Tuesday, 28 December 2010
RAHANA – On Thursday, this reformist and activist’s home was raided by Security forces.
Following the raid, he received a warrant to report to appear at a court based in Evin prison, which resulted in his arrest.
Adel Mohammad Hosseini is a former member of Mousavi’s election campaign and the reasoning for his arrest has not yet been disclosed.
December 28, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010 — Bahareh Hedayat, incarcerated student activist who started a hunger strike a week ago protesting the banning of her visitation rights, was transferred to the infirmary at Evin prison.
Reports received by Kaleme from Evin prison indicate that in the past few days, as a result of her deteriorating physical condition, Bahareh Hedayat has been transferred to the infirmary at Evin on numerous occasions. Given that political prisoners are currently banned from telephone calls and Hedayat herself has no visitation rights, there is no credible and confirmed news about her physical condition. It is worth mentioning that according to her husband, Hedayat is suffering from gallstones [which can be life threatening] and according to the prison doctors she needs to be operated on.
Last week the families of Bahareh Hedayat and Mahdieh Golroo arrived at Evin prison only to find out that both of these student activists have been deprived of visitation rights.
According to their cell mates, prison officials have not provided any reason for depriving these two political prisoners of visitation rights. It looks as though their recent statements on the occasion of Student Day (16 Azar) receiving much attention by students both inside and outside of Iran may be the reason for this latest move by prison officials. Prison officials have announced that both Bahareh Hedayat and Mahdieh Golroo will be deprived of visitation rights until further notice.
The families of these two student activists approached the prosecutors office inquiring about their condition after an unsuccessful attempt to visit with them in prison. The officials at the prosecutor’s office however did not provide them with any clear answers to their questions.
Bahareh Hedayat and Mahdieh Golroo have been incarcerated for a year and to date have not been granted leave of absence from prison. They have also been deprived of face to face visitation with their families for a long time.
December 28, 2010
IRNA state-run news agency announced this morning:
“This dawn Ali Saremi a member of Monafeghin Terrorist grouplet was hanged this morning at Evin Prison on charge of ‘Moharebeh’ (staging war against God)”.
The political prisoner Ali Saremi who was hanged this morning by the henchmen of Velayat-e-Faghieh has spent about 23 years of his life in prisons and torture chambers of Shah and Clerical dictatorship. He was arrested because he had visited his son in Ashraf City (the place of resident of PMOI members in Iraq) and had attended the commemoration ceremony held at Khavaran for those who fall for freedom in the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, 30000 of them. He was then condemned to death.
Regime had announced that he was arrested because he had participated in Ashura Uprising of 2009 and thus was condemned to execution but he was arrested in 2007 in Khavaran and was in prison since.
The execution of Ali Saremi is a pathetic reaction of Khamenei to the heavy blows that he constantly receives from Iran’s resistance.
Keeping the PMOI in terror list of US due to US appeasement policy towards the clerical dictatorship while this allegation has been ruled our in high courts of Europe and a high court in District of Columbia has ruled that this listing has not gone under its due procedure and the Secretary of State must revise it, gives open hand to the religious fascism in Iran to execute PMOI members and supporters on the excuse of terrorism and ‘Moharebeh’.
We call on all international bodies to put an end to the human right violations in Iran and to send clerical regime’s record of violation of human rights to UN Security Council for taking decisive action against these crimes.
Ali Saremi was executed at Evin prison this morning, December 28 2010 along with another political prisoner by the name of Ali Akbar Siadat.
Part of Ali Saremis Speech at Khavaran Cementry. (Grave place where several 10000s political prisoners who has killed at the late 80s had been burid)
One of the reason Ali saremi got death sentece was this speech!!
December 28, 2010
NCRI – Ali Sarami, 63, member of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), was hanged at dawn on Tuesday, December 28, 2010, after 24 years of incarceration under the clerical and Shah’s rule.
