Translation by Elham Sabetiyan

1 – Highlights of week’s statuses

• Hossein Derakhshan’s relatives have announced the approval of this blogger’s 19.5-year imprisonment sentence in the appeals court.

• According to posts published by some websites and student blogs, towards the end of previous week witnesses have found the tortured and naked body of a female student, which had signs of severe torture and rape.

• Isa Saharkhiz, Keyvan Samimi, Rasool Badaghi, and Mehdi Mahmoudian, four political prisoners of Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj have requested US to haste the deployment of a Human Rights reporter to Iran

• Following crack of Foreign Ministry of Iran’s servers, anonymous hackers were able to access more than 10 thousand emails of this ministry.

• Mansour Osanloo, a labor activist and president of the Vahed Syndicate has been temporarily released on bail.

• Hale Sahabi, passed away during her father’s funeral

• Ezatollah Sahabi, a well-known critic of the regime and President of the National Iranian Religious committee passes away at the age of 81 at a Modarres hospital of Tehran.

• Women’s football team was unable to compete against Jordan in London’s Olympics due to conflict between FIFA and the Islamic Republic’s dress code.

• Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam, Iran’s chief of police announced the intensification of plan to deal with men and women’s inappropriate clothing.

2 – Momentary commentaries

• Organ transplant to Afghans is illegal

An Organ Transplant Institute in Isfahan has stated, organ transplant between Iranians is a possible procedure, however transplant between an Iranian and an Afghan patient is illegal.

The Islamic regime has also previously imposed their discriminatory and racist law against Afghans in schools and factories, but the organ transplant issue is not only far more racist, but is also inhumane especially for a country with Iranian’s culture that deeply believes in “Human society being parts of one whole body.” (Poem by Saadi, an Iranian poet).

In the past employers have abused Afghan workers that did not have work permits and reported them to the police to be deported back to Afghanistan with the slightest conflict of interest. This modern slavery that has been justified by the Islamic Republic’s regime has exceeded to school as well, to a point that many Afghan children are not accepted at Iran’s schools which forces Afghans to create home school environment for their children.

• Differences between the Leader and Ahmadinejad prevented his trip to Armenia

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two-day visit to Armenia, which was to take place in recent days, has suddenly been cancelled. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has announced the cause of this cancellation to be “need of more time for gathering documents”, however sources state the cause of this cancellation was flight-ban on two of his accompanying traveler.

This trip was to take place for negotiation followed by signing contracts between the two countries. The authorities of the current government have been limited due to conflict between two main governmental segments of the country. Previously a well-known Clergyman has stated Iranian Revolutionary Guard is to arrest Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, head of presidential office and several other close affiliations of Mahmood Ahmadinejad.

Experts believe the conflict between the Leader and Ahmadinejad is over power, but what is apparent is that the government is not at total coherent and consists of segmentations that each want to have a part in oil revenues. Ahmadinejad’s team is determined to keep the same sector around and has even used oil revenues for this campaign, which has been faced with the parliament’s opposition.

On the other hand, the Leader and his team have dismissed many reformists over the past two years in the name of Ahmadinejad’s empowerment and now the time has come to keep Ahmadinejad’s authorities under control to keep the Leader as the main axis of power.

Evidences and Iranian official’s words indicate the Islamic Republic is in need of reformist’s presence for the next election and as reformists are not to be brought back to power, Ahmadinejad and his team are to be considerably limited in their authorities. By accomplishing this plan, the state is to keep all factions and internal political claimants below the Leader.

I will write more in this regard over next weeks…

• Bare aggression and terror due to government’s failed policies

An extremely shocking report was published during last week’s news. A group of dangerous individuals raided an evening party, which was held at a garden in Isfahan and preceded to beat and mass rape a group of the guests.

During this event the police arrived with one-hour delay and live witnesses report this genocide was to an extent that many women present at this party had severe bleeding and one of the guests whom was pregnant at the time has miscarried as the result of the rape. Police and authorities have not published any reports in regards to this genocide, however this incident has clearly become the main conversation subject of many families in Isfahan.

Police of Isfahan has previously announced men and women are t be separated by at least a curtain at parties and no music and alcoholic beverages are allowed during these events. Although the flop of these medieval policies is predictable, but it seems like the Iranian regime wants to prevent parties and people’s happiness by causing panic and a fearful atmosphere.

Not only in this event but also in the event of Haleh Sahabi’s death this bare violence was t it’s most over the past week. Also followed by Rajai Shahr’s prison authorities beating of Masoud Bastani, imprisoned reporter, which took place in front of his family’s eyes.

In any event it seems like the government is unable to contain people’s freedom whether it be social or political and has resorted to direct and indirect use of mobs to create a fearful atmosphere.

• Facebook users say carrying out daily rallies is the best way of presence in the street

Poll results of the Persian Facebook page “Bahman 25” has showed a majority of participants in this poll believe “daily protests in the form of rallies” is the best way of continued presence in for the month of June (Khordad). This poll, which has been one of the most important polls of recent years, invited Iranians with all backgrounds to participate and vote.

In this poll, which nearly 140,000 individuals participated three fourth of the participants were from inside the country. In this poll, participant’s motives for participation in possible events taking place during the first weeks of June (second half of Khordad) was evaluated and 2 out of 5 participants mentioned “overthrown of the current regime” as their main motive.

Participants were leaning towards “national strike and civil disobedience” as the main weapon of choice, however this topic was picked by less than half of the participants. The other two choices were, “following movement awareness by considering current disputes” and “street protests” which took second and third place by a slight difference in votes.

As mentioned above 3 out of every 5 participants picked daily rallies which put this choice at first place. This choice has been three times more popular than other picks such as “holding protests in a particular day” and “weekly protests”. “Daily protests in the form of rallies” has been the most popular pick of participants inside Iran meaning 3 of every 4 individuals were inside the country.

However, one point must be kept in mind the results of this pole is limited to a certain group of people and is not in compliant with the reasonable vote of the public as a whole. First of all, this pole was limited to Facebook and at most has been done by email which is a proof to its limitation to the group in Iran that were able to bypass filtering using a VPN. Secondly, members of this page are mainly followers of reformists at the Green Movement’s main body.

A clear point in this regard is that whether such polls are taken by phone or via the web, they are non-compliant with the entire society’s reality. The unreliable result of a telephone poll will be caused by extreme security measures taken by Iranian police, and via Internet, the result is limited to mid to upper class citizens majority of whom (nearly 6 million) have migrated abroad.

Therefore the participants can be considered a small group that have extreme ties with activists abroad and current developments of the country. In any case, these polls are to an extent the demands of this group of the society. During the Green Movement we were faced with many diverse and colorful slogans that bring the matter into perspective.

3 – Weekly analysis to start as of the second week of “Iran 360” publication.

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4- News

Alleged Iranian Agent Who Infiltrated Opposition Claims He Met With Hillary Clinton

Syrian refugees say Iranian forces involved in crackdown

U.S. sanctions Iranian police for rights abuses

Activist concerned for Canadian journalist in Iran after failed appeal

Iran’s president admits rift with country’s senior Islamic figures

Iran to send caretaker oil minister to OPEC

Mourners At Iranian Dissident Funeral ‘Detained’

Israel Cancels Hearing on Company Ties With Iran

Iran’s supreme leader backs Ahmadinejad

13 ships owned by Israel’s Ofer Brothers have docked in Iran over past decade

Released hiker describes friends’ abuse in Iranian prison

Secret mass executions in Iranian prison

Actors go to UN demanding Iran release jailed director

Sexual assault on campus triggers student protests

Nuclear proliferation: Engaging Iran

Iranian police to tighten security over public dress code

Iran Submarines in Red Sea to Spot Naval Vessels

Obama: New sanctions against Iran may be coming

Iran to establish its own national internet

IAEA Board To Discuss Syria, Iran

Iran Protests Hijab Ban

Iran says Baha’i university illegal

Anonymous says it hacked Iranian government email server

Iran protest dispersed by force: witnesses

Khamenei calls for unity among conservatives

Forces intimidate banned Iranian students

Freed hiker fasts for two men still in Iran

Source: Revolutionary Road blog…

Although Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appointment as Iran’s President was an excuse to trigger this remarkable social and political movement, it also allowed many complexities to be addressed that had accumulated over the years.

This movement was not limited to street protests and occasional clashes between people and the militia. This political/social phenomenon had a such a massive influence on the media and communication world that many analysts labelled it a “media revolution”. However, this definition has its own discrepancies: it limits the Iranian movement to the media and the definition of revolution is aside from the people’s libertarian intentions.

The reliable point in the defining media goes back to the demand of a group of Iranians for communication with one another and the world without having to go through intermediaries. Citizens that with slight changes in their ways and reasoning bring passion and epic to the streets of their cities

Aligned with the mass social request, a group of aware citizens, activists, and journalists have launched a new approach based on today’s media standards for reporting on the developments taking place in the streets and political/social events in Iran. Although this community was initially limited to a group of social activists that had gathered through our cooperation in various fields, we gradually spread across the world.

Many friends from Italy, France, Spain, and the Arabic countries came to our help in the field of translation. In the absence of free and reliable Internet in Iran, many friends from Brazil came to the rescue and began uploading videos and footages on sites such as YouTube and Facebook. We received footages from several different countries such as Japan, Sweden, and the United States; footages that were recorded in defense of Iranian citizens against the dictatorship rule in Iran. These unique collaborations have a long list that stretches beyond the capacity of this text.

In the past 18 months we have used all our efforts to focus on an independent and ongoing media by expanding our citizen network and deepening our ways of safely communicating and identifying reliable sources in Iran. So far we have overlooked all forms of financial help from any government. We also have not benefited from the support of any specific sector or political party. Our efforts depend on volunteer citizen journalists who have experienced first hand beatings by Iranian government forces and their ensuing actions of threats, arrests, imprisonment, and exile.

Iran 360 aims to launch a new media movement that focuses on Iran and the Middle East. The news on the “Iran 360” will be published in the English language every Friday. The content on the website will be used in efforts to close the gap between Iranian citizens and the world.

The content on the “Iran 360” is supported by various sources inside Iran and gathered and edited by Saeed Valadbaygi. We are using our full efforts to present readers with a different perspective on what is happening in Iran; a perspective often overlooked by mass media and not highlighted by political organizations.

We understand that the English translations posted on the “Iran 360″ may not be free of grammatical errors. For this reason, we depend on volunteers along the way to help strengthen the quality of the site’s content. Iran 360 eagerly awaits your help in the field of translation and publishing.

