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Showing posts with label Iran executions. Show all posts
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Monday, 20 June 2011
Monday, 18 April 2011
Against death sentences in Iran - Friday 22 April
Protest unanimously against the death sentences in Iran
on Friday, April 22!
The Islamic regime is holding capital punishment as the sword of Damocles over the society, in fear of the people's uprising and its overthrow. To confront mass protests of the people, the regime executes a number of dissidents on various occasions in order to spread fear in the society and maintaining its power. The regime has announced that Shirkoo Moarefi will be executed and then came news that it is likely even HabibLatifi to be executed. On the other hand, it is said that over 100 people will soon be executed in Isfahan . These measures are part of the intensification of the current atmosphere of intimidation on the verge of May day, when the people take to the streets. Rise against the regime, the capital punishment and the death sentences in Iran !
The Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the most bestial regimes in the world. Without oppression and murder the regime will not even a single day be able to remain in power. We can wrest the sword of the regime out of its hand by a united and global mass protest.
Freedom-loving people!
Friday, April 22 is the day of the mass protest against executions in Iran . Organize demonstrations with your friends wherever you are or participate in the protest action called upon in your city.
Human rights organizations!
Protest stronger than ever against the assassins ruling in Iran , against the capital punishment and the death sentences and in favor of freedom of political prisoners! Join manifestations on April 22! Your support strengthens the Iranian people's struggle against the regime.
Just as the Nazi regime, the Islamic regime is a great shame for humanity and any kind of relation with it is shameful. Demand from your government to end its diplomatic ties with the regime and close the embassy and/or consulates of the regime. Demand that the Islamic Republic of Iran be expelled from the international community!
Worker-communist Party of Iran – Organization abroad
April 10, 2011
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Secretariat of Worker-Communist Party of Iran Abroad Organization
wpiranabroad (at) ymail (dot) com
T el: +49 172- 4044323
www.wpiran.org
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
January 29 global day of action - 32 events & counting
In support of political prisoners and against execution in Iran
Many organizations and individuals have announced their serious concern about public executions and intensification of executions in Iran. Saturday 29th January 2011, has been declared as a day of global protest against executions and in defense of political prisoners in Iran.
Updated list of 32 events
AFGHANISTAN
Kabul, Herat, Mazarsharif & Kandahar
Date: Saturday, January 29
Details to follow
Note: In an exchange with the responsibles of the Afghan Solidarity Party, we were informed that on 29th January, in the four cities of Kabul, Herat, Mazarsharif and Kandahar, there will be protests against execution and in support of political prisoners in Iran.
AUSTRIA
Vienna
Date: Saturday January 29
Details to follow
CANADA
Toronto
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Yonge and Dundas St. In front of Eton Center.
Contact: wpicanada@yahoo.com, 416-726-9321
Vancouver
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2pm
Location: In front of Robson Art Gallery
Contact: 60-47278986
Ottawa
Time: 12-2pm
Location: In front of Ottawa Parliament
Contact: Davoud Aram, 6138597929
DENMARK
Copenhagen
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-3pm
Location: In front of Amnesty International - Gammeltorv - 1457 København K
Also,
4-6pm meeting in Pouyandeh library
FRANCE
Besançon
Date : saturday January 29
Time : 3pm
Location : Place du 8 septembre
Organised by : Iran Solidarité supported by CGT ADDSEA, Initiative Communiste-Ouvrière, Fédération Anarchiste, SUD Santé Social and others,
Contact: cgt.addsea@gmail.com
GERMANY
Berlin
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-5pm
Joachimstaler Platz, (U-Bhf Kurfürstendamm
Contact: 0178 2486 6317
Frankfurt
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2pm
Location: Raymondstrasse, in front of Islamic Republic Consulate
~followed by subsequent action:
Time: 4pm
Location: Frankfurt City Center, Hawptwache
Contact: 015774650186 and 015787497231
Bremen
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-5pm
Location: Marktplatz
Contact: 01724037035
Köln
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Domplatte
Hamburg
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 12noon
Location: Hauptbahnhof (Nord) – Glockengießerwall
Contact: 0176-4832 5613 , 0172-4044 323
München
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 4-6pm
Location: Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
Leipzig
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Grimmaische Straße -Zentrum
Contact: saeede999@yahoo.de , 0176 29 31 9819
IRAQ
Soleimaniya
Date: Saturday January 29
Details to follow
NETHERLANDS
Den Haag
Date: Friday January 28
Time: 3-5pm
Location: In front of the Dutch Parliament
Contact: Bahman Khani, 06-51-273261, Yalda Bayram, 06-50-994005
NORWAY
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 1-2pm
Location: In front of Islamic Republic Embassy
~followed by subsequent action:
Time: 2-3:30pm
Location: In front of Foreign Ministry of Norway
Contact: Saber Rahimi 9-869-4001
SWITZERLAND
Zurich
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: vor der Kirche Stauffacherstr. 10
SWEDEN
Malmö
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Davidhallsbron
Contact: 0703 63 80 88 , 0703171102
Stockholm
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Sergels torg
Contact: 0737-801510
Gothenburg
Date: Saturday January 29
Details to follow
Contact: 0708-544 529
Borås
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Stortorget
Contact: 0737-598566
For more information re the events in Sweden contact: Afsaneh Vahdat 0702-468454
UNITED KINGDOM
London
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Trafalgar Square, North Terrace (outside the National Gallery)
London
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 11-12.30pm
Location: In front of BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, W1A 1AA
UNITED STATES
Washington DC
Date: Sunday January 30
Time: 12-3pm
Location: In front of the Islamic Republic Interests Section of the Pakistani Embassy, 2209 Wisconsin Ave
Hassan Massali: 301-792-3370; hmassali@aol.com
Maria Rohaly: 240-472-9565; maria.rohaly@gmail.com
San Francisco, California
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Union Square
Irvine, CA
Date: Friday January 28
Time: 5-7pm
Location: on the corner of Jamboree & Barranca city of Irvine, CA
New York City, NY
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 3-5pm
Location: Union Square
We call on everyone to be part of this global day of protest and support the people of Iran. Solidarity with people of Iran and international pressure is a significant factor that helps people of Iran in their struggle to liberate themselves; protest works, remember the case of Sakineh Ashtiani!
- Join or organize a protest in your city;
- Let us know time and venue of your protest and action
- publicize the news of the protest in your local paper, trade union and other organisations
- Sign the declaration of the global day of action
- Governments everywhere must come under pressure to break all diplomatic links with the Islamic regime of Iran
Free all political prisoners
End capital punishment
International Committee against Execution
For more information, contact: Mina Ahadi
Email: minaahadi@aol.com
Tel: 0049 (0) 1775692413
http://notonemoreexecution.org
http://stopstonningnow.com
http://stopstonningnow.com/united/listunite600.php?nr=22774802&lang=en
Sunday, 23 January 2011
January 29 global day of action
In support of political prisoners and against execution in Iran
Many organizations and individuals have announced their serious concern about public executions and intensification of executions in Iran. Saturday 29th January 2011, has been declared as a day of global protest against executions and in defense of political prisoners in Iran.
Updated list of 22 events
AFGHANISTAN
Kabul, Herat, Mazarsharif & Kandahar
Date: Saturday, January 29
Details to follow
Note: In an exchange with the responsibles of the Afghan Solidarity Party, we were informed that on 29th January, in the four cities of Kabul, Herat, Mazarsharif and Kandahar, there will be protests against execution and in support of political prisoners in Iran.
