Mr. Kazemeini Boroujedi has suffered enormous losses because
of his campaign against the Velayat-e-Faghih and for the separation of the
state from religion. This has included the government’s murder of his mother,
it’s persecution and mass arrests of his supporters, it’s numerous home and
property confiscations, and it’s permanent surveillance, restrictions and
pressures on his children and other family members.
Kazemi Boroujerdi's wife, 52-year-old Ms. Akram Validusti,
was arrested and detained on the (Persian date) Mehr. 85 (Sept. 2006). She is
suffering from heart disease (angina) because of continuing, intense and
increasing stress, pressure and threats. Their eldest son Seyed Mahdi Kazemeini
Booujerdi was tortured in the presence of his mother and father in order to
force his father to confess, which caused this 46 year old mother to have a
heart attack. This besieged and ill woman has now been hospitalized 3 times in
Tehran’s Rajaee Hospital for heart failure. In early June of this year, again
she was taken to the hospital. The government’s Information Security includes
constant monitoring of their home by a security camera. They also regularly
observe their commutes and inspect their mail. All help and visits by others
with the family of Mr. Boroujerdi have been banned by the authorities.
Participation of Mr. Boroujerdi’s children (Mahdi, Mohammad, Mahya, and Marziye
) in any state program or institution is forbidden, including attendance at any
public universities. In 1386 (2007), the authorities of the computer company
where his sons Mahdi and Mohammad were working, jobs through which the family
had insurance, were arrested and threatened. They could no longer provide any
jobs or help to the family. As a result, the family’s financial situation and
the conditions under which family members must live has been extremely
difficult and unpleasant, with much hardship. The enormous health care costs
for treating Mr. Boroujerdi’s wife, Akram Validusti, has created even more
intolerable pressures on the family, especially after the government’s seizure
and confiscation of all his property.
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