tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55968733644180365582024-03-08T01:58:56.253-08:00SIC - Englishمرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-39033901559145033072010-06-02T14:17:00.001-07:002010-06-02T14:17:33.229-07:00Weekly Digest Wednesday June 2nd, 2010<div style="background-color: #e6f0ff; width: auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000; padding: 5px;"><div style="height: 36px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 4px;"><table style="display: inline;width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td width="32px" style="padding: 0;"><img src="https://docs.google.com/images/doclist/icon_6_doc_large.gif" style="height: 32px; margin-right: 5px;" alt=""></td> <td valign="middle" height="32px" style="padding: 0;">Weekly Digest Wednesday June 2nd, 2010</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="overflow: auto; font-size: 13px; background-color: #FFF; padding: 10px 7px 7px 7px;"><span style="color: #007825; 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This document reports on the atrocities committed in Kahrizak detention center and reports that at least 48 people died during the street protests. The full text of this report is jointed to this newsletter in Farsi. The English text can be found at </font><a href=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/men-of-violence/ id=dj7g title=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/men-of-violence/><font size=2>http://www.iranhumanrights.org/men-of-violence/</font></a><font size=2> . A summary report can be found here: </font></font><a href=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/06/crackdown-perpetrators/ id=dn27 title=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/06/crackdown-perpetrators/><font size=2>http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/06/crackdown-perpetrators/</font></a><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> </font><font face=tahoma><font size=2>--Radio Farda: Khamenei has accepted to pardon 81 of those who were arrested after the presidential elections unrest based on their statement of regret. </font></font><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> </font><font face=tahoma><font size=2>--Jaras: Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have asked the authorities for the permission to hold a rally this month to mark the one year anniversary of last years pos-elections unrest. This letter, also supported by various reformist and activist fractions has asked for the constitutional right to rally for the anniversary. </font></font><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> </font><font face=tahoma><font size=2>--Jaras: Monday marked the Iranian women's day. This day was celebrated with the presence of many women's rights activists as well as families of political prisoners, and families of those who were killed in the recent events. Zahra Rahnavard delivered the main speech at this event. </font></font><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> </font><font face=tahoma><font size=2>--Radio Farda: Mr. Mousavi, as well as Mr. Khatami, reformist leaders, both condemned the actions of Israel against the convoy in Gaza. </font></font><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> </font><font face=tahoma><font size=2>--BBC: Iranian foreign minister presented himself in the German parliament to discuss the relationship between the two countries. His convoy's presence however was met with anger from protesters who tried to blockade him from entering the building. Protesters who held pictures of Neda (who died during the street protests last year) condemned the actions of Iranian authorities. This confrontation resulted in some commotion at the German parliament. </font></font><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> </font> </div> <font face=tahoma><br> --Radio Farda: A few female students have been expelled from Tehran's Allameh Tabatabai University on charges of "disrespecting the religious dress code". While the exact number is not known, some University authorities said that this number was higher than 20 people and this was due to improper wearing of the headscarf. These students will be banned from attending university for 1 to 2 semesters. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Green Path: Mahboobeh Khansari and Azam Vismeh, two female journalists who had been associated with reformist media were arrested last week. The police also attempted to arrest several youth reformist activists by going to their homes. But because they were not present, they were unable to arrest them. It is speculated that the number of arrests of activists and journalists is on the rise because of the upcomign anniversary of the unrest. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Radio Farda: Alireza Shokoufandeh (also known as Dariush Shokouf), an Iranian filmmaker residing in Germany, has been missing for the past few days. The 55 year old film maker has made a movie about Iranian prisons. Mr. Shokouf was a vocal opponent of the Iranian regime and had staged hunger strikes to condemn the actions of Ahmadinejad.</font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <b><u><font face=tahoma>UNIVERSITY NEWS</font></u></b><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Jaras: On the eve of the anniversary of the death of Kianoush Asa, a student who was killed during the protests last year, hundreds of University of Science and Technology students gathered on Tuesday on their campus. Students were seen wearing black and holding green signs. Videos from the protest are attached to this newsletter. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <b><u><font face=tahoma>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</font></u></b><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Rahana: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a house wife and the mother of three young children, was sentenced to ten years in prison for participating in post-elections protests. Several of her family members were political prisoners in the 80s, four of whom were executed. She had spent several months in solitary confinement in prison but is now in the public ward. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Radio Farda: Ali Reza Beheshti Shirazi, Senior advisor to Mir Hossein Mousavi who was arrested last December still remains in Jail. He is now transferred to Evin prison. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Rahana: Arash Noori has been sentenced to 6 years in prison and 74 lashes. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Rahana: Ali Arshadi, PhD student, has been charged with acting against national security by participating in protests and has been sentenced to 1 year in prison. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Kalameh: Mehdi Bootaraby, a blogger, was released on bail. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--BBC: The physical conditions of Koohyar Goodarzi and Majid Tavakoli have deteriorated since they started their hunger strike in prison. Mr. Goodarzi had to receive medical treatment as the result of his hunger strike. Majid Tavakoli's mother has also joined the hunger strike. However, since Monday, this hunger strike ended and Majid has been moved out of solitary confinement. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Rahana: Zia Nabavi, A student activist and spokesperson for the Council to defend the right to education has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Student News: Bahram Cheginy, pro-Mousavi campaign activist from Arak, has been spending the last two weeks at a detention center.</font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Rahana: Anushirvan Lotfi's mother has been banned from organizing ceremonies which mark the one year anniversary of the death of her son.</font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <font face=tahoma>--Rahana: Rassool Bodaghi, political activist, has been severely beaten while in prison. </font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma> <br> <div style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px> <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=FONT-FAMILY:verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff><font size=1><font face="times, sans-serif"><font size=2>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com </font></font></font></font><font size=2><br> </font></i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=times><font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=2>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726<br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=times><font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=2>Website: </font><a href=http://www.iransic.com id=uqtc title=http://www.iransic.com><font size=2>http://www.iransic.com</font></a><font size=2><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font face=times><font color=#000000><font size=1><i><font size=2>Join the mailing list:</font><a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center><font size=2>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</font></a></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font face=times><font color=#000000><font size=1><i><font size=2>Twitter: </font><a href=http://twitter.com/iransic id=nsw- title=http://twitter.com/iransic><font size=2>http://twitter.com/iransic</font></a><font size=2><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> </div> <font size=3><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <br> </font></font> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br></body> </html></div> <br> <span style="color: #898989;">Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.</span> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://docs.google.com"><img style="border: 0;margin-top: 10px;" src="https://docs.google.com/images/doclist/docs_logo_sm.gif" alt="Google Docs logo"></a></div></div></div>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-44502453706801421312010-05-10T21:30:00.001-07:002010-05-10T21:30:28.609-07:00Weekly Digest Monday May 10th, 2010<div style="background-color: #e6f0ff; 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According to the official report these individuals were executed because of their terrorist activities including planting bombs in government centers. The suspects executed in Evin prison were: Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heidarian, Farhad Vakili, Mahdi Eslamyan and Shirin Elmhooli. It is reported that the families of the political prisoners were not informed that the execution was going to take place. It is widely speculated that these executions were timed to coincide with the approaching one year anniversary of the post-elections protests. <br> <br> --BBC: The lawyer of executed political prisoners Mr. Kamangar and Mr. Eslamian has told BBC that during the court hearing, the prosecution took an excessive amount of time questioning the defendant on such basic information such as their name etc. When the defendants' lawyer asked for time to speak, the ruling judge asked him to write down whatever he has to say because it is time for him (the judge) to go to his "daily prayer". In this way, according to the lawyer, he was not given proper time to discuss the case and defend his clients. <br> <br> --Radio Zamaneh: The execution of the 4 men and one woman has raised concerns with multiple human rights watch bodies outside of Iran where these actions have been strongly condemned. The International Campaign for Human Rights released a statement condemning the Iranian regime whereby the sudden and unannounced execution of the five individuals shows that the government is trying to terrorize the population and its opponents. <br> <br> --Radio France: After the execution announcement, hundreds of Iranians residing in Paris took to the streets and protested the executions. The crowd of protesters headed towards the Iranian embassy where they broke windows until the French police intervened. <br> <br> --Deutche Welle: The families of the executed have not yet received their bodies. A number of them were told to return on Tuesday. Since a number of the executed individuals were kurdish, their families would like a burial in the province of Kurdistan.<br> <br> --BBC: It reported that earlier today (Monday May 10th) students at Shahid Beheshti University (north of Tehran) protested the presence of Ahmadinejad on their campus. Youtube videos show the scene where security forces disperse the students. A similar event happened last week when he was present on another University campus in Tehran. In similar news, the families of the executed planned a protest sit-in in front of Tehran University. But the security forces barrackated the area, preventing the sit-in from taking place. Similar protests broke out in multiple cities around Iran where protesters were met with heavy security and in general the atmosphere of these cities has become tense and heavy with police forces. Finally, a sit-in is also organized in the Iraqi city of Soleimanieh and this will continue until tomorrow evening. <br> <br> --Kalameh: Following the recent execusions, Mr. Mousavi has released a statement heavily condemning the unfair process that led to these executions. He also used this opportunity to point out that the assailants that attacked university dorms last June, and the individuals responsible for the Kahrizak detention center atrocities still walk free and have not been held accountable. The persian version of his statement is attached to this newsletter. <br> <br> --Radio Farda: For the second time in recent times, hundreds of people gathered outside the Iranian embassy in Kabul and protested the way in which the Iranian government treats afghani refugees and immigrants inside Iran. They also demanded that the Iranian regime stop executing afghan refugees. Many of the protesters were women.<br> <br> --JRS: An internal investigative survey shows that the government of Ahmadinejad is the most corrupt government Iran has had in recent history with a 27% rank on the corruption assessment scale.<br> <br> </font><b><u><font size=2>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br> </font></u></b><font size=2>--BBC: The sentences for some of the arrested activists were announced recently. These individuals include Abdollah Momeni, Feizollah Arabsorkhi, haleh Sahabi and Mehdi Kalari. According to the verdict, Abdollah Momeni is sentenced to 4 years in prison. Mr. Arabsorkhi (member of the Organization of Mojahedeen of Islamic Revolution) has been sentenced to 6 years in prison. Haleh Sahabi, women's rights activist, has been sentenced to 2 years in prison and was ordered to pay a fine (which replcaed her flogging punishment). Mehdi Kalari, student at Sharif University, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. <br> <br> --Radio Farda: Mr. Karroubi has visited the family of Mohammad Davari, an emprisoned journalist. Mr. Davari hs been arrested for 8 months now because of the journalism work he did on the sexual abuse that goes on in detention centers. He had gathered video and other documents regarding these abuse claims.</font></font></font> </div> <div style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px> <i><font size=2><br> </font></i> </div> <div style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px> <i><font size=2><br> </font></i> </div> <div style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px> <font style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff><font size=1><font face="times, sans-serif"><i><font size=2>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font></i></font></font></font> </div> <div style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px> <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=FONT-FAMILY:verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=times><font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=2>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=times><font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=2>Website: </font><a href=http://www.iransic.com id=uqtc title=http://www.iransic.com><font size=2>http://www.iransic.com</font></a><font size=2><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font face=times><font color=#000000><font size=1><i><font size=2>Join the mailing list:</font><a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center><font size=2>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</font></a></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font face=times><font color=#000000><font size=1><i><font size=2>Twitter: </font><a href=http://twitter.com/iransic id=nsw- title=http://twitter.com/iransic><font size=2>http://twitter.com/iransic</font></a><font size=2><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> </div> <font size=3><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <br> </font></font> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br></body> </html></div> <br> <span style="color: #898989;">Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.</span> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://docs.google.com"><img style="border: 0;margin-top: 10px;" src="https://docs.google.com/images/doclist/docs_logo_sm.gif" alt="Google Docs logo"></a></div></div></div>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-74257197742259735272010-05-04T19:26:00.001-07:002010-05-04T19:26:42.902-07:00Weekly Digest Monday 3 May 2010<div style="background-color: #e6f0ff; 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During their meeting, they emphasized the constitutional right of the Iranian people to rally.<br> <br> --BBC: Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi released statements commemorating Worker's day. On this occasion, they urged all workers and teachers to join the struggle for freedom.<br> <br> --JRS: In honor of Worker's day and Iranian Teachers day, a group of political prisoners announced their solidarity with Iranian workers and teachers by going on a hunger strike. They also criticized current regime policy that has left many without their rights, with unemployment and no retirement insurance.<br> <br> --Kalameh: It is reported that Ahmadinejad visited Tehran University campus last Saturday for an unannounced speech. The student body was not informed of his visit to the campus but it is reported that as soon as it was revealed that he was present at the University, student gathered outside the hall where he was giving his speecha nd protested his presence.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Security and judicial pressure continues to increase on Iranian human rights activists and teachers. Two member of the Teacher Trade association were summoned ot the Intelligence ministry last week and subsequently arrested.<br> <br> --BBC: ENI, a large Italian oil company has announced that it is canceling its operation in Iran because of US embargo pressures. According to officials of ENI, Italy's share in Iran's oil production in 2009 was equivalent to 35 thousand barrels per day.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Based on the latest situation report from Freedom House press freedom in the world, Iran ranks at 187 for freedom of press. It is only ahead of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, North Korea. Iran is now notably worse than Burma. In 2008, Iran ranked 181 ahead of China and Rwanda.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Zahra Rahnavard, wife of Mir Hossein Mousavi, has asked the Islamic Republic authorities to free all prisoners and to hold free and democratic elections for the country.<br> <br> --BBC: A special commission has requested that two reformist parties (The participation front and the Revolution Mujahedeen Organization) be resolved. In response to these political moves, the leaders of these parties have stated that they will continue their legal political activity.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: After nearly a year since the post-elections unrest, Jamshid Ansari, member of Fraction of Imam's line party has stated that despite was was initially claimed, no investigative body was formed to investigate the brutal events that took place in the Tehran University dorm. It was reported that 5 students lost their lives after the Basij raided the dorms last summer.<br> <br> --JRS: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran published a statement on Tuesday where it expressed concerns over the death penalties given to protesters arrested after the post-elections events last year. They also demanded a halt of these political executions. 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Tehran police's spokesperson said: "The concern is that police surveillance is not enough on some of the public organizations and some administrative bodies are not run in an organized manner and need supervision".<br> <br> --Voice of Freedom: Freedom of the Press Award for this year was awarded to Iranian journalists who are currently under pressure from their government. Maziar Bahari, the Newsweek reporter who was recently freed from an Iranian jail accepted the award on behalf of his colleagues.<br> <br> --Sahaam News: Mehdi Karroubi continues his visits to the families of activists detained in prisons in Iran. He states that he aims to pursue their cause and put pressure on the government for their release.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Ayatollah Sanei, Shiite authority in Qom, continues to voice his criticism of the Iranian regime. In a recent statement, he said that the imprisonment and harassment of critics of the regime wont solve the countries problems. He has been one of the few clerics who showed a strong reaction to the government's behavior after the presidential elections. He has said "Unfortunately today some use Islam for their own personal gains and instead of serving Islam, they are using Islam to serve them",<br> <br> --Radio Farda: In a letter to UN Secretary General, Shirin Ebadi has asked that the Islamic Republic of Iran's application for membership to Human Rights Council be rejected. In this letter, Mrs. Ebadi highlighted the many human rights abuses done by the Iranian regime, especially towards minorities, women and children.<br> <br> --International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: Aaron Rhodes, a spokesman for the campaign announced that 5 more persons have been sentenced to death based on their political activity. These individuals are a husband and a wife, along with their son as well as two family members. They have been accused of sending images and videos to Mujaahedeen-e-Khalgh, who are known to many as a terrorist organization. The spokesman for this campaign informs that the evidence used against the accused is incomplete and unjust. The name of these individuals are: Motahareh Bahrami, Mohsen Daneshpour Moghaddam (husband and wife), Ahmad Daneshpour (their son) and Hadi Ghaemi and Reyhaneh Haj Ebrahimi.<br> <br> --JARAS: The committee for Protection of Journalists has condemned the phone threads made against Maziar Bahari (Newsweek magazine reporter). In a statement released on April 19th, they urged the Iranian government to put a stop to its acts of intimidation.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br> --JARAS: Kiarash Kamrani, Omid Yavari, Arash Ghasemi, Abolfazl Ghassemi and Azra-Sadat Ghazi Mirseyed, five detainees who were arrested during the elections protests, were sentenced to prison. A kurdish citizen (from the city of Sanandaj) by the name of Habibolah Golparipoor has been sentenced to death.<br> <br> --Radio Zamaneh: Some union members belonging to the Teachers Union Council have started a hunger strike to protest the illegal detainment and execution of fellow teachers. They urge other to join them in solidarity for the upcoming Teacher's day.<br> <br> --Radio Zamaneh: Human Rights Commitee has reported that Monireh Rabii who was arrested during the unrests has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. She has been accused of creating "war" against the regime. It is also thought that she is arrested because of her family members belong to the Mujahedeen-e-khalgh organization.<br> <br> --Freedom Call: Mohammad Hossein Agassi, the lawyer of Amir Reza Arefi has reported that there is a possibility that his client's death sentence might be reduced.<br> <br> --JARAS: Following the lead of many political prisoners in Evin who started a political fasting. Many of their families also started the fasting outside the prison to show solidarity with their arrested family members.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Ten Iranian poets and writers wrote a letter demanding the freedom of Masoud Baastaani, the detained journalist.<br> <br> --BBC: A group of Iranian political prisoners in Evin prison wrote a letter to religious leaders and complained about the behavior of the judicial officials and the lack of justice. They explained the abuse and the mistreatment. They also complained against the sham public trials and forced confessions that are used during these trials.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Mohamad NouriZad the documentary maker who was arrested 120 days ago for writing letters which criticized the regime and the judiciary system has written a new letter from prison where he has shared some of his recent concerns.<br> <br> --Kalameh: lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, the lawyer of a gourp of arrested activists wrote a letter to the head of judiciary last week criticizing a number of prisons rights abuses and lawless behaviors.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Majid Tavakoli Polytechnic Student activist whose arrest started the veil campaign) was transfered to a new section of Evin prison after spending 125 days in solitary confinement. While his sentence had been handed down ( 8 years in prison, 5 years of no political activity and a 5 year travel ban), he was illegally held in solitary confinement and his prisoner rights were denied.<br> <br> --JARAS: Peyman Aref, a journalist and a law student at Tehran University who was arrested last June was temporarily released from prison until further decision is reached for his case. Dorsa Sobhani who was arrested a few months ago was also released.<br> <br> --Rahana: Mitra Aali, biomedical engineering graduate student at Sharif University, who was arrested last month by the ministry of education has been conditionally released on bail.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Committee for Human Rights announced three-year imprisonment sentence for Hussein Baastaaninejad, Mehrdad Varshouiy and Faramarz Abdolahnejad. Fouad Shams, student activist from Tehran University has been sentenced to 6 months in jail. Keyvan Samimi, journalist and human rights activist, has been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for "disturbing public opinion and acting against national security".<br> <br> --Kalameh: Kobra Zaghehdoost was confirmed to have been arrested nine months ago during vigil for the victims of post-elections protests.