Week 34/35
Door: Ingezonden
Dit is de voortzetting van de nieuwsdraad, welke ooit op www.joostniemöller.com begon, over het verzet van de groene beweging in Iran. Tevens worden hier links, video's en nieuwsberichten gepost over ontwikkelingen rond de nucleaire ambities van dit land. De draad wordt per 2 weken vernieuwd. Een chronologisch overzicht kunt u vinden in de categorie "Ondertussen in Iran".
Geplaatst door: Ingezonden
op 22 aug 2010. Gearchiveerd onder Ondertussen in Iran.
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Reacties en pingen zijn gesloten.
Het westen heeft zijn zin door Iran zijn gang te laten gaan. De eerste reactor is daar nog niet in bedrijf of Iran’s terroristische vriendjes melden zich al:
Sudan wil ook kerncentrale
http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/7453276/__Sudan_wil_ook_kerncentrale__.html?sn=binnenland,buitenland
Iranian opposition says people must determine government content
Iranian opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi says that people’s will must take precedence over everything in any government. In response to public questions on the internet, Karroubi said: “People must decide whether they want a religious or non-religious government and they must be allowed to choose their own form of government.”
http://www.payvand.com/news/10/aug/1197.html
Iran suspends 3 officials over prison deaths
Iran has suspended three senior judiciary officials over their alleged links to the torture and killing of three anti-government protesters in prison.
A report Monday by the independent Tehran-e Emrooz newspaper says the suspensions pave the way for the trial of the three officials. Their names were not released.
The protesters were detained in the turmoil following the June 2009 disputed presidential election and died in Tehran’s Kahrizak prison the following month. One of the slain was Mohsen Rouhalamini, the son of a prominent conservative figure.
Anger over the abuse eventually forced the closure of the prison.
Iran in June convicted and sentenced two prison officials to death on charges of torturing and killing the three opposition protesters in prison.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm_0c8fna8QLljNE64F-mvMXRNxAD9...
Tehran’s Notorious Former Prosecutor Suspended
Alleen rijst nu de vraag zal hij ook werkelijk voor het gerecht komen en veroordeeld worden.
Persoonlijk denk Ik dat het een doofpotaffaire word
Jaras website reports that former Tehran prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi and two judges have been suspended by the Iranian judiciary in connection with Kahrizak Detention Centre crimes.
Attorney of Amir Javadifar, one of the victims of the Kahrizak crimes informed Jaras of this latest development in the lawsuit against the perpetrators of violations committed against detainees at Kahrizak Detention Centre last summer.
Saleh Nikbakht reported that “following the suspension of the judges, all plaintiffs will be allowed to file their complaints against these individuals.”
Mehr state new agency had reported earlier that an order had been issued to suspend three of Iran’s judiciary officials.
The names of the other two individuals have not been announced yet.
http://www.eurasiareview.com/201008227310/tehrans-notorious-former-prosecutor-su...
For My Uncle Sentenced to Death: A Letter dedicated to Javad Lari
Political prisoner Javid Lari is [sentenced to death and] charged with Moharebeh (waging war against God) and Mofsed Fel-arz (spreading corruption on Earth). His sentence was issued by branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court.
The first accusation against him was “acting against national security”, which Judge Salavati later changed to Moharebeh. He was consequently sentenced to “execution without the possibility of amnesty”.
On August 16, 2010, CHRR released a letter dedicated to Javad Lari written by his niece Golnar.
http://persian2english.com/?p=13684
Crime (Sex) and Punishment (Stoning)
It may be the oldest form of execution in the world, and it is certainly among the most barbaric. In the West, death by stoning is so remote from experience that it is best known through Monty Python skits and lurid fiction like Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery.”
Yet two recent real world cases have struck a nerve: a young couple were stoned to death last week in northern Afghanistan for trying to elope, in a grim sign of the Taliban’s resurgence. And last month, an international campaign rose up in defense of an Iranian woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who had been sentenced to death by stoning on adultery charges.
Much of the outrage those cases generated — apart from the sheer anachronism of stoning in the 21st century — seems to stem from the gulf between sexual attitudes in the West and parts of the Islamic world, where some radical movements have turned to draconian punishments, and a vision of restoring a long-lost past, in their search for religious authenticity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/weekinreview/22worth.html?_r=1
Amnesty International and Dutch Authorities Concerned Over Possible Death Sentence for Ashura Detainee Zahra Bahrami
Following unverified reports about the possibility of a death sentence for Zahra Bahrami, an Iranian-Dutch citizen arrested in Iran following the Ashura uprising (December 27, 2009), Amnesty International and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands have expressed concern. Amnesty International has reported that Zahra Bahrami’s case is being investigated by its head office in London. Zahra Bahrami is a citizen of the Netherlands and she traveled to Iran to visit her family.
http://persian2english.com/?p=13701
Iran launches assault boats with warning
Iran kicked off mass production of two high-speed missile-launching assault boats on Monday, warning its enemies not to “play with fire” as it boosts security along its coastline.
The inauguration of the production lines for the Seraj and Zolfaqar speedboats comes a day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled Iran’s home-built bomber drone, which he said would deliver “death” to Iran’s enemies.
State news agency IRNA reported that Seraj (Lamp) and Zolfaqar (named after Shiite Imam Ali’s sword) speedboats would be manufactured at the marine industries complex of the ministry of defence.
Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi opened the assembly lines, saying the vessels would help strengthen Iran’s defence forces, IRNA said.
http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21518:i...
Turkey to remove Iran from enemies watchlist
Turkey is to remove Iran from a watchlist of nations it considers a specific threat to its national security, a news report said Monday, amid Western concerns of rapprochement between the two countries.
The updated list is contained in Turkey’s security review produced by the country’s National Security Council which will be adopted in October and will no longer refer to Iran as a “specific threat”, the Milliyet newspaper said.
The review replaces a previous edition published five years ago, the newspaper added.
Members of the council, made up of government and military leaders, were not immediately available for comment on the report on Iran, which Western nations accuse of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
The new document also downgrades the security threat presented by traditional rival Greece, Milliyet reported. The two countries have long-standing territorial differences but ties have improved recently in the commercial field.
http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21516:t...
Kuwait monitors pro-Iran sleeping cells: report
Kuwait is closely monitoring “sleeping terror cells” that would resort to violence if Iran came under a military strike, a newspaper quoted a security source as saying on Sunday.
“The security agencies have been monitoring those cells for a long time and are aware of their moves and sources of funding,” the unnamed Kuwaiti source told Al-Qabas newspaper.
They are “closely monitoring these sleeping terror cells through various methods and means,” the source said without elaborating.
Al-Qabas reported on Saturday that Bahrain’s intelligence service warned other Gulf states that large numbers of “armed terrorists” were preparing for acts of sabotage if Iran was attacked over its nuclear file.
The warning was based on confessions of members of a “terror cell” arrested a few days ago who reportedly claimed membership in the military agency of a neighbouring country, Al-Qabas said citing informed sources.
http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21513:k...
Iran says It’s Ready to Sell Arms to Lebanon
Dus het vuurtje moet en zal opgestookt worden tot een midden oosten brand
Iran is prepared to sell weapons to Lebanon if Beirut asks for help in equipping its military, Iran’s defense minister said Wednesday.
Gen. Ahmad Vahidi’s comments come a day after the leader of Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah group, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, called on the Lebanese government to formally seek military assistance from Iran.
“Lebanon is our friend,” Vahidi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. “If there is a demand in this respect, we are ready to help that country and conduct weapons transactions with it.”
In a televised speech on Tuesday, Nasrallah vowed that his Iranian-backed group could help secure the aid for Lebanon’s poorly equipped army.
The Hezbollah leader made his suggestion after a U.S. congressman suspended $100 million of American military aid to Lebanon earlier this month over concerns the weapons could be used against Israel and that Hezbollah may have influence over the Lebanese army.
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=22090
Henk, hebben jullie die brief ook in het Nederlands op de plank liggen?
http://t.co/VQLo8YI
Jahangir Mahmoudi Arrested for Defending Political Prisoners
Officials from the Special Clerical Court have stated that Jahangir Mahmoudi was arrested as a result of his intentions to represent a number of political prisoners.
HRANA has learned that on Tuesday morning Jahangir Mahmoudi’s spouse traveled to the 3rd Circuit of the Special Clerical Court in Isfahan where she was informed that her husband was being charged for accepting to defend political prisoners. Mr. Mahmoudi’s spouse reports that her husband is in good spirits after visiting with him. He was transferred yesterday to Isfahan Prison.
http://www.en-hrana.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218:jahangi...
Tehran’s Prosecutor General: “Mal-Veiling is a Crime”
While emphasizing the criminal nature of bad hejab or mal-veiling, Tehran’s prosecutor general said, “The social security of society must be a serious as well as primary concern of all agencies and organizations and dealing with issues related to social security should not be limited to the judiciary or law enforcement.”
Hoe achterlijk moet men zijn om met zulke uitspraken te komen.
Die mensen leven in werkelijkheid een paar honderd jaar terug, anders kun je zo iets niet bedenken
http://www.en-hrana.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=219:tehrans...
Iranian Reformist Cleric Decries Prison Torture
Reformist Iranian cleric Hassan Yusefi Eshkevari has described as “shocking” a recent letter by a political prisoner detailing ill-treatment in jail, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Eshkevari was speaking to Radio Farda on August 25 about the open letter by Hamzeh Karami to Chief Prosecutor Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei.
Karami, the chief editor of a reformist website, “Karami” was detained following the June 2009 Iranian presidential election and reportedly tortured into making a false confession of illicit sexual relations with relatives of opposition Green movement leaders.
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Reformist_Cleric_Decries_Prison_Torture/213...
Iran Launches New Crackdown On Universities
The Iranian government says it will restrict the number of students admitted to humanities programs at universities, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
The announcement was made on August 25 by Abolfazl Hassani, the director of the government’s Office of Development of Higher Education.
It follows criticism of humanities studies last year by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He called the humanities a field of study that “promotes skepticism and doubt in religious principles and beliefs,” and that it was worrying that almost two-thirds of university students in Iran were seeking degrees in the humanities.
It also comes as, in the past three months, nearly 20 university deans have been sacked by Science Minister Kamran Daneshjou, most recently Yosef Sobouti of the Graduate University of Zanjan.
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Launches_New_Crackdown_On_Universities/2138387...
2,100 Individuals on Death Row in Mashad, 300 Secretly Executed,” Says Source
A Mashad human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran of the secret group executions of hundreds of prisoners inside Mashad’s Vakil Abad Prison without the knowledge of their families or lawyers. According to the activist, there are some 2,100 prisoners on death row at this prison who might face abrupt secret group executions at any moment.
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/08/2100-indiv-death-row/
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Not Ruled Out in Hariri Murder Probe
A U.S. source did not rule out Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Al-Liwaa newspaper on Monday quoted the source as saying that “rising Iranian tension over the International Tribunal and remarks made by Iranian officials in this regard was due to fears that Iranian names could be implicated in Hariri’s assassination.”
It said the source did not rule out that indictments could touch Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who is better known as Hasan Mahdavi, Force Commander of Quds Brigade in Lebanon, and Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in charge of the Lebanon-based Quds Brigade in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/newsdesk.nsf/0/0C18F9DAA4263CA0C225778800190B5...
Ook hier maar even geplaatst
De uiteindelijke vertaling van Paul is onder deze link te vinden.
Uiteraard met de hartelijke dank aan Paul.
Niet te vergeten dat Paul zich ook al meer dan een jaar intensief inzet voor de Iraanse zaak, ook al zie je Paul niet veel op de Irandraad hier op het portal onder de link is hij zowat dag en nacht bezig.
Een nationale actie voor Pakistan? Dan ook een voor Zahra Bahrami! Mail Maxime Verhagen!
http://www.onlydemocracy4iran.com/2010/08/27/een-nationale-actie-voor-pakistan-dan-ook-een-voor-zahra-bahrami-mail-maxime-verhagen/
IRAN: Three aviation incidents in 24 hours highlight hazards of flying
As many as 600 people aboard three different planes owned by Iranian airline companies were endangered when two of the aircraft made emergency landings after the engines caught fire and another ran off the runway, all within a 24-hour period.
Iran’s aviation industry has a history of fatal technical failures, with 14 fatal civilian and military aviation accidents since 2000, seven of which have taken place during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency, according to a previous report by the Los Angeles Times.
On Thursday morning, an Airbus A-300 operated by Iran’s privately owned Mahan Airlines flying from Tehran to Dusseldorf, Germany, with 227 people aboard made an emergency landing in Istanbul after pilots saw fire in one of the engines.
An hour later, an Iran Air Airbus A-300 flight with 236 people aboard heading to Stockholm suffered similar problems and landed in Istanbul, Turkey, according to the Aviation Herald.
Then on Thursday night, an Aseman Airlines plan blew a tire and ran off the Tabriz runway, Iranian news agencies reported. The Fokker 100 “skidded off the runway due to harsh rainfall late Thursday upon landing in Tabriz International Airport,” said the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/08/iran-3-aviation-incidents-...
18+ Graphic: 2 Women Stoned To Death
Het paradijs voor vrouwen.
