Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Wednesday January 27th 2010 Newsletter

Student Information Center (SIC)

Newsletter Issue 162 - Wednesday January 27th, 2010                                                                                                                                                              

FUTURE PLANS
--Preparation for 22nd of Bahman demonstration and the "ten-day civil residence".
--Holding the 40th day anniversary of the martyrs of Ashoura day, on 16th of Bahman, at the same time az Arba'een day.
--Holding the 40th anniversary of Ayatollah Montazeri on14th of Bahman.
--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.
--Writing slogans on the walls and bills

NEWS
--SIC: The French version of the Student Information Center Newsletter can be accessed at this web address:
http://iranlibredemocratique.blogspot.com/2010/01/publications-du-student-information.html

--BBC News: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, responded tp Mohammad Yazdi's recent criticisms on Saturday, 6th of Bahman (26th of January), in a meeting with a group of professors of political science of University of Qom. He said: "As I said earlier, so far my answer to his angry and pointed remarks has been a hello, but with his last remarks and the information I have received, this time, it smells of conspiracy." 
  
--BBC: Mehdi Karroubi, Secretary General of Etemad Melli party and an opposition political leader, condemned the handling of the the election result protesters, and emphasized his previous beliefs. Tuesday, 26th of January (Persian date 6th of Bahman), Sahamnews website published Mehdi Karroubi's speech in a meeting with a group of political figures, in which, Mr. Karroubi had once again emphasized on extensive fraud in the election. He said: "As the time goes on, my belief about the widespread manipulation of the election results gets stronger, because every day new information reaches us, and it is regretful how some people treated the trust and the vote which the nation had lent to the ones in charge. " 
  
--Green Movement Network(JRS): Son of Ali Larijani, the head of current Parliament was arrested by the security forces during the bloody events of Ashura in Tehran. He was held for 24 hours and after his identity was accepted by the security personnel, he was released. It is said that he has also been arrested during the Qods Day rallies.
  
--Green Movement Network (JRS): Hundreds of Iranian academics in an open letter addressed the head of the judiciary, and asked for the release of captive Polytechnic University student, Majid Tavakoli. The letter says: "terrible treatment of students is more regrettable when it happened on the national student day, the anniversary of student protests to the despotism of the Shah and the policies of his foreign supporters, including his attach to Tehran University. This year, in extreme disbelief, we saw the same events of the year 1332 being repeated. 
  
--Radio Farda: German government spokesman, rejected the Iranian Ministry of Information claim, about its involvement in the unrest in the country on Ashura day, and also the arrest of two German diplomats on this day. Andreas Peschke, German government spokesman said in a news conference that he has no information on the arrests made on 27th of December (day of Ashura) and can not confirm the arrest of two German diplomats. He said: "No German diplomat has been arrested on 27 of December last year." 
  
--Green Movement Network (JRS): Masoud Kanzy, the honorary secretary of the joint four academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, resigned after years of activities in this position. After the recent changes in the academies and removal of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Dr. Fazel, Mr Kanzy resigned and his resignation was accepted.

NEWS OF THE ARRESTED
--BBC News: Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, deputy advertising and information distribution devision of Mir-Hossein Mousavi's campaign was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment. Lawyer of Mr. Khanjani said on Wednesday, 7th of Bahman (27th of January) to the ISNA news agency, that: "He was sentenced to one year imprisonment on the charge of propaganda against the regime, and to 5 years of imprisonment for collusion and activities against national security." 
  
--BBC: Mahsa AmrAbadi, wife of Masoud Bastani, an imprisoned Iranian journalist, said that her husband has been transferred from Evin prison to the prison of Rajai Shahr in the city of Karaj. Ms. AmrAbadi, who also spent some time in prison following the unrest after the election, told BBC Persian that Masoud Bastani has been sentenced by judge Salavati, to be transfered because he had been holding journalism classes in the prisoners in section 350 of Evin prison.
  
--Green Movement Network (JRS): Despite a month of arrest of Dr. ArabMazar, a faculty member of Allameh Tabatabaei University, and a senior adviser to Mir Hossein Mousavi, there is still not any details of his case available. Family members of this professor are expressing concerns about this and his unknown situation. He has been arrested on 7th of Dey in his home, following the wave of arrests of Ashura. 

-- in the speech of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the introduction of the new IRNA executive manager, in a shameful act, the green band of the Iranian flag was changed to blue. The picture of this event, published by Fars news agency, is attached to the newsletter.

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS
--The "Ey Iran" song will be attached to the newsletter to be used as cellphone ringtone, based on an invitation circulating in the social networks.

 

--Sazegara mentioned the followings in his Tuesday and Wednesday speech:
 - About Fars news agency report of Mr. Karrubi, he said that this agency rarely writes anything validated, specially now that they are worried about 22nd of Bahman events. He said probably Mr. Karubbi will soon release an statement to solve the doubts, like Ms. Zahra Rahnavard, and will mention that why the removal of this government is the least of people's wishes.
- He mentioned the report that Qods Revolutionary gard branch has given Khamenei, reporting that Iran's credibility has decreased after Ashura day.
- He suggested the use of face masks to prevent identification by the camera.
- He proposed boycott of Chinese goods abroad, and distribute the news, so that at least China's dignity will fall in risk.
- He said that the reported survey was based on 400 samples, in 4 provinces, and the samples match the general population of Iran. 
- He mentioned some unrest in the Mellat bank branches here and there, and said this is because of the weakness of economic system and the banks. He said the inflation and the manipulation of the prices are increasing this. He said on the other hand removing cash from banks will weaken the government and is good.
- He discussed the proposal of putting "Ey Iran"  anthem as the ringtone for mobile phones, and said it will increase unity of the members of the green movement.
- He gave news of resignation of console of Iran in Japan, and announced that he has joined the green movement. 
- He emphasized Mr. Karroubi's remark on not to retreat from the demands of the people, and pointed out that the scenario of the coup supporters has failed.
- He said partner companies of the Oil Ministry have gone on strike in Imam Khomeini harbor, because their salaries have not been paid.
- He emphasized that people should attend the 22nd of Bahman rallies in peace, and with calmness.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Monday January 25th, 2010 Newsletter

Student Information Center (SIC)

Newsletter Issue 161 - Monday January 25th, 2010                                                                                                                                                              

FUTURE PLANS
--Preparation for 22nd of Bahman demonstration and the "ten-day civil residence".
--Holding the 40th day anniversary of the martyrs of Ashoura day, on 16th of Bahman, at the same time az Arba'een day.
--Holding the 40th anniversary of Ayatollah Montazeri on14th of Bahman.
--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.
--Writing slogans on the walls and bills

NEWS
--SIC: French translation of the Newsletter of Student Information Center will be found at the following URL: 
http://iranlibredemocratique.blogspot.com/2010/01/publications-du-student-information.html 

--Green movement path (Jrs): Zahra Rahnavard (wife of Mr. Mousavi) announced that she does not recognize the government of Ahmadinejad and that they are in an honest pursuit of people's rights. She also added that they live and breathe with the green movement and that despite constant oppression by conservative forces, she has personally always spoken her mind. 

