The anti-human clerical regime in Iran hanged Mojahedin member, Hojjat Zamani, a political prisoner since 2001 in Gohardasht prison near Tehran, on Tuesday, February 7.

Zamani had endured prison and torture for four and a half years. Ali Haji Kazem, warden of Gohardasht prison, and two other henchmen, Arjomandi and Syed, carried out the ruthless hanging.

Zamani was handed four death sentences by the branch six of the Revolutionary Court in summer of 2004. By the end of 2004, the Supreme Court, presided over by Gholamhossein Mohseni Eje'i [now Minister of Intelligence] and Nabi Raji, handed Mr. Zamani two death sentences and payment of blood money on bogus charges. When informed of the sentences, Zamani rejected the charges and wrote below the verdict: "I do not protest the sentence that has been issued."

NCRI - In a parliamentary debate on Iran at the House of Lords on February 9, several members of the House called for removal of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran from the list of terrorist organizations to pave the way for democratic change in Iran. While expressing her deep concern over the plight of women under the fundamentalist rule in Iran, Baroness Gould of Potternewton reiterated: "We should be offering our support to Mrs Maryam Rajavi, as did my noble friend Lord Temple-Morris, and the Iranian resistance for staying true to their goal of standing up for the basic rights of the Iranian people." The following are excerpts from her speech at the House of Lords:

NCRI - The clerical regime's suppressive State Security Forces (SSF) crushed a demonstration by thousands of Nematollahi dervishes and the people in the holy city of Qom (in central Iran). The action led to extensive clashes between the people and the security forces in various neighborhoods in the city. Qom shut down as Monday's demonstrations and clashes continued into Tuesday.

NCRI - Uranium enrichment resumed in Iran according to an official of the religious dictatorship ruling that country.

Javad Vaidi from Supreme National Security Council of the clerical regime said on Tuesday: "The work has resumed (at the Natanz enrichment facility)."

The move came despite warnings from France, Russia and the United Nations not to take action that might escalate the tense dispute with the West over fears it is seeking nuclear bomb. Germany and China have also expressed concern.

NCRI - Death sentences for two teenagers were approved by the State Supreme Court on Monday according to state-run news agency IRNA.

The head of Tehran's punitive court, Naser Saraj, was quoted telling reporters that the two were both 18 years of age and their death sentences were approved for alleged sexual assault. They were identified only as "E. N." and "E. K."

The same news agency also reported on Tuesday that two men are going to be hanged in Shiraz, provincial capital of Fars, central Iran, on Wednesday. Death sentences for "Ayat Kh." and "Mehdi A." were endorsed by the State Supreme Court, said the Revolutionary Prosecutor of Fars province.

NCRI - Death decree on Salman Rushdie, author of the Satanic Verses, by Khomeini will remain in force forever according to an announcement by the clerical regime's so called "Martyrs Foundation" today.

The announcement was made on the anniversary of the 1989 fatwa (death decree) issued by the founder of the religious dictatorship in Iran.

"Imam Khomeini's fatwa on the apostate Salman Rushdie will remain in force for eternity," said the Martyrs Foundation, which has offered 2.8 millon dollar bounty for Rushdie's head.

NCRI - Faced with domestic and international crises, the clerical regime has stepped up pressures and torture against steadfast political prisoners, including Mojahedin prisoners.

Reports from Iran indicate that several Mojahedin political prisoners, including Hojjat Zamani, have disappeared in the past few weeks and there is no credible information about their whereabouts.

By Ramesh Sepehrrad

Global Politician - In the past several months pundits and analysts have attempted to provide roadmaps for change in Iran. While some ideas are settling in the minds of Americans, the results are real. More than half of Americans are now prepared to face some kind of confrontation with Iran; to curb its nuclear weapons drive and end its support for international terrorism. Remarkably, beyond popular reason, some analysts still advocate fostering behavioral change through engaging fundamentalist clerics with an "all carrots, no stick" approach. More coherent pundits favor of non-military-style change, by funding Iranian groups and their exiled satellite programs. The least appealing of all is the call for overt military strikes against Tehran's political, economic and nuclear interests. Unfortunately, none will entirely solve the free world's Tehran problem.

Agence France Presse - Iran has started putting uranium feedstock gas into centrifuges, the first step in manufacturing what can be either nuclear reactor fuel or material for an atom bomb, diplomats told AFP Monday.

"Iran has put gas into centrifuges at its pilot enrichment plant in Natanz," a diplomat in Vienna said.