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UNHCHR Geneva Ms. Louise Arbour, UN Secretary General Mr. Ban-Ki-Moon HRC of European Parliament March 16, 2009 Excellencies SOS I would like to bring to your attention the desperate condition of recent torture and imprisonment of youths in Iran. Since February 10, 2009, the following four Iranian political prisoners have staged a hunger strike: 1- Madjid TAVAKKOLI 2- Hossein TARKASHWAND 3- Ismail SALMANPOUR 4- Kourosh DANESHYAR They are student members of the central council of the Islamic Students Association (ISA) of Amirkabir University who wanted to commemorate the memorial day of the First Prime Minister of the present regime, Mehdi Bazargan. They were arrested by agents of the Ministry of Information on February 7, 2009. On the day of his arrest, Mr. Tavakkoli started with a water strike for a week; later he turned to a hunger strike with the other three. It is now more than one month that they are on a hunger strike; recently they have been transferred to Ewin prison, Ward 209, joining four more students from the same University: 1- Ahmad GHASABAN 2- Abbas HAKIMZADEH 3- Hoda MASHAYEKHI 4- Nariman MOSTAFAVI I am deeply concerned about the fate of these eight students; their parents do not know what is happening to their eight imprisoned children. I also would like to draw your attention to the condition of four more political prisoners: 1- Bahman KHODADADI 2- Hossein SARSHUMI 3- Arsalan SADEGHI 4- Alireza DAVOODI These four prisoners are members of Students for Freedom and Equality at Isfahan University. They were arrested on March 1, 2009 and undergone brutal torture. Alireza Davoodi and Bahman Khodadadi have been severely tortured so they could not walk; Davoodi`s nose is broken, the bruises of torture are clearly noticeable on his body. He has been forced to confess to false accusations. At the same time I would like to draw your attention to the case of Alimahin TORABI. He was under 18 years old at the time he murdered another youngster. Recently he has been condemned to the death penalty; he is on death row in Rajaai Shahr Prison. He also has been subjected to torture by Nabi-alah FRAJZADEH, the deputy of security of Rajaai-Share Karaj prison. Because of his contacts with political prisoners, his case has been disclosed. Some Western media have published their objection to the juvenile’s death penalty. Execution of youth who commit murder when they are under 18 years old is already contrary to Human Rights conventions. Torturing a juvenile is against the Human Rights convention, too. Recently in the Neyshekar-e Haft-tapeh Sugar Company, workers who are members of their syndicate have been subjected to harassment and pressure by the Iranian Security and Judiciary agents. One example, Ali NEJATI from Syndicate Stirring body of Haft-tapeh Sugar Company, was arrested on March 8, 2009. It was morning and he was in front of his house. This is the second time he has been snatched; nobody knows his whereabouts. It was just one week since he was released from confinement. All cells of Ewin prison Ward 209 are overcrowded. According to the latest news, two journalists, Ms. Roxana SABERI and Ms. Shabnam MADADZADEH, have been transferred to Ward 240 in Ewin prison. It is obvious that the fascist regime of Mullahs in Iran is making a last ditch effort to scare the youth by arresting their more vocal voices before the upcoming presidential election. The Iranian community condemns vigorously the violation of Human Rights in Iran. The Iranians shall never forget or forgive the medieval regime of the so-called IRI, and these murderers should be brought to justice on charges of crimes against humanity. Your timely measures are needed to save the life of these political prisoners who were hand-picked among the students, journalists, and workers; at the same time I demand you to put pressure on Iranian authorities to release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally. Those who are promoting the Human Rights, Freedom and Democracy thank you. For more information I am always available. Sincerely Yours, Dr. Zahra Erfani
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SOS TO: HCHR Ms. Louise Arbour, UNHCHR Geneva COPY: UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban. Ki-moon Excellencies Zurich, 08 September, 2008 Please be informed that Mr. Kourosh (Mohammad) AHMADI, an Iranian activist, has been imprisoned in Gohardasht prison, section 3, since August 25, 2008. Recently Mr. Kourosh AHMADI has written an open letter to Mr. Khamenei, the religious leader, criticizing the blatant violation of Human Rights in Iran. This has led to his latest arrest. He has written a book named, The Prize of Freedom. It is reported that he has been imprisoned several times. Later Mr. AHAMDI was released on a heavy bail. On August 17, 2004 the families of political prisoners staged a sit-in strike in front of the UN office in Tehran. Their demand was to get information on their beloved missing ones. Their peaceful sit-in came to a bloody crack-down by the State Police, resulting in many arrests and imprisonment; two of them were Mr. AHMADI’s wife, Fatemeh AHMADI, and their daughter, Shima AHMADI. They were sent to the notorious Evin jail, section 209, where Shima was raped. Followings are the names of recent political / conscience prisoners: Mr. Alireza SAGHAFI, a worker activist in Mash-had city. Mr. Sasan BABAI, a teacher in Kamyaraan in Sanandaj city. Mr. Mohammad Ali MANSURI, Ali SAREMI, Mohsen NADERI, Misaghe YAZDAN-NEZHAD had been arrested last year in commemorating the event of 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran’s jails. Mr. Alireza MONTAZER-SAHEB is the 8th sympathizer of the clergyman Hossein BROUGERDI-KAZEMEINI. He is condemned to a four year prison term in Evin. It`s noteworthy to draw your attention to the very crucial health condition of Brougerdi as well. He needs immediate medical treatment. Mr. Mansour OSANLOO, activist and the chair person of Transport and Bus Syndicate has been sent to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj city, Andarzgah 4, section 10. He is suffering heart and vision problems. Mr. Farzad KAMANGAR, teacher and Human Rights activist, has been condemned with a death penalty. Currently, he is off the death row for now, transferred to Evin prison, section 209; with two other political prisoners, Mr. Farhad VAKILI and Mr. Ali HEIDARIAN. Ms. Fatemh GOFTARI the mother of student political prisoner Yaser GOLI has been imprisoned in Sanandaj central prison. She is the secretary of the Committee of Mothers of Peace and Reconciliation and a member of Azarmehr Committee in Kurdestan. Mr. Anvar SAED MOUCHESI, journalist and the student of international law at Beheshti University and Mr. Yaghoub SAED MOUCHESI, a journalist, were arrested on September 4 at home in Sanandaj City and nobody knows their whereabouts. Mr. Alidad HASSANI is freed on heavy bail but his son Kamran HASSANI has been arrested. Mr. Ramtin SUDMAND, the son of Mr. Hossein SOUDMAND, was a Christian priest and was murdered in December 1990 in Mash-had prison for refusing to deny his faith. Mr. Kamal KHAKI, Human Rights activist, since February 2008 has been kidnapped and imprisoned in Sardasht City. Nobody knows his whereabouts. Mr. Anvar HOSSEIN/PANAHI has been condemned with a death penalty in Sanadaj City on August 25, 2008. Mr. Ali ABBASI has been condemned to a five year prison term in Ardebil prison. Eight days ago, his left hand was broken in the prison, suffering pain; but he has been denied access to medical care. Mr. Amir AMIR GHOLI and Ms. Soulmaz IGDAR and three other persons were arrested on Friday in Khavaran, the catacomb of political prisoners who have been massacred in prison, in 1988 after the cease-fire between Iran and Iraq. They are held in Evin prison, section 209; but nobody knows the whereabouts of the others. Soulmaz is a journalist and has chronic asthma. Amir has stomach complications. Both need immediate medical care. In recent months, the wave of arrests and death penalties has escalated in Iran. We are demanding again to send a fact finding committee to Iran to safeguard the life of political prisoners. Those who are struggling to promote the Human Rights vigorously condemn the flagrant violation of Human Rights in Iran. We appreciate your commitment to remind the Iranian government to abide by the Article 11 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948 http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html. This courageous action by the UN shall prevent the repeat of 1988 mass execution of over 5000 political prisoners in Iranian jails http://asre-nou.net/1385/mehr/12/koshtar/m-moghadamehEN.html Thank you very much indeed, and for more information I am always available. Sincerely yours, Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy to: HRW, AI London / Luxemburg, EC, OMCT, EPUR, Pen club, E.P.H.R, I.F.H.R
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TO: HCHR Ms. Louise Arbour, UNHCHR Geneva COPY: UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban. Ki-moon SOS Zurich, August 13. 08 Excellencies Mr. Khaled HARDANI Iranian political prisoner has staged hunger strike since August 3 in Gohardasht prison, ward andarzgah 4, in Karaj city west of Tehran. Since 2 days ago his stomach is bleeding and his health has been jeopardized and needs immediate medical treatment. It’s noteworthy to inform you that Mr. Hardani is in jail more than 8 years. Mr. Mansur RADPOUR another political prisoner is on hunger strike since 19 days ago The Demands of
Mr. Hardani and Mr. Radpour are as follows: According to the latest news received, Mr. Mehrdad LOHRASBI who sustained 9 years prison term and was freed on a heavy bail, recently in commemorating the July 9 event, has been arrested and nobody knows his where about. 5 sympathizer of Ayatollah Hossein Broujerdi,-who is imprisoned in Evin jail- have been arrested for second time those are namely: Mr. Habib GHOVATI, madjid ALASTI, Masoud SAMAVATI, Mohammadreza SADEGHI, and Mehrdad SOURI. All these political/conscience prisoners are pleading for your imminent help and demanding you to send an investigating body to visit the political prison in Iran. We appreciate your timely measures to be taken to put pressure on Iranian authorities to free all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally. Those who are struggling to promote the human rights thank you. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy to: AI, HRW, UNHCHR, EUP, OMCT, HCR
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TO: HCHR Ms. Louise Arbour, UNHCHR Geneva COPY: UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban. Ki-moon SOS Zurich, August 04. 08 Excellencies Abed TAVANCHE the student political prisoner, has staged a hunger strike on July 29.08 in Arak Central prison in Arak city; protesting the harassment and persecution of his family by regime agents and threatening of his old and ill parents in order to prevent them not to inform the media about imprisonment of Abed Tavanche. Abed Tavanche is sitting in quarantine prison. He has been jailed 2 times before. One time in 2006 in protest action in Amir-Kabir University dormitory and imprisoned in Evin ward 325 and second time in autumn 2007 was kidnapped on the street, both time could get release on heavy bail. He drinks just one glass of water per day and has announced in the case of continuation of persecution of his family, he starts dry hunger strike on the 21of his hunger strike. Hereby I would like to bring to your attention that, other 3 student’s movement political prisoners are on hunger strike as well namely: Farzad KAMANGAR, a teacher and human rights activist who his nephew Javid KAMANGAR 11 years old has been kidnapped last week and for 5 hours tortured and raped by regime information agents to keep quiet Farzad Kamangar! Farhad VAKILI in Evin prison 8 days in hunger strike, Farhad HAJIMIRZAI has staged unlimited hunger strike and Ali HEYDARIAN as well. All are sitting in Evin jail in notorious ward 209 and sentenced to death penalty. The recent rein imposed by 5+1 countries on Islamic Republic of Iran’s atomic activities has resulted more arresting and imprisonment. The political prisoners are in a crucial situation and it raises our deep concern. We condemn rigorously the flagrant violation of human rights in Iran and the same time we demanding your timely action to put pressure on terrorist and corrupt Mullah’s regime so called IRI to free all political/conscience prisoners unconditionally and immediately. Those who are struggling to promote the Human Rights thank you. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy to: AI, HRW, UNHCHR, EUP, OMCT, HCR
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TO: HCHR Ms. Louise Arbour, UNHCHR Geneva COPY: UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban. Ki-moon SOS Zurich, July29. 08 Excellencies Alidad Hassani is Human Rights activist and one member of One Million campaign for change of wrong and gender based misogynic legislation in Iran, he was arrested on July 6. 2007 and imprisoned in Firuz-abad jail in Shiraz. He has sustained brutal torture and his wife has been threatened not to inform the H.R activists, in otherwise he would be transferred to criminals ward. Later, Alidad Hassani has been transferred to Adel-Abad jail in Shiraz. He was denied to visit his family. Then, in some attempts by Karim Sadeghi (his lawyer) he could get release on December 6. 2007on a heavy bail. But after passing short time, he was arrested again, on January 14. 2008 during one month imprisonment he was brutally tortured in order to deliver a televised confession, but he refused and he didn’t accept , and he was in a harsh condition. On February 6. 2008 his lawyer could get his freedom writ. Few days after on March 9. 2008 his son Kamran Hassani was arrested on charge of political caricature, nobody knows his where about. Mr. Hassani has been threatened to keep quite in other wise would be condemned to death penalty. Since November 1999, Mr. Khaled Hardani has been imprisoned in Evin prison, Gohar dasht prison in karaj city and consequently in Andarzgah 4 (one part of Evin prison to keeping dangerous criminals). Amir Hossein Karimi (15 years old prisoner) has been recently brutally attacked and raped in the same prison. It is noteworthy to inform you that in recent months, many people have been arrested in Iran and the government keeps them in a very harsh condition in jails. In case of military invasion of USA in Iran, the political prisoners are the very first victims to death. The above mentioned conscious/political prisoners and the same time all HR activists pleading for your help and demanding you to send a body to Iran to investigate the situation of political prisoners. It raises our concern about the very crucial situation of political prisoners in Iran and we request you humbly to put pressure on very corrupt and terrorist regime; so called Islamic Republic of Iran, to free unconditional and immediate all political prisoners. Those who are struggling to promote the Human Rights thank you. Yours sincerely Dr.Zahra Erfani
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SOS TO: HCHR Ms. Louise Arbour, UNHCHR Geneva COPY: UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban. Ki-moon Zurich, July 23.2008 Excellencies, Davood BAGHERI is an Iranian political activist and asylum seeker who was arrested by the police in Istanbul and is currently detained in Edirne prison has staged a hunger strike. Mr. Davood BAGHERI, UN NO: 08C01600, who is in Adirne deportation prison in Turkey. He is a student activist who took part in protests during December 2007 student events in Iran. Due to an urgent action from you might save the life of an Iranian asylum seeker. According to Universal Declaration of Human Rights Convention: Article 14, 1 everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. To protest against the mal treatment inflicted on him by the Turkish authorities; he went on hunger strike on 10th July. By ignoring Dovood’s situation the United Nations has actually endangered his life. He was transferred to Edirne clinic and then returned to his cell. I would like to bring to your attention and express our deep concern that if any thing happens to him, the Turkish authorities should be accountable. We kindly request your urgent action to save the life of Davood BAGHERI as any moment is crucial for his life. He needs immediate medical help. Those who are struggling to promote the dignity of Human Rights thank you. Sincerely Yours Dr. Zahra Erfani
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TO: HCHR Ms. Louise Arbour, UNHCHR Geneva COPY: UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban. Ki-moon DATE: June 16.2008 FROM: Dr. Zahra Erfani SOS Excellencies, Due to an urgent action from you might save the life of an Iranian political prisoner, I would like to bring to your attention and express our deep concern that Mr. Arzhang Davoodi is now more than 61 days on hunger strike. He is a poet, writer, and teacher; who has been kept in harsh, solitary confinement in Evin prison for the last five years enduring brutal torture. He needs immediate medical help for his gingivitis bleeding and other health needs. Instead of medical help, the agents of Information and Security Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran namely Bakhshi, Hadj Kazem and Ali Mohammadi chained his feet and shipped him to the notorious Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, on April 27, 2008. This second prison is for armed criminals. Its capacity of 34 prisoners now exceeds 210 inmates. I rigorously condemn the deplorable condition of Human Rights in Iran; at the same time I plead for your help to take action to prevent the death of another political prisoner. Please put pressure on the Iranian authorities to free political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. The so-called Islamic Republic of Iran should be brought to justice for their crimes against humanity over the last 29 years. We believe that the current world relation and dialogue with Islamic Republic focusing on nuclear issue, is emboldening Islamic Republic in violating any aspect of human right as recognized in the UN relative conventions. We kindly request your urgent action to save the life of Arzhang Davoodi as any moment is crucial for his life. Those who struggle for democracy and freedom in Iran, plead for your immediate action to rescue the life of Mr Arzhang Davoodi. Those who are struggling to promote the dignity of Human Rights thank you. Sincerely yours Dr. Zahra Erfani
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UNHCHR Geneva HCHR Ms. Louise Arbour UN Secretary General Mr. Ban. Ki-moon SOS Excellencies Zurich, March 16.2008 Relating the horrible news concerning the blatant violation of human rights is coming from Iran; I would like to bring to your attention that the Iranian political prisoner student Peyman PIRAN born 1981 in Tehran, is more than 3 months imprisoned in Evin jail has been replaced from the section 209 of Evin Prison Tehran to the quarantine section of the same prison ward 350. Peyman has been several times imprisoned and the last time Peyman and other 40 students were arrested on Dec.14. He has been brutally tortured so that his nose, arm and leg have been crucially injured and broken. As a result of brutal torture is suffering a serious eye pathos-injury and his right eyesight has been damaged. His health condition and digestive system has been seriously endangered. In lack of adequate hygienic situations and sustaining solitary confinement is suffering serious derma-injury. Consequently, Peyman needs an immediate medical treatment. It is noteworthy to pay attention to this point, that Peyman Piran has been forced to confess and self condemnation in front of camera. In Middle-Ages regime of Mullahs it is a common place to force televised confession in order to disgrace and discourage the political prisoner. Peyman Piran is not the only political prisoner in this inhumane situation, but many, Such as Behrouz KARIMI-ZADEH, Saeed MASURI, Saeed SHAHGHALE, Heshmat TABARZADI, Ali KANTOORI , Farhad HAJI MIR REZAI, who are in the same ward. The horrible news is coming from Iran daily. For instance a Turk journalist Farzad KAMANGAR has been jailed more than 17 months and 8 months in solitary confinement, brutally tortured and has been condemned to capital penalty. Farhad VAKILI, Ali HEIDARIAN are both condemned to death penalty too. Who should be accountable to all these barbaric crimes? The majority of Iranian people and all opposition have boycotted the undemocratic parliament elections which was hold on March14. The regime of clergymen so called Islamic Republic enjoys no legitimacy and because of crime against humanity should be brought to justice. We condemn vigorously the flagrant violation of human rights by mullah regime in Iran and the same time demanding respectfully your prompt measures to be taken to put pressure on the Iranian authorities to release Peyman Piran immediately and unconditionally and have access to immediate medical treatment for the other political prisoners as well. The family of Peyman Piran is pleading for your help. His father Mostafa Piran, ex-political prisoner could flee the country but it raises his concern about his son and is looking for justice. Those who are struggling for freedom and democracy thank you. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani
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UNHCHR Mrs. Louise Arbour UNHCHR Secretary General Mr. Ban. Ki-moon Excellencies SOS Zurich January 29.2008 The horrible news is instantly coming from Iran. According to the latest received by Human Rights Activist in Iran, Babak DADBAKHSH the political prisoner student who has staged a hunger strike and stitched his lips to protest his exile to notorious Gohardasht Karaj Prison, his life has jeopardized. In order to put more pressure on Babak, he has been transferred to ward 5 section 13. Dr. Seyyed Mostafa ALAVI, physician, researcher and writer has been arrested by order of Hassan Zare DEHNAVI alias Haddad judge. End of August he was sent to Evin prison ward 7. A wile after he was exiled to Gohar-dasht-e Karaj prison; the most awful one near to Tehran. Dr. ALAVI since Jan.8 has staged a hunger strike in protesting to a very harsh situation of prison and the lack of security. On the 13 days of hunger strike his health condition has been deteriorated. Dr. Alavi is suffering diabetes, kidneys disorder, and heart disease and needs to be insulin injected. He has last in some extent his eye sight and is in a very crucial situation. Please be informed tow juvenile Hamzeh CHAVI 19 and Loghman HAMZEHPOUR 18 years old are in the list to be hanged in sardasht city west azarbaijan province. Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeini BROUJERDI the secular clergyman in Evin prison notorious ward 209 is sustaining brutal tortures. It was reported, that Broujerdi in coma has been hospitalized and his where about is unknown. Mr. Aliasghar NIKBAKHT 64 years old political prisoner who has been imprisoned since 1996 in Isfehan jail, has affected by cancer and needs immediate medical treatment. We condemn vigorously the brutal and fanatic behavior of so called Islamic Republic of Iran fascist regime and the same time appreciate your timely action before is being too late. Those who are struggling for democracy and freedom thank you. Yours Sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy to: UNHCHR, UNHCR Geneva, Amnesty International London, HRW, EU