CANADA
Toronto
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Yonge and Dundas Crossing, in front of main entrance of Ayton Center (check sp)
Contact: wpicanada@yahoo.com, 416-726-9321
Vancouver
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2pm
Location: In front of Robson Art Gallery
Contact: 60-47278986
Ottawa
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 12-2pm
Location: In front of Ottawa Parliament
Contact: Davoud Aram, 6138597929
GERMANY
Berlin
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-5pm
Joachimstaler Platz, (U-Bhf Kurfürstendamm
Contact: 0178 2486 6317
Frankfurt
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2pm
Location: Raymondstrasse, in front of Islamic Republic Consulate
~followed by subsequent action:
Time: 4pm
Location: Frankfurt City Center, Hawitware
Contact: 015774650186 and 015787497231
Bremen
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-5pm
Location: Marktplatz
Contact: 01724037035
Köln
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Domplatte
Hamburg
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 12noon
Location: Uptbahnhof (Nord) – Glockengießerwall
Contact: 0176-4832 5613 , 0172-4044 323
Hamburg
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 1-3.30pm
Location: Binnenalster / Jungfernstieg
IRAQ
Soleimaniya
Date: Saturday January 29
Details to follow
NETHERLANDS
Den Haag
Date: Friday January 28
Time: 3-5pm
Location: In front of the Dutch Parliament
Contact: Bahman Khani, 06-51-273261, Yalda Bayram, 06-50-994005
NORWAY
Oslo
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 1-2pm
Location: In front of Islamic Republic Embassy
~followed by subsequent action:
Time: 2-3:30pm
Location: In front of Foreign Ministry of Norway
Contact: Saber Rahimi 9-869-4001
SWEDEN
Malmö
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Davidhallsbron
Contact: 0708-544 529
Stockholm
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Sergeltorget
Contact: 0737-801510
Gothenburg
Date: Saturday January 29
Details to follow
Contact: 0703-171102, 0703-638088
Borås
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Stortorget
Contact: 0737-598566
For more information re the events in Sweden contact: Afsaneh Vahdat 0702-468454
UNITED KINGDOM
London
Date: Saturday January 29
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Trafalgar Square, North Terrace (outside the National Gallery)
UNITED STATES
Washington DC
Date: Sunday January 30
Time: 12-3pm
Location: In front of the Islamic Republic Interests Section of the Pakistani Embassy, 2209 Wisconsin Ave
We call on everyone to be part of this global day of protest and support the people of Iran. Solidarity with people of Iran and international pressure is a significant factor that helps people of Iran in their struggle to liberate themselves; protest works, remember the case of Sakineh Ashtiani!
- Join or organize a protest in your city;
- Let us know time and venue of your protest and action
- publicize the news of the protest in your local paper, trade union and other organisations
- Sign the declaration of the global day of action
- Governments everywhere must come under pressure to break all diplomatic links with the Islamic regime of Iran
Free all political prisoners
End capital punishment
International Committee against Execution
For more information, contact: Mina Ahadi
Email: minaahadi@aol.com
Tel: 0049 (0) 1775692413
http://notonemoreexecution.org
http://stopstonningnow.com
http://stopstonningnow.com/united/listunite600.php?nr=22774802&lang=en
Monday, 12 July 2010
18 Tir and anti-execution protest in London
WPI UK went to the IRI's embassy in London on Friday 9 July (18 Tir) to protest on the anniversary of the student uprising in 1999 and against executions and stoning in Iran.
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
WPI protests in support of Sakine & 18 Tir
This week, two important dates are coming up. The first one is the International Day against Stoning on Sunday 11 July. The other is the anniversary of the student uprising in Iran in 1999 this Friday 9 July (18 Tir).
WPI branches in various countries have organised around these dates to protest against Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani's death sentence by stoning in Iran and in memory of the student uprising.
Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani has been in prisone since 2005 and was convicted in 2006 for adultery and received 99 lashes. However she has subsequently been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. For more information on her case go here
Oslo, Norway
Thursday 8 July
4pm
Outside Parliament building
Gothenburg, Sweden
Thursday 8 July
5pm
Brunnsparken
Frankfurt, Germany
Thursday 8 July
7pm
Hauptwache
(organised together with the Communist Party of Iran)
London, UK
Friday 9 July
5-9pm
opposite the IRI embassy, 16 Prince's Gate SW7 1PT
Contact: Jalil Jalili +44 7950924434
Ottawa, Canada
Friday 9 July
12-2pm
Iranian embassy
Vancouver, Canada
Saturday 10 July
3-5pm
Art Gallery/Georgia
(organised together with International Federation of Iranian Refugees)
WPI branches in various countries have organised around these dates to protest against Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani's death sentence by stoning in Iran and in memory of the student uprising.
Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani has been in prisone since 2005 and was convicted in 2006 for adultery and received 99 lashes. However she has subsequently been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. For more information on her case go here
Oslo, Norway
Thursday 8 July
4pm
Outside Parliament building
Gothenburg, Sweden
Thursday 8 July
5pm
Brunnsparken
Frankfurt, Germany
Thursday 8 July
7pm
Hauptwache
(organised together with the Communist Party of Iran)
London, UK
Friday 9 July
5-9pm
opposite the IRI embassy, 16 Prince's Gate SW7 1PT
Contact: Jalil Jalili +44 7950924434
Ottawa, Canada
Friday 9 July
12-2pm
Iranian embassy
Vancouver, Canada
Saturday 10 July
3-5pm
Art Gallery/Georgia
(organised together with International Federation of Iranian Refugees)
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Protest of mothers in Germany against executions in Iran
A group of mothers and women from Cologne, Germany is holding a 'No to executions!' protest tomorrow Monday 31 May and Tuesday 1 June in Düsseldorf in reaction to the execution of five political activists in Iran two weeks ago. The group wants to spread the message of Farzad Kamangar's mother Daye Saltaneh who in a statement spoke of her hope that other mother's will not lose their children and who asked that people speak out against executions.
Place:
Landesparlament (Regional State Parliament)
Platz des Landtags 1
40221 Düsseldorf
Place:
Landesparlament (Regional State Parliament)
Platz des Landtags 1
40221 Düsseldorf
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Hamid Taqvaee's message to the people of Afghanistan
‘You are leading a path which we hope many others will follow’
Hamid Taqvaee’s message to people of Afghanistan on their protest against executions in Iran
Your powerful protest against the Islamic regime of Iran deserves the highest appreciation. Accept my warmest greetings and respect.
The protest in Kabul last week against the execution of Afghan immigrants in Iran, and the subsequent protest in Jalalabad against the execution of 5 political activists*, accompanied by hard-hitting slogans against the criminals in power in Iran, setting their posters on fire and attacking the Islamic Republic’s consulate, was a fantastic and unprecedented act of solidarity in the struggle of the people in the region and the whole world.
You showed that struggle against tyranny is borderless. Through your slogans “Khamenei, murderer of people in Iran” and “Down with tyranny, both in Tehran and Kabul”, you placed yourselves beside the people of Iran, and within the ranks of struggle of the people of the world against tyranny and reaction. You protested against the execution of those loved ones who, as a woman protester in Jalalabad told the reporters, “fought for the freedom of their country and the whole world.” In this global struggle, people of Iran and Afghanistan, people of the entire region and of the whole world are pursuing a common goal. This is a struggle against execution and repression, a struggle to overthrow tyranny and discrimination and inequality. These are the goals and aspirations of the people of the world; something for which the people in Iran have been waging a fierce struggle over the past year against the criminals ruling in Iran.
With your protests against the executions and the Islamic regime of executions in Iran, you most effectively and powerfully declared your solidarity with the revolutionary movement in Iran.
You are leading a path which we hope many others all over the world will follow, and with our entire capacity we will encourage them to do so.
Once again I salute you and look forward to ever stronger unity and solidarity in the ranks of the freedom-loving people of the world to overthrow tyranny “both in Tehran and Kabul,” as well as in the entire region and the whole world.
For victory!
Hamid Taghvaee
General Secretary of the Worker-communist Party of Iran
14 May 2010
Hamid Taqvaee’s message to people of Afghanistan on their protest against executions in Iran
Your powerful protest against the Islamic regime of Iran deserves the highest appreciation. Accept my warmest greetings and respect.
The protest in Kabul last week against the execution of Afghan immigrants in Iran, and the subsequent protest in Jalalabad against the execution of 5 political activists*, accompanied by hard-hitting slogans against the criminals in power in Iran, setting their posters on fire and attacking the Islamic Republic’s consulate, was a fantastic and unprecedented act of solidarity in the struggle of the people in the region and the whole world.
You showed that struggle against tyranny is borderless. Through your slogans “Khamenei, murderer of people in Iran” and “Down with tyranny, both in Tehran and Kabul”, you placed yourselves beside the people of Iran, and within the ranks of struggle of the people of the world against tyranny and reaction. You protested against the execution of those loved ones who, as a woman protester in Jalalabad told the reporters, “fought for the freedom of their country and the whole world.” In this global struggle, people of Iran and Afghanistan, people of the entire region and of the whole world are pursuing a common goal. This is a struggle against execution and repression, a struggle to overthrow tyranny and discrimination and inequality. These are the goals and aspirations of the people of the world; something for which the people in Iran have been waging a fierce struggle over the past year against the criminals ruling in Iran.
With your protests against the executions and the Islamic regime of executions in Iran, you most effectively and powerfully declared your solidarity with the revolutionary movement in Iran.
You are leading a path which we hope many others all over the world will follow, and with our entire capacity we will encourage them to do so.
Once again I salute you and look forward to ever stronger unity and solidarity in the ranks of the freedom-loving people of the world to overthrow tyranny “both in Tehran and Kabul,” as well as in the entire region and the whole world.
For victory!
Hamid Taghvaee
General Secretary of the Worker-communist Party of Iran
14 May 2010
Sunday, 16 May 2010
London rally against execution of political activists in Iran
Several protests took place over the weekend against the executions of 5 polititcal activists last Sunday, 9 May. In London on Saturday the WPI and 7 other groups and campaigns organised a rally starting at Trafalgar Square at 1pm. Different speakers talked about the executions, the situation of political activists and prisoners in Iran. At 2.30 around 120 people marched for two and a half hours towards the IRI embassy where the protest continued. The protesters continuously shouted slogans whilst marching. Some of the slogans were: Free all political prisoners now! Stop the murder, stop the torture! Down with the Islamic regime of Iran! Stop victimizing women in Iran!
On Trafalgar Square
Getting ready to march
Marching
In front of the IRI embassy
On Trafalgar Square
Getting ready to march
Marching
In front of the IRI embassy
Friday, 14 May 2010
General Strike in Kurdistan!
A big step forward for the people of Iran’s revolution against the Islamic Republic!
Today, people in Sanandaj, Mahabad, Bokan, Kamyaran, Miaandoaab, Oshnavieh, Nowsood, Piranshahr, Saghez, Baaneh, Divaandareh, Dehgalaan, Naghadeh, Sardasht, Javaanrood, Ravaansar, Rabat and all other cities and towns in Kurdistan carried out a successful general strike, despite undeclared province-wide martial law and all other measures the regime had resorted to. Almost all schools, universities and 80% of shopping centers and workplaces were closed. The Islamic Regime found itself, clearer than ever, surrounded by the ocean of people’s hatred! This strike was not just a powerful, magnificent response to the recent cruel execution of 5 political activists. It was not just a crucial step in defeating the regime’s policies of execution and terrorization of the people. It was an act with far-reaching consequences that will radically change the balance of political power against the regime. In a word, it was a significant step forward in the revolution of the people against the Islamic regime and for freedom and equality.
The general strike in Kurdistan on May 13th, 2010, will be remembered as an historic act, and as an historic day, in the process of the Kurdish people’s struggle in the Iranian revolution. People took part in the strike in their millions and broke the wall of the ever-more-severe repression in Kurdistan, thus pushing the Iranian revolution one significant step forward. It will raise the spirits of the people all across Iran and greatly intensify the regime’s desperation and hopelessness. After May 13th, the people in Tehran, Ahvaz, Mashhad, and so on, will feel much stronger in their fight against the Islamic regime!
