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Monday, 31 July 2006

The maverick "Akbar Mohamadi" has joined the Freedom Stars
SMCCDI (Public Statement)
Jul 31, 2006

http://daneshjoo.org/article/publish/article_3381.shtml

The maverick "Akbar Mohamadi" passed away, on July 30, 2006, in the infamous Evin Prison located in Tehran.

Mohamadi was arrested in connection to the 1999 Students Uprising and was, often, subjected to harsh tortures. Condemned to death, in September 1999, his sentence was commuted to 15 years of imprisonment following International pressures on the Islamic regime.

Despite his poor physical conditions, he undertook a hunger strike which will lead to his death on Sunday night. His guards are believed to have been able to save his life, but apparently, they preferred adopting a coward position in order to let Akbar die and, by this way, to let his initial sentence of execution to become effective.

The well known human rights activist never abdicated from his principles and humanistic believes, despite all pressures exerted by the Islamic republic regime, and he always stood for the cause of freedom in Iran.

Mohamadi's last words, toward his guards, have been reported as being that "he'll see the day that all Evins of Iran, will be transformed into parks that they will become the symbol of a new peaceful Iran freed of tyranny".

SMCCDI and its members are, hereby, expressing their deepest condolences to Akbar Mohamadi's family and especially to Manouchehr - his imprisoned brother-, his fellow student comrades, the Iranian People and to the World's freedom lovers.

May he rest in peace and may his path be consistent!

Tehran, July 31, 2006

Italian version

Akbar Mohamadi va a far parte delle stelle della libertà

Akbar Mohamadi è morto lo scorso 30 Luglio nella prigione di Evin, nei pressi di Teheran.

Mohamadi era arrestato in seguito alle proteste studentesche del 1999 ed era stato spesso vittima di tortura in carcere. Condannato a morte nel settembre 1999, la sentenza fu tramutata poi a 15 anni di carcere dopo le proteste internazionali.

Nonostante le sue già precarie condizioni di salute, aveva deciso di iniziare uno sciopero della fame che poi lo ha portato alla morte domenica notte.

L'attivista non rinunciò mai ai suoi ideali umanisti, nonostante le forti pressioni da parte del regime islamico.

Pare che le sue ultime parole dette alle guardie carcerarie siano state "vedrò il giorno in cui tutte le prigioni come questa diverranno parchi in cui si festeggerà la libertà dell'Iran".

SMCCDI ed i suoi membri esprimono le più vive condoglianze alle sua famiglia, a suo fratello Manouchehr (anche lui in prigione) , ai suoi ex compagni di università, al popolo iraniano ed agli amanti della libertà dovunque essi siano.

Riposa in pace e che il tuo esempio possa essere seguito!

Teheran, 31 Luglio 2006

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public statement

Thursday, 13 July 2006

July 9th Uprising Cherished Amid Security Measures and Dispear
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Jul 9, 2006, 23:19

http://daneshjoo.org/publishers/currentnews/article_6704.shtml

Iranian students cherished, today, the legacy of July 9, 1999, Students' Uprising amid increased security measures, by the Islamic regime, and many Iranians' anger from the illegitimate actions of some controversial abroad sources which are trying to create them a false leadership.

Small groups of students gathered in order to mark moments of silence by paying tribute to the martyrs of the secularist and national student movement, while trying to avoid providing any opportunity to few adventurers who are seeking to surf their aspirations.

Various tries of high jacking the genuine Iranian secularist movement, resulting in a drastic reduction of Iranian students' and secularists' activities, have started since two years ago and have lead to an unprecedented negative situation while the Islamic regime was never under such dreamed International pressure.

Many students and Iranians, in general, are rejecting the deals made between part of the Iranian opposition and groups or individuals which were, till very recently, parts of the theocratic regime. Most Iranians reject the tries of some American think tanks in order to promote discredited separatists or adventurers as a kind of Iran solution.

The negative trend started, two years ago, with a so-called Referendum Movement which was in reality a try, by former Islamist technocrats having found 'refuge' in the US, to take over a well known Iranians' slogan for free elections, after the downfall of the theocratic regime, on the choice of a future secular frame of governance.