<br> <br> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px"> <div class="google_footer" id="google_footer" style="FONT-FAMILY:verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="1"><font size="2">Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font></font><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="2">Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="2">Website: </font><a href="http://www.iransic.com" id="uqtc" title="http://www.iransic.com"><font size="2">http://www.iransic.com</font></a><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font face="times"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i><font size="2">Join the mailing list:</font><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center" id="hv.w" style="COLOR:#551a8b" title="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center"><font size="2">http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</font></a></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font face="times"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i><font size="2">Twitter: </font><a href="http://twitter.com/iransic" id="nsw-" title="http://twitter.com/iransic"><font size="2">http://twitter.com/iransic</font></a><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> </div> <font size="3"><font size="2"><br style="FONT-FAMILY:Verdana"> <br style="FONT-FAMILY:Verdana"> <br> </font></font> </div> <br> </body></html></div> <br> <span style="color: #898989;">Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.</span> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://docs.google.com"><img style="border: 0;margin-top: 10px;" src="https://docs.google.com/images/doclist/docs_logo_sm.gif" alt="Google Docs logo"></a></div></div></div>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-8377729089146568832010-04-28T19:49:00.001-07:002010-04-28T19:49:12.633-07:00Weekly Digest Wednesday 28 April 2010<div style="background-color: #e6f0ff; 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Tehran police's spokesperson said: "The concern is that police surveillance is not enough on some of the public organizations and some administrative bodies are not run in an organized manner and need supervision".<br> <br> --Voice of Freedom: Freedom of the Press Award for this year was awarded to Iranian journalists who are currently under pressure from their government. Maziar Bahari, the Newsweek reporter who was recently freed from an Iranian jail accepted the award on behalf of his colleagues.<br> <br> --Sahaam News: Mehdi Karroubi continues his visits to the families of activists detained in prisons in Iran. He states that he aims to pursue their cause and put pressure on the government for their release.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Ayatollah Sanei, Shiite authority in Qom, continues to voice his criticism of the Iranian regime. In a recent statement, he said that the imprisonment and harassment of critics of the regime wont solve the countries problems. He has been one of the few clerics who showed a strong reaction to the government's behavior after the presidential elections. He has said "Unfortunately today some use Islam for their own personal gains and instead of serving Islam, they are using Islam to serve them",<br> <br> --Radio Farda: In a letter to UN Secretary General, Shirin Ebadi has asked that the Islamic Republic of Iran's application for membership to Human Rights Council be rejected. In this letter, Mrs. Ebadi highlighted the many human rights abuses done by the Iranian regime, especially towards minorities, women and children.<br> <br> --International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: Aaron Rhodes, a spokesman for the campaign announced that 5 more persons have been sentenced to death based on their political activity. These individuals are a husband and a wife, along with their son as well as two family members. They have been accused of sending images and videos to Mujaahedeen-e-Khalgh, who are known to many as a terrorist organization. The spokesman for this campaign informs that the evidence used against the accused is incomplete and unjust. The name of these individuals are: Motahareh Bahrami, Mohsen Daneshpour Moghaddam (husband and wife), Ahmad Daneshpour (their son) and Hadi Ghaemi and Reyhaneh Haj Ebrahimi.<br> <br> --JARAS: The committee for Protection of Journalists has condemned the phone threads made against Maziar Bahari (Newsweek magazine reporter). In a statement released on April 19th, they urged the Iranian government to put a stop to its acts of intimidation.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br> --JARAS: Kiarash Kamrani, Omid Yavari, Arash Ghasemi, Abolfazl Ghassemi and Azra-Sadat Ghazi Mirseyed, five detainees who were arrested during the elections protests, were sentenced to prison. A kurdish citizen (from the city of Sanandaj) by the name of Habibolah Golparipoor has been sentenced to death.<br> <br> --Radio Zamaneh: Some union members belonging to the Teachers Union Council have started a hunger strike to protest the illegal detainment and execution of fellow teachers. They urge other to join them in solidarity for the upcoming Teacher's day.<br> <br> --Radio Zamaneh: Human Rights Commitee has reported that Monireh Rabii who was arrested during the unrests has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. She has been accused of creating "war" against the regime. It is also thought that she is arrested because of her family members belong to the Mujahedeen-e-khalgh organization.<br> <br> --Freedom Call: Mohammad Hossein Agassi, the lawyer of Amir Reza Arefi has reported that there is a possibility that his client's death sentence might be reduced.<br> <br> --JARAS: Following the lead of many political prisoners in Evin who started a political fasting. Many of their families also started the fasting outside the prison to show solidarity with their arrested family members.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Ten Iranian poets and writers wrote a letter demanding the freedom of Masoud Baastaani, the detained journalist.<br> <br> --BBC: A group of Iranian political prisoners in Evin prison wrote a letter to religious leaders and complained about the behavior of the judicial officials and the lack of justice. They explained the abuse and the mistreatment. They also complained against the sham public trials and forced confessions that are used during these trials.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Mohamad NouriZad the documentary maker who was arrested 120 days ago for writing letters which criticized the regime and the judiciary system has written a new letter from prison where he has shared some of his recent concerns.<br> <br> --Kalameh: lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, the lawyer of a gourp of arrested activists wrote a letter to the head of judiciary last week criticizing a number of prisons rights abuses and lawless behaviors.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Majid Tavakoli Polytechnic Student activist whose arrest started the veil campaign) was transfered to a new section of Evin prison after spending 125 days in solitary confinement. While his sentence had been handed down ( 8 years in prison, 5 years of no political activity and a 5 year travel ban), he was illegally held in solitary confinement and his prisoner rights were denied.<br> <br> --JARAS: Peyman Aref, a journalist and a law student at Tehran University who was arrested last June was temporarily released from prison until further decision is reached for his case. Dorsa Sobhani who was arrested a few months ago was also released.<br> <br> --Rahana: Mitra Aali, biomedical engineering graduate student at Sharif University, who was arrested last month by the ministry of education has been conditionally released on bail.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Committee for Human Rights announced three-year imprisonment sentence for Hussein Baastaaninejad, Mehrdad Varshouiy and Faramarz Abdolahnejad. Fouad Shams, student activist from Tehran University has been sentenced to 6 months in jail. Keyvan Samimi, journalist and human rights activist, has been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for "disturbing public opinion and acting against national security".<br> <br> --Kalameh: Kobra Zaghehdoost was confirmed to have been arrested nine months ago during vigil for the victims of post-elections protests.<br> <br> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px"> <div class="google_footer" id="google_footer" style="FONT-FAMILY:verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="1"><font size="2">Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font></font><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="2">Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="2">Website: </font><a href="http://www.iransic.com" id="uqtc" title="http://www.iransic.com"><font size="2">http://www.iransic.com</font></a><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font face="times"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i><font size="2">Join the mailing list:</font><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center" id="hv.w" style="COLOR:#551a8b" title="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center"><font size="2">http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</font></a></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font face="times"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i><font size="2">Twitter: </font><a href="http://twitter.com/iransic" id="nsw-" title="http://twitter.com/iransic"><font size="2">http://twitter.com/iransic</font></a><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> </div> <font size="3"><font size="2"><br style="FONT-FAMILY:Verdana"> <br style="FONT-FAMILY:Verdana"> <br> </font></font> </div> <br> </body></html></div> <br> <span style="color: #898989;">Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.</span> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://docs.google.com"><img style="border: 0;margin-top: 10px;" src="https://docs.google.com/images/doclist/docs_logo_sm.gif" alt="Google Docs logo"></a></div></div></div>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-89925691278843373902010-04-20T06:46:00.001-07:002010-04-20T06:46:51.312-07:00Weekly Digest Monday 19th April 2010<div style="background-color: #e6f0ff; 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He explained that under the current situation and ban on freedom of press, followers of the Green movement have to take other measures to communicate with each other. He added that he was astounded by the high unemployment rate and the severe dependence of teh ocuntry on oil money. He finished by saying that Iran is a culturally diverse country where 70 million cultured Iranians could live together despite different ideologies.<br> <br> --JRS: It is reported that Khamenei has suggested that many religious figures in Qom meet with Ahmadinejrad in a move to validate his presidency in the eyes of the people. While some senior clerics complied, many refused these guidelines directly issued by the supreme leader and went as far as saying that meeting with Ahmadinejad would be ungodly.<br> <br> --BBC: Mohamad Khatemi, former Iranian president and an avid supporter of the green movement was prevented from leaving the country. He was on his way to a anti-nuclear weapons meeting in Japan when he was barred from traveling outside the country. Following this event prime ministers of Canada and Sweden wrote letters to Ahmadinejad expressing their dissatisfaction with the situation. Hamid Rasai, a parliamentary representative who is a supporter of Ahmadinejrad has reported that 150 members of the parliament, including himslef had asked Ahmadinejad to issue a travel ban for Mr. Mousavi, Mr. Khatami and Mr. Karroubi, or as he called them, the "leaders of crisis".<br> <br> --BBC: The Malaysian oil company Petronas, has declared that it stopped selling gas to Iran as of March 2010. While they did not give any specific reasons, it is speculated that this was in order to not perturb relations with the USA.<br> <br> --JRS: It is reported that the Revolutionary Guard has taken control of the Jahad building on the main street near one of Tehran's main universities. This building typically belongs to the ministry of agriculture. But it is hypothesized that the Guard was interested in this building because of its location near the University for surveillance. The height of the building also allows for crown control and monitoring.<br> <br> --JRS: The head of Cannes Film Festival has declared Jafar Panahi to be their special guest at the festival. Mr. Panahi, a renowned Iranian director is still in prison in Iran.<br> <br> --BBC: Tehran governor had previously said in a interview that the major protests seen immediately after the elections had a permit from the government. In a new interview last week, he denied the that this permit was issued.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: The office of Ahmadinejad has declared that he wrote another letter to Mr. Obama last week where he has told him that the US should learn how to fight terrorism from Iran. This is the second letter sent by Ahmadinejad that has received no response.<br> <br> --BBC: Karim Mohammad Beigi, Mustafa's father, the 27 years old man who died during the Ashura protests, has said that his son died in injustice and that he has not yet recieved any explanations for his death. He asked human rights watch groups to carry on his message and let the world know of these injustices so that his son's death was not in vain.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: On Wednesday,International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called for an immediate stop to of the "special court" that has been assembled in Evin Prison. This court works outside the juridicial system where many of the accused do not have access to a defense. This court shows the extent of the Revolutionary Guards reach wthin the judiciary system.<br> <br> --BBC: American Institute of Research about censorship (CRC) announced the distribution of a special Internet Proxy Iran called "Haystack" which allows users in Iran to bypass government filters and have full access to the internet (http://www.haystacknetwork.com).<br> <br> </font><b><u><font size="2">UNIVERSITY NEWS</font></u></b><font size="2"><br> --JRS: Seyed Ali Asghar Beheshti Shirazi (cousin Ali Beheshti, consultant to Mir Hossein Mousavi) who was a University professor, has officially been banned from the Science and Technology University.<br> <br> --JRS: a group of Allameh Tabatabai University students staged a protest when one senior adviser to Ahmadinejad visited their campus. They protested his presence by singing songs and shouting slogans.<br> <br> </font><b><u><font size="2">NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</font></u></b><font size="2"><br> --BBC: Mohamad Nourizad, journalist and Iranian filmmaker, was sentenced to 3 and half years in prison and 50 lashes. He was accused of speaking against the state and insulting government officials. HE was arrested after posting a critique of the supreme leader on his personal blog. He subsequently spent 4 months in jail, where 70 days were in solitary confinement.<br> <br> --Kalameh: A group of political prisoners in Evin sent a letter to UN Secretary-General. They asked him to visit them in Evin prison during his trip to Iran. In order to truly appreciate their dire condition, they asked him to visit them and interview them in private.<br> <br> --Saham News: Mehdi Karroubi visited the family of Ahmad Zaydabadi today who was arrested during the unrest. During this meeting the family described Zaydabadi's condition as very bad where is is in a prison cell with convicted murderers and drug traffickers. After spending 35 days in solitary confinement (with 17 of those days being a hunger strike), He was sentenced to six years in prison, 5 years exile in Gonabad, and a lifelong ban on any political activity, written or oral. Mr. Mousavi and his wife also visited the family of Mr. Zaydabadi to show their support.<br> <br> --JRS: One JRS reporter who was recently released from prison reports on a large number of detainees in Evin who are in prison while awaiting trial or unclear as to what will happen to them. The list of these names was made available through SIC last week.<br> <br> --Rahana: Two members of the human rights committee were summoned to Evin prison for security investigation last week. This is while the detention of two other activists were confirmed last week after a month of questioning by their families.<br> <br> --Rahana: Issa Saharkhiz was acquitted of charges of publishing lies and propaganda against the government.<br> <br> --Green Voice: Majid Tavakoli, student activist was sentenced in a lower court where he was not allowed to have a lawyer. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison, followed by a 5 year ban on political activity as well as a five year travel bad. His lawyer is still trying to arrange a situation where his sentence would be reconsidered and he could defend Mr. Tavakoli.<br> <br> --Green Voice: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, political activist and magazine director was arrested in late December. According to his lawyer, his situation is deplorable and after 4 months of his detention, he is still in solitary confinement.<br> <br> --Reporters of the Committee for Human Rights: Mohammad Ghaznavian, women's and children's rights activist who was released on a heavy bail, was returned to prison only 9 days after paying his bail.<br> <br> --Rahana: Yaser Yousefzadeh, chief of Mousavi's campaign in the city of Babolsar has been arrested for over a month. It is reported that his physical and mental condition is very bad at this point in time.<br> <br> </font><b><font size="2">RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</font></b><font size="2"><br> According to Mr. Sazegara's videos:<br> -According to the new law approved by parliament, Assembly of Experts, the Expediency Council, the Guardian Council and Supreme National Security Council may independently practice passing new laws. This new law makes sit easier to directly turn the supreme leaders desires into law, effectively eliminating the democratic process of law making.<br> - He also highlighted 4 resistance strategies: 1. exposing the oppressors. 2. street protests. 3. non-participation in government organized events and 4. strikes.<br> </font> </div> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px"> <font size="3"><font size="2"><br> </font></font> <div class="google_footer" id="google_footer" style="FONT-FAMILY:verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="1"><font size="2">Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font></font><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="2">Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face="times"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="2">Website: </font><a href="http://www.iransic.com" id="uqtc" title="http://www.iransic.com"><font size="2">http://www.iransic.com</font></a><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font face="times"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i><font size="2">Join the mailing list:</font><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center" id="hv.w" style="COLOR:#551a8b" title="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center"><font size="2">http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</font></a></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font face="times"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i><font size="2">Twitter: </font><a href="http://twitter.com/iransic" id="nsw-" title="http://twitter.com/iransic"><font size="2">http://twitter.com/iransic</font></a><font size="2"><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> </div> <font size="3"><font size="2"><br style="FONT-FAMILY:Verdana"> <br style="FONT-FAMILY:Verdana"> <br> </font></font> </div> <br> </body></html></div> <br> <span style="color: #898989;">Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.</span> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://docs.google.com"><img style="border: 0;margin-top: 10px;" src="https://docs.google.com/images/doclist/docs_logo_sm.gif" alt="Google Docs logo"></a></div></div></div>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-71801769604984565012010-04-12T20:26:00.001-07:002010-04-12T20:26:44.152-07:00Weekly Digest Monday 12th April, 2010<!--[if IE]> <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = GDOC /> <![endif]--> <div style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px> <div class=google_header id=google_header style=FONT-FAMILY:verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=times><font size=4><font size=2>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b.jpg width=56></font></font></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:auto> <font face=times><font size=2><font size=2>Newsletter Issue 195 - Monday April 12th, 2010</font></font></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:auto> <font size=2><font size=2><br> </font></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:auto> <font size=2><font size=2><br> </font></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:auto> <font size=2><font color=#000000 face=Verdana><b><u><font size=2>FUTURE PLANS<br> </font></u></b></font></font> </p> <div style=TEXT-ALIGN:auto> <font size=2><font face=verdana><font size=2>-- Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.</font></font></font> </div> <div style=TEXT-ALIGN:auto> <font size=2><font color=#000000 face=Verdana><font size=2>-- Allah o Akbar during the nights<br> -- Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br> -- Being out in the streets on Thursdays<br> <br> </font><b><u><font size=2>NEWS<br> </font></u></b><font size=2>--Radio Farda: "ILNA" News Agency has reported that factory workers in Qazvin province were told that most factories would be closed down in the new (Iranian) year. They were given their last pay check and told not to return to work after the new years holidays. According to reports, due to economic policies of the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, many factories and manufacturing units in Iran have been bankrupt and closed. This in turn increased the unemployment rate in Iran. <br> <br> --Radio Farda: Abbas Jaafari Dowlatabadi, the Public Prosecutor of Tehran, on Saturday announced that a request to remove the bad on certain newspapers and publications, has been declined. This is especially concerning the reformist newspaper "Etemaad'. <br> <br> --BBC: Mr. Mousavi met with members of the political group "Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organization" on Thursday, April 8th. Here he stated that the current political problems run much deeper than street protests. He explained that all the problems mentioned by the legitimacy and credibility of the Iranian political system is being eroded and therefore, the rulers have been forced to maintain their hardware forces (military and police).<br> <br> --Deutsche Welle: There is increased security and economic pressure on Iranian syndicate workers. Union members were summoned to the authorities and risk arrest and suspension of employment. At least 7 union workers have their files under investigation. <br> <br> --Green Path: Zahra Rahnavard, wife of Mr. Mousavi, released a statement stating that there are 7 types of individuals currently arrested. These include anonymous prisoners, women prisoners, political activists and celebrities, advocates and human rights activists, ethnic nationalities and minorities, journalists, artists and media members as well as individuals arrested in hostage-type situations. She has asked for the immediate release of all these groups of prisoners. <br> <br> --Kalameh: about 150 fabric factory workers staged a protest in the northern city of Ardabil because of unpaid wages. <br> <br> </font><b><u><font size=2>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br> </font></u></b><font size=2>--Radio Farda: Association for the Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran writes that civic activists and a journalist, in in the city of Ardebil, are on the 11th day of their hunger strike. They reported to be in unhealthy physical conditions and their families are concerned for their well-being. These prisoners include Behrooz Alizadeh and Vedud Saadat (civic activists), and Rahim Gholami, a journalist.<br> <br> --BBC: Mohsen Safaei Farahani, a member of the Central Council of Iran Participation Front (reformist party) who was arrested after last years' unrest has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. His charges include "acting against national security, propaganda against the state, insulting the authorities and disturbing public opinion". <br> Ali Tajnia, another member of this party has also been convicted under similar circumstances. His sentence however was reduced from 6 years in prison and 74 lashes to 1 year in prison.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Mehdi Mahmoudian, the journalist who was arrested last summer for whistle-blowing on the terrible conditions at the Kahrizak detention center is currently in Evin prison with a severe and untreated infection. He has told his mother on the phone that he is close to losing the function of one of his kidneys because of the infection and that if this negligence towards his health condition continues he will soon start a hunger strike.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Mahdieh Golroo, student activist and defendent of the right to education has been sentenced to over 2 years in prison. Due to a lack of access to a lawyer, she defended her self in court. She was arrested along side with her husband last year after protesting. She was also an active member of Mr. Karroubi's Committee on Civil Rights Citizenship. <br> <br> --Radio Farda: Mr.Baghi's wife reports that her husband, a human rights activist and journalist who has been imprisoned, has said that he is being held for 2 months without any certificate of detention. He adds that he is held in a small cell without any facilities and that his treatment is "blatant torture". d<br> <br> --Radio Farda: It is reported that Mr. Mousavi's presidential campaign manager has been arrested in the city of Babolsar.<br> <br> </font></font></font> </div> <div style=TEXT-ALIGN:auto> <font size=2><font color=#000000 face=Verdana><font size=2>--JRS: It is reported that Amirreza (peyman) Arefi (who has been sentenced to death) and Heshmatollah Tabarzadi (secretary General Front democratic Iran) were finally moved from their solitary confinement to a public part of Evin prison. <br> <br> --RAhana: Ahmad Karimi who had earlier been accused of collaborating with monarchist groups had his death sentence reduced to 15 years in prison. <br> <br> --Radio Farda: Baha'i international community says that the third trial session for seven imprisoned leader of the Baha'i community in Iran are scheduled to be held in Tehran on April 23.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Jafar Panahi [Iranian director] is reported to have finaly met with his wife in prison. He had apparently lost some weight and had been moved to a smaller cell where he does not feel comfortable.<br> <br> --JRS: Maryam Zia child activist was released last week after 3 months of detention. She had also defended herself in prison and went on a 13 day hunger strike. After feeling physically very ill, she was taken to the hospital upon her release. <br> <br> --JRS: Seyed Massoud Lavasani, a journalist who was arrested for almost 6 months was released on a 500000$ bail. His sentence of 8 years might be reduced to 4 years in his new hearing. <br> <br> </font><b><u><font size=2>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS<br> </font></u></b><font size=2>Mr. Sazegara discussed the following in his video:<br> He said that semi-official reports show that 15000 people have been arrested since the unrest and 5000 people are still in prison. He mentioned several scenes of unrest at factories around the country including the bus terminal workers of zagros who stages a protest because of unpaid wages but were beaten by security. <br> He also highlights that in the recent uprising in kyrgyzistan, the army stayed back and did not back any sides. He added that if the army in Iran could be run down, events in Iran would gain speed as well.</font></font></font> </div> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div style=BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN-LEFT:6px;MARGIN-RIGHT:6px> <font size=3><font size=2><font size=2><br> </font></font><font size=2><br> </font></font> <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=FONT-FAMILY:verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=times><font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=1><font size=2>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font></font><font size=2><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=times><font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=2>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=times><font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=2>Website: </font><a href=http://www.iransic.com id=uqtc title=http://www.iransic.com><font size=2>http://www.iransic.com</font></a><font size=2><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font face=times><font color=#000000><font size=1><i><font size=2>Join the mailing list:</font><a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center><font size=2>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</font></a></i></font></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font face=times><font color=#000000><font size=1><i><font size=2>Twitter: </font><a href=http://twitter.com/iransic id=nsw- title=http://twitter.com/iransic><font size=2>http://twitter.com/iransic</font></a><font size=2><br> </font></i></font></font></font> </p> </div> <font size=3><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <br> </font></font> </div> <br><div style="background-color: #e6f0ff; width: 650px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000; padding: 5px;"><div style="height: 36px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 4px;"><table style="display: inline;width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td width="32px" style="padding: 0;"><img src="https://docs.google.com/images/doclist/icon_6_doc_large.gif" style="height: 32px; margin-right: 5px;" alt=""></td> <td valign="middle" height="32px" style="padding: 0;">Attached: Weekly Digest Monday 12th April, 2010 </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="font-size: 13px; background-color: #FFF; padding: 10px 7px 7px 7px;"><span style="color: #007825; font-weight: bold;">Message from <a href="mailto:student.information.center@gmail.com" style="color: #007825; font-weight: bold;text-decoration: none;">student.information.center@gmail.com</a>:</span> <span style="color: #000;"><pre style="font-size: 13px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif"></pre></span> <span style="color: #898989;">Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.</span> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://docs.google.com"><img style="border: 0;margin-top: 10px;" src="https://docs.google.com/images/doclist/docs_logo_sm.gif" alt="Google Docs logo"></a></div></div></div>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-9740413108579813222010-03-30T07:19:00.001-07:002010-03-30T19:15:33.086-07:00Weekly Digest Monday 29 March, 2010<div style="background-color: #e6f0ff; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; padding: 5px; width: auto;">
