Tudeh News International Bulletin of the Tudeh Party of – June 2011 - No. 272 International Dept. Address: BM Box 1686 London WC1N 3XX Fax: (Berlin: 324-1627) (London: 208 -392 2653) e-mail:[email protected] - URL: http://www.tudehpartyiran.org

and magnificent popular movement that Two years after the election coup came to the scene to protest against this anti- The Econo-Political national and violent coup not only wrecked the plots and plans of the perpetrators of the Bankruptcy of the coup to “calm down the situation” and Supreme-Leader-Installed “political stabilization” of the regime, but also proved that despite a four-year Government repression by the Ahmadinejad government, (Abridged from "Nameh Mardom", Central Organ of the anti-despotism and powerful social the Tudeh Party of Iran, No. 870, 6th June, 11) movement is still alive in the society. une 12th of 2011 marks the second The bloody and harsh suppression of the anniversary of the election coup popular protests against the infringement of J perpetrated by the Supreme [Religious] the votes of millions of citizens, which led Leader and the security and Guard forces to killing and injuring a large number of against the will of millions of Iranians who cast people and the arrest of thousands of their votes in the hopes of changing the anti- freedom campaigners, although could people and reactionary government of impede the widespread protests and street . During the past two demonstrations against the regime, but could years, tons of witness documents and data have not subdue the freedom movement and drive been released and made public about the extent it into isolation as the regime leader would of the election rigging orchestrated by the have imagined. The continuation of the Supreme Leader in collaboration with the struggle by the masses, and the eruption of security forces and Guard Corps and the extensive popular protests, for instance Council of Guardians of Constitution the during the funeral of Nasser Hejazi, the reaction that clearly reveal the Goebbels- popular football player, and the funeral of inspired lies of Ahmadinejad, the propaganda Mr. Sahabi [a leader of Freedom Movement apparatus of the regime and the outspoken and of Iran], and later massive protests against shame-faced supporters of the regime. the hideous crime of the regime that led to The election coup of the Supreme Leader not the death of [in her father’s only was a demonstration of violent trampling funeral], all proved that the popular of the votes of millions of citizens, but also movement is still alive and learning from its burst any illusion about the realization of the experiences will employ various shapes and principle of Republic in the theocratic regime forms of struggle against the reaction. of Iran. The goal of the Supreme Leader and The two-year report card of the Supreme- the ruling reaction, that was fearful of yet Leader-appointed government is the one of a another May 23rd [when reformist Khatami was discredited and bankrupt institution, both in first elected in 1997] in Iran, was to crush the ethically and econo-politically, which today popular movement and establish a paramilitary is confronted with broad and growing regime in order to stabilize its political power criticism of its past allies. Pursuing anti- and to secure its long-term rule. The powerful people and devastating economic policies to Tudeh News, International Bulletin of the Tudeh Party of Iran June 2011 - No. 272 Page 1 of 6 protect the interests of the parasitic and economic statistics released in the recent bureaucratic capitalism, exacerbation of two years clearly indicate the outcome of the poverty and destitution, growing social government policies and the shocking reality malaise, and ever deepening of the gap of the current situation in Iran. Devastating between the poor and the rich, along with the growth of unemployment is one of the increasing political crisis which is growing consequences of the “economic deeper due to the attempts of Ahmadinejad and liberalization” which has created difficult his backers in the leadership of security forces conditions for millions of Iranians, and and Guard Corps to concentrate the econo- particularly the youth. In the latest 2010 political power in their own hands, are all Human Development Report by the United indications of the immense failure of the Nations Development Program, the theocratic regime of Iran in stabilizing the unemployment rate in Iran is reported at political grip, and are all a reproduction of the 33%. According to this report, the rate that serious and chronic crises that the regime has the youth entered the job market in the been dealing with in the recent decades. recent years did not match the rate of created There is no doubt that the global situation, and job opportunities. Among the total number particularly the popular movements that swept of the employed, about 43% have informal the carpet from under the despotic regimes in or temporary jobs. As reported in last Egypt and Tunisia, and recently in Yemen, and December by the [reformist] Kalemeh site, shook the pillars of the reactionary regime of “the official rate of absolute and partial Bahrain and other states in the region, would unemployment in the country is 30.1%.” certainly have an impact on the political With the economic liberalization and the developments in Iran. elimination of subsidies, the rate of To gain a better understanding of the situation unemployment increased, and that is why in Iran, let’s have a look at the socio-economic the coup government is not willing to state of the society and the increase of pressure publish the official rate... on the lives of millions of Iranian families. At Among other important economic indices the