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Iran – Attack on Basij Members in Tehran

Basij Forces riding motorcycles in Tehran streets in groups to stop the election unrest
Basij Forces riding motorcycles in Tehran streets in groups to stop the election unrest

Stop Fundamentalism, September 1 – Two Basij members were overrun by a car in Tehran while they had stopped a young girl at a street checkpoint for investigations. 

Basij Forces riding motorcycles in Tehran streets in groups to stop the election unrest According to eyewitnesses the Basiji members acted offensively towards the girl when an unknown driver decided to take action to stop them.

The driver, who was apparently offended by the behavior of Basij members, hit the two with his car and then disappeared.

After the incident, while the street was quite busy and there were many witnesses, no one called for an ambulance or the police.

The two are hospitalized in Tehran-Pars Hospital and one of them is currently in a critical condition.

According to our sources, there have been similar incidents of attacks on members of Basij forces by civilians in Iran since the election uprisings.

Ashraf Residents on Hunger Strike for release of 36 Captive Members

Iraqi attack on Ashraf residents on July 28 has claimed the lives of 11 people
Attack on Ashraf

Stop Fundamentalism – Members of Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), the Iranian main opposition movement stationed in Iraq, are on a hunger strike after the attacks of July 28 when Iraqi forces stormed camp Ashraf killing 8 and wounding about 500 members of this community.

Iraqi attack on Ashraf residents on July 28 has claimed the lives of 11 peopleThe number of those killed has risen since the event from 8 to 11, the organization announced yesterday.

PMOI has called for the release of its 36 members who have been incarcerated by Iraqi forces.  The organization believes that they are in danger of being extradited to Iran where they will face inhuman treatment at the hands of the Iranian regime and it is concerned that the 36 members are physically and mentally in a very bad condition.

The members in camp Ashraf continue their strike to oppose the crimes committed against them on July 28.  They demand departure of the Iraqi forces from the camp and freedom of arrested members.  They also call for legal action against those who have participated in the attack.

Ali, a camp resident says, “our strike continues while food and medical supplies are blocked from entering the camp by Iraqi forces.” The strike participant adds, “The 36 members who have been abducted are injured and some are in critical condition and we worry about them.”

Iran – Arrest of Woman Jurnalist, Hengameh Shahidi at Evin Concerns Family

Hengameh Shahidi - Woman Jurnalist
Iran - Hengameh Shahidi

Stop Fundamentalism – According to sources, Mrs Hengame Shahidi, a member of the Etemad Meli Party which is headed by Mehdi Karubi, has been subject to inhuman torture and abuse in prison since her arrest.

Hengameh Shahidi - Woman JurnalistShahidi who is a reputable journalist was arrested after the unrest errupted following June 12 elections in Iran.

The sources say that in order to break her, she has been given false death sentence.   To show her that the sentence is not a bluff, she has been taken for executions many times and they even put the noose around her neck.

Iran – Representative Calls to Prosecute Mehdi Karubi

Mehdi Karubi, former presidential candidate in the recent elections in Iran
Mehdi Karubi

Stop Fundamentalism, 17 August – A representative of Ali Khamanie, the so called supreame leader of the Islamic Republic, in Revolutionary Guards Forces in Ghazvin, called for the arrest and punishment of Mehdi Karubi, former presidential candidate in the recent Iranian election.Mehdi Karubi, former presidential candidate in the recent elections in Iran

Morteza Hoseini told Sahar news Monday that Karubi should be heavily punished for the letter he wrote to Rafsanjani, the head of Iranian expediency council.

Karubi, in an open letter sent to Rafsanjani, unearthed horrifying news of torture, rape and killings of young women and men in Iranian prisons.

Iran – Prisoners Tortured by Electric Shock

Artist Portray of a political prisoner
Prisoner

Stop Fundamentalism – A member of the Iranian Islamic Parliament (Majlis) who wanted to stay anonymous, reported Amir-Kabir Newsletter on 15 August, said that electric shock is used to torture prisoners in Iran’s notorious prisons.

Artist Portray of a political prisonerThe MP detailed that he went to Evin prison with a group of MPs to investigate torture of political prisoners. 

“We went to the women ward asking who had been in Kahrizak?” The MP said asking women prisoners to provide details of their treatment there. 

“One of the woman said that she was stripped bare in Kahrizak and was told to enter a barrel of water where she was administered electric shocks. “

Details of horrifying treatment of prisoners was unearthed by former presidential candidate, Mehdi Karubi, last week as he wrote of men and women prisoners being raped viciously by prison officials and investigators.

Karubi said that many of the young arrestees who are released show signs of depression and some have committed suicide.

Iran – Daily closed; protests continue

Iranian Protest Against Dictatorship in thier country
Young people in Iran are the main thriving force of the protests

Stop Fundamentalism, 18 August 2009 – An Iranian news website reported Monday that many gatherings throughout the country took place to commemorate those killed during the past two months of people uprisings. 

Iranian Protest Against Dictatorship in thier countryReports indicate that families of prisoners gathered in front of the notoriuse Evin prison on Monday demanding immediate release of their loved ones.  The crowed chanted anti-government slogans and over 40 members of the families of prisoners started a hunger strike.

Iranian Exiles in Ashraf Under Attack by Iraqi Police

Stop Fundamentalism – We were notified by an statement from the Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran today 28 July at 15:00 Baghdad time, that the Iraqi police has started an attack on the Ashraf residents by firing pepper gas.

Loaders have destroyed side-fences and walls to this Iranian opposition community in Iraq.  The city is under attack from various directions. 

Iranians all over the world hold the United States government solely and directly responsible for what happens to the residents of the camp Ashraf.

Iran – Protests Continue Despite Heavy Police Presence

Going downToday in Tehran, police held heavy presence all over the city to prevent any type of protests or anti-government activity.

Nevertheless, many reports of unrest have come out from on scene Iranian protesters.

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