* * Green Way Movement (Jaras) reports: New information has surfaced about the individual responsible for , Seyyed Ali Mousavi Habibi. and several others who were killed. The black patrol sedan, license plate 87M752 – Iran 11 with 4 passengers and a driver sped toward Shadehmaan Avenue where they first ran two protesters over, totally driving over one of them. While the vehicle was moving, the individual in the front passenger seat who was armed with a Colt 45 began shooting into the crowd of protesters some of whom fell to the ground either injured or dead; one of the dead was Mousavi Habibi. Fellow protesters then rushed to their aid. After reaching Shadehmaan Avenue, the car turned around and began driving toward Azadi Avenue. The vehicle which was also being accompanied by several agents on motorcycle then turned off onto Yadehgaar Autobahn heading south where the vehicle stops on the shoulder to connect with Basiji forces that had been waiting there for the arrival of these individuals; a large number of drivers driving on the Yaddegaar Autobahn who were driving by were witness to this and have said that they can identify these individuals. Also out of the a few thousand individuals who were present, several have come forward and have confirmed that they can identify the perpetrators responsible for this carnage. Everyone who witnessed the crime and has spoken of the shooter describes him as a young man of 19 or 20 years of age, with light, youthful beard and moustache in a beige outfit.

Like the obfuscation that the regime created around the murder of Neda Agha-Soltan, claiming that she was shot by a member of the regime’s opposition in order to discredit them, now the information office of the greater Tehran security command has claimed the very same in the case of Seyyed Ali Mousavi Habibi. The statement put out today by that office claimed that agents who have been ‘provoked’ by foreign powers, have been agitated against the rule of the regime, have taken to destroy the property of the government and have taken to attacking Ashura mourners by attacking security forces are in fact responsible for this crime.

* * Above: Photo of a protester shot 120 time with pellets from a pellet gun by agents of the regime during the the Sunday protests. The protester who was transported to the hospital for treatment following the shooting was forced to escape the hospital when the regime’s agents came to arrest him. Photo courtesy of Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA).

* * Received reports indicate that the Islamic regime has begun to mobilize all it’s agents, guards and Basijis from around the country to big cities and larger towns for the Wednesday, December 30th protests.

* * Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) News Agency reports: Hundreds of the protesters arrested during the protests in recent days were attacked and brutally beaten in Evin prison’s ‘tunnel of horror’.  According to this report, upon arrival at the Evin prison, approximately 400 protesters had to pass through a narrow tunnel where security forces based in the prison had been mobilized. One of the detainee who attempted to escape while entering the prison, was also shot in the foot.

The large number of detainees has resulted in utilizing other buildings on the prison compound; areas such as the training center which are not equipped to accommodate prisoners, have been turned into holding areas. Eyewitnesses report that ward 8 of the prison compound has been sectioned off and is entirely under the jurisdiction and charge of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security who also control the infamous ward 209 known for it’s solitary confinement. It is conservatively estimated that the number of detainees exceed 1500, some of whom have been transferred to unknown locations outside of Evin.

* * Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) report that writer Bijan Janfeshaan was arrested at midnight Monday, 7th of Dey (December 28th) by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) who stormed his house. Janfeshaan was transferred to an unknown location. According to Janfeshaan’s family his computer, books, CD’s, notes and all of his personal material was also confiscated by the arresting agents.

* * Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) reports: The Islamic regime’s revolutionary court has sentenced two detainees of recent events to death. On December 28, 2009  branch 28 of the revolutionary court, Judge Mogheisy sentenced Ahmad Karimi, a detainees arrested prior to the June election to death. During the August show trials, Ahmad Karimi was forced to confessed to “combat against God” as well as being a member of the monarchist association. The second individual’s details are as of yet unknown.

* * Green Way Movement (Jaras) reports that Mehdi Karubi’s son, Hossein, in an interview with Deutsche Welle spoke of his father’s virtual house arrest and that his handlers have not taken him out of the house as they are under threat by the security forces and it is clear that they are being given orders from regime authorities.

* * Green Way Movement (Jaras) reports that on Monday evening, December 28th, plain clothes agents stormed Ayatollah Saneii’s branch offices in Mash’had attacking mourners and supporters who were present for the Maghreb (evening) prayer. The agents then invaded Ayatollah Saneii’s residence that was on the compound and broke all the windows.  The mourners and supporters of Ayatollah Saneii and all those present where then arrested and taken away.

* * Persian2English’s Blog reports:

Based on reports received by Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran, prisoner Ardeshir Keshavarz was sent to a solitary cell for execution.

Ardeshir Keshavarz, 35, has been in prison for more than six years. Most of his time has been spent in section 1 of Gohardasht Prison in Karaj. Mr. Keshavarz was recently transferred to a solitary cell for execution and is to be executed on Wednesday.

Prisoner Ardeshir Keshavarz successfully ran away from prison, together with a number of other prisoners but was arrested a year later. During that time, the government’s media wrongly accused him of murdering judge Moghaddas.

Mr. Keshavarz was arrested and charged with clashing with police in Kermanshah. It is believed that a police officer was killed in this clash. He was sentenced to death, and after six years, they now want to execute him. His brother is currently in Gohardasht prison.

After the huge protests on December 27, Ali Khamenei and his appointed judge, Sadeq Larijani are intent on group executions to intimidate society.

Group executions, with political motives of intimidating and terrorizing society, are being done by Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader, and his appointed judge. Ali Khamenei has committed various crimes against the Iranian people and he is effectively known as a criminal against humanity.

Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran condemn the group executions by order of the Supreme Leader as a crime against humanity and requests Human Rights High Commissioner and International bodies to (in order to end the crimes against humanity in Iran) refer the case for the regime’s inhumane crimes to the Security Council of the United Nations for binding decisions.

Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran
December 29, 2009

CCed to:
Human Rights High Commissioner
Human Rights Commission of European Union
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch

- Arash Azizi, Persian2English

* * Amir Arshad Tajmir (photo), 25-year-old son of renowned TV and radio anchorwoman Shahin Mahinfar was during the Sunday, December 27 protests on Tehran’s Vali Asr Square. It is as of yet unknown whether he died instantaneously or after he was transferred to the hospital. What is clear is that his body was taken by the regime’s agents and so far the regime has refused to return his body to his parents for proper burial.