There is not much we can do from here. We Iranians of the diaspora cheer those compatriots back home who muster up courage to stand up to this brutal regime. It is terribly frustrating when we hear of news like the one about the political prisoners beating and abuse in #Ward350 of Evin prison yesterday, and can do nothing about it. I decided that I can at least transcribe the list of their names in English to show non-Persian speakers that every single one of these individuals is a hero of ours. We also turned our profile pictures on facebook to black. Please join us in prostest.
List of political prisoners beaten in Ward350:
Omid Behrouzi: thorn veins on hand, transfered to Talaghani hospital.
Ismail Bozorgi: broke chest cage, transfered to Talaghani hospital.
Akbar Amini Armaki: broken head
Soroush Sabet: broken head
Gholamreza Khosravi: bleeding
Kamyar Sabet Sanati: heart attack
Asadolah Hadi: heart attack, bleeding
Reza Akbari Monfared: bleeding
Abolghasem Fouladvand: bleeding
Yashar Darlafsha: inflamation and bruises
Alireza Rajaee: inflamation and bruises
Emad Bahavar: infalmation and bruises
Hossien Ronaghi Maleki: injury to head and hands
Ghorban Behzadinejad: hand injury
Simko Khelghati: bleeding and injury
List of those sent to solitary cells:
Abdol fateh Soltani
Mohamad amin Hadavi
Mohamad Sedigh Kaboudvand
Mohamad Davari
Houtan Dowlati
Mehdi Khodaee
Behrouz Arabgol
Mostafa Risman Bagh
Mostafa Abdi
Gholamreza Khosravi
Abolghasem Fouladvand
Mehrdad Ahan Khah
Soheil Arabi
Reza Akbari Monfared
Amir Dourbin Ghaziani
Asadollah Hadi
Asadollah Asadi
Majid Asadi
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh
Saeed Matinpoor
Soheil Babayee
Soroush Sabet
Ali Asgary
Davar Hossieni Vojdan
Saeed Hayeri
Samko Khelgati
Yashar Darolshafa
Reza Hamyari
Mohammad Shojaee
Amir Rezazadeh
Rouhani's Intelligence Ministry (IM) is the same as Ahamdinejad's IM is the same as Khatami's IM is the same as Rafsanjani's IM is the same as Khamenei's IM is the same as IRI's IM is the same as the next Akhoond's IM...!?
The point is that for as long as IRI (in its totality) is alive and in charge you can bet your bottom dollar that its IM will kill, torture, and abuse Iranians as well as others (e.g., Americans) if they can get their hands on them...!
The $64000 question is why can't Iranians get their act together once and for all and demand and work towards the removal of the IRI regime (in its totality) any any cost!?
Setareh Banoo, what a fantastic job you have done informing us and writing the names. I suggest writing to you represenstative. It all counts. I will send your list to my member of parliament.
Amnesty issued a letter of concern:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/021/2014/en/56c2c70b-eb69-4e81-8cd3-ae37d7217f10/mde130212014en.html