Keep an eye out for the first issue of “Iran 360” on June 10, 2011.

Source: Revolutionary Road… blog

“To hide abuses committed against civilians, the security forces are denying journalists access to the camp,” Reporters Without Borders said in an announcement. “Anyone trying to take photographs of the clashes is being attacked in a systematic and targeted fashion.”

Yesterday, Iraqi forces stormed Camp Ashraf, a settlement where members of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, a militant Iranian dissident group, have lived since the 1980s. The PMOI reported 28 people killed and hundreds of injuries. Reporters Without Borders said several organizations have confirmed the camp is surrounded by armoured vehicles and journalists and media personnel are being held at the camp gates and denied entrance into the site.

The U.S. has called on Iraq to treat the residents of Camp Ashraf according to Iraqi laws and international humanitarian commitments.

Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation into yesterday’s attack. It announced that Iraqi authorities are responsible for providing peace and security to the Camp residents, which includes providing immediate and adequate medical attention.

Commander Al-Ghaidan, the head of Iran’s ground forces, has contended that the attack was instigated by Camp residents who had been throwing rocks and hurling themselves in front of the military vehicles.

Camp Ashraf is located 60km west of the Iranian border and 120 km north of Baghdad. It was set up in the 1980s to house the PMOI members who fought against the Islamic Republic.

After the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, U.S. forces took control of the Camp and disarmed the residents. Iraq has had control of the camp since 2009, and Iraqi authorities have called for the removal of the Iranian exiles and the dismantling of the settlement.

Source: Radio Zamaneh

گزارشگران بدون مرز: ممنوعیت ورود خبرنگاران به کمپ اشرف را محکوم می‌کنیم

این ممنوعیت برای اطلاع رسانی غیر قابل پذیرش است. نیروهای نظامی از ورود خبرنگاران جلوگیری می‌کنند تا سرکوب و کشتار غیر نظامیان را پنهان کنند

گزارش‌گران بدون مرز مسدود کردن اطلاع رسانی و ممانعت از ورود خبرنگاران به کمپ اشرف را محکوم می‌کند. در تاریخ ١٩ فروردین درپی حمله نیروهای ارتش عراق، نزدیک به سی تن از ساکنان ایرانی این کمپ کشته و بسیاری دیگر زخمی شدند

این ممنوعیت برای اطلاع رسانی غیر قابل پذیرش است. نیروهای نظامی از ورود خبرنگاران جلوگیری می‌کنند تا سرکوب و کشتار غیر نظامیان را پنهان کنند. ارتش عراق کسانی را که به فیلم‌برداری و عکس برداری از این درگیری مشغول بوده‌اند، عامدانه هدف قرار داده است

بنا بر خبرهای انتشار یافته از سوی رسانه‌های جهانی مسئولان عراقی از ورود خبرنگاران به کمپ اشرف جلوگیری می‌کنند. حرفه‌کاران رسانه‌ها نتوانسته‌اند در محل حاضر و از وضعیت آن گزارش تهیه کنند. کمپ اشرف به وسیله‌ی کامیون‌ها و خودروهای نظامی محاصره شده است

کمپ اشرف در هشتاد کیلومتری شمال بغداد قرار دارد. این کمپ در سال‌های دهه شصت یکی از پایگاه‌های سازمان مجاهدین خلق ایران بود. در سال ١٣٨٢ و در پی حمله نظامی ایالات متحده امریکا به عراق این پایگاه در اختیار نیروهای امریکایی قرار گرفت و نیروهای مسلح آن خلع سلاح شدند و بیش از ٣٠٠٠ افراد این کمپ تحت کنوانسیون ژنو قرار گرفتند. در دی ماه سال ١٣٨٨ نیروهای عراقی کنترل این کمپ را دست گرفتند

از تیرماه ١٣٨٨ و در پی اولین درگیری میان ساکنان کمپ اشرف و نظامیان عراقی، مسئولان حکومت عراق ورود خبرنگاران را به کمپ اشرف ممنوع کردند. مدافعان کمپ اشرف حکومت عراق را به تمکین از خواست مقامات ایرانی متهم کرده‌اند و مسئولان عراقی سازمان مجاهدین خلق را به تحریک و خشونت آفرینی متهم می‌کنند

منبع فارسی: گزارشگران بدون مرز

A statement from the political prisoners says the strike will begin on Sunday, in protest of “summoning, arrests, threats and pressures placed on the families of political prisoners, as well as pressures and illegal and inhumane restrictions forced on prisoners.” They say they’ll continue their strike until officials change some of these practices.

Among the signatories are jailed labour activist Mansour Osanlou, Rasoul Bedaghi of the Iranian Teacher’s Association, journalists Issa Saharkhiz and Reza Rafii, political activists Heshmatollah Tabarzadi and Behrouz Javid, and student activists Ali Ajami and Majid Tavakoli.

Two days ago, the reformist Islamic Iran Participation Front also called on Iranians to join a political fast on Sunday in solidarity with Mohtashamipour.

A women’s rights and political activist, Mohtashamipour was arrested on March 1 in the protests demanding the release of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and their wives, who are under house arrest.

Mohtashamipour’s husband, an executive member of the Participation Front, has been also been imprisoned in Evin Prison since last March.

Mohtashamipour has said she will continue her hunger strike until she is allowed to visit her husband in person.

