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Around 200 families of prisoners in Evin Prison gathered outside this prison requesting to see their loved ones and to receive information about their condition. - iran students committee

Tehran – On the eve of Feast of Fire day the struggling youths of Iran torched ominous pictures of Khamenei and Khomeini in Haghshenas Sqare near Javadieh in Tehran by throwing firecrackers at them. They also torched Khamenei’s scarecrow. - iran students committee

Tehran- March 13, 2011 Due to the poverty imposed on Iranian people by the religious fascism ruling Iran many poor people have no other choice than selling their kidneys to be able to make a living. On the other hand the high cost of treatment in Iran has made one million tomans much less than adequate for any serious treatment. These two phenomena have opened a market for trade of human kidney which is sold as high as 10 million tomans. Mehr state-run news agency wrote on March 9: “ineffectual kidneys are one the most common threats for people’s lives. Research shows that about 10 to 15 million Iranians are suffering from kidney problems without even being aware of it”. Mostafa Ghasemi the head of Charity Association for Supporting Kidney Patients announced that the number of these patients has risen 15 to 17 percent. - iran students committee

Tehran- March 11, 2011 A group of youths of Sadeghieh and Aryashahr region issued a statement calling for uprising on Feast of Fire Day. Their call reads in part: “…What we should think about and must tell the others is that there is no movement or revolution that can be victorious without paying the price for it. We must put our individual interests aside and think about the freedom of our homeland which would benefit us all. The Feast of Fire Day is the best time for offense and gaining great experiences. We will experience on this day that how our offense will make the mercenaries of Khamenei helpless and will defeat them. On this day we must conquer the streets and loudly cry for freedom so that the world would know that when the youths and women of Iran make their wills, dictator and his mercenaries cannot stop them. We must defeat them so that they will no longer dare to suppress the nation of Iran and its women and girls with the money that they have stolen from our own... more... - iran students committee

March 8, 2011 Tehran In Ekbatan Township in Tehran People held a nightly protest at 2200 chanting Allah O Akbar. Tehran Laleh Park the usual gathering place of the Mothers of Uprising was announced as one of the places of gathering for protests of March 8. The crowd started gathering at the place from 4 pm near the park and a concentrated gathering formed at 7 pm. The protesters chanted ‘death to dictator’. To confront the protest, regime deployed a full strength suppressive force of anti-riot forces, Bassijies and Especial Units with full equipment. They started beating people. At some points man to man clashed occurred and the youths resisted. Tehran Around Amirabad and Enghelab there were a great number of protesters present. The security forces were too many too but the protesters outnumbered them by 4 times. They chanted ‘Our Neda (Neda Agha Sultan) is not death/ it is the government that is death’ and ‘death to Khamenei’. *Neda was killed in Amirabad region on the uprising of... more... - iran students committee

Molasadra Street is filled with security forces and the people are also on the streets. Security forces beat the people violently and arrest whoever stands on the street. The crowds are very large. Motorists continuously honk their horns and they have started traffic to protest on International Women’s Day. The atmosphere in town is very volatile. - iran students committee

There are large chanting crowds in Kargar and Amir Abad regions. - iran students committee

Shahrood- March 7, 2011 Students of Shahrood University continued their protest which was started on Sunday against the rise in price of university’s food and gathered in protest in front of the dining hall of the university on Monday March 7. - iran students committee

Brave youths call for uprising on March 8 in Mashhad Mashhad- March 7, 2011 - iran students committee

Babol- March 6, 2011 In fear of students protest the clerical dictatorship summoned seven students to the suppressive committee of Noshirvani University in Babol. These students are accused of ‘not complying with university’s regulations’ , ‘propagating on behalf of illegal or nonreligious groups’ and ‘acting against the Establishment’. - iran students committee

Tehran- March 6, 2011 Mothers of Uprising issued a statement calling on Iranians to hold another uprising on March 8, the Global Women Day. The statement reads in part: “Eight of March, the Global Women Day will be hundred year’s old this year... In Iran the brave and capable women though under severe suppression and oppression but are not afraid and take into the streets with others; they protest, they struggle and they spend the best years of their lives due to the decrees of kangaroo courts under the most inhumane conditions in prisons because they had defended human rights and protested its serious violation in Iran and they had fought for their equality. Amongst these women we can name: Zainab Jalalian, Bahareh Hedayat, Alieh Eghdam Doost, Mahdieh Golrou, Atefeh Nabavi, Sahba Rezvani, Manijeh Nasrollahi, Sosan Tabyanian, Farah Vazehan, Masoumeh Yavar, Nazila Dashti, Zahra Jabari, Kefayat Malek Mohammadi, Raihane Haj Ibrahim Dabaqh, Ozra Alsadat Ghazi Mirsaeed, Parvin Javad Zadeh,... more... - iran students committee

