People in Tehran shouting
Down with the islamic republic!
Watch out the day when we are armed!
Tonight is the night of revolution!
Down with the Basiji!
What do you think about it? Is the revolution near or will everything stay the same?
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
To my Iranian sisters
They tried to put you down by veiling your hair, but they can never veil your mind. They tried to weaken you by beating your body, but they can never weaken your will. They tried to make you silent by taking your rights, but they underestimated your silent screams. And now you fight back, with all the bravery that is inside you and with all the patience that helped you to survive. We will never forget what you have done for your people, what you have done for us, and the next generation will think of you in love and the deepest respect.
They tried to put you down, but instead they gave you wings. And they will regret.
"There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind."
Virginia Woolf
(A Room of One's Own)
Virginia Woolf
(A Room of One's Own)
Neda
What kind of man shoots at a 26 year old girl? What does he think? Does he have friends? Does he return to his home in the evening and play with his children? Does he have dreams and wishes for his future? Does he have a favourite song or movie?
Everyone has a few minutes before falling asleep at night, when he can think about his life. What does this man think? Does he ever really think?
Does he regret that he had killed, that he had murdered her? Does he tell his mother, his sister, that he was the one who shot her?
After all he is a human being, isn't he?
I just try to understand.
Neda, you werent supposed to die like that. You werent supposed to become the symbol of a movement. You were supposed to go to school, to university. You were supposed to go out with your girlfriends, to date handsome guys and to fall in love. You were supposed to cry, to laugh, to hate and to love. You were supposed to live, Neda. It was your right!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Natarsid! Natarsid! Ma hame baham hastim!!
This video was shot yesterday, June 20th, in Tehran. People are shouting "Dont be afraid! Dont be afraid! We are all together!!!!" And when the Basiji Dogs attack them and people start to run away, they shout "Dont run away!! Dont be afraid!"
Protests in other cities
Today I was watching CNN News and they were showing a video from Shiraz and saying it was the first time that there were any signs that there are also protests going on outside of Teheran. But there have been demonstrations everywhere since day one. Please do not forget that!
Protests in Teheran, 6/20/2009 (2)
Since there is practically no free media in the country, people think the protests are becoming smaller. But they are not!
Friday, June 19, 2009
No comment
Students were taken to the underground of the interior ministry. Plainclothes attacked the university, insulting them and beating them up.
Once they were taken to the underground, guards continued to torture them. Some of them went to the Evin prison
A group of around 46 with a minibus were taken to the basement of the interior ministry blindfolded.
When in the bus, they were put in seats where above above them were metal cans. Basij would come by and hit the cans to torture them. This was awful mental torture.
They noticed at the point the bus turned that they were going underground. From Basij comments, they knew they were going to the basement of the interior ministry.
The place they were held appeared 100 m size (not sure if square or distance)
The floor was covered with black ash and steam was coming out of it. Students were forced to lie on the ground and roll across it. If they hit someone elses feet, they'd get hit with baton.
The guards kept asking, "are you going to make revolution?" and issued family insults
Around 50 students, 20 plainclothes/guards
Later, when sitting on the ground, they were continuously told to look down and then up. After a few minutes of staring at the ground, they would receive a kick to the face. "why aren't you looking at the ground?" they'd then say.
While doing this, there was the sound of breaking bricks. They were told it was from workers who were behind the building working, but it was obvious it was purposeful. This was awful mental torture.
The bathrooms were inhumane. They did not have doors or covers, and students only had 30 seconds to go to the bathroom. One student whose pants was down was kicked out to be revealed to others.
One student was injured in the eye earlier. He said his eyes were hurting badly, said losing eyesight. He then received a kick to his face.
Another student with a broken leg, and in the corner, they didn't treat well.
Almost no water offered. Students were lined up in 5s one behind another, and a little water was poured over them quickly.
One of the head officers asked jokingly if their thirsts were quenched. The officers responded saying yes. The head officer then asked "then why is one in corner dying?" Soldiers took a hose and shot boiling water at all of them.