start of his term, Mahmud Ahmadinejad which could be considered clear criteria to was planning and hoping to attract the support measure the success of the policies of the of a vast majority of the disadvantaged current administration, are the economic population for his government by voicing development rate, the inflation rate, and the populist (demagogic) slogans about the fair and amount of cash liquidity. According to the just distribution of the nation’s wealth and Central Bank of Iran and other official addressing the destitution of the people. statistic sources, while the inflation rate has However, over the time, when the orientation exceeded 18%, the economic rate in Iran has of Ahmadinejad’s government in line with the plummeted and at the same time, the volume interests and demands of the grand capital of of cash liquidity has increased. The increase the country was exposed, and amid the in liquidity in the past two years has been aggressive implementation of neo-liberal more than 23%, and with the elimination of economic policies such as “economic the subsidies, this volume will sharply liberalization”, “targeted subsidies”, and hasty increase, leaving a major part of the cash in privatization of the industry, the working class the hands of non-productive capitalism of and the working people of Iran soon realized Iran, and particularly the grand mercantile the true nature of Ahmadinejad’s capitalism.... administration as a government against the The increasing exacerbation of the economic interests of the underprivileged of the society situation, the clash between the and launched, here and there, the struggle Ahmadinejad administration and his against these policies in various scenes. The security-Guard backers for the share of the

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wealth and political power, and also the particular the working class, and taking upcoming parliamentary “elections” and after advantage of the increasing divisions among that the presidential “elections” in which by the factions of the regime. As a result of the law Ahmadinejad cannot candidate, has stirred escalation of the economic crisis and the new challenges and tensions among the various increased pressure on the shoulders of factions of the regime. millions of working people, the people will The recent altercation between the Supreme lose their patience more than ever, and our Leader and its appointed government sparked nation will move towards a social explosion. by the action of Ahmadinejad to dismiss the We must fully prepare ourselves for the Intelligence Minister, and consequent to that, future battle against the anti-people regime intensified clashes between the Majlis of Iran● (Parliament) and the government and Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran eventually Ahmadinejad apologizing to the Supreme Leader, not only did not mitigate the On the death of : current political crisis, but also weakened the Another Tragedy Perpetrated position of Ahmadinejad’s government and made it even more difficult for the regime to go by the Mercenaries of the on with the status quo. Dictatorship th June 12 of this year arrives at a time when the ccording to the latest published popular movement once again gets ready for a reports, Hoda Saber, journalist and new battle with the Supreme Leader regime, one of the religious activists who and the encompassing econo-political crisis is Awent on hunger strike along with shaking the pillars of the installed government, Amir Khosrow Dalirsaani- one of the and in general the discredited theocratic other freedom fighters and political regime. The deep divide among the traditional prisoners in Iran- to protest against the death forces of the regime who were once the “pillars of Haleh Sahabi, died earlier today of of the legitimacy”, including a large part of the cardiac arrest. The death of Hoda Saber is clergy chiefs who denied to openly and clearly yet another tragedy perpetrated by the recognize the government that was installed judicial-security apparatus of the theocratic through the Supreme Leader coup; the shaky regime in Iran. The inhuman conduct of the position of the Supreme Leader himself and the prison guards and authorities towards the matter of his succession; along with the ever detained activists and campaigners, once increasing role and intervention of the chiefs of again depicts the deeply anti-people the security forces and Guard Corps in the character of a regime which has turned Iran affairs of the country and econo-political into a large prison for millions of the decision-making, have all developed a new citizens of our homeland. dynamism in the political developments of the Like numerous other freedom fighters, Hoda country which will undoubtedly have a Saber was arrested on several occasions in significant impact on the future events. recent years and sent to the torture chambers Illusion about the nature of these rifts, of the regime. He was arrested once again including the tensions between Ahmadinejad last August following the election coup of and parts of the clergy who support Khamenei the Supreme Leader and the suppression [the Supreme Leader] is what the popular apparatus of the theocratic regime. After the movement should avoid consciously. The main death of Haleh Sahabi, Hoda went on hunger task of progressive and freedom-loving forces strike as a protest action against the crimes is to strive for more and more harmony in the of the mercenaries of the regime. In a struggle, qualitative improvement of the level message to the people of Iran, he said: “In of organization of the social forces, and in protest against the tragedy of Wednesday Tudeh News, International Bulletin of the Tudeh Party of Iran June 2011 - No. 272 Page 3 of 6

