The report of arresting the strikers of El-Yasin Community in Imam Khomeini’s Tomb after explosion of a bomb
El-Yasin strikers in Imam Khoemini’s Tomb, who witnessed the suicide bombing of yesterday evening, say that the suicide bomber who was dressed in caretakers’ uniform was intending to enter the Tomb exploded the bomb in the entrance of the Tomb. In this happening, the suicide bomber was killed and some others were wounded.
Immediately after the explosion, the security forces surrounded the strikers and forced the ordinary people leave the Tomb.
The security forces told the strikers that they should leave the Tomb due to the terrorist attack and then the agents of Intelligence Service entered and said that they were going to transfer all the strikers to prison and no one could leave.
After about five hours of siege and quarantine, no team was in the place to clean and check for other bombs. The security forces pushed the strikers out while beating them badly with kicks and punches in a very offensive way especially towards women. They took all the mobiles of the strikers and their personal stuffs and forced them to get on three buses and transferred them out of Imam Khomeini’s Tomb.
The last news signifies that the Intelligence Service did not keep the members of El-Yasin who were about 200 people for long because they had limitations in prisons due to the chaotic situation of Iran and the great number of arrested people. so they made the strikers sign a commitment paper and after taking photos and finger prints of the strikers, they made them get off the buses around the cemetery, Islamshahr and out of Tehran.
The suicide attack which led to Intelligence Service Agents force strikers out of Imam Khoemini’s Tomb, happened while the chief officer of the police, Sardar Radan, announced that the police would have serious encounters with any kinds of gatherings after Ayatollah Khameneie’s speech in the Friday prayers of Tehran
The last news from Imam Khomeini’s Tomb and El-Yasin strikers after explosion of the bomb
The last news from Imam Khomeini’s Tomb and the strikers of El-Yasin, who were there, signifies that all the strikers are healthy.
On the other hand, the security agents forced the people out and imprisoned El-Yasin members in Tomb and did not let them out at all.
It is said that due to not letting the strikers go out of the building, elderly and sick people who are much weaker than other strikers, are in very bad condition.
The security agents also threatened to arrest all the strikers and intimidated them.
A Statement of innocence of the members of El-Yasin on Imam Khomeini’s sepulcher bomb explosion
Quoting eyewitnesses, today (June 19, 2009) on 5 pm , during individual action of a man suicide with a bomb attached to himself, one person being killed and injured two people . Since 200 members of El-Yasin has been in hunger strike to deal with their request and sit-stricken are calm, there is the possibility that some elements of security system are trying to assign this non-human action to members of El-Yasin.
Herein, we, the members of El Yasin Community, announcing the innocence of our members in this action, it is condemned, and have no proportion between the subject and hunger strike or sit –stricken of El-yasin.
The status of El-Yasin strikers has been reported critical.
Three members of El Yasin community who were following their day 9 hunger strike admitted to hospital yesterday due to severe physical weakness and after the officials failed to free master Eliya (Peyman Fattahi).
Also five other members reported to be unconscious today, June 17, 2009 due to low blood pressure. The authorities of Imam Khomeini holy shrine, under the influence of “Department against Reliogions and Religious Minorities" (DARRM) belongs to ministry of intelligence, banned drinking water to the strikers.
On the other hand in a telephone conversation with members of El-Yasin, the paramedics have announced that not to contact for the treatment of strikers. It seems that the State Emergency officials refused to treat strikers due to the threats and intimidation of security agents, who had previously refused to allow the stretcher inside the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini.
Also, due to lack of paramedics for immediate treatment, the status of other strikers have become critical in a way that they are being carried by other people present at the shrine to received I.V.
The session is considering possibility of arrest of those who were transferred outside the shrine for treatment due to earlier threats of security officers who had beaten some of the members of El Yasin inside the Shrine.
As Iran’s tenth round of Presidential Elections to be left behind and with the rise of Mahmud Ahmadi Nejad as elected president in despite of all opposition of masses of people, continued violation of human rights and suppression of freedom of opinion and expression is considered to be one of the problems of Iranian people.
Unfortunately the account for Iran’s 9th government in the past four years reflects the fact that suppression of dissidents, religious and cultural-spiritual groups progressive process, in the month before the elections, many of civil, academic and human rights activist arrested prior to the government of Mahmud Ahmadi Nejad.
Regrettably the situation of Iran today has reached a stage that more than any other time the immediate attention and care of international institutions and direct interference with world leaders to make changes and developments in fundamental and improving the current needs.
The stifling atmosphere ruling on Iran has caused dissatisfaction and many protests from all walks of life. But it seems that indifference of officials and leaders of Islamic Republic compared to the issues and request of the Iranian people from the main cause of the nation with the government. As long as no ears to hear the cries and there is not the slightest stomata for people to deliver the message to the officials and especially the Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran have been closed and even writing a letter from Iranian citizens to Ayatollah Khamenei, has the most punishment to follow, is there a way left for people to appeal?
Mr. Obama,
Presently and in addition to the students, women, teachers, workers, journalists and human rights activists, the case of El-Yasin community’s (an academic and spiritual community) leader is considered to be one prominent instances of human rights violation in Iran who is of the victims of the Inquisition in Iran.
Two hundred thousand members of El-Yasin community whom is led by Mr. Peyman Fattahi (known as the Master Eliya) started their activities mostly in academic and spiritual teaching many years ago and today is known as one of the most active NGO Known in Middle East.
But by the order of some high ranked political and religious seats, the leader of this community along with some of his students have been arrested by a sect of the Intelligent and Security Ministry (Department Against Religions and Religious Minorities) and kept in Evin prison ward 209 under solitary confinement and under the most severe torture to deny his beliefs.
We fans of Eliya know him as a great teacher of thought and a theoretician and we believe that dispersal of his ideas and theory in the society can solve many of today's issues in Iran. Eliya’s desirous for the realization of spiritual freedom and free spirituality in society and is one of his views that the marriage civilizations and religions known to the principle that “interaction between Islam and Judaism, Christianity can be many of the world today to resolve because most of the issues rooted in the world is ideological differences”. And in general this attitude in the teaching of Eliya is that “religion is for Man and Man is not for religion and that human life should not be sacrificed for between religions differences.”
But the dispersion of Eliya’s views and teachings among people is considered dangerous for the power of religious Taliban in Iran and in their thought; they can imprison his ideas and views by his detention.
Meantime the students and fans of Eliya in Iran and outside, in protest against oppression and severe pressures of executioners of thought and spirituality have set numerous efforts and one of the last their actions is holding a continuous hunger strike has began in threshold of the tenth round of presidential elections of June 2009 and is continued.
Presently, more than 200 members and general representatives of El-Yasin Community in protest to more than 11 months of imprisonment of their leader Master Eliya (Mr. Peyman Fattahi) in solitary confinement and to the ruthless physical and mental torture, the community of El-Yasin gathered in the holy shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini are on hunger strike, with inquiries like; “we ask for an immediate medical examination on physical condition of our teacher Eliya", "we asked for an end to the physical and mental torture of our teacher, and "Mr. Shahroudi has the Eight Articles Commandment of Imam been forgotten?”, have declared their protest to the detention, torture and illegal behavior of “DARRM” in Ministry of Intelligence and their sabotaging attacks through media against master Eliya (Mr. Peyman Fattahi) and the members of the El-Yasin Community.
The participants with slogans persistently called for direct intervention of Iranian leader (Mr. Khamenei) in master Eliya‘s (Mr. Peyman Fattahi) case and El-Yasin Community and to put an end to oppression and injustice revealed by “DARRM” against the community’s leader and of the members of community.
On the other hand the strikers repeatedly face threats of security agents who are violently beating some of the members and news broadcasting crew and using tear gas to disperse them.
Unfortunately not only all efforts by El-Yasin to pursue the case had led authorities to investigate and end the situation, yet the official spokesperson for the community was illegally arrested and imprisoned during a follow up of the case. Essentially, the written request of El-Yasin members to all presidential candidates asking for freedom of Master Eliya has not been replied. But they have stood bravely to this silence of the Iranian authorities and intend to hold their strike until the freedom of Master Eliya (Mr. Peyman Fattahi) the leader of community, and seven members of El-Yasin from prison.
