In the past few months we have witnessed the oppression of the Iranian studeand the student movement by the Islamic Regime in Iran.  For example Mr. Ansari, Mr. Derakhshandi and Mr. Jahandar, three (3) students, and members of The Committee of Iranian Students (Tahkime Vahdat) have been arrested, tortured and have been kept in solitary confinement for months without any of their basic rights or need being met.

We have also witnessed the oppression of the Islamic Student Associations in Alame Tabatabai University by the intelligence ministry officials and the arrest of two members of Islamic Students Association named Saeed Feyze Alhi and Mazyar Samiee. Further more than 14 students have been expelled from the Alame University while 93 students have been banned from further studies and from entering the University grounds by the University "disciplinary committee" at the Private Islamic Karaj University.

Also organization and activities of student organizations in Tabriz University have been suspended, as well, the general secretary Mr. Younes Zareyvun has been summoned to the revolutionary courts.  Student elections have been prevented and other oppressive measures towards student activists at Tabriz University are under way.

Another student activist Soleyman Sima (General Secretary of Islamic Students Association at Tehran University) has been suspended from university for one term and is no longer allowed to study at Tehran University.  To further his studies he can only attend Karaj University. Furthermore elections for Islamic Student Association at Azad Shahr University have been cancelled and the general secretary of the group Mr. Saeed Mehdi Khoday has been suspended for a period of one term from university. As well as   Mr. Khosrovani who was a running candidate for this organization has been suspended for one term. We have also seen the suspension of four other student activists in Sanandaj University.

About a month ago certain articles which were deemed to be anti-regime and anti Islamic were published in 4 Amir Kabir University Papers.  Shortly after the publication of these articles the editors of these papers wrote and published a joint statement, stating that the articles were not written by the students and denied any involvement in the publication of these articles.  However the Islamic Regime has paid no attention to this joint statement, and has turned Amir Kabir University grounds into an army base, by posting a large number of security officials on the university grounds.

Because of their political activities in various Islamic Student Associations the Students of Amir Kabir University have been under the domination and repression of the Islamic Regime.  During a recent speech made by the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Amir Kabir University the students staged a protest and set fire to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s picture.  Currently Amir Kabir University resembles an army base with the presence of an unreasonable large group of security forces.

 On the 29^th of Ordibehesth two Amir Kabir University students Ismail Salmanpour and Arman Sedaghati, who had been suspended from University due to their political activities were attacked and beaten by Islamic Regime guards, to the extent where they had to be taken to the hospital. 

More then 40 other students have been summoned by the disciplinary committee and either suspended or expelled from Amir Kabir University.

Nariman Mostafari, Naser Pouyafar, and Hossein Tarkashvand have been summoned to court for their student activities.

The Islamic Regime represses student activists through summoning them to revolutionary courts for interrogation, by arresting them on their way or back from university or by entering their homes without a warrant, seizing their personal belongings and taking them to s. 209 of the Evin Prison which is under the direct control of the Ministry of Intelligence.

In the past few months 8 other Amir Kabir University students have been arrested and taken to s. 209 of the Evin Prison.  The names of these students are Ahmad Ghasaban (Editor of Sahar newspaper), Majid Sheykpour (Editor of Sare Khat newspaper), Pouyan Mahmoudiyan (Editor of Rayvar newspaper), Majid Tavakoli, Ehsan Mansouri, Abbas Hakimzadeh and Ali Sabri.

Furthermore the health and well being of Mr. Abbas Hakimzadeh is in severe danger due to his recent back operation.  According to his doctor he should not be kept in one place for long and any physical attack he may be subjected to in prison can be extremely dangerous and life threatening.

There is also great concern for the health and well being of Ehsan Mansouri who as a result of torture is suffering from a broken ankle and has not been allowed to obtain the necessary medical attention that he needs.

The Human Rights Activists in Iran invite the United Nations as well as all other human rights organizations to condemn this unjustified attack and oppression on the students in Iran.  The Human Rights Activists also urge all human rights organizations to help free the students named above.

http://www.petitiononline.com/AK209/petition.html

|fixed link| writing the sign by Human Rights Activists in Iranin16 Jun 2007 |titel:

To the Members of the United Nations Human Rights council:

We are two groups of human rights activists in Iran who are writing this letter to report on the violation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Our ultimate goal is to improve the rights of the citizens of this country.

