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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FUTURE PLANS

--Attending Dr. Masoud Alimohammadi's funeral, Thursday at 8:30, in front of his house in 3rd Mehr Street, Soheil Street, Shariayi (Before Pol Roumi)

--Efforts focused at increasing non-violent civil disobedience in the society

--Writing slogans on the walls and bills

NEWS

--RadioFarda: Report from Iran say that more than 30 mothers of the victims and their supporters who had been arrested on Saturday afternoon in Laleh Park, by plain clothes police, were released on Tuesday. A person close to said mothers said that during the 72 hours in which they had been imprisoned in Evin and Vosara prison, they had been subject to insults from interrogators and the officials.

--Kalameh: After the assassination of doctor Alimohamadi, a group of physics students of Tehran University released a statement. The statement says: Political preferences of Dr. Alimohamadi is not unknown to anyone. Dr. Alimohamadi, in a speech on 15th of Dey month this year, was after statistical and scientific strategies to resolve the current crises of society, and the audio file of the speech is available from students of Department of Physics, University of Tehran. This speech was along with Dr. Alimohamadi's other activities in recent months. On 25th of Khordad, he encouraged students to participate in the silent march to protest to the election results. He was one of the few faculty members to protest against the attack of plain clothes to University dormitories, on morning of 25th of Khordad, which lead to killing of a number of students, by immediately protesting to the head of University of Tehran and asking for immediate investigation.

--Kalameh: Mohammad Khatami gave a condolence messages after Dr. Alimohammadi's death, and emphasized: the filthy hand that commited this crime, is with no doubt, the enemy of the nation and Iran, and wants to create and expand this crisis which is harmful for everyone.

--Radio Farda: university professors, intellectuals and political activists outside Iran released a letter to defend Mir Hossein Mousavi's seventeenth statement, and called it "a step toward the integration of the green movement" In this statement which was signed by 54 professors, intellectuals and political activists comes: "In this statement, Mousavi, while avoids abstract and general topics, and provides a minimal political platform, with specific demands of government". Yervand Abrahamian, Daroush Ashourian, Janet Afary, Touraj Atabaki, Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Ali BanoAzizi, Maziar Behrooz, Covenant Parsa, Hamid Dabashi, Ebrahim Soltani, Ali Myrspasy, Abbas Milani, and Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari are among the signers of this statement. In explaining their demands, the signers say that they "demand a democratic change, and the defence of the rights of all citizens with any faith, ideals, ideology, ethnicity, and gender, and especially the separation of religion and government."

--BBC: Following  Iran's Parliamentary committee's reading of the report on elections and the Kahrizak prison, some families of the victims have asked for cancellation of Saeed Mortazavi's  jurisdiction permission. Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer of the family of Amir JavadiFar ( one of the Kahrizak detainees) said that his clients and the families of other myriads of Kahrizak prison want to file complaint against Saeed Mortazavi, the former Prosecutor of Tehran, and a number of other judges who seem to have been involved with the events.

--Radio Farda: Following the report of Special Committee of Islamic parliament of, reviewing the events after the elections in Iran, Ali Motahari, a parliament member published an open letter, asking Iran's head of judiciary system to cancel Saeed Mortazavi's judicial immunity, to make dealing with him easier.

--BBC: Mohammad Taghi Khalaji, clerics close to Ayatollah Montazeri and Ayatollah Sanei, was arrested at his house in Qom on Tuesday 22nd of Dey month. The reason for Mr. Khalaji's arrest is not known yet. Mehdi Khalaji, his son said: agents took father and his family's computer, CD, tape and some documents, and told the family that they are not allowed to leave Iran.

NEWS OF THE ARRESTED, MISSING, AND DECEASED

--BBC: Morteza Haji, the Director of Baran Foundation, and one of the ministers of Mohammad Khatami's cabinet, was released on Tuesday Jan 22nd, after two weeks in detention. He was arrested the day after Ashura in Baran Foundation's headquarters.