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<b><u><span style="font-size: x-small;">FUTURE PLANS<br /> </span></u></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">-- Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br /> -- Allah o Akbar during the nights<br /> -- Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br /> -- Being out in the streets on Thursdays<br /> <br /> </span><b><u><span style="font-size: x-small;">NEWS<br /> </span></u></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">-- Radio Farda: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of the Committee of Experts, stated that through treating those afflicted in the aftermath of the elections with "islamic kindness and unity", we can hopefully rich tranquility in the society.<br /> <br /> -- JARAS: Mir Hossein Moussavi and Zahra Rahnavard paid a visit to the household of Mohammad Nourizad, an imprisoned journalist and director. In this visit, Moussavi praised the resilience that Mr. Nourizad has shown during his three-month long imprisonment. He also stated, "in the coming days everyone should do his/her best to comply with the wish of the people so that in the end we'll be victorious in this effort".<br /> <br /> -- BBC: More than forty Iranian filmmakers and authors wrote an open letter demanding the unconditional freedom of Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Nourizad, two filmmakers who are now in prison.<br /> <br /> --Deutsche Welle: Kurdish news websites in Iran have reported 181 cases of systematic and widespread violations of human rights in the Kurdish region. They report on suspicious deaths of prisoners in detention. According to the report, last year, about 110 university students were summoned to disciplinary committees and 22 of them were expelled from school and are facing deportation. There is also reports that 27 student activists were placed in prisons. 17 were ordered the death penalty and 3 died of suspicious deaths while in prison.<br /> <br /> --JRS: The wife of grand ayatollah Montazeri passed away on Saturday in the city of Qom. A public funeral was to be held by her family but the authorities did not give permission to the proceedings. When the funeral finally took place on Monday, it was under heavy security presence. 30 mourners were reportedly arrested. Mr. Karroubi, Mr. Moussavi and Mr. Khatami all expressed their condolences to the family of Ayatollah Montazeri.<br /> <br /> -- BBC: A group of individuals who were arrested and subsequently released in the events after the presidential elections, wrote an open, but anonymous letter describing some of their ordeal. They describe humiliating and degrading behavior towards them in prison, as well as charges like insulting and advertising against the regime. Many name the reason for the arrest to be receiving or sending texts or emails relating to the elections crisis. They also reported that court hearings were held for them inside the prison without the presence of their lawyers where several were sentenced to years in jail.<br /> <br /> -- Radio Farda: International Union of telecommunications, ITV, released a statement on Friday urging the Islamic Republic of Iran to stop its censorship of foreign satellite television programs to end. This subset of the United Nations agency reminded the regime that jamming satellite signals was against the common law.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br /> -- Radio Farda: Shahnaz Gholami, women's rights activist and journalist was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. She was accused of spreading propaganda against the regime and reporting for the Mujahedineh khalgh group (widely regarded as a terrorist organization). Shahnaz Gholami, who has previously spent time in prison is now with her family in Turkey.<br /> <br /> -- Radio Koucheh: Abdolreza Ghanbari, a high school teacher and University professor from Pakdasht has been sentenced to death. He has been accused of contacting foreign news agencies through email. He has been under arrest for several months now. Several other individuals have also been sentenced to death under similar circumstances, two of whom have already been executed.<br /> <br /> --Radio Farda: Ahmad Miri Deputy Chairman of the Participation Front of Mazandaran province, was arrested on Sunday. Two other members were also arrested during the past weeks.<br /> <br /> --JRS: Somayeh Farid , women's activist was release last week after paying 60000$ in bail money. She was arrested after going to the detention center to investigate her husband's arrest.<br /> <br /> --Kalameh: Sasan Aghayi, blogger and journalist who was arrested over 3 months ago was released on Sunday.<br /> <br /> --BBC: A group of Science Olympiads wrote a letter to Mr.Larijani, Iran's Judiciary chief, and demanded the release of Abdullah Yusufzadegaan.<br /> <br /> --Committee for Human Rights: With over nearly 20 days since the detention of Mitra Aali, a graduate student at Sharif University, no news is yet available on her whereabouts.<br /> <br /> --Jrs: Dr. Ali Akbar Soroush who was arrested two weeks ago has not yet had any contact with his family. His family does not know his whereabouts.<br /> <br /> --Kalameh: Mr. Mousavi and His wife, Dr. Rahb=navard visited the family of Dr. Nooraninejad, who has been arrested for 120 days. He was a political activist belonging to one of the reformist camps.<br /> <br /> --Jrs: Seyed Mohammad Khatami met with Saeed Leilaaz, the journalist who was finally released after 9 months of imprisonment.<br /> <br /> --Jrs: Member of the Human Rights Activists and former board member of the Association of teachers, Rassool Bodaghi who was arrested early September has begun a hunger strike to protest the uncertainty of his legal case and his prison conditions.<br /> <br /> --Kalameh: Mohammad Nouri Zad, director and journalist who has been arrested finally called his family last week after 93 days of imprisonment.<br /> <br /> --Radio Farda: Tehran's prosecutor announced last week that Hassan Lahuti, the 23 year old grandson of Mr. Rafsanjani will be released on a 73000$ bail. He was accued of committing acts of contrition as well as criticizing the supreme leader.<br /> <br /> --Committee for Human Rights: The mother of Koohyar Goudarzi, Human Rights Committee member met with her son and announced that his arrest has been extended by 2 months. He was arrested over 3 months ago along with Shiva Nazarahari and Saeed Aaheri.<br /> <br /> --Committee for Human Rights: 40 days after the arrest of Ali Akbar Ajami, left-wing student activists, his family and friends have no news of his whereabouts except that he was transferred to Evin prison a few days after his arrest.<br /> <br /> --Advar: Ali Anjamrooz, a journalist and member of Gilan Branch graduates in Iran, who was arrested last month was released last week on bail.<br /> <br /> --Jrs: Maryam Zia, civil rights activist adn children's rights activist who has been arrested for over 3 months is held in Evin prison. She has started a hunger strike and is in bad physical condition. She is protesting her illegal detention and mal-treatment.<br /> <br /> </span><b><u><span style="font-size: x-small;">RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS<br /> </span></u></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr. Sazegara has most importantly highlighted the importance of Sizdeh Bedar celebrations. This day is the last day of the Nowrooz holidays and is traditionally celebrated by families going to parks for picnics. He states that this is a good occasion for peaceful protesting but at the same time he warns that the security forces might act violently because of the large scale of this occasion and the generally large turn-out.</span> </div>
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The complete text of this clip is attached.<br> <br> -- Norouz: Zahra Rahnavard, also released a video for the upcoming year. The complete text of this clip is also attached.<br> <br> -- Radio Zamaneh: Mehdi Karoubi in his Norouz address criticized the Islamic Republic government and stated that he does not believe in a regime in which a small group of clergies and military officers hold the power.<br> <br> -- Radio Farda: John Kerry, chief of international affairs committee has issued an statement congratulating the Iranians for Nowrouz.<br> <br> -- JARAS: The human rights activists in Iran have counted the human rights violation of the Iranian regime to 59040 cases.<br> <br> -- DW: Barack Obama has issued a video statement congratulating the Iranians. He has also pledged his support for free access of information for Iranians.<br> <b><u><br> NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</u></b><br> -- Rahana: After a week of imprisonment, Abdollah Yousefzadeh has not been permitted to contact his family and his release date is not clear.<br> <br> -- Norouz: Mir Hossein Moussavi and Zahra Rahnavard visited Dr. Mohsen Mirdamadi who was released yesterday.<br> <br> <b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</u></b><br> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">In his video broadcast on Thursday- which was shorter than usual-, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">1- Further insight onto the events of Chaharshanbeh soori reveals that such processions were carried out in most towns of Kurdistan, Zanjan, Hamedan, Arak, Qom, Khorram-Abad, Shahr-e-Kord, Kermanshah, Ahvaz and Tehran and heated slogans were chanted. However the most important aspect of this day is the geographic extension of the Green Movement. </font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">2- About 500 people, including some families of the arrested as well as some ordinary people, gathered in front of the Evin prison last night.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">3- It is very important to go to cemeteries and salute the martyrs of the Green Movement on the last Thursday of the [Iranian] year.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">4- Three important lessons can be learnt from the Chaharshanbeh-soori events; First of all, it becomes extremely difficult for the regime to crack down the protests when they are scattered at different neighborhoods. Secondly. it is much better to use 'national' holidays and festivities rather than the days endorsed by the Regime. Thirdly, the most effective form of civil disobedience against a regime which tries to make everybody depressed and disappointed is to emphasize on happiness, life and hope [like what was done in Chaharshanbeh soori]</font></font></span> </div> <font size="2"><br> </font> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">On his video broadcast on Friday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">1- There points deserve more attention in the New Year addresses of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and his spouse Zahra Rahnavard; First of all, the [importance of the] unity between domestic and out-of-country activists; secondly the need for geographic expansion of the green movement. Thirdly, as Ms. Rahnavard emphasized in her address, the importance of pluralism and the unity of all civil movements within Iran under the umbrella of the green movement.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">2- Hossein Marashie, who used to be the chief of staff for Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani for several years, was arrested. His arrest clearly shows a severe struggle within the ranks of the regime between the coup wing and Mr. Rafsanjani.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">3- A military atmosphere was established by security forces in Behesht-Zahra [Tehran's main cemetery] last Thursday. An indefinite need for establishing such an atmosphere will exhaust the coup government at the end.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">4- A number of political activists out of Iran have pledged to go on hunger strike from Thursday March 18- Saturday March 20 to show their support for political prisoners in Iran.</font></font></span> </div> <font size="2"><br> </font> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">After congratulating the [Iranian] New Year, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points in his video broadcast on Saturday:</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">1- Today is the 59th anniversary of the nationalization of the oil industry. Dr. Mosaddeq is an excellent role modl for struggle and steadfastness.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">2- It has been proposed to write slogans on the paper money we present to others as gifts [during new years visits etc].</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">3- Circulate and propagate information and news about the green movement when making trips during the new year holidays.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">4- Issa Saharkhiz [a well-known political prisoner and journalist] who had started his hunger strike yesterday, has been accompanied by some more prisoners from Section 350 of the Evin prison. Some political activists outside Iran have also gone on hunger strike in solidarity with him and other political prisoners.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">5- Foreign ministers of EU members have complained from Iran for sending noisy signals targeting satellite channels.</font></font></span> </div> <div> <span style="FONT-STYLE:normal"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">6- The upcoming holidays [in Iran] is a good opportunity to read more [about the Green Movement etc]. 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The reformist leaders had asked the people to come to the streets on this occasion to express their dissatisfaction with the current situation. In a response the supreme leader has issued a fatwa saying that coming out on this traditional day would be sacrilegious. The Basij and the Revolutionary guard have reportedly also joined forces to prevent gathering of people on streets. The head of Tehran police also announced that police forces would "confront those who can't hold their excitement during the holidays" and that they would arrest anyone who causes disturbance.<br><br>--Radio Farda: The Oil Ministry of Iran has given a oil pipeline manufacturing contract worth 850 million dollars to the Revolutionary Guard.<br><br>--Sahamnews website: About 50 people surrounded the appartment of Mr. Karroubi (leading reformist) and proceeded to yell obscenities, break glass and damage and lute his apartment complex. Mme. Karroubi who described the situation also explained that the police force in the area was coordinating the attack with the thugs. She added that nothing would deter her and her husband from defending people's rights and that these "primitive" methods were futile. <br><br>--Radio Zamaneh: Tehran's prosecutor announced the sentence of execution for six protesters arrested on Ashura day. He said: "Today the regime has in full strength and authority, silenced the opposition and the "people" will never allow these events to repeat themselves". <br><br>--Radio Zamaneh: Human Rights Associations denied allegations by offficial Iranian news agency Fars that they were receiving funding from U.S.A. They also stated that they would issue a formal complaint against Fars. <br><br>--RAdio Farda: Ayatollah Dastghein, member of council and reformist stated that defenseless people are not agitators, it is those who attack legal gatherings who are the source of violence and agitation.<br><br>--Jrs: A pro-government Iranian journalist was arrested in Rome based on allegations that he was involved in illegal arms smuggling. The Iranian Secretary of Defense responded to this by saying that "we will ourselves produce the weapons that he was accused of smuggling".<br><br>--Jrs: In a response to comments by Political Deputy Minister that the political party the Participation Front will be shut down, the central committee member of this party, Ali Shakouri Rad stated that he has not heard such news and that only a judicial verdict could close a political party. <br><br>--Jrs: Sheikh Khaled bin Osama bin Laden son of al-Qaida organization leader Osama bin Laden, wrote a letter to the supreme leader asking fo rthe release of some of his family who are under house arrest in Iran. He stated that his family has asked for freedom several time but they were met with "violence and torture". <br><br>--Jrs: A number of contractor employees who worked on Milad Tower in Tehran have staged a rally in front of the tower demanded their wages which have not been payed for 4 months, It is reported that a similar situation is ongoing with Imam Tunnel workers who have not been payed for 5-6 months. <br><br></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma">--Radio Zamaneh: Several politicians from France, Finland announced that they would support unilateral sanctions against Iran if the EU cannot agree to increase sanctions against Iran.<br><br>--Radio Zamaneh: Mr. Hashemi Rafsanjani, criticized IRIB for working for "a gang" and said that the people are losing confidence in the national media agency. <br><br>--BBC: an Iranian ship that apparently illegally entered the coastal waters of Yemen was arrested by Yemeni Coast Guard. This ship is suspected of drug trafficking. <br><br>--BBC: The American Parliament has recognized the Iranian new years as a valuable historic tradition and has congratulated the positive presence of Iranians in the American community. They mentioned that 539 years BC, Cyrus the Great was the first to found the charter of human rights, that abolished slavery and allowed religious freedom. "<br><br></font><b><u><font face="Tahoma">NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</font></u></b><font face="Tahoma"><br>--Jrs: MOhamad Olayifard was released from prison. He was sentenced to 1 year in jail because of interviewing with foreign media. <br>--Jrs: Saeed Lilaaz who was previously sentenced to 6 years in prison had success in his appeal court and is freed after paying 500000$. <br><br>--Rooz Online: Kian Tajbakhsh who was under arrest since last summer, was granted 15 days of freedom after paying 800000 bail. This is while Mehdi Bootraby, member of Mousavi's reformist campaign and pioneer in reformist blogging was arrested yesterday. <br><br></font><b><u><font face="Tahoma">RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</font></u></b><font face="Tahoma"><br>Sazegara's Sunday video mentioned 5 points:<br><br>1. It is reported that slogan writing on walls against the supreme leader has increased across Tehran. <br>2. The government has told stores to stay closed on Chahrshanbeh Soori. They will also most likely close down main streets and boulevards but the advantage is with the people since they traditionally come out on to the streets all over the city on this day and this is much harder to control.<br>3. Mr. Hassan Rohani highlights that currently all of the regime's energy is spent on security and this is impossible to maintain in the long run. <br>4. The regime is stepping up its crack down on human rights activists by either summoning them or arresting them. <br>5. The regime has decided on three methods of attacking the green movement. First is the arrest of human rights, women's rights, and student activists, second is the arrest of political and reformist activists and third is the control of media and the internet. In this way they aim to suffocate the movement. However, what they don't understand is that one of the strongest homes for the movement is within homes, between families and friends and within the community and they have no power over these areas. And this is where the people have the upper hand.<br><br></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma">Sazegara's Monday video mentioned the following points:<br><br>1. It reported that some navy officials have been detained for quitting their posts. Some changes have also been noticed amongst Revolutionary guard ranks. <br>2. Since the supreme leader falsely announced that Chaharshanbeh Soori celebrations are sacrilegious, this offers another opportunity to defy him and show our stand. <br>3. In response to the question "when will the Green movement reach victory", Sazegara states that a specific time cannot be said. The movement gets close to victory as the power balance shifts from the regime, to the people. To help this, non-violent strategies such as resistance must be employed by the people.</font><br><div class="google_footer" id="google_footer" style="font-family:Verdana;text-align:left"><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="1">Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font><br></i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Join the mailing list:<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center" id="hv.w" style="color:#551a8b" title="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center">http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/IranSIC" id="dzw_" style="color:#551a8b" target="_blank" title="www.twitter.com/IranSIC">IranSIC</a></i></font></font></p></div><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br style="font-family:Verdana"><br><br></div><br><br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-42477336283008274252010-03-13T17:10:00.001-08:002010-03-13T17:10:24.866-08:00Saturday March 13th, 2010 Newsletter<div class=google_header id=google_header style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=4>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b width=56></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=2>Newsletter Issue 184 - Saturday March 13th, 2010 </font> </p> </div> <font face=verdana size=2><b><u>FUTURE PLANS</u></b><br> -- Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br> -- Allah o Akbar during the nights<br> -- Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br> -- Visiting resting place of the green movement martyrs in Beheshte Zahra (the cemetery) on the last Thursday of the year<br> -- Being out in the streets on Thursdays<br> -- Attending "4shanbe-souri" events<br> <br> <b><u>NEWS</u></b><br> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>-- Radio Farda: MirHossein Mousavi, one of the opposition leaders in Iran, in his meeting with Mostafa Tajzadeh emphasized on resistance until victory. Mohammad Khatami, the ex-president of Iran, said he is hoping for the release of all political prisoners till the end of the year.<br> <br> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>-- JARAS:</font></span></font><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000> Reporters Without Borders marks issued its latest list of<span class=Apple-converted-space> </span><a href=http://www.rsf.org/ennemis.html style=COLOR:#1c51a8 target=_blank>"Enemies of the Internet."</a><span class=Apple-converted-space> </span>This list points the finger at countries such as Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Tunisia that restrict online access and harass their netizens. A list of countries that have been placed "under surveillance" for displaying a disturbing attitude towards the Internet is also released. Turkey and Russia are added to this list of countries "under surveillance".</font></span></span></font><font face=verdana size=2><br class=Apple-interchange-newline> <br> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- DW: Reporters Without Borders awarded on 11 March<span class=Apple-converted-space> </span><a href=http://www.rsf.org/Iranian-women-s-rights-activists.html style=COLOR:#1c51a8 target=_blank>the first "Netizen Prize"</a>, with Google's support, to the Iranian women's rights activists of the Change for Equality (<a href=http://www.we-change.org/ rel=nofollow style=COLOR:#1c51a8 target=_blank>www.we-change.org</a>) website. Journalist, blogger and activist<span class=Apple-converted-space> </span><b>Parvin Ardalan</b>, one of the site's founders, received the prize from French journalist Jean-Marie Colombani in a ceremony at the Paris headquarters of Google France. The prize recognizes an Internet user, blogger or cyber-dissident who has made a notable contribution to the defence of online freedom of expression.</font></font></span><br> <br> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- BBC: Hassan Roushani, member of the expediency council, says: a group wants to act against the recommendation of the supreme leader for "maximum attraction and minimum repulsion" by planning to govern Iran by giving freedom only to one political band and group.