--BBC: In an interview with Fars News Agency in response to the question "Do recognize the Iranian president as legal?" Mr. Mehdi Karrubi said: "There are still problems with it but yes I recognize him as the legal president". His son later explained that mr. Karrubi said so because since the current president is chosen by the supreme leader, then he is the legal president. However he still believes that there were problems with the elections. He added that this announcement was made in the interest of exiting the current crisis. He added that he demands the same things as the people and asks "where are our votes".

-Green movement path (Jrs): The former Iranian representative to Japan has announced that he is disgusted by the recent violence against the people of Iran and this is why he is resigning. He also invited all other foreign ministry workers to follow him and resign from their positions. 

--Call of Green Freedom: Announcements have been made regarding the 40th day anniversary of Ayatollah Montazeri's death. This ceremony will be held in his supporters office in Qom. 

--Radio Farda: An official newspaper in China has accused the United States of interfering and inciting unrest during the post-elections events in Iran by using internet-based channels such as twitter and YouTube. China is a leading country in internet filtering. 

--Jrs: Headquarters officials and chiefs of staff committee of Mir Hossein Mousavi, and members of popular reformist coalition in the city of Lorestan were summoned to information headquarters. They are asked to declare in writing that are sorry that they were supporters of Mr. Mousavi.

--Call of Green Freedom: It appears that the facial-recognition system adopted by the government has not been successful in recognizing covered faces of protesters. Because of this, the authorities have resorted to publishing ads in metro stations and other public spaces to ask for people to identify protesters. 

--Aftab News: Mohsen Rezae central council meeting of Gilan University said: "We have been used to only seeing democracy (people vote) but did not see the protests. In protest, the government should be institutionalized. In other countries the police protect the people instead of confronting them". 

--Green movement path (Jrs): A group of journalists, writers, scholars and activists interested in political issues in Lebanon and Palestine, an open letter addressed to the Hell of Israel positions and his discourses on the green movement strongly criticized the Iranian people. The letter that according to security considerations has not been mentioned their names: "We protest while you are within Mshfqanh that their fate to the fate of this node Jmat selling religion and your account Do not separate them make. Sure great nation of Iran the way vegetables are chosen on for faith help people In this country the rule of God will revive. 

--Green movement path (Jrs): A day before the assassination of Professor Alimohamadi, agents of the ministry, went to his house and confiscated all the documents and pamphlets that he had recorded. He had resigned from the nuclear facilities two weeks earlier. His family had also been threatened regarding the documents that he had.

--Green movement path (Jrs): Human Rights Watch, referring to protests to protest Iranian elections in June declared: "The government response to the crisis is now in the field of human rights violations in that country." One of the senior officials of the organization said: "The systematic and brutal targeting of the critics of the government by security agents serve to silence dissidents and opposition and this is not usual." 

--Green movement path (Jrs): The brother of Majid Tavakoli (student activist) said: Ministry of Information has threatened his in the family. Their mother had been trheatended by agents not to speak with outside media sources. 

NEWS OF THE ARRESTED
--Kalameh: Kouhyar Goudarzi who was in solitary confinement for the last month has been moved to a three-person cell in Evin prison. his charges include acting against the regime and participating in illegal demonstrations. 

--Norooz: Bahareh Hedayat, member of the Office to Foster Unity, was arersted early January. charges against her include participation in Qods day rallies and doing activities for Tahkimeh Vahdat (Foster Unity organization). 

--Green movement path (Jrs): Iranian mothers living in Hamburg Germany gathered this passed Saturday in solidarity with arrested Mourning mothers in Iran. The mothers lit candles in solidarity with their Iranian counterparts. 

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS
Mr. Sazegara released his Sunday video: 
The fact that people pulled their money out of the Iranian National Bank made this bank close down some branches as well as closing down of parts of bazaar of carpet sellers. 

Kurd speaking activists have written a letter where they have expressed the concerns of their people. In addition to non-green related issues, they demand equal rights, rights to their native language, federalism as a way appropriate governance and constitution changes.

A 4th victim was identified that was killed in Kahrizak detention centre. 

A list of companies that showed ads in TV were released to the people. It was asked that people call these companies and ask them to pull their product ads from television otherwise people would refrain from buying their products. 

A survey of people in the four provinces of the Islamic Republic is out. The results of this survey are joined to this newsletter. The survey shows that majority of people agree that the constitution should be changed however they are less clear about which content they want changed. Details are published on Mr. Sazegara's website.

Mr. Sazegara released his Monday video: 

The government had earlier issues a deadline by which all slogan-containing currency should be returned to the bank. However this deadline was post-poned indefinitely. This shows that when people do not obey the authorities orders, the authorities have no choice but to back down and compromise. It is estimated that 80 million copies of currency have been graffitied.   

Many Iranian film artists refused to participate in the annual Iranian film festival. Foreign members also invited also refused this invitation in solidarity with their Iranian counterparts

The events prepared for the 22 Bahman revolution anniversary should be a strong demonstration that people all across Iran are against the current regime and want change. We have to keep the momentum up until then. This issue will be furtehr discussed in upcomign days. 

Textile workers in Kermanstaged a strike and road blockage after the company decided to move to another province. 

Many academics in the medical schools handed in their resignation. This was following the refusal of many artists to participate in the annual film festival.