Pioneer women of Iran ring the bell of downfall of religious Fascism ruling Iran - iran students committee

Tehran- March.4, 2011 On March 1 uprising a brave youth hanged the poster of ‘Dictator! Say Hello to Your End’ from the wall of Niayesh Highway at 5 pm in Tehran. - iran students committee

Two SSF vans torched Tehran- March.4, 2011 On March 1 uprising in Tehran at 1900 close to Enghelab St. following the raid of suppressive forces at the protesting youths, two vans of SSF was torched by angry youths. At Roodaki St. youths threw handmade grenades at suppressive forces. Detainees of March 1 uprising Tehran- March.4, 2011 Some detainees of March 1 Uprising were taken to a school called Ayatollah Saiedi at the intersection of Fatemi and Vali-e-Asr Streets and then transferred from there to prison. Distributing sweet for Khamenei’s fall Tehran- March.4, 2011 On March 1 Uprising the participants bought sweets and distributed them amongst other protesters saying that we want to celebrate Khamenei’s death. Arrests on March 1 uprising Tehran- March.4, 2011 Eyewitnesses said that on March 1: - at 1730 between Navab and Enghelab Streets two young boys were arrested and taken away in a mini-bus. -at 1800 in Azadi Street near Enghelab Sq. a young girl was taping the scenes from... more... - iran students committee

Tehran- March 5, 2011 According to the state run Mehr News Agency, Mohseni Eje’ie, the Judiciary spokesman acknowledged the widespread arrests in Iran and said, “250,000 cases are referred to the courts in Iran every month. This is while the judicial system still has a shortage on judges and employees”. “In the first 6 months of this (Persian) year, one million and 506,042 cases have entered the courts. This is while 280,000 cases were still not seen to from the year before and we still have not counted the cases for the second six months of the year”, he said. - iran students committee

Kermanshah- March 5, 2011 The head of the Kermanshah State Security Forces said, “Those who disrupt the peace in any way on the last Wednesday of the (Persian) year (Feast of Fire), will be the guest of the judiciary and security forces until the end of the holidays”. “People will be prevented from gathering in specific locations on this day”, he threatened. - iran students committee

Tehran- March.4, 2011 The health of Zahra Jabari who was arrested on Qods Day’s protests of 2009 is critical and she is receiving no medical treatment. She is suffering from heart problems and progressive rheumatism because of which she can hardly walk. - iran students committee

Tehran- March 2, 2011 One month after the inhumane death sentence for political prisoner Zahra Bahrami was carried out, interrogators of the Intelligence Agency and Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi refuse to hand over her will and personal belongings to her family. Reza Arefi, an interrogator and torturer who works for the Intelligence Agency in the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, summoned Bahrami’s daughter, Banafsheh Naebpour, and her husband some time ago to the Karaj Intelligence Agency and interrogated and threatened them for a prolonged amount of time. Arefi told her that if she called the Dutch Embassy (Zahra Bahrami had a dual Dutch-Iranian nationality) the media or human rights activists she and her husband would be arrested. He also threatened that they would charge her mother with immoral conduct in a TV show called 20:30 to bring disgrace to their family. Arefi also told them that they were not allowed to put a stone on her grave and no more than 10 people were allowed to go to her gravesite at one time. - iran students committee

Tehran- March 5, 2011 The head of the Prison Organizations, Qolamhussein Ismaieli said, “In the past one and half years, 55 thousand people were added to the total number of prisoners in Iran”. This is while prison space has not even increased 55 meters. “Currently, the capacity of prisons across the country is to hold 85 thousand prisoners but these prisons hold more than 220 thousand prisoners”. These figures are only a part of the true figures and do not include prisoners in secret detention centers, safe homes which belong to the RGC and the Ministry of Intelligence and other secret and suppressive institutions. - iran students committee