Mr. Obama,
Since that the Islamic Republic of Iranian governs and leader of are ignorant of problems created for the political, ideological prisoners, whom are the main cause of these silent academic and ideological crimes, up to this moment had not realize their responsibility for this human tragedy, consequently we are express our deep concern in connection with the status of strikers and bringing our appeal to you hoping you could put some pressure on Iranian officials requiring them to observe the human rights towards political–opinionative prisoners and ask for freedom master Eliya and his students as soon as possible.
Mr. Obama,
We know you as one of the best and the most sympathetic world leaders for establishing peace and unity in the world who are making great efforts for realization of humankind dream. Therefore we are pleading to you for justice, because we are confident of your concern for Iranian people and their issues.
We strongly believe that the just leaders in the advanced societies and free world can be a major impact on the fate of the nation and their release of the injustice and oppression of the absolute power and autocratic. In addition, since none of the Iranian political and religious leaders yet been responsible for their people and their demands for freedom, the people of Iran are seek justice and need your aid.
Sincerely yours,
A group of Master Eliya’s followers and admirers (inside and outside of Iran)
Other supporters of this letter are:
Therepresentatives of The Union for Human Rights and International Affairs ofEl-Yasin (UHRIAE(
TheProfessional Association of Thinkers and Probers of Iran
PublicationsCouncil of El-Yasin Community
YahooPublishing House
TaalimeHagh (DivineTeachings) Publishing House
"Ha-Mim" Publishing House
Executivemanager and Editorial Board of Esoteric Science Magazine
TheWriters and Researchers Council of El-Yasin (Payam)
Executivemanager and Editorial Board of “The Art of SublimeLife”
Nature-FrontGroup
Executivemanager and Editorial Board of “The Arts of Living”
YasinTranslators Council
Executivemanager and Editorial Board of “The Science of Success”
TheAssociation of Eliya’s Supporter (out of the country)
Executivemanager and Editorial Board of “Motivators”
WomenCrusade of El-Yasin Community
Executivemanager and Editorial Board of “Sublime Thinking”
YouthSociety of El-Yasin
Ms. Nazi Hesami’s Supporting Campaign
El-YasinReporters Committee
Mrs. Mitra Haji Najafi Supporting Campaign
YasinFreedom of Thoughts Organization (the first public cyber organization which isanti inquisition in Iran)
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Beating El-yasin Strikers in Imam Khomeini’s tomb in Presidential Election Night
At the last hours before election getting started, agents of the intelligence service if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government started to beat terribly a group of strikers after abusing to them by the justification that Tomb is an election domain. Reports denote that when people saw the scenes of beating and using abusing language, started to shout “ALLAH Akbar” and “La Elah ella ALLAH” and broke some glasses of the Tomb and showed their accompaniment with this movement of protestation.
After that, agents of the intelligence service turned the lights off and used lachrymatory gas and threatened and frightened the strikers and sent out pilgrims and surrounded the strikers. Other strikers confronted agents by shouting slogans such as “GOD is with me” and “GOD is my protector”.
Agents of intelligence service hold batons and electric shockers and they had covered their faces and even before starting to beat strikers they had announced to strikers to be ready to be collectively arrested.
As the present people witness, after two hours of fighting, Tomb authorities started to negotiate with representatives and promised from the side of Imam’s Beit (Beit-e Imam) to support strikers’ security and they calmed the shaky atmosphere and gradually agents of intelligent service and those who had covered their faces(wearing normal cloths) leaved the place.
Films from this event will be published for the public soon
The Authorities of Iran Do not Pay Attention to Master ILIYA’s and El-yasin Strikers’ situation
In the fifth day of El-Yasin’s general council hunger strike. There has not been any attention to requests of this community. As witnesses claim, a responsible person who had not introduced himself, has promised to help strikers and to prepare the possibility for negotiating to Hodjjatol eslamHasan Khomeini. Hearings denote that this person is Mr. Ansari, the caretaker if Imam Khomeini’s Tomb.