Since the beginning of the clerical rule, Sarami was arrested four times. The last time he was arrested was in August 2007 during a ceremony marking the anniversary of massacre of political prisoners. After the Ashura uprising in December 2009, he was sentenced to death.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, offered her condolences to his family, especially to his son, Akbar, in Camp Ashraf. She said that Ali’s execution highlighted the Iranian regime’s fear of the PMOI and the Iranian Resistance and it was the regime’s way of taking revenge following its repeated failures to plot against Ashraf, which is standing firm and steadfast. She added that this great crime only reflects the regime’s inability and frustration in face of the resolute Iranian youths and members of PMOI who are determined to overthrow the clerical rule and establish freedom and the rule of people in Iran.
The regime’s so called Revolutionary Prosecutor described Sarami’s charge as “publicity activities against the sacred rule of Islamic Republic.” He wrote: “He visited Ashraf and during that he received necessary trainings and returned to the country… and eventually he was arrested in August 2007 for his repeated activities and participation in counter revolutionary ceremonies and gatherings in support of PMOI and dispatching reports to this grouplet (PMOI). During a search in his house some CDs, films, pictures from PMOI and hand written organizational documents linked to the grouplet were found and confiscated.”
The henchmen of the regime subjected Sarami to the most brutal torture and pressures until his last days in a bid to break his resistance, but despite all his ailments and intolerable prison conditions, he stood firm on the ideal of freedom and liberation for the people of Iran and did not yield.
When receiving his death sentence he said: “They cannot frighten me and my freedom-loving compatriots by execution and hanging… The only reason for such sentences is their fear of their own unstable state”.
Following Ali Sarami’s execution, his daughter was arrested by the regime’s henchmen this morning outside Evin Prison in Tehran.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
Monday, 27 December 2010 21:35
RAHANA: Arsalan Abadi and Kiarash Kamrani are 2 students arrested on December 27, 2009 during the post-election Ashura protests.
According to RAHANA, the 2 students are in poor psychological condition in Ward 350 of Evin Prison.
The telephones in Ward 350 have been disconnected by the prison authorities and the detainees cannot contact their family.
Ward 350 prisoners have also been banned from prison visits.
Arsalan Abadi was first charged with Moharabeh (waging war against God) which was later changed to acting against national security. The lower court sentenced him to 9.5 years in prison and the appeals court reduced it to 6 years of imprisonment. He was granted amnesty on Eid-al-Ghadir (festive day observed by Shia Muslims) and his sentence was reduced to 3 years.
Kiarash Kamrani is an economics student at Payam-Nour University who was arrested on Ashura. His 5 year prison sentence was later reduced to 2 years.
The Prosecutor’s Office had promised their families that they would be released but they are still confined in Evin Prison after a year.
Many citizens arrested during the Ashura protests are facing heavy sentences and are still confined in prison.
Monday, 27 December 2010 21:39
RAHANA reports, during December 7 events (students day) student arrests around the country have increased, 23 of whom have been mentioned in the below table.
Like other months Kurdish activists and citizens have had the highest number of arrests and at least 23 of them have detained following up their arrests.
Arrest of 8 journalists shows the severity of clashes between security agency and the press. 8 journalists have been arrested and detained during the security agency’s attack to “Shargh” newspaper.
Religious minorities, especially Baha’i and followers of God have also has 11 arrestees. A Christian citizen had also been arrested, whom was released after a short term in detention.
Families of political prisoners and the victims of the presidential election events have also had several arrests, whom are still in prison.
12 of 79 arrests in the months of December are female.
Sunday December 26th, 2010
According to HRANA security forces raided the house of Habibollah Latifi’s father in Sanandaj at 10:00pm on Sunday, searching the premises, confiscating material and arresting all those present.
According to reports received from locals at around 10:00pm on Sunday night, security forces raided the house of the father of Habibollah Latifi, Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death. Latifi was originally scheduled to be hanged on Sunday morning, but his death sentence was postponed. After raiding the house, searching the premises and confiscating material, security forces arrested those present.
It is worth mentioning that reports indicate that more than 30 security forces were present at Latifi’s father’s house. They confiscated a computer and arrested the family members and another individual who happened to be at their residence.
Local witnesses and other unconfirmed sources report that everyone present was arrested and taken to an undisclosed location. HRANA is further investigating and will provide more details as it becomes available.
Habibollah Latifi is a political prisoner sentenced to death currently incarcerated at the central prison in Sanandaj. His execution scheduled for 6:30am on Sunday December 26th and later postponed was met with strong protest by Iranian citizens both inside Iran and abroad.
Translation by Banooye Sabz
Sunday, 26 December 2010 21:15
RAHANA: This morning execution of Habibollah Latifi, a student, that has been opposed by many Human Rights activists inside Iran and abroad, has been stopped after a demonstration which occurred in front of the prison.
According to RAHANA reporters, Habib Latifi’s sister has confirmed this news and stated they can visit her brother upon the resume of office hours.
Habibollah Latifi was first arrested on October 23 2007 (Aban 1, 1386) and was sentenced to death by a short court session lasting only a few minutes after enduring four months of interrogation and torture on June 30 2008 (Tir 10, 1387). His court , which lacked presence of family members was held at First branch of Revolutionary Court and was ruled by judge Hasan Babaei. His charges include crimes against national security and being enemy of god (mohareb)
Following an appeal, his sentence was once again approved by the higher court.
Sunday, 26 December 2010 21:18
RAHANA: The 2 Mousavi supporters have been detained since 2 weeks ago. They have been charged with distributing the Kalameh newspaper and green movement CDs in Behbahan. After 2 weeks of interrogation, they have been transferred to the General Ward of Behbahan Prison.
After the student day, thousands of green movement CDs were distributed to support Majid Dorri and to persuade students to participate in the student day gatherings.
Prison authorities have told the activists to stop contacting Majid Dorri or they will have to face the consequences.
Majid Dorri has been transferred to the Behbahan Prison to serve his 6 year prison sentence in exile.
Sunday, 26 December 2010 21:23
AP – TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s opposition leaders are barred from leaving the country, a prominent conservative lawmaker said Saturday, hiking up the pressure on the reform movement.
The comments by Mousa Qorbani, a member of the Judicial Committee in parliament, were the first official word of a travel ban on the top opposition figures, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi — who both ran in the disputed 2009 presidential elections — as well as former reformist president Mohammad Khatami.
Qorbani also suggested the pressure by hard-liners to put the top leaders on trial, a step the government has so far stopped short of taking, though many mid- and low-level figures in the opposition movement have been tried and sentenced to long prison terms in the fierce crackdown that crushed protests following the 2009 vote.
Qorbani said authorities had “recognized” that Mousavi, Karroubi and Khatami are “mohareb” — a term meaning that they are “fighting God.”
“Therefore, they are barred from leaving,” Qorbani was quoted by the state TV-run Youth Journalists Club as saying Saturday.
Many other opposition figures who have been convicted were tried on charges of being “mohareb.” The elite Revolutionary Guard, Iran’s most powerful military force, has pushed for the trial of the three opposition leaders. Jailing Mousavi, the most senior leader, or either of the other two could stoke tensions with the opposition.
Mousavi and Karroubi said in a statement Wednesday that they are already living in a “big prison” and didn’t care if they were put behind bars in a “small prison” for defending the trampled rights of the Iranian nation.
Though no travel ban had been officially announced, Khatami was forbidden to travel to Japan in April to attend a conference on dialogue between cultures.
The opposition claims that Mousavi was the rightful winner of the 2009 election and that hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner through massive vote fraud.
Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets in the aftermath of the election in support of Mousavi but their peaceful protest was crushed by the Guard-led forces.
The opposition says more than 80 demonstrators were killed in the turmoil. The government, which puts the number of confirmed deaths at 30, accuses opposition leaders of being “stooges of the West” and of seeking to topple the ruling system through street protests.