Source: Radio Zamaneh

جمعی از زندانیان رجایی شهر: از یکشنبه دست به اعتصاب غذا می‌زنیم

جمعی از زندانیان سیاسی زندان رجایی شهر در پیامی اعلام کردند که از روز یکشنبه دست به اعتصاب غذا می زنند

به گزارش وب‌سایت جرس این زندانیان در پیام خود اعلام کرده‌اند که در اعتراض به احضارها، بازداشتها، تهدیدات و فشارهای وارد بر خانواده های زندانیان، فشارها و محدودیتهای غیر قانونی و غیر انسانی تحمیل شده بر صدها زندانی سیاسی و غیرسیاسی اعتصاب غذا خواهند کرد

در این پیام همچنین آمده است: ما در همبستگی با خانم محتشمی پور و همگام با سایر کنشگران صنفی، سیاسی، حقوق بشری و تمامی انسانهای آزاده و شجاعی که در داخل و خارج کشور به این طریق از ایشان اعلام حمایت می‌نمایند همراهی کرده و از روز یکشنبه تا زمان تغییر رفتار کارگزاران امنیتی و قضایی با زندانیان و خانواده های آنها دست به اعتصاب غذا خواهیم زد

این بیانیه به امضای منصور اسانلو، رسول بداقی، عیسی سحر خیز، حشمت طبرزدی، مهدی محمودیان، کیوان صمیمی، رضا رفیعی، جعفر اقدمی، علی عجمی، مجید توکلی، بهروز جاوید و برخی دیگر از زندانیان زندان رجایی شهر رسیده است

برخی از این زندانیان همچون مجید توکلی، عیسی سحرخیز و رسول بداقی تاکنون در چندین نوبت اعتصاب غذا کرده‌ بودند

منبع فارسی: سی میل

The plane crashed near Khavaran village on Sunday, while on a training mission, an informed provincial official told IRNA.

Reports say the plane, which belonged to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army, was probably a Sukhoi training aircraft.

No further details have been reported about the incident yet.

An investigative mission has been dispatched to the site of the crash to find more about the event.

سقوط هواپیمای نیروی هوایی در نزدیکی شیراز

بر اساس اطلاع منابع آگاه ، هواپیمایی که حوالی ظهر یکشنبه در شهرستان سروستان استان فارس سقوط کرد به احتمال بسیار از نوع سوخو و آموزشی بوده است

به گزارش ایرنا، این منابع روز یکشنبه به ایرنا گفتند: متاسفانه یکی از سرنشینان این هواپیما جان خود را از دست داد
هواپیمای یاد شده که متعلق به ارتش جمهوری اسلامی است در اطراف روستای خاوران از توابع شهرستان سروستان سقوط کرد

یک مقام مسوول و آگاه در شهرستان سروستان فارس اعلام کرد: علت اولیه سقوط هواپیمای آموزشی ارتش که حوالی ظهر یکشنبه سقوط کرد ، نقص فنی بوده است

وی روز یکشنبه در گفت و گو با ایرنا افزود: البته باید متخصصان و کارشناسان دقیقا دلیل این حادثه را اعلام کنند

اوگفت:دراین حادثه یکی ازسرنشینان این هواپیمای آموزشی شهیدویکی دیگرازآنان زخمی شد. به گفته وی پس از بروز این حادثه خلبان و کمک خلبان اقدام به پرش از درون هواپیما کردند که گویا چتر یکی از این سرنشینان باز نشد و منجر به شهادت وی شد

او گفت: هواپیمای حادثه دیده به کوه های روستای نظرآباد در جاده خاوران برخورد کرده است

مرکز شهرستان سروستان حدود 80 کیلومتری شرق شیراز واقع شده است

منبع فارسی: الف

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah said on March 31 that several Iranian diplomats were “persona non grata and must be expelled.” Press TV said three Iranian diplomats were expelled on April 2.

The move came after a Kuwaiti court sentenced two Iranians and a Kuwaiti to death for involvement in a spy ring and “proved this cell’s direct links to Iran,” the Al-Qabas newspaper reported on March 31, quoting Sheikh Mohammed. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected the claims on April 4 saying that Kuwait is a friend of Iran.

Tension has been building between Iran and nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council since Saudi Arabia and other members including Kuwait sent forces to Bahrain last month to support the government’s crackdown against pro-democracy protesters.

Iran’s government has condemned the troop deployment as “meddling” and warned that the move may prove “incendiary” for the region.

Bahrain, where a Sunni Muslim monarchy rules over a Shiite- majority population, has accused Shiite Iran of fomenting unrest, without citing any evidence.