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UNHCHR Mrs. Louise Arbour UNHCHR Secretary General Mr. Ban. Ki-moon Excellencies Zurich January 28.2008 Please be informed, that the Iraqis prisoners in Iran are pleading for your help. Some of Iraqis, who came illegally to Iran to ask for asylum, have been arrested. All of them without having access to translator, lawyer and court procedure, have been condemned to 2 years prison terms. Although they have been illegally condemned to serve prison term, but mostly are now over 4 years that are still sitting in jail. They have been already for 2 years in notorious Evin prison ward 209, but now are serving extra prison term in very inhumane condition in Rajai-shahr Karaj prison. The Iranian authorities are going to use these Iraqis as their political purposes instrument and is refusing to free them. Their names are as follows:
I am going to remind you that not only the Iranian people are suffering under the terrorist fanatic regime of Mullahs in Iran but the Iraqis too. We appreciate your timely measures are going to be taken to free these disheartened, desperate, unlucky Iraqi asylum seeker prisoners. Yours Sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy to: UNHCHR, UNHCR Geneva, Amnesty International London, HRW, EUP,
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UNHCHR Secretary General Mr. Ban. Ki-moon Excellencies SOS Zurich, January 22. 2008 Horrible news is coming from Iran. The Iranian student political prisoner Ebrahim LOTFOLLAHI who was studing in Payam-e-noor University has been killed under torture in Sanandaj prison. Political prisoner students in Rajjai shahr prison since 15 Jan. have staged a hunger strike namely: Mr. Behruz JAVID TEHRANI Mehrdad LOHRASBI Dr. Sayyed Mostafa ALAVI Khaled HARDANI And Babak DADBAKHSH Momentum Mr. Behruz JAVID TEHRANI and Babak DADBAKHSH in solidarity with other students political prisoners and in protest to the very crucial situation of Mehrdad LOHRASBI who is very sick, have stitched their lips. The situation of political prisoners in Gohardasht-Karaj prison has been deteriorated. They are under double pressure by imposing the lack of warmth system and have no access to medical/hygienically services. We express our deeply concern about the situation of all political/ conscience prisoners specially those students who are disappeared. I would like to bring to your attention, that since 14 Jan. at least 10 leftist students in Tehran have been arrested, some of them such as;
Please be informed that Ms. Bita NAGHASHIAN a member of Human Rights Activists since Dec.4. 07 (13 Azar) has been disappeared. Amir SARAN, Afshin BAYMANI and Mehrdad LOHRASBI have sustained brutally beating and foul language. Three Polytechnic University political prisoner students; Ahmad GHASSABAN- Madjid TAVAKKOLI and Ehsan MANSOURI they have served their prison term, but are still sitting in jail. Akram SHAHLAI the mother of Keyvan AMIRI-ELYASI who is now over 42 days in jail and the family of Nader AHSANI who is over 52 days disappeared, are pleading for help. All the detainee students are in solitary confinement and suffering torture. Who should be accountable for all these crimes and the death of Ebrahim LOTFOLLAHI We appreciate your timely action to be taken to rescue their lives. Yours Sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani
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UNHCHR Secretary General Mr. Ban. Ki-moon Excellencies SOS Zurich, January 6. 2008 The horrible news coming daily from Iran concerning the arrests of Student’s Movement or human rights activists or hanging of young people. For instance Jan 5 Mr. Syed Mehdi SHEIBANI an Ex-Political prisoner has been arrested, Jan.2 Rahele ZAMANI a 27 years old mother of two 3 and 5 years old children with other 12 persons was hanged. On Jan.6, 5 persons in Sistan province their right hands and left feet have been maimed. Ali was 16 as committed a crime, now is 21years old after 5 years imprisonment is going to be hanged. Mr. Abed TAVANCHE who has been freed on bail, Jan. 3 has been another time arrested Mr. Keyvan RAFIEE the Human Rights Speaker who has been imprisoned for more than 14 months without any trial and after lack of any evidence was released on a heavy bail, very shortly after freeing since Monday Dec.24 has been disappeared and nobody knows his where about. Many Students have been arrested, kidnapped before the national student’s day in Iran Dec.7 (16 Azar). In order to prevent the commemoration of the student’s day, more than 40 students have been imprisoned and some of them their where about is unknown. Such as:
Some of them has been several time imprisoned; namely Peyman Piran. His father Mostafa PIRAN after several arresting could flee the country and asked asylum in Norway and his younger brother Pezhman Piran is seeking asylum in Turkey. These political prisoners are seemingly in Evin Prison notorious wards 209 authorized by Information Ministry and 325 authorized by Guards Corp. The families of those mentioned above Students political prisoners are denied to have access to lawyer and have no news about their loved one. The recently arrested students mostly on campus or hijacked on the streets, have been brutally tortured such as: beating with foul language, lashes, deprived to sleep for more than 3 to 7 days, and some of them namely Ali HEYDARIAN and his brother Abdollah HEYDARIAN and Shokrollah HEYDARI in city Sanandaj west of Iran so brutally tortured that the left hand of Abdollah Heydarian from two parts has been broken. He has been denied to receive medical treatment. We urge very respectfully the UN Human Rights Council due to its duty to take action immediately and interfere to ask the IR of Iran the where about of above mentioned political prisoners and the same time to release unconditionally all political prisoners in Iran. Yours Sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani
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To: UNHCHR Geneva HCHR Ms. Louise Arbour UN Secretary General Mr. Ban. Ki- moon Subject: new wave of execution in Iran SOS Zurich, August 2. 2007 Your Excellencies I am an Iranian in exile writing to you to bring to your attention, that the news coming from Iran is horrible. In the last week of July 16 persons mostly youth or under aged have been brutally hanged. Yesterday 7 political prisoners in Tehran and today 7 in Mashhad northwest of Iran have been hanged and as usual on the street! Tomorrow some reportedly 15 will be hanged! The middle-Ages regime of clergy men has destroyed our country, culture and our life and we are expecting the understanding and assistance of all who are promoting the dignity of human rights and right to live humanely. The reactionary regime of Mullahs in Iran because of its failure to obtain its desires for atom bomb and its confrontation with UN Security Council resolution is going to take revenge the political prisoners like the same has done in summer 1988; massacred ten thousands of political prisoners in notorious Evin jail in Iran. We are pleading respectfully for your help to stop the executions and immediate releasing of all political/conscience prisoners in Iran. Regime of Mullahs( so called Islamic Republic of Iran) has increased its brutal suppressing all freedom loving, civil and democratic movements such as women, worker, teachers and students … For instance Delaram ALI a woman was collecting signature to abolishing all misogynist gender based legislation, has condemned to 2 years and 10 months imprisonment term and lashes!. Mansur OSANLOO, the transport syndicate secretary, previously many times arrested and tortured, after coming back to country from participation in annual session of International Transport Federation, another time has been beaten and abducted on the street and jailed, sustaining torture. Mr. Mahmoud SALEHI bakers syndicate chief person is still in prison, suffering sever kidney sickness, needs immediate medical treatment and has crucial situation. Keyvan RAFIEE the spokesman of Human Rights Activist in Iran, is now more than 13 months confined; many months in solitary confinement without any trail in ward 7 Evin prison. Hundreds of students are still in prisons and suffering repeatedly brutal torture such as Mansour RADPOUR has recently been brutally tortured his ribs and teeth have been broken. Madjid KAWUSIFAR who asked for asylum in American embassy in Arab United Emirate but denied and was deported to Iran. He was among those who were hanged Yesterday; August 2. Many young are in the raw of execution such as Mosleh ZAMANI a boy17years old from Sanandaj west Iran. We (Progressive Women Organization) can not standing the extreme agony of the mothers; all Iranian pleading for help. We appreciate your timely measures to be taken in this regards putting pressure on Iranian authorities to abandon the barbaric rule and fulfil their commitments and obligations to Universal Declaration of Human Rights which has signed it. Those who are struggling for democracy and freedom condemn vigorously the brutality of ruling regime in Iran especially the thug vigilantes in Ahmadinezhad cabinet. In the name of humanity I urge you to interfere to put an end to these crimes. Please take action before being too late and thank you very much indeed. For any further information I am available at any time at your convenience. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahar Erfani
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UNHCHR Mrs. Louise Arbour UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon SOS Zurich, 02.06.07 Excellencies Please be informed, according to the latest Khaled HARDANI one of those Iranian political prisoners is going to be hanged on 04. July.2007 (13/04/1386). He is sitting in Rajai shahr-karaj prison with Shahram and Farhang POURMANSURI. We appreciate your prompt action before it is too late. Please pay attention that the court proceeding of Kyvan RAFIEE the spokesman of Human Rights Activists in Iran has been postponed for third times and the regime agents have stormed his parent house, arrested his father, brother and sister and their facilities are confiscated. There is no evidence against Keyvan Rafiee in his dossier and he has no verdict and his dossier has been returned to Revolutionary court brunch 14. Keyvan Rafiee has been arrested on July 9. 2006 (18 Tir 1385) on charge of participating in commemoration of event 18 Tir, which thousands of students that their peaceful demonstration came to a bloody crack down, were arrested, tortured, stabbed to death or executed. Since then he is in notorious Evin prison ward 209 and more than 9 months was in solitary confinement, sustained torture physically and psychologically and staged hunger strike for many times. Yet no trail and verdict has been made. The prisoner just used to report the situation of human rights in Iran concerning the political prisoners mostly students. Keyvan Rafiee need immediately medical treatment and is suffering different illness. He is not the only one who is suffering these circumstances, but many students and freedom loving have the same situation in prisons in Iran. We expecting the human rights watchers and defenders who are committed to promoting and dignity of human rights to take action and put the authorities in ruling regime in Iran under pressure to stop these brutalities and release all political/conscience prisoners, and provide them relief and prompt medical treatment. The Middle-Ages regime of Mullahs should be accountable to all criminalities has exercised upon innocent people and by your measures should be taken to remind them to respect the Universal Human Rights Declaration. In Iran, all movements such as, workers/labors, students, teachers, nurses and specially women movement are brutally suppressed. Recently the women who are deprived from all their basic rights have launched a campaign to collect 1. Million signatures to abolish misogynic gender based legislation. They have been disfranchised and denied from their fundamental rights. Now is summer time and in Iran it is hot, the women on the street because of their wearing would confronted with beating and foul language consequently arrested; by regime agents and so called police men. It is noteworthy to bring to your attention that many young girls and women have been so far arrested; some of them tortured because of their clothing and carrying light color or their hair was not covered properly! It is very shameful for contemporary human being in 21 century and third millennium to be witness to such a barbaric actions and not to interfere to stop it. We condemn vigorously these brutalities of Mullahs regime in Iran and the same time demanding the human rights defenders very respectfully to take action to put pressure on inhumane and misogynic regime of reactionary thugs in Iran to free all political prisoners and respect the civil rights of civilian and stop medieval attitudes towards all Iranian specially women. Those who are struggling for freedom and democracy thank you. Following you find a list of some political/conscience prisoners in crucial situation who are pleading for your help. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani 1 – Miss. Roghieh JABERI (ward Nesvan-room 3) her father had converted his faith, as result was executed on 12.05.07 (22.02.86) 2 – Dr. ANSARI 3 – Saeed DERAKHSHANDI 4 – FALAHIZADEH 5 – FARAHBAKHSH 6 – BAGHBAN (Teacher movement) 7 – Ghafour ESMAILY (Teacher movement) 8 – Waez TAGHAVI (Teacher movement 9 – Behruz JAVID TEHRANI (ward 209, solitary confinement, room 121) 10 - Mr. JAHANDAR 11 – Hamid POURVOSUGH 12 – Miss. Setareh ARKEZVARI (Kermanshah Diselabad prison) 13 – Mohammad WEIZI (Kermanshah Diselabad prison) 14 – Mohammad MORADI (Kermanshah Diselabad prison) 15 – Ali SALEHI (Kermanshah Diselabad prison) 16 – Pyman KHANJARI (Kermanshah Diselabad prison) 17 – Akbar SANJABI (Kermanshah Diselabad prison) Copy to: UNHCHR-Geneva / Amnesty International-London
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UNHCHR Mrs. Louise Arbour UN Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan Excellencies SOS Zurich, October 31. 2006 I would like to draw your attention to the latest we have been informed repeatedly that the situation of Iranian political /conscience prisoners in ward 209 in Evin prison (which is under observation of Intelligence Ministry) has been deteriorated and are sustaining a brutal psychological and physical tortures namely:
The very harsh situation of political prisoners which caused by executioners, such as Hadj Saeed SHEIKHAN, Abbas SOTUDEH, saeed(Mehrdad) ALIKHANI, Mozaffar TEHRANI who is torturer of Zahra KAZEMI the late Canadian-Iranian journalist who was raped and tortured to death in Evin prison, have resulted the imprisoned students and human tights activist to stage hunger strike. Excellencies The political prisoners of Rajai Shahr karaj regarding a very horrendous and inhumane condition of detain 209 in Evin have written a letter and pleading for help, demanding all human rights watchers to an immediate measures to be taken in favor of the mentioned political prisoners against the blatant violation of these prisoners rights. They are requesting the same time that the UN Human Rights Council to build an investigating body to departure to Iran in order to investigate this situation and simultaneously demanding to transfer those political prisoners from ward 209 to 350 in notorious Evin jail. The letter has been sighed by:
From Rajai Shahr Karaj Please be informed, 60 agents mostly criminal prisoners steering by Mr. MOGHNIAN and Mr. Barat RAHCHAMANI attacked Mr. Afshin BAYMANI by beating and foul language, they were armed by dagger, stick and glass. Later attacked Mr. Behruz JAVID TEHRANI, Mr. Heshmat SARAN, Mr. Jafar EGHDAMI and Mr. Mehrdad LOHRASBI, Who is badly sick. Mr. Alireza KARAMI-KHEIRABADI who is very ill by sustaining torture. Mr. Behrouz JAVID TEHRANI is injured so that his 2 upper teeth are broken and other 5 are destabilized. His upper lip got 12 stitches after hours delay and a lot bleeding. We condemn vigorously this brutality and demanding very respectfully to rescue the life of Mr. Mehrdad LOHRASBI who is since 1999 student’s movement uprising, in jail and is in very crucial health condition. Mr. Alireza KARAMI-KHEIRABADI who is 8 years imprisoned on charge of accusation of espionage in favor of Iraq and his brother and his son have been assassinated by mullah’s regime, needs prompt psychological treatment. The life of our political prisoners across the country is jeopardized and the Middle-Ages, terrorist and fanatic Mullah regime has planned to get rids of all political prisoners by conspiracies. Their alarming letter has been sent out of prison on October 23. 06. We appreciate your prompt action in the name of democracy, freedom and social justice to be taken to impose the Iranian authorities to free all political prisoners and the same time to stop death penalty and stoning; a horrendous barbaric action which is in contrary to Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Those who are struggling for human dignity thank you. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani
Copy to: UNHCHR-Geneva / Amnesty International-London
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Ms. Louise
Arbour UNHCHR Regarding to my letter on July14. 2006, I had informed you about a very crucial situation of Political / conscience prisoners and specially the very harsh situation of Human Rights reporter Mr. Keyvan RAFIEE who has been 83 days in solitary confinement in Evin prison ward 209 in Iran. He has also for second time staged a dry hunger strike. It is
noteworthy to remind you, that Mr. Akbar Mohammadi and Valiallah
Feize-Mahdavi in your negligence both are died after 9 days hunger strike,
although I have warned you about their crucial situation. Now Keyvan
Rafiee is on the raw and you all are still careless to this human
catastrophe but only just care about atom energy and play a cat and mouse
with the Middle-Ages, corrupt and terrorist regime of Mullahs in Tehran.
The political prisoners in Iran are in a very dangerous situation. Some of
them have been imprisoned repeatedly, such as Ahmad BATEBI, Keyvan RAFIEE,
Omid ABBASGHOLI-Nezhad… I am writing to you in the hop of to tackle your conscience about all catastrophe that are going on in Iran by your ignorance upon the perishing of political prisoners in many different Jails over there, such as Gohardasht-karaj, Adelabad-Shiraz, Rajai-Shahr, Evin, Diselababd… We condemn very rigorously the inhumane and brutal policy of the murder regime of Mullahs and those who have closed their eyes on all atrocities which are taking place in Iran. What happend to you all?! The Iranian people are suffering under state terrorism! If you want to get rid of terrorism, isolate the Mullah regime in Tehran, which is sponsoring all terrorist activities. Prevent all conspiracy against the efforts of Iranian people to replace these thugs and their administration by a democratic one. We demanding you respectfully to rescue the life of Keyvan RAFIEE before it is too late, and the same time is raising our concern about all political prisoners in Iran who their lives are endangered. Please be informed our political prisoners namely the women, students, workers, freedom loving people even clergy men who are protesting the atrocity of regime like Ayatollah Hossein kazemeini Brujerdi, which over 100 of his followers are suffering in jail, pleading for your help. Please take a timely action to stop the criminal regime of Tehran to continue the flagrant violation of human rights and put it under pressure to release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally and put a stop to execution. Those who are fighting for freedom, democracy and social justice thank you. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani
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Dear Ms. Louise Arbour UNHCHR Excellencies SOS Zurich, August 02.2006 Hereby, I would like to bring to your consideration, that in July 14, I have sent you a letter emphasized the endangered situation of Students political prisoners. Under mentioned names you could see the name of killed political prisoner Akbar MOHAMMADI who was for more than 7 years in Evin Prison on charge of supporting the Student’s Movement for implementing democracy, freedom and rule of law in Iran. Akbar MOHAMMADI staged a hunger strike, on 9th day on Sunday July 30. 2006 his weak body faced torture meanwhile his mouth was scotched; beating and foul language so brutally could not sustain and aftermath got an injection which within 30 minuets is murdered. Mr. Akbar Mohammadi, recently published a book about the very harsh situation of political prisoners and did disclosure the flagrant violation of human rights in Iran. At the moment his brother Manoochehr MOHAMMADI who is more than 7 years imprisoned in the same jail sustained torture is facing with deteriorated his pour health condition and need an immediate medical treatment. We have last another of our best children of Iran again, but there are hundreds of students and freedom loving supporters who are suffering the very inhumane situation of prisons in Iran, such as Gohardasht Karaj or Rajai Shahr-e Karaj, and many other known and unknown jails. We are pleading you for taking action before it is too late. Ahmad BATEBI who was arrested the same time in uprising of students Movement in 1999, recently could be free for a short time, but last week the agents of regime invaded his house and arrested him again, now today is the 5th days that is under hunger strike as well. I emphasize another time, that all political prisoners their life has been endangered and need our prompt measure to be taken to make them free. Any hesitation drives to irreparable and we do not want to be witness to perishing all of best children of this territory; our future. We condemn vigorously the inhumane action of the terrorist regime of fascist Mullahs and the same time demanding very respectfully those who have the mandate to maintain establishment of human rights, freedom and peace for humanity to act immediately to prevent more human catastrophe. In Iran soon coming the anniversary of commemorating the massacre of thousands of political prisoners in summer 1988 those who extrajudicial were hanged. Please stop Iranian authorities from committing another catastrophe and impose them to implement their duties complying with the human rights conventions. We are expecting your commitment as Human Rights Watchers to send an investigating body to Iran to free all political prisoners unconditionally and bring the fanatic and terrorist regime of religious fascist of so called "Islamic Republic of Iran" to justice. We appreciate your timely reaction regarding the death of Akbar Mohammadi and horrible condition of political prisoners in Iran. Thank you very much indeed for more information I am always available. Yours Sincerely Dr. Zahar Erfani