Monday January 25th, 2010 Newsletter

Student Information Center (SIC)

Newsletter Issue 161 - Monday January 25th, 2010                                                                                                                                                              

FUTURE PLANS
--Preparation for 22nd of Bahman demonstration and the "ten-day civil residence".
--Holding the 40th day anniversary of the martyrs of Ashoura day, on 16th of Bahman, at the same time az Arba'een day.
--Holding the 40th anniversary of Ayatollah Montazeri on14th of Bahman.
--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.
--Writing slogans on the walls and bills

NEWS
--SIC: French translation of the Newsletter of Student Information Center will be found at the following URL: 
http://iranlibredemocratique.blogspot.com/2010/01/publications-du-student-information.html 

--Green movement path (Jrs): Zahra Rahnavard (wife of Mr. Mousavi) announced that she does not recognize the government of Ahmadinejad and that they are in an honest pursuit of people's rights. She also added that they live and breathe with the green movement and that despite constant oppression by conservative forces, she has personally always spoken her mind. 

--BBC: In an interview with Fars News Agency in response to the question "Do recognize the Iranian president as legal?" Mr. Mehdi Karrubi said: "There are still problems with it but yes I recognize him as the legal president". His son later explained that mr. Karrubi said so because since the current president is chosen by the supreme leader, then he is the legal president. However he still believes that there were problems with the elections. He added that this announcement was made in the interest of exiting the current crisis. He added that he demands the same things as the people and asks "where are our votes".

-Green movement path (Jrs): The former Iranian representative to Japan has announced that he is disgusted by the recent violence against the people of Iran and this is why he is resigning. He also invited all other foreign ministry workers to follow him and resign from their positions. 

--Call of Green Freedom: Announcements have been made regarding the 40th day anniversary of Ayatollah Montazeri's death. This ceremony will be held in his supporters office in Qom. 

--Radio Farda: An official newspaper in China has accused the United States of interfering and inciting unrest during the post-elections events in Iran by using internet-based channels such as twitter and YouTube. China is a leading country in internet filtering. 

--Jrs: Headquarters officials and chiefs of staff committee of Mir Hossein Mousavi, and members of popular reformist coalition in the city of Lorestan were summoned to information headquarters. They are asked to declare in writing that are sorry that they were supporters of Mr. Mousavi.

--Call of Green Freedom: It appears that the facial-recognition system adopted by the government has not been successful in recognizing covered faces of protesters. Because of this, the authorities have resorted to publishing ads in metro stations and other public spaces to ask for people to identify protesters. 

--Aftab News: Mohsen Rezae central council meeting of Gilan University said: "We have been used to only seeing democracy (people vote) but did not see the protests. In protest, the government should be institutionalized. In other countries the police protect the people instead of confronting them". 

--Green movement path (Jrs): A group of journalists, writers, scholars and activists interested in political issues in Lebanon and Palestine, an open letter addressed to the Hell of Israel positions and his discourses on the green movement strongly criticized the Iranian people. The letter that according to security considerations has not been mentioned their names: "We protest while you are within Mshfqanh that their fate to the fate of this node Jmat selling religion and your account Do not separate them make. Sure great nation of Iran the way vegetables are chosen on for faith help people In this country the rule of God will revive. 

--Green movement path (Jrs): A day before the assassination of Professor Alimohamadi, agents of the ministry, went to his house and confiscated all the documents and pamphlets that he had recorded. He had resigned from the nuclear facilities two weeks earlier. His family had also been threatened regarding the documents that he had.

--Green movement path (Jrs): Human Rights Watch, referring to protests to protest Iranian elections in June declared: "The government response to the crisis is now in the field of human rights violations in that country." One of the senior officials of the organization said: "The systematic and brutal targeting of the critics of the government by security agents serve to silence dissidents and opposition and this is not usual." 

--Green movement path (Jrs): The brother of Majid Tavakoli (student activist) said: Ministry of Information has threatened his in the family. Their mother had been trheatended by agents not to speak with outside media sources. 

NEWS OF THE ARRESTED
--Kalameh: Kouhyar Goudarzi who was in solitary confinement for the last month has been moved to a three-person cell in Evin prison. his charges include acting against the regime and participating in illegal demonstrations. 

--Norooz: Bahareh Hedayat, member of the Office to Foster Unity, was arersted early January. charges against her include participation in Qods day rallies and doing activities for Tahkimeh Vahdat (Foster Unity organization). 

--Green movement path (Jrs): Iranian mothers living in Hamburg Germany gathered this passed Saturday in solidarity with arrested Mourning mothers in Iran. The mothers lit candles in solidarity with their Iranian counterparts. 

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS
Mr. Sazegara released his Sunday video: 
The fact that people pulled their money out of the Iranian National Bank made this bank close down some branches as well as closing down of parts of bazaar of carpet sellers. 

Kurd speaking activists have written a letter where they have expressed the concerns of their people. In addition to non-green related issues, they demand equal rights, rights to their native language, federalism as a way appropriate governance and constitution changes.

A 4th victim was identified that was killed in Kahrizak detention centre. 

A list of companies that showed ads in TV were released to the people. It was asked that people call these companies and ask them to pull their product ads from television otherwise people would refrain from buying their products. 

A survey of people in the four provinces of the Islamic Republic is out. The results of this survey are joined to this newsletter. The survey shows that majority of people agree that the constitution should be changed however they are less clear about which content they want changed. Details are published on Mr. Sazegara's website.

Mr. Sazegara released his Monday video: 

The government had earlier issues a deadline by which all slogan-containing currency should be returned to the bank. However this deadline was post-poned indefinitely. This shows that when people do not obey the authorities orders, the authorities have no choice but to back down and compromise. It is estimated that 80 million copies of currency have been graffitied.   

Many Iranian film artists refused to participate in the annual Iranian film festival. Foreign members also invited also refused this invitation in solidarity with their Iranian counterparts

The events prepared for the 22 Bahman revolution anniversary should be a strong demonstration that people all across Iran are against the current regime and want change. We have to keep the momentum up until then. This issue will be furtehr discussed in upcomign days. 

Textile workers in Kermanstaged a strike and road blockage after the company decided to move to another province. 