Verzorgt door de Iraanse wetgeving.
http://www.truthtube.tv/play.php?vid=1325
Security Forces Prevent 22nd Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony of 88’ Massacre
Security forces prevented a remembrance ceremony on the 22nd anniversary of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners, arresting a number of participants. This morning, families of the political prisoners massacred in 1988 attempted to gather in Khavaran Cemetery to honor their loved ones as they do every year.
http://www.en-hrana.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:security-forces-prevent-22nd-anniversary-remembrance-ceremony-of-88-massacre&catid=18:freedom-of-expression&Itemid=2
France urges EU to threaten Iran sanctions over stoning
France urged the European Union on Friday to threaten Iran with new sanctions over the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning, despite Tehran’s warning to the West not to interfere.
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner wrote to European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to call for all 27 member states to warn Tehran not to execute 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, in a letter seen by AFP.
“A joint letter from all EU member states to the Iranian authorities has become necessary, in my view, if we want to save this young woman,” Kouchner wrote, in a copy of Wednesday’s letter released to AFP.
“We must engage the Union in new initiatives to remind Iranian authorities that, just as in the nuclear matter, their isolationist and closed stance will have a cost for them,” he wrote.
Mohammadi-Ashtiani, a mother of two, was sentenced to death by stoning in 2006 by an Iranian Islamic court. Iranian officials claim she is guilty of adultery and was an accomplice in the murder of her husband.
The sentence has “provoked a revolt from all those in Europe who do not accept barbarity,” Kouchner wrote.
The execution has been put on hold, amid a mounting international outcry over the sentence, but Iranian officials have insisted that justice will run its course.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5if_qC9njgPlvRMBJeNUkEIdlYY7w
Video van de demonstratie tegen de steniging van Sakineh, Beursplein, Amsterdam, 28-08-2010
Zie ook HoeiBoei:
http://hoeiboei.blogspot.com/2010/08/protestactie-tegen-steniging-adam.html
350-tal mensen betoogt in Brussel tegen steniging Iraanse
Een 350-tal mensen heeft vanmiddag op de trappen van het Brusselse justitiepaleis betoogd tegen de steniging van de Iraanse vrouw Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. De vrouw is in Iran veroordeeld voor overspel en moord op haar echtgenote en zou naar Iraans recht door steniging terechtgesteld worden. Meer dan 60 Belgische organisaties verzetten zich daartegen en hebben in verschillende steden actie gevoerd.
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Belgie/article/detail/1150481/2010/08/28/350-tal-mensen-betoogt-in-Brussel-tegen-steniging-Iraanse.dhtml
Solidariteit tegen steniging.
Video uit Brussel.
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/3804/Belgie/video/detail/1150556/Solidariteit-tegen-steniging.dhtml
Iran treitert vrouw die steniging wacht. Sicko’s…
http://bit.ly/9qO8oX
Zionists Waiting To Kill Hidden Imam, Says Iranian Cleric
Het zou een sterk staaltje zijn om een verzonnen persoon te vermoorden.
Deze mensen geloven zo vast in hun eigen sprookje dat ze hun volgelingen de grootste fantasieen voorschotelen.
Het komt eigenlijk hier op neer dat Ik iemand beschuldig van een aanslag te willen plegen op Assepoester.
Mojtaba Zolnour, deputy representative of Iran’s supreme leader in the Revolutionary Guard, has said that “Zionists” are waiting for the Hidden Imam to appear to kill him.
Hojatoleslam Zolnour made the comments earlier this week at Qom University.
He was quoted as saying that “Zionists” have security plans for Muslim pilgrimage sites including Mecca, Karbala, and other sites where he said it was likely that the Hidden Imam could appear. The Hidden Imam or the Promised Mahdi is the 12th imam of Shi’ite Islam, who Muslims believe will appear to bring peace and justice on Earth and put an end to tyranny.
http://www.rferl.org/content/Zionists_Waiting_To_Kill_Hidden_Imam_Says_Iranian_C...
Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani. Can a Petition Save a Life?
Eerlijk gezegd geloof Ik er ook niet in, maar we moeten het proberen.
This is the question those who initiated the appeal entitled “Sakineh Must Not be Stoned” a fortnight ago asked themselves.
And since then, it is the question those tens of thousands of men and women who have signed this first appeal every day, every hour, some days at a rate of a signature every second, are asking.
Unfortunately, no one has the answer to this dreadful question.
And nothing says that, in the coming days, perhaps even tomorrow, this terrible sentence will not be carried out and the beautiful face of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani reduced to a pulp, like the faces of those two lovers who were, indeed, stoned to death on August 16th in the province of Kunduz, in Afghanistan.
Nevertheless, I don’t believe it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernardhenri-levy/can-a-petition-save-a-lif_b_7012...