Students were given old macaroni in their hands. They were fearful to eat the food because they were told that if it fell to the floor full of ash, they'd have to eat it or suffer kicking otherwise.
The morning after, they received a old, dry piece of bread with piece of cheese. They had to split the bread with the person next to him. Since the bread was so dry, many crumbs would fall, and they had to pick the pieces up from the ashes.
Another ugly and dirty torture was sexual torture. They are so embarrassed that they don't want to say what happened. Once transferred to police station, the sexual torture continued.
This one day stay was the worst of their lives. Sometimes, they felt like they'd be there forever, and that no one would help. after an hour in the place, while rolling in the ground, one student began to cry, which led to the rest breaking down as well.
One of the agents who went to the basement said to the students that their experience would be 1000x worse than guantanamo.
The students were taken later to security police. They were taken to a press conference with Chancellor Dr Rahbar and a member of Majlis. The students were given shirts to cover up their blood, and the government media showed up to report. The Chancellor said the students of Tehran University were fine, but that they would still look into the allegations that the Basij had treated students poorly. If he was caring for the students, he would have prevented the attacks to begin with.
Once they were taken to the underground, guards continued to torture them. Some of them went to the Evin prison
A group of around 46 with a minibus were taken to the basement of the interior ministry blindfolded.
When in the bus, they were put in seats where above above them were metal cans. Basij would come by and hit the cans to torture them. This was awful mental torture.
They noticed at the point the bus turned that they were going underground. From Basij comments, they knew they were going to the basement of the interior ministry.
The place they were held appeared 100 m size (not sure if square or distance)
The floor was covered with black ash and steam was coming out of it. Students were forced to lie on the ground and roll across it. If they hit someone elses feet, they'd get hit with baton.
The guards kept asking, "are you going to make revolution?" and issued family insults
Around 50 students, 20 plainclothes/guards
Later, when sitting on the ground, they were continuously told to look down and then up. After a few minutes of staring at the ground, they would receive a kick to the face. "why aren't you looking at the ground?" they'd then say.
While doing this, there was the sound of breaking bricks. They were told it was from workers who were behind the building working, but it was obvious it was purposeful. This was awful mental torture.
The bathrooms were inhumane. They did not have doors or covers, and students only had 30 seconds to go to the bathroom. One student whose pants was down was kicked out to be revealed to others.
One student was injured in the eye earlier. He said his eyes were hurting badly, said losing eyesight. He then received a kick to his face.
Another student with a broken leg, and in the corner, they didn't treat well.
Almost no water offered. Students were lined up in 5s one behind another, and a little water was poured over them quickly.
One of the head officers asked jokingly if their thirsts were quenched. The officers responded saying yes. The head officer then asked "then why is one in corner dying?" Soldiers took a hose and shot boiling water at all of them.
Students were given old macaroni in their hands. They were fearful to eat the food because they were told that if it fell to the floor full of ash, they'd have to eat it or suffer kicking otherwise.
The morning after, they received a old, dry piece of bread with piece of cheese. They had to split the bread with the person next to him. Since the bread was so dry, many crumbs would fall, and they had to pick the pieces up from the ashes.
Another ugly and dirty torture was sexual torture. They are so embarrassed that they don't want to say what happened. Once transferred to police station, the sexual torture continued.
This one day stay was the worst of their lives. Sometimes, they felt like they'd be there forever, and that no one would help. after an hour in the place, while rolling in the ground, one student began to cry, which led to the rest breaking down as well.
One of the agents who went to the basement said to the students that their experience would be 1000x worse than guantanamo.
The students were taken later to security police. They were taken to a press conference with Chancellor Dr Rahbar and a member of Majlis. The students were given shirts to cover up their blood, and the government media showed up to report. The Chancellor said the students of Tehran University were fine, but that they would still look into the allegations that the Basij had treated students poorly. If he was caring for the students, he would have prevented the attacks to begin with.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Iran für Ausländer
Ich habe in den letzten Tagen mitbekommen, dass sehr viele Nichtiraner gar nicht so genau wissen, was in unserem Land vorgeht, obwohl sie sich sehr wohl dafür interessieren.