<span class=Apple-converted-space><br> <br> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- BBC: 2000 Sharif University students signed a letter to support their imprisoned friends and asked the dean of the university to help release Mahdi Clary, Kouhyar Goodarzi and Tara SepehriFar, three Sharif University students who were arrested in the demonstrations after the June election.<span class=Apple-converted-space><br> <br> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- SIC: United States' Annual report on human rights in 2009 is soon to be published. Parts of this report that is on Iran is attached. </font></font></span><br> <br> --</span></font></font></span></span></font></font></span></font><font face=verdana size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><span class=Apple-converted-space><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><span class=Apple-converted-space><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000> Kaleme: In an unexpected statement, Jafar Shojuni, a member of the Central Committee of the Combatant Clerics of Tehran [an old renowned Conservative party in Iran] said that he is ready to debate the opposition leaders. As reported by AsrIran, Shojuni is one of the most radical elements in the conservative movement; he had once stated that there better be a Navvab who would assassinate the opposition leaders. [Navvab Safavi was a member of Fadaaiyaan-e-eslaam, a prominent Islamist terrorist organization; he assassinated Hassan-Ali Mansour, the then Prime Minister in 1964. He was then arrested and sentenced to death for assassinating the Prime Minister]</font></span></span></span></span></span></font><font size=2><br> </font> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><span class=Apple-converted-space><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><span class=Apple-converted-space><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><br> -- BBC Persian: "These issues are beyond our authorities and duties; however if they are referred to us in a documented way, we will undertake appropriate actions" said the Spokesman of the Guardian Council in reaction to recent changes in the colors of the national flag in some formal ceremonies by Ahmadinejad Administration. [In numerous instances within the last two months, the green part of the Iranian flag had been modified to blue or black in formal ceremonies.]</font></span></span></span></span></span></font> </div> <font size=2><br> </font><font face=verdana size=2><b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</u></b><br> </font><font face=verdana size=2>-- Kaleme: The Healthcare Minister said that they are pursuing the cases of some Medicine students who are in jail at the moment.</font><font size=2><br> </font> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><br> -- Radiofarda: Azar Mansouri, the political Deputy of the Participation Front [a major progressive reformist party] was sentenced to three years in prison. </font></span></font> </div> <font size=2><br> </font> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- Kalemeh: Seyyed Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, the senior advisor to to Mir Hossein Mousavi, has met with his family after 70 days in solitary confinement. <span class=Apple-converted-space> </span>"my father, who is always very energetic and happy, had turned grey and old, yet resistant and strong", his son, Sadra, said.</font></font></span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal> </span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- JARAS: The families of Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rassulof have reported that these two movie directors are deprived of any contact with the outside world.</font></font></span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal> </span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- Kalemeh: The new blog of Fatemeh Shams and, the wife of Mohammad Reza Jalai Poor, was filter after three weeks of operation. This happened after she had reported tat Jalai-poor has been banned from leaving the country.</font></font></span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal> </span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- RadioFarda: The family of Issa Saharkhiz, the detained newspaper say that his situation is still unclear.</font></font></span> </p> <font face=verdana size=2><br> <b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</u></b><br> </font> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>On his video broadcast on Friday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>1- There are several highlights in Zahra Rahnavard's interview with Kaleme among which three points deserve to be underscored; First of all, Ms. Rahnavard has, once again, emphasized that the Ahmadinejad Administration is illegitimate. Secondly, she stated that the Green Movement is a plural movement spanning different classes and ranks of the [Iranian] society; however woman activists [in addition to being included under the wider umbrella of the Green Movement] should continue their struggle for the recognition of women's rights. Third of all, she emphasized that Chaharshanbeh soori is supposed to be a fun and peaceful festival during which Iranian people will show their discontent [to the Regime] peacefully while observing an ancient national tradition; in case of any violence, the government will be responsible for that.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>2- In a visit to Mostafa Tajzadeh [the Deputy Interior Minister in Khatami Administration who was released after spending nine months in prison], Mir Hossein Mousavi emphasized that he will stand firm until achieving the objectives of the Green Movement. </font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>3- A successful two-hour strike was carried out in Isfahan's Steel Processing Facilities.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>4- National Development Fund (NDF) is going to replace Currency Reserve Fund (CRF). Unlike CRF which was under the control of the Central Bank, NDF will be chaired by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; this move will make it easier for Ahmadinejad and his Administration to rob the country out of its currency resources.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>5- One of Ahmadinejad's deputies faced protests in his trip to Berlin. Some green movement advocates gathered in protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa.</font></span></font> </div> <font size=2><br> </font> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>On his video broadcast on Saturday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>1- In some cities such as Tehran and Ahvaz, some people welcomed Chaharshanbeh Soori [which is supposed to be on Tuesday March 16, 2010 this year]. This is a day when we will show our protest with our joy in a nonviolent way.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>2- A successful strike was organized by students of the Mazandaran University after which the university officials conceded the demands of the protestors.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>3- Ahmadinejad's trip to Hormozgan province [in the south] was another PR blunder for him. Despite severe attempts of Ahmadinejad supporters, very few people showed up in welcoming him.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>4- Emami-Kashani, the Friday Imam of Tehran, said that "When the existence of Islam [meaning the Islamic Regime] is in danger, criticizing the government becomes a prohibited act." This statement shows how horrified the leading members of the Regime are at this moment.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>5- US Department of State's special report on Human RIghts describes the human rights situation in Iran deteriorating.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>6- How can the Green Movement be successful? Upon improved recruiting and geographic expansion of the Green Movement, we will be able to organize more effective actions. On the other hand, the government is trying to terrorize the people and contain the Green Movement by attacking and arresting known networks. In future I will discuss why this will not work. They are also trying to interfere with the communication abilities of the movement by slowing down the internet and knocking down satellite news channels by sending noisy signals. 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They added that the women's rights movement will continue to fight along teh people for their common causes but it also continues to pursue the goals of its own movement.<br> <br> <div> --Radio Zamaneh: Mehdi Karroubi has asked the Islamic judicial authorities to cancel the death penalty for Mohamad Amin Valyan, a student activist of the University of Damghan. He added that this sentence was an international embarrassment for Iran. <br> </div> <div> <br> --Deutsche Welle: Guard Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei, as well as a leading figure for the Revolutionary Guards stated that Iranian Universities were practically void of supporters of the supreme leader. He admitted that it was time to face reality adn reconcile with people who think differently than himself. <br> <br> --Deutsche Welle: German Interior Ministry spokesman expressed concerns regarding human rights violations in Iran. He added that as an act of solidarity, Germany would be granting asylum to those Iranians with legitimate reasons.<br> <br> --Radio Zamaneh: Morteza Tamadon, Governor of Tehran, claimed that police forces never entered University dorms in Tehran last summer. This is despite BBC footage of security guards beating students at night time. additionally, parliament members stated last summer that the police invasion of the dorms had a permit. <br> <br> --Reuters: General David Petraeus, Commander of American forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, said the Islamic Republic government is turning into a warlord government by oppressing its own people. Regarding the nuclear issue he added that: "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been the best recruiter for us." <br> <br> --Deutsche Welle: Simin Behbahani, a renowned Iranian poet, was barred from leaving the country as she was boarding a plane to France. She was invited to Paris to give a speech on the current status of women's rights in Iran. <br> <br> --Jrs: A group of students from Tehran's Azad University released a statement condemning the tense and high security atmosphere of the school. they also expressed their defiance of the current situation and called on the people to defy the oppressors. They urged all to use the New Years traditions as an opportunity to express their solidarity with each other and deliver a blow to the dictatorship. <br> <br> -- Jrs: Students from Babol university gathered at a rally to bid farewell to two students who were sentenced to imprisonment after the recent unrest. They sang songs and chanted "student prisoners must be freed" in solidarity with their fellow students.<br> <br> --BBC News: America Treasury Department who supports sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Sudan stated that Internet transmission technologies were essential for supporting the Iranian freedom movement and as shown in Iran, these networks are a powerful tool. <br> <br> Keyword: On the sixty-seventh anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Student Association held at Tehran University, their representative stated: "The green movement looks to be recognized and not humiltated. The movement wants to be involved in its own destiny as granted by the constitution. They added that Islam was being used as tool and an excuse for lies, deception and hypocrisy. </div> <br> <b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</u></b><br> --Jrs: Amad Bahavar, a political activist and member of the Youth Freedom Movement was arrested for the 3rd time since the elections. He was released after a few days. He spent two months in prison immediately after the elections. <br> <br> --Kalameh: Majid Tavakoli, The student activist who was arrested a few months ago still remains in prison. He has been in solitary confinement for the past 5 weeks. He is the student who's arrest sparked the head-scarf support movement.<br> --Kalameh: Mohamad Saleh Noghrehkaar, the nephew of Zahra Rahnavard was released last night on 200 million toomans (200000$) bail after 26 days in jail. <br> <br> --Jrs: eyewitnesses and news media, report that nightly rallies in front of Evin prison are gathering strength. The numbers of family members who present themselves there are increasing and several prisoners have been released to date. <br> <br> --Kalameh: Mohamad Olayifar, a lawyer who previously represented those arrested in post-election unrest was himself arrested. He had previously complained against the arrest of otehr activists.<br> <br> <b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</u></b><br> Mr. Sazegara highlights the following in his Sunday and Monday video:<br> -Many women remain imprisoned in Iran on this International Women's day. <br> -Zahra Rahnavard has released a statement reagrding International Women's day. Here she highlighted the important role of women in the past 120 years in Iran.<br> -Iran's Judicial representative reported a large embezzlement claim which might also involve Ahmadinejad's top adviser, Mr. Mashai. <br> -It has now been 24 months that some workers have not received their wages. <br> -It appears that the people will use the new years as an opportunity to express their anger and fight the oppressors using the traditions of Norooz.<br> <br> <b><u>ANALYSIS</u></b><br> An analytical article has been published by Amad Bahavar in Rooz Online. In this article, he discusses that the source of tension in recent Iranian politics stems from the problem of Supreme Leadership. In order to guarantee the selection of the son of Khamenei, Mojtaba, certain moves had to be made. The election of Ahmadinejad has been instrumental in this regard, during his first term, he curbed civil rights developments. His second election was well-planned and it was intended to eliminate other politicians such as supporters of Mr. Hashemi. The regime did not predict such a long and exhausting fight put up by the people. They predicted some unrest and thought that it would die down shortly after. However, the Green movement is not limited to the streets and hence cannot be oppressed that easily. In fact, according to the author, it has already done its damage and has achieved many of its goals.<br> <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=1>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font><br> </i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Join the mailing list:<a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Twitter: <a href=http://twitter.com/IranSIC id=dzw_ style=COLOR:#551a8b target=_blank title=www.twitter.com/IranSIC>IranSIC</a></i></font></font> </p> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-61331948799886371062010-03-06T17:52:00.000-08:002010-03-06T17:53:01.799-08:00Saturday March 6th, 2010 Newsletter<div class=google_header id=google_header style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=4>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b width=56></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=2>Newsletter Issue 180 - Saturday March 6th, 2010 </font> </p> </div> <b><u>FUTURE PLANS<br> </u></b>-- Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br> -- Allah o Akbar during the nights<br> -- Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br> -- Visiting resting place of the green movement martyrs in Beheshte Zahra (the cemetery) on the last Thursday of the year <div> -- Being out in the streets on Thursdays<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS</b><br> </u><font size=2><font face=verdana>--Kalameh: On the eve of the international day of woman, Zahra Rahnavard issued a memorandum criticizing the human rights conditions, especially in case of women, in Iran. The complete memo is attached.</font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font face=verdana>--Nedaye Azadi: The ex-minister of culture and Islamic guidance applauded the Iranian cyber army and stated that Iran would achieve greater victories using this entity.</font><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> </font><font face=verdana size=2><br> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- Radio Farda: According to Mehr news agency, Kamran Daneshjoo, Minister of Science in AhmadiNejad's administration, said in his speech on Thursday:<br> "majority of students and professors are with the revolution and anyone who disagrees with the regime, should leave the academic society"<br> <br> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><font size=2>-- Nedaye Azadi: According to ISNA, Seyyed Hasan Khomeini said: "apparently some people have decided to ignore the truth, or to pretend that they don't see the truth and if someone brings it to their attention, he will be accused.<span class=Apple-converted-space> </span></font></font></span><br class=Apple-interchange-newline> </font></font></span></font><font size=2><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font face=verdana><font color=#000000>-- BBC: Kazem Jalali, spokesman for the foreign policy and national security commission of the parliament, in an interview with Mehr News Agency said: "the video that BBC broadcast about the attack to Tehran university dorm did not contain any information beyond what we already had published right after it happened."<br> </font></font></span><br style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> </font> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>-- Nedaye Azadi: 177 nuclear physicists condemned human rights violations in Iran and warned that the most important goal of the Iranian government's official propaganda is to deter the international attention from the violation of human rights in Iran.<span class=Apple-converted-space> </span><br> </font></span></font> </div> <div class=im style=COLOR:#500050;FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000><br> --<span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000> BBC: The amnesty international asked the Iranian government to stop shutting down newspapers and arresting journalists. It has also called for the freedom of Hengameh Shahidi, the imprisoned journalist.<br> <br> -- Nedaye Azadi: <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>Karrubi's younger son's passport was confiscated by the authorities at the Imam Khomeini International Airport today.</font></span><br> <br> -- <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>DW: The Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi will be awarded this year's Bonn International Democracy Award. Ms Ebadi will receive the award, coming with a prize money of 10,000 Euro, on 20. May in a ceremonial act. This was announced on Friday by the chairman of the "Association International Democracy Award" and director of Deutsche Welle, Erik Bettermann, in Bonn. The jury honors the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for her staunch defense of the rule of law and democracy in Iran. For many years Ebadi has been struggling for observance of constitutional laws, especially those of women and children.</font></span><br> </font></span></font></span></font> </div> <br> </div> <b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br> </u></b> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>-- Nedaye Azadi: Reza Lotfi, Student political and human rights activist of the Free Unveristy of Mashad was arrested lat night. He was taken away from his house with much violence.</font></span></font> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal> </span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>-- Nedaye Azadi: Mohammad-Amin Valian, the 20-year old member of the Islamuc Society of Damghan University and also a member of the General Council of the Tahkim Vahdat, is still detained in the 2-A section of a prison associated with the Sepah's Intelligence Unit. This is despite the fact that his last trial and defense was conducted more than a month ago. Usual detainees, by law, are transferred to Evin after going through due process.</font></span></font> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal> </span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>-- Radio Zamaneh: Saeed Leylaz, Iranian Journalist was sentenced to three years of imprisonment after he appealed his previous sentence.</font></span></font> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <span style=FONT-STYLE:normal> </span> </p> <p style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;MARGIN:0px> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>-- Radio Farda: Madeline Nazanin <span class=Apple-converted-space> </span>claims that her husband, Wilson Isavi, a prist of the Pentecostal Assyrian church<span class=Apple-converted-space> </span> in Kermanshah, was tortured in prison. He has been detained for approximately one month.</font></span></font> </p> <br> <div> <b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS<br> </u></b><font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font face=verdana><font color=#000000>In his video broadcast on Thursday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:</font></font></span></font> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>1- The approval of death penalty for Mohammad Valyan, Damoghan University student, has stirred a huge wave of outrage since the ruling judge has issued this verdict according to the alleged fatwa [religious ruling] of Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi whose office has officially denied the issuance of such a fatwa.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>2- Five individuals have been arrested in Italy on the charges of arms smuggling in Iran; one of those individuals is a registered journalist of IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting).</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>3- 29 human rights activists have been arrested.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>4- Friday is the anniversary of Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh's decease; Today, we- as a nation- need a liberal, populist, patriotic and democratic figure like Dr. Mosaddegh more than ever before.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>5- Eutelsat has once again warned Iran that it will carry out appropriate actions if Iran continues to knock down satellite channels [broadcast through Eutelsat] by sending noisy signals. In a similar move, the company CaterPillar banned all its affiliated companies from dealing with Iran.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>6- Making jokes for government officials in order to mock them is amongst the actions of nonviolent struggle which proved very effective in the former Soviet Union. It is indeed much better to target government officials and basijis in our jokes rather than different ethnic groups [which are usually mocked and ridiculed in Persian jokes].</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>7- The main objective of Chaharshanbeh-soori protests [Tuesday, March 16] should be to lift our morale and the spirit of national resistance and to exhaust coup supporters. We should do the following on that day: 1- maintain the discipline of nonviolent struggles. 2- Create a traffic jam and horning at 6 PM. 3- Getting dispersed at different neighborhoods and impede the Regime from confronting the protestors at pre-determined locations. 4- Doing Qashoq-zani [an ancient Iranian tradition where people knock on each others' doors in pursuit of gifts] and playing the songs of the movement from car tape/CD/DVD players at 9 PM, 5- Moving to other neighborhoods at 10 PM and starting a candle vigil in the memory of martyrs if possible.</font></span></font> </div> <font size=2><br> </font> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>On his video broadcast on Friday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>1- Saturday March 6 is the national day of tree planting and it is good that those who are sympathetic to the green movement show a bigger participation in this event.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>2- Condemning human rights violations in Iran, Deputy Human Rights Commissioner of UN has requested a special human rights envoy to be sent to that country. The Foreign Minister of Germany has also objected Iran's representative to be seated in the Human Rights Commission of UN.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>3- Grand Ayatollah Yousof Sanei has issued a fatwa asserting that the post-election protestors are not 'mohareb' [fighters with God]. Even in some circumstances, protesting the government is obligatory. Along with Ayatollah Makarem's denial of an alleged fatwa [attributing the title of mohareb to post-election protestors], Ayatollah Sanei's fatwa is a major blow to Regime strategy to paint protestors as 'moharebs' and use the religious sentiments of the masses to justifying brutal retaliation.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>4- Laborers of the Simin Factory in Esfahan has gathered in front of the Governor's Office in pursuit of getting their delayed salaries which has not been paid for six months.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>5- In a major telecommunication fair in Germany where Iranian Government is also participating, Green Movement activists demonstrated in front of Iran's room and reminded the fair organizers that IRGC uses these technologies for controlling and cracking down its own citizens.</font></span></font> </div> <div style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana> <font size=2><span style=FONT-STYLE:normal><font color=#000000>6- Here are some guidelines about organizing the Green Movement: (1) Each group comprises 3-7 individuals and has one intermediary with other groups, (2) Each group is formed within different classes and neighborhoods. 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A short music video related to the event will be attached. </div> <br> --Maad: The gathering of families of political prisoners in Evin prison continued on night of Monday, 1st of March. </div> <div> </div> <div> --BBC News: The Iranian authorities disallowed the 43rd anniversary of Mohammad Mossadegh, due to the "possibility of conflict". This news was announced by Hossein Shah-Hosseini, national activists. </div> <br> <div> --BBC News: Ramin Jahanbegloo, Iranian scholar and philosopher, received the peace award of year 2009, on Tuesday evening, 2nd of March, in Barcelona, Spain. In the award document comes: " Ramin Jahanbegloo is a nonviolence philosopher, whose effords have expanded peace and in the realm of ideas and comments and also political action." He said: "I'm here to be the voice of people who mutely protest in Iran." Mr. Jhanbgv called his award "belonging to the people of Iran who shape their peaceful protest in the form of civil movement", when he was receiving the United Nation's peace prize. </div> 9. </div> <div> --Radio Farda: Office of the Berlin International Film Festival and Europe People's Party, the largest party in the EU parliament, on Wednesday in two separate statements, protested against arrest of Jafar Panahi the Iranian film maker, and demanded his immediate release. </div> <br> <div> --Radio Farda: Following tensions between Iran and Norway over the granting of asylum to former Iranian consoler in Oslo, and expelling of a Norwegian diplomat in Tehran, Foreign Ministry of Norway on Wednesday said that an Iranian diplomat was asked to leave Norway. </div> <br> --JRS: Art students protested against the arrest of one of their classmates, on Tuseday 2nd of March.