Karoubi Reiterates Guardian Council’s Role in Election Fraud. “You Know You Don’t Have Enough Support”
In his latest remarks, former Parliament speaker and reformist presidential contender Mehdi Karoubi supported the recent complaint filed by seven senior members of the Mosharekat and Mojahedin of Islamic Revolution parties relating to “illegal interference” of security and intelligence agents in the June 2009 presidential election. He also invited the regime to a “debate” and announced the compilation of an “analysis of elections over the past twenty years.”
In his remarks yesterday, the sixth Majlis speaker once again identified the Guardian Council as the main agent of “fraud” in the election, noting, “The main problem has to do with this oversight [agency], which is not impartial. It is clear to everyone that they [Guardian Council members] did not remain impartial, and that their hands are stained with betraying people’s votes.”
Karoubi latest criticism is voiced while, at the time this report was completed, Karoubi’s house was under siege as it was surrounded by over 50 plainclothes agents and members of the Basij. According to Mr. Karoubi’s official website, concerns about his physical safety have reached a new high with the presence of unidentified plainclothes agents and members of the Basij, who are hiding their identifies by covering their faces.
http://www.roozonline.com/english/news/newsitem/article/2010/september/01//you-k...
Khamenei urged to protect opposition leader’s family
The wife of one of Iran’s opposition leaders pleaded with the country’s supreme leader on Wednesday to protect her family from the regime’s militias.
Fatemeh Karroubi, whose husband Mehdi Karroubi contested last year’s disputed presidential election, said members of the Basij militia and the Revolutionary Guard Corps had been outside the family home in Tehran for three days. The men had shouted abuse at Mr Karroubi, insulted his neighbours and vandalised property, she said. They chanted that the “illiterate Karroubi” was an agent of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service.
In an open letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, Mrs Karroubi wrote: “Do you know [any country], even among the backward nations, where the basic rights of individuals are not observed [and where] political opponents and their neighbours are treated like this? Do you think such destruction and immoral behaviour are allowed for the sake of protecting the system?”
http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2010/sep/02/2312
Neda Agha Soltan’s mother appeals to the international community to help find her daughter’s murderer
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Neda Agha Soltan’s mother, Hajar Rostami, appealed to international human rights organizations and the international court in The Hague to help find her daughter’s murderer. More than one year after her shocking death before the eyes of the world, mother of Neda Agha Soltan is seeking justice for the murderers of her daughter. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mrs. Rostami said that the family’s efforts to find her daughter’s murderer have been fruitless. “I have nothing further to tell the government. I have kept my silence all this time. Now I want the world to help me and find Neda’s murderer. I have lost my child and my life has been turned upside down. Every time I return from her grave site, it feels as though my daughter only just died and we just buried her,” she told the Campaign.
She told the Campaign that the Iranian authorities have not put any pressure on her after her daughter’s death, and that they have always treated her respectfully. However, she complained about the widespread efforts to distort the truth about her daughter’s death. She referred to the “documentaries” broadcast by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), and statements made by some Iranian authorities such as certain Friday Imams and specifically, statements made by Ezzatollah Zarghami, Head of IRIB.
http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2010/aug/30/2311
EU presses China on observing Iran sanctions
De druk op china word ook verhoogd
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday she had pressed China to ensure that Chinese companies did not fill the void left by other firms leaving Iran due to U.N. sanctions.
U.S. officials said in July that Chinese companies had been pursuing trade with Iran despite the threat of U.S. sanctions and a June United Nations Security Council resolution imposing more punitive measures on Tehran over its nuclear programme.
Robert Einhorn, special adviser for non-proliferation and arms control at the U.S. State Department, said at the time that China should not “backfill” by doing more deals with Iran while “responsible countries are distancing themselves from Iran”.
Ashton, speaking to reporters at the end of an official visit to China, said she told Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that observing sanctions placed on Iran was vital.
“We expected that we would all work together in a way that would be effective but that we would stand together,” she said. “My message was meant to be very clear — that we would expect that we wouldn’t see ‘backfill’.”
http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21599:eu-presses-china-on-observing-iran-sanctions&catid=8:nuclear&Itemid=45
Iranian Opposition Launches Its Own Satellite TV Channel
Iran’s opposition Green Movement has officially launched a new satellite TV channel, RASA TV (Resan-e Sabz-e Iran or Iran’s Green Media), RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Ebrahim Nabavi, one of the channel’s organizers, said their aim is to break the state-controlled broadcasters’ monopoly on the flow of information, fight against censorship in Iran, reflect the views of all Iranian people, and frankly discuss all issues related to Iran.
“During the last year, Iran’s state TV never broadcast any [objective] news about the Green Movement, and what it did broadcast was lies,” Nabavi said.
