Another Ramadan under the boot of the regime of cruelty and violence

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand

The Middle of Ramadan is a reminder of the event where agents of the regime that feigns piety, stormed Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi’s residence, attacking him and his supporters. The regime of the Supreme Leader which is based on nothing more than deception and lies, ordered the brutal attack on those faithful and devout, who were present and fasting. Their only crime was opposing and protesting religious fundamentalism, and the implication of religion into politics. To that end, this Ramadan, Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi has issued a statement from inside Evin prison, which is published below.

Threats against Kazemeini-Boroujerdi increasing

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand

The Iranian regime agents continue to escalate pressure on dissident cleric Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi. Boroujerdi, who has spent the last seven years in prison, has now begun receiving daily blatant threats against his life and has been told that he will be silenced by any means necessary. 

Based on received reports, on Tuesday, July 15th, Jafar Ghadiani, the notorious prosecutor in the special clerical tribunal, personally paid Mr. Boroujerdi a visit and ordered him to keep quiet and make peace with the regime authority. Mr. Boroujerdi categorically rejected the demand; Ghadiani is reported to have replied: “We can kill you anytime we want and no one will be the wiser.”

An Open Letter to the New President of the Islamic Regime

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Excellency, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, 

Greetings. I offer you my congratulations in your new position as president of the government. I commend this letter of grievance to contemporary history of our land, Iran, so that it is placed in the record of political Islam.

 Though I am a religious leader, my seven years of incarceration betrays the real identity of this regime that lays its claim to canonical law. I have been charged with opposing the merging of religion in politics. I surrendered my prime, my health and wellbeing, and have been witness to the total ruination of my family. As I pen this painful petition, I draw ever closer to death. 

I do not regret any of my actions and I am prepared to die

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand

Based on received reports, on Monday, July 8th, the special guards assigned to the dissident clerics ward of Evin prison took Mr. Hossein Kazemeini-Boroujerdi for a new round of interrogations, which lead to many hours of physical and psychological torture. The interrogation began in the afternoon on Monday and continued through till Tuesday morning where Mr. Boroujerdi was repeatedly threatened and as a result of his refusal to concede to the demands of the regime’s pressures by signing a letter of ‘repentance’, he was informed that “the pressures and tortures will increase, until he has been destroyed.” 

The Boroujerdi Family Calls upon International Human Rights Organizations for Assistance

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand

The Boroujerdi family has called upon all international human rights organizations to urgently intervene in the

case of this and all other political prisoners. This letter has been addressed to these organizations and has been sent to various media outlets, as well as Iranian human rights and political activists. 

The text reads as follows:

On Saturday, June 29th, 2013, members of the Kazemeini-Boroujerdi  family appeared at Evin prison to visit Mr. Boroujerdi, only to witness the exceedingly critical  nature of his physical condition. Serving the seventh year of his eleven year prison sentence, he suffers from numerous ailments that result from continual medieval tortures that he has endured. He has developed acute heart disease which has lead to the inflammation of his feet and knees. Now, in connection to the coronary complications, he has also developed pulmonary and respiratory disorder which requires immediate treatment and medical attention in a hospital which is fully equipped to attend to these specific infirmities.

Mr Kazemeini Boroujerdi in Serious Condition in Prison Hospital

Following the recent transfer of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi to solitