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Supporters of the Iranian resistance have all over the world commemorated the memory of Ingrid Holzhueter, Former member of the German Bundestag from Social Democratic Party and the president of the German branch of the Friends of a Free Iran Committee, who has unfortunately passed away this week.

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Hostages have written their last letters to their families considering their
dreadful physical situation and still insist on pertaining their Right for Freedom.

The 36 hostages were abducted by the pro-Iranian Maliki special forces on the day of the brutal attack on Camp Ashraf- home to 1000 woman activists- and while tortured during interrogation were abused in detention and charged with false charges by staged witnesses.
The objective of the Maliki engineered charges was to elongate the hostages captivity in order to fulfill Iranian demands to harm the dissidents.
Mr. Maliki seems to be election thirsty and hoping to win the elections with Iranian support.

It is a Critical situation and we like to ask all readers to Write to the UNHCR,US Ambassador in Iraq,The White house in twitter(@whitehouse) Mr. Obama in twitter (@BarakObama) and other responsible organizations to take immediate action to :

- Demand Maliki to stop illegal intervention by delaying release of the hostages ordered by local Judge under various pretexts
- Demand Maliki to ask presence of UNAMI to be stationed in the refugee Camp Ashraf to prevent further pressure by Iranian regime for a second brutal assault on the defenseless camp.
- Ask US to carry out Treaty obligations under Basic International Conventions of Humanitarian Law and enforce protection of the defenseless victims of the camp
_ Ask the UNHCR to pursue the immediate installation of an observer in the camp.

US Embassy in Iraq:
US Land Line : 1- 240-553-0581 x2413 By Telephone
BaghdadPressOffice@state.gov

Iraqi Embassy in the US
3421 Massachusetts Ave.,N.W
Washington, D>C. 20007
Tel: (202) 742-1600 Ext:136

Three Months agao the candle of resistance burned so Brightly as millions of people lead into the streets.... is Tom Tancredo's opening of speech at NY rally on 23 September 2009.
As 7000 or more people gathered in front of the Un protesting to Ahmadinejad's presence in the UN and on US soil, they chanted "Ahmadinejad is not my President" .."down with dictator".." No Lebanon ,No Ghaza, my life for Iran"...
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Let me tell you who is responsible; Mr. Khamenei, Mr.Khatami, Mr. Rafsanjani"...

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Iran's president extols himself and denounces Israel

"Ahmadinejad, in a clear reference to the United States, accused "those who define democracy and freedom" of not living up to their own standards. "They can no longer sit both as the judge and executioner and challenge the real democratically established governments," he said.Amir Blorchi of Washington described Ahmadinejad's words as "bluster" and applauded the nations that did not listen to him speak. "His absurd talk about world peace and love will not deceive anyone," said Blorchi, adding that sanctions were the best approach to Ahmadinejad...Russia on Wednesday suggested that it might support sanctions against Iran"

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Shiva's friends and some other activists were waiting for her release from prison today at 5 pm local time.
Shiva , a member of the Human Rights Committee, was arrested at her office in working hours on 14 June after she he house was thoroughly examined the night before.
Shiva is also a member of the 1 million petition campaign in Iran.

During the past week there has been an obvious struggle by activists, Human right supporters and activists to prove International Convents on political and civil Rights to still be effective at times of Humanitarian Crisis in the ongoing session of Human Right Council in Geneva. This struggle has been practically focused on the humiliating mockery of these international Instruments by the Iraqi Maliki government as it has so far displayed arrays of trying to show confidence above International law by defying International will to let go of the illegal standoff at the refugee Camp Ashraf.

We also have played part of this pressure by collecting so far 25000 signatures denouncing this illegal defiance and asking for the implementation of International laws.

During the sessions of Human Rights Council, NGOS of consultative Status to the UN in their speech referred to Iranian uprising and also the situation of Ashraf. Among those speaking at the session were "Daniel Mitterrand"s NGO as well as Human Rights watch with "nazain Afshin Jam".

Mrs. Daniel Mitterrand, prominent Human Right defender and former member of French Resistance defends the Right of Ashraf residents to an International inquiry regarding the "Crimes of War" and "Crime Against Humanity" perpetrated by Iraqi forces specially in view of Maliki responsibility towards well being of the 36 Ashraf hostages still held after recent Judgment of a local Judge for their release. (FRENCH interview with Farsi subtitles)

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Agence France Presse*, Geneva, September 15 - Several NGOs in Geneva on Tuesday called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mrs. Navanethem Pillay to intervene to ensure the protection of Camp Ashraf near Baghdad, which houses more than 3,000 opponents of the Iranian regime.

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Iranian exiles in Iraq vowed on Saturday to continue a six-week-old hunger strike until 36 of them arrested during a riot in July are freed and Iraqi forces who took control of their camp leave.