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Opposition_Launches_Satellite_TV_Channel/21...
Basijis attack Karroubi’s home. Incl. Video
Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.
Mahdi Karroubi’s guards had to fire gunshots in the air to clear crowds that broke down the door of his home on Thursday night after days of gatherings outside, said the Sahamnews website, which supports Iran’s pro-reform movement.
The report said the attackers were members of the plainclothes Basij militia, which led the crackdown on protests that swept the country in response to allegations of fraud in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s June 2009 re-election. Karroubi was one of the pro-reform candidates who ran against Ahmadinejad.
Crowds again encircled Karroubi’s residence on Friday, as Iranians filled Tehran’s streets for the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day.
The government uses the occasion as an anti-Israel outpouring and to show its support for the Palestinians. But last year, Karroubi and other opposition leaders used the day to gather tens of thousands of their own supporters into the streets, and violent clashes broke out with security forces.
Crowds of hard-line protesters have gathered at the gate of his home for several days, apparently because they believed he would try to attend the rally again this year, though none of the opposition leaders has called for demonstrations.
http://www.irannewsdigest.com/2010/09/03/basijis-attack-karroubis-home/
Mesbah Yazdi. Democracy and Human Rights Have No Place in Islamic Theology
Hardline Shiite cleric and the spiritual and religious father of members of the administration said during a speech he delivered at ayatollah Khamenei’s office in the city of Qom that opponents to the rule of the Islamic republic supreme leader are “moharebs” [enemies of God] and that “Democracy, freedom, and human rights have no place” in Islamic theology.
The religious leader of the Shiite Taliban, who has resumed delivering speeches among military and paralimitary forces and his followers after several months, said, “Today, if people came and surrendered and submitted to the rule of the guardian of all Muslims, others who disrupt, make trouble or seek to carry out a coup must be stopped with the use of force.”
Mesbah Yazdi, who is also a member of the Association of Teachers of Qom Theological Center (Jame Modaresin Hoze Elmie Qom), declared that the imposition of “Islamic laws are mandatory following submission,’ adding, “Some say, we are Muslims and want to implement Islamic laws. Executive work and management also requires an Imam, and when people submit to their Imam, and an Islamic government was established, and the holy order has materialized, if, after that, someone protested, he must be confronted and put in his place. Also, implementing Islamic laws requires implementing Islamic penal laws. If someone is a thief, his hand must be amputated, and this is not a place to back down for cultural reasons against people who promote corruption.”
http://www.roozonline.com/english/news/newsitem/article/2010/september/03//democ...
Heavy Clashes at Qoba Mosque in Shiraz
Several sources report that clashes between plainclothes forces and students of Ayatollah Dastgheib were reported at Qoba mosque in Shiraz. As Ayatollah Dastgheib predicted, following the Qods Day rally, plainclothes forces were led to Qoba mosque. The people at Qoba mosque contacted the police and told them of the planned attack. The police declined to send forces to the potential clash scene and instead only set fences around the mosque.
The plainclothes forces, who reportedly number between 200 and 300, broke down the fences, broke the mosque door, and attacked Ayatollah Dastgheib’s students.
http://persian2english.com/?p=13874
Karroubi’s Son: Attacks Are Supreme Leader’s Response to My Mother’s Letter
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Mehdi Karroubi’s son Hossein Karroubi talked about the recent attacks on his father’s residence that was attacked by Basij forces on the eve of Qods Day. According to Hossein Karroubi, bullets were fired at the water pipes and the entire house was filled with water. The telephone lines in the entire building were also disconnected.
Deutsche Welle: Mr. Karroubi, it is currently approximately 12:30pm on Friday September 3rd. Is the area around your father’s house now calm or is there still commotion?
Hossein Karroubi: These gentlemen arrived at around 8:30am this morning and proceeded to surround the house. They completely surrounded the street from the north, south, east and west. As we speak there are approximately 200 people gathered outside here and they have started breaking the only windows that remain unbroken. They are breaking everything in site that they failed to damage last night since it was too dark. They have left nothing untouched.
http://persian2english.com/?p=13889
The Greatest Sin Being a Bahai in Iran
In 1952, an emissary went to Ayatollah Boroujerdi (the highest ranking Shi’a cleric) to ask him to tell members of the Fedayeen-e Islam not to engage in disruptive and violent acts. Boroujerdi did not relent. After all, he and Ayatollah Kashani were the spiritual leaders of the Fedayeen. Since long before and during the 1950′s, members of the cult were engaged in acts of violence including the murder of historian Ahmad Kasravi, journalist Mohammad Masoud, PM Razmara, and members of the Bahai faith. That emissary was my father who had been given the task by Mohammad Mosaddeq.
