A “Moderate”’s “Hero”

A moderate or a hard liner, whatever name we give them, the two fractions inside Iranian regime have their discrepancies. Parliament, economy, international relations as well as mosques and religion are platforms each fraction uses to push the other side off the edge and to get a bigger piece of cheese. Nevertheless what brings discords within factions of Iranian regime is what that has unified them. Khamenei, the Supreme Leader or  Rouhani, the president, or other mullahs, whether a member of parliament or chief director of prisons, all have a common terrifying nightmare day and night. That is how to keep the lid on the bottle not to let the monster come out. The deprived citizens of Iran are looking for a chance to disseat the so called “Islamic Republic” of Ayatollahs.  It happened once in 2009 and can happen in 2016. This is why Rouhani calls the daily executions as the “will of God” and Khamenei tries to export his “Islamic Revolution” to Iraq, Syria or. ....

Iran Gohardasht Prison: chanting “Set fire to the principle of velayat-e faqih”

Resourceful political prisoners in Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) Prison held a Fire Festival ceremony on Tuesday under the surveillance of suppressive elements in this prison. Along with the people throughout Iran they chanted “set fire to the ward and to handcuffs”, “set fire to tyranny”, “set fire to a regime of ill faith”, “set fire more than before”, and “set fire to the principle of velayat (clerical rule)” while jumping over a bonfire.