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Zurich, July 14. 2006 UN Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan Excellencies SOS I am writing to bring to your attention, That Mr. Keyvan Rafiee the Iranian Human Rights activist has been arrested on charge of dissemination of news about the situation of Students Movement and political prisoners in Iran. Keyvan Rafiee has committed his duty as a journalist; answer the questions concerning the situation of political / conscience detainees. He had also interviews with the Radio Parss which is based in Zurich-Switzerland and had the situations of students political prisoners reported. Since July 9.1999 (18 Tir) we commemorate the anniversary of the uprising of the Students Movement in Iran which came by regime rogue persons and police men to a bloody crack down, took 6 days and rocked the misogynic, Middle-Ages, terrorist, religious fascist, murder and high corrupt regime of Mullahs. Since July 9, Mr. Keyvan Rafiee has been arrested, nobody knows his whereabouts. It is noteworthy to pay attention to this point that all political prisoners are their life endangered. Please be informed about some political prisoners as follows: Behruz Javid-Tehrani (Evin Prison) Mehrdad Lohrasbi Manuchehr Mohammadi Akbar Mohammadi Ahmad Batebi Abbas Deldar Hojjat Bakhtiari Ebrahim Momeni Bina Darabzand Farhang Pourmansuri Mohammad Ebrahimi (condemned to 13 years imprisonment) Amir Hossein Movahedi (Meshkin Sharh Prison) Alireza Karami Kheirabadi ( Rajai shahr-Gohardasht ) Karaj Prison Fazel Ramezani and Hajat Morad Mohammadi ( Gohardasht Karaj Prison) Yaser Madjidi ( Birjand Prison) Dr. Saiid Masuri( Gohardasht Karaj Prison) Amir Hossein Heshmat Saran (Gohardasht Karaj Prison) Arzhang Davudi (Bandar Abbas Prison) Keyvan Saberi (Abhar Prison) Khaled Hardani (Evin Prison) Heidar Noori( Semnan Prison) Vali Davudi( Sabzevar Prison) Vali-allah Feiz Mahdavi (Gohardasht Karaj Prison) Asad Shaghaghi (Gohardasht Karaj Prison) Omid Abbas Gholi-nezhad (Rajai Shahr Karaj Prison) Yashar Ghajar and Abed Tavanche 2 political prisoners Students from Amirkabir University, Masud Bastani – Journalist Mehdi Seyed-zadeh activist from Tabriz and other journalists whose whereabouts is unknown are as follows: Hasan Arg Changiz Fakhavar Gholamreza Amani Ahmad Rezai We demanding very respectfully all freedom loving and human rights watchers to urge the Iranian authorities to free Keyvan Rafiee uncoditionaly and the same time others political prisoners as well. Those who are struggling for Human Rights, Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice thank you. Yours Sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy to: Human Rights watch Amnesty International UNHCHR-Geneva European Parliament Human Rights Council |
Your Excellencies SOS
Dear Madam / Sir
I am writing to bring to your attention, that the Iranian political prisoner Mr. Hojjat ZAMANI Who are the Mojahedin Organization’s sympathizer after 4 years sustaining brutal tortures is condemned to death penalty. It’s noteworthy that his elder brother Khazaal ZAMANI has been killed by regime agents in 1999 and the other brother Fallah ZAMANI was killed in 2000 by the same way in Ilam, west Iran. His Uncle Abdollah NADERI was killed in 1989 under brutal torture in prison.
Hojjat ZAMANI in 1996 as teacher in ILam was denied to exercise his profession and was under persecution and prosecution because of his sympathy for Iran People Mojahedin Organization.
By the latest we are informed that regime has disseminated, that he was hanged for two times yesterday. But there are a trustable resource, that the regime want to evaluate as usual the reaction of public opinion toward this action, it means, that the regime is going to prepare the public opinion to hang Mr. Hojjat Zamani.
The same time Ms. Elham AFRUTAN a young writer and poet who has published a satire verses about the regime policy and it’s leadership, is imprisoned and is under brutal torture so that the news has been linked out that under unbearable torture she is in coma situation. She is condemned to death as well.
We are urging the Human Rights supporters and those who are committed to the responsibility for dignify and promoting the Human Rights to take action promptly for adequate measures to be taken to stop this inhumane action and the same time demanding the release of Hojjate ZAMANI and Elham AFRUTAN and all other political prisoners unconditionally.
Those who are struggling for Human Rights and freedom and democracy thank you.
Please be informed, that for more question I am available.
Yours Sincerely
Dr. Zari Erfani
Copy to: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch; UNHCHR Geneva
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UNHCHR Excellencies Dear Ms. Louise Arbour SOS Zurich, March 9. 2005 Dear Mr. Jurmi Wangchuk Dear Ms. Christina Saunders I am writing to bring to your attention that, the student political prisoner MR. Farzad HAMIDI in the Rajai-shahr prison in Karaj city west of Tehran-Iran, since January 26 have staged a hunger strike in protesting the very harsh situation of Prison and the intimidation, threat and pressure that, regime exercises upon his family. We are very concern that, Mr. Dr. Farzad HAMIDI, has been brought to solitary confinement and is in a very crucial health condition and need immediately medical treatment to be rescued his life. He is perishing in jail, he has almost last his senses of hearing and seeing. We are pleading humbly all freedom loving people to rescue the life of Farzad HAMIADI before it’s too late. As you are informed this regime enjoy no legitimacy and the recent situation is running against the religious fascist regime of Mullahs. Hence they are doing their suicide attempt to kill as much as possible and discourage those who are resisting the fanatic regime of clerics. Recently many web-loggers and journalist have been arrested or very mysteriously murdered. Namely, Elnaz Derakhshan, Shiva and Shahla SHEKARI the journalists of “EFTEKHAR” and “SHARGH” news papers and Nazanin NEZAM-SHAHIDI a contemporary young poet. The Iranian people and Students Movement demanding you very respectfully, to exert pressure on Islamic Republic authorities and remind them that they are accountable to the situation of political prisoners and the same time requesting the immediate and unconditional releasing of all political prisoners in Iran. The terrorist and murder Mullah regime should be brought to the justice. Those who are fighting for freedom, democracy and social justice thank you for the prompt measures which you are going to take in this regard. Yours Sincerely
Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy to: Amnesty International- London Human Rights Watch Kofi Annan UN Secretary General
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UNHCHR Excellencies SOS Dear Ms. Louise ARBOUR Zurich February 3. 2005 Dear Mr. Jurmi WANGCHUK Dear Ms. Christina SAUNDERS I am writing to bring to your attention that, the student political prisoners in the prison of the Rajai-shahr of Karaj city west of Tehran-Iran, since January 26 have staged a hunger strike in protesting the very harsh situation of Prison and the intimidation, threat and pressure that, regime exercises upon their families. These students are as follow: Mr. Bina DARAB-ZAND, Farzad HAMIDI, Arzhang DAVOODI, Mehrdad LOHRASBI, Hojat ZAMANI, Jafar EGHDAMI, Feiz MAHDAVI, and Ario SARAJI. Please be informed that Mr. Mehrdad HEIDAR-POUR, imprisoned in Evin jail ward 350, has staged a hunger strike in solidarity with those in Rajai-shahr prison, as well. We are very concern that, Mr. Dr. Farzad HAMIDI, has been brought to solitary confinement and Arzhang DAVOODI and Bina DARAB-ZAND are in a very crucial health condition and need medical treatment. As you are informed this regime enjoy no legitimacy and the recent situation is running against the religious fascist regime of Mullahs. Hence they doing their suicide attempt to kill as much as possible and discourage those who resisting the fanatic regime of clerics. Recently many web-loggers and journalist have been arrested or very mysteriously murdered. Namely, Elnaz Derakhshan, Shiva and Shahla SHEKARI the journalists of “EFTEKHAR” and “SHARGH” news papers and Nazanin NEZAM-SHAHIDI a contemporary young poet. The Iranian people and Students Movement demanding you very respectfully, to exert pressure on Islamic Republic authorities and remind them that they are accountable to the situation of political prisoners and the same time requesting the immediate and unconditional releasing of all political prisoners in Iran. The terrorist and murder Mullah regime should be brought to the justice. Those who are fighting for freedom, democracy and social justice thank you for the prompt measures which you are going to take in this regard. Yours Sincerely
Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy to: Amnesty International- London Human Rights Watch Kofi Annan UN Secretary General
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UNHCHR SOS Dear Mrs. Louise ARBOUR Zurich August 19. 2004 Dear Mr. Jurmi WANGCHUK Human Rights Officer- Asia Dear Ms. Christina SAUNDERS Special Rapporteur on violence against women
