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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:50 am    Post subject: HERO'S DEATH Hussien and Majid Kavousifar - UNJUST LAWS Reply with quote






YariLosAngeles wrote:
HERO'S DEATH

Hussien and Majid Kavoussi-Far carried out Iranian people's will on Judge Moghadas"Sacred!" A corrupt killer who had risen in the ranks through a trail of blood for killing innocent people.

Even he was implicated in Zahra Kazemi Canadian-Iranian journalist's death. The two cousins did a service for all of Iranian people.

According to the papers, even until the last minute, they were not sorry for their action.

Look at the picture. Look at him being defiant even in his last moment to the Mullah's imposed rule on his people.

Now, in contrast look at the following picture. The REAL KILLERS who are watching from balcony acting like conquers! Being served tea and cake!

You see Mortazavi, the killer, INTERPOL is after. He is watching this tragedy created by Mullah's to scare the rest of Iranians.

FARWELL OUR HEROS. WE SHALL NEVER FORGET YOU!


مرگ قهرمانان

حسين و مجيد كاوسى فر مرتكب كارى شدند كه در شرايط عادى قانون ميبايد عمل انها را انجام ميداد٠ قاظى مقدس يك فرد كثيفى بود كه ادمكش رسمى ملايان بود٠

همگان از كارنامه اين مفسد فل طول وعرض واقف هستند٠ حال نگاه كنيد به كسى كه حكم ملت ايران را بر اين ننگ به اسم قاظى مقدس اجرا ٠كرد٠
تا اخرين لحظه حيچ يك از متهمين ابراز ندامت نكردند٠ حال زير عكس اين قهرمان مردم عكس واقعى جنايت كاران ملا ها را نظاره كنيد! قاظى قاتل معلوم الحال مرتظوى مست از پيروزى با ديگر همدستان خودناظر اين اعدام ها هستند وبا چاى وشيرنى از انها پزيرايى ميشود٠ به راستى قتلان واقعى كى هستند؟ معدومين شجاع يا بزدلانى كه با تنقلات نظاره گر اين شيران وطن بودند٣


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:09 am    Post subject: Battle With Evil and Satan Reply with quote



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پيكاربا شيطان Battle With Evil and Satan

در راه پيكار با شيطان مجيد وحسين كاوسى فر به جرگه قهرمانان نهظت مبارزه با ظلم و بيداد گرى پيوستند٠

انان همچون كاوه اهنگر, ابومسلم خراسانى, ستار خان و باقر خان از طبقه محروم و زحمتكش جامعه بودند٠

بدون وابستگى به گروه و فرقه اى كمر همت به دادخواهى ملت مظلوم ايران عليه ظلم وستم اين ذهاكان حاكم بر مملكتمان شدند٠

انها نه عنوان مجاهدين ,جبهه ملى, سلطنت طلب رايدك مكشيدند و نه وابسته به گروه هاى جدايى طلب ويا اسلامى بودند٠

انها دو تن از جوانان وطن پرست واقعى از مركز جنوب شهر تهران بودند٠
به نداى مام وطن براى پيكار باظلم اين شيادان جواب داده و تا اخر مردانه
پاى بيعت خود با وطن ايستادند٠

بنا بگونه تفسير گر اخبار صداى امريكا تا اخرين لحظه هم اظهار ندامت از كشتن جلاد قاظى مقدس نكرده و مجيد اعلام كرده بود كه فقط متاسف به اين هست نتوانسته تعداد بيشترى از اين جلادان قاظى نما را به جهنم بفرستد٠

بزرگترين اشتباه اين دوتن اعتماد به خارجى ها بود٠ مجيد از ايران خارج شد به دوبى رفت وقت گرفت از يك كنسولگرى خارجى دردوبى كه از انها تقاظاى اسلحه وكمك مالى كند٠

دوستان عزيز و دلسوز همانجا او را بازداشت كرده براى خوشخدمتى به ملايان جنايتكار و تحويل مقامات نوكر صفت دوبى كردند٠ اين افراد دانسته از انكه چه بلايى سر اين جوان خواهد امد وبدون هيچگونه داشتن جواز قانونى او را بازداشت كردند!

اعتماد به خارجى ها براى وطن پرستان واقعى ايران به مثال حكم اعدام خود را امظا كردن هست٠ اينان نه شرف دارند و نه وجدان٠ كمترين كارى كه ميكند در حال مذاكره با هم و يا خوش خدمتى به ملايان دادن اسم مخالفين ملايان به انان ميباشد٠

ايا كودتاى نا فرجام نوژه از ياد ما ميرود؟ بازداشت واعدام ٦٠٠ تن از بهترين پرسنل نيروى هوايى٠ تنا جرم انها اعتماد به دول خارجى بود٠

اگر اپوزسيون در خارج هنوز در پى سرو كله زدن با ديگر راجع به سلطنت و كودتاى ٢٨ امرداد و مصدق حزب توده واين قبيل مسايل پيش پا افتاده هست ملت ايران هدف خود را ميداند٠

كافيست وبلاگ هاى ايران را بخوانيد٠ مردم ايران از مجيد و حسين تشكر ميكند و ازانها بنام قهرمان ياد ميكنند٠

مطمعن باشيد كه صد ها تن ادامه راه انها خواهند بود٠

اين قهرمانان مبارزه با ظلم وستم در قلب ملت ايران هميشه زنده خواهند بود٠ شجاعت و استقامت انها در مقابل شكنجه روزانه حتى تا اخرين روز ١٠٠ ضربه شلاق به انها زدند براى همه ما درسي از وطن پرستي بود٠

گروه يارى به اين فرزندان قهرمان ايران درود ميفرستد و به انها با قلب سنگين اداى احترام ميكند٠

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:52 pm    Post subject: Embracing Death with Joy and Glory Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:33 pm    Post subject: THANK YOU DUBAI AND CERTAIN EMBASSY Reply with quote

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THANK YOU DUBAI AND CERTAIN EMBASSY IN CAPTURING AND HANDING OVER OUR FREEDOM FIGHTERS TO YOUR MULLAH REGIME

Thank you for keeping double standards. Thank you for handing over Hussein and Majid Kavoussi-Far to the killing machines of the Mullah's in Iran!

Knowing damn well the fate awaits them in Mullah's hands. They were tortured until the last moment. But they died as a hero!

Do you recall Dawud Salahuddin? If you don't recall we have little write up about him below! He was the assassin of Mr. Akbar Tabatabi, He is married in Iran and living a pretty good life there in open. How come you are not asking INTERPOL for his return to face charges of murder in here?

How about the killers of late Dr. Bakhtiar, Broumand, Elahi, Ffarokhzad and hundreds of other political and opposition figures the MOIS killers have killed?

Why ENTERPOL is not extraditing them back to the countries they have committed these horrendous crimes?

Every two bit scum would be terrorist and actual terrorist has safe haven in Mullah's Iran. On your own account, your newspapers admit Al Quida leaders are living in Tehran Villa's and plan the next attack on to Unite States.

Hussein and Majid Kavoussi-Far were Freedom Fighters. They assassinated a mass murderer!

They came to you for support in getting rid of Mullah's. What did you do? Turned them to UAE Police who in turn handed them over to law abiding Mullah's regime!

Shame on you! Shame on your double standards! Shame on the games you are playing on 75 Million people just to create an atmosphere of BIG BAD WOLF/COLD WAR so you can sell arms. You have no intention of Regime Change in Iran!

All you people are interested is to line your pockets with blood stained money. Just like the killer Mullah's!

You are playing with everyone. At the end of the day, you listen to Mullah apologists (Susan Maloney of State Department and her husband Rey Takiyeh), appease Mullah's and pat them in the back for job well done!

Tell us. Do we even have a fighting chance when all the cards are stacked against us?

After all, Mullah's and these shameless people are your bastard creations. Just like Bin Laden and Al Quieda!

UAE is another big joke! They are there to please Mullah's! At any cost! Thousands of Government and MOIS agents are sitting in that hell hole promoting the mullah's in Iran and Mullah's business. The Sheiks in UAE are all in bed with Mullah's of Iran!

They are the keepers of the Mullah's money to the tune of $400 Billion. Facilitators of their procurement department. As everything Mullah's wish from the world market, there will be a UAE Company after it to secure for their Mullah Masters.

Shame on you! The blood of these two freedom fighters are on your hands!

US and West ask why Iranian people don't rise up? Well, they are smart! They know you have no intention of helping them topple the Mullah's.

Remember the 1991 Gulf War? The Bush Senior asked Shiite to rise up! Just for Saddam henchmen to finish them off!

Other than getting lip service, we have not received anything from the West. The business is as usual with Mullah's and even getting better! Please stop trying to fool us. We all know better.

We shall not forget the kindness you all have given to Iranian people. Just a simple question. How long do you intent to carry this masquerade? You know? It is really getting old!

As for us and the rest of opposition, we know never to get into a well with your old ropes. We will depend on each other and do what needs to be done.

God Bless Iran and Iranian people as they have support from no one. But we have each other!

STRENGHT THROUGH UNITY

YARI NATIONAL GROUP
UNITED WE STAND. DIVIDED WE FALL


http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?020805fa_fact




AN AMERICAN TERRORIST

by IRA SILVERMAN
He's an assassin who fled the country. Could he help Washington now?

The New Yorker

Issue of 2002-08-05
Posted 2002-07-29



On the evening of July 21, 1980, in Washington, D.C., Dawud Salahuddin, a twenty-nine-year-old African-American convert to Islam who was born David Theodore Belfield, prepared to commit murder. In an empty office at the Iranian Interest Section of the Algerian Embassy, on Wisconsin Avenue, where he worked as a security guard, he loaded a Browning semi-automatic pistol, test-fired it out a window into an alleyway, and stashed it in a gym bag. Then he went to sleep on a couch. The Iranian Embassy had been closed down a few months earlier, as United States relations with Iran continued to deteriorate after the overthrow of the Shah, in early 1979, the installation of the repressive regime of Ayatollah Khomeini, and the ongoing hostage crisis at the American Embassy in Tehran.



The next morning, Salahuddin woke before dawn and prayed. He walked along Wisconsin Avenue to a designated spot, where a friend, also an African-American and a Muslim, met him in a rental car, and together they drove northwest, toward the Maryland border. In the passenger seat, Salahuddin changed into a mailman's uniform and put on a pair of cotton gloves. He stuffed the pistol into a large Jiffy bag. On Idaho Avenue not far from the National Cathedral, another friend, a postal worker, was waiting with a mail-delivery jeep. Salahuddin drove the jeep by himself to Bethesda, Maryland. He stopped at a pay phone outside a diner to call the home of Ali Akbar Tabatabai, a former press attaché at the Iranian Embassy in Washington, who had become an outspoken opponent of Ayatollah Khomeini. When Tabatabai answered, Salahuddin hung up. Minutes later, at around eleven-forty, he parked the jeep in front of Tabatabai's house, on a quiet cul-de-sac, and walked to the door carrying what looked like two special-delivery packages. He held one package, a decoy crammed with newspapers, in front; it obscured the second package, inside which Salahuddin held the pistol in his right hand, his finger on the trigger. The house was used as a meeting place for the Iran Freedom Foundation, a counter-revolutionary group, and one of Tabatabai's associates answered the door. Salahuddin asked for Tabatabai—saying that the delivery required his signature—and when he appeared Salahuddin shot him three times in the abdomen and fled. Forty-five minutes later, at 12:34 P.M., Tabatabai was pronounced dead at Suburban Hospital.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:16 pm    Post subject: Iran Resist Reply with quote





http://www.iran-resist.org/article3674

Hossein Kavoussifar (1983-2007)

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:10 pm    Post subject: Madjid Kavoussifar - A Hero Never Dies - Yahoo! Video Reply with quote

Majid Kavoussifar - A Hero Never Dies - Yahoo! Video

- 3:05 pm Iran - Public execution of Madjid Kavoussifar and his cousin Hossein Kavoussifar, August 2th...More. Description:. Iran - Public execution of Majid ...

Source: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=893200

Embracing Death with Joy and Glory



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:22 pm    Post subject: Letter to President of France, the President of USA Reply with quote

Letter to President of France, the President of the United States of America, to the Chancellor of The Federal Republic of Germany, and to the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden as well as to the Secretary-General on the United Nations

The Honorable Nicolas Sarkozy August 5 , 2007

President of France




Excellency,


As the UN Special Rapporteur on Apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa, I could attest that it was indeed the international blockades of the 1970’s and 80’s that helped end the apartheid regime in South Africa and in South West Africa (Namibia).


I am sure you know that the situation of violations of human rights in Iran has been turning from bad to worse in the past several months. Three years ago the clerical regime succeeded to end the mission of Maurice Capithorne, the UN Special Rapporteur investigating and reporting on violations of human rights in Iran . By its wanton disregard of the UN Charter provisions on Human rights and provisions of the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran remains a party, the regime of the clerics in Iran has been sarcastically poking its finger into the eyes of the world public opinion by horrendous disregard of its human rights international obligations. Article 6 (5) of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states “sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons bellow eighteen years of age and shall not be carried out on pregnant women”. Article 7 states “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”. On daily basis those and other articles of the Covenant and the Charter provisions on human rights are being grossly violated.


Please Sir/ Madame spare a few moments of your precious time and take a good look at the attached pictures , of every- day cruelties and molestations in the streets and in prisons of Iran. The law of vengeance, in Iran , allows cutting arms, fingers ,legs, plugging eyes, stoning individuals to death,.... Floggings and different types of torture are orders of the day in Police stations and in prisons. In the past weeks police brutalities in the streets and inside prisons has reached its peak. Those pictures are but a small sample of what is going on. The most vulnerable in all this are the youth and women of Iran .Isn’t this situation a travesty of respect for the basic tenants of international humanitarian law? In this day of instant flow of information what has happened to our human sensitivities. Why have we become passive observers of all these atrocities? What does it make of us to remain silent spectators in the face of such heinous crimes?


As demands by the youth, women, workers, teachers, writers, … for respect of their basic fundamental rights and freedoms has gained momentum, the regime’s response has turned more and more into increasing violence and suppression.


In the 19th and 20th centuries, often in such cases the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention were invoked by the Concert of Europe. On our feelings and bounds as members of a single human family, today, are we in fact going backward or forward? I know, situations in Darfur, in Somalia ,in.…are even worse. As you agree however, two wrongs don’t ever make a right. Iran ’s deplorable situation of horrendous violations of the basic rights and freedoms of the Iranian people today needs more world attention and world exposure. That’s the reason why I am addressing this urgent letter to you all today. I sincerely hope that it will have positive resonance and effect in the exercise of your functions. In anticipation of hearing from you.

Please accept Mr. President the assurances of my highest respects and considerations.


Professor Manouchehr Ganji

Secretary General

Organization for Human Rights

and Fundamental Freedoms for Iran

derafsh.org


____________________________

P.S. I am attaching for your review some recent heart breaking pictures which represent the pattern of cruelties being committed in Iran today.


· FYI this letter and enclosures has been sent to the President of the United States of America, to the Chancellor of The Federal Republic of Germany, to the President of France, and to the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden as well as to the Secretary-General on the United Nations.






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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:41 pm    Post subject: execution of Hossein Kavousifar and Majid Kavousifar Reply with quote

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JUDGEMENT DAY: Hossein Kavousifar is prepared for execution.
Picture: GETTY IMAGES

Delivering justice, Iran style

ALAN YOUNG (ayoung@edinburghnews.com)

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1210142007&format=print
FOR the huge crowds who gathered in the Tehran sunshine, it was clearly a spectacle not to be missed.

Armed with cameras and camcorders, men, women and children jostled for position behind security barriers, determined to get the best view of the main event.

One of the stars of the "show" appeared, smiling broadly and waving to onlookers. Minutes later he would be dead, left hanging in front of the cheering crowd.

This is the shocking reality of executions in Iran, where public hangings are still a crowd-puller.

A news agency photographer was given a rare opportunity to capture the scenes as two more condemned men met their fate.

The pair were among a batch of nine criminals hanged yesterday - sentenced to death for rape, armed robbery and other crimes. It followed last month's hanging of at least 16 convicted criminals in the Islamic state which, according to Amnesty International, has one of the highest rates of executions in the world - and rising.

Accompanied by masked and heavily armed executioners, Majid Kavousifar, 28 and his cousin Hossein Kavousifar, 24, were brought out to meet the crowds in front of Tehran's Ershad judiciary complex today.

It was there that they shot dead judge Hassan Moghaddas in his car in 2005, and there they would be executed from makeshift gallows fashioned from a crane on the back of a truck.

Onlookers in the street and on the roofs of houses chanted and took pictures with mobile phones as the execution approached. Some laughed.

