Showing posts with label Rasht. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rasht. Show all posts

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Iran; demonstration in 7 cities, people chant 'Death to the Dictator'

Demonstrators in Isfahan set a IRGC motorcycle a blaze

Iran, February 1, 2018 – Groups of brave protesters in 7 major cities including Tehran, Isfahan, Sanandaj, Rasht, Kermanshah, Zarrin- and  in addition to other towns demonstrated on Thursday, February 1, chanting 'Death to Khamenei', referring to Iran's Supreme leader, and 'Death to the Dictator.' There were clashes reported in some of these cities between the protesters and the State Security force. 
Demonstrators in Isfahan said that some protesters set fire to the security forces' motorcycles. 
MEK sources inside Iran says that the unrest is continued and we will bring you further reports as we get them. 

Thursday, August 31, 2017

The West's indifference to Iran's historic crimes lets my brother's killers get away

Ahmad Raoof Bashardoost was amongst the 30,000 victims of the Iranian mullahs’ madness in the summer of 1988Massoumeh Raouf

On a cold day in March 1988, my colleague came to me and said "Masoumeh, Masoumeh, you have a letter".

Receiving a letter is a routine for most people, but not for me. I was a former political prisoner in Iran and had been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in the city of Rasht in northern Iran. I was able to escape the prison miraculously and cross Iran's borders in a completely non-standard fashion. In the midst of a severe crackdown on dissent in Iran, it was very risky to send me a letter.
I opened the envelope with curiosity. I was shocked after reading a few lines. It was a letter from my younger brother, Ahmad. "Ahmad? Can this be true?"
For years I was waiting for such a day. Ahmad was arrested when the regime's Revolutionary Guards raided our home in 1982, when he was 16-years-old. His crime was participating in meetings held by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the regime's main opposition. After suffering long torture he was sentenced to five years in prison. He was first held in Rasht Prison and was subsequently transferred to the notorious jails of Evin and Gohardasht.