Revolutie Iran #13

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Iran opposition alleges plot to implicate Mir Hossein Mousavi

Jailed Iranian reformists have been tortured in an attempt to force them into TV "confessions" of a foreign-led plot against the Islamic regime, it was allegedtoday, as the country's guardian council buried hopes for any significant revision of the disputed presidential election.

According to Iranian opposition websites, the "confessions" are aimed at implicating Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the defeated reformist candidates, in an alleged conspiracy.

Mostafa Tajzadeh, Abdollah Ramezanzadeh and Mohsen Aminzadeh, all Mousavi supporters, are reported to have undergone "intensive interrogation" sessions in Tehran's Evin prison since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election.

They are among several hundred activists, academics, journalists and students detained in a crackdown coinciding with the brutal suppression of street protests.

Prisoners reportedly heard screams from Tajzadeh and Ramezanzadeh in Evin's section 209, which is reserved for political prisoners and is run by the hardline intelligence ministry. Aminzadeh, a former deputy foreign minister, was heard shouting: "I am not going to give interviews."

Amnesty International said the reports came from "very credible sources".

The guardian Council has declared there were no major violations in the vote, which it described as the "healthiest" since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It had already rejected a call by Mousavi, for the election to be annulled because of suspected vote rigging.

a senior cleric, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, told worshippers at Tehran University: "I want the judiciary to ... punish leading rioters firmly and without showing any mercy to teach everyone a lesson." Ominously, he used the term "mohareb" – "one who wages war against God" – a crime punishable by death.

Khatami's sermon, broadcast live on state TV, included accusations that the unrest was supported by Israel and the US, and that foreign journalists had reported falsely. He claimed Neda Agha Soltan, who became a symbol of the opposition when her death was caught on video, was a victim of protesters, not the security forces. "Government forces do not shoot at a lady standing in a side street," he said.

Protests have continued for nearly two weeks, but faded in recent days after a crackdown by security forces and a perceived lack of leadership by Mousavi. About 20 people have been killed and hundreds beaten and arrested.

This week, state television broadcast interviews with several people admitting to being "terrorists" after purportedly taking part in street demonstrations. But forced "confessions" have been used before to humiliate and discredit opponents of the regime.

Tajzadeh's wife, Fakhrosadat Mohtashamipour, told the pro-reform website Emruz that she and a lawyer had been denied access to him since his arrest the day after the 12 June election. "Any quote or remarks made by these people in the current situation has no credibility. My husband's only crime is his efforts to secure a high turnout," she said.

Tajzadeh, 53, a member of the pro-reform Islamic Participation Front and the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organisation, has been a staunch critic of Ahmadinejad. Renewed fears have been voiced over the health of another jailed reformist, Saeed Hajarian, a former adviser to the reformist president Mohammed Khatami who is severely disabled from a failed assassination attempt nine years ago. Reports of Hajarian's death were dismissed by the reformist website Parlemannews, which quoted "informed sources" as saying he was in "relative health" and being given essential medication and care.

David Miliband, the foreign secretary, said at a G8 meeting in Trieste: "It is for the Iranian people to choose their government, but it is for the Iranian government to protect their people. The violence we have seen ...and the killings and the beatings are deplorable and they show a failure to protect their own people. There is a crisis of credibility not between Iran and the west, but between the Iranian counting of the votes and the Iranian people."

Meanwhile, state TV reported that the head of Mousavi's information committee, Abolfazl Fateh, had been prevented from leaving Iran for Britain, where he is a PhD student. Fars, a pro-Ahmadinejad news agency close to the country's Revolutionary Guard, said he had been banned from travelling to allow the authorities to investigate "recent gatherings", a reference to the pro-Mousavi demonstrations.

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Must go now, hope to have more news Saturday. #iranelection #gr88 #iran4 minutes ago from web

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world is saying Iran protests r over, we are at critical time. Ppl are prepared to die, R leaders must be prepared to lead. #iranelection12 minutes ago from web

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I think it is essential we R seen on the streets again, balloons are gd for election campaigns, but we must increase pressure. #iranelection13 minutes ago from web

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Op zaterdag 27 juni 2009 02:08 schreef Py het volgende:
Ze zijn ondergronds gegaan:

Demonstration in Tehran Underground

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Op zaterdag 27 juni 2009 12:50 schreef AlexanderDeGrote het volgende:
Check deze speech van een pro-Moussavi man in het Iraanse parlement:

Alikhani's Speech in Majlis in Support of Mousavi (English Subs)

Balls of steel.

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Op zaterdag 27 juni 2009 12:50 schreef AlexanderDeGrote het volgende:
Check deze speech van een pro-Moussavi man in het Iraanse parlement:

Alikhani's Speech in Majlis in Support of Mousavi (English Subs)

Balls of steel.

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Op zaterdag 27 juni 2009 20:38 schreef Manke het volgende:
enig idee hoe het er nu aan toe gaat? lees en hoor weinig meer

gamer over man, game over

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Op zondag 28 juni 2009 01:11 schreef rechtsedirecte het volgende:
ik lees net op twitter dat persiankiwi gearresteerd is..er is echter onduidelijkheid over het feit of dit waar is

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Op zondag 28 juni 2009 03:43 schreef rechtsedirecte het volgende:
het is nog lang geen game over...hier vind je vandaag genomen beelden op you tube

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Op zondag 28 juni 2009 07:09 schreef rechtsedirecte het volgende:
nee, ik kan de (twitter) bron niet meer terug vinden maar volgens de poster zijn de beelden van 26 Juni

تهران30خردادPart2 Saturday 20june Demonstrations TEHRAN IRAN

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Op zondag 28 juni 2009 12:29 schreef Disana het volgende:

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Nee, ze zijn van de 20ste:

تهران30خردادPart2 Saturday 20june Demonstrations TEHRAN IRAN

Dat is het irritante van al die niet-Iraanse twitteraars die zonodig onder dezelfde tags (iranelection, neda, iran, etc.) mee willen doen. Ze blijven maar herhalen ook al is het nieuws een week oud.

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Op zondag 28 juni 2009 13:09 schreef HiZ het volgende:

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Ik had ook al het idee dat ik dat eerder had gezien. Vooral dat gebouw in aanbouw met die grote Iraanse vlag. Dat leek me iets te toevallig dat alle demonstraties in de buurt van dat gebouw plaats zouden vinden.

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RT @IranAnon Up to 6:45 pm - 7tir, no particular clashes at Ghoba Mosque heard. Masses of ppl r gathering #iranelection9 minutes ago from web

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Mousavi FB called 4 his followers 2 attend demo at mosque. Gov allowed ths as 4 anniversary Beheshti death. #neda #gr88 #iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from TweetDeck

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CNN: Iran's gov will allow demo Ghoba mosque Sunday, CNN has confirmed. gathering officially 4 Beheshti,. #iranelection #gr88 #Nedaabout 1 hour ago from TweetDeck

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From Tehran: Mousavi expected at today's 7 Tir rally at Qobi mosque in Shariati, the first legal demonstration in over a week #iranelectionabout 2 hours ago from web

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Op zondag 28 juni 2009 16:52 schreef AlexanderDeGrote het volgende:
Verscheidene bronnen dat er een demonstratie en/of herdenking (toegestaan door overheid) is bij Ghoba/Qobi moskee, op dit moment aan de gang geloof ik:
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http://twitter.com/iranriggedelect
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http://twitter.com/oxfordgirl
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http://twitter.com/laraabcnews