Iran: foreigners, Baha'i and Marxist groups were behind the Ashura unrest
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:29:38 GMT
An Iranian protestor throws a rock at anti-riot police
officers during an anti-government protest at Enqelab Square
in Tehran.
Marxist and monarchist groups outside Iran's boundaries have
been behind last week's riots in the capital Tehran, the
intelligence ministry says.
Members of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry and the
Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission
met Sunday to examine the anti-government unrest that broke
out during Ashura ceremonies marking the anniversary of the
martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH).
"In the session, the main elements of the recent unrest in
the country were examined and intelligence officials
responded to questions of the lawmakers," Mohammad Karimi-
Rad, a member of the commission, said on Monday.
The members of Iran's intelligence apparatus, the lawmaker
continued, concluded that the violence on the day of Ashura
was coordinated by "monarchist groups and Iranians residing
outside the country."
"Baha'i and Marxist groups were also represented," he said,
adding that security forces had arrested four people
connected to anti-revolutionary Marxist groups.
During the incident, rioters chanted slogans against top
Iranian government officials, vandalized public property and
set trash cans ablaze, forcing the Iranian police to used
tear gas to disperse them.
Seven people are confirmed to have died during the Sunday
unrest, which has been described as defiling the religious
ceremony of Ashura. Confirming the deaths, Iran's Deputy
Police Chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said forces did not use
violence against the protesters, denying any police
involvement in the killings.
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Iran says foreigners arrested in Ashura unrest
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:59:23 GMT
During the Ashura unrest, protesters clashed with security
forces, damaged public property, set trash cans aflame.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi says that
"several foreign nationals" have been detained during the
last week unrest.
"Some of the detainees are foreign nationals pursuing
propaganda and psychological warfare," Moslehi told
reporters on Monday, IRIB News reported. "They had entered
Iran only two days before Ashura. Their cameras and
equipment have been confiscated."
The minister did not mention the number or the nationalities
of those arrested.
On Sunday, December 27, 2009, protesters took to the streets
and used the mourning ceremony of Ashura to chant anti-
government slogans. They also damaged public property and
clashed with security forces. Seven people were killed in
the unrest.
The deputy police chief, Ahmad-Reza Radan, said the force
had not used violence against the protesters, adding that
the deaths were being investigated by the authorities.
In response to the Ashura riots, millions of Iranians took
to the streets on the following Wednesday, denouncing the
sacrilege of Ashura and demanding that rioters be brought to
justice.
Iran blames Western countries, who were quick to condemn
what they called the violence in the unrest, of
masterminding and supporting the riots that erupted after
the presidential election in June 2009.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has pointed the finger at the
United States and Israel for staging the protests during the
Ashura ceremonies.
Moslehi supported the Iranian President's stance and said US
President Barack Obama and the leaders in Israel have
revealed their agenda by supporting the Iranian opposition.
He added that investigations into the cases of the detained
foreigners were being completed and that their cases would
be handed to the judiciary within the next couple of days.
Ebrahim Raeesi, the first deputy of the judiciary, said last
week that more than 500 protesters had been detained by
authorities during the Ashura riots.
Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said Monday that
protesters had acted against national security and would
face the consequences, the Islamic Republic News Agency
(IRNA) reported.
"According to the Islamic penal code, if it is proven to the
judge that certain individuals had the intentions of
confronting the Islamic government and the foundation of the
establishment, the punishment can be as severe as the death
penalty," Dolatabadi said.
He added that those who had taken to the streets on Ashura
sought to undermine "the Islamic nature of the Islamic
Republic," which, he said, is one of the most important
religious aspects of the country.
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'US preparing new psyops campaign against Iran'
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:13:34 GMT
Former ISI chief Asad Durrani
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The former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence
(ISI) says the United States is afraid of Iran's nuclear
capabilities and is trying to provoke other countries to
wage a psychological war against Iran.
In an exclusive interview with IRNA on Sunday, retired
general Asad Durrani said that although Iran has always
insisted that its nuclear activities are totally peaceful,
the West is trying to give the world the impression that
Iran's nuclear program is not peaceful.
He stated that the US is threatening to impose more
sanctions on Iran, even though other countries have said
that the previous sanctions have been ineffective.
Iran has done everything it could within a diplomatic
framework, but it will not bow to the West's pressure, he
added.
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Iran says foreign nationals among protest detainees
Mon Jan 4, 7:00 am ET
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has arrested several foreign nationals
in bloody anti-government protests last week that left at
least eight people dead, Intelligence Minister Heydar
Moslehi said on Monday.
"Some of the detainees are foreign nationals pursuing
propaganda and psychological warfare," Moslehi said on state
television.
"They had entered Iran only two days before Ashura. Their
cameras and equipment have been seized," he added, without
specifying how many had been arrested or their nationality.