Even though many Bahais had supported Reza Shah, he had chosen to close down their main schools, Tarbyiat. Historians interpret this move differently, some arguing that in his decision to close the Bahai schools the Shah was motivated less by anti-Bahai sentiments than by a suspicion of anything beyond his control. Bahais at times suffered discrimination, but they also grew in number under his rule, encountering less violence than under the Qajars.
Nearly four decades later, a General, who had broken down Mosaddeq’s house door and was involved in the coup against his government, was given clemency by the newly established Islamic regime. Under Mohammad Reza Shah, he was given the task of desecrating Hazirat ol -Qods, the main shrine of the Bahais. The General’s name was Nader Batmanglidj. After the fall of the Shah, as a number of generals were executed, his life was spared because of his role in the destruction of the shrine.
http://www.iranian.com/main/2010/sep/greatest-sin
Day of Anti-Israel Protest Reveals Iran’s Internal Rift
Iran’s government used annual pro-Palestinian demonstrations Friday to renew its threat to wipe Israel off the map, while dissident leaders accused the regime of using verbal attacks on Israel to divert attention from its battle with domestic political opponents.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a long speech during religious services, attacking Washington’s efforts to mediate between Israel and the Palestinians and saying no one has the right to negotiate away any Palestinian land.
Mr. Ahmadinejad called on all Muslims to prepare for a final battle to free Jerusalem, claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians as their capital. “People of the region should be alert and ready so when the time comes we can fight our final and decisive battle” against Israel, he said.
.The annual event, Quds Day, is a show of support for Palestinians in their conflict with Israel and is held on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It was initiated in 1979 by the leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who declared the liberation of Jerusalem a religious duty for all Muslims.
This year, the day was also marked by bitter criticism of Mr. Ahmadinejad’s administration by his opponents. Dissident leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, issued a statement saying the government was using Israel as an excuse to crush its critics.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704855104575470020696330864-...
NCRI – Another prisoner has died in Iran due to the tortures imposed by the clerical regime’s prison guards. Mohsen Bikvand, who was being held at Karaj’s Gohardasht prison, lost his life under torture on Tuesday night local time.
Mr. Bikvand was reportedly placed under cruel torture on numerous occasions by the regime’s agents. He died in Ward no. 6 in Hall 16.
As a result of intense tortures, both legs of Mr. Bikvand’s had been broken and he had lost the use of one of his hands. There were also signs that parts of his body were burnt. The images of his tortured body had leaked out of the prison.
http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/8829/1/
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Sentenced to Another 99 Lashes!
http://missionfreeiran.org/2010/09/03/icae-press-release-61/
Als het niet met stenen kan dan doen ze het wel met de zweep. On-ge-lo-fe-lijk!
Iran pays Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers
According to a Sunday Times report, five Iranian companies in Kabul are secretly financing Taliban militants in nearby provinces.
The companies, set up in the past six months, paid a network of Taliban treasurers the battlefield expenses and bonuses for killing the enemy and destroying their vehicles, Afghan intelligence and Taliban sources said.
Iran is paying bonuses of $1,000 for killing an American soldier and $6,000 for destroying a U.S. military vehicle, said a Taliban treasurer.
The Iranian embassy refused to respond to the allegations.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6689689-iran-pays-taliban-to-kill-us-soldiers
Most UAE banks stop transfers to Iran after sanctions. Trade between Dubai & Terrorist IRI reduced by 50%
Dat gaat erin hakken ondanks de grote woorden van het Regime.
Most banks in the United Arab Emirates, an important trading partner for Iran, have stopped money transfers there after the latest round of sanctions on the Islamic republic, bankers said on Sunday.
A Dubai-based Iranian businessman said that the latest sanctions have halved trade with Dubai, an important re-export centre for Iranian goods.
“We stopped transfers to Iran in all currencies in July,” an executive from an international bank, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.
The UN Security Council imposed a fourth round of sanctions on June 9 over Iran’s controversial programme of uranium enrichment, which many Western states believe may be a covert bid to make a nuclear bomb, a charge Tehran denies.
The United States and European Union have since unilaterally imposed even tougher punitive measures, which contain provisions to penalise Tehran’s trading partners.
A banker with an Emirati bank said that transfers to Iran in dollars and euros are now forbidden, and have become “very difficult, if not impossible, in dirhams,” the UAE’s currency.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jyh0qPCQrAQNBg0rOOVUJizbCQJA
Iran activist on trial for ‘warring against God’ Put Arab Alah on trial for Waring against Iranians
A vocal female human rights activist and journalist went on trial in Iran Saturday on charges including “warring against God,” which is punishable by death, her lawyer was reported as saying.
