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News round-up & update on events inside Iran, June 18th & 19th »

Posted by Zand-Bon on Jun 18th, 2010 and filed under News, PLANET IRAN NEWS FOCUS, Photos, Video, video gallery. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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Ali Habibi-Mousavi (right) seen with his uncle Mir Hossein Mousavi in the months before his murder.

* * Below: A newly-released video of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s nephew, Ali Habibi Mousavi who was shot and killed by regime agents during the Ashura (December 27th) protests. This video was shot moments after he was shot on the street and was taken to a safe area, in the doorway of a nearby building. Ali Habibi Mousavi is heard, in the midst of all the voices surrounding

him, as he moans in pain, he is heard saying: “Please put something under my head.” Then a man is heard saying that a car is available to take him to a doctor or hospital; then a woman is heard yelling, categorically refusing to let him go anywhere. In the midst of the arguing voices, Ali Habibi Mousavi is heard once again, softly saying: “I’m suffocating.” And finally a man protests to the woman who is refusing to let him go, telling her that he must be taken to a doctor or a hospital.

And here the assassin is seen hanging out of the front passenger window of an official regime SUV aiming and shooting Ali Habibi Mousavi during the street protests. After shooting the deceased the SUV speeds off.

* * Below: A video of Octogenarian firebrand Mullah Jannati during the June 18th Friday prayers in Tehran. Jannati who has been an ardent supporter of Ahmadinejad says: “I congratulate Mr. Ahmadinejad in the way he has stood up to these sanctions. He stands up like a man and confronts this issue from a superior and authoritative stance; this is unprecedented. From sneers and belittles them (The West)…his form of confrontation is superb and courageous. I also have to say bravo to our Parliament (Majles); they announced that they’ll stand up to Egypt and if they make any attempt to stop and search our ships, we too can and will treat your ships in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, the same way.”

Also during this session of the Friday prayer (not on this video) Jannati called for the execution of women who were inappropriately or un-Islamically clothed. He said: “Islamic apparel is a must for all women and all Islamic traits must be maintained in an Islamic society. How can a country that is to be the paradigm and standard bearer of pure Mohammaden Islam and has shed blood to enrich the guardianship of Islam, the Qor’an and women’s honor, be silent in the face of the problem of badly veiled women who are a security issue to our social morality?”

* * France has called on the Iranian regime authorities to guarantee the safety and protection of Mehdi Karoubi, who as French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner said, is under threats. “We have learned that Mr. Karoubi is now being threatened, though he has clearly called to respect democracy. We express our deep concern and call on Iranian authorities to ensure his and all other opposition leaders’ safety and protection.

Earlier this week, a website run by supporters of the Iranian regime reported that a house in Qom where Mehdi Karoubi was staying had been surrounded. Mr Karoubi, was in Qom for a funeral, during which time he also visited with the Grand Ayatollah Youssef Sanei when the Iranian regime’s forces inundated the area, blocking the house.

Hassan Karoubi, son of opposition leader told the opposition website, Kalame.com said that a group had also attacked his father’s car with chains and sticks (below video). He said that in a phone conversation with his father’s bodyguard, he was told that there were hundred of agents and guards outside Grand Ayatollah Sanei’s house.

* * Below: A video of a woman who in the summer heat protests the hijab and the regulation Islamic clothing by laying in the middle of the street and taking her trousers off! An female agent of the Iranian regime however is seen forcing her to put her clothes back on…probably leading to her arrest.

And below is a photo of a fine given to women for being ‘un-Islamically’ dressed, or bad hejabi as it is referred to by the Iranian regime.

And as of June 19th, the fines for the ‘bad hejabi’ have been published by the office of the Commander of the Security Forces, Ahmadi-Moghaddam. The cash fines will be handed out by morality agents. The fines are as follows:

  • Putting fancy sunglasses on the head = 18000 Tomans ($18 US) fine
  • Wearing non-regulation length Islamic overcoat (too short) = 35000 Tomans ($35 US) fine
  • Wearing non-regulation color overcoat (especially light colors or anything red or green) = 35000 Tomans ($35 US) fine
  • Nail polish charged by number of fingers that are polished = 5000 Tomans per finger or 50,000 in total ($50 US) fine
  • Sun tanned or tanned at a tanning salon = 25000 ($25 US) fine
  • Dyed blond or highlighted hair = 50,000 to 150,000 Tomans ($50 to $150 US) fine

Women's morality police known as Khaaharaan'eh Zaynab (Zaynab's Sisters)

Other than handing out fines, these agents are empowered to stop girls and boys, men and women who seem to be ‘sexually attracted’ or ‘physically affectionate’; if the detained are not married, the agent is to immediately deliver them to the medical examiner’s office, where the two are to be married.

1 Response for “News round-up & update on events inside Iran, June 18th & 19th »”

  1. [...] In recent months the regime’s guards have stepped up attacks and confrontation with Karrubi. The last attack on Karrubi was in mid June in Qom. [...]

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