The same Islamic technocrats were the promoters of Khatami Administration and the sham theory of "reforms from within the theocratic regime". In reality, this group is intending to save its illegitimate financial assets and power as it happened during to so-called democratization of Russia.

Unfortunately, some opportunist abroad based Iranian groups or individuals, looking more to take political power than defending principles valued by most Iranians, tried to rally to such solution but discredited more themselves while helping to destroy the hope placed by many Iranians in the outside opposition. In that line, the so-called "Iran Constitutionalist Party" (CPI), the self proclaimed "National Union for Democracy in Iran" (NUDI), the so-called "Iran Referendum Movement", part of the so-called "Iran National Front" and various individuals, such as, Darioush Homayoon, Bijan Mehr, Mandana Zand Karimi (Ervin), Potkin Azarmehr, Amir-Abas Fakhravar, Banafshe Poor-Zand, Pooya Dayanim, Khosrow Beytollahi, Sharyar Ahi, and Mehrdad Khonsari are to be named and blamed.

Members of the NUDI went even ahead, last September, by threatening the SMCCDI and its coordinator of future reprisals when getting power in Iran. A named Amir Rafii, close to an ousted member of Prince Reza Pahlavi's office staff named Kamran Beigui and founder of the NUDI, even declared that his group has gathered a file on Aryo Pirouznia, the SMCCDI Coordinator, and that he should be careful about his future in Iran. Other sources have reported about how Beigui himself was trying to use of his influence, when at the office of Mr. Pahlavi, in order to undermine the SMCCDI.

These controversial sources and individuals have been often helped, in their destructive path, by radio and TV presentators, such as, the opportunist Ali-Reza Noorizadeh, the self centered Saeed Ghaem-Maghami, the ideologist Hossein Mohri and the money oriented Shahram Homayoon.

Unfortunately, some American think tanks, in a desperate need of a kind of Iran solution, have endorsed or promoted at times, such wrong groups or individuals and their ill-policies despite warnings and request made for a better appreciation by their part. Worst, these same American sources are known for using of their influence in order to undermine SMCCDI, the Iran National Secular Party and other genuine secularist and nationalist opposition groups, as they opposed their illegitimate try to promote discredited and fascist separatist elements.

It is such wrong moves that are fueling Islamic regime's propaganda machine and the mullhas' lobbyists efforts in order to try to undermine President Bush's popularity among Iranians.

Such persistent problems leading to a negative cycle of action-reaction, broadcasted by some LA based Satellite TV and radio networks, have resulted in a total discredit of the Classical Iranian opposition and even of part of the US Administration.

Abroad, the situation is not better and such negative parameters have contributed to an unprecedented split among the Iranian Diaspora. July 9th commemoration, last year, didn't gather more than 300 in Los Angeles, and today, the number dropped to less than 200 demonstrators. Already the warning signal was on as less than 90 individuals gathered, on July 6 in Los Angeles, in order to attend a meeting qualified as organized by a leadership for Iranian students and intending to call on a massive demonstration this year.

Los Angeles is home to over half a million Iranians and was a bastion of opposition to the Islamic regime gathering each time several thousands of demonstrators.

The Epic of July 9, 1999, struck when security forces of the Islamic regime broke into the dormitories of the students at Amir-Abad. Next, the students were surprised by violent attacks of the regime's security forces, some were shot and thrown several stories from the balconies and many were violently beaten. What came next was the vicious beaten of hundreds of students by the security forces of the Islamic Republic, the thugs who sometimes even are in civilian attire. Several students, such as Ezzat Ebrahim-nejad, will be killed by the security apparatus.

This tragic event was the basis for the mass demonstration which followed and lasted for 5 days. Several hundreds of students were beaten, many lost their lives, and many ended up in the regime's dungeons where they're still being kept.

Italian version

Ricordato il 9 Luglio nonostante le misure di sicurezza ed un clima di sfiducia

Gli studenti iraniani hanno ricordato la prima grande rivolta studentesca del 9 Luglio 1999, nonostante ingenti misure di sicurezza ed un clima di sfiducia causato da alcuni gruppi dell'esilio che stanno provando a promuovere una leadership studentesca senza il consenso degli interessati.