I am writing to inform you about the arbitrary arresting of the family members of some of political prisoners, who staged a sit in, On August 17 in front of the UN office in Tehran, protesting the very harsh and critical conditions of political prisoners under the sovereignty of Mullahs regime. They were confronted with beaten and foul languages among them children and elderly mothers. Hereby, I would like to bring to your attention that, thousands of political prisoners are sustaining, suffering brutal tortures in Iran’s jails. Since July 1999 many calm critics like the leadership of Iran Nation Party, writers and authors, the student’s movement leadership are serving the prison terms and are subjected to heinous tortures. In a country that the judge himself playing the roll of the interrogator and executioner and has extra Judiciary system, there is no source to refer to bring the criminals to justice. This year is the 16 commemoration of those who have been subjected to three minutes trail and were hanged in mass; Because Khomeini was imposed to accept the 598 Resolution of UN in cease fire with Iraq. Since the seventh Parliaments election in last February which massively was boycotted in and out of Iran, the so called Islamic Republic of Iran, enjoy no legitimacy and doing its suicide efforst to suffocate any voice in bud, any uprising and ordered new rules in order to prevent the fulfilment of basic rights of people especially the women. The most indication of this outdate and religious fascist regime of fanatic clerics is misogynic. We demanding very respectfully the High Commission for Human Rights and especial rapporteur to Iran to take immediate measures to investigate the situation of arrestees and the same time requesting immediate and unconditional realising of all political prisoners and their families members. Those who are struggling for freedom, democracy and Human Rights dignity thank you. Please be informed the names of those being detained are as follows: Ms Shiva Nazari, Ms Akram Eqbali, Ms Saran, Ms Abbassqoli Nejad, Mr Bina Darab Zand, Mr Taqi Hamidi, Mr Farzad Hamidi, Mr Ali Tabarzadi, Mr Hassan Qissari,and Mr Behrooz Javid Tehrani. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani Copy sent to: UNHCHR in Geneva, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch
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SOS Zurich/Switzerland Tel&fax: + 41 1 341 94 28 Zurich, August 2. 2004 Mobile: + 41 78 711 76 05 E.mail: za.erfani@freesurf.ch UNHCHR Mrs. Louise Arbour, Mr. Jurmi wangchuk Human Rights Officer- Asia Ms. Christina Saunders Special Rapporteur on violence against women Human Rights Watch (Middle East) Mr. Greg Mayne, the special Rapporteur on department of judges and lawyers All international Human Rights Organizations Dear Madam, Sir I am writing to express our profound concern about the crucial situation of the political prisoners in Iran. How long should be a witness to perishing of the political prisoners and to the ignorance of UNHCHR about the flagrant violation of Human Rights in Iran? Universal Declaration of Human Rights is valid for everybody irrespective their country of origin, race or religion. How many thousands political prisoners should be killed under torture or Hunger strike till be a tackle to High Commission for Human Rights or the Human Rights watchers to take action against. This summer we mark the 16 commemoration of massacre of ten thousands of political prisoners in jails across the country, those who were subjected to hanging by the decree of Khomeini in order to get revenge the people; because he had to accepted the 598 UN resolution in cease fire with Iraq. Why you don’t bring the terrorist, Middle-Ages and murder Mullahs regime to justice? The current ruling regime in Iran should be tried before the International Tribunal on charge of crime against Humanity. Since July 4 to 28 the students, political prisoners staged a hunger strike in order to bring to your attention the very crucial conditions of fallen victims to the religious fascist sovereignty. They were under hunger strike but the required attention of representative to UNHCHR on Iran Mr. Wangchuk was not paid. Mr. Naser Zarafshan the lawyer to chain murders in 1999 is still suffering the brutal torture and inhumane condition on charge of defending the innocents, the students. On July 28 they stopped the hunger strike but the agents of mullahs were ordered to attack them and Naser Zarafshan confronted with beaten and foul languages and the others as well. Mr. Naser Zarafshan has been treated to death. His life is in danger if you don’t take action to impose the authorities to free him and other political prisoners in Iran, then would be too late to prevent a catastrophe. If something happened to them, you should be accountable. Very respectfully we are requesting: 1- Immediate and unconditional releasing of all political prisoners in Iran namely Mr. Naser Zarafshan, Farzad Hamidi, Ahmad Batebi, Pyman Pyran, Manouchehr Mohammadi, Akbar Mohammadi, Saiid Masoury, Reza Mohammadi, Omid abbsali- Nehzad, Saiid shahghalei, Reza Mohammadi, Farhad Dousti, Alireza Shariatpanahi, Behrouz Javid Tehrani, Hossein Gheisari, Gholamreza Azami, Ali Rezai, Gholamhossein Kalbi, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi... 2- We need your support to bring this criminal regime to justice, before the International Tribunal. Those who are struggling for freedom and democracy and promoting the Human Rights appreciate your timely measures are going to be taken. Thank you very much indeed. Yours sincerely Dr. Zahra Erfani
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High
Commissioner for Human Rights
SOS Dear Mrs.
Louise ARBOUR
Zurich July 23, 2004 As the
United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights is the source and resort
to the suffering nations, we recall the authorities to implementing their
avow toward Iranian political prisoners who are perishing under heinous
conditions. Yours
sincerely
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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Associate Human Rights Officer Zurich March 17, 2004
Dear Ms. Tsedev Hulan,
I am writing to bring your attention to the very critical condition of Mr. Pyman PIRAN, member of the National Union of Iranian Students and Graduates. He has staged a hunger strike, since March 7 in branch 6 in Qasr prison, protesting his imprisonment. It is noteworthy that branch 6 are prison cells designated to criminals and convicts.
Hereby, I would like to draw your attention to this issue that Mr. Pyman Piran fled to Switzerland last year and applied for political asylum but was denied to be granted a refugee status. As he is an activist and has devoted himself for establishing freedom, democracy and social justice in Iran, could not stand this ignorance and was forced to go back to Iran, as the result has been arrested and tortured in Prison. His father Mr. Mostafa PIRAN had been imprisond, tortured for several times.
Dear Ms. Hulan, the political prisoners, who are for many years sustaining, suffering inhumane tortures under the sovereignty of mullah `s regime, pleading for your help.
We appreciate your timely and prompt measures to be taken and demanding the immediate unconditional releasing of all political/conscience prisoners under the name of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I express my concern deeply upon a very crucial condition of several Students Movement`s Leadership in prison; as Mr. Akbar Mohammadi, Mehrdad Lohrasbi, Manouchehr Mohammadi, Omid Abbasgholi nezhad, Abdolah Amini, Ahmad Batebi, Farzad Hamidi… who are sitting in prisons with Thousands political prisoners; Students, workers, teachers etc.
Since July 9, 2003 -in commemorating the July 9, 1999- which I in accompany of a delegate had a meeting with you and your colleague, no change has happened and our student’s movement leadership as well as other political prisoners are perishing under medieval tortures in prisons under Khatami administration who represent the mullah’s regime; a religious fascist, fanatic, murder and high corrupt one.
Those who are struggling for freedom, democracy, civil society, rule of law and social justice, condemn vigorously the flagrant violation of human rights in Iran and appreciate your commitment to bring the so called Islamic Republic of Iran to the justice and International Tribunal charged for crimes against humanity.
Thank you very much indeed and for more information I am always available.
Yours sincerely
Dr. Zahra Erfani
Copy to: AI-London, Human Rights Watch, European Human Rights Parliament, OMCT
SOS
Rescue Sadeghinoor
Your Excellencies
Zurich,
March 6. 2003
Once
again, the UNHCR in Turkey has violated the refugees right and very regretfully
deported the Iranian asylum seeker, one of those Students movement activist Mr. Mohsen
Sadeghinoor, to death to Iran. Sadeghinoor
could flee the country and seek asylum in Turkey. but has been denied to
be granted a refugees status. Very astonishing, the UNHCR in spot has claimed
that Sadeghinoor is able to obtain adequate protection from the authorities of
Islamic Republic of Iran and in cooperation with the Iranian authorities had
decided to expel him via airport to Iran.
He was to be sent by air on Saturday march 1, but his
family could not find him at the airport in Tehran. By latest, he has been
abducted and is in the claw of Middle- Ages criminal Regime in Iran sustaining
brutal tortures. We condemn vigorously this inhumane action and draw your
attention to this point that the NHCR in Turkey should be accountable for this
heinous action.
Please be informed, in case of careful consideration
and just scrutiny your branch office could determined that Mr. Sadeghinoor dose
meet the protection as a refugee according to UNHCR´s statute and the 1951
Convention relating status of refugees.
What has Mr. Sadeghinoor demonstrated has founded
fear of being persecuted on account of his membership of a particular group, or
political opinion, which meet these criteria that qualifies for international
protection as refugee.
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Please be
informed that the harm he has suffered or fear he has, is completely related to
one of the five grounds listed under the 1951 Convention and UNHCR´s statute;
he is a member of an opposition organization student `s movement.
ü The events he has described to you during his interview do demonstrate he has suffered or will suffer treatment so sever as to amount to persecution; to death sentences. He is one of those organizers of 1999 demonstrations, and he has been interviewed by many different opposition Radios which are broadcasting to Iran and internationally.
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His
testimony founded plausible and credible, the terrorist religious fascist ruling
regime in Iran has extra judicial rules, which is very beyond of our
understanding and international law; according to the penalty code book the
dissident who is fighting against so called “Islamic Republic of Iran” his
right hand and left leg should be maimed and be thrown from the top of the
mountain to the beneath!
The sovereignty of clergymen in Iran is on the verge
of its collapse and the authorities are doing their suicide efforts to kill as
much as they can before collapsing.
The opposition organizations appreciate your just and
prompt action and demanding immediate releasing of MR. Sadeghinoor. Those who
are struggling for freedom and democracy thank you.
Yours sincerely
Dr. Zahra Erfani
Copy
to: UNHCR-Geneva / Amnesty International-London
SOS
Zurich, December 29. 2002
UNHCHR
Palais
Wilson
Excellency
Sergio Vierina De Mello,
I am writing to inform you about the very crucial
situation of our political/conscience prisoners namely, Heshmatollah
Tabarzadi, brave student activist and leader of the Iran Democratic Front.
Tabarzadi is one of those student activists, that their peaceful uprising
of July 1999 came to a bloody crackdown by vigilants unofficial agents of
so called Islamic Republic of Iran. Since then, time after time Tabarzadi
had been summoned to prison and subjected to Middle-Ages physical and
psychological torture.