Sardasht- March 2, 2011 On the night of Tuesday, March 1, 2011, security forces killed a trader after opening fire on him in the Sardasht border region. According to reports, Fereidoun Ismail Zadeh, a Kurd carrier was killed in the Miravi region and a number of livestock who carried goods were also killed. His body was reportedly buried in Mahabad where he lived. A carrier is a local phrase used for those who carry goods from the border on their backs without any other facilities. Experts on Kurdistan affairs believe that because of the lack of economical programs, unemployment and poverty in the Kurdistan border regions, a large number of people are forced to carry goods and trade through the border to make a living. - iran students committee

Tehran-March 2, 2011 Morteza Nabavi, a member of the Iranian regime’s Expediency Council described the February 14 uprising against the Iranian regime as a turning point. Jahan News state-run website, February 28, 2011: “February 14 was a turning point in the events after last year’s elections and made clear the nature of this movement more than before”, Nabavi said. “In the events of this day, the Monafeghin (used to describe the PMOI) were active in the shape of former PMOI members…”, he said. “The measures carried out by the seditionists on February 14 led those who did not (know about the nature) of the movement who have been silent in the last 20 months to take a stance”, he stressed. - iran students committee

Tabriz-March 2, 2011 The Tabriz Prosecutor said that those who sell fire crackers will be dealt with as smugglers. “The Revolutionary and Public court in Tabriz will deal very firmly with those who disrupt the peace and security of the people by any means including using firecrackers and causing abnormal sounds. They will be dealt with as disrupters of public order”, he added. “We ask families to monitor what their youngsters are doing to prevent horrible things that might happen to their youngsters and others which will have legal consequences”, he stressed. - iran students committee

Tehran-March 2, 2011 With the announcement that Mahdavi Kani was a candidate for the head of the Assembly of Experts, a new step was taken towards ousting Rafsanjani as the head of the Assembly. According to the Mehr News Agency on February 28, the head of Mahdavi Kani’s office said, “According to the invitation of about 60 representatives of the Assembly of Experts and his request to take part in the elections as the head of the Assembly, Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani has given a positive answer to this request and intends to become a candidate for its presidency”. - iran students committee

Tehran-March 2, 2011 The family of death row political prisoner Hamid Qasemi Shal has announced that this Iranian-Canadian man is in danger of execution. They have asked international institutions and all those who can help not to let the ‘blood of an innocent person be spilled’. Qasemi Shal has been in prison since June 13, 2008 and has been sentenced to death by the 29th branch of the Revolutionary Court on charges of espionage and having links to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. His sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court and he is on the verge of execution because his request for amnesty was rejected. His sister says that her brother was not involved in any political activities and that there is no evidence that proves the charges brought against him which has led to the death sentence. - iran students committee

Karaj- March 2, 2011 According to reports, political prisoner Kobra Banazadeh Amirkhizi was infected with Hepatitis B in the Gohardasht Prison infirmary. This 56 year old political prisoner who was also jailed in the 80’s was taken to the infirmary for so-called treatment and was infected with Hepatitis B because unclean material was used to treat her. She is in very critical condition but intelligence interrogators refuse to allow her treatment outside of prison. Mrs. Banazadeh suffered from an eye injury before this due to torture in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison and being struck on the head and lost a large portion on her eyesight. Notably, this political prisoner was arrested on January 16, 2009 in the Khomeini Airport when she intended to visit her children and family in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, despite having a visa and passport. She was arrested along with 18 other elderly mothers and fathers and was taken to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison where she was under mental and physical... more... - iran students committee

Tehran- March 2, 2011 Payam Aqhsani, a Baha’i resident of Tehran was sentenced to three years of prison and a 400,000 toman (about 400 dollar) fine by the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court. Eghsani was arrested before on January 14, 2009 along with 11 other Baha’is and his home was searched by security forces. - iran students committee

Tehran- Feb.28, 2011 Ahmadi Moghadam the head of regime’s SSF showed his fear from Feast of Fire Day. Quoted by regime’s Khabar Network he said: “as we get closer to Norooz (Feast of Fire Day is the Last Wednesday before Norooz), our forces will be more present (in the cities - iran students committee

Tehran- Feb.27, 2011 This picture shows Khamenei’s poster in Qazvin that has been torn in the uprising of Feb.14. People of Iran seriously hate the Establishment of Velayat-e-Faghieh and Khamenei’s banners are attacked and torn by people at demonstrations. - iran students committee