<br> <br> <div> --BBC News: Fatemeh Karroubi, wife of Mehdi Karroubi, while expressing regret about Iranian government's relationship with the public press, called the cancellation of magazine "Iran Daughter" illegal. She said in a statement on 2nd of March that this magazine, during the nine years of publication, has only received two warning notices. Ms. Karroubi also mentioned a gathering in front of their house and harassment of her and Mr. Karrubi. </div> <div> </div> <div> --BBC News: American Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday said in his daily briefing, that the press censourship in Iran bans the people of Iran from their right to access information. Etemad newspaper and Iran Daughter(Irandokht) are the last few newspapers which have been recently banned. </div> <br> <div> --BBC News: Alireza Avaee, head of Tehran Justice said: Death sentences is not required in moharebeh (war charge). He said the sentence might be downgraded to deportation, or in case of repentance, another path might be chosen. </div> <br> <div> --Radio Farda: within hours of arrest of Jafar Panahi, Tehran's prosecutor said that his detention "is not because he is an artist and it is not political." Reports from Tehran indicate that security forces have arrested Mr. Panahi and all his family members and about 12 guests who have been in their house, at Monday 1st of March. Their current location is not known. </div> <br> <div> -- JRS: Ali Mazruee's speech at Tehran University was canceled. Only minutes before the speech the power was turned off, and after the cancellation of the speech the power went back up. Security forces were said to be around in the area. </div> <br> <div> --Radio Zamaneh: The Wall Street Journal gave news that the U.S. company Caterpillar has joined the boycotters of Iranian government. Caterpillar Company is one of the largest manufacturer of heavy industrial machinery and construction. </div> <br> <b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br> </u></b>--JRS: Death penalty for a student of Damghan university, who was a member of Islamic Association of the university was confirmed. According to the Nedaye Sabz news agency, this 20 year old student was sentenced wth reference to Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi's statement that said enemies of God should be executed. This statement was regarded as religious fatwa (rule), and the sentence has been issued based on this and the execution can take place any moment now.<br> <br> <div> --Parlemannews: Morteza Kazemian, a journalist and national-religious activist was released after 9 weeks, with bail. </div> <br> <div> --JRS: On 11th Esfand security agents searched Mahboobeh Karami's house and arrested her. </div> <br> <div> --JRS: Hesam Firouzi, human rights activists, and the doctor of some of the political prisoners, was arrested on 11st of Esfand month and transferred to unknown place. </div> <div> </div> <div> --JRS: Navid Khanjani, civil student activist was arrested on 11st of Esfand. </div> <b><u><br> </u></b> <div> <b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS<br> </u></b> <div> --SabzProxy is designed to help Iranians navigate the Internet through a proxy. 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He said that the current regime is deviating away from the principles of the Islamic republic. and that if the people begin to feel that their vote is value-less, then it is the reformists duty to re-establish the right path since both Islam and the Republic are in danger.<br><br>--Path of Green Movement (Jrs): The president of the Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy has released a statement regarding the video released which depicts the plain-clothes and security forces attacking the university dorms in Tehran. While emphasizing that the video was released from BBC, he recommended that the post-election investigation committee should look more closely into the matter of the video. <br>--Path of Green Movement (Jrs): Association of Iranian student unions released a statement condemning continued detention of many students in Tehran's prisons. They demanded the immediate release of students and teachers who are under arrest. They also condemned the attack on university dorms as depicted in the leaked video as "a military invasion where the attackers seem joyful as if they have conquered an enemy castle!".<br><br>--Path of Green Movement (Jrs): According to information received, individuals who have been released from prison since the elections are under pressure to comply and give pro- government interviews. They are said to be told that if they don't follow instructions, they will be back in prison by Norooz (Iranian new years coming up in March). <br><br>--Path of Green Movement (Jrs): According to Iranian official law enforcement, the police force detained twenty thousand protesters on the day of the anniversary of the revolution (feb 11th). This number included individuals arrested anywhere between a few hours to a few days or ongoing. Based on this report, the number of Green protesters on the streets on that day can be estimated to have been very high. <br><br>--Path of Green Movement (Jrs): The Director General of Tehran's "Protective" committee (generally in charge of maintaining the "values" of the Islamic Revolution) revealed in a private meeting that they had imported many people from surrounding cities on February 11th. He is quoted as saying :" since we knew that we had to outnumber the greens so as to discourage then on February 11th, we cancelled the rallies traditionally held in neighboring cities and brought everyone to Tehran instead. In this way, we gathered around 500 thousand pro-government supporters in Tehran. And with the discipline and organization of those in charge, we managed to disperse and discourage the "rioters"". <br><br>--In response to criticism of the political executions, Sadeq Larijani has said that he is doing everything in his power to stop these executions. He has had a private meeting with Khamanei where the supreme leader told him that "he expected more". <br><br>--BBC News: Mohammad Khatami has published a criticism of the regime on the website "Baran". He said that the government should act with intelligence regarding foreign policy and not be too adventurous in the face of the enemies. <br><br>--Radio Farda: Mehdi Kalhor, media adviser to the Iranian President called the elections celebrations a mistake. He said that the Greens are experts and scholars of our society and they cannot be put aside. He also accused the conservatives of seeking "vengeance" from reformists.<br><br>--BBC: Abbas Jaafari Dowlatabadi (Tehran prosecutor) released warning statements for the upcoming new years celebrations. He said that there will be no more protests without permission and those who do will be dealt with. He also accused the reformist leaders of inciting unrest but said that their efforts are futile.<br><br>--Radio Zamaneh: Press Supervisory Board banned the daily Etemad and Iran Coverage Rate Weekly magazine is canceled. The two journal publications were some of a few remaining reformists publications. <br>--BBC News: Shadi Sadr, activist and women's rights lawyer, won a special award given by the American government for outstanding human rights activities. She is amongst 10 women who received the 2010 "courageous women" award. She had won a similar award from Netherlands in 2009. <br><br><b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br></u></b>--Path of Green Movement (Jrs): security agents raided the home of Jafar Panahi, a famous Iranian director. They arrested him, his wife and daughter, as well as 15 guests who were present at the time of the raid. <br>--Path of Green Movement (Jrs): Behnam Ali-Zadeh, a member of the Islamic Association of Art University, was arrested Saturday night from University dormitories. This arrest was done by the request of University authorities. <br><br>--Kalameh: doctor Mohammad Maleki, the oldest political prisoner after the coup election events was finally released after 191 days in detention. He is said to be in a non-favorable physical state. Several others including Mohamad reza Mogheisseh, Favad Sadeghi, Mahsa Jazini, Mehdi Motamedimehr and Morteza Kazemian were also released.<br><br>--BBC: A number of the arrested were released yesterday. These included politicians, journalists as well as Baha'i citizens. <br><br>--Radio Farda: Omid Montazeri who was arrested after the events of the day of Ashura, is sentenced to 6 years in prison. Mehdi Clary from Sharif University who was arrested on November 16th was sentenced to 2 and half years in prison. , which held from 16 November to take over two and a half years of imprisonment story. <br>Radio Farda: Mustafa Mir Ahmadizadeh, students of Ayatollah Montazeri and professor of public law with useful Qom Special Clerical Court was arrested in his house. On the other hand Ali Hekmat, member central council of defending the freedom of the press and banned the editor Following the occurrence of the Persian month Khordad day of Ashura was arrested after about two months, was released Saturday evening.<br><b><u><br></u></b><div><b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS<br></u></b>Sazegara's Sunday and Monday video summary: He showed his support for Mousavi's recent statements. He stated that it is important to maintain the streets pressure even if it is not as united. It is important to keep the streets noisy. <br>Studies from several american universities have concluded that Iran and China are most active against the internet in terms of filtering and arresting bloggers. <br>21 Arab countries have released a statement demanding that the iranian government cease the oppression of its people.<br>While it was initially said that 100-150 members of the parliament had complained against Mousavi, the government has now admitted that that number was a lie and in actual fact only 4 parliament members had complaints against him.Finally, March 8th is Women's day and it is important that we show our support for the women's movement and the female activists who are currently under arrest.<br><div class="google_footer" id="google_footer" style="text-align:left"><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="1">Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font><br></i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Join the mailing list:<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center" id="hv.w" style="color:#551a8b" title="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center">http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/IranSIC" id="dzw_" style="color:#551a8b" target="_blank" title="www.twitter.com/IranSIC">IranSIC</a></i></font></font></p></div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div><br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-87450676258324661472010-02-27T17:01:00.001-08:002010-02-27T17:01:12.694-08:00Saturday February 27th, 2010 Newsletter<div class=google_header id=google_header style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=4>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b width=56></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=2>Newsletter Issue 177 - Saturday February 27th, 2010 </font> </p> </div> <u><b>FUTURE PLANS</b></u><br> --Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br> --Allah o Akbar during the nights<br> --Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br> -- Visiting resting place of the green movement martyrs in Beheshte Zahra (the cemetery) on the last Thursday of the year-- Being out in the streets on Thursdays<br> <br> <b>NEWS</b><br> --Advarnews: In an interview with Kalameh news agency, Mir Hossein Moussavi has commented on his take of the events on Bahman 22nd. The full interview is attached to the newsletter.<br> <br> --Kalameh: An annual memorial service for the martyrs of the Bakeri family was held on Thursday. Mit Hossein Moussavi and Zahra Rahnavard were invited to this event and they appeared amidst much interest from people an activist politicians.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: The 4th International Congress Against Capital Punishment was held in Switzerland. Iran, after China, has the highest number of capital punishments in the world.<br> <br> --Deutsche Welle: In interview with corriere della sera, Mehdi Karoubi commented on the green movement in Iran. He restated his belief that the June election was rigged and challenged the legitimacy of the government. He also stated that his goal is not to debunk the regime, rather he prefers widespread reforms. He said that he still believes in the ideal of islamis repblic, but not the kind we see in Iran. He wants a republic that elective not engineered and is based on true islam not superstition.<br> <br> --Kalameh: The parliamentary head of Iran, is a letter to the executive branch, enumerated all the actions taken by the government which ever deemed against the law. The legislative branch asked for explanations and adequate changes.<br> <br> --VoA: Supreme leader's representative in the revolutionary guards claimed that these forces are not part of an army and they have the right and power to take political actions if deemed necessary.<br> <br> --JARAS: A number of human rights activists in the Arab countries have published a letter denouncing the crackdown against the people and asked the government to put an end to this behavior.<br> <br> --JARAS: The Friday surmons across the country were focused on the apprehension of Rigi and the gathering of the "council of the experts".<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br> --Kalameh: The judge in charge of Abdollah Momeni's case who has requested an 800 million toman bail for his release, denied the 400 million toman bail prepared by his wife on the grounds that this amount was not enough.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Mohsen Mirdamadi's defense Lawyer informed of his second trial in the "revolution courthous" no. 15. Mr. Mirdamadi is accused of attempts at debunking and publicizing against the regime.<br> <br> --Parliment news: The spouse of Mostafa Tajzadeh has announced that upon Mr. Tajzadeh's arrest (close to 9 months ago), his monthly salary has been cut.<br> <br> --Rahana: Pakhshan Azizi is on hunger strike in prison and his condition is described as critical.<br> <br> --Rahana: Student activists in Azad University in Najafabad, one of the biggest Azad U branches nationwide, have been hit the hardest both in terms of the number of individuals affected and the harshness of the sentences issued.<br> <br> --Kaleme: A $100,000 deposit has been requested for conditional release of the arrested journalist Keyvan Mehregan. Since his family is unable to pay this deposit, his attorney, Saleh Nikbakht, is trying to convert this ruling to a conditional release on bail.<br> <br> --Adwarnews: Somayyeh Rashidi, a One-million signature Campaign activist [who fights for equal rights for women] was released from Evin prison on Thursday.<br> Radiofarda: According to the International Human Rights Campaign, the imprisonment sentences of eight student activists of Nushirvani University of Technology, Babol, has been finalized.<br> <br> --Norooz: Despite the joint requests of more than 3000 students of Ferdowsi University in Mashhad, the expulsion of three student activists was finalized.<br> <br> <b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</u></b><br> On his video broadcast on Thursday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:<br> 1- The Regime has launched a huge propaganda campaign after the arrest of the notorious terrorist Abdulmalek Rigi; however we should keep in mind that widespread poverty in Balouchestan as well as Regime's oppressive approach towards its people makes that area a fertile ground for emergence of terrorists like Rigi. Furthermore, the arrest of Rigi is a testament to the fact that armed and violent struggles against police states such as Iran will reach to nowhere; however nonviolent struggles will put the intelligence efforts of such police states in vain.<br> 2- In Ahmadinejad's latest trip to Birjand [which is the capital and the largest city of South Khorasan Province in Southestern Iran], only 300-700 people attended his speech in the city's stadium.<br> 3- After days of protest, the employees of long-distance telecommunication industry are still continuing their protests in pursuit of getting their unpaid wages.<br> 4- Like previous nights, the gatherings of the arrested families in front of the Evin Prison continued last night.Continued discussion on Upcoming Actions: The main objectives of our actions are to :(1) illegitimize the Regime, (2) strengthen the unity and cohesiveness of the Green Movement, (3) exhausting the Regime and creating and widening the existing gaps amongst its ranks. Street protests are unarguably the most effective in exhausting the Regime; however it is not the only means for reaching that objective. Furthermore, we should work to decrease the costs of coming to streets for protest. Revealing the identities and actions of revolutionary guards and Basijis is extremely effective in exhausting the coup government. Therefore we should exert pressure on revolutionary guards and basijisl. The fourth main objective of our political actions should be to paralyze the government, this issue will be discussed tomorrow.<br> <br> On his video broadcast on Friday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:<br> 1- There are various actions which could paralyze the coup government, including boycotting certain goods, refusing to cooperate with the government agencies and going on strikes (For instance coordinated ten-minute strikes in 1980's Poland could be a good role-model.)<br> 2- Ayatollah Khamenei's speech in front of the members of the Assembly of Experts [which is supposed to oversight the performance of the Supreme Leader] clearly showed that he still refuses to accept the reality. He does not want to come to terms with the fact that the Green Movement is deeply rooted in the 31 years of the incompetence of the status quo, deep changes within the Iranian society, existing gender, generational, ethnic and class gaps and most importantly the dominance of democratic paradigm amongst people.<br> 3- There are talks of imminent changes [in how the International community treats the Iranian Regime] in near future. The first change will be to put sanctions on IRGC since its role in cracking down Feb. 11 protests have become apparent. The second change will be to challenge the Iranian Regime's censorship of satellite news channels, internet and other means of communication.<br> 4- Russian Foreign Minster declared that the S300 anti-missile defense system will not be give to Iran.<br> <br> On his video broadcast on Saturday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:<br> 1- The gathering of the families of the arrested in front of the Evin prison continued last night and some more prisoners were released; however new imprisonment sentences are still being issued.<br> 2- Mr Karroubi had a very good interview in which he called the Regime-sponsored rallies of Feb. 11 as 'show rallies'. (The General Manager of the Governorship of Tehran Province has previously admitted gathering supporters from all over the country.)<br> 3- Dismissal of the candidates of the Assembly of Attorneys challenges the political freedom and civil organizations are under the boots of the military dictatorship.<br> 4- A conference, co-sponsored by the Iranian Embassy in UK, was scheduled to take place in Cambridge about Iran; however it was cancelled due to cold reaction of the researchers. Refusing to cooperate with the government in all levels is one of the best ways of civil disobedience.<br> 5- Two scheduled speeches of Larijani in Japan were cancelled; it seems that the objections of Iranians in Japan has been the main reason for these cancellations.<br> 6- There has been a recent surge in writing graffiti inside the countries (which has reached small towns such as Gonbad Kavous in northeast Iran); writing slogans on paper money and writing graffitis in small towns is extremely effective since it is extremely difficult to identify those who do this.<br> 7- There are several important points about Chaharshanbeh souri [March 16]: First of all, we should all remember the principles of non-violent struggle. Second of all, the fact that Chaharshanbeh souri is a traditional festivity scattered everywhere makes it very difficult for the government to react. (Therefore we should not specify a specific gathering place.) Overall, this is a day when we can all be extremely active with minimal risk.<br> <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=1>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font><br> </i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Join the mailing list:<a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Twitter: <a href=http://twitter.com/IranSIC id=dzw_ style=COLOR:#551a8b target=_blank title=www.twitter.com/IranSIC>IranSIC</a></i></font></font> </p> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-66174251338041869102010-02-24T17:07:00.001-08:002010-02-24T17:07:36.176-08:00Wednesday February 24nd, 2010 Newsletter<div class=google_header id=google_header style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=4>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b width=56></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=2>Newsletter Issue 176 - Wednesday February 24th, 2010 </font> </p> </div> <font face=Tahoma><b><u>FUTURE PLANS<br> </u></b>--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br> --Allah o Akbar during the nights<br> --Writing slogans on the walls and bills</font> <div> <font face=Tahoma>-- Visiting resting place of the green movement martyrs in Beheshte Zahra (the cemetery) on the last Thursday of the year</font> </div> <font face=Tahoma>-- Being out in the streets on Thursdays<br> <br> <b><u>NEWS<br> </u></b>--Iranian Labor News Agency: 36 lawyers were disqualified from candidacy for twenty sixth election of the executive committee for Association of Justice Lawyers. Among the disqualified are current President, Mohammad Jandoghi-Kermani-pour, and Goudarz Eftekhar Jahromi, the ex president, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, Nemat Ahmadi, Ramezan Haji-Mashhadi, Nasser Zarafshan, Abdolfattah Soltani, Farideh Gheirat, and Samad Khorramshahi. <br> <br> </font> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--Radio Zamaneh: Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister said today in Moscow that based on its international obligations, Russia will never sell weapons to countries of the region, which increases tension and instability. Mr. Lavrov, in question in connection with the sale of missiles S-300 to Iran responded "to enforce the contract, there are questions and issues that must be resolved." </font> </div> <div> </div> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--Radio Farda: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, head of Assembly of Experts, On Tuesday, at the Seventh Meeting of Parliament referring to events after the presidential elections in Iran, once again, demanded propitiation of the victims of those events. </font> </div> <br> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--BBC News: the Assembly of Experts published a statement, warning the domestic leaders of intrigue and deception, and asking the police and security forces to firmly deal with any suspicious and crisis-raising movement. </font> </div> <br> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--Radio Farda: Association of Councils of Fars Province on Tuesday raised concerns about the situation of workers and industrial structures in the province. This concerns were expressed a few days after the gathering of a group of factory workers of the long distance communication company of Iran in front of the governors building. The workers had demanded the payment of their salaries unpaid in the last 14 months. </font> </div> <div> </div> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--Maad: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced cold reaction from Birjand city citizens. Video of people's reaction is attached. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCaCamxgGDM&feature=player_embedded)</font> </div> <br> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--JRS: News media today published a two articles, revealing the "scientific theft and plagiarism" of Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, Minister of Health of Ahmadinejad. Research has made clear that the Dastjerdi, published a paper in 2008, titled "potential indicators of ovarian age on the women of Tehran", of which more than 70% has been a direct copy of another Chinese paper, published in 2003.</font> </div> <b><u><br> </u></b> <div> <font face=Tahoma><b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br> </u></b>--Radio Farda: With Tehran Prosecutor's permission, Ebrahim Yazdi, Secretary of the Freedom Movement, was allowed 10 days out of prison, to undergo surgery. Ebrahim Yazdi, 80, is the oldest political prisoner in Iran, suffers from prostate cancer. <br> <br> </font> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--Radio Farda: Feiz-allah Arab-Sorkhi, a senior member of Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organization was sentenced to 6 years of prison. He is charged with actions against national security and propaganda. </font> </div> <div> </div> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--JRS: Leila Tavassoli and Mahmoud Naim-pour were released. Leila Tavassoli, daughter of Mr. Mohammad Tavassoli, has been imprisoned for 2 months.</font> </div> <div> </div> <div> <font face=Tahoma>--JRS: Judge of trial of Abdullah Momeni, the spokesman for the Islamic Tahkim (Advar e Vahdat), issued 800 thousand dollars of collateral. His wife has announced she can not such payment, because Mr Momeni has been a teacher, and has lost his job due to imprisonment.</font> </div> <b><u><br> </u></b> </div> <div> <font face=Tahoma><b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS<br> </u></b></font>--Kalameh: Dr. Hamidreza Jalaeepour, sociologist and professor, analysed the interactions of the green movement and the government with regard to each other. Here's segments of the discussion: With violence, civil street protests fade but never disappear. I predict that even if this wave is controlled by increasing pressure in the streets, next waves will be more unpredictable and much larger // A sign of calm condition is when the government gives permission to the protesters, and as long as it is scared of giving the permission, and it means that the fever remains in the society and their propaganda will only be useful to give confident to themselves. // if the 5 demands of Mr. Mousavi are followed, the movement's potential will be emptied, but that's unlikely due to ignorance of the government. // Some think the most important aspect of the movement is in the streets, however this movement has a very important mental and moral aspect.