Women in Iran banned from wearing hats as head covers

NCRI - Women in Iran have been banned from wearing hats as head covers this winter, according to the regulation announced by ‘moral police’.

Chief of the moral police Colonel Mohammad Massoud Zahedian described the wearing of hats as an example of 'improper dress', adding: "It will certainly will not be considered as a complete veil for the women."

He said that being 'covered up for women was not necessarily acceptable to the police'.

He added in remarks published on the official police website: "Covering up by wearing clothing could even constitute a show off that targets public chastity."

Since the repressive 'boosting public security plan' was first imposed in 2007, the regime has issued warnings about clothing and arrested thousands of women every year.

In late October, cities across Iran witnessed a series of massive public protests against the targeting of women and young girls by state-sponsored gangs following calls by the ruling mullahs to act against ‘improper dress.’

In November, several young Iranian women, including at least five university students, were stabbed in the southern city of Jahrom.

The attacker said he had been motivated to attack after one cleric said that 'killing a Bad-Hejab (improperly veiled women) was permissible' and he acted to 'prevent vice'.

The latest restrictive measures on hats coincide with the regime’s parliament approving legislation empowering the para-military Basij force with officially enforcing the restrictions under the 'Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice' laws.

In the 35 years of its rule, the misogynistic regime has done nothing for Iranian women except institutionalize violence, discrimination and ceaseless suppression against them.

The heinous knife and acid attacks on women and restive measures, are but the reaction of the clerical regime to the growing hatred of Iranian people for this regime, especially the growing women’s movement, in order to confront the rising protests and the explosive state of society.

CIA Report review ( Human rights ) ?

New York Times

1. The report describes extensive waterboarding as a “series of near drownings” .
2.The report cites dissatisfaction among intelligence officers about the competence and training of interrogators. 
3.The report says that the C.I.A. provided false and misleading information to members of Congress, the White House and the director of national intelligence about the program’s effectiveness.
4.C.I.A. personnel reported on multiple occasions to being “disturbed” by waterboarding and concerned over its legality.
5.The report states that the C.I.A. never produced an accurate count or list of those it had detained or subjected to brutal interrogation techniques.
6.The report found that at least 26 detainees “were wrongfully held,” including an “intellectually challenged” man who was used as “leverage” to obtain information from a family member, two former intelligence sources and two individuals identified as threats by a detainee subjected to torture. 
7.The report found that the C.I.A. provided classified information to journalists but that the agency did not push to prosecute or investigate many of the leaks.

Iran - Female Rights activist arrested and vanished ?

Yalda Pajoohesh, women’s right activist has been arrested

Posted on: 8th December, 2014

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HRANA News Agency – Despite the fact that it is more than two weeks since Yalda Pajoohesj has been arrested, yet there is no information about her condition.

According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Yalda Pajoohesh was arrested by security forces at her house on November 21, at 5 a.m.

Security forces, which had regular dress and did not show any warrant or identity cards, investigated the house and seized personal belonging and accessories of Ms. Pajoohesh, including her laptop.

After two weeks, there is still no information regarding the place that she is being kept at. The family and attorneys of Ms. Pajoohesh had gone to the revolutionary court and other relavant bureaus many times, but they did not receive any clear answer.

Yada Pajoohesh was arrested previously in a gathering which was held on November 25, 2012, and released after 5 months.

Two Soldiers Killed in Combat in Eastern Ukraine

KIEV – Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours in combat between the army and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the country, Kiev’s National Security and Defense Council announced Sunday.

Eight other troops were wounded, said Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko, who added that the insurgents have intensified their bombardment of army positions in the rebellious regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

In addition, he said that the separatists launched eight attacks against Ukrainian troops dug in at the Donetsk airport, the main focus of recent hostilities and an important strategic site for the two sides.

“Our soldiers are not surrendering. All the attacks have been repelled,” Lysenko said.

On the eve of a new cease-fire agreed to between the pro-Russian forces and Kiev, and despite the fact that the two sides have declared cease-fires on several previous occasions, combat has continued in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Also, according to local authorities, over the past 24 hours eight civilians – three in Donetsk and five in Luhansk – have died in the ongoing exchanges of artillery fire.