June 1st and the assault leading to the death of people of Iran, his family, his comrades, and the eldest daughter of Mr. Sahabi, who was his friends and acquaintances. motherly and sisterly serving the people and Mr. Sahabi was one of the unrelenting the victims of the events of the past two years, activists of the national movement, and one we two members of the ideological-political of the leaders of the National Movement of National- Religious- group will go on wet Iran, who spent long years of his life in the strike as of the evening of June the 2nd in ward prisons of the Shah regime, and later on in 350 of Evin Prison without any personal the prisons of the theocratic regime of Iran, demands, and will only take water, tea, sugar and despite all the pressures and restrictions and salt.” According to the released reports, the imposed by the current regime, refused to specialist doctors deemed the negligence of the compromise the defense for the rights of the prison authorities to transfer Hoda Saber to people and the freedom movement in our hospital as the main cause of his death. country. According to the same reports, the judiciary Mr. Sahabi was born in 1930 in and officials and the officers of the Intelligence was one of the prominent leaders of the Ministry have refused to turn over the body of Council of National-Religious Activists of Hoda Saber to his family. Iran. He was one of the few national figures Tudeh Party of Iran once again strongly in the Revolution Council [1978-1979], a denounces and condemns the criminal act of member of the very first Constitutional the mercenaries of the theocratic regime in Iran Assembly, and a member of the very first and the suppression apparatus ruling our parliament, after the revolution, elected in homeland. Expressing our deepest sympathy the capital Tehran. After a short period of and solidarity with the comrades of Hoda Saber time during which he was the Director of the and his family, we call upon all the freedom- Budget and Planning Organization in the loving and humanitarian forces across the administration of Mehdi Bazargan [the very world to protest against the crimes committed first government of Iran after the 1979 in the prisons of the Iranian regime. The efforts revolution], Mr. Sahabi began publishing the for immediate and unconditional release of all well respected “Iran-e Farda” [The Iran of the political prisoners must be doubled. The Tomorrow] magazine, and in the recent regime of ignorance and felony should be decades was always one of the outstanding stopped from perpetrating more tragedies. individuals who defended the reform Long live the honoured memory of Hoda Saber process and was a daring critic of the and all the martyrs of the struggle for theocratic regime of Iran and its anti-people democracy and human rights in our homeland! policies. The passing away of Mr. Sahabi is Shame on the ruling criminals! a loss for the popular and freedom Central Committee movement of our nation. 12th June 2011 Dear compatriots, The ruthless attack of the dark-minded thugs Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran on the funeral of Mr. Sahabi caused yet On the Occasion of the Passing another disaster. This incident was an indication of the brutality of a regime that is Away of and still in power against the will of the the murder of Haleh Sahabi overwhelming majority of the nation. Amid udeh Party of Iran sends its sincere the physical assault on the attendants in the condolences on the occasion of the funeral, including Haleh Sahabi, the passing away of Ezzatollah Sahabi, a daughter of the late Mr. Sahabi, this Tprominent figure in the popular and relentless activist of the women’s and peace liberation movement of Iran, to the movement in the country was martyred. Tudeh News, International Bulletin of the Tudeh Party of Iran June 2011 - No. 272 Page 4 of 6

Haleh Sahabi, was a member of the “The Council of the Mothers for Peace” and one of Visit by the Private Sector the political activists and those prosecuted as a Economic Delegation of IR result of the events of the post presidential Economic Delegation of IR election of June 2009 who was summoned to of Iran to the US Evin prison last winter to spend her 2-year term (From "Nameh Mardom", Central Organ of the in jail. According to the numerous eyewitness Tudeh Party of Iran No. 870, 6th June 2011) reports, consequent to the brutal raid of the fter the parliament of Iran, during the security forces on the funeral procession on readings of this year’s budget, st June 1 and their attempt to disrupt the funeral, approved the import and sale of oil Haleh was severely beaten by the security Aproducts in the country by private forces, [collapsed as a result] and was martyred sector and declared it legal, Iran’s due to heart attack. media reported that in response to the Tudeh Party of Iran condemns the criminal invitation of American investors and a few actions of the security forces of the theocratic transnational cartels, a delegation of private regime of Iran and expresses its sympathy with sector, i.e. Islamic Republic’s Chamber of the Sahabi family, and calls upon all the Commerce, would travel to the United progressive and freedom-loving forces of Iran States. On May 11, Ilana News Agency and the world to intensify their protest against reported: “In response to the invitation the Iranian regime more than ever before. Such extended by the American private sector, a crimes are committed at a time when we are sixteen-member Iranian private sector approaching the second anniversary of the delegation will travel to Kansas City to electoral coup of the theocratic regime of Iran attend the three-day Futurallia Forum [16th to impose and re-install the anti-people International