Shiraz, Iran, after pausing for several months".
In this historic cemetery, established in the 1920s, 950 members of the Baha’i community have been buried. They include ten women who were executed by the mullahs’ regime in June of 1983. The demolition of the cemetery, first began in late April. The experts also called for the release of Baha’i prisoners in Iran.
Yemen justice minister calls for Arab countries to confront Iran meddling
The Yemen Minister of Justice warned Iranian
regime is interfering in this country’s affairs. Marshad al-Arshani said in an
interview with Asharq al-Awsat calling for Arab support to confront meddling by
Iran in this country, adding confronting
Iranian regime must be carried out by all Arab countries in order to pressure Tehran.
More than 3wks Maliki forces block fuel, food delivery to Iranians in Camp Liberty
For more than 3 wks, Nouri al-Maliki has ratcheted up this blockade of Camp Liberty at the behest of the Iranian regime.
Through denying fuel, Government of Iraq has disrupted the electricity as well as all of the infrastructures and public services in the camp forcing the residents to live in the 48 degrees centigrade heat in metal containers with no air-conditioners. A number of the residents have suffered heat stroke and are in very dire conditions.
An Iranian asylum seeker is declared ‘brain dead after delay’ in treatment
A 24-year-old
Iranian seeking asylum in Australia has been declared brain dead and is
likely to have his life support turned off, refugee activists say.
Hamid Khazaee, was airlifted from Papua پاپوآNew Guinea to Brisbane last week for emergency treatment for a life-threatening skin infection.
According to the Refugee Action Coalition, Hamid Khazaee cut his foot about two weeks ago and the wound was very small, but got infected quickly.
“Hamid is a victim of the shocking conditions and medical neglect on Manus Island.
A letter signed by Manus Island detainees has accused the Australian organization behind the health of asylum seekers responsible for the “death” of Hamid.
Dated September 1, the letter is directed to the International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), says: “those who have signed this paper consider you are responsible for any consequences of not treating illness of our dear friend.”
IHMS is contracted by the Department of Immigration to provide health supplies for Australian detention centers, including Manus Island and Nauru. In February 2014, a 23 year old Iranian national, Reza Berati, died at the Detention Centre.
Hamid Khazaee, was airlifted from Papua پاپوآNew Guinea to Brisbane last week for emergency treatment for a life-threatening skin infection.
According to the Refugee Action Coalition, Hamid Khazaee cut his foot about two weeks ago and the wound was very small, but got infected quickly.
“Hamid is a victim of the shocking conditions and medical neglect on Manus Island.
A letter signed by Manus Island detainees has accused the Australian organization behind the health of asylum seekers responsible for the “death” of Hamid.
Dated September 1, the letter is directed to the International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), says: “those who have signed this paper consider you are responsible for any consequences of not treating illness of our dear friend.”
IHMS is contracted by the Department of Immigration to provide health supplies for Australian detention centers, including Manus Island and Nauru. In February 2014, a 23 year old Iranian national, Reza Berati, died at the Detention Centre.
New reports of protests across Iran
- Around 1,000 Ahvazi residents rallied on Thursday, September 4th, protesting the transfer of Karoon River despite threats made by the Iranian regime security forces to not hold such a gathering.- A number of Tehrani youths clashed with repressive Bassij agents at 11 pm on Tuesday, September 2nd, when the agents began harassing women and young girls under the mullah-fabricated pretext of mal-veiling.
- Residents of Manujan in Kerman Province clashed with Revolutionary Guards forces on Wednesday, September 3rd, while the agents were busy extorting the locals. Six of the IRGC forces were killed in these clashes and according to preliminary reports two locals also lost their lives in this incident.
- Stonecutting factories in the city of Isfahan continued their strike on Thursday, September 4th. Over 40 of these factories are on strike protesting tax extortions.
- Workers of a rug factory in Amir Kabir Industrial Complex in Kashan rallied on Thursday, September 4th, protesting not receiving their wages and insurance benefits.
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People prevented public execution in northern Iran
In the town of Mahmoud Abad in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran the family of Mohsen-D that the Iranian
regime intended to hang in public attacked the guards and prevented his
execution. This protest rally took place on Monday, September 1st. Khabar
Online website, belonging to Iran parliament speaker Ali Larijani, wrote,
“This execution service was to be held in a square of this town where 3,000
people were present. Loud noise, chaos and a physical dispute resulting from an
attack staged against the security fence led to the cancellation of the hanging.”
The next day under heavy security Mohsen-D was hanged in public.
The next day under heavy security Mohsen-D was hanged in public.