Many academics in the medical schools handed in their resignation. This was following the refusal of many artists to participate in the annual film festival.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Saturday January 23rd 2010 Newsletter

Student Information Center (SIC)

Newsletter Issue 160 - Saturday January 23rd, 2010                                                                                                                                                              

FUTURE PLANS
--Preparation for 22nd of Bahman demonstration and the "ten-day civil residence".
--Holding the 40th day anniversary of the martyrs of Ashoura day, on 16th of Bahman, at the same time az Arba'een day.
--Holding the 40th anniversary of Ayatollah Montazeri on14th of Bahman.
--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.
--Writing slogans on the walls and bills

NEWS
--SIC: The French version of the Student Information Center Newsletter can be accessed at this web address:
http://iranlibredemocratique.blogspot.com/2010/01/publications-du-student-information.html

--Radio Farda:
Finland on Thursday summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires in Helsinki to express its concerns over the human rights situation in Iran, the Foreign Ministry said. "Finland condemns the use of violence against demonstrators exercising their freedom of speech and freedom of assembly," the ministry said in a statement.

--Radio Farda: Simon Guess, the UK ambassador in Tehran stated in an interview with the governmental press Irna, denied the charge of interfering in the post-election protests, and added that having contact between the employees of a foreign embassy and the students or politicians of the resident country is internationally legal.

--BBC: Abdolhossein Rouholamini, father of Mohsen Rouholamini, who was murdered during the post electoral protests in Khahrizak said that Saeed Mortazavi, the former prosecutor of Tehran should resign from all his governmental duties.

--JARAS:  Ayatollah Hossein Arab, a member of the main council of the "Rohanioon-e-mobarez" and a teacher of the Kashan religious school wrote a letter to Abdonnabi Namazi, Kashan's Friday-prayer cleric and former chief national prosecutor stated that using militaristic methods, the iron wall strategy and ruling by threatening the citizens would not work for long term.


--BBC: The Ministry of Culture & Islamic Guidance has warned Ettela'at, Etemad, Asrar, Tose'eh, Jahan San'at,  Roozan, Mardom Salari and Bahar newspapers for publishing Iran's ex-president, Mohammad Khatami's speech. The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance declared that the warning was issued because of Khatamti's speech in which he had said the situation in Iran is critical and the supporters of the government are acting against the unification of the country.

--BBC: Ali Larijani, the chairman of the parliament said that the current political crisis in Iran is an obstacle for the development of the country. He urged for finding a way out of the crisis.


--BBC: Iranian police announced that recently 40 more protesters were arrested in connection with the protests on Ashura. 
Recent arrests take place after police published pictures of a large number of protesters on its website and requested the people to identify the pictures and report them to the police.

--BBC: Human Rights Watch covered the continuing governmental crackdown on peaceful activists in Iran  following the disputed presidential election of June 2009. Human Rights Watch documented the arrests of thousands of ordinary and high-profile people, providing detailed accounts of state violence against peaceful protesters, arbitrary detention of human rights defenders, and abuse and torture in Iran's illegal detention centers.

--JARAS: Head of the special committee for investigation of the incidents after the June election in Iran said the parliament has solid documents about what happened after the election and will submit the documents to the court.

--JARAS: The government has asked the parliament, to issue an excessive 15 million dollar aid, in order to increase the capitals of the governmental banks. The crisis has been said to be due to the improper economical decisions made by the government.

--JARAS:
Islamic Student Council of the Amirkabir University reacted to the decree issued for Majid Tavakkoli. According to the AmirKabir bulletin, this council has requested freeing  Majid Tavakkoli and other prisoned students and added: "When people like Mortazavi and Radan are free and get awards and better positions from the government everyday, how can we expect Majid Tavakkoli and other political students be free? "

--JARAS: A number western cinema and theater directors boycotted the Iran's Fajr cinema and theatre festival. According to Asr-e-Iran, the independent press in the UK has reported that some British, French and Greek directors have boycotted the Fajr festival to condemn the post-electoral violations against the protesters.


NEWS OF THE ARRESTED
--Radio Zamaneh: Families of detainees of the Nehzat Azadi party, have expressed concerns about their arrested families because they do not have any information about their situation in prison.

--Radio Farda:
Saturday was Neda Aghasoltan's 27th birthday. Neda was shot dead on a street in Tehran 7 months ago. Caspian Makan, her fiance has called for peaceful gatherings by Iranians around the world to remember Neda on her birthday. 

--BBC: Reports indicate that tens of political activists, students and journalists all over Iran have been arrested in the past few days. 

--Jaras: Former President, Mohammad Khatami, paid a visit to a number of recently-released prisoners who had been arrested after the election. This visit occurred after the release of Morteza Haji, the Executive manager of Baran Foundation [and Khatami's campaign manager in 1997 Presidential election] and Mohsen Safaei-Farahani, the leading member of the Central Committee of the Participation Front [one of the most progressive reformist parties].

--Radiofarda: According to a statement released by Amnesty International, Habibullah Latifi, an ethnic Kurd Iranian citizen who had been sentenced to death, has been transferred to solitary confinement [which is normally done before execution]. They have warned about the possibility of his execution in the next few days. 

--Adwarnews: Several students of Chamran University in Ahvaz, Khuzestan have been called and some of them have been arrested during Ahmadinejad's visit to Ahvaz. According to Adwarnews, all those students were arrested on January 13, most of them were release the day after and one of them was released four days later. However one student activist, Sajjad Pirfalak, has been in jail since then and no information is available about his whereabouts.