After this promise there was not any consideration to the requests of the strikers and agents of religions department of Intelligence service forced Mrs. Shabab Hesami- Mr. PEYMAN FATTAHI’s wife – to attend in Imam’s Tomb and try to discourage El-yasin strikers to stop the strike.
In addition the present people in the Tomb have announced that the exterior yard of the Tomb is encircled by the intelligence service’s cars and minibuses. Meanwhile the present clergyman in the Tomb has announced that El-yasin’s letter has been sent to the leader of Iran and he has claimed that this letter has been passed on leader of Iran.
It is mentionable that until now none of representatives of the leader’s office, upper authorities and Seyyed Hasan Khomeini have not started negotiation and speaking to El-yasin strikers.Also none of promises to El-yasin have not been accomplished. Agents of the intelligence service have repeatedly claimed during last days that if the authorities if Iran come to negotiate, we will not let them negotiate with El-yasin
El-Yasin holds Hunger Strike in Imam Khomeini’s shrine for release of their leader
200of the of El Yassin community representatives hold hunger strike in the shrine Ayatollah Khomeini inprotest to the 11 months of solitary confinement of their leader Mr. Peyman Fatahi including various interrogations and torture for making false confessions. The security agents effort to drive them out, so far have been result less.
According to the news of Union for Human Rights and International Affairs of El-Yasin, 200 Members of El-Yasin in protest to the critical physical condition of their leader held in Evin security prison are still holding their hunger strike in the shrine to Ayatollah Khomeini.
They started their strike on Tuesday June 9, 2009 with slogans and carrying placards for freedom and treatment of their leader Peyman Fatahi who is suffering 11 months of solitary confinement in the ward 209 of Evin prison and recently the shocking news of tortures and respiratory problems and bleeding.
Those who favor Peyman Fatahi know him as Master Eliya, a teacher of thought, culture and life. They stress that “El-Yasin” community is an academic society with 200 thousand members and apolitical.
Peyman Fatahi has started his public teachings 12 years ago in the subjects of theology, dream interpretation and revival of the soul, and the owner of 4000 pages of didactic text which were detained by the security and secret service of Iran.
According to Deutsche Welle one of the witnesses during a telephone conversation said: "On the first day the security forces locked down the shrine. They came inside and started pulling women on ground and threw their bags. We maintain calm and quiet and chained our arms together then they came back and brought the shrine Imam and he tried to make a peaceful dialogue with us. They told people that we are Baha’i or Wahhabi and devil worshipers! So people have a bad image of us. But they can’t force us to leave because we are inside the Holy shrine. We have been drinking only sweeten water in past two nights. Last night they lowered the air freezing cold we trembled till next morning.” She continued: “some strikers were not feeling good they were weak and needed medical attention. First they let some emergency medical crew inside the shrine, but later we were told that whoever gets sick can’t have medical attention and that we must go out to see a doctor. We were given an ultimatum to leave the shrine otherwise they’ll bring the special police squad.”
According to the latest reports online, security agents surrounded the shrine and cut off water. In addition to the lack of entry to foreign reporters, the officials are not allowing the Emergency medical forces for treatment on hunger strike.
Also in the final hours before the beginning of the election a number of armed with to teaser Guns and tear gas attaching the strikers and told them that holy shrine of Imam is the area for voting and you have to leave the premises. A group of people present at the shrine witnessing the scene of strife and officials of insults entered the scene with slogans breaking glasses of the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini and supported the protest movement.
According to the witnesses, after two hours of tension, the shrine officials negotiate with the representatives present in promising those talks with officials. The hunger strike is due to lack of attention senior officials of the Islamic still continuing.
The videos taken from this violent incident will be added to “you tube” website for public review.
The Union for Human Right and International Affairs of El-Yasin (UHRIAE)
The Third statement of El-Yasin community in regards to their continuous Hunger Strike in the holy shrine of Imam Khomaini.
