For Human Rights in Iran: 2016-09-18

Saturday, September 24, 2016

A Baluch prisoner and resident of Iranshahr in Sistan & Baluchistan province has given a frightening description of how he was tortured by the government agents in the medieval prisons of the regime.
In his report Ajab Gol Nour Zehi writes in part: “They ruthlessly subjected me to beating with cables on the head and face and back such that after nearly one and half years the signs of the flogging with cables can be seen on my body.
“In the first 20 days of arrest, every day a number of officers with guns hung me and at the same time beat me (with cable and rifle butts) for several hours. The beatings with rifle butts resulted in fracture of tibia in my legs and created a hole in it to an extent that a finger can be placed inside it. The traces of fractures are still present in my legs.
“They brutally stabbed me on the soles of my feet and left side of the abdomen, near the bladder, and severely wounded me such that the signs of the wounds on my body are still present and obvious.
“They would torture me to force me take the responsibility for a murder which I did not know anything about.

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Friday, September 23, 2016

The Christian Post, September 21, 2016 - Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini spoke out against mass executions before a Free Iran rally at the U.N. in New York on Tuesday, preaching that God sees all the bloodshed, and He never forgets the cries of the victims.
Abedini said in his speech, posted online, that for the last 40 years in Iran 'we have seen that freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of speech have been abused.'
He recounted his three and-a-half years spent in Iranian prison for his Christian faith, and noted that every Wednesday in Rajaeeshar (Gohardasht) prison, where he was kept, government officials would execute his fellow prisoners.
'We are here to be a voice for people who don't have any voice,' Abedini told the rally.
He then told imprisoned victims directly: 'You are alive in our hearts, and we are standing with you.'
The pastor, who has been speaking out against the ongoing mass executions by the government of Iran, said that God never forgets the victims.
'God always stands with the victims. God sees all the tears, he sees all the bloodshed, and He never forgets any cry,' he told the crowd in New York City.

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Former vice-president of the European Parliament and the president of International Committee In Search of Justice (ISJ), Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras in his speech by at UN Premises in Geneva 21 September 2016 called for an investigation into the 1988 massacre and referral of its dossier to the Security Council

The text of the speech:

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you very much for inviting me to this important meeting in Geneva.
During my last years in the European Parliament where I served as vice-president for 15 years, I together with some colleagues, formed an NGO, which is called the ISJ or International Committee In Search of Justice which is registered as a non-profit organization in Brussels. We have formed several working groups which have produced some reports and policy papers. These reports have been warmly received in political circles in the EU and USA.
On 16 August, ISJ produced a comprehensive report on the audio file of late Ayatollah Montazeri, the designated successor to Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. This audio tape is an important document and evidence of a crime against humanity in 1988 when more than 30,000 political prisoners, mostly affiliated to the main opposition PMOI, were executed by the order and fatwa of Khomeini. They were buried in mass graves and their families were unable to grief for their loved ones.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

MARYAM RAJAVI'S MESSAGE TO IRANIANS' DEMONSTRATION IN NEW YORK- IN PROTEST TO THE PRESENCE OF THE IRANIAN REGIME'S PRESIDENT AT THE UN

Fellow compatriots,
Friends and supporters of the Iranian Resistance,

Your demonstration and rally against admission to the UN of the President of the religious dictatorship in Iran is cause of pride of the Iranian nation that expresses her protest loud and clear despite massive reign of repression and executions prevailing the country.
So long as the U.S. admits on its soil the leaders of a regime which it calls the 'central banker of terrorism,' and so long as the U.N. receives them at the General Assembly instead of arranging for their international prosecution for committing crimes against humanity, this is tantamount to their standing up to the desire of the Iranian people for freedom and democracy.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

The successful relocation of all members of the Iranian opposition group, People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK) from Camp Liberty in Iraq to a dozen European countries was and is on the news for past week. On that note, many dignitaries and prominent political personalities, lawmakers and Parliamentary groups from the four corners of the globe have expressed joy and relief of this safe and complete relocation.
The following is just a few examples of the these support and congratulations

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) (09.09.16):
“We are glad the evacuation and resettlement of the residents of Camp Liberty from Iraq to Albania has been successfully concluded. The safety and security of the residents has always been our primary concern, and they have now been effectively placed beyond the immediate reach of Iran and its terrorist proxies operating in Iraq. While the completion of this resettlement is good news, we know that attacks on Camp Liberty as well as Camp Ashraf cost far too many lives.
We also thank the Government of Albania for its generosity and compassion. They have opened the doors to the people of Camp Liberty and have allowed this process to move forward.”

Monday, September 19, 2016

Mrs. M. Behkish was prevented leaving the country by the notorious intelligence ministry of Iran.
Six members of Mrs. Behkish’s family were executed during 1988 massacre of the MEK/PMOI political prisoner in Iran.
Mrs Behkish was leaving the country to visit her children. She held a valid passport with an exit permission, she even was controlled and passed through passport control, but nonetheless she was stopped on the 'gate to Fly' and officers confiscated her passport and barred her from leaving Iran.
The agents showed her a document titled 'General Directorate of Passports' and summoned her to the Evan’s Revolutionary Court.
It should be noted that Mrs M. Behkish is a human rights activist. She was arrested in 2011 for collecting facts about 1988 massacre, and was sentenced to four years in prison.

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