Deswegen habe ich die meiner Meinung nach wichtigsten Punkte zusammengestellt. Ich versuche dies, soweit es mir möglich ist, ohne Wertung zu machen und mich nur auf die Fakten zu beschränken, damit sich jeder auf dieser Basis seine eigene Meinung bilden kann.
1. Das politische System des Iran
Obwohl die Bevölkerung den Präsidenten in direkten Wahlen bestimmt, handelt es sich keineswegs um eine Demokratie. Der Präsident hat zwar keine repräsentative Rolle, allerdings untersteht er zwei Instanzen.
Da wäre zum einen der geistliche Führer Ayatollah Khamenei. Er besitzt uneingeschränkte Machtbefugnisse über alle Instanzen, Institutionen und Gewalten und wurde auf Lebenszeit bestimmt.
Zum anderen wäre da der Wächterrat, der teilweise von Khamenei direkt bestimmt und zum anderen Teil vom Parlament gewählt wird. Diesem stehen allerdings nur Kandidaten zur Wahl, die von Khamenei bestimmt werden.
Genauso verhält es sich übrigens mit den Präsidentschaftskandidaten. Aus den vielen Hundert Bewerbern wählt Khamenei diejenigen aus, die sich dann dem Volk zur Wahl stellen.
Der Wächterrat wird nicht auf Lebenszeit bestimmt, sondern in einem Losverfahren periodisch erneuert.
2. Wo steht Moussawi politisch?
Anders als die deutschen Medien vermuten lassen, ist Moussawi keineswegs Demokrat. Er war schon von 1981-1989 Präsident der Islamischen Republik, also kurz nach der Revolution, und ist garantiert linien- und systemtreu.
Gar nicht erwähnt wird, dass er während der großen Hinrichtungswelle an iranischen Studenten Ende der Achtziger Jahre an der Macht war und diese genehmigt und befürwortet hat.
Trotzdem ist er das Symbol und die Leitfigur dieser Bewegung geworden, da er immer noch die bessere Alternative zum bisherigen Präsidenten Ahmadinejad bietet.
3. Wofür gehen die Menschen auf die Straßen?
Natürlich kann man nicht auf die Motivation jedes einzelnen Studenten schließen. Das wäre anmaßend und würde garantiert nicht der Wahrheit entsprechen.
Der Wahlbetrug ist natürlich ein großes Thema, allerdings kann man ruhig sagen, dass er der Tropfen war, der das Faß zum überlaufen brachte.
Anders als in den letzten Jahren nämlich, konnte man bei den diesjährigen Wahlen eine immense Wahlbeteiligung verzeichnen, und natürlich ist dann der Schock groß, wenn man sieht, dass man trotz Engagemant von der Regierung regelrecht vorgeführt wird.
Leider kommt meines Erachtens häufig das Bild auf, dass der Iran bis jetzt eine funktionierende Demokratie war, und die Regierung nun auf einmal Wahlfälschung begeht.
Das ist natürlich nicht der Fall. Seit 30 Jahren mordet diese Regierung Oppositionelle, Frauen, Kinder, Unschuldige, geistig Behinderte. Ohne Rücksicht. Die Menschen wissen dies natürlich. Dazumal nicht selten öffentliche Hinrichtungen statt finden. Und sie wissen auch, dass diese Umstände sich nicht durch eine erneute Auszählung der Stimmen oder durch Neuwahlen beheben lassen.
Wie weit sie gehen wollen, kann man nur spekulieren. Da gibt es auch unterschiedliche Lager unter den Demonstrierenden selber.
4. Beschränken sich die Proteste nur auf Tehran?
Nein. Die Menschen gehen im ganzen Land auf die Straßen. Sowohl in Millionenstädten, als auch in kleineren Orten. Sowohl im Süden, als auch im Norden. Der Iran erlebt gerade einen Wandel, der sich über das ganze Land hinwegzieht und wir sollten nicht so respektlos sein und all die Millionen Menschen vergessen, die in Isfahan, Tabriz, Shiraz und in allen anderen Städten jeden Tag ihr Leben riskieren oder es schon gelassen haben.