Someone who has committed tyranny himself or had partnered in tyranny, and the one who has helped someone in tyranny, and the one who is pleased it, all Three are partners in Tyranny
After two days of food strike El-Yasin representatives inside the holy shrine of Imam Khomaini in protest against the cruelties and injustice, and the lack of attention by the Iranian officials, hereby we announce that the responsibility for any cause danger to El-Yasin Community strikers will be over the high-ranking officials and custodianship of the shrine. Although the 200-members on hunger strike are not in a proper physical condition, they are under all kinds of pressure and threats in many ways.
We as Muslims in an Islamic country whose rights have been violated and seeking justice has became a challenge, have taken refuge and appealed to the leader of revolution Imam Khomaini and his holy shrine, faced with anti human security agents against strikers, including cutting off the water on them, lowering air to the severe cold to break down the strikers in which some has been reported in the critical condition. We hereby announce the outcome of these consequences will be of the high-ranking officials of Iran. Also any threat, pressure and offensive limitations towards who sought refuge in the holy shrine are responsibilities for all the high ranked officials who were current to oppressions inflicted on the Master Eliya and El-Yasin Community during past two years.
Unfortunately it’s unbelievable that after two days of peaceful and overpowered ways not only the requests of community had an appropriate reply but have received the Medias boycott which has been accompanied with silence of senior officials.
Announcement of the Union for Human Rights and International Affairs of El-Yasin relating protest gathering of 200 members of the El-Yasin general councils.
The Union for Human Rights and International Affairs of El-Yasin (UHRIAE) hereby announce that more than 200 of the authorities of El-Yasin councils in protest to;
Two years oppression, injustice and distortion of the Master Eliya (Peyman Fattahi) and the community of El Yasin;
In protest to nearly a year solitary imprisonment of master Eliya which caused him serious respiratory problems;
In protest to months of torture and all kinds of physical and mental pressure on him, his family and other close members of El Yasin.
In protest to all kinds of the recent attacks and sabotage made by the Iranians’ extremist media, today the hunger strike action has began inside the holy shrine of Imam Khomeini in Tehran.
With supporting this protest action, The Union for Human Rights and International Affairs of El-Yasin, announced that the gathering started on June 19, 2009 after frequent references made by the representatives of El-Yasin Community to Islamic Republic authorities during past two years not only was answered, yet the outlawed measures of Department against Religions and Religious Minorities, “DARRM”, (branch under the Ministry of intelligent and security of Iran) has gone too far and today expands more than ever. Meanwhile all rights to El-Yasin to a possible view in public media are completely banned.
The Union for Human Rights and International Affairs of El-Yasin (UHRIAE) has invited all the authorities of the international community to be one voice with us and send this sound to the members of the international community in defense of freedom of opinion, with extensive reflection of the news humanitarian move their support of this brave protest movement in Iran.
Also with regard to Iran's present atmosphere that elections of the tenth of the presidency, has been living with a burning sensation, the Union declares their deep concern about the scope of abuse by “DARRM”, and arrest more members of the El-Yasin Community.
With hope for your prompt attention to this request, Please accept our respect.
Thanks and regards
Union for Human Rights and International Affairs of El-Yasin
For more information please visit our website.www.ayahra.org
The organizations and groups who have supported this movement:
The Professional Association of Thinkers and Probers of Iran
Publications Council of El-Yasin Community
Yahoo Publishing House
Divine Teachings Publishing House (Taalime Hagh)
"Ha-Mim" Publishing House
Nature-Front Group
Executive manager and Editorial Board of “Esoteric Science” Magazine
Yasin Translators Council
Executive manager and Editorial Board of “The Art of Sublime Life”
The association of Eliya’s Supporter (out of the country)
Executive manager and Editorial Board of “The Arts of Living”
Women Crusade of El-Yasin Community
Executive manager and Editorial Board of “The Science of Success”
The Writers and Researchers Council of El-Yasin (Payam)
Executive manager and Editorial Board of “Motivators”
Executive manager and Editorial Board of “Sublime Thinking”