<br> <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i><font size=1>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font><br> </i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Join the mailing list:<a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Twitter: <a href=http://twitter.com/IranSIC id=dzw_ style=COLOR:#551a8b target=_blank title=www.twitter.com/IranSIC>IranSIC</a></i></font></font> </p> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </div> <br> <br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-80764498982016148752010-02-22T21:16:00.001-08:002010-02-22T21:16:06.568-08:00Monday February 22nd, 2010 Newsletter<div class="google_header" id="google_header" style="font-family:Verdana;text-align:left"><p style="color:#666666;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="4">Student Information Center (SIC)<img height="51" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b" width="56"></font></p><p style="color:#666666;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="2">Newsletter Issue 175 - Monday February 22nd, 2010 </font></p></div><font face="Tahoma"><b><u>FUTURE PLANS<br></u></b>--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br>--Allah o Akbar during the nights<br>--Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br><br><b><u>NEWS<br></u></b>--BBC News: A new film was sent to BBC showing the events of last summer nightly attack on Tehran's University dormitory. The video which was shot by the attackers shows security forces and plain clothes Basij attacking students in the dorm. It also reveals that Tehran's police commander Mr. Rajabzadeh as the person who ordered the raid. The video also implies that this attack was coordinated and pre-meditated. This video can be accessed from here:<br><br></font><div><font face="Tahoma">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGSn5Se3HHA (video shown by BBCPersian, 7min)<br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F52wtg1BROk (complete and uncensored footage, 18min)<br><br>Download links:<br>http://www.4shared.com/file/227620581/681d796d/Attack_of_Plain_Cloths_and_Gua.html (flv file) <br>http://www.4shared.com/file/227628814/4d98d17/Attack_to_Tehran_Uni_Dorm-_Mob.html (3gp file) <br><br><u>SIC encourages all readers of this newsletter to spread these videos and inform the public about the undeniable brutalities of the riot police and basiji miliatia against the students. </u><br><br>--Radio Zamaneh: Mr. Mehdi Karroubi released a statement criticized the government's "confiscation" of peaceful assemblies on February 11th. He asked that the government give permission for the gathering of opposition supporters so that once and for all it becomes clearer which side has more weight.<br><br>--Radio Zamaneh: Mr. Mohammad Khatami released a statement while visiting families of political prisoners. Regarding the February 11th rallies, he said that it is clear who has the majority's support. He also added that "the people's rights, national interests, respect and human freedom are never wrong and it is a right to demand them". <br>--Jrs: Human Rights Association wrote a letter to head commissioner of the UN human rights and asked her to "with all his power in the UN prevent the fall of civil society in Iran". Authors of this letter, asked that first and foremost, everything be done for the release of political and social activists imprisoned inside Iran. <br><br>--Jrs: Hana Makhmalbaf who was a judge for the "generation" panel during the sixtieth Berlin Film Festival, brought the color green to this festival. As a sign of their support for the Iranian people's movement, the jury of the festival wore green scarves during the closing ceremony. <br><br>--Jrs: The speech of Mr. Hashem Aghajari who was supposed to speak on the occasion of the death of Prophet Mohamad was cancelled due to the interference of security forces. <br><br>--Jrs: "Asra" a group activists residing in the south of Tehran launched an online newsletter recently. This group consists of supporters of M Mr. Mousavi and Mr. Karroubi. To view this site in persian, go to jtcamp.blogfa.com.<br><br>--Jrs: A group of women activists wrote a letter to Mr. Karroubi and Mr. Mousavi and asked that they pursue issues of women's right in Iran so that the Iranian public remains aware of these issues. <br><br>--Jrs: France has once again called for the immediate release of Clotide Reiss who is not yet allowed to leave Iran since her arrest past summer. <br><br>--Radio Farda: While Ahmadinejad announced that the economic growth was 6.9% last year, a parliamentary representative predicted that next year's will be zero or even in the negatives. Iranian banks stated the growth rate was 2.3% last year. <br><br>--Kalameh: Ayatollah Dastgheyb was asked by a reporter why Iranians turn to foreign news sources. He answered that Iranian media is responsible for this. Itis the people's rights to know what is happening in Iran. <br>--Kalameh: Hossein Kashefi, spokesman for the participation party made comments regarding the upcoming 12th annual congress of the party and he said despite the arrest of certain of tehir members, the party will continue its work in the following year.<br><br><b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br></u></b>--Kalameh: Sara Tavassoli who was arrested after Ashura, was released hours ago after spending over 50 days in Evin prison. <br><br>--Norooz: Abdolreza Tajik, a journalist jailed for two months was allowed to meet with his family after two months of no news or contact with his family. It is not yet clear what the charges against him are. <br>--Kalameh: the family of Majid Tavakoli (the student activist whose arrest sparked a serious of protests from around the world where men wore scarves in his support) are extremely worried since it has been over a month that they have no news from Majid. This is despite constant pleading with the authorities. The last news from him was that he was in Evin.<br><br>--Kalameh: Amir Sadeghi, Photographer / journalist was released on 300000$ bail. He was arrested because he was accused of having published pictures of Ashura day protests. <br><b><u><br></u></b></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma"><b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS<br></u></b>Mr. Sazegara said the following in his Sunday speech: <br>He mentioned civil disobedience as a strategy in resisting the government. As an example he explained the refusal of a large group of workers to honor Khamenei when asked by authorities. He also added that 500 bus drivers asked for early retirement because of the difficulties of their jobs. Their demands have not yet been considered. Textile workers in Kashan also gathered because they have not been paid their wages for 6 months. <br>Families of political prisoners gathered in front of key officies in Tehran. This change in location allows for more exposure. It also allows the public to join them. <br>Mr. Ahmadi Moghaddam, the commander of Tehran police has started to threaten people regarding the upcoming new years festivities. Sazegara added that the regime can only control 5% of the opposition so they try to intimidate and scare the other 95%. He added that the movement should advance slowly and patiently and not lose hope. <br><br>Mr. Sazegara said the following in his Monday speech: <br>There are rumors that the government will release political prisoners by new years and they will change election laws. while these are good news, they are not enough and they should not be reasons for accepting the government. <br>the presence of 1000 people on front of Evin resulted in the release of 20 prisoners. spirits are high. Sazegara once again urged the slow and steady resistant movement where low cost movements allow maximal people participation.</font><br><div class="google_footer" id="google_footer" style="text-align:left"><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i><font size="1">Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</font><br></i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Join the mailing list:<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center" id="hv.w" style="color:#551a8b" title="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center">http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/IranSIC" id="dzw_" style="color:#551a8b" target="_blank" title="www.twitter.com/IranSIC">IranSIC</a></i></font></font></p></div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div><br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-10294622995789557172010-02-20T18:45:00.001-08:002010-02-20T18:45:58.536-08:00Saturday February 20th, 2010 Newsletter<div class=google_header id=google_header style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=4>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b width=56></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=2>Newsletter Issue 174 - Saturday February 20th, 2010 </font> </p> </div> <u><b>FUTURE PLANS</b></u><br> --Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br> --Allah o Akbar during the nights<br> --Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS</b></u><br> --JARAS: Saham news reports a meeting today between Mehdi Karoubi and Mir Hossein Moussavi. In this meeting, the green leaders discussed their new positions in the upcoming days. In this meeting which was held in the household of Mr. Karoubi, Mr. Mohtashemipour and Kian-Ersi were also present.<br> <br> -- Kalemeh: According to the ISNA reporter, Ahmad Reza Radan, the police commander in chief, explained the police program for the last Wednesday of the year:"This year like all previous years, Police will arrest those who use dangerous explosives or disturb the citizens", said Radan.<br> <br> --Kalemeh: Mohammad Mehdi Shahriari, member of the national security and foreign policy council of the parliament, said:"if the color of Iran's flag has been modified on purpose in the recent meetings of the president, it should be questioned because it is against the constitution".<br> <br> --JARAS: Reynolds Journalism Institute gave its best picture of the year 2009 awards in "social protests" to Iranian journalist photographers. <u>These photographs can be seen in the attachment. </u><br> <br> --JARAS: Reza Akrami, suggested the best way to unite the country is for the leaders to get closer to each other. "For example, AhmadiNejad should resume going to the Expediency council and Hashemi Rafsanjani should also resume leading the Friday prayers in Tehran".<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Mohammad Reza Tabesh, the spokesman for the minority fraction of the parliament in his meeting with the ministry of Islamic culture and guidance, criticized "unprecedented limitations of the journalists and the media" in the recent months and said this situation is not acceptable.<br> <br> --Neday e Azadi: Mehdi Kalhor, a consultant to Mr. Ahmadinejad, believes that the first velvet revolution in Iran formed in 1376 through which president Khatami was elected. He went on to claim that this revolution was not challenged in Iran and the 2nd khordad became a successful outcome of this revolution for the countries in the middle east.<br> <br> --Deutsche Welle: Com. Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam, the commander of security forces in Iran, names BBC and VOA as intelligence-affiliated institutions and claimed that the behaviour of these agents are under control and they'll be dealt with in due time.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Mohammad Reza Tabesh, the secretary general of the minority fraction in parliament, in a meeting with Kamran Daneshjou, the minister of sciences and higher education, demanded an end to the expulsion and forced retirements of the university faculties and also requested the release of the imprisoned students.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br> --Neday e Azadi: MirHossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, met with Mohsen AminZadeh, vice chancellor of the ministry of foreign relations during Khatami's administration.<br> <br> --Neday e Azadi: Political prisoners at ward 350 Evin prison are facing countless problems to contact their families. There is a large number of detainees in Evin 350 and it seems that they are deliberately being limited from using phones. Each prisoner can only talk to his/her family for 2 minutes every day.<br> <br> --Neday e Azadi: It is more than 10 days that three student activists have been arrested. "Yasser Khosravi Zadeh", "Rooh Allah Sahrai" and "Alireza AbooFazeli" were summoned to the "follow up" committee of the ministry of intelligence and got arrested there. According to the reports, Sahrai and AbooFazeli have called their family two times so far, but there is no news about whereabouts of KhosraviZadeh.<br> <br> --Neday e Azadi: According to JARAS, tens of people who were arrested in Ayatollah Montazeri's funeral in Najaf Abad still are in jail and the scurity forces treat them very badly. According to the reports, they have been severely beaten.<br> <br> --Neday e Azadi: Morteza Samyari, a core member of the Tahkim Vahdat was convicted to 6 years imprisonment.<br> <br> --Nedaye Azadi: More than 50 protesters were arrested on Bahman 22 in Ahwaz. More than 100 protesters were arrested in Mashad. They are still in jail. Some of them are being kept in unknown places.<br> <br> --Nedaye Azadi: The Secretary of the Human Rights Council of the Iranian Judiciary told the reporters that the two individuals [who were executed prior to Feb. 11 protests] had been in jail for months before the election. This statement is despite the previous statements of the Judiciary that those individuals were executed for their involvement in post-election events.<br> <br> <b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</u></b><br> In his Thursday video broadcast, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:<br> 1- According to some reports from Iran which also appeared on the latest release of the Guardian, Mojtaba Khamenei [the son of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei] headed the committee responsible for Feb. 11 crackdowns. This committee also included Hossein Taeb (the Intelligence Deputy of IRGC), Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (the Minister of Interior) and Naqdi (the Commander of Basiji militia). It is also reported that the severe crackdowns of Feb. 11 has also infuriated some conservatives including the Commander of the Revolutionary Guards. The involvement of IRGC in cracking down the protestors seriously damages its credibility and reputation amongst the masses.<br> -Javad Larijani [the Head of Iranian delegation to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva] said that Iran will not admit a UN Special Human Rights envoy to investigate the allegations of human rights violations and torture. Such a position will definitely have consequences e.g. in the form new resolutions against Iran.<br> - We continue reviewing Feb 11 events in the four categories [we mentioned before]. First, what Mr. Mousavi asked his supporters to do, Second, what really happened on the ground, Third, the weaknesses of the Green Movement and Fourth, a review of upcoming actions. Today we continue our discussion of the second category. It was expected that protestors would tilt the balance in favor of the Green Movement by turning up in numbers exceeding two millions in Tehran, however people showed up in smaller numbers, something in the neighborhood of one million, which was less than what was expected. This reduced turnout can be most importantly attributed to obstacles put in the way of communicating and reaching out to ordinary people, which was caused by widespread censorship, knocking down international satellite news channels, slowing down the internet and blocking GMAIL. In addition to this, most people who had gotten aware of the Regime's intention for crackdown- and possibly bloodshed- had left their homes but not approached the hotspots of protests. FInally heavy presence of military forces impeded the flexibility of the protestors and stopped them from moving to alternative venues and generated confusion amongst the protestors.<br> <br> On his Friday video broadcast, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:<br> - After a meeting which took place between Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, the two main opposition leaders, the emphasized that the Regime has 'stolen' the presence of protestors in Feb. 11 rallies [as they stole the elections in June]. They also reiterated that people's constitutional rights should be respected and observed. They also stated that they will stand firm until all people's rights are all reinstated.<br> -The families of political prisoners continue their nightly gatherings in front of the Evin prison.<br> - More than 300 laborers of the Alborz Tire Factory gathered in protest for their delayed wages.<br> - Recent statements of the new Head of IAEA regarding the possibility that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon program have stirred numerous reactions in the International community and it is likely that tougher sanctions against Iran will be approved in a much faster timeframe.<br> - Some Green Movement Activists in Tehran have distributed brochures emphasizing the presence and perseverance of the Green Movement in the streets of Tehran. This is a very good way of communicating people and showing the presence of the Green Movement.<br> - There are reports that the Regime is going after the families of victims of mass executions of 1988 to arrest them since they think that those families are among Green Movement activists. It is obvious that apart from being oppressive and mean, making such arrests will not weaken the Green Movement since this movement bears strong social roots.<br> - We continue reviewing the events of Feb. 11 today. Today we are going to talk about the weaknesses of the Green Movement. On Feb. 11, the Regime succeeded in confining the communicative capabilities of the movement by slowing down the internet, blocking GMAIL and knocking off news programs of international satellite news channels. There are several solutions to face this [in future]. One solution is to transmit news by face-to-face contact; the other solution is that everyone of us commits himself to get the news to ten different individuals who are from age and social groups different of his. The other solution is to distribute brochures in the street, buses, subway stations, etc. We will talk more about the weaknesses of the Green Movement tomorrow.<br> <br> On his video broadcast on Saturday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:<br> - The Iranian Government owes $5 billion to the power industry where many of its employees have lost their jobs.<br> - Eutel SAT has filed a complaint against Iran for attacking its satellites by sending strong noises to knock off certain satellite programs broadcast on Eutlelsat. This complaint can have grave consequences for the telecommunication industry.<br> - Roger Cohen, the New York Times columnist, has forecasted that China will simply abstain at the next meeting of UN Security Council on Iran.<br> - The insurance giant Lloyd declared that if tougher sanctions against Iran are approved by the UN Security Council, it will follow them and will no longer insure the cargos destined to Iran. Munich Re, the German insurance company, will no longer conduct business with Iran.<br> -Weaknesses which we should try to improve:<br> 1- Our communication overdepends on the internet and the Regime is usually able to stop us from getting the news to everybody by blocking the internet and knocking off satellite channels. We should instead learn to make our networks more personal (even face-to-face) and everybody should commit to get the news to 10-15 individuals. Such internal contacts should be organized in a much more efficient way.<br> 2- As the Regime has increased its pressure on protestors, we should learn how to become less vulnerable. We are currently preparing a pamphlet which learns how to protect individuals and groups which we will release when ready.<br> 3- The main characteristic of the Green Movement is in 'personal innovations'. Therefore the more we learn about the techniques of non-violent struggle, the better strategies we could design for the road ahead. 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Mohammad Mostafaei, his attorney, in his personal weblog announced that his client has been charged with "waging war", and sentenced to death. </div> <br> <div> --Radio Zamaneh: Iran rejected the request of special representative for UN affairs of torture to travel to this country. Iranian authorities claime that they have rejected the request because of the "poisonous literature"used by representatives of Western human rights council. </div> <div> </div> <div> --Radio Farda: More than one thousand and two hundreds of defenders of women rights in Iran signed a statement, to object against the bill titled "supporting the family", which has been announced by legal and judicial commission of the parliament. In this statement, the bill "supporting the family" is said to be a step closer to legal polygamy for men. The statement mentions issues such as the new rule which allows men to marry a second wife if the first wife has an incurable desease. This is while in the opposite case, where the husband has this situation, women do not legally have the right to devorce. </div> <br> <div> --Radio Farda: Four independent labor organizations in Iran published their minimum demands, to achieve a better life for millions of Iranian workers, and asked for immediate realization of the demands. Union workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus, Union of Workers of Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company, Free Union of Workers of Iran, and Union of workers of electrical and metal of Kermanshah, mentioned in the announcement that all people of Iran including the workers have hoped for a better life in the few days before the revolution of 1979, and they all hoped that they would come out from under the repression and oppression umbrella. </div> <br> <div> --Radio Farda: Abbas Jaafari Dowlatabadi, Tehran's prosecutor, said on Wednesday that security officials of the Islamic Republic, have arrested five foreign nationals during the anniversary ceremony of the 1979 Revolution. According to him, a Japanese journalist, two Russian nationals, one French and one Afghan national have been arrested on 22nd of Bahman. </div> <br> <div> --Radio Farda: prominent Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who wanted to travel out of the country to attend Berlin film festival, was baned from exiting. He was planning to attend a roundtable about Iran's cinema in that festival. </div> <div> </div> <div> --BBC News: Committee to Protect Journalists, in its 2009 report, mentioned severe repression of journalists in Iran, and called Iran to be have the largest imprisoned journalists after China. The report said after the elections in June, more than 90 journalists were arrested, and still, at the end of the year 2009 (time which the report was written) 23 journalists are in prison. </div> <div> </div> <div> --Radio Farda: Film capturing Neda Agha-Soltan's death won the George Polk best news film of the year. This award is given to best news films every year, by the Long Island University. This award chose the anonymous person who recorded the film as the best news recorder of the year. </div> <div> </div> <div> --BBC News: Mohammad-Ali Homayoun-Katouzian, Oxford University professor, and Azadeh Kian researcher in French National Research Center and University of Paris, boycott the seminar of "relationship of culture and politics in Iran after the Islamic Revolution" at the University Doram, due to financial support Consular Affairs of the Islamic Republic in London. </div> <br> <div> --Mad: SahamNews website, the official website of Trust national party has been hacked by the governmental hackers. </div> <br> <b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br> </u></b><br> <div> --Committee for Human Rights: 18th of Bahman(17th of February), Parisa Kakayi, Maziar Sameei, Bahar Tarakame, and Nazanin Hassan-Nia were released from Evin Prison. A number of other political prisoners are reported to be released tonight, but the names of them are not available yet. </div> <br> <div> --Kalameh: According to some news, Hamzeh Karami the administrator of Jomhouriyat website is sentenced to 16 years imprisonment and fine payment of the amount 6 billion Tomans. The sentence is reported to be related to the website's activities before and during the election days. </div> <br> <div> --Kalameh: Shahab-addin Tabatabaie, chief of staff-88 (The group of young supporters of Mousavi and Khatami), was temporarily released from prison for a few days. He endured more than 8 months of detention, and providing bail Wednesday afternoon, was released from prison for 5 days. </div> </div> <div> <br> <i><br> </i> </div> <div> <font size=1><i>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</i></font><br> <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Join the mailing list:<a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Twitter: <a href=http://twitter.com/IranSIC id=dzw_ style=COLOR:#551a8b target=_blank title=www.twitter.com/IranSIC>IranSIC</a></i></font></font> </p> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </div> <br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-28704840220706305262010-02-15T21:57:00.001-08:002010-02-15T21:57:17.477-08:00Monday February 15th, 2010 Newsletter<div class="google_header" id="google_header" style="font-family:Verdana;text-align:left"><p style="color:#666666;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="4">Student Information Center (SIC)<img height="51" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b" width="56"></font></p><p style="color:#666666;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="2">Newsletter Issue 172 - Monday February 15th, 2010 </font></p></div><div><b><u>FUTURE PLANS<br></u></b>--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br>--Allah o Akbar during the nights<br>--Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br><br><b><u>NEWS<br></u></b>--BBC News: following the first Iran Human Rights meeting at the UN, representatives of Great Britain, America and France called for an investigation of violence after the elections in Iran. have been. At the same time, the UN Human Rights High Commissioner has urged Iran to give experts permission to visit Iran. <br><br>--Green Movement Path (Jrs): The Iranian council in Sweden met with members of Swedish foreign ministry and condemned the recent violence, arrest and execution of Iranian protesters by the Iranian regime. They asked the Swedish government to increase its political pressure on the Iranian regime. <br><br>--Green Movement Path (Jrs): In response to recent news that Ali Karroubi, the son of opposiotion leader Mehdi Karroubi was arrested last week, Tehran's head prosecutor, Mr. Dolatabadi stated: "No order was made to arrest Mr. Karroubi, if he claims that he is arrested, he should reveal the reason for his detention and where he is being held". He added that neither the Revolutionary Guard, nor the Ministry of Information know of his detention. <br><br>--Deutsche Welle: Latifeh Panahi, wife Ali Karroubi revealed more details about the arrest of her husband. She added that he was arrested last Thursday and thrown in the back of a van. During the time of his detention, he was submitted to torture, degradation and humiliation. <br><br>--Radio Farda: The Assembly of Clergymen Fighters, which is the main reformist clerics association released a statement thanking the participation of people during last Thursday's protests. They also called for a more stern reaction to the violent actions of the regime. <br><br>--Radio Farda: human rights documentary film festival focusing on human rights in Iran, will be held in the Czech republic in April. The documentary called "Green Days" by Hana Makhmalbaf will be premiered. The documentary deals with the post-elections unrest in Iran. <br><br>--Radio Farda: In response to the UN meeting on Human Rights issues in Iran, Reporters without Borders has asked for the condemnation of the Iranian government especialy after the post-elections events where there was unpressedented repression of freedom of the press and repeated violations of human rights. <br><br>--Radio Zamaneh: Hillary Clinton said that the government of Barack Obama believes that Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship. During her speech at the University of Qatar she added that the Revolutionary Guard are taking power to govern. <br><br>--Union of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company as well as other union workers have released a letter to the UN human rights meeting where they complained about the pressure that the Iranian regime has put on unions of the country over the past few years. <br><br>--Green movement path (Jrs): Saeed Asgar, Zarab (Advisor for Khatami's reform government), was recently appointed to a Basij family-related position in Tehran. He was once sentenced to 15 years in prison but was shortly released after. <br>---Green movement path (Jrs): Chairman of Board of Electrical Industry Syndicate, said there are numerous problems in the electrical equipment manufacturing units which threaten the function of this sector. Currently, many manufacturers are either not working or working sub-optimally. 