Aftermath the events of July 1999, agents of the
Islamic Republic regime have illegally invaded Tabarzadi’s private
residence, destroyed household properties, treated the Tabarzadi’s
family in a cruel vicious manner, and had taken Tabarzadi away through the
use of physical force.
Such arrests and imprisonment were carried out without a legitimate
document stating the crime, this inhumane manner is a common place in
regime of Mullahs, and the cost of damage property came at the expense of
the Tabarzadi family.
This invasion from the Islamic Republic authorities
is in contrary to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 12
which states, "No one shall be
subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or
correspondence..." Upon this year’s student demonstration on
July 9. 2002, Tabarzadi was one of the four hundred innocent students that
were arrested due to their support for the captive student activists.
Seven months has passed since this summer’s unrest and still we have no
information of his where about.
We, alongside the Tabarzadi family, are deeply concerned for the health
and well being of Heshmatollah Tabarzadi and his colleagues such as
Manouchehr Mohammadi, Dr. Farzad Hamidt, Ahmad Batebi, Akbar Mohammadi,
Mehrzad Lohrasbi, Abbas Deldar, Omid Abbasgholi-nejad, Ali Afshari, Javid
Tehrani, Farshad Kohandani...
Manouchehr Mohammadi, fellow colleague of Tabarzadi
and leader of the National Union of Iranian Students and Graduates, is one
of the thousands arrested students of July 1999. Manouchehr, along with
his younger brother Akbar Mohammadi, have been held captive in the
torturous solitary confinement Islamic Republic prison cells, and
subjected to unabated physical and psychological torture.
After three and a half years, Manouchehr Mohammadi
continues to suffer from dangerous malnutrition and gum infections, which
time after time have been denied medical treatment for by the Islamic
Republic authorities.
Mohammadi Ebrahimi, brave student and human rights
activist of Khorram-Abad University, had been arrested during the
Khorram-Abad unrest in fall of 2001. In January 2002, Ebrahimi sustained,
suffered brutal tortures, which led to his death. Very regretfully, such a
tragic fate lies possible for all our beloved students, freethinkers and
political activists who are imprisoned in the notorious clergymen jails.
There must be an end to this crime against humanity!
We request you very respectfully, your immediate measures be taken for the
freedom of Tabarzadi and fellow colleagues. If there is any justice in
this world and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights hold any
sense, then immediate actions must be taken for the freedom of Tabarzadi
and colleagues, freethinkers and political prisoners.
Yours sincerely
Dr. Zahra Erfani
Very Urgent Letter
S.O.S
Zurich, November 27. 2001
Mr.
Kofi Annan UN Secretary General
Mrs.
Mary Robinson High Commissioner to UNHCHR
Amnesty
International Headquarter- London
Human
Rights Watch
Dear Madam / Sir
According to the latest, the Leadership of Students Movement as follows:
Mr. Manuchehr Mohammadi - Mr. Akbar Mohammadi -
Mr. Abdolbaghi - Mr. Yekta
Mr. Lohrasbi - Mr.
Asgari -
Mr. Akbari -
Mr. Kasrani , Mr. Batebi Since
July 1999 are imprisoned in Evin jail. In protesting their very harsh
inhumane situation in prison, have staged a hunger strike since November 7. 01.
They have been brutally tortured suffering different illnesses. Mohammadi
brothers sustaining very crucial condition physically and psychologically.
I would like to draw your attention to this point, that
very recently thousands of teenagers have been arrested by the agents of Information Ministry. Those youth
protesting the oppression of Iranian authorities expressing the ruling regime
enjoy no legitimacy, demanding democracy and freedom.
Those youth with unanimous consent used the soccer matches as pretext to go on the streets across the country, showing their hatred toward totalitarian fanatic regime of clergymen. They demonstrated their resentment over Mullah sovereignty and demanding for immediate release of political prisoners. But the Iranian authorities announced Marshal-law for youth from 9.pm. ignoring their request, ordered the teenagers be received lashes in public in order to intimidate and prevent them the further protest action.
The record of Khatami, representative to middle age terrorist regime of Iran: 756 000 prisoners (state figure released Autumn 00), 30 millions unemployed, over 10 millions drug addicted, over 60 publications banned, internet cafes and Satellite dishes banned, stoning, public hanging, beheading…
The Iranian people never forget, never forgive the
criminal terrorist meddle age regime of Mullahs and enduring in attempt to bring
the terrorist ruling regime of Iran to justice.
We Iranian in exile who are fighting for democracy,
freedom and social justice, requesting you very humbly to compel the Iranian
authorities to stop more murderous infliction upon Mohammadi brothers and others
in Evin prison, Building 269, Section 3.
We appreciate respectfully your very timely urgent
measures would be taken by you freedom loving people who are watching human
rights, to rescue the life of our students and all youth, prisoners of
conscience and simultaneously demanding unconditional release of them.
Yours sincerely
Dr. Zahra Erfani
Rescue the students before is too late!
Aftermath
the electoral puppet show, eradicating the youth and students has been begonnen.
The innocent students who, since last July 99, are
still sitting in the jails of the clerical middle-aged regime in Iran, are under
a very catastrophical situation and murderous tortures!
An open letter from jail on fist of March, divulging the
unimaginable retrocity are exercised over the arrested students.
Mr. Akbar Mohammadi, a reform-seeking student,
although has been charged to a death sentence, following the barbarian torture
has lost his hearing in right ear, his toes nail have been pulled out, and
because of constantly hanging, lashes by cable, his kidneys
disordered are being ruined.
Mr. Ahmad Batebi, another student (student of
art) who was convicted showing the media the blood-socked T-shirt of other
fellow student and has been charged to 10 years imprisonment, his eyes has been
made blind by the torturers, his ears are being to become deafened and is under
a very crucial health status.
The other student, named Mr.
Hassan Salar because of terrible tortures has gone mad and
Mr. Alireza Shaikh Fotouhi
is being permanently seen blood in his urine.
The student, whose name is
Mr.Abbas
Deldar since January 27th
is in hunger strike and the same time under torture.
We, as a nation who are deprived
of our fundamental rights, in the name of humanity demanding the human rights
watchers to hear the voice of our chained students and expecting your immediate
masseurs be taken for an unconditional freedom for political/ conscience
prisoners in Iran, setting
up a International Tribunal against the crimes of Islamic Republic Regime
of Iran against the humanity.
Yours sincerely
Dr. Z. Erfani
Urgent Action
UN HCHR
Amnesty
International
Zurich,8
March 2000
Dear Madam, Sir
As you are fully aware, an
Iranian, who has been very brutally tortured spiritually and physically by
Islamic Republic of Iran, during the years of 1983 to 1989, and has
at the present time a Belgian nationality, has lodged a complain by judge Damin van Der-Mershe against Aliakbar Rafsanjani, the
president of Iran during the complainant's imprisonment, and
was responsible for all tortures and terror actions. The mentioned judge has
issued the writ of subpoena and notified the international police.
According
to our latest information, untill Tuesday March 7th 2000, the
same complaint has been presented to the European Union Human Rights Tribunal in
Strasbourg.
Its our duty to inform you, that
Mullah Saneii in charge of "15
Khordad Foundation" and the
same person who has put a prize over the head of Salman Roshdi, raised a reward for the killer of the complainant.
Although this Iranian-Belgian
Person has right to lodge a complain against the terrorist Regime of Iran, he is
now endangered. According
to the International Laws, we beg
you humbly to think of a remedy.
Those of us who are fighting for
Democracy and Human Rights thank you.
Ø On may 23, 1999 peaceful demonstration of students in Teheran came to a bloody crackdown On this day, many
of the students and people who came to support them, have been beaten by vigilantes ( knife toting elements), and
arrested by police and agents of ministry of information.
Ø On Tuesday, may 25, thousands of students gathered together in Tehran university campus for a peaceful demonstration
with axial slogan,” down with despotism- viva freedom”, according to interviews has made with some leaders
of students` movement by voice of Iran radio ( Los Angeles) and solidarity Radio ( Stockholm), about 500 unofficial
agents( Ansar-Hezbollah) and official agents, assaulted students.
Ø The students against this attack, started to organize slogan ” shame to you mercenary- leave the government”. On
this day the out comes of this assault, many students have been wounded and arrested , the students threatened that, they
will go out of university and students` movement will cover across the country.
Ø Before (23and 25 may), students have been attacked many times and oppressed. These students are mostly laic,
national and democrat. On Monday July 5. 99, students of the“ Moslem Students Union” had a sit in strike in front of
UN Tehran , in protest to imprisonment of Heshmatollah- Tabarzadi and other union leaders.
Ø On Tuesday, July6. 99, the agents of plain clothes Islamic militia men and police forces, assaulted students` sit in
strike and arrested them and their supporters people as well.
Ø On Wednesday July7. 99,The public relation of Islamic Students and University Graduated Union and High Educational Centres, had released an issue that:” We witnessed about 70 days that Mr. Tabarzadi the secretary general of “ Islamic Students Union” because of expressing the opinion and structive criticise indirection to improvement the current crucial situation in Iran, is illegally in custody.
Ø “Yours children, in this Islamic association in protest to illegal imprisonment of Mr. Tabarzadi and Mr. Hossein Kashani, editor in chief of magazine( Hoviat ) have performed a calm sit in strike in front of UNoffice in Tehran, that very astonishing and regretfully, we have considered arresting of all participated, in general, people, students and members of this union, in accompany of some members of Central Council, as Mr. Mohammed Masoud Salamati, Mr. Javad Emami, Mr. Parviz Safari, Mr. Javid Alivandi. “Since that Tuesday, June 29. We have learned what dose mean democracy, freedom of expression and opinion by related organizations and police, security and military forces.”
Ø In this press release, students have introduced themselves as “captures, prisoners of conscience and obligor fighter Moslems, desperado soldiers at God front against devil ...” By this communiqué, it is indicated that not only the laic, national,democrat students, who have set up the student united front, but the familiar Moslem students are incontrary to the current regime.