The mass strike in Kurdistan will also radicalize the current revolution in Iran even further, and swing it more to the left. Kurdistan has always remained the “fortress of the revolution” of 1979. The people in Kurdistan have always said “no” to the murderous Islamic regime. The broadest masses have always shown the deepest hatred towards the regime and all its factions. Now that the people have actively set foot in the arena of political struggle, they show a fact ever more vividly, that is, what goes on in Iran is not a movement to “reform” the regime but a revolution to bury it in its entirety. Meanwhile the “revolutionary Kurdistan”, in general, and the “red Sanandaj”, in particular, have been the stronghold of organized left, revolutionism and communism since the 1979 revolution. The idea of a general strike in Kurdistan per se, the fact that it was called by the communists, the fact that it gained the support of all political forces in Kurdistan, and the fact that it took such huge dimensions in practice, provide yet another air-tight proof that the Iranian revolution turns more and more to the left as it goes further and further ahead.
The general strike of May 13th in Kurdistan showed something else too. It took place following the extensive, vigorous protests by the Iranians living abroad against the execution of five political prisoners in Iran. These protests were supported by the people within Iran. It all goes to prove, once more, that all the people in Iran share the same destiny in their struggle for liberation. The general strike by the people in Kurdistan was a manifestation of our slogan: ‘“No!” to ethnic state! “No!” to religious state! “Yes” to humanist state!’ Right, nationalist forces, as well as the regime itself, i.e., all the forces that seek to divide the people along ethnic and/or religious lines, received a fierce blow in the general strike in Kurdistan.
Finally, the general strike in Kurdistan was a great step forward also in that it promoted the tactics and forms of struggle, and thus contributed to the clearer articulation of the current revolution. It added, in practice, besides street demonstrations, “general strike” to the tactics of revolutionary struggle. At the present moment the adoption of this tactic is an absolute necessity for the revolution to advance. There is no doubt that today’s move by the heroic people in Kurdistan will set a pattern for the revolution across Iran.
The Worker-communist Party salutes the people in Kurdistan and congratulates all freedom-loving people, all the communists and the various political parties who made today’s strike a success.
Down with the Islamic regime of Iran!
Humanist revolution for a humanist state!
For a socialist republic!
Worker-Communist Party of Iran
May 13, 2010
Today, people in Sanandaj, Mahabad, Bokan, Kamyaran, Miaandoaab, Oshnavieh, Nowsood, Piranshahr, Saghez, Baaneh, Divaandareh, Dehgalaan, Naghadeh, Sardasht, Javaanrood, Ravaansar, Rabat and all other cities and towns in Kurdistan carried out a successful general strike, despite undeclared province-wide martial law and all other measures the regime had resorted to. Almost all schools, universities and 80% of shopping centers and workplaces were closed. The Islamic Regime found itself, clearer than ever, surrounded by the ocean of people’s hatred! This strike was not just a powerful, magnificent response to the recent cruel execution of 5 political activists. It was not just a crucial step in defeating the regime’s policies of execution and terrorization of the people. It was an act with far-reaching consequences that will radically change the balance of political power against the regime. In a word, it was a significant step forward in the revolution of the people against the Islamic regime and for freedom and equality.
The general strike in Kurdistan on May 13th, 2010, will be remembered as an historic act, and as an historic day, in the process of the Kurdish people’s struggle in the Iranian revolution. People took part in the strike in their millions and broke the wall of the ever-more-severe repression in Kurdistan, thus pushing the Iranian revolution one significant step forward. It will raise the spirits of the people all across Iran and greatly intensify the regime’s desperation and hopelessness. After May 13th, the people in Tehran, Ahvaz, Mashhad, and so on, will feel much stronger in their fight against the Islamic regime!
