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A Year Later: Suppression Continues in Iran -Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

Short report on the suppression of dissent in the days, weeks and months following the election

This report by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center provides a detailed synopsis of the human rights violations perpetrated by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the days, weeks, and months following the election. They also feature those responsible for the crimes with photos, dates of birth, hometowns and specific claim. See an example below.

Mohammad Reza Naqdi

Born: Hometown: Positions:

1953 Najaf, Iraq

Deputy Director of Intelligence, Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards and Head of Basij

“Those groups that chant slogans against the revolution’s values ... should know that they will be confronted by Basij.”

Known as the “Tyrant of the Campus,” Mohammad Reza Naqdi was born in Najaf, Iraq but moved to Iran following the revolution in 1979. In 1993, he became Deputy Director for intelligence of the “Quds Force,” a branch of the Revolutionary Guards tasked with exporting the Islamic Revolution. During 1997 and 1998, Naqdi was allegedly involved in the imprisonment and torture of Tehran mayor Qolam-Hossein Karbaschi as well as other prominent city officials. He is reported to be a “key figure” in the organization and financing of Ansar-i-Hezbollah, a group that was involved in the 1999 attacks on students at Tehran University.

Journalist and former Basiji, Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, claims that Naqdi was present during torture of protesters at Kahrizak prison in the summer of 2009. On January 5, 2010, Naqdi told the hard-line daily Kayhan “[a]nyone who objects to this [Islamic] revolution or the rule of the Just Jurisprudent is making futile efforts to bring the establishment to its knees. These people are either morally or financially corrupt or are drug addicts, and it is rare to find someone who has objections [to the establishment and the Supreme Leader] to have a healthy personal life.” He has blamed the demonstrations following the June 12, 2009 election on the United States.

President Obama Addresses the Human Rights of Iranian

Today President Obama addressed the tragedy of last years election violence and the consequences of ignoring the human rights of the citizens of Iran. He also describes how the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran affect others.

"Saturday will mark one year from the day that an election captivated the attention of the world -– an event that should have been remembered for how the Iranian people participated with remarkable enthusiasm, but will instead be remembered for how the Iranian government brutally suppressed dissent and murdered the innocent, including a young woman left to die in the street.

Actions do have consequences, and today the Iranian government will face some of those consequences. Because whether it is threatening the nuclear non-proliferation regime, or the human rights of its own citizens, or the stability of its own neighbors by supporting terrorism, the Iranian government continues to demonstrate that its own unjust actions are a threat to justice everywhere."

Remarks by the President on United Nations Security Council Resolution on Iran Sanctions

1 Year Later, Iran's Opposition Still Relies On Internet - NPR

1 Year Later, Iran's Opposition Still Relies On Internet

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127586505

AccessNow.org founder Cameran Ashraf discusses the need for freedom of speech and freedom from censorship for those who choose to oppose the government in Iran. He also discusses the ways that people in the United States can help from home.

Men of Violence

Men of Violence by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has put together a spectacular compilation of the men you have been accused of perpetrating the violence following the June 12, 2009 elections. Included in the report are:

1. Hossein Taeb - Commander of the Basij Forces at the time of June election

2. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei - Minister of Intelligence at the time of election

3. Ismail Ahmadi Moghadam - Head of the Iranian Police

4. Saeed Mortazavi - Tehran’s prosecutor General at the time of June election

5. Sadeq Mahsouli - Minister of the Interior time of June election

6. Abolghassem Salavati - Presiding judge of Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Courts

7. Seyed Hassan Firouzabadi - Chief of Staff of the Joint Armed Forces

8. Mohammad Ali Jafari - Commander of IRGC

9. Mohammad Moghisseh - Head of Branch 28 of the Islamic Revolutionary Courts

10. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati - Secretary General of the Guardian Council

11. Yadollah Javani - Head of the IRGC Political Office

12. Rouhollah Hosseinian - Member of Parliament

13. Ali Saeedi - Representative of Supreme Leader in IRGC

14. Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi - Member of the Assembly of Experts

15. Hossein Shariatmadari - Managing Editor of Kayhan Newspaper