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS
In his video broadcast on Thursday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:
1- The most recent speech delivered by Ali Khamenei [the Supreme Leader] is aimed at casting divisions within the ranks of the Green Movement. As similar experiences from other countries suggest, the success of the Green Movement depends on three factors; unity, mass mobilization and adhering to the principles of nonviolence struggle. Therefore it is Khamenei's strategy to target these three principles.  They try to harm the mass mobilization capabilities of the movement via widespread arrests, waging psychological war [against the movement] and creating an atmosphere of fear. In order to weaken the adherence to nonviolent struggle, they try to drive people impatient and make the movement violent by exerting brutality. Regarding unity, Khamenei's strategy is to cause divisions; divisions between domestic and out-of-country dissidents (Khamenei's recent speech), divisions within domestic dissidents (rumors about Khatemi's alleged letter to Khamenei) and divisions within out-of-country dissidents. In order to confront this, all of us should keep in mind that if we attack each other instead of targetting Khamenei and his regime, we  [unknowingly] help Khamenei succeed in his strategy. Therefor nobody should disturb the 'every comrade is a leader' principle of the movement by unreasonable personal attacks. After the victory of the green movement, we can resolve our differences at the ballot box.
2- In a military base, two thousand soldiers have all started coughing [in protest] when the ideo-political officer of the base compared Mousavi and Karroubi with Talheh and Zubair [the senior companions of Propher Muhammad who waged a war against Imam Ali, the fourth Muslim Caliph and first Shia Imam, after the assassination of the Uthman, the third caliph, 25 years after Prophet Muhammad's decease. Although highly-revered in Sunni Islam, they are considered symbols of betrayal and poor judgment in Shia Islam.]
3- [In a weird incidence], the initial imprisonment sentence of two Kurdish political dissidents, Muhammad-Amin Abdullahi and Qadir Muhammadzadeh, has been converted to death penalty in the appeals court. This is a testimony to the fact that the Regime is far more brutal in Kurdistan than anywhere else and we should express our protest to these executions.
4- In a recent report released by Human Rights without Frontiers, they have requested that the Iranian Regime be tried for crimes against humanity. 
5- In a recent public opinion poll conducted by some Iranian professionals inside Iran, 76% of the respondents have considered 'Regime Change' as the only solution for this crisis.

On his Friday video broadcast, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:
1- As Iranian banks and financial institutions have declared that they have a sum $48 billion of unpaid loans 70 per cent of which has been borrowed by less than 1000 individuals, these banks are in the verge of bankruptcy. It is anticipated that the dollar exchange rate vs. Rial will surge to an unprecedented Rls. 30,000-40,000 = $1 due to deepening economic crisis, expected 40+ per cent inflation following the removal of government subsidies, decrease in the exchange rate of Rial, the likelihood of removing three digits from the national currency and freeing monetary exchanges That's why so many people are withdrawing their deposits from banks and converting them to foreign currencies, gold and other commodities.
2 After every mass demonstration, Khamenei desperately hopes that he would disappoint people by waging widespread arrests and creating an atmosphere of fear, and will prevent them from coming to streets. However previous experiences clearly show that such demonstrations cannot be prevented by arrests and crackdowns.
3- Around 30 intellectuals and authors have released a statement in which they have emphasized that there is only one way for [smooth] transition to democracy and that is a referendum.
4- Show TV debates have literally become a joke; airing such debates reveals more vividly how ignorant this regime is.
5- Families of political prisoners gathered [in protest] in front of Tehran's Revolutionary Court's Prosecutor General office last Thursday.
6- The employees of Pars Niroo, in Fars Province, have gathered in protest since they have not been paid in the last nine months.
7- Speaking to a private meeting of Basijis in Khuzestan, Ahmadinejad has claimed that all atrocities and crimes committed [against protestors] on the day of Ashura had directly been ordered by Khamenei.
8- In a public opinion poll conducted by some professionals in four provinces inside Iran, in response to the question that 'How will regime change occur?', 22 per cent of respondents have said that regime change is improbable in near future; 25 per cent have said that regime change will happen through a staged process (removing Ahmadinejad out of office, an interim government taking charge and finally a referendum), 19 per cent have said that regime change will be instantaneous and 34 per cent have said that the final outcome depends on the behavior of the regime and other [unpredictable] factors.

On his Saturday video broadcast, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:
1- Melli and Mellat banks will go bankrupt unless the Iranian Government bails them out. It is also reported that the government is intending to reinstate bi-rate exchange for Rial . Rial's exchange rate will continue to decline and it might be wiser to convert all your deposits to other currencies. Apart from this, this can be a very effective political action.
2- There are some rumors that family members of senior regime officials having applied for political asylum. Further pressure on officials from within their own families might help change their behavior at the end.
3- Today is the birthday of late Neda Agha-Soltan [the young woman who was shot death at June 20 protests in Tehran].
4- It seems that Tehran-Moscow relations have become colder in recent months. It is more likely that this change in behavior on the part of Russia is a consequence of their knowledge about what is going on in Iran,
5- In a new attempt, Friday Prayer Imams in Iran are trying to cast divisions between domestic and out-of-country activists.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Wednesday January 20th 2010 Newsletter

Student Information Center (SIC)

Newsletter Issue 159 - Wednesday January 20th, 2010                                                                                                                                                              

FUTURE PLANS
--Preparation for 22nd of Bahman demonstration and the "ten-day civil residence".
--Holding the 40th day anniversary of the martyrs of Ashoura day, on 16th of Bahman, at the same time az Arba'een day.
--Holding the 40th anniversary of Ayatollah Montazeri on14th of Bahman.
--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.
--Writing slogans on the walls and bills

NEWS
--RadioFarda: On Tuesday, Mohammad Khatami, referring to the report of the Special Committee of Parliament about the post-election events, called the event an "shameful document  ... of a catastrophe", and said that in this report "many facts are not mentioned. In his speech that was held in front of 50 ex-detainees and political prisoners of the after election events,  Khatami said: " Maybe there has been some considerations that has caused many facts not to be mentioned, but that is enough so that the scare everyone".


--AUT: Majid Tavakoli, a member of Islamic Association of Amirkabir University of Technology, was sentenced  by Branch 15 of Revolutionary Court to eight years and six months of imprisonment, 5 years deprivation of political activity and the 5 year ban from leaving the country.

--AUT: Ali Parviz, a computer engineering student of the University of Khajeh Nasir, was sentenced to three years imprisonment. Ali Parviz's charges included preparation and distribution of movies and photos of student protests, especially students rally to protest to the presence of Saffar Harandi in Khajeh Nasir University, on 10th of Abaan. The other charges listed were working against national security, and planning for 13th of Aban demonstration.. 

--AUT: Mohammad Yousef Rashidi, imprisoned Polytechnic(Amirkabir University) student, is on hunger strike again starting from one week ago. He is protesting against extensions to his temporary arrest, and the uncertainty of his situation.by the strike. He informed his family in his latest visit, and said that his strike will continue until his situation is resolved.