Ø During the next years after war with Iraq, the Iranian state tried to send the vigilantes, Guards Corps para-military, in general all their accountants without passing the entrance examination to the universities.Throughout these, have shaped the bureau of (Thkim wahdat) and Islamic students Union, in order to guard the regime in universities campuses. Now, beside the democratic, national, laic students, the Moslem students, who are for a improvement of this deranged situation in Iran, take pace to confrontation against the Islamic Despotism. These student have been looking for reforms that has been promised by Mr. Mohammad Khatami , such as democracy, freedom of opinion and expression, and now the context of students press release implied to untruness of Khatami promises. Nevertheless, in the next process, after three days of beginning of their protests, it was two days after student press release , this part of students tried still not to give up this hope, around their axial demands.
Ø On Thursday, July 8. In protest to the new press bill that has been approved by Islamic Parliament, which imposed more sterns on press, students have performed a sit in strike in dormitory near to Teheran University, Amirabbad street.
Ø About midnight, the Islamic Republic official agents and knife toting vigilantes assaulted the students and broken down their dormitory. Regarding to the world mass media, these agents have broken down students rooms, the windows, set fire and cudgelled them very badly or threw them down from the roof of building, where the Students restored for safe. In this barbarous assault, 6 students were killed, 150 injured, 250 got captured.
Ø This Rgime tartars attack continued to July 9, morning. The other students who interred to the widstanding area, tried by fight and escape, penetrate to Teheran University. This news spreaded around and fresh forces joined the students` resistance. The state oppressors, in university mosque, again launched fire to students. Friday afternoon increased the number of students and they could regress the state attackers behind bars of Teheran University.
Ø Because of impression of (bureau of Tahkim wahdat) as arm of reactionaries and wide presence of Islamic Union that still were trying through Mohammad Khatami (president and head of High Security Council) channels, on July 9, 10, 11,friday, Saturday, Sunday, still some of these students carried photos of Khatami, dailies (Salam, Neshat), which belonged to Khatami wing, in their hands and packed their slogans with (Allaho Akbar) God is great. In these days, police and secret service forces had to back out and religious leader(Khamenei), president Khatami tried with trick appologizing that they are not informed of the roots of this attacks and quitted two police commanders and accepted to investigate the massacre of students on Thursday night, in order to calm the situation.
Ø On July 12, Monday, the form of demonstration changed. From this day, there was no more slogan (Allah Akbar) and Khatamis`picture, banned newspapers. On the other hand, more students from other cities joined the students in Teheran for solidarity and people from the different parts of Teheran and other cities across the country took part in this street battle.
Ø On this day, according to correct reports, the students of Tabriz, Mashhad, Shiraz, Esfahan, Orumieh and other cities that have university and institute, joined Teheran students and even people in less populated parts, like Shahriar and Pardis-Karaj, were ready for insurrection against the despot.
Ø On Monday, police and security forces, not far from the students, were observing them. On Tuesday morning, July 13. About 3000 students gathered together in front of university. Police obstructed the entrance of university. The night before, students movement leaders have been arrested. First of all students stayed there about 30 minutes undecided, at this term, it was considering the lack of leadership and co-ordination . Regarding news, students after few minutes autogenic started to confront the wild attack of police and vigilantes. Simultaneously, the students who were in Vali-assr square, assaulted police cars and set tow of those in fire, instead carrying Khatami portrate and saying (Allah-Akbar).
Ø There was just spanning of batons, stones and slogans as “I kill ,who killed my brother” and “bullets, tanks, vigilantes militia men cannot stop us anymore” –the flame of anger raised in south, north, west and east of Teheran, students and other people, started to fight with regimes agents. On this day, as state television (Jam-e-Jam) reported, government had a session and Khatami as reformer propagandized, condemned the protests, saying they were against the country’s interests and his government’s reformist policies, Khatami told state television “I am sure that these people have evil aims and we shall stand in their way... we are therefore determined to fight this violence”.
Ø High Security Council of regime headed by Khatami, announced by Mr Hassan Rouhani, the deputy minister of council and under-secretary of parliament, that is determined to suppress the student protesters. The same morning, Khatami and Khamenei call on repressive organs to parade on the streets, against to students protests. On Monday Khatami announced students demonstration illegal. On Wednesday July 14, 99. Regime brought about 50 000 Anssar-Hezbollah, secret service agents, Guards corp, Guards Corp’s para-military, executioners, information ministry agents, armed forces and other oppressor organs, against 64 million people of Iran, demonstrated that, ” the population showed their love for the regime and the leadership by their presence and at the same time they demoralized the ill wishers and the enemies”.
Ø Since that Wednesday evening, regarding to photos and addresses of students at secretariat in university, state agents are hunting the students house by house. Up to now more than 10 000 students and other people are arrested, in Teheran is rumour that 60students are executed and others are faced to massacre.
Ø In March/April 1982, by edict of Khomeini, Khamenei, president Banisadr, the state forces and vigilantes attacked the universities and institutes, under the name of cultural revolution, and closed down them for tow years. At this period the state oppressors accessed students curriculum at secretariats of universities and institutes. The students who could not flee, their houses were broken down at night and got arrested.
Ø According to figures published, along those tow years, more than 50 000 students were arrested, which half of them were executed and the rest are in prisons, few of them with tortured body have been released.
Ø It is happening again!! After 18 years, Islamic Regime another time breaking down students houses and arresting them in order to stifle protesting generation and have captured hundreds of students so far.
Both the cleric
Leader and the so propagandised reformist president of the Islamic Republic of
Iran, after the seven days long demonstration of our students against religious
dictatorship, for democracy, took their oppressors on the streets to call the
freedom seeker students riotous against state.
This general
accusation is enough for the Islamic way of judiciary proceedings to call them
the enemy of god, and sentenced them to death.
At the same
time, both of the cleric leaders ( Khamenei and Khatami ) called the secret
service, police, and their other cruel followers, to arrest the students
immediately and bring them to Islamic punishment, which is death.
18 years ago,
under the title of so-called Islamic cultural revolution, and by the same
command issued by Khomeini the first cleric leader, after attacking to all
universities in Iran, they have broken the houses of students for a general
massacre. This is happening again.
According to
the latest informations we received
from Iran the agents of Islamic Republic began house breaking, up to now
arrested almost 1400 of the Students.
►
Immediate end to this new wave of terror ; arrest and bringing to justice of all
responsible figures in the
killings.
► An
international, independent fact-finding commission from United Nations to
Iran for independent
investigations.
►
Establishment of an international tribunal to look into the crimes of the
leaders of the Islamic
Republic of Iran against humanity.
The roll of Khatami is oppressive
action against
demonstrating
□ On
Monday, July 12th the fourth day of students peaceful demonstration,
Khatami summoned his Cabinet members and after consulting with them and
cleric leader, said:
►
“These ( students) are opportunists elements and riotous”
► “This action ( demonstration of students) was intend to inflict the
blow to regimes` fundament
and bringing into riot and
social confusion”
► “This action is against the state interest”
► “We are therefore determined to stand in their way( demonstration of
students)”
□On
Monday, July 12th , Khatami as a
president, who some people
supposed that is counter to cleric
leader, concern to Khameneis` edict, banned the demonstration,
while at the same time he himself appealed Hezbollah (Regime oppressor
arm) on Wednesday, July 14th to parade on the streets and staging
rally against the students.
□ On
Tuesday, July 13th which,
students didn’t pay attention banning
the demonstration by Khatami, and continued to protest across the county,
incouraging information agents security forces and police Khatami said:
►“ I am sure that, this problem will be solved by dominating of
information and security forces.”
This solution has caused repression
of students, arresting more than
15000, recapturing ex -political
prisoners and unbridle executions!!
□ One
week after oppression, Khatami travelled to different cities in Iran, and by his
open talk to states`agents( for instance on July 27th in Hamedan)
appreciated the security service police and army forces that repressed the
protesting students and arresting 15000 of them.
Khatami said in Hamedan:
►“ I am thankful to precious strife of information ministry that, has
been beside the police and military forces to stabilize security”
□ Khatami,
on the last week of July99, in Iran cities ( Hamedand and Malaier) said:
►“ his duty is defending the dignified cleric leader ( Khamenei) and
rule of law, means to protect the cleric leader.”
► “ I express my gratitude to unsparing Islamic revolution leader`s
protection from state and president. “
□
If Khatami be considered as the opposite side of Khamenei cleric Leader,
the dependent claim and action of Khatami toward cleric leadership (
Velayate-faghih) infact, will be insistently
ignored.
United
Nations
Zürich , 09 August 1999
Your Excellency,
Both the cleric
Leader and the so propagandised reformist president of the Islamic Republic of
Iran, after the seven days long demonstration of our students against religious
dictatorship, for democracy, took their oppressors on the streets to call the
freedom seeker students riotous against state.
This general
accusation is enough for the Islamic way of judiciary proceedings to call them
the enemy of god, and sentenced them to death.
At the same
time, both of the cleric leaders ( Khamenei and Khatami ) called the secret
service, police, and their other cruel followers, to arrest the students
immediately and bring them to Islamic punishment, which is death.
18 years ago,
under the title of so-called Islamic cultural revolution, and by the same
command issued by Khomeini the first cleric leader, after attacking to all
universities in Iran, they have broken the houses of students for a general
massacre. This is happening again.
According to
the latest informations we received from Iran the agents of Islamic Republic
began house breaking, up to now arrested almost 15000 of the Students.
And here are
our demands:
►
Immediate end to this new wave of terror ; arrest and bringing to justice of all
responsible figures in the
killings.
► An
international, independent fact-finding commission from United Nations to
Iran for independent
investigations.
►
Establishment of an international tribunal to look into the crimes of the
leaders of the Islamic
Republic of Iran against humanity.
Yours`
Sincerely
Dr.
Z. Erfani