Kavousifar - who apparently committed the crime believing the judge was corrupt - smiled and waved goodbye. His cousin was in tears.

The tearful mother of one of the killers shouted: "God, please give me back my son."

Moments later, as chairs were kicked from under them, the spectacle was complete.

Dozens of people have been executed in Iran in recent weeks, with most arrested in a crackdown on "immoral behaviour", which began in April.

Western rights groups have called on Iran to abolish the death penalty. Murder, rape, adultery, armed robbery, apostasy and drug smuggling are all punishable by death under Iran's Islamic Sharia law - imposed since the 1979 revolution.

The number of executions doubled to at least 177 last year, according to Amnesty International. Since the beginning of 2007, at least 124 people have been put to death. Other public hangings over the last few days have been broadcast to the nation on TV.

"Implementation of justice equals improving security" read a banner on the gallows above five hanging bodies.

This article: http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1210142007[/url]



Execution of Hero Hossein Kavousifar and Hero Majid Kavousifar
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Tehran Prosecutor General Saeed Mortazavi (2nd L) attends the execution by hanging of Majid Kavousifar and Hossein Kavousifar in Tehran August 2, 2007. Iran hanged Majid and Hossein, the killers of a judge, Hassan Moghaddas, who had jailed several reformist dissidents, before a crowd of hundreds of people on Thursday. The banner reads: "We give our condolences to all our judiciary colleagues and the deceased family on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hassan Moghaddas". REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN)



Iranian policemen prepare Majid Kavousifar (C) for his execution by hanging in Tehran August 2, 2007. Iran hanged Majid and Hossein, the killers of a judge who had jailed several reformist dissidents, before a crowd of hundreds of people on Thursday. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN)


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:06 pm    Post subject: Tehran killers hanged in public Reply with quote

The mother of one of the condemned men cried out: "God, please give me back my son."

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Majid Kavousifar waved to his nephew shortly before being hanged

Tehran killers hanged in public

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Majid Kavousifar waved to his nephew shortly before being hanged
Two men have been hanged in a Tehran square for the murder of a prominent judge, thought to be the first public execution in Iran's capital since 2002.
Majid and Hossein Kavousifar's deaths come a day after nine public hangings in other parts the country.

The government says it is part of a major effort to tackle violent crime and the illegal drug trade in Iran.

Human rights groups have criticised Iran for the high number of executions it carries out, second only to China.

The uncle and nephew were convicted of the murder of Judge Hassan Moghaddas in central Tehran two years ago.

Their execution was held at the same location as the murder, and on the same date, in front of a large picture of the murdered judge.

People like him should know that their actions cannot and will not dissuade our judges from carrying out their dee

[color=red]Chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi [/color]
When Hossein Kavousifar looked distressed as he awaited his execution, his uncle gestured to him and smiled in an attempt to reassure him.

When the time came, hangmen with their heads covered, put the nooses around their necks kicked away the stools on which the two men stood.

A crowd of several hundred watched. Some shouted "God is great", some took pictures with their mobile phones. A few laughed.

The mother of one of the condemned men cried out: "God, please give me back my son."

'No remorse'

Executions doubled in Iran in 2006 to 177, and seven months into 2007, Amnesty International says 151 people have been executed, with the number increasing.


Onlookers captured the execution on their mobile phones and cameras
The assassinated judge was known for adjudicating in political cases and cases where Iran's Islamic revolutionary system had been criticised.

In 2001, he was the sitting judge in the case of Akbar Ganji - a prominent dissident whom he condemned to six years in prison.

Tehran's chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi told reporters that the Majid Kavousifar had expressed no remorse, after killing a judge he had deemed "corrupt".

"People like him should know that their actions cannot and will not dissuade our judges from carrying out their deeds," he said.

On Wednesday seven convicted criminals were hanged for rape, kidnapping and armed robbery in Iran's Second City, Mashhad, with the other two convicts executed in south-east Iran.

A few days earlier 12 people were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison.
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02/08/2007 12:42

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http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2007/08/02/world/iran-hangs-judge39s-killers-in-public.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran hanged the killers of a judge, who had jailed several reformist dissidents, before a crowd of hundreds of people on Thursday.