--AUT: Disciplinary Committeeof  Imam Khomeini International University of Qazvin, in an unprecedented act, summoned more than 70 students in the university's to the disciplinary committee. Among the students, 10 have been notified of the decision of the committee, and Farzam Moini, Hamed Honarkhah, Seyyed Ruhollah Torabi and Farshid AzarNoush are expelled from the University. Many other are suspended from the university for several terms. 
In Nature magazine piece titled "Iranian academics and Byyshtr fear of terror" to review terror doctor Alimohamadi paid. Referring to this review many contradictions raised by the government raised the risk that his assassination is the Extremist government to show that the assassination of opposition figures Abayy also have outstanding staff. 

--BBC: A group of Iranian women's rights activists released a statement, giving their solutions to the "crisis" of the country. In this statement, signed by Shadi Sadr, Mahboubeh AbbasgholyZadeh, Fariba Davoudi Mohajer and a group of other women's rights activists, 5 solutions are provided. "Cancellation of compulsory hijab, and all discriminatory laws against women", "Elimination of violence against women in all areas", "separation of religion and government, and trial of all officials responsible for the crimes of the last three decades,"  are among the solutions provided. Signatories of this statement believe that: "In the statements that political figures have released after the election, little attention has been given to women, whereas most of the current crisis is related to women's issues." 
  
--RadioFarda: Mohammad Reza Heidari, former consoler of Iran in Norway, who had resigned following the repression of opposition in Iran,said that he has asked Norway for asylum.
  
--RadioFarda: "Human Rights Watch", on Wednesday, in its annual report about human rights situation in the world in 2009, announced that the events after the election of 22th of Khordad has been the most widespread government repression in recent decades.
  
--BBC: Ahmadi Moghaddam, the police commander said: "Olympiad, conferences, and scientific communities, are fishing nets to hunt scientific treasures from developing countries." Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also pointed out in the past, that education of many humanities disciplines in universities leads to the disbelief is divine and Islamic teachings. 
  
--BBC: A member of the "campaign to defend the civil and political prisoners", told BBC Persian that the prison sentences for two young men, named Mohammad-Amin Abdollahi and Khadem Mohammad Zadeh, residents of the city of Myrabad Boukan (North West Iran ), who had been charged with cooperating with Kurd opposition parties Iran, has been changed to death by the Urumiyeh court.
  
--BBC News: Iranian Ministry of Culture banned the movie "reward", by Kamal Tabrizi, due to "non-observance of standards and criteria of value". Hosseini, Minister of Culture said: "When a film and does not meet the criteria of value, it is definitely banned." 
  
--BBC News: Iran police says that after the publication of general public's appeal to identify some of the protestors of Ashura day in Tehran, 40 of protesters have been identified and arrested. 

--RadioFarda: More than 160 employees of "Peivand Amvaj Darya", are on job strike, starting from Monday. Workers strike in protest to the company's failure to pay two months of their salaries.
  
--Green Road Movement (JRS): Ehsan Houshmand, Kurdish researcher and sociologist, and a political-social, national-religious activists, was arrested. Security police took him after spending 2 hours in his house for investigation.
  
--Green Road Movement (JRS): From Monday morning, in some stations in Tehran Metro, Pictures of participants of Ashoura has been distributed, and people have been asked to identify the protesters and call number given in the booklets to give the information to intelligence and police agencies.
  
--BBC News: Maryam Zandi, famous Iranian photographer, said she has problem getting permission to publish her pictures of 1987 Revolution. She referred to the picture book collection of the revolutionary period, which has been sent to the Culture ministry seven month ago, and said: "This office asked me for a photo censor the photos of the revolution, and I completely disagree with this process."

NEWS OF THE ARRESTED
--Nature magazine published a piece titled "Iranian academics fear more killing", reviewed the assassination of doctor AliMohamadi. Referring to many contradictions raised by the government, the article brings the possibility that the extremist government is behind the assassination, to show that it is not scared of assassinating scientific figures.

--Green Road movement (JRS): A new wave of dismissal of Allameh University professors by mandatory retirement has started. An informed source confirmed this process in Allameh Tabatabaei University, in the economy department. This official whose name was not announced, told ILNA news agency, that the retirement of 12 prominent economics professors of Tabatabai University has been issued.

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS
On his Tuesday and Wednesday videos, Mr. Sazegara pointed out the following:
- He called the court of Ashoura detainees so ridiculous, that even with advertisement and propaganda it wouldn't get any credit.
- He gave news of the gathering of families of political prisoners in front of the office of Tehran Prosecutor.
- He said the cancellation of hosting the Tournament of Islamic Countries in Iran is out of government's fear from people.
- He was concerned about Mr. Yazdi's health in prison, given that he is 79 years old.
- He quoted from the Kuwaiti newspaper "Alsyas·h", that intelligence officials and representatives of parliament are obtaining asylum in several countries, and that 4 Iranian intelligence officers have been refugees to Italy. Sazegara predicted that this trend will accelerate in 22nd of Bahman.

- He announced the results of a survey in 4 provinces in Iran, that showed 76% of the participants are against the Islamic Republic. 8% agree with the system, and 13% agreed with the system but disagreed with Ahmadinejad.
- He refered to confusing speech of Khamenei, and said that confused speech comes from confused mind, and that Khamenei is angry with Hashemi who did not back him.
- He pointed to the heavy sentences announced for students of Qazvin International University, and said students should be united and protest strongly until their friends are free
- He said newsletter for 22nd of Bahman should be distributed.
- He said that Iran's nuclear case has reached where the probability of serious sanctions are high, and this will cause serious problems for the coup government.
 


Monday, January 18, 2010

Monday January 18th 2010 Newsletter

Student Information Center (SIC)

Newsletter Issue 158 - Monday January 18th, 2010                                                                                                                                                              

FUTURE PLANS
--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society
--Writing slogans on the walls and bills

NEWS
--Network of the Green Movement Path (JRS): The head of western Azerbaijan province confirmed today that head prosecutor of this province Valiollah Hajgholizadeh was assassinated. While conforming this news through ISNA, it was stated that the individual or individuals responsible for this assassination have not yet been identified. 

--Network of the Green Movement Path (JRS): It is reported that the ceremonial speech of 12th Bahman (in February, marks the beginning of the ceremonies celebrating the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution) are being held in the Behesht Zahra cemetary and the main speech will not be delivered by Mr. Rafsanjani. This speech is traditionally reserved for Mr. Rafsanjani and held in the shrine of Imam Khomeini.