Iran slams Israel over airstrike on Syria

Tehran, YJC. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Marziyeh Afkham rapped Israel’s airstrike on areas in Syria as a sign that Tel Aviv is helping terrorists in the killing of Syrians and destruction of the country.

The Iranian diplomat also called on the United Nations to fulfill its duties to stop the kind of aggressive acts.

"The Zionist regime is abusing Syria’s critical situation, the aftermath of such warmongering moves, however, will upset that regime as well,” she explained.

Her comments came after Syrian fighters bombarded Syria’s airport on Sunday evening.

Israeli planes bombed the near the capital of Damascus international airport and the town of Dimas, the Syrian army said.

No casualties were reported after the attack. There has been no comment on the air strikes from Israel either.

Israel has been conducting air strikes on Syria since 2011.

Iran Student Day protests: ‘Free political prisoners’

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NCRI - Iranian students held protests and gatherings on Sunday in universities across Iran marking Student Day, known locally as 16 Azar (December 7).

In fear of student protests in Tehran, the clerical regime cancelled Hassan Rouhani’s scheduled program at Tehran University.

This program was finally held at Iran Medical Science University located in a remote area.

Through the imposition of extreme security measures, the regime’s officials prevented students from entering the conference hall where the program was held.

Nevertheless, during Hassan Rouhani’s speech, students questioned him on the recent high increase in the price of bread.

Students chanted “Independence, freedom, republic of Iran” in an expression of opposition to the rule of clergy in Iran.

The suppressive elements used batons to beat up those who were filming.

At Tehran University’s College of Engineering and at Iran University of Science and Technology, students shouted “Political prisoners must be freed”. The students at Allameh University shouted the slogan “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, I sacrifice my life for Iran”. The anti-riot forces prevented students from taking pictures and filming.

The IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Mayor of Tehran, who was expected to speak at Tehran’s Sharif University, cancelled his program in fear of student protests. The plainclothes agents at this university prevented students from taking pictures and filming.

At Tehran University of Art, the regime’s elements, fearing disturbances, prevented students from participating in a state-organized program. The students staged a gathering outside the university.

In the city of Bandar Abbas (southern Iran), at Hormozgan University, a protest by students began at 2:30 pm.

Students who had gathered at the university’s entrance gate shouted “Political prisoners must be freed”, “Imprisoned students must be freed” and “Hassan Rouhani, what happened to your promises?”

In the city of Babol (Northern Iran), despite disruptions by agents of the Herasat Office (office representing the Ministry of Intelligence and Security at the university), the students at Noushiravan University managed to hold a protest.

They shouted “Student dies rather than succumb to oppression”.

Students at Jondi Shapour University in the city of Ahvaz (Southern Iran) also staged a protest marking Student Day.

Intelligence agents from the Herasat Office at the university strictly controlled the students to prevent the spread of the protest outside the university.

Students held signs that read: “Here is a university, not a garrison”.

Protests also were held in universities in the cities of Esfahan, Shahroud and Qazvin.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
December 7, 2014

Mexico- one of the 43 students missing since September has been identified

Posted by DD from material posted by Lala and Pepe on Forum and updated Preceso and AP

 

 MEXICO CITY (AP) -- At least one of 43 college students missing since September has been identified among charred remains found near a garbage dump, two Mexican officials confirmed Saturday.

The two could not provide more details on how many of the students might have been identified.

They agreed to speak only if granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

A family member of a missing student told The Associated Press that the remains were of Alexander Mora. The families were given that information late Friday by an Argentine team of forensic experts working on behalf of the relatives and with the Attorney General's Office, said the relative, who also would speak only on condition of anonymity.

Parents of the students declined comment, planning to address a crowd that gathered Saturday afternoon at an already planned protest at the capital's Monument to the Revolution to demand the return of the students alive.

Parents participating in Saturday's protest got off buses with sullen faces and were immediately surrounded by people for protection and support.

Omar Garcia, a student at the march who attended the same rural teachers college in Ayotzinapa as the missing young men, relayed the reaction of Mora's father when he learned the fate of his son: "He will never give up. He will never get over his pain, but what he wants to tell all of you, and what we all want to say is this: We want justice!"