Piccoli gruppi di studenti si sono riuniti per un minuto di silenzio in onore delle vittime della repressione, cercando però di offrire opportunità ad alcuni controversi personaggi che avrebbero approfittato dell'occasione per auto-promuoversi.

Questi tentativi hanno portato ad una drastica diminuizione delle attività dissidenti in Iran, proprio in un momento in cui il regime è sotto pressione da parte della comunità internazionale.

Molti iraniani, in particolare i giovani e gli studenti, rifiutano gli accordi segreti tra alcuni gruppi dell'opposizione ed individui che fino a poco tempo fa erano parte del regime teocratico. Rifiutano anche i tentativi, da parte di alcuni think tank americani, di promuovere i separatisti ed alcuni individui controversi come soluzione alla questione iraniana.

Questa situazione negativa è cominciata 2 anni fa, con il lancio di un "referendum" sulla costituzione della repubblica islamica, promosso da ex membri del regime, ora negli Usa. In realtà questo tentativo, poi fallito, era messo in atto contro la reale aspirazione degli iraniani ad un referendum sul futuro sistema di governo laico, solo dopo la caduta dell'attuale regime.

Queste stesse persone erano promotori del governo Khatami e dell'idea delle "riforme all'interno del regime stesso" ed intendono salvare i propri assetti finanziari come si fece in Russia durante il cosidetto processo di democratizazzione.

Purtroppo, alcuni gruppi oppositori, più interessati al potere che non agli ideali democratici, sono caduti in questa trappola, contribuendo ancora di più ad aumentare la sfiducia di molti iraniani verso l'opposizione in generale. L' "Iran Constitutionalist Party" (CPI), la "National Union for Democracy in Iran" (NUFDI), il "Movimento Iraniano per il Referendum", parte dell' Iran National Front, individui come Darioush Homayoon, Bijan Mehr, Mandana Zand Karimi (Ervin), Potkin Azarmehr, Amir-Abas Fakhravar, Banafshe Poor-Zand, Pooya Dayanim, Khosrow Beytollahi, Sharyar Ahi, e Mehrdad Khonsari, sono tutti responsabili di questa situazione.

NUFDI è addirittura arrivato a minacciare SMCCDI ed i suoi militanti di rappresaglie una volta raggiunto il potere in Iran. Un tale Amir Rafii, vicino ad un'ex membro dello staff politico del principe Reza Pahlavi chiamato Kamran Beigui, ha detto che NUFDI starebbe preparando una denuncia contro il coordinatore di SMCCDI, Aryo Pirouznia e che perciò Pirouznia dovrebbe fare attenzione al suo futuro in Iran. Alcuni dicono che Beigui, quando lavorava con Reza Pahlavi, avrebbe provato a danneggiare SMCCDI.

Questi personaggi spesso hanno avuto una mano da presentatori di radio e tv iraniane in esilio, quali Ali-Reza Noorizadeh, Saeed Ghaem-Maghami, Hossein Mohri, Shahram Homayoon.

Purtroppo alcuni think-tank americani stanno promuovendo queste persone, nonostante le raccomandazioni da parte di altri dissidenti. Peggio, costoro avrebbero anche tentato più volte di minare la credibilità di SMCCDI, INSP ed altri gruppi laici e nazionalisti seriamente impegnati per la democratizzazione dell'Iran, solo per essersi opposti alla promozione dei separatisti.

Il tutto dà al regime la scusa per cercare di minare la popolarità che Bush ha tra gli iraniani.

E' inoltre aumentata la divisione già esistente tra i gruppi dell'opposizione. L'anno scorso, solo 300 persone avevano commemorato l'anniversario del 9 Luglio a Los Angeles. Quest'anno, il numero è sceso a meno di 200. Sempre a LA, solo 60 persone hanno partecipato ad un'incontro qualificato come "leadership iraniana in sostegno alle manifestazioni studentesche". Los Angeles ospita una comunità di mezzo milione di iraniani ed era una roccaforte dell'opposizione iraniana al regime, radunando spesso migliaia di persone.