Source: Bloomberg

اخراج سه دیپلمات کویتی از ایران

ایران می گوید “چند دیپلمات” کویتی را از خاک خود اخراج کرده است. این اقدام به تلافی اخراج سه دیپلمات ایرانی از کویت صورت گرفته است

مقام های وزارت امور خارجه ایران، تعداد دیپلمات های اخراج شده کویتی را اعلام نکرده اند اما وزارت امور خارجه کویت از اخراج “۳ دیپلمات” کویتی از خاک ایران خبر داده و گفته است که به این دیپلمات ها برای خروج از ایران ۱۰ روز فرصت داده شده است

شیخ محمد الصباح وزیر خارجه کویت اوایل سال جدید خورشیدی اعلام کرده بود که سه دیپلمات ایرانی را به اتهام جاسوسی، “عنصر نامطلوب” شناخته و از این کشور اخراج می کند

آقای الصباح در پارلمان کویت به خبرنگاران گفته بود که دیپلمات های ایرانی جزئی از شبکه جاسوسی هستند که دادگاهی در کویت سه عضو آن را به مرگ محکوم کرده است

ایران اتهام های کویت را رد کرده است. سخنگوی وزارت خارجه ایران چند ساعت پس از اعلام این موضوع از سوی مقام های کویتی خبر داد که وزرای خارجه ایران و کویت با یکدیگر تلفنی گفت و گو کرده اند و علی اکبر صالحی وزیر خارجه ایران بر تمامیت ارضی، عدم مداخله در کویت و اهمیت ثبات و امنیت این کشور تاکید کرده است

کویت می گوید تشکیل شبکه جاسوسی که مدعی است ایران به راه انداخته، به سال ۲۰۰۳ و هنگام حمله آمریکا به عراق باز می گردد

مقام های ایرانی این اتهام را “دسیسه ای” برای ایجاد اختلاف بین دو کشور خوانده و وزیر امور خارجه این کشور هم گفته است وزیران خارجه ایران و کویت بر حل این “سوء تفاهم” توافق کرده اند

دادگاه کویت دو ایرانی و یک کویتی را که همگی در ارتش این کشور خدمت کرده اند در مه ۲۰۱۰ دستگیر و در دادگاهی غیرعلنی متهم به انتقال اطلاعات نظامی و محرمانه و تصاویر تاسیسات ارتش کویت به ایران کرد

یک روز بعد رسانه های عربی اعلام کردند کویت سفیر خود در تهران را فراخوانده و کاردار ایران را نیز به وزارت خارجه احضار کرده است

تیرگی در روابط ایران و کشورهای عربی خلیج فارس

وزیر خارجه کویت گفت مشاهده این مدارک و شبکه جاسوسی که به “بخش های رسمی جمهوری اسلامی مرتبط بود … شوکه کننده بود

وزارت امور خارجه کویت برای پیگیری این موضع، ستاد بحران تشکیل داده و سفیرش را از تهران به کویت فراخوانده است

تنش در روابط ایران و کویت و اخراج متقابل دیپلمات های دوکشور در حالی صورت می گیرد که روابط ایران و کشورهای عربی خلیج فارس به شکل کم سابقه ای رو به سردی است

در جریان بالا گرفتن تظاهرات ضد حکومتی در بحرین که به ورود نیروهای نظامی عربستان سعودی و امارات متحده عربی برای کمک به دولت بحرین و سرکوب معترضان صورت گرفت، مقام های دولتی و پارلمانی ایران با این اقدام مخالفت کرده اند و در موردی خواستار سرنگونی دولت بحرین از سوی معترضان این کشور شدند

در واکنش به مواضع ایران، وزیران خارجه کشورهای عرب حوزه خلیج فارس هفته گذشته پس از یک نشست اضطراری در ریاض پایتخت عربستات سعودی، با صدور بیانیه مشترکی از آنچه “دخالت ایران در امور داخلی و توطئه چینی علیه امنیت ملی” خود خواندند، به شدت انتقاد کردند

در این بیانیه آمده است: (نشست وزرای خارجه) دخالت ایران در امور داخلی بحرین را که ناقض معاهدات بین المللی است به شدت محکوم می کند

شورای همکاری خلیج فارس متشکل از کشورهای عربستان سعودی، کویت، قطر، بحرین، عمان و امارات متحده عربی است که سه دهه پیش به دنبال انقلاب اسلامی و جنگ ایران و عراق تشکیل شد

در حال حاضر به جز اخراج متقابل دیپلمات های ایرانی و کویتی، ایران و بحرین هم یک دیپلمات از خاک یکدیگر اخراج کرده اند

منبع فارسی: بی بی سی

Five lawyers are already in prison. At least six others are facing possible imprisonment and ban on practising their profession. A number of others have spent time in detention or been expelled from university posts, and some others have had to leave the country to avoid harassment and detention.

Mr. Ghasem Sholeh Saadi, lawyer and university professor, was arrested after a domestic flight from Shiraz at Mehrabad Airport of Tehran and taken to Evin Prison on 3 April 2011.

In 2002, Ghasem Sholeh Saadi wrote a strongly worded open letter to Ayatollah Khamanei, the Supreme Leader, questioning his religious qualification to become the leader and voicing other criticism. He was then arrested and spent 36 days in detention. The Islamic Revolution Court tried him on charges of “insulting the authorities, propaganda against the system and publishing lies with intent to cause anxiety to public opinion” and sentenced him to 1.5 years imprisonment in June 2006. The sentence was upheld in April 2007. His latest detention is likely to be related to that sentence.
Sholeh Saadi is a former Member of Parliament of two terms. He was prevented from standing as a presidential candidate in 2009.

During the last couple of years, many lawyers, both defenders of human rights as well as others, have been targeted for harassment and unfair prosecution as a result of practicing their profession.

Other lawyers currently imprisoned:

* Ms. Nasrin Sotudeh, a human rights lawyer, was arrested on 4 September 2010 and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment, 10 years of ban on professional activities and 10 years of ban on travelling abroad, on 9 January 2011.