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The No to Ahmadinejad Committee Street Team at Broadway & 116th Street talking to the public about a rally against Ahmadinejad's visit to the United Nations. The rally is on Wed Sept 23rd @ 11 am, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th and 1st). No is the time to act, support the Iranian people's struggle for democratic change in Iran, say no to tyrant Ahmadinejad.

After reading this interview I became more apt on the fact that the Obama administration is incapable of comprehending or the least of dealing with the Iranian regime! It is too simply vivid that when backed by such irresponsible thinktanks, the outcomes of foreign policy of the US is heartbreaking when it comes to Iran

follow the "UPdated" position of the Foreign affairs on women in Iran and their role in the uprising there.

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Mahsa Naderi, a 19-year-old economics student of Mashhad university, imprisoned in Ward 209 of Tehran’s Evin prison, is in critical condition but she has been denied of medical treatment. She was arrested for attending a ceremony in Khavaran, a cemetery located in South East of Tehran, commemorating the victims of 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran.

Following is the excerpts of an interview of Persian language Voice of America TV with Mrs. Masoumeh Naderi, Mahsa’s mother:

VOA: Mrs. Naderi why was your daughter arrested?

Masoumeh Naderi: My daughter and her father who was a political prisoner for 5 years from 1381-1986 went to Khavaran cemetery for honoring those martyrs who have been buried there. Few days later, they [Iranian regime’s agents] arrested my husband and told him your daughter will be arrested too. But since my daughter was under 18 at the time, they did not arrest her. A couple of years later, they came to our house and arrested my daughter and took away our computer, my daughters’ hand writings and a few a number of other things with them. My husband was in prison at that time. They transferred the 18-years-old Mahsa to solidarity confinement and she spent three months there.

VOA: Have you been in contact with your daughter or did you get a chance to visit her in prison or did you have a lawyer for her?

Masoumeh Naderi: After she had spent three months in solidarity confinement, they transferred her to Ward 209 of Evin prison. She is there with three others in a cell. Because there are so many prisoners there, they were allowed to use washroom only once in a day. This resulted in creating kidney problem and infections for her. Once she had so much needed help that her friends ask prison guards for help but they responded by saying that let her die, we brought her here to die.

VOA: In Khavaran cemetery, those who have been executed in 1981-1988 have been buried. Most have been buried secretly. Later the family members and their relatives found out. Most of them were member of the People’s Mojahedin organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Gatherings held by victims’ families has always turned into clashes with the government forces. A few months ago the government forces destroyed a number of graves sites there.

Three weeks after her arrest, Faiba Pajouh (journalist) remains in solitary confinement and is under extreme pressure to confess.

In a phone call to her family on Monday, Fariba Pajouh who is a member of the International Federation of Journalists said that she remains in solitary confinement.

It had been reported previously that she was being detained in Evin but was sharing her cell with other prisoners. She is in a bad psychological state and being in solitary confinement in Evin is putting pressure on her.

Fariba Pajouh had worked for Etemad Melli Newspaper and ILNA News Agency in the past. There is no information on the reasons of her arrest or what she has been charged with. The judiciary has not released any information on her case.

The former Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dr. Yakin Ertürk, has brought her term as mandate holder to a close with a call to States to accept the challenges of accountability, implementation and compliance which would give full effect to measures prohibiting violence against women


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• Ayatollah Tabatabi Nezhad: Isfahan Friday Prayers Imam

1- Ministry is an important with high demands; women won’t be able to handle working there.
2- Choosing female ministers is against Islamic rules.
3- Women would have to constantly work with men in ministry office, this is not right.
4- A ministry is not women’s job.
5- We are not against women and we do respect them.

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Courage is the Art of loving the "One thing beside Your Self" and creating a new value by paying the price to preserve it.

25 May 2007- Evin Prison

Torturer (Famous as the notorious Zarghami): You will never get out of here; no one will hear your voice except these walls. Now tell me who is the Hypocrite? When you went to Ashraf City, did you see the Hypocrites?
The young Houd, with much confident only replied: "What I saw in Ashraf were the Mojahedin (saviors of the people) and not hypocrites (a label created by Ayatollah Khomeini to deface its opposition the PMOI)
A thrust of batons and punches awaited young Houd as he knew very well the consequences of not insulting the PMOI. He was resolved to not weald to what his torturer expected and not let them use him against another.

Houd has been in solitary confinement for the past 9 months and is in a devastating physical condition. Some former cell mates contested he was vomiting blood but was extremely cheerful as usual and insisted that there is a voice out of these walls that would echo his will for "truth and the rule of the Law".


