Iran: Mullahs' Judiciary impasse, 12 million judicial cases in one year

Saturday, 01 March 2008

NCRI - Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the head of the mullahs' Judiciary, said on February 27, 2008, "The trend of legal cases in the Judiciary is overwhelming. The creation of eight million judicial cases during the past year signifies a legal and judicial malady as well as a serious harm to society." He was speaking to a gathering in the southern province of Khuzestan, discussing the problems faced by the institution under his control. Shahroudi described the creation of eight million judicial cases in one year as a "fundamental problem," and added, "In a country like India, with a population close to one billion, only four million judicial cases are filed annually."

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Iran: Mullahs' pathetic appeasers in the European Parliament - Part IV

Friday, 29 February 2008

The appalling meeting with broken down prisoners in Tehran Meeting with broken down prisoners and exploiting them for political purposes, an unfortunate step taken by Ms. Beer and her colleagues is wholly incongruent with democratic principles. One of the deplorable steps taken by Ms. Beer and those accompanying her was to meet with broken down prisoners who have repented and now cooperate with the regime's torturers and henchmen.

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Iran: A young man hanged for a crime he committed at 16

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

NCRI - The mullahs' regime hanged a young man identified as Javad Shojaii accused of a crime committed when he was 16, the state-run daily Etemad reported on Tuesday.   The inhuman mullahs' regime has sentenced nine teenagers to death in the notorious Gohardasht prison some 40 km west of Tehran and five others in the Dastgerd prison in the central city of Isfahan. All were under 18 at the time of the alleged crime. The teenagers are Massoud Kafishir, Saiid Jazi, Hossein Toranj, Mehdi Azimi, Hamed Pour Heydari, Mostafa Naqdi, Benjamin Rasouli, Behrooz Shojaii, Morteza Feizi, Ahamd Mortazavain, Reza Hajazi, Iman Hashemi, Reza Bikasan, and Hamid Bikasan. The first six are still under 18.

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Iranian Resistance calls for sanctions against the mullahs' regime

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Officials of International Atomic Energy Agency and its member states' representatives emphasize the Iranian regime's continued nuclear weapons program Iranian Resistance calls for adoption of a firm position and imposition of sanctions against the mullahs' regime NCRI - Following a major revelation by the Iranian Resistance in Brussels on February 20, the IAEA Deputy Director General Oli Heinonen, in reference to a missile re-entry vehicle, told a meeting of the Agency on Monday that the component — which brings missiles back from the stratosphere — was configured in a way that strongly suggests it was meant to carry a nuclear warhead. His remarks clearly upset the head of the regime's delegation according to diplomats.

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Iran: Students hold widespread anti-government demonstration in Shiraz University

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

NCRI - Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, lauded the student uprising in Shiraz University and reiterated that widespread student uprising which is spreading to other universities across the country is indicative of the Iranian people's deep-seated anger and hatred towards the religious fascism ruling Iran and the people's desire for an end to the illegitimate regime in Tehran. More than 1,500 students, for the second day in the row, held anti-government demonstration on Shiraz University campus in southern Iran yesterday.

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Iran: Maryam Rajavi calls for comprehensive sanctions

Monday, 25 February 2008

The Iranian regime's propaganda on nuclear project is aimed at domestic consumption in the run-up to elections NCRI - Prior to the upcoming meeting of the 5+1 countries, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, called for immediate adoption of comprehensive arms, technological, diplomatic and oil sanctions to prevent the mullahs' regime to acquire nuclear bomb.   She congratulated the Iranian people for the devastating blow inflicted on the religious fascism against its nuclear activities by the Resistance and declared that the inhuman and anti-Iranian regime which was trying to obtain nuclear bomb in order to guarantee its survival is entrapped once again by the Resistance's incredible revelations.

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Iran: IAEA report makes UNSC sanctions resolution imperative

Saturday, 23 February 2008

Iranian Resistance is ready to provide the IAEA with information on organs and individuals involved in the nuclear program that the clerical regime denies their existence NCRI - Subsequent to the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the clerical regime's nuclear program, Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), reiterated that the report, despite its serious shortcomings and deficiencies, clearly shows that the Iranian regime has no intention of exposing secret aspects of its nuclear program and has not given up on the project to produce nuclear bomb or warhead in particular. He added that any vacillation or delay by the UN Security Council member states in imposing comprehensive sanctions would provide the regime freer hand in pursuing nuclear weapons. Mohaddessin pointed out that the response of the clerical regime to many of the agency's questions are primarily based on correspondence of various organs within the regime. These correspondences have no legal bearing and are fabricated to deceive the IAEA.

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Iran: Widespread strikes by sugar cane factory workers and crackdown on Abbaspour Dam employees

Saturday, 23 February 2008

NCRI - On Monday, sugar cane factory workers walked out over their unpaid salaries for the second time this year (Persian calendar year starting March 21), in the southern city of Shoosh. Their salaries and other benefits have not been paid for January and February. They went on strike last September over the same issue. The State Security Forces (SSF) and agents of Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) attacked some 800 workers of the Abbaspour Dam outside the southern city of Masjed Soleiman on Thursday. The workers went on strike when the government refused to compensate for their unpaid salaries.

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Iran: Ten Sunni missionaries imprisoned by the mullahs' regime

Wednesday, 20 February 2008

NCRI - Ten Sunni missionaries were arrested and imprisoned in the notorious Gohardasht prison (Rajaishahr), according to the Resistance sources in Iran. Prior to their eventual imprisonment, the 10 Sunni missionaries had been detained by the State Security Forces (SSF) and held for more than 40 days in an undisclosed location. They are as follows: Rasoul Mavet, Souran Fasehi, Mohammad Khaki, Simand Hosseini, Masoud Javadi, Kaveh Seyedzadeh, Edris Mondaris, Azad Qaderzadeh, Kayvan Khodadadi and Khalid Marofi.

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