* Mohammad Oliaiyfard, another human rights lawyer, was arrested on 1 May 2010 to serve a 1-year imprisonment.

* Ms. Ma’edeh Ghaderi, a lawyer, was arrested in the Mashhad on 3 March 2011 and still remains in detention.

* Javid Houtan Kian, lawyer of the stoning sentence case Ms. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, was detained in October 2010 and remains in detention to this date. He has reportedly been sentenced to 1 year imprisonment and 5 years of ban on practice. But it is not clear yet if he is facing more charges as well.

Lawyers harassed and persecuted:

* Mohammad Seifzadeh, founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre – DHRC (FIDH league member in Iran), was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment and 10 years of ban on practice in November 2010.

* Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, founding member of the DHRC, was detained for over two months in July-September 2009. He has been tried but has not received a sentence yet.

* Abdolfattah Soltani, founding member of the DHRC, was detained for over two months in June – August 2009. He had spent over 7 months in detention in 2005.
Khalil Bahramian was sentenced to 18 months in prison and banned from practising law for 10 years on February 2, 2011.

* Mohammad Sharif, founding member of the DHRC, was expelled from his teaching post in university on 5 April 2011.

* Several lawyers of the Sufi Dervishes have faced harassment, including Mostafa Daneshju (disbarred and facing a 7-month imprisonment sentence), Farshid Yadollahi and Amir Eslami (facing six-month imprisonment sentences), Omid Behrouzi (disbarred) and Ehsanollah Haydari (expelled from university teaching post).

* Nasser Zarafshan, lawyer of the families of murdered intellectuals of the late 1990s, served five years in prison (2002 – 2007) for practicing his profession.
Five lawyers, including four women, Maryam Sabbaghian, Maryam Karbasi, Maryam Kian-Ersi, Rosa Gharachorlo, and Mr. Mohammad Hossein Nayyeri were arrested on returning from Turkey in November 2010 and spent one month in detention.

* Other lawyers have had to leave the country to avoid arrest and harassment. They include Ms. Shirin Ebadi (2003 Peace Nobel Laureate), Mohammad Mostafaei (human rights lawyer), Ms. Shadi Sadr (human rights lawyer).

Source: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

پنج وکیل دادگستری اکنون در زندان هستند. حداقل شش وکیل دادگستری دیگر احتمالا به زندان و محرومیت از حرفه وکالت محکوم خواهند شد. تعدادی دیگر از وکلای دادگستری پیشتر در بازداشت بوده اند یا از دانشگاه اخراج شده اند و بعضی نیز برای پرهیز از آزار و بازداشت ناگزیر از ترک کشور شده اند

عبدالکریم لاهیجی، نایب رییس فدراسیون بین المللی جامعه های حقوق بشر و رییس جامعه دفاع از حقوق بشر در ایران امروز گفت: دستگیری و آزار و ارعاب وکلای دادگستری بُعدِ دیگری از بی اعتنایی کامل دولتمردان ایران به موازین قانونی و موازین محاکمه عادلانه را تشکیل می دهد. دولتمردان ایران وکلای حقوق بشری را تنبیه می کنند و می کوشند از تعداد وکلایی بکاهند که آماده اند از قربانیانِ نظام آشکارا پر عیب و نقص قضایی، به ویژه از فعالان حقوق بشر و حقوق زنان، فعالان سندیکایی و دانشجویی، دفاع کنند. ما از گزارشگر ویژه سازمان ملل برای استقلال وکلای دادگستری و قضات می خواهیم برای پایان دادن به آزار و ارعاب وکلا در ایران ـ که به طور روزافزونی به خاطر عمل به حرفه شان قربانی می شوند ـ اقدام کند

قاسم شعله سعدی، وکیل دادگستری و استاد دانشگاه، در تاریخ 14 فروردین 1390 پس از پرواز از شیراز در فرودگاه مهرآباد تهران دستگیر و به زندان اوین منتقل شد

شعله سعدی در سال 1381 نامه شدید اللحنی به آیت الله خامنه ای نوشته و صلاحیت مذهبی او برای احراز مقام رهبری را مورد تردید قرارداده و انتقادهای دیگری نیز مطرح کرده بود. در آن زمان او دستگیر شد و 36 روز در بازداشت ماند. دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی او را به اتهام «توهین به مقامات، تبلیغ علیه نظام و نشر اکاذیب به قصد تشویش اذهان عمومی» محاکمه و در خرداد 1385 به 5/1 سال حبس تعزیری محکوم کرد. این حکم در فروردین 1386 تایید شد. به نظر می رسد بازداشت اخیر او در ارتباط با این حکم باشد. شعله سعدی دو دوره نماینده مجلس بوده است و در سال 1388 از نامزدی در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری محروم شد

بسیاری از وکلای دادگستری، چه وکلای حقوق بشری و چه وکلای دیگر، درطی سال های اخیر به خاطر حرفه شان قربانی اذیت و آزار و پیگرد ناعادلانه بوده اند

وکلای دیگری که در حال حاضر در زندان به سر می برند

نسرین ستوده، وکیل حقوق بشری، در تاریخ 13 شهریور 1389 دستگیر و در تاریخ 19 دی 1389 به 11 سال زندان، 10 سال محرومیت از حرفه وکالت و 10 سال محرومیت از سفر به خارج محکوم شد.