Majid Kavousifar and Hossein Kavousifar, his nephew, were hanged in front of Tehran’s Ershad judiciary complex, where they shot dead judge Hassan Moghaddas in his car in 2005.
The two were not political activists, but Tehran’s public prosecutor said Majid had believed the judge was corrupt. The prosecutor said the killers were also convicted of armed robbery and other murders.

Judge Moghaddas had presided over the jailing of seven dissidents in 2000 after they attended a conference in Berlin on Iranian reform.

Iran has one of the highest rates of execution in the world, but public executions are relatively rare.

Hoods over the heads of the judge’s killers were removed before the hangings, which took place from the back of tow trucks in front of a giant portrait of Moghaddas. Hossein looked pale and cried. His uncle smiled and waved goodbye to friends.

Onlookers in the street and on the roofs of houses chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) and took pictures with mobile phones. Some laughed.

"God, please give me back my son," shouted Hossein’s tearful mother as she tried to reach his body. He was in his early twenties.

Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi said: "the two were terrorists."

Dozens of people have been executed for rape, smuggling and other offences in Iran in recent weeks. Most were arrested in a crackdown on "immoral behaviour", which began in April.

Iran hanged nine men on Wednesday for rape, armed robbery and other offences. Some 16 people were hanged in July.

Murder, rape, adultery, armed robbery, apostasy and drug smuggling are all punishable by death under Iran’s Islamic Sharia law, imposed since the 1979 revolution
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:28 pm    Post subject: Iran hangs killers in rare Tehran public execution Reply with quote

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Iran hangs killers in rare Tehran public execution
by Stuart Williams
Thu Aug 2, 7:44 AM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070802/wl_mideast_afp/iranexecution_070802114416&printer=1;_ylt=AmK2Gl0iDaanZy97BiJrPG.bOrgF

Two men convicted of murdering an Iranian judge were hanged from cranes in Tehran on Thursday, watched by a large crowd which gathered to witness the first public executions in the capital in five years.

Majid Kavousifar and his nephew Hossein Kavousifar were executed to shouts of "God is Greatest" when their balaclava-wearing hangmen kicked away the wooden stools on which they stood and the ropes sprang taut.

Several thousand onlookers pressed against a cordon of police and iron railings to watch the execution, held at the exact spot where Hassan Moghaddas was murdered in August 2005 in the middle of a busy business district.

Moghaddas, who worked at the "guidance" court, which handles sensitive cases of "moral corruption", was murdered by the two gunmen when he climbed into his car after work.

Bystanders stared in fascination before the execution got under way at the two blue nooses suspended from five metre (16 feet) long cranes mounted on the back of two pick-up trucks.

"Dear beloved people! We are going to start this session. We request you to keep order and praise the prophet Mohammed," an official said through a loudspeaker as the proceedings began.

Tehran's chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi told reporters that Majid Kavousifar had expressed no remorse for the crime and believed he had a right to kill anyone whom he deemed to be "corrupt".

"People like him should know that their actions cannot and will not dissuade our judges from carrying out their deeds," Mortazavi warned on the steps of the courthouse.

These were believed to be the first hangings in Tehran since September 2002, when a gang of five rapists known as the "Black Vultures" were hanged at two different locations in the city centre.

The hangings brought to at least 151 the number of executions carried out in the Islamic republic so far this year, most of them by hanging and often in public.

Iran's critics accuse it of excessive use of the death penalty but officials argue it is an effective deterrent and is only used after an exhaustive legal procedure.

The condemned were pushed outside from the courthouse to the gallows at speed by a half dozen black-clad executioners, jostling through the throngs of assembled local reporters.

The curiosity amongst the crowd was intense. Several people climbed to precarious positions on top of the iron railings, much to the exasperation of the police, taking pictures and video with their mobile phones.

The convicts were taken on to the back of the pick-up trucks and the bright blue nooses tied around their necks. Meanwhile, an official read out a long list of charges in a booming voice through the loudspeakers.

Majid Kavousifar, the mastermind of the murder, showed no remorse, even boldly waving one hand from his handcuffs at his co-conspirator and at the watching crowds.

He made a show of puffing out his chest, grinning to all sides and even chatting to the burly executioner, in an apparent final check of the execution procedure.

The other man remained silent and emotionless.