Shiva Nazar-Ahari, 26, went on trial “on charges of Moharebeh (warring against God), conspiring and gathering to commit a crime, propaganda against the regime and harming public order,” lawyer Mohammad Sharif told ILNA news agency.
“After presenting the last defence, the end of the trial was declared,” he said. “We are awaiting the verdict and I am not pessimistic about the fate of the case.”
Sharif did not offer further details and could not be reached by AFP for comment.
But Kaleme.com, the website of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, said Nazar-Ahari, jailed since December 2009, had also been charged with ties with the exiled opposition People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI), the Tehran regime’s most hated foe.
“In the court, she expressed repulsion at this organisation (PMOI), denied any links with them and dismissed the accusation as completely baseless,” the website said.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jwSqbEN-PMh98Php2pEvjmv3zI2w
Palestinian leader blasts Ahmadinejad over Mideast peace comments. Neither Palestine nor Lebanon, dirt on AN’s head
The administration of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday, a day after Ahmadinejad criticized Abbas for renewing direct peace talks with Israel.
“He who does not represent the Iranian people, who forged elections and who suppresses the Iranian people and stole the authority, is not entitled to talk about Palestine, or the President of Palestine,” said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority, according to Wafa, the Palestinian Authority’s news agency.
Ahmadinejad, speaking to thousands of people at Tehran University on Friday, said the Mideast peace talks would fail. He spoke on Quds Day, an annual holiday in Iran that marks the country’s solidarity with Palestinians and calls for the end of Israeli occupation.
Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for direct talks in Washington this week, pledging to move the peace process forward. After two days of meetings, they deadlocked over the contentious issue of Israeli settlements.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/09/04/west.bank.abbas.ahmadinejad/?hpt=T...
Iran Guards deny siege on Iran opposition leader. Het waren lemmingen natuurlijk.
September 5, 2010 (AFP) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday denied they and Islamist militiamen had besieged opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s home, but urged that the cleric and “seditionists” like him be tried.
The Guards, in a statement carried by ILNA news agency, said that the siege on Karroubi’s home earlier this week was instigated by “rogue elements” who were not linked to the force or to the Basij militia.
“The incident was the work of imprudent and rogue elements. The instigators were completely rogue and unrelated to sacred organisations of Basij and Sepah (Guards),” it said.
Karroubi’s sahamnews.org website had reported that Guards and Basij men had surrounded the cleric’s home on Friday to prevent attendance at an annual pro-Palestinian rally, which last year saw anti-government protests.
http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21621:i...
The Important Role Of Weeping In Iran’s Domestic, Foreign Policy
For the last century in Iran’s history, weeping has had an important role in the country’s domestic and foreign policies. Whether it was due to our historic humiliation by foreign invaders, or domination of the Shi’ite and its mourning nature, should be left for the experts on the matter to decide.
It is said that Naser al-Din Shah Qajar went to Karbala and before entering the shrine of Imam Hussein, he said to his prime minister: Find me a person who delivers good sermons on the tragedy of Karbala so I can weep over it. In pursuance of his instructions, the prime minister went to find a few good ones. Whatever they recited, the shah did not weep!
The prime minister was afraid and told the clergy of Karbala that if the shah did not weep, things would go badly. They went and brought an unknown speaker. He was an old person, but one who was an expert and experienced. He told the prime minister, “I will make the shah weep.”
As soon as he approached the shah, he turned toward the grave of Imam Hussein and said: “Oh Hussein, when you had lost all companions and were standing alone in the Karbala desert, you raised your voice to say, ‘Is there any naser [helper in Arabic] to help me.’ Now this Naser [the shah's name] has come, but it’s too late.”
Upon hearing this, the shah burst into tears. His prime minister feared that something might happen to the shah, so he signaled to the speaker to stop.
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by: Hamik C Gregory from: Reno, NV USA
September 03, 2010 21:25 ReplyNo tears are being shed for lack of jobs, lack of prosperity, mismanaged economy, and lack of accountability for billions of dollars in oil revenues.
And, no one sheds tears for the poor and destitute in the streets. They are always shedding tears about events that are completely irrelevant to the Iranian families who are desperately trying to put food on the table. The Iranians in Iran have no sympathy for insincere tear jerking theatrics. Nobody can fool them and they are not fooled.
http://www.rferl.org/content/The_Important_Role_Of_Weeping_In_Irans_Domestic_For...