Business Development government of Ahmadinejad. The current Forum]… Eight hundred trade delegations disastrous economic and social situation in from thirty countries around the world will Iran, the continuation of the political crisis in attend this economic meeting, which could the country, and intensification of the lay favorable ground for Iran’s private sector suppression atmosphere are the most vivid to develop exports and international indications of the conviction of an anti-people exchanges.” regime which resorts to any means no matter Ilana then added, “Iranian delegation how inhumane, to stay in power. consists of experts from different industrial The memory of the national figures and and monetary-financial fields, such as home activists such as Ezzatollah Sahabi and his appliances, monetary, chemicals and food daughter Haleh Sahabi will always remain in products. Preparations for obtaining the memory of our people. It is the American visas for this delegation have been reactionaries, the perpetrators of this completed, and the delegation will have no horrendous crime that are and will be damned problem to travel to the United States. and doomed in the court of the public opinion Futurallia Forum is an annual international in Iran and the world as a bunch of dark- gathering for acquiring trading partners in minded criminals. order to find strategies for large and small Central Committee of Tudeh Party of Iran economic trade exchanges, establish 3rd June 2011 commercial, financial, strategic or technological alliances, and to develop international trade.” According to the published reports, invitation of the Iranian delegation was recommended by the International Monetary Tudeh News, International Bulletin of the Tudeh Party of Iran June 2011 - No. 272 Page 5 of 6

Fund’s (IMF) to the American authorities. The On May 21, Ilana News Agency reported, implementation of “economic liberalization” “RIA Novosti News Agency and the Arabic plan based on the prescriptions dictated by the paper “Gulf Times” wrote: During the World Bank and the IMF by the theocratic Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s regime of Iran, and planned rapid execution of recent visit to Europe, the essential the Supreme Leader’s order regarding Article agreements for Emirates’ representation in 44 [of the Constitution] and privatization of the NATO have been reached. For the first time strategic industries are among the reasons in the history of North Atlantic Treaty behind the invitation extended to the Islamic Organization (NATO), permanent mission Republic’s delegation. During a recent visit by of an Arabic country, i.e. United Arab the Director of the Islamic Republic’s Central Emirates, will be established in this Bank to Washington to attend the IMF’s annual organization… After meeting with his meeting, the World Bank authorities expressed Emirate counterpart, Poland’s Minister of their satisfaction with the implementation of Foreign Affairs stated: We are pleased that the “Targeted Subsidies” but also called for the United Arab Emirates would be the first deregulation and reform of the banking system. Arabic country to establish its representation Attendance of a delegation from the Islamic in NATO.” Republic’s Chamber of Commerce, centered on Close, strong and long-lasting cooperation individuals such as Nahavandian and between the United Arab Emirates and Asgaroalady, demonstrates the burning desire NATO will intensify the tensions in the of the ruling reaction to expand its economic Persian Gulf region and fuel the arms race in and trade relations with the United States, and this region. Establishment of a permanent its invitation extended to the international mission in NATO and exchange of military monopolies to invest in major industrial sectors and security intelligence between Emirates such as oil, gas, petrochemical, steel and and NATO violates the principle of good- aluminum. In addition to covering economic neighborliness and mutual cooperation issues, the visit of the Islamic Republic’s between the Persian Gulf states and directly Chamber of Commerce delegation will threatens our country’s national security. certainly has political meaning and significance With the objective of gaining trust and in this historically critical moment. cooperation of the NATO member states- in particular the United States and Britain- the NATO’s Deployment to the United Arab Emirates, on one hand, is trying Persian Gulf Region, Serious to shield itself from the storms of the Persian Gulf Region, Serious region’s popular movements, and on the Threat to the World Peace other hand, as an instrument of international (From "Nameh Mardom", Central Organ of the Tudeh Party monopolies, attempts to gain an of Iran No. 870, 6th June 2011) international support for its phony claims n the heat of the NATO’s military and dangerous ambitions in the Strait of aggression on Libya and bloody conflicts in Hormuz. United Arab Emirates’ action in North Africa, international press reported opening a permanent mission at the North Ion the efforts of the United Arab Emirates Atlantic Treaty Organization- NATO- could Sheikhdom for close military-security not be acceptable by the region’s states. cooperation and setting up a permanent mission In general, expansion of NATO to the of the Sheikhdom in NATO. The media in the Persian Gulf region in any shape or under region and Iran have also published reports and any pretext is a threat for the independence articles on this matter, confirming the United and sovereignty of the countries and the Arab Emirates’ action and effort for extensive cause of tension, war and instability, and cooperation with NATO. threatens world peace.

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