--Radio Farda: Islamic Republic of Iran's judiciary on Tuesday, announced the sentences of five protesters of the presidential election results as "propaganda" and "participating in illegal gatherings". Amir Aslani, with a charge of "disturbing public order through the system and fighting the regime with propaganda" was sentenced to five years of imprisonment. Mohamadreza Nourbakhsh was sentenced to three years of imprisonment, because he had launched the "Jomhouriyat" website. Ali Bhzadyan and Omid Lavasani were sentenced to six years imprisonment, and Hessam Thermesi was also convicted of one year imprisonment.

--Amir Kabir University: 2 years imprisonment sentence of Soroush Sabet, the stared student, aleft-wing student activists and computer science graduate of Sharif University, was confirmed in the appeal court, branch 36, Judged by Zargar.

--Green movement path (JRS): After 3 weeks of no news from Razi University students, yesterday morning, all students and 2 members of Mir Hossein Mousavi's campaign were released from the Intelligence Ministry. JRS reports that these students were detained for at least 2 to 3 weeks in solitary confinement and interrogated in long sessions, and were put under mental pressure, and each has been released with bails of at least 15 million Tomans. The court of these students will be formed soon.

NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES

--AUT: Kermanshah Razi University students, starting from Saturday, the first day of official exams across all universities of the country, agreed on a boycott date for the exams, and by sending short messages and distributing secret papers, and shouting slogans in dormitories, demanded the release of their imprisoned classmates. Before the agreed boycott date, (which was said to be Monday), all the detained students were freed.

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS

Mohsen Sazgara said the following on Tuesday and Wednesday:

-Getting ready to boycott bill payments

-He said writing slogans on the bills have increased, against the warnings of the coup supporters

-He said 22nd of bahman preparation should start

-He said Fajr days should be called civil resistance and planning should be made for the expansion of the movement.

-He said non-violent movement of Iran is not too different from other non-violent fight, and it should be continued.

-He gave his condolences about death of Dr. AliMohammadi, and said evidences indicate he was not a nuclear expert and the assassination could have three reasons: 1)scaring university faculties and students,  2) scaring people, that if the green movement continues Iran will become like Iraq or Lebanon, and 3)creating excuses for arresting the opposition

-He invited everyone to attend Dr. Alimohammadi's funeral

-He said Razi students' release was the result of the resistance of their classmates.

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

NEWS
--Norouz: Mehdi Karoubi, the chair of the National Trust Party, in an open letter criticized the role of military forces and plain clothes militias in the aftermath of the disputed election, especially the events of Ashoura in Tehran. He outlined his quintet solutions for dealing with the current situation. The text of this statement is attached.

--VOA Persian: In a report released by Iranian Parliament on Sunday, Saeed Mortazavi- the former Prosecutor General of Tehran- is criticized for the transfer of demonstrators arrested in post-election protests to the notorious Kahrizak prison [which was shut down after allegations of harsh treatment and rape were raised.] In their report on post-election events which was released on Sunday, the Special Committee of Majlis emphasizes that the arrestees were transfered to Kahrizak prison 'by orders and insistence' of the Prosecutor General of Tehran at the time and the judiciary should be accountable for his actions.

--Radiofarda: The Prosecutor General of Tehran told Fars News Agency that Charge d'affaires of Sweden in Tehran who had been arrested in the protests of Ashura [December 27], was released after his identity was established. The news of his arrest was first revealed by the conservative member of the parliament Zohreh Elahian.

--JARAS: A group of offsprings of the Tir, 7th martyrs in an statement condemned the continued detention of Alireza Beheshti. The complete text of this statement is attached.
--BBC: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Joe Liebermann (I-CT) stated that recent protests in Iran mark the beginning of the end of the Islamic Regime and asked Obama Administration to support the protestors in Iran.

--JARAS: Spokesman for the International Human Rights Campaign in Iran told that around thirty three individuals who had been arrested during the most recent weekly gathering of 'mourning mothers' on Saturday evening were transferred to jail.

--Deutsche wellet: The Minority [Reformist] Caucus in the Iranian Parliament describes Majlis' recent report on post-election events as 'a positive but insufficient step'. The minority spokesman is critical of the fact that certain instances such as raids of security forces on University of Tehran dormitory complex and Sobhan Complex as well as the suspicious death of [Ramin Pourandarjani] the Kahrizak medical doctor have been totally neglected in this report.

