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The clerical regime executed 10 prisoners in Isfahan on Thursday and Friday, according to reports from the city in central Iran. The families of some of the execution victims gathered outside the coroner's office in Isfahan's Faiz Square on Saturday, August 7, to collect the bodies of their executed relatives.
A statement by the National Council of Resistance of Iran said: "The executions are part of the clerical regime's efforts to increase suppression in the wake of the courageous mid-July uprising in Tehran and the huge antigovernment demonstrations in other major cities, including Isfahan."
In attracting tourists for the sighting
of the eclipse, "the ruling mullahs are trying to keep the city under tight
control by terrorizing the public and stepping up the repression. The regime
is at the same time refraining from publicly announcing the executions,
for it fears international protests and condemnations," the statement added.
"Tension" at the "Borders", And "Usual Letters" of Regime's Officials!, State-Run Tehran Times, August 10
TEHRAN - "The enemy is trying to confront the system through the society, and aims for encountering the people's beliefs inside the country," said the Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaie.
He made the remarks in a meeting with the staff of Branch 9 of the Education Ministry. He said that two currents are currently active in the country. "A noble one is attempting to prepare the people's opinions and beliefs for construction of the society, while another is attempting to develop ideas against the system."…
He said that the enemies of the system were aiming to project the image of Iran as an unstable country by arranging the Tehran University dormitory event…
"We will of course reply to those who are trying to show that Iran is unsafe by creating tension at our borders," he added…
… On the issue of the serial murders of Iranian writers, and that different factions are laying the blame on each other, he said "There are two views on this issue: One is that it is an internal matter; while another is that foreigners had a hand in these murders."
He added that "a combination of the
two is probably the correct answer." On secret letter of 24 Islamic Republic
Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders to… Khatami, and that it could
be considered a threat to the May 23 presidential elections, Rezaie said
that "the letter is a usual letter which officials write to each other."…
Delay Tactics in the Submission of Reports on University Incident, State-Run around Tabriz, the main city in northeastern East Azerbaijan province, late on Sunday.
Two more people may have died in the Bustanabad suburb of Tabriz, the television report said.
Floods also hit the northeastern region of Golestan, causing severe damage to infrastructure including the water supply.
Last month floods in northern Iran claimed 51 dead and missing and destroyed dozens of towns and villages.