The stools were roughly kicked away. Majid Kavousifar appeared to die almost instantly but Hossein wriggled for some seconds before his body relaxed. "Allahu Akhbar!" (God is Greatest!) yelled the crowds.

"Death to hypocrites! Death to the terrorists! Death to America!" an official boomed from a balcony through loudspeakers.

The two executed men hung limply from the ropes for several minutes, their clothes ruffled by the early morning breeze. They were then taken down and put into a waiting ambulance.

At least 177 people were executed in Iran in 2006, according to Amnesty International, making Iran the most prolific user of the death penalty in the world after China.

Capital offences in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, serious drug trafficking, pederasty, adultery or prostitution, treason and espionage.

Iran has in recent months stepped up executions of criminals in drive aimed at "elevating security" and giving a clear warning over the fate of those who are deemed a menace to society.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:01 am    Post subject: VOA ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FALLEN HEROS MAJID VA H Reply with quote

YARI NATIONAL GROUP wrote:

REPORT ABOUT THE FALLEN HEROS MAJID and HUSSEIN KAVOUSSIFAR

Majid and Hussein Kavousifar's contact with the regime started from a single birthday party they had attended.

They were arrested and each were sentenced to 60 Lashes. They did not take this lightly. Decided to fight the regime.

In order to fight the Mullah's you will need money and arms. Initially, they got their guns by jumping the IRPG guard posted at the gate of Yemen Embassy in Tehran .

After securing a AK-47 and a pistol, they robbed one of Mullah's bank to have enough funds for get away (Classical Freedom Fighting Technique).

Then, the planned and killed Judge Moghadas, the man who served their punishment and the killer of many innocent people. The right hand of Killer Judge Mortazavi!

The Mullah's to this point had no idea who were the assailants of the dreaded Judge Moghadas.

Majid buy's a ticket to UAE and as a part of tour goes to Dubai . In there he contacts the US Consulate and asks for an appointment.

The US Consulate listens to his request and sends Majid to US Embassy in Abu Dhabi for further evaluation.

At the US Embassy he was detained, turned over to UAE Police who in turn handed him over to Mullah's.

Even the Voice of America News on Thursday August 2, 2007 did indicate US authorities in UAE had turn over Majid to UAE police.

We have mentioned about the assailant of Dr. Tabatabi, Anis Naghash, and all others who are living in open in Mullah's regime.

It just seems executions and assassinations are in the monopoly of Mullah's!

YARI NATIONAL GROUP
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:50 am    Post subject: VOA ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FALLEN HEROS MAJID VA H Reply with quote

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VOA ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FALLEN HEROS MAJID VA HUSSEIN KAVOUSSIFAR

PLEASE WATCH THE LINK BELOW DISCUSSION ABOUT EXECUTION AND WHAT HAPPENED TO MAJID VA HUSSEIN.

Frankly the discussion why Majid was handed over to UAE authorities was a lame excuse!

If there is an international law regarding murder, then it should be observed and honored BOTH way.

Not one sided! Please tell us how many known killers who have committed murder on Iranians abroad have been handed over?

Watch it and you will know what we mean.

We shall still stay silent? Not even a single protest?

Sometimes we are amazed as what is considered a nationalistic act for our compatriots to defend?

Still too many MEE'S and not enough US!!

PLEASE WATCH THE INTERVIEW OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007.


http://www.voanews.com/persian/roundtableram.cfm?CFID=111381418&CFTOKEN=53437698

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:37 am    Post subject: Ghazal OMID Comments Reply with quote

Ghazal OMID Comments wrote:

Dear Friends,

First, I want to thank you for your accurate and timely information on this case. I am as sad as the rest of you about losing these two countrymen. I send my condolences to the families if you have any connection with them. I would love to see if we can send them some funds. As you all know, it is a custom in many parts of Iran to extend help to loved ones in the time of mourning. We need to at least do that as our brothers fall.

Second: I very much appreciate that these photos were sent around. I forwarded them to some of my contacts among officials in European countries. They were not only shocked but asked to know more about the hanged men and why they were returned to Iran. So, if you have any information on that, it would be greatly appreciated. By the way, the photos and information were forwarded by me just as I received them so it is you that did something incredibly important. I just bridge the gaps.

The question I was asked is: Which part of the country do these two young men come from and where they were killed?