--Network of the Green Movement Path (JRS): Hearing sessions for two defendants who were arrested on Ashura began today with the full presence of reporters. Their crimes have been decribed as crimes against the state and the Islamic republic. (Student newsletter): The two individuals have no past criminal records but have family members that belonged to the Mujahedeen group. 

--Network of the Green Movement Path (JRS): Iranian Foreign Minister denied claims that several Iranian embassy officers outside of Iran had quit their posts and applied for refugee status outside the country. His claim that the Iranian workers are happily continuing with their jobs comes in contrast with recent television interviews given by Iranian embassador to Norway who confirmed that he has resigned from his position and has sought asylum in norway as a result of the recent unrest in Iran. 

--Kalameh: Father of martyred Mr. Mousavi met with Board of Directors of teachers Association and members of the Central Council of Teachers and said that according to witnesses the day of Ashura, the agent who shot Mr. Mousavi had previously coordinated his attempt with local police officers. 

--BBC: TV channel 'Euronews' announced on Monday its plans to broadcast news in Persian and Turkish in 2010. News broadcasted in Farsi language will start in late 2010.

--Radio Farda: A group of employees of "Pars Energy" (City of Shiraz), related to the Ministry of Energy, formed a rally in front of this company complaining about their pay. According to one employee, they had not been payed in 10 months. 

--Radio Farda: It is reported that several publications have received serious "warnings" from government agents for publishing inappropriate material which enticed people to riot or was insulting to the government. 

--Radio Farda: Saeed Mortazavi, Tehran's former prosecutor general who has been accused of crimes committed in Kahrizak detention centre denied these claims and said that the responsibility of the lives lost are with other people. Other pro-government head figures investigating the case stated that the documents and facts regarding Mr. Mortazavi's guilt are undeniable. 

NEWS OF THE ARRESTED
-- JRS: The son of a previous member of Kashan's local parliament, and supporter of Moosavi was released anonymously around the city in very bad conditions with multiple bruises andbreakage of bones. 

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS
On his Sunday video, Mr. Sazegara pointed out the following notes:

- 93% less foreign investment in Iran as well as an economic recession. Reduced governmental economic activities.
- Worker strike at Iran Khodro factory because of unpaid wages. He emphasized the importance of supporting labor movements. 
- Replacement of 50 Managers at the Oil Ministry.
- The arrest of Baha'i citizens despite their non-involvement in political affairs. 
- Ayatollah Khalaji has been arrested in Qom. There has also been unrest at Friday Prayers.
- On Ashura day, some revolutionary guard members had refused their commanders orders to shoot on people on streets. And now, their families are under pressure. 
- Those who fear that being present on the streets is too dangerous should use other ore creative ways of protesting such as writing on bils etc.

On his Monday videos, he pointed out:
-European Students Union has released a statement in support of Iranian protesters and prisoners. 
-If the regime would feel like the movement is calm and inactivated, it will go on with brutal actions against the political prisoners. Thus, it is important to have a strong presence in the next demonstrations. 


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Saturday January 16th 2010 Newsletter

Student Information Center (SIC)

Newsletter Issue 157 - Saturday January 16th, 2010                                                                                                                                                              

FUTURE PLANS
--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society
--Writing slogans on the walls and bills

NEWS
-- DW: Iranian authorities will observe and control text messages and e-mails that encourage protesters, an Iranian semi-official news agency reported Friday. Messages that encourage demonstrations will be screened, and organizers of illegal protests will face heavy penalties, the Iranian Labor News Agency reported, citing Tehran Police Chief Ahmadi Mogadham. However, Mahmoud Tajalli, and IT expert says if an email is opened by certain codes, it is impossible to control it. See the attachment for more information.

-- Radio Farda: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei offered Friday his condolences over the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist. "The criminal hand that brought this disaster has revealed the motive of the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran to deal a blow to the scientific movement of the country," the Leader said. The Leader said Iranian scientists and researchers would not allow the enemies to impede the nation's scientific advancements.

-- Norouz: Religious ceremony of Komeil was held in Sayyed Ali Mousavi's house, martyred nephew of MirHossein Mousavi, on Thursday.

-- DW: TV debate of Alireza Zakani and Javad Etaat surprised the viewers of IRIB channel 3. Javad Etaat said in the debate that he supports Mousavi and he does not agree with economical, cultural and social policies of the current government. He did not answer the question about the pro-government rally that took place three weeks ago and instead, he said he supported Mousavi and Karroubi. He also criticized the IRIB for its stance against the opposition, and said the protests are not only the result of the recent election, but is a result of the economical, cultural and social policies of the hard liners in the last 5 years.

-- VOA: A senior Iranian envoy Mohammed-Reza Heydari has resigned and denounced Tehran following the brutal crackdown on protesters during the course of last month when at least 8 people were killed by security forces using live rounds. Heydari has called upon other Iranian diplomats to follow the same course of conduct.

-- DW: Asadollah Badamchian representative of Tehran in the parliament, in an interview with RASA explained the process of violence and isolation in the green movement and talked about the possibility of assassinating the leaders of the green movement. RASA newsagency belongs to a group of students in the Hawzah in Qom and is close to Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi.

-- JARAS: Ahmad Reza Dastgheib, a parliament representative from Shiraz, in a memo criticized the way Ayatollah Dastgheib's household were treated and added, "All those who are logical and effective should refrain from violence and defend the lives and properties of the people and impede a small anarchist group from installing anarchy and lawlessness which would threaten the independence of the country".

-- JARAS: The ex-commander of revolutionary guards, general Safayi, demanded respect and restraint towards the respected clerics.

-- JARAS: In the 10th Allameh Helli Symposium, Sadegh Larijani, the head of the judicial system, stated that the wave of western philosophical books being translated into Farsi should be hindered.

-- Radiofarda: "It is not right to make enemies out of friends." said Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahri, the former Appointee of Supreme Leader in the Hajj and Pilgrimage Agency, in his farewell speech without explicitly mentioning the post-election events "it is rather important to try to convert our enemies and opponents into fellows."

NEWS OF THE ARRESTED, MISSING, AND DECEASED
-- Radio Zamaneh: Noushin Ebadi, the sister of the Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi was released on bail after two weeks of arrest.