The mass strike in Kurdistan will also radicalize the current revolution in Iran even further, and swing it more to the left. Kurdistan has always remained the “fortress of the revolution” of 1979. The people in Kurdistan have always said “no” to the murderous Islamic regime. The broadest masses have always shown the deepest hatred towards the regime and all its factions. Now that the people have actively set foot in the arena of political struggle, they show a fact ever more vividly, that is, what goes on in Iran is not a movement to “reform” the regime but a revolution to bury it in its entirety. Meanwhile the “revolutionary Kurdistan”, in general, and the “red Sanandaj”, in particular, have been the stronghold of organized left, revolutionism and communism since the 1979 revolution. The idea of a general strike in Kurdistan per se, the fact that it was called by the communists, the fact that it gained the support of all political forces in Kurdistan, and the fact that it took such huge dimensions in practice, provide yet another air-tight proof that the Iranian revolution turns more and more to the left as it goes further and further ahead.
The general strike of May 13th in Kurdistan showed something else too. It took place following the extensive, vigorous protests by the Iranians living abroad against the execution of five political prisoners in Iran. These protests were supported by the people within Iran. It all goes to prove, once more, that all the people in Iran share the same destiny in their struggle for liberation. The general strike by the people in Kurdistan was a manifestation of our slogan: ‘“No!” to ethnic state! “No!” to religious state! “Yes” to humanist state!’ Right, nationalist forces, as well as the regime itself, i.e., all the forces that seek to divide the people along ethnic and/or religious lines, received a fierce blow in the general strike in Kurdistan.
Finally, the general strike in Kurdistan was a great step forward also in that it promoted the tactics and forms of struggle, and thus contributed to the clearer articulation of the current revolution. It added, in practice, besides street demonstrations, “general strike” to the tactics of revolutionary struggle. At the present moment the adoption of this tactic is an absolute necessity for the revolution to advance. There is no doubt that today’s move by the heroic people in Kurdistan will set a pattern for the revolution across Iran.
The Worker-communist Party salutes the people in Kurdistan and congratulates all freedom-loving people, all the communists and the various political parties who made today’s strike a success.
Down with the Islamic regime of Iran!
Humanist revolution for a humanist state!
For a socialist republic!
Worker-Communist Party of Iran
May 13, 2010
Kurds from Turkey at Iran's border to join strike 13 May
Here is a clip of how a demonstration of a few hundred Kurdish people from Turkey marched to the Turkey/Iran border trying to cross over to join the strike in the Kurdish province in Iran yesterday 13 May.
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Protest in Afghanistan against execution of 45 Afghans in Iran
Today a fifth protest was held in Afghanistan against the recent execution of 45 Afghans in Iran. People burnt picture of Ahmadinejad and others held a picture of Farzad Kamangar and his mother.
Attack on IRI embassy in Denmark today
There are also reports that protesters attacked the IRI embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
London rally against executions in Iran this Saturday 15 May
Come and join WPI at a rally to protest against the execution of Farzad Kamangar and 4 other political activists in Iran and demand an immediate stop to executions in Iran.
This Saturday 15 May at 1pm Trafalgar Square, London
At 2pm we will be marching to the IRI embassy at 16 Prince's Gate. Please come and support people's struggle in Iran and protest against executions in Iran!
contact
wpiengland (at) googlemail.com
mob 07950924434
This Saturday 15 May at 1pm Trafalgar Square, London
At 2pm we will be marching to the IRI embassy at 16 Prince's Gate. Please come and support people's struggle in Iran and protest against executions in Iran!
contact
wpiengland (at) googlemail.com
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Successful protest opposite IRI embassy
Today's protest in front of the Islamic regime's embassy in London was a huge success. About 100 people had gathered shouting slogans in English and Farsi. Some of the slogans were: Down with the Islamic regime of Iran! No to the anti-woman regime! Stop executions and torture now! Shut down the embassy! People had put up pictures of the 5 political activists that were executed last Sunday. Several times protesters threw balloons filled with colour across the street and the wall at the embassy.
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