--VOA Persian: Criticizing government's treatment of protestors in recent days- especially during and after Ashura- has even spread to the Principlist [Conservative] camp. Although some hardliners still insist on exerting more violence [in order to crack down the protests], the recent interview of Ali Motahhari on IRIB [the son of the later Morteza Motahhari and the conservative member of the parliament] has become controversial as he explicitly expressed his discontent with the continuation of the current course of action, which he calls mere stubbornness by Ahmadinejad, the widespread arrest of dissidents and not issuing permits for demonstrations by protestors. Some analysts interpret these bold statements as signs of widening crisis within the Conservative pro-Ahmadinejad camp.

--BBC Persian: The Ministry of Culture has issued warnings to the following newspapers: Jomhuri-Eslami [Islamic Republic], E'temaad, Bahar, Farhang-e-Ashti and Donya-ye-Eqtesaad.

--Norouz: Mohammad Khatami, the reformist ex-president, emphasized that "extremism would not solve the social problems" and warned against the threats of denying the crisis altogether.

NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES
--Radio Farda: While dozens of students are detained in Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad and other cities, the trials behind closed doors with heavy sentences have increased significantly. In the past few days, only 5 student activists were dealt a sum of 21 years in prison. "Mass arrests", "expulsion by the disciplinary committees" and "suspension of the student groups" are also leveraged by the government to as means of crackdown against the student movement.

--Radio Zamaneh: 56 faculty members of Science and Industry University condemned the heavy sentences dealt to the students. They also criticized widespread summons by the disciplinary committee and the violent beating of the students by security forces "from outside of the University".

NEWS OF THE ARRESTED, MISSING, AND DECEASED
--JARAS: Yashar Qajar- the former Secretary of the Islamic Assembly of Amir Kabir University [one of the leading reformist student organizations in Iran]- who had been arrested on May 28, 2006 and had been released after 44 days of interrogation by IRGC's Intelligence Agency, was notified of the final ruling in his case on Wednesday January 6, 2009.

--Advar news: "My sister has had no contact with us except for a phone call she made one day after her arrest" said the brother of Forough Mirzaei- the attorney who was arrested alongside her husband on January 1 "we are deeply concerned about her well being and it is our right to meet and contact her."

RECOMMENDATIONS AND WARNINGS
In his Sunday video, Mohsen Sazegara mentioned the following points:
1. Security forces have attacked the gathering of mourning mothers and have arrested them.
2. Protesting the widespread arrests of their fellow classmates, students of Sharif University formed a gathering today. Meanwhile, Qazvin University has expelled or suspended many students in the recent days.
3. Human rights activists have challenged the "death sentence" for five detainees of Ashoura.
4. A group of lawyers have also voiced their concern by providing the legal definition of "Mohareb" and challenging the decision of the judiciary system.
5. Rifts within the revolutionary guards is getting deeper. There has been talk of about 3,000 discontent entities within the guards.
6. The speech delivered by the supreme leader can be considered as a retreat. He didn't raise any new points and solely pointed out the large number of people showing up for the pro-government rally. Another mass rally by the green movement on 22nd of Bahman can easily void these voices.

On Monday, Mohsen Sazegara talked about these points:
1. In the report published by the parliament, Saeed Mortazavi was characterized as the sole officer behind all the problems in Kahrizak. This report falls terribly short and does not mention many other aspects.
2. Until now, 5 Iranian diplomats have sought asylum from their host countries. This further highlights the rifts within the government.
3. Reportedly, in the gathering of "mourning mothers", 33 were arrested and 10 were transferred to a hospital. Apparently, these mothers are imprisoned.
4. Faculties of Science and Industry University have voiced their concern about the crackdown against the students. The students of faculty of engineering in University of Tehran are on strike demanding the resignation of Farhad Rahbar for opening the door to the militia forces.
5. There are many ideas pouring in for 22nd of Bahman. This day should mark a popular "Yes or No" referendum against the regime and showing up in masses is critical.