In the past year, the government of Iran has violently put a stop to human rights protests lead by University students, political activists, labors union, and various women groups.  Specifically, it is the revolutionary courts of Iran who carry out the punishing for anybody who is seemingly against Islamic law. Sadly, it is the activists who are fighting for basic human freedom that are forced to endure the most brutal punishments. There is not much that Iranians can do to stop them because the rules, regulations, and methods of punishment of the revolutionary courts are not released to anybody, even if you are a lawyer. Conjointly, the bylaws are created behind closed doors, without any witnesses present.

In some circumstances, the courts demand lawyers to discontinue with certain client files, and even withdraw from the case altogether. The revolutionary courts even have permission to commit ordinary people without having anyone present to witness the prosecution. The situation of human rights in Iran is getting so out of hand that lawyers are also getting arrested simply for being involved in the case.

The government officials of Iran currently insist on using hanging as a form of capital punishment. One of the main reasons why inhumane methods to carnage citizens exist today is to instill fear into the minds of the people. In the past year alone, there have been hundreds of men and women who have been killed by hanging either in prisons or in public. In some cases, the government officials have special permission to sever prisoner body parts or kill women by stoning.

The government of Iran continues to harass and keep close surveillance on minority groups who practice a faith other than Islam. Since the government does not condone other religious groups, they look for excuses to arrest and prosecute their leaders. In the past year, the ministry of Information has closed down three home-based Christian churches and arrested their leaders.

Moreover, Zoroastrians, Jewish, Christians, and Bahai’s are not allowed to discuss or advocate their religion to others. Other communities who continue to get harassed include Muslim groups Alavi, Sunni, and Darvish Gonabadies, and any supporter of Ayatollah Boroujerdi.  

The government officials continue to also harass Iranian minority racial groups such as Azarian, Baluchistani, Arabic, and Kurdish people. The citizens of the preceding groups live in different parts of Iran including Azarbayjan, Baluchestan. Khuzestan and Kurdestan. Due to the citizens’ constant strife, many actively protest for human rights of equality and freedom. Unfortunately, most of these voices go unheard, and those who do get heard are imprisoned for being too vocal.

In 2006, two political activists named Akbar Mohammadi and Valiyolah  Feyz-Mahdavi died mysteriously in two of Iran’s most notorious prisons. In another similar case, student activist, Behrooz javid-Tehrani was arrested 8 years ago in a student movement demonstration and has been jailed ever since.

 In the past year alone he has been attacked more than three times in Gohardasht Prison where he was extremely abused and assaulted by prison guards and officials.

Citizens of Iran can be incarcerated for simply insisting on their beliefs; such is the case for Saeed Mossouri and Mohammad Ebrahemi who have been jailed for over two years in Evin Prison’s solitary confinements in section 209,

 There are many similar cases that are reported regularly not only in Tehran, but in other city jails including Kermanshah, Kurdestan, Oroomiye, and Ahvaz.

Being a prisoner in Iran means that you become virtually stripped of any right that you should already have. For instance, those who are incarcerated do not have access to lawyers or any form of medical care. Most political and human rights prisoners are placed in solitary confinement for long periods of time, and do not have the right to contact their families to inform them of their situation.

Iranian police often interfere with ordinary citizens’ personal lives as well. The excuse they give for their intrusion is that they are only after those who disobey proper “Islamic” attire. The police attack both males and females who are not fully abiding by the country’s dress code. The most common form of punishment for people includes harassment and jail time. Often times, citizens are forced to get into police cars, and are paraded around town in order to get publicly humiliated.

The above-mentioned circumstances leave the Iranian people with inconceivably no economic or emotional security in their lives. Everyday, they face new limitations in the hands of the Islamic government.

We are requesting the United Nations to acknowledge the Iranian government’s violation of human rights in the June 12, 2007 meeting. We all need to come up with practical solutions in order to have better control of the current situation. It is time we put an end to violence and injustice in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Sincerely 

1-      Human Rights Activists in Iran

2-     Kurdish Human Rights defense organization (R.M.M.K)

Iran: 2007-06-09

|fixed link| writing the sign by Human Rights Activists in Iranin9 Jun 2007 |titel: