Kazemeini Boroujerdi's letter to Ayatollah Sistani

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand

Salam o Aleykom and may God’s peace be with you, your Holiness, Ayatollah Sistani,

I am a humble man of the cloth, who has spent the last seven years incarcerated by the Velatyat’eh Faghih, under the most unmentionable physical and psychological torture. Innocent members of my family have also endured the very same hardship.

The new wave of Iranian regime’s rumors against Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi

According to the reports by the human right and democracy activists in Iran, the religious rule of Velayat-e- Faghih, in a new effort has begun a new cycle of rumors against Mr. Boroujerdi and  they have tried to neutralize him because of the actions of this protesting detainee against foundation of the rule of Velayat-e-Faghih by spreading false and baseless rumors about his release from prison.Based on this report, the religious dictatorship of the regime in Iran could not silence his voice  questioning the foundation of the clerical rule despite using different violent methods such as physical and psychological torture in prison.  They resort to other deceitful and cruel methods like spreading lies, propaganda about Mr. Boroujerdi on TV, radio, newspapers and the media  with ties to the government against this prisoner who is in favor of the separation of state and religion.

Letter to the Promised savior and agreed reformer

Hail, hail to you, the heavenly gift and divine survivor

Now on the morning of 15^th of Shaban [anArabic month], in 7^th year of my imprisonment in the evil clutches of the turbin-wearing, I write to you about all my life pains. I’m struggling with death due to malnutrition and lack of medical treatment, I cry on the floor of my cell calling you.

Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi's Refusal to Attend the Interrogation of the Special Court Intelligence Services

According to the report by "Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran”, on Sunday, June 24, 2012, some agents representing the intelligence service of the Special Court went to Evin Prison to summon Mr. Kazemeni Borojerdi to present himself in their center located on Zaferaniye street in Tehran to continue another illegal interrogation process. But Mr. Boroujerdi resisted this order, and had refused to comply; once again he was met with verbal abuse and suffered from being again physically beaten.

Kazemeini Boroujerdi's letter to Putin

 Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand

Excellency Mr Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation,

Please accept my most sincere greetings. I apologize in advance for not being able to personally deliver this letter of woe and hardship; thus I dispatch it to you in the form of a public petition, from within my prison cell in Tehran’s Evin prison. I write this open letter to be documented and embedded in the pages of contemporary history; maybe it’s reflections will ripple to the Kremlin and meanwhile, touch each reader’s humanity on it’s way to you. I leave it to your conscience to judge our regretful situation.

Mr.Kazemeini Boroujerdi continues to be refused all medical care

Evin Prison authorities have refused all medicine and medical care for Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi. The report suggests that he continues to deteriorate, suffering currently from shortness of breath, heart disease, kidney stones, and pains in the legs and lower back, and is in need of immediate medication and physician treatment. Yet the authorities continue to refuse him all medicines and medical care, and instead continuously pressure this prisoner of conscience to compromise his principles and accept the terms of surrender dictated by the regime. These pressures are the latest attempt by this tyrannical regime to silence Mr. Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi, this tireless fighter for reform and justice, from continuing his Campaign from inside the prison.

Intensifying pressures and threats against the family of Dr. Roya Araghi

 Threats against Araghi’s family, is putting deputy of Mr.Boroujerdi under intense pressure to appear in “the special court for clergy”.

 According to “Human Rights and democracy activist in Iran”, threats on her family continue following the consecutive summons to call her to the special court of clergy for the 3^rd time.

Extensive grounds to suspect the imminent arrest of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s supporters

Based on the Report submitted to Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran-Abadan, security and intelligence forces have collaborated with a number of government-supported rogue groups who have put the supporters of Mr. Boroujerdi’s, as well as their homes and work places, under continuous intimidation and threats of harm. This escalating harassment, committed by these rogue groups affiliated with the government, is just the latest round of persecution by the regime against Mr. Boroujerdi and his supporters. The harassment includes distributing their phone numbers, hacking their phones, and publicly portraying them as traitors to the regime and Iran‘s Islamic Republic. Many supporters in Iran’s southern cities have been systematically suppressed, including being expelled from administrative positions and jobs because of their political activities.

As Mr. Boroujerdi’s health declines, he is transferred to a hospital outside of prison

According to received reports, Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi, prisoner of conscience, who has been suffering from severe kidney problems, was transferred to a hospital outside Evin prison on Saturday, May 26th, 2012.

It is important to mention that Mr. Boroujerdi who while passing Kidney stones suffered from internal injuries in the process and began to hemorrhage externally. This emergency situation forced the prison authorities to transfer him to a hospital outside Evin prison, however claiming that the hospital itself was not sufficiently equipped, Mr. Boroujerdi was returned to Evin without treatment!

supporters of Mr. Boroujerdi were summoned to the Special Court for Clergy

According to the report of “Human Rights and Democracy in Iran”, ten supporters of  Kazemaini Boroujerdi’ who had been summoned to Special Clerical Court, were summoned to court again via telephone on April 9 and 11.

According to the summons, Roya Araghi, Mariam Azimi, Tayebeh Hosseini, Narges. Ghaffarzadeh, Zahra Abdullah Vand, Zohreh Sharif, Maryam Ghasemi and two men named Mohammed Reza Sadeghi and Mohamad Mehmannavaz were summoned for a second time during within one month, and required to appear on April 30, 2012 at the Special Clerical Court in Tehran on  Zafaraanieh street.

The Special Court for Clergy summons 8 female supporters of Mr. Boroujerdi

Eight supporters of Mr. Boroujerdi were summoned via phone to the Special Court for Clergy. According to the report of "Human Rights and Democracy in Iran", in addition of the above telephonic summons, Special Court for Clergy has contacted their sponsors and threatened them with forfeiture of their financial bonds and collaterals and enforce the payments of guarantees made by the sponsor as the original condition of their release in the event that the eight summoned individuals fail to appear in court of the specified dates. 

The unacceptable, conditional promise by the Special Court for Clergy to Kazemaini Boroujerdi

According to the report from "Human Rights and Democracy in Iran" on Wednesday, Persian date Farvardin 23, Access Boroujerdi's appearance at the Special Court for Clergy once again included a demand by authorities that we renounce our beliefs. Authorities did admit in Court that the Regime has made mistakes, but insisted that we must end our Campaign.