محمد اولیایی فرد، وکیل حقوق بشری، در 11 اردیبهشت 1389 برای گذراندن یک حکم 1 ساله دستگیر شد

مائده قادری در تاریخ 12 اسفند 1389 در مشهد دستگیر شد و هنوز در بازداشت به سر می برد

جاوید هوتن کیان، وکیل مدافع سکینه محمدی آشتیانی متهم محکوم به سنگسار، در مهر 1389 دستگیر شد و تا این تاریخ در بازداشت به سر می برد. گفته می شود او به یکسال زندان و پنج سال محرومیت از حرفه وکالت محکوم شده است. اما هنوز روشن نیست که آیا او با اتهام های دیگری نیز روبروست یا خیر

وکلای دادگستری که مورد اذیت و آزار و تهدید قرار گرفته اند

محمد سیف زاده، عضو موسس کانون مدافعان حقوق بشر ایران (سازمان عضو فدراسیون بین المللی جامعه های حقوق بشر) در آبان 1389 به 9 سال زندان و 10 سال محرومیت از حرفه وکالت محکوم شد.

محمدعلی دادخواه، عضو موسس کانون مدافعان حقوق بشر ایران، در تیر ـ شهریور 1388 به مدت بیش از دو ماه بازداشت شد. او محاکمه شده اما هنوز حکمی دریافت نکرده است

عبدالفتاح سلطانی، عضو موسس کانون مدافعان حقوق بشر ایران، در خرداد ـ مرداد 1388 به مدت بیش از دو ماه در بازداشت بود. او پیشتر نیز در سال 1384 به مدت هفت ماه در بازداشت به سر برده بود

خلیل بهرامیان در تاریخ 13 بهمن 1389 به 18 ماه زندان و 10 سال محرومیت از حرفه وکالت محکوم شد

محمد شریف، عضو موسس کانون مدافعان حقوق بشر ایران، در تاریخ 16 فروردین 1390 از دانشگاه اخراج شد

چند تن از وکلای مدافع دراویش قربانی آزار و ارعاب بوده اند، ازجمله مصطفی دانشجو (محرومیت از وکالت و محکوم به هفت ماه زندان)، فرشید یداللهی و امیر اسلامی (محکوم به شش ماه زندان)، امید بهروزی (محرومیت از وکالت) و احسان الله حیدری (اخراج از دانشگاه). ناصر زرافشان، وکیل مدافع خانواده های روشنفکران قربانی قتل های زنجیره ای در اواخر دهه 1370، به خاطر انجام حرفه خود پنج سال (1386 ـ 1381) در زندان به سر برد

پنج وکیل دادگستری، شامل چهار زن به نام های مریم صباغیان، مریم کرباسی، مریم کیان ارثی، رُزا قراچورلو، و محمد حسین نیری، در آبان 1389 در بازگشت از ترکیه دستگیر شدند و یک ماه در بازداشت ماندند.
وکلای دیگری نیز برای پرهیز از دستگیری و آزار ناگزیر از ترک کشور شده اند، از جمله شیرین عبادی (برنده جایزه نوبل صلح سال 2003)، محمد مصطفایی و شادی صدر

Given the extend to which Dogmechi’s cancer had progressed, in mid March last year, doctors lost hope and announcing that he has only three months to live.

According to the Center to Defend the Families of those Slain and Detained in Iran, Dogmechi’s physical condition rapidly deteriorated during the last days of his life.

He was no longer able to sit while in bed. He was no longer capable of drinking even liquids such as milk and fruit juice and experience severe pain when drinking water.

It is worth mentioning that prison officials had refused to provide Dokmechi who was suffering from a malignant form of pancreatic cancer with medical attention; this despite the fact that doctors had recommended long ago that he be transferred to an external hospital for chemotherapy.

Translated by Banooye Sabz

محسن دگمه‌چی به علت عدم رسیدگی پزشکی در زندان جان باخت

خبرها حاکی از آن است که محسن دگمه چی شب گذشته مورخ هشتم فروردین ماه، به دلیل عدم رسیدگی پزشکی و وخامت حالش، در بیمارستان جان باخته است

در اواسط اسفندماه سال گذشته پزشکان به دلیل پیشرفت بیماری سرطانِ محسن دگمه چی، زندانی سیاسی محبوس در زندان رجایی شهر کرج، از وی قطع امید کرده و گفته بودند که وی بین یک تا سه ماه دیگر زنده نخواهد بود

بنا بر گزارش کانون حمایت از خانواده جانباختگان و بازداشتی ها، وضعیت جسمی آقای دگمه چی در روزهای آخر حیاتش روز به روز وخیم تر می شد تا جایی که او دیگر قادر به نشستن بر روی تختخوابش نبود و حتی نمی توانست مایعاتی مانند شیر و آب میوه بنوشد و هنگام نوشیدن آب نیز با دردهای شدیدی مواجه می شد

این در حالیست که از مدت‌ها پیش آقای دگمه چی بنا بر تشخیص پزشکان بایستی در بیمارستانی خارج از زندان تحت شیمی درمانی قرار می‌گرفت

شایان ذکر است مسئولان بارها در رسیدگی پزشکی به این بازاری زندانی که به سرطان پاندراس از نوع بدخیم آن مبتلا شده، کارشکنی کرده بودند

Share your ideas and prospects concerning the possibilities of change in Iran. The top three essays will be published in accredited journal(s) and will also receive a cash prize

Since the Presidential Election in Iran in June 2009, there has been an ongoing debate among and between different national and international political and social groups about the possibilities of change in Iran. Nevertheless, the issue has not been dealt with from an academic perspective sufficiently and adequately.