Third: I think it is appropriate for us to know a bit more about these two young men and celebrate their life on Iranian National TV; to not only mourn a loss but honor someone who took a step forward.

I would very much appreciate it if you guys would write a petition about this kind of act and allow the US politicians and others to know that if we send people back to Iran, this is what is going to happen to them. Instead, they keep people that we know directly or indirectly work for the Iranian government and send the innocent back to be killed.

In the coming weeks, you may hear something on the media about somone in a similar situation as Mr. Kavoosfar. These photos may well save his life and his family. So, that in itself is an achievement unlike anything many of us could conceive.

I thank you and pray that both are in heaven.

Apart from what I reported I did here, with more information I possibly could help start an investigation into why these men were turned over to UAE authorities. You know better than I that the UAE has heavy dealings with the Iranian regime so I am not surprised at what they did. Allow me to have the first hand information and you have my word that you will get the credit for your help and the honor of helping bring justice to this case and raise the fallen victims to heroes.

Kindest Regards,

Ghazal OMID




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PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:58 am    Post subject: In Death, a Martyr's Smile Foretells Victory Reply with quote

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In Death, a Martyr's Smile Foretells Victory

August 10, 2007
The Denver Post
Opinion

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_6586810

The world has seen nothing like it. When Majid Kavosifar was hanged in public in Tehran for killing criminal judge Hassan Moghadas, no one expected to see the expression they saw on his face the day of his execution.

As Kavosifar was jostled through the crowd by the regime's demonic henchmen in ski masks - and even as he was hoisted onto the platform that he was to be hanged from - he wore a triumphant, almost joyful smile on his face. If there were ever an image that qualified for "Is there something wrong with this picture?" it would be this one.

Hanging in public serves the purpose of quelling dissent and evoking fear for Iran's people. The recent wave of hangings in Iran has proven once again that many of those who are hanged under the pretext of social crimes are indeed people who are fed up with the unjust Iranian regime and are taking matters into their own hands.

Most of the public images of hangings in Iran that have taken place normally show a victim with a much different demeanor than that of Majid. Sullen eyes that speak of endless pain, faces blank with fear, and for the women, dark cloaks, chadors that enshroud their bodies and a blindfold to disguise their anguish.

This scene has become all too familiar, especially since the Iranian regime has stepped up its public executions to horrifying degrees. On July 22, the Iranian regime hanged 12 people simultaneously, and several other hangings took place in July all over the country, including another group hanging in Azerbaijan.

In a televised interview regarding the group hangings, Ahmad Reza Radan, the commander of Tehran's police force, stated that, "The response to those who stand firm against the Iranian regime and its practices is execution."

In Iran, legal procedures to execute the most outspoken against the regime are often expedited or simply ignored. Such was the case with Atefeh Rajabi, the 16-year-old girl who was hanged in Neka. Her case was expedited to lightening speeds. In Iran, the judiciary and the government are one and the same, thus leading to dangerous exploitations of the law simply for political purposes.

Majid Kavosifar and his uncle, Hossein Kavosifar, were both hanged for killing Moghadas. They had collaborated and confessed to committing the act. Moghadas was Tehran's assistant chief prosecutor, responsible for signing countless death sentences. Moghadas's role was that of a ruthless cleric who bypassed judicial procedures to ensure the swift death of the Iranian regime's opponents.

Tehran's public prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, did not allow the press to interview the Majid Kavosifar, 22, and his uncle Hossein, 28, as is typical with public executions. However, after the execution, Mortazavi did state that he had spoken to both men, and that they refused to renounce their actions and expressed no regret for what they did. Majid is reported to have said, "I have reached a level of understanding to know who the corrupt and depraved are."

The price these victims pay for their bravery is the same, and all hangings are equally as disturbing and unjustified. However, the smile that gleamed over Majid's face as he strained to wave goodbye while handcuffed was indeed victorious, and the message was clear: "I defeated you, I am not frightened, and I am honored to die; hanging me will no longer repel resistance."

While Majid's courage is remarkable in the face of such torment and brutality, we can be sure that there will be other fearless Iranian youths ready to give their lives, until that proud smile gives way to the much awaited dawn of change.

Ana K. Sami (ansami@mines.edu) is a master's degree candidate at the Colorado School of Mines and a specialist on human rights and women's issues in Iran.
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