900000 jobs are either directly or indirectly threatened by instability in this sector. <br><br><b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED<br></u></b>--Green Movement Path (Jrs): Another victim of Ashura day has been identified. Mehdi Farhadi-Rad was killed during the late December protests by plain-clothed police. He belonged to a prominent and religious family of Shahr-e-Rei. His family has been under pressure not to hold any mourning ceremonies for their son. <br><br>--Radio Farda: Mohsen Amin Zadeh, Deputy Foreign Minister of Mohammad Khatami's government, was released from Evin prison with a 700 000Z$ bail. with the 700 million toman bail from Evin prison, is released. The Chief of staff of the reformist coalition, was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment last week. <br><br><b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS<br></u></b>Mr. Sazegara highlighted the following in his videos: <br>Regarding the events of February 11th, it was emphasized that despite the fact that many workers have not been payed for 6 months, the Iranian government still spent more than 300 million toomans (300000$) on organizing the sham demonstration on February 11th. It reported that they made it mandatory for all mosques to send bus loads of people to the protests, at any cost. They also used national transport systems such as planes, buses and trains to rally the people from other cities. Despite their efforts, Iranians and the outside world were not convinced and they know that they regime does not have the people's support.<br><div class="google_footer" id="google_footer" style="text-align:left"><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"><font size="1"><font color="#000000"><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Join the mailing list:<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center" id="hv.w" style="color:#551a8b" title="http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center">http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font></p><p style="margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font color="#000000"><font size="1"><i>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/IranSIC" id="dzw_" style="color:#551a8b" target="_blank" title="www.twitter.com/IranSIC">IranSIC</a></i></font></font></p></div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div><br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-20536524174901816712010-02-13T19:28:00.001-08:002010-02-13T19:28:43.177-08:00Saturday February 13th, 2010 Newsletter<div class=google_header id=google_header style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=4>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b width=56></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=2>Newsletter Issue 171 - Saturday February 13th, 2010 </font> </p> </div> <u><b>FUTURE PLANS</b></u><br> --Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br> --Allah o Akbar during the nights<br> --Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS</b></u><br> --JARAS: "Participation Front of Iran" by releasing a statement, praised the attendance of green people of Iran in "22th of Bahman" demonstration. It acknowledged that the significant increase of the participants in this year demonstration as another sign for the intense presence of green movement's followers in the demonstration. It also asked the government to work for solving the problems based on the suggestions made by Mirhossein Mosavi in his last statement. <u>Full text of the statement will be published by the newsletter.</u><br> <br> --Nedaye Sabz Azadi: one of the fellows of Mirhossein Mosavi rejected the Fars news agency report of reveal of Mosavi's imminent travel to Tabriz. He stated that there was no plan for such travel at all.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Mehdi Karrobi, participated in "22th of Bahman" demonstration in Iran. He joined the demonstration near "Sadeghieh square" and his supporters welcomed him in advance. After a while he has been attacked by the militia group. They carried the batons, tear gas and color bullets and attacked Mr karobi and his fellows severely. They beat the demonstrators and Mr karobi in particular and when Mr karobi wanted to leave the scene by a passerby car, the militia attacked the car and damaged it so much. <u>There is Video of people welcoming Karobi, attached to the newsletter.</u><br> <br> --Kalameh: Zahra Rahnavard had been attacked when she was participating in "22th of Bahman" demonstration in Tehran. The militia group attacked her by batons and punched her in head and back. People gathered around her to protect her from more attack and fortunately they helped her to escape. She had been attacked several times during last several months by militia groups.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Mohamd Khatami participated in demonstration on Thursday. "Parlemannews" reported that peopled welcomed him by chanting in his support. After a while militia group attacked him and his supporters. He continued his way for some time but finally he decided to leave the demonstration to prevent further problem and probable harm to the ordinary people.<br> <br> --JARAS: Fatemeh Karobi, Mehdi Karbi's wife sent a letter to Ali Khamenei the supreme leader of Iran and frankly criticized the present situation in the society. She told Mr Khamenei : do something for helping young people who are detained recently before it become late. Before any more "Kamran"s and "Mohsen"s being killed under torture of those irresponsible persons who hurt the reputation of the regime and Islamic state as well.<br> <br> --Kalameh : "Associated Press" reported that there were serious limitations for reporters to work in Tehran and they were only allowed to report Ahmadinejad speech and there was no permission to work in the streets of Tehran. It also report the presence of anti government demonstrations in the street near the Azadi square where the pro government rally took place.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Mohamadreza Khatami and his wife Zahra Eshraghi, the granddaughter of ayatollah Khomeini, have been arrested for a while by police during the Thursday demonstration but they have been released soon. Parlemannews site said that this was just for sake of their own security and preventing probable insult to them.<br> <br> --SIC: Google earth weblog published a photo of azadi street in Tehran on Thursay which has been captured by IKONOS satellite from 423 miles distance at 10:47 in local time. In this picture there are many buses around Azadi squares which used to bring the pro government protesters while the crowd only occupied the north western part of square. At the same time the other streets are full of dissidents. Also "Citizen Tube" weblog mentioned the release of so many videos in Youtube just after the rally in Iran. <u>The photo of Google earth will be published with the newsletter.</u><br> <br> --Rahana: At the same time of "22th of Bahman" demonstration in Iran and other countries, Iranians who live in Malaysia gathered in front of the twin tower in Malaysia. This silent rally has been held by the invitation of green student of Malaysia and the Malaysian police behaved cooperatively.<br> <br> --BBC: Shirin Ebadi, Noble Peace Laureate and human rights lawyer has asked for the speedy help from the international community to prevent the oppression of the Iranian people against its people. She, however, has opposed against the imposition of any kind of sanctions against Iran.<br> <br> --BBC: Amnesty International has reacted to the new report of the Iranian Government to the UN about the situation of Human Rights in Iran. This organization has claimed that the Government's vision about this issue is far from reality and has accused the Government of manipulating the truth.<br> <br> --Rahana: On 22 of Bahman, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, the Iranians residents of Malaysia gathered in front of the twin towers of Malaysia. This was a silent demonstration that had been called by the Green Iranian students and was conducted with the cooperation of the Malaysian police.<br> <br> --Deutsche Welle: BBC, Deutsche welle and VOA have condemned the Iranian government's interference with their satellite signals. They have demanded this to be stopped.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: A number of human rights organizations have asked the human rights council of the UN to supervise the situation of human rights in Iran.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Three labor organizations in Iran, in a letter, have asked the council on human rights of the UN to pay attention to the situation of laborers in Iran. The labor union of the public transportation organization in Iran, the sugar-cane union of Haft-Tappeh and the Free Union of Iranian Workers, have asked for the abolition of capital punishment and the speedy release of the labor activists.<br> <br> --Norooz: The former president of Iran visited Mohsen Aminzadeh yesterday. He was the vice president of the ministry of foreign affairs during the reformist era and was the head of the Reformist Alliance Campaign. He was freed from prison in the previous evening.<br> <br> --Rahana: just before the anniversary of the Iranian revolution, 2 of the student activists from the Free University of Karaj have been prevented from attending their final exams and have been suspended of studying for a whole semester. These students are Ali Kazem-Zadeh, a civil engineering student, and Hamid Samimi, a student of Philosphy.<br> <br> -- BBC: Pietro Masturzom, an Italian freelance photographer, has won the top prize in the year's "world press award". His photo shows Iranian women shouting on a rooftop in protest against election results in Iran.<br> <br> -- BBC: While emphasizing on the necessity of international sanctions against Iran, Bernard Kouchner, the french foreign minister, emphasized on the fact that these new sanction should target the offcials in the government rather than the people of Iran.<br> <br> -- VOA: NY Times in an article titled "cowardice and courage" states that Iranian officials wanted to use the Thursday's ceremony to show that they in fact have regained control and have garnered the support of people. However, a violent crackdown on the run-up to this ceremony against a non-violant and courageous opposition signals the exact opposite.<br> <br> --Radiofarda: A group of international institutes of reporters, writers and publishers on Thursday, wrote a letter to the supreme leader of Islamic republic and asked for the release of at least 60 detained reporters and writers in Iran. Six well known institutes, " the committee of reporters' supports" , PEN, " the reporters without borders", " Canadian reports and supporters of free speech" and "the international association of publishers " start up a campaign for putting pressure on the government of Iran and releasing of detained reporters by the name of " our society will be a free society" . This campaign will continue until next spring in North America and Europe. The nomenclature of the campaign is based on of the Ayatollah Khomeini 's speech in 1978 in the middle of revolution in which he promised free speech and newspaper in next government.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br> --Radiofarda: News websites close to reformists have reported that several political and civil activists have been arrested by Iranian security forces in the cities of Tehran, Qazvin and Baneh. According to those reports, many individuals who had either been active in Mousavi's Presidential campaign in the Tehran area or were appointed as precinct monitors by Mousavi's campaign have been asked to report to a building in Baradaran-e-Mozaffar St. As reported by 'Neday-e-sabz-e-azadi' (a website close to the opposition), those who did show up were arrested and transferred to Evin prison.<br> <br> --Radiofarda: Asghar Khandan, the retired member of the Revolutionary Guards and one of Mousavi's campaign activists in Tehran was arrested after being summoned to the Foreign Nationals Bureau of Iranian Police by the Ministry of Intelligence.<br> <br> --Adwarnews: Seyyed Hasan Ahmadian, the Head of Mousavi's campaign's People's Committee, was sentenced to six years in prison and lifelong ban from founding [or heading] institutions, and conducting political and social activities.<br> <br> --Norooz: Ebrahim Sharifpour, a member of the Participation Front [a major reformist party] and an activist in Mousavi's campaign in the Northwestern city of Baneh was arrested.<br> <br> --Norooz: Tara Sepehrifar, who is a student activist in Sharif University of Technology and the Head of Sharif's Islamic Assembly, was arrested. [Islamic Assemblies are a group of reformist student political action groups having branches in all college campuses nationwide.]<br> <br> --Norooz: Ali Shakourirad, Ahmad Shirzad and Elahe Koulayi, three prominent members of the Participation Front, and Ali-Mohammad Hazeri, the Head of the Coordination Committee for the Reformists Front were summoned to the Prosecutor General's office in Evin prison and were interrogated.<br> <br> --Jaras: At least twenty-one femal journalists, artists and feminists have been arrested in the week leading to February 11. Some more women activists had been arrested immediately after the protests of Ashura as well.<br> <br> --Rahana: Seven members of the Dar-ol-shafaei family are currently arrested in the Evin Prison. Yashar Dar-o-shafa (since Feb 4), Banafasheh and Jamileh Dar-ol-shafaei (since last week), their parents Safoura Tofangchihaa and Abolhasan Dar-ol-shafaei, and also Touran Kabiri and Kaveh Dar-ol-shafaei (since Feb 10) were all arrested after being called by the Ministry of Intelligence.<br> <br> --Norooz: Former President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami paid a visit to Mohsen Aminzadeh, the Deputy Foreign Minister in his Administration and the Head of Reformists Coalition; Aminzadeh was released from prison at 1:30 AM yesterday.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br> --Rahana: Continuing illegal and strict measures against politically active students in universities across the country, Ali Kazem Zadeh (Civil Emgineering) and Hamid Samimi (Philosophy) were denied attendance for the finals this semester and also face another semester of suspension.<br> <br> -- Jaras: A significant number of students in Shiraz are facing suspensions. Hamdellah Namjou, student in Shiraz University and the director of Mehdi Karoubi's campain in Fars province was arrested before Feb 11th by the security forces. He has been denied entrance to the university for a year now and had been arrested for two weeks last year and for one month during the summer.<br> <br> -- Adwar News: On Thursday, the director of the International University of Imam Khomeni in Qazvin announced that about 30 students from this university are facing suspension or expulsion based on political grounds.<br> <br> <u><b>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</b></u><br> On Friday, Mohsen Sazegara discussed the following issues in his daily broadcast:<br> 1- Yesterday, which had one of the worst security environments of recent history in Iran, the people took it to the streets and described their demands by chanting slogans against the regime. These demonstrations that took place despite severe threats that the regime had made against the protesters, won prize for the people from the international community.<br> 2- Comprehensive analysis of what happened yesterday will be provided later because the blockage of internet has delayed the delivery of most videos of actions that took place on February 11th. It is clear however, that in different cities extended protests and clashes between the people and the security has taken place.<br> 3- The regime spent a lot of money and resources on staging a phony demonstration in Azadi square. They had to bus people in from other cities and even use the military personnel inside the barracks. This while the people were on the surface streets. The government-run nature of the staged protest and the courage of the people got a lot of world wide attention so did the fact that the government had prohibited all international news correspondents from covering anything but Ahmadinejad's speech. This was very embarrassing for the regime. Attacking and beating of Mr. Karroubi and Mrs. Rahnavard (Mousavi's wife) along with a short clip of security forces savagely beating a young man also received a lot of coverage in the international media and prompted the western government to show their concern with the situation and warn the Iranian government.<br> 4-Google has announced that internet is being censured in Iran and some of their web features (including gmail) have been blocked by the government.<br> 5-Some have asked me whether the events of February 11th have changed the balance of power of power in Iran or not. It is early to answer that question but it appears that we need more efforts to change the balance of power. The events of Ashura and Feb 11th (22nd of Bahman) show that the regime is not afraid of being delegitimized. Using the the days that this government officially recognizes as days of demonstrations and etc such as Ashura and 22nd of Bahman, to express our beliefs had been a good strategy for us. But now that the government is not concerned with its own legitimacy, doing such is not safe anymore and we have to shift to actions that make the country un-governable but are not as risky as massive demonstrations.<br> <br> In his Saturday video broadcast, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:<br> 1- International media's coverage of Feb. 11 protests in Iran continued yesterday; their main focus point was Regime's staged mobilization of its supporters by offering them free food and financial incentives. They also talked about state violence against protestors as well as the history of state violence in Iran. In short, Regime's attempt to stage a show [of unity and authority] was a big failure in the international arena. Google published satellite images of Azadi Sq. taken ten minutes prior to Ahmadinejad's speech. (The images are also enclosed.) Those images clearly show that the Azadi Sq is almost empty. There are also other satellite and camera images showing lines of buses parked beside the Azadi Sq and in neighboring streets. IRGC and Ahmadinejad Administration hoped that they could take a maximum 320,000 supporters from throughout the country to Azadi Sq. After the rallies ended, they have started a huge propaganda campaign competing with each other in exaggerating the number of Government supporters taking to the streets; however this has been a failed media campaign outside Iran and it seems that their only objective is to raise the spirits of their own supporters- especially Seyyed. Ali Khamenei the Supreme Leader.<br> 2- Our fellow Iranians outside Iran are still holding protest in different parts of the world; their efforts have also gained extensive media coverage as well.<br> 3- When we look back at Green Movement's performance on Feb 11, we can specifically point to two major points; the first point is the communication problem; the second point is the need for tactical flexibility amongst the active members of the Green Movement. 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<b><u>FUTURE PLANS</u></b>--Preparation for 22nd of Bahman demonstration and the "ten-day civil residence".<br />
--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br />
--Allah o Akbar during the nights until 11th of February<br />
--Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br />
--Gathering in front of Evin prison every night at 8:00 pm to demand release of political prisoners<br />
--Jaras/United4Iran: Iranians across the UK, US and other countries have planned solidarity events on the eve of 22Bahman (February 11). For a complete list of upcoming events visit http://united4iran.com/2010/01/call-to-action-events-worldwide-for-22-bahman/.<br />
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<b><u>NEWS</u></b>--Kalameh: Mr. Mousavi met with a group of students on the Anniversary of the 1979 Revolution. He once again encouraged the Green people to come out and show their solidarity. he critiqued the government's reaction to the people and said that the 11th of February (22 Bahman) is the day that all people should unite and show the authorities and the clergy their presence.<br />
Mr. Mousavi added that the root of the recent problems are in the inability of the current regime to understand social and international changes. He added that the only solution is through dialogue and reason and not through arms and guns.<br />
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-Radio Farda: Mehdi Karroubi said in an interview with Der Spiegel that the only way out of the current situation is the "release of political prisoners, freedom of the press and correcting the elections laws". He added that the current government will not be able to sustain power and that Ahmadinejad's government is in power only through the use of security forces. He also invited the people to participate in the upcoming events. In response to Friday prayers delivered by Janati, he responded that he does not believe in Friday Prayer that expresses happiness at the death of the country's children.<br />
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--Green Movement Path (Jrs): Shirin Ebadi, wrote a letter the UN Human Rights High Commissioner, explaining the situation of Iranian protesters and prisoners as well as the lack of civil rights. She asked for an international investigation in this regard. She pointed to the recent execution of political prisoners. Ms. Ebadi, sent this report in relation to the upcoming UN meeting regarding the situation in Iran.<br />
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--Green Movement Path (Jrs): Mohammad Khatami criticized the selective broadcasting of Imam Khomeini's remarks by IRIB officials and stated that the IRIB officials are disrespecting their duty towards the Iranian people. He added that their actions undermine the principles of the Islamic revolution and show a deviation from the original path.<br />
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--Green Movement Path (Jrs): A group of Iranin-European students wrote an open letter to the Iranin regime expressing concern over the recent events inside Iran. They asked for the release of arrested students, as well as an end to religious discrimination and the removal of education bad for activist students.<br />
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--Green Movement Path (Jrs): In response of the Chinese government's support of the Iranian regime. Iranians residing in London protested in Front of the Chinese embassy. They expressed anger towards the support of dictatorships and demanded the support of democracy in Iran.<br />
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--Green Movement Path (Jrs): One hundred young leaders from over 27 world countries wrote an open letter to the Iranian supreme leader and expressed tehir anger at the current situation. They asked for an immediate cessation to all executions.<br />
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--Green Movement Path (Jrs): Saleh Noghrekar, legal staff of the prosecutors office and the niece of Rahnavard was summoned to Evin prison. She was also previously in charge of public relations in the same office but was dismissed due to her family ties to Mr. Mousavi.<br />
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--Kalameh: The National Trust Party released a statement that invited the people to celebrate the upcoming anniversary of the revolution by coming to the streets. They also released an analysis of the current crisis and expressed that the best way to get out of this situation is to ask the people of Iran their opinion about very fundamental aspects of the regime.<br />
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--Radio Farda: Union of Europe and the U.S. released a joint statement expressing concern over the oppression of protesters during the upcoming rallies. They asked that the Iranian regime respect human rights issues. They also expressed concern over the likely violence and arrests that will happen on February 11th.<br />
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--Radio Farda: 57 members of Parliament wrote a letter to Mr. Larijani (head of the Judiciary), and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and asked that Mr. Mortazavi (head prosecutor in Tehran) be dismissed of his current position nad investigated for his responsibility for the Kahrizak detention center deaths and tortures.<br />
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<b><u>ANALYSIS</u></b>An article by Mr. Gangi was published in Radio Farda. The persian transcript is attached to this newsletter.<br />
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<b><u>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</u></b>--Committee to Protect Journalists: "Iranian authorities are now holding at least 47 journalists in prison, more than any single country has imprisoned since 1996, according to a new survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists. While many of the detainees were arrested in the aftermath of the disputed June presidential election, CPJ’s survey found that authorities are continuing to wage an aggressive campaign to round up independent and opposition journalists. At least 26 journalists have been jailed in the last two months alone, CPJ found.". A complete list of those detained can be found at http://cpj.org/2010/02/with-47-journalists-in-jail-iran-sets-notorious-re.php<br />
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--Green Movement Path (Jrs): Following pressure of interrogators on doctor Ebrahim Yazdi, including nightly and continuing group interrogation, Dr. Yazdi's health deteriorated and he was transferred to Atieh Hospital. According to the security forces, despite opposition of his doctors, he was transferred from CCU to an unknown location.<br />
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--Kalameh: Yaser Tehrani (pro-Mir Hossein Mousavi activist), who has been under arrest since last month, is under immense pressure to confess. He has been transferred to Evin prison but has not yet obliged the authorities with a confession.<br />
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--Green Movement Path (Jrs): Amir Sadeghi, photojournalist was arrested at his workplace yesterday because of his activities and reporting on the violent events of Ashura.<br />
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--Call of Green Freedom: the wife and children Mr. Nourizad, a journalist and documentary maker were summoned to Evin prison. Mr. Nourizan has been arrested for 2 months and has not yet had any contact with his family.<br />
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<b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</u></b>Summary of Mr. Sazegara's Sunday talks:<br />