5. Wo stehen Polizei und Armee?
Diejenigen, die man in den Videos schlagen und auf die Menschen schießen sieht, gehören weder der Armee noch der Polizei an, sondern zumeist den Basiji, einem Ableger der Iranischen Revolutionsgarde.
Anders als die Armee besteht sie aus Freiwilligen, die ihrer Regierung explizit dienen wollen.
Das sind die Tatsachen. Es gibt allerdings immer mehr Gerüchte, dass auch sie nicht hemmungslos auf ihre Landsmänner einschlagen wollen, und deswegen Hisbollah Milizen aus dem Libanon ins Land geholt wurden, um diese Aufgabe zu erledigen.
Außerdem wird erzählt, dass die Armee sich geweigert hat, die Demonstrationen gewaltsam aufzulösen. Bestätigt wurde dies allerdings nicht.
6. Die Proteste nehmen ab
Bitte glaubt das nicht, es stimmt nicht! Es kommt einem nur so vor, weil westliche Medien nicht mehr berichten dürfen, und weil die Journalisten sich in Lebensgefahr begeben, wenn sie sich dem widersetzen. Das ist auch der Grund, warum uns immer weniger Bilder aus den Gebieten erreichen. Aber ss gibt Medien wie YouTube, Flickr, Twitter und Facebook, die die iranischen Demonstranten nutzen, um der Welt zu zeigen, was sie gerade durchmachen. Bitte lasst diese nicht ungenutzt und informiert euch.
7. Wie kann ich helfen?
Auch wenn ihr keine Iraner seid, solltet ihr die Demonstrationen unterstützen. Wenn ihr Studenten seid, dann vergesst nicht, dass auch sie Studenten sind, mit den gleichen Hoffnungen und Wünschen für ihre Zukunft wie Ihr.
Wenn ihr Kinder habt, dann vergesst nicht, dass auch sie Kinder haben, und sich eine sichere Zukunft für sie wünschen.
Hier geht es nicht um Geld, das hilft keinem. Das einzige was wir besitzen sind unsere Stimmen, die wir erheben wollen. Und das ist auch das einzige was ihr tun könnt. Schreibt den Politikern, sie sollen sich dafür einsetzen, dass die Wahlen nicht anerkannt werden. Den NGOs wie Amnesty International, dass sie Präsenz zeigen sollen. Ruft Radiosender an und bittet die Redakteure auf dieses Thema aufmerksam zu machen. Wenn ihr Mitglieder irgendwelcher Initiativen, Studentischen Vereinigungen, Vereine seid, nutzt dies und schreibt in deren Namen. Vereinigungen bekommen immer mehr Gehört als Privatpersonen.
Wenn ihr euch mit Computern auskennt, nutzt die Vorteile und beteiligt euch an Cyberwars.
Wenn ihr bei Twitter angemeldet seid, stellt eure Zeit und euren Ort bitte auf Tehran um, die iranischen Zensoren werden Probleme mit den Massen haben.
Und vor allem: Nehmt an den Demonstrationen, die überall in Deutschland statt finden teil. Zeigt der Welt, dass es hier nicht um Nationalitäten geht, sondern um die Freiheit, die das Grundrecht eines jeden Menschen ist.
Nützliche Links
Amnesty International
Cyberwars
Bitte klickt auf diese Links und lasst sie für einige Zeit im Hintergrund laufen. Es passiert nichts anderes, als dass Ihr die Seiten aufruft und automatisch jede Sekunde aktualisiert. Es hat nicht einmal Einfluss auf die Performance eures Rechners, aber damit könnt ihr helfen die Internetseiten der Iranischen Regierung lahmzulegen und ihre Propagandamaschinerie zu lähmen. Es nützt wirklich was, die Seiten sind seit Tagen nicht zu erreichen. Wenn sie Facebook und YouTube sperren können, können wir dies genauso gut mit ihren Seiten machen.
Um alle Seiten zusammen in einem Fenster zu öffnen, bitte hier klicken.
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