Iranian police are still holding 300 of the 500 people they
arrested in Tehran on December 27, when opposition
supporters staged protests during the Shiite religious
commemoration of Ashura.
Police said other security agencies had also detained
protesters.
One of the foreigners arrested was an Iran-based Syrian
journalist working for Dubai TV and a pro-government website
Rajanews said a "British citizen, who was carrying his
passport, was arrested while attacking mourners... in
central Tehran."
Iran's foreign ministry could not confirm the Rajanews
report.
French researcher Clotilde Reiss, 24, was arrested in late
June and put on trial for allegedly taking part in protests
that followed the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.
She was freed on bail in August and has since been staying
at the French embassy awaiting the outcome of her case.
Ahmadinejad has accused the United States and Israel of
staging the opposition protests during the Ashura rituals.
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Iran says several foreigners arrested in protests
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday that several
foreigners conducting "psychological warfare" against the
clerical system were arrested in last month's bloody clashes
between opposition supporters and security forces.
In the bloodiest unrest since the aftermath of a disputed
June presidential poll, eight people were killed on December
27 and over 40 reformist figures, including four advisers to
opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, have been arrested
since then.
"Several foreigners are among those who were arrested on the
day of Ashura ... they were leading a psychological war
against the system ... They entered Iran two days before
Ashura," Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi told state
television, without giving the foreigners' nationality.
Iranian authorities have repeatedly accused opposition
leaders of links to "foreign enemies," warning that they
will not tolerate any more anti-government protests after
the turmoil that broke out during the Shi'ite ritual of
Ashura.
The intelligence minister also said the case of the arrested
foreigners would be handed over to the judiciary by
Wednesday.
Neither the Iranian government nor the opposition and its
supporters have shown much appetite for compromise in the
six months since the disputed election and confrontation has
escalated with a flood of accusations and counter-charges.
A representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei said opposition leaders were 'mohareb' (enemies of
God), which makes them fit for execution under Islamic law.
Hardline officials have accused the opposition leaders of
causing tension in the country, urging Mousavi and another
moderate defeated candidate, Mehdi Karoubi, to repent or
"face charges of supporting apostates in defiance of God."
"SEVERE CONFRONTATION"
Mousavi in a statement on Friday defied hardliners' calls
for his execution, saying he was not afraid of being one of
the "martyrs who lost their lives in their fight for their
rightful demands since the vote" and that Iran was in
"serious crisis."
Political unrest has entered a new stage since the Ashura
clashes in which Mousavi's nephew was killed. Police deny
any involvement in the killings.
The government has stepped up a crackdown on the reform
movement since Ashura. Opposition websites said that dozens
of pro-reform students, activists and journalists have been
arrested in the past few days in different cities.
Opposition website Jaras said more than 80 university
teachers in a letter to the country's most powerful
authority have urged Khamenei to stop the "use of violence"
by the security forces against pro-reform students.
"It is very difficult to believe that in the Islamic system
some carry out attacks against university dormitories and
beat students ... and arrest a large number of them," the
letter said, Jaras reported on Sunday.
"We are urging you to order an end to these acts and also to
order the release of all arrested students since the vote."
Iran's General-Prosecutor Qolamhossein Mohseni-Ejei repeated
the government's warnings on Monday.
"Those who have been arrested during Ashura clashes face
various charges, including acting against national security
and will be severely confronted," the official IRNA news
agency quoted Mohseni-Ejei as saying.
The anti-government protests, which have erupted repeatedly
since the election, have plunged Iran into the most serious
internal crisis in the Islamic Republic's 30-year history.
Mousavi supporters have defied government warnings not to
hold "illegal rallies," using opportunities like Muslim
festivals to revive fresh street rallies against the
government.
Opposition leaders say the presidential vote was rigged to
secure Ahmadinejad's re-election. The country's highest
authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said it
was the healthiest in three decades.
Hardliners criticized Mousavi's latest statement, saying he
was repeating his past mistakes.
(Writing by Parisa Hafezi, Editing by Peter Millership)
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Patrick Keenan
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> 'Monarchists, Marxists behind Ashura unrest'
> Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:29:38 GMT
>
> An Iranian protestor throws a rock at anti-riot police
> officers during an anti-government protest at Enqelab Square
> in Tehran.
>
> Marxist and monarchist groups outside Iran's boundaries have
> been behind last week's riots in the capital Tehran, the
> intelligence ministry says.
Of course it says this. It can't *possibly* be because actual Iranian
people might wish for a government that is accountable and does not rely on
brutality and oppression to stay in power.
Not that this would matter to *you*.
Seon Ferguson
oppressed people of the Bahai faith ever since their prophet declared he was
a prophet. You make me sick.
Seon Ferguson
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The facts don't matter to people like My Name who support police shooting
protestors or sending them to jail.