1. The government plans to highjack the protests of 22 Bahman. They have spent millions employing a number of aircrafts and trains to carry people from the provinces to Tehran. So far 30000 people have been employed in this way and they hope to raise this number to 200000. They aim to fill out the main areas of the city with marchers that they have gathered. They have installed loud speakers to broadcast their own chants so as to suffocate Green chants. They have also made large tissue pamphlets which can be carried in the crowd to hide parts that are not as crowded. This way, they aim to put on a "show celebration" and give the impression that they have outnumbered the opposition. It is worth noting that all this is done by the people's money while many workers have not yet been paid their wages. Mr. Sazegara then goes on to explain strategic approaches to marching and circumventing their efforts (attached in persian newsletter).<br />
2. Mr. Motahari has written a letter to Mr. Mousavi. In this letter he has asked Mr. Mousavi to back down and to let the parliament dispose of Mr. Ahmadinejad. This letter shows the fear of the regime and that they are discussing the removal of Ahmadinejad through parliamentary means.<br />
3. A large gathering was held in front of Evin prison with the families of the arrested as well as the "mourning mothers". The heavy security presence also suggest the fear of the government and then effectiveness of these persistent gatherings.<br />
4. More than three hundred thousand Muslims from American communities have written a letter to the supreme leader asking for the release of Mr. Yazdi.<br />
5. Unrest continues in the region of Laar. It is reported that security forces had to be called in from Shiraz city but the unrest continues.<br />
6. Mr. Khamenei has refused the pleatings of a fellow cleric to release Mr. Beheshti<br />
7. Mr. Moghadam, police commander, has emphasized that he and his group did not play a role in a Kahrizak detention center fiasco.<br />
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Summary of Mr. Sazegara's Monday talks:<br />
1. A kurdish channel has kindly agreed to broadcast Mr. Sazegara's speeches from 6:15 to 6:30 on their TV network.<br />
2. Inside leaks from security forces reveal that the regime is concerned that by moving so many of their forces to Tehran, they are leaving the provinces more vulnerable to Green demonstrations. They are concerned that if the Green movement decides to show itself in the provinces, they will have no forces to combat them.<br />
3. In an interview, Mr. Mosalahi revealed that in fact during the past demonstrations, parts of the security forces were siding with the people and not obeying commands.<br />
4. For another concecutive night, the family of prisoners gathered at Evin. They emphasized that they need a large support from everyone on 22 Bahman to guarantee the release of prisoners.<br />
5. Arak industry workers once again rallied and demanded the payment of their delayed wages. Mr. Sazegara emphasizes the importance of the presence of the workers for the green movement on 22 Bahman and their support.</div>
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<br />مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-8479572706971566222010-02-06T19:05:00.001-08:002010-02-06T19:05:17.081-08:00Saturday February 6th, 2010 Newsletter<div class=google_header id=google_header style=FONT-FAMILY:Verdana;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=4><font face=Tahoma>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b width=56></font></font> </p> <p style=COLOR:#666666;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font face=Tahoma><font size=2>Newsletter Issue 168 - Saturday February 6th, 2010 </font></font> </p> </div> <u><b>FUTURE PLANS</b></u><br> --Preparation for 22nd of Bahman demonstration and the "ten-day civil residence".<br> --Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br> --Allah o Akbar during the nights until 11th of February<br> --Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br> --Gathering in front of Evin prison every night at 8:00 pm to demand release of political prisoners<br> --Jaras/United4Iran: Iranians across the UK, US and other countries have planned solidarity events on the eve of 22Bahman (February 11). For a complete list of upcoming events visit <a href=http://united4iran.com/2010/01/call-to-action-events-worldwide-for-22-bahman/>http://united4iran.com/2010/01/call-to-action-events-worldwide-for-22-bahman/</a>.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS</b></u><br> --Kalameh: Recent technical difficulties in accessing internet inside Iran [which seems to be the intentional tactic of the Regime before Feb 11 protests] made one of the anchors of the popular 'Good Morning Iran' program on IRIB 1 to react. As reported by AsrIran, the anchor of 'Excess Talk' of 'Good Morning Iran' openly criticized and mocked the officials for internet slowdown in his political satire program.<br> <br> --Kalameh: "We, the members of the caucus intend to visit some senior figures of the Islamic Republic" said Dariush Ghanbari, a leading member of the Reformist Caucus in Iranian Parliament "we, in the caucus, will pay visits and have conversations with figures such as Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Ali-Akbar Nateq-Noori, Mahdavi-Kani, Seyyed-Mohammad Khatami, Mahdi Karroubi and Mir-Hossein Mousavi."<br> <br> --VOA Persian: Permits have been issued by the Iranian Government for foreign journalists to enter Tehran and cover the government-sanctioned rallies of Feb. 11. At the same time, some Iranian journalists wrote a letter to their foreign colleagues and asked them to cover the anticipated opposition protests as well. (<u>Their letter is attached to this newsletter</u>.)<br> <br> --Radio Zamaneh: Catherine Ahston, the Foreign Commissioner of EU asked Iranian officials to stop the execution of nine post-election detainees who have been sentenced to death by the revolutionary court.<br> <br> --JARAS: Some sources have revealed parts of Regime's comprehensive plan to face opposition protests on Feb 11. According to these sources, the main rally venue in Tehran has been divided between different Basiji units coming from cities all over Iran; each of these units will be responsible to fill the assigned space early in the morning [so that the opposition protestors can have no access to the main venue.]<br> <br> --JARAS: Webna, an Iranian website containing a directory of all Iranian websites, was blocked inside Iran a few minutes ago.<br> <br> <u><b>ANALYSIS</b></u><br> An article by Akbar Ganji has been attached to this newsletter. This is the first part of a three-part series about "transition to democracy" which are going to be published in Radio Farda.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br> --JARAS: <u>Forough Mirzayi</u> and <u>Bahareh Hedayat</u> are still denied visitors.<br> <br> --Norouz: Mehdi Karoubi paid a visit to the household of <u>Mohammad Javad Mozaffar</u>, the deputy chair of "protecting the rights of prisoners", stated his sympathy for them and criticized the way the prisoners and their families are being treated.<br> <br> --Rahana: On January 2nd, security forces arrested <u>Mr. Mehrnia</u> at his home. At the time of arrest, his family members were told that he was going to be asked a couple of questions and that he would be released shortly. However, after a fortnight, his family members are still waiting for a phone call.<br> <br> --Rahana: <u>Mohammad Yousef Rashidi</u>, a student who was deprived of continuing his studies at Amir-Kabir University, after spending 70 days in the section 209 in Evin prison, was transferred to the section 7 together with 40 other detainees.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: The family members of the detained members of the Liberation Front of Iran have sent a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, asking for the release of Ebrahim Yazdi, the general secretary of this organization, and other political detainees. The relatives of Bazargan, Basteh-Negar, Tavassoli, Sahhabi, Shariati, Sabbaghian, Sadr Haj Seyyed Javadi, Taleghani, Ghoravi, Yazdi and other members of this political party signed this letter.<br> <br> --Rahana: The body of <u>Arash Rahmanipour</u>, who was executed last week, was given to his family on Saturday. The security forces have not allowed the family members of Arash Rahmanipour , the recently executed political prisoner, to commemorate himby a shrine in front of his house. They have also been banned from arranging any memorial ceremonies.<br> <br> --Rahana: on the 40th night after the night of Ashura, an invitation had been sent to the public to gather in front of Evin prison to join the families of the political detainees and protest against the arrest of the post-election activists who are in captivity with no clear charges. According to Jaras, all the streets leading to Evin had been blocked and occupied by security forces, preventing the gathering from happening.<br> <br> --Kalameh: The mother and father of <u>Mehrdad Rahimi</u>, the vice-president of Karroubi's committee to defend the citizens' rights and a member of the Human Rights's reporters, who had been detained since 11th of Dey (beginning of January), have sent a letter to Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi, the general prosecutor of Tehran. In this letter they have described the situation of their son.<br> <br> --Kalameh: Masoud Noor-Mohammadi, the brother of Saeed Noor-Mohammadi, the detained member of the Participation Front, who had been arrested 2 weeks ago, contacted his family yesterday and let them know that he is healthy. According to Nowrooz, he mentioned that the reason for his arrest is sending mails and text messages. I emphasized that had not sent any illegal email or text-messages, in his conversation with his parents.<br> <br> <u><b>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</b></u><br> On his video broadcast on Saturday, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:<br> 1- It is reported that Azadi Ave has been divided up between Basijis of different provinces so that each can occupy the space allocated to their unit by their forces. It seems that these Basijis want to show up with green symbols and join the ranks of the green movement to pretend that everybody has come to streets in support of the current government. However we, the Green Movement, have experienced similar situations in the past and we know how to separate our ranks from theirs (e.g. by using green symbols and showing V sign etc). Furthermore we should remember that we outnumber Basijis significantly therefore there is no need for us to do violence; we should instead show the maturity of the green movement. What is important is to make sure that we all come to streets in peace and we should all try to encourage our friends and acquaintances to take part in the protests.<br> 2- Despite the fact that people's gathering in front of Evin prison as well as the event for the commemoration of Green Movement martyrs in Behesht-e-Zahra [Tehran's biggest cemetery] were held under the strong presence of security forces, people chanted anti-government slogans in these events.<br> 3- The laborers of the Avangan factory came to the streets once again yesterday despite the clashes between them and the security forces the day before. The situation has not calmed down and there are still reports of tension on the ground.<br> 4- We can confront the activities of the so-called Iranian Cyber Army [a group of hackers sponsored by Iranian Government and attack opposition websites] by taking a few precautionary steps; First of all, if you are already using GMAIL and you have secured it, they can never access the contents of your account directly unless you open suspicious attachments you receive through email; those attachments might contain key-logger programs which will install on your computer, will record your password and send it to them. Therefore if you do not know the sender of an email, do not open it. Also try to change your password regularly. Do not use Internet Explorer [since it is known to have security vulnerabilities] and try to use Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari instead.<br> <br> <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;TEXT-ALIGN:left> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Join the mailing list:<a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font> </p> <p style=MARGIN-LEFT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Twitter: <a href=http://twitter.com/IranSIC id=dzw_ style=COLOR:#551a8b target=_blank title=www.twitter.com/IranSIC>IranSIC</a></i></font></font> </p> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596873364418036558.post-67571334128682780572010-02-05T15:51:00.001-08:002010-02-05T15:51:36.975-08:00Friday February 5th, 2010 Newsletter<div class=google_header id=google_header style="FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <p style="COLOR:#666666; MARGIN-LEFT:0px; MARGIN-RIGHT:0px; TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font size=4><font face=Tahoma>Student Information Center (SIC)<img height=51 src=http://docs.google.com/File?id=dm9r6fw_18gmcwzpch_b width=56></font></font> </p> <p style="COLOR:#666666; MARGIN-LEFT:0px; MARGIN-RIGHT:0px; TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font face=Tahoma><font size=2>Newsletter Issue 167 - Friday February 5th, 2010 </font></font> </p> </div> <u><b>FUTURE PLANS</b></u><br> --Preparation for 22nd of Bahman demonstration and the "ten-day civil residence".<br> --Holding the 40th day anniversary of the martyrs of Ashoura day, on 16th of Bahman, at the same time az Arba'een day.<br> --Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society.<br> --Allah o Akbar during the nights until 11th of February<br> --Writing slogans on the walls and bills<br> --Gathering in front of Evin prison every night at 8:00 pm to demand release of political prisoners<br> --Jaras/United4Iran: Iranians across the UK, US and other countries have planned solidarity events on the eve of 22Bahman (February 11). For a complete list of upcoming events visit <a href=http://united4iran.com/2010/01/call-to-action-events-worldwide-for-22-bahman/ id=w89b title=http://united4iran.com/2010/01/call-to-action-events-worldwide-for-22-bahman/>http://united4iran.com/2010/01/call-to-action-events-worldwide-for-22-bahman/</a>.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS </b></u><br> --Kalemeh: Yesterday a group of families of the post-election political prisoners had a meeting with Mehdi Karroubi, and discussed the latest situations regarding their imprisoned family member and the problems that the families have had. According to the Reporters Committee for Human Rights, these people talked with Mr. Karrubi: Saeed Mohammadi, the lawyer of "Mehrdad Rahimi", the deputy head of the citizenship rights committee of Mehdi Karroubi campaign and a member of human right reporters commitee; Two brothers of "Mehrdad Bozorg", a student of university of Tehran University; Marziyeh Golru, the sister of "Mahdieh Golru"; Nasim Chalaki, sister of "Peyman Chalaki" political activist; Shahrzad Kariman, mother of "Shiva Nazar-Ahari" civil and political activist, and a human rights reporters Committee member; brother of "Ehsan Dolatshah", a student Tehran University;and finally Sajjad Haeri, brother of "Sarrf Haeri". These people mentioned the pressures and tortures that their family member is being put through for fake confessions. Mehdi Karroubi condemned the illegal detentions of political activists in the months after the elections, and said such irrational attitudes toward political activists and the imprudence in managing the situation has surprised everyone, and that these unwise reactions in all aspects including foreign politics and economics are hurting the regime, and asked for logical management of the country. He said despite all the problems that he has faced, he will keep supporting the freedom of political prisoners and Full text of the report is attached to the newsletter.<br> <br> --Kalemeh: Fortieth day ceremony of Ali Habibi Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi nephew, and one of the martyrs of Ashura day in Tehran was held yesterday, 5pm. Security forces were reported to be present at the ceremony. Due to heavy rain, the participants left ceremony after a few minutes of pray, and continued the event at Mr. Habibi's house. In this event, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, and a group of political and cultural figures were also present.<br> <br> --Parlman News: A member of Imam fraction of parliament, gave report of a letter of protest written by Hassan Khomeini addressed to Ezzatollah Zarghami, after state TV's selective broadcast of the speech of the founder of the Islamic Revolution, ayatollah Khomeini.<br> --SIC: Reports published on social networks and green movement websites indicate that a group of people had gathered in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery today to mourn the fortieth day ceremony of Ashura martyrs. These reports say several motorcycles, vans and police cars had stationed around sections No. 256 and 257 of this cemetery and that several police and security agents were present around sections No. 302 and 304. Two videos showing the intense security measures and the mourning of Amir Tajmir's mother, a martyr of Ashura clasesh in Tehran are attached to the newsletter.<br> <br> --Green Voice of Freedom: National Youth Staff supporting Khatami and Mousavi (Setad-e 88) invited Iranians to attend 22nd of Bahman rally, to defend the Islamic Revolution ideals and to protest against the Coup. The statement is attached to the newsletter.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: With 22nd of Bahman approaching, Zahra Rahnavard demanded unconditional release of the political prisoners. In this note, Ms. Rahnavard pointed to the right violations of women after the revolution, and asked the officials to release female political prisoners first. She reviewed women's problem in the past years and said "if we don't put issues like equality of blood money for men and women, elimination of polygamy, the need for ministry and management by women in priority right now, it's because bigger ideals have been neglected right now."<br> <br> --Jaras/Int'l Campaign for Human Rights: Mourning Mothers, a group of wives and mothers who have lost their spouses or children during the post-elections protests or whose spouses or children are currently in prison, have issued a statement, objecting to executions of political protesters and execution sentences for several political prisoners, demanding revocation of death sentences for political prisoners. They have issued a warning to Islamic Republic of Iran: "Don't allow a repeat of the 1980's catastrophe." They are referencing mass executions of political dissidents in 1988 during which it is said thousands were executed in Islamic Republic prisons. Islamic Republic authorities have continually maintained silence on these executions. Mourning Mothers have also demanded release of "prisoners of conscience," and trials of "those who were responsible for and who ordered their children's murders." The statement adds: "We, the Mourning Mothers, who have gathered spontaneously at Laleh Park, other parks, and public buildings over the past seven months to condemn the murders and arrests and demanding an end to these inhumane and illegal actions, are facing our own children's executions today." "Who has subjected the mothers to this gradual death, mourning our loved ones?…Should our children's participation in elections lead to their arrest, torture, rape, murder, and execution?" According to Mourning Mothers, if such violence against Iranian youth continues, public protests will also increase.<br> <br> --Deutsche Welle: European Union foreign policy representative issues a statement, to demand Iran to immediately stop the increasing trend of executions, specially execution that aim only to intimidate "anti-government protesters". According to German News Agency, Catherine Ashton, said in this statement " The union is against death sentence in any case, and asks Iran to stop this trend immediately. European Union hearby proclaims its deep concern."<br> <br> --BBC News: Committee to Protect Journalists reported that at least 47 journalists are currently in prison, and with that information, since 1996 to now, the number of journalist prisoners in Iran is the highest among all other countries. According to the report, the journalist prisoners in Iran have passed those in Chine. This is while the report does not include the names of more than 50 other journalists who have been arrested and then released in the past few months.<br> <br> --Radio Farda: Three large organizations of Journalists, Workers, and Human Rights activists held a joint meeting in Brussels, capital of Belgium, on Wednesday. In this meeting the three organizations asked the Europe and World leaders to put new pressure on the Islamic Republic, to make them respect human rights and freedom of expression. They also asked Iran government to stop intimidation of the human right defenders, and to release tens of writers, journalists, worker activists, and the opposition members. In the statement published by Journalists Organization, since the start of the protests against the government in June, "human right violations, which already existed in freedom of speech and freedom of expression of protest", has intensified. According to the general secretary of the journalist federation, "if Iran wants to end its isolation, it needs to open doors to dialog and criticism, and allow the protesters to speak."<br> <br> --Radio Farda: AUT site, was hacked on Thursday by army of cyber (said to be directed by Iranian government, although never confirmed by the government). A week ago, Radio Zamaneh website was also hacked and put out of service for 4 days.<br> <br> --Times:A British national has begged forgiveness from an Iranian revolutionary court after being put on trial in Tehran for subversive activities, Iranian websites reported yesterday. An unidentified woman, 24, the daughter of a British mother and Iranian father, has admitted some of the charges against her including encouraging and attending demonstrations, consorting with foreigners and drinking alcohol, government and opposition websites said. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has asked the Iranian Government for clarification of the reports, and that the woman be given consular assistance if true. That is unlikely to be granted, though, because Iran does not recognise dual nationality. The woman, who was born in Manchester but is believed to teach English in Tehran, is one of sixteen opposition supporters who went on trial late last week for allegedly plotting against the regime and conspiring with Iran's foreign enemies.<br> <br> <u><b>NEWS OF THE ARRESTED</b></u><br> --JRS: Political prisoners in Evin prison, sent a message to people about the protesting gathering which is planned to be held in front of the prison on 22nd of Bahman. They have asked for people's participation in 22nd of Bahman rally, and they asked people to pay attention to Mir Hossein Mousavi's comments about the status of the judiciary system. Full text of the message is attached to the newsletter.<br> <br> --JRS: Families of Freedom Movement members arrested after election sent a letter to leader of Islamic Republic, to ask for release of Mr. Ebrahim Yazdi. This letter, signed by family members of Bazargan, Basteh Negar, Tavassoli, Sahabi, Shariati, Sabaghian, Sadr Haj Seyed Javadi, Gharavi, Yazdi and other freedom Movement members, asks Mr. Ali khamenei, the leader to make steps for release of Ebrahim Yazdi and other political prisoners, so that the public trust is gained and the situation can be ready for public dialog.<br> --JRS: "Keyvan Mehregan", journalist arrested on 8th of Dey, is still in solitary confinement. In a phone call with his family, he said the charges are currently relationship with Freedom Movement, and his journalis activities.<br> <br> --BBC News: Hassan Rasouli, the dupty executive officer of Baraab foundation, and Abolfazl Ghadyani, a member of Mojahedin organization were freed last night (Thursday 4th of February) They were arrested after Ashoura day.<br> <br> --Committee of Human Rights Reporters: Golnaz Tavasoli, a Student of Azad University was arrested yesterday. Her family have no information about her location.<br> <br> --Committee of Human Rights Reporters: The interrogation of Saeed Jalali-Far, Human Rights Committee member and a member of the Defense of the street children is finished and he is charged with propaganda activities. He is currently held in Evin prison in a cell with 3 or 4 prisoners, and he protests against his temporary arrest.<br> <br> <u><b>RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS</b></u><br> Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following in his Friday video:<br> <br> - He emphasized the attendance in 22nd of Bahman, and the rally in front of Evin in the afternoon of the same day, and said that it is possible that 22nd of Bahman can be the final blow to the government, because the leaders of the green movement are strongly standing, people do not fear anything, and the unity is more strong than ever.<br> - He said people in small towns can come to Tehran, to avoid being identified, but if they can't, they can go to larger cities in which specific places are designated for rally, and in this case, the distribution of security forces around the country will reduce the pressure on Tehran.<br> -He mentioned the protests in Laar city which continues after four days.<br> - 90 of Lebanese scientists and intellectuals have supported the green movement.<br> - 110 Iranian faculty have protested against a Chinese news article in which the green movement was said to be directed by foreign governments.<br> - Mothers of the post-election victims asked public to attend 22nd of Bahman rally.<br> - 17 fractions of the Reformist Front also asked people to attend 22nd of Bahman rally.<br> - Khamenei's picture on Tohid tunnel was set to fire by some protesters.<br> - In Berlin, the protesters didn't let the government to hold celebration for the revolution anniversary, and the Iranians in other cities like New York are also planning to do the same. <div class=google_footer id=google_footer style=TEXT-ALIGN:left> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px; MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Email: student.information.center@gmail.com</i></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px; MARGIN-RIGHT:0px; TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Tel: +1 (253) 234-IRAN , +1 (253) 234-4726</i></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px; MARGIN-RIGHT:0px; TEXT-ALIGN:left"> <font size=1><font color=#000000><i>Website: www.IranSIC.com</i></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px; MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Join the mailing list:<a href=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center id=hv.w style=COLOR:#551a8b title=http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center>http://groups.google.com/group/student-information-center</a></i></font></font> </p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT:0px; MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"> <font color=#000000><font size=1><i>Twitter: <a href=http://twitter.com/IranSIC id=dzw_ style=COLOR:#551a8b target=_blank title=www.twitter.com/IranSIC>IranSIC</a></i></font></font> </p> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>مرکز اطلاع رسانی دانشجوییhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378063083563974913noreply@blogger.com0