The mullahs’ regime judiciary on Sunday, August30, sought a death sentence for Mr. Hamed Yazarloo, 28, a Air and Space expert who is currently a political prisoner, for “waging war on God.” During the mock-trial, which was presided by Mohammad Moghise, Hamed Yazarloo was accused of taking part in mountain climbing, indoor football games, and family gatherings, and gathering news and information about political prisoners, including about his brother Hood Yazarloo, attending events in Hosseinieh Ershad religious institute in Tehran, establishing email contacts with his relatives in Camp Ashraf, taking part in student gatherings and protests, gathering a collection of speeches and events of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran and promoting the goals of the PMOI, and thus a death sentence was sought for him. Even Hamed’s father was not allowed to attend the mock-trial.

Mohammad Moghise, with a pseudonym of Nasserian, was the head of Evin prison at the time of the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988. He is one of the most brutal and despicable torturers of the regime and one of the main figures responsible for suppression of political prisoners.

Hamed Yazarloo was arrested on February 20, 2009 by agents of the notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security. He was put in solitary confinement in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. He was subjected to physical and psychological torture there for 120 days. He continues to languish in Ward 209. His mother, Ms. Nazila Dashti, is being held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison. Hamed’s brother Hood, 21, is imprisoned in Ward 4 of Gohardasht Prison. Ms. Dashti and Hood were both sentenced to three years in prison for visiting their relatives in Ashraf.

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URGENT: Attention needed


3 women in Ashraf have gone into a coma because of their hunger strike.

I would like to ask all of you who care to write a urgent EMAIL or telephone call to Ad Melkert, who is the chairman of UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR IRAQ (UNAMI).
Express your concern for the residents of Ashraf, as well as all hunger strikers around the world who are continuing to grow weaker by the day.

There have already been reports of heart attacks and strokes, and many people have been hospitalized around the world.

Email: Melkert@un.og
OR arikat@un.org
9626550 (Ext 2610) – Oman / Jordan
917-367-3614
fax: 917-367-3615
Telephone in Jordan 962-6550-4700

Express your concern to UNAMI :

amalr@un.org
nabaa@un.org
arikat@un.org
Melkert@un.org

Afagh and Hajar's only family members live in Camp Ashraf. Afagh's mother is among hunger striker in Camp Ashraf and Hajar's brother among injured. The Camp was attacked by Iraq's security forces when American forces were watching the attack. 11 were killed in the attack and 36 taken hostages. Since July 28th over thousand Iranians are on hunger strike around the world including in front of White House. They will continue until US steps in to protect the Camp.

Iranians in 8 cities around the world have been on Hunger Strike in support of 36 residents of Camp Ashraf,who were abducted by Iraqi forces while wounded in a bruatl attack on 28 July. The 36 Hostages are still on Hunger Strike.Reports suggest that Hossein Sarv-Azad, one of the 36 hostages who had spent nine years in mullahs’ jails as a political prisoner and now on hunger strike, fainted as he was being interrogated by the Judge. Police had to take him to the hospital in Khalis.

Although their conditions has been estimated highly critical, the Iraqi Interior Ministry has refused to released them despite a judgment passed by the Judge of their innocence.
This change accrued after Manouchehr Mottaki, mullahs’ Foreign Minister, asked Maliki to prevent release of the 36. Mottaki asked Kazemi Qomi, Tehran’s ambassador to Baghdad and a veteran member of the terrorist Quds Force, to make necessary arrangements to put pressure on these individuals to break them down and convince them not to want to go back to Camp Ashraf.
Tehran seems to be focused in taking hold of these hostages or if not detain their releases so that in time they would face a Humanitarian tragedy.
Considering that every single one of the 36 have been recognized as ‘Protected Person’ under the Fourth Geneva Convention by the U.S. Government and the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) and were issued with the Protected Person’s I.D. cards in 2004:
It is an obligation on our behalf to ask any one visiting this blog to kindly write the US Embassy in Iraq directly or call to express concern over this situation and ask for their immediate intervention.

US Embassy in Iraq:
US Land Line : 1- 240-553-0581 x2413 By Telephone
BaghdadPressOffice@state.gov

Iraqi Embassy in the US
3421 Massachusetts Ave.,N.W
Washington, D>C. 20007
Tel: (202) 742-1600 Ext:136

Iranian activists for defense of human rights in North America and Europe ,organization of Kurdistan defense of human rights and committee of human rights reporters in a joint declaration have demanded for Shiva Nazarahari , Mohammad Sediq Kaboud Vand , Keyvan Samimi , Ahmad Zeid Abadi , Abdollah Momeni , Mohammad Ali Dadkhah , Nasser Faridi , Saeed Matin Pour and dozens of human rights activists and journalists prisoners to be freed .Copy of declaration has been sent to UN Human Rights Council ,Amnesty International ,Human Rights Watch ,Reporters Without Borders and Council of Human Rights in EU.