-- DW: After spending several months in the notorious Evin prison, Azar Mansuri, Davoud Soleimani and Mahdi Mahmoudian, who are members of the Participation Front [a major Reformist party] were assigned court time. As reported by the news website of the Prosecutor General of Tehran, the cases of Isa Saharkhiz, Mohammad Reza Rajabi, Hadi Arab Qobadi and Amir Ali Aghayari have also been forwarded to the Revolutionary Court.

-- Norouz: The spouse of Seyyed Ali Mousavi, the nephew of Mir Hossein Mousavi [who was shot death during the protests of Ashura] emphasized the commitment of his passed-away husband to the Green Movement and the legacy of martyrs of freedom and said: "I hope that the truth is revealed to people and the blood of martyrs not be in vain."

-- Norouz: Several families of the political prisoners visited the family of Seyyed Alireza Beheshti on Friday. Alireza Beheshti is one of Mousavi's senior advisors who was arrested after the wave of widespread arrests following Ahura protests, This is Beheshti's second detention in the last seven months.

-- Adwarnews: Although seven months have elapsed since Abdollah Momeni, the Speaker of the Iranian Alumni Society [a major student Reformist Political Action group] was arrested, Dr Mohammad Sharif, his attorney, has been unable to meet him; he has not even succeeded in getting official advocacy permit.

-- JARAS: As a consequence of widespread protests on the day of Ashura which got extensive international media coverage, recent news of Ashura detainees have raised new concerns about their status. The official count of Ashura detainees is 300 but independent sources claim that as high as 1,500 people have been arrested.

-- JARAS: The spouse of Abolfazl Qadyani expressed her concerns about physical well-being of his husband. Speaking to Parliamentnews [the official website of the Reformist Caucus in the Iranian Parliament] she said "we have no information on where and how Mr Qadyani is being kept and this lack of news has seriously concerned us."

-- Radiofarda: Tehran's Revolutionary Court issued the final verdicts of six detainees who had been accused of 'insulting the values of the Islamic Revolution'. As reported in Iranian news agencies, these individuals have received sentences ranging from fines to imprisonments for [so-called] crimes such as 'gathering and conspiring against national security', 'insulting senior government officials' and 'disturbing public order'.

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS
Mohsen Sazegara in his Thursday update indicated that:
- We have to put as much effort possible in holding the funeral ceremony of Dr. Alimohammadi.
- The strike of the workers of the Avangan-e-Arak factory continues as a response to the inability of the Ministry of Energy in buying the products of this factory. This problem also exists for other factories that sell their products to the government.
- In the newsletter called "The Green Strike" published by the students of the Technical School of the University of Tehran, it was announced that unless the imprisoned students are released, other students will not attend the exams.
- In the demonstrations of the 22nd of Bahman (the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution) the Green Movement will move in the paths announced by the regime. These vast moves will confuse the regime. In the case that the regime uses military forces the movement can use eggs or colored baloons against them.
- The prople of Kurdistan must pressure the government to prevent the execution of Farzad Kamangir with various actions such as closing the shops. The movement in other provinces must support the Kurds.
- Non-violent resistance does not necessarily require a carismatic leader and other examples in the world confirm this fact.

Mohsen Sazegara in his Friday update indicated that:
- The funeral of Dr. Alimohammadi was held in the presence of security forces and plain-clothes militia and they tried to capture this martyr of the movement.
- When the regime pressues the students by threatening, failing in courses, expelling and imprisoning, our victory reqires unity and resistance. One also has to consider that the regime will try to creat divisions, threaten and capture the activists.
- Ms. Fatemeh Goodarzi has also refained to participate in the Fajr Film Festival as a referee. We have to thank those artists that support the people and expose those who cooperate with the regime.
- Broadcasting the program called "The Path Towards Tomorrow" from Channel 3 counts as a victory for the movement and we have to welcome it. The regime thinks that by relatively opening the political environment and raising some of the opposition viewpoints on TV as a replacement for demonstrations it can calm down the people and ask for forgiveness. However, history shows that this believe is not correct. The people who are invited to this program must use the regime tools in order to raise the movement's voice.
- There exists a fear of protest in the Oil Company and the related companies due to their inability to pay the salary of the contractors.
- In response to the question "Will the regime be satisfied with non-violent resistance?", I have to say: non-violent resistance does not merely have one moral advantage. We can make them surrender and fail using non-violent resistance, which is more powerful than any other method.

In his video broadcasts on Saturday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:
- As some of the mourning mothers were arrested last week, it is very important that from now on we also try to join them on Saturday evenings.
-Some [Green] fellows visit the graves of the martyrs of the Green movement and take photos and videos as they salute them. We should keep in mind that [as they rightfully do], documenting our activities is one of the most important components of the Green Movement.
- Most workers are under serious financial burdens, we should remember that the Green Movement should always support [workers and] Labor Unions.
- Since the main server used for sending and receiving text messages is controlled by IRGC, it might be possible for them to monitor the contents of transmitted text messages; however when millions of text messages are sent all at once, it is very difficult to scan and monitor all of them even with the aid of highly sophisticated technologies; however you should keep in mind that phone calls and text messages should NEVER be used for transmitting confidential messages and sensitive information. Email messages are much safer; especially if you are using GMAIL, you can enjoy an enhanced level of security [due to the default usage of https protocol by GMAIL).
- By posting the slogan "Today in Tehran, tomorrow in Beijing" on twitter, some Chinese youngsters have showed their solidarity with Iranian youth.
- The Regime is trying to implement a 'carrot-and-stick' policy by widespread arrest of political dissidents on one hand and airing live TV debates on the other hand. [University] students can use this opportunity and organize debates on college campuses. If the Regime cracks them down- and I think that's what they are mostly likely to do- the real intentions of the Regime will be exposed. Note that all tactics attempted by the Regime will be in vain after millions of people come to streets for February 11 protests.
- Two points: First, those of you who can organize protests in your hometown on February 11 should definitely do that since such protests will make the Regime to scatter its resources nationwide [which will in turn decrease their clampdown capabilities]. However if you are unable to protest in your own town or city, you should try to go to Tehran or other large cities and join the protests there. Secondly some fellows think that 'civil disobedience' works very slowly in throwing out the coup government, however this is not true and [as several historic examples show us] civil disobedience works much faster than armed and violent struggles.


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