The Iranian Progressive Youth (IPY) is an independent association which aims at establishing a platform for political, cultural and social activities with special focus on the Iranian struggle for freedom and democracy. As part of its ongoing efforts, IPY has organized an International Essay Contest among students and researchers from different disciplines and has called for answers to the following question:

What are the ways to bring about a democratic change in Iran?

The IPY “International Essay Contest” encourages the interested parties to investigate and explore their ideas – from the idealistic to the realistic – in response to this question from either one, or a combination of, the following perspectives:

1. The role and prospect of the Civil Society;
2. The influence of the Political Structure;
3. The position and responsibility of International Community.

The top three essays will be published in internationally accredited journal(s) and

• the first-prize essay will receive  €500 and the IPY Essay Award;
• the second-prize essay will receive  €250;
• the third-prize essay will receive  €150.

Moreover, all the submitted essays will be published on the essay contest’s website.

Participation in this essay contest is open to any (former) student and researcher of any institution of higher education in any field and discipline.

The theme of the essays should be directly linked to Iran and the 2009 Presidential election and its aftermath and will be judged on two criteria:

1. Scientific quality, especially in deepening the understanding of the subject and its social relevance.
2. Innovative elements, creativity and originality in subject matter and its effects, and/or delving into a subject that has been presented but not explored in sufficient depth.

Submitted essays must:

1. be in English or Dutch;
2. be between 1500 – 2500 words. Essays longer than 3000 will not accepted;
3. be in Word Document format (.doc and not .docx) (font ‘Times New Roman’, size 12, double spacing);
4. be delivered digitally to essay@iranpy.net

• CD-ROM, Floppy Disks, videos and tapes are not accepted.

1. be received by 10th April 2011 9:00 PM GM

The participants are requested to download and fill out the ‘Participation Form’ from the essay contest website. (link)

IPY will appoint a jury which will consist of 3 university teachers/professors from Dutch Universities in different fields and 3 Parliamentarians from the Dutch Parliament and the European Parliament. The IPY Board holds one vote in this jury.
The members of the jury will be announced in due time.

Participants in the contest will receive a confirmation of their submission. The authors of the selected essays will be informed by 25th April 2011; the essays which have not been selected will receive a notification around the same time.

Only papers that meet all the conditions mentioned in this document will be assessed.
The decision of the jury is not subject to appeal.
For more information about the contest refer to Essay Contest Website, or contact us at essay@iranpy.net

Source:  Iranian Progressive Youth

دیدگاه‌های خود در زمینه چشم انداز تغییر در ایران را طرح کنید.  مقالات اول تا سوم علاوه بر انتشار در رسانه ها و مجلات معتبر علمی، جایزه نقدی نیز دریافت خواهند کرد

بدنبال وقایع بعد از انتخابات خرداد ٨٨، بحث و بررسی امکانات تغییر در ایران چه در سطح ملی و چه بین المللی در بین گروههای سیاسی و اجتماعی همواره در جریان است، اما این موضوع  بطور شایسته از زاویه علمی و آکادمیک بررسی کافی نشده اشت. از این رو “شبکه جوانان پیشرو” بعنوان بخشی از مجموعه فعالیتها و نگرانیهای جاری خود، با مخاطب قرار دادن دانشجویان و پژوهشگران، “مسابقه مقالات علمی ٢٠١١” را برای پاسخ به این پرسش برگزار  میکند:

راههای ایجاد تغییر دمکراتیک در ایران کدامند؟

توجه به نقش و چشم انداز جامعه مدنی در ایران، تاثیرات ساختار سیاسی حاکم و نقش و مسئولیت جامعه جهانی میتوانند از جمله پارامترهای مورد بررسی باشند

سه مقاله برتر علاوه برانتشار در مجلات معتبر علمی، جوائز نقدی نیز دریافت خواهند کرد. جایزه مقاله اول، لوح تقدیر و مبلغ ۵٠٠ یورو ، مقاله دوم مبلغ ٢۵٠ یورو و مقاله سوم مبلغ ١۵٠ یورو خواهد بود. علاوه بر این کلیه مقالات دریافتی در سایت مسابقه مقالات علمی ٢٠١١منتشر خواهند شد

هیئت داوران متشکل از هفت عضو از جمله سه تن از اساتید دانشگاه و سه تن از نمایندگان پارلمان خواهد بود، در کنار آنها شبکه جوانان پیشرو نیز دارای یک رای میباشد. اسامی اعضا هئیت داوران بزودی اعلام خواهد شد

شرکت برای کلیه دانشجویان، دانش پژوهان و علاقمندان آزاد است. مقالات دریافتی با معیار کیفیت علمی  و نو آوری و خلاقیت مورد قضاوت قرار خواهند گرفت. مهلت نهائی ارسال مقالات دهم آوریل ٢٠١١است. کلیه نگارندگان تا ٢۵ آوریل از انتخاب یا عدم انتخاب مقاله خود مطلع خواهند شد. لطفا برای جزئیات بیشتر از شرایط شرکت، به متن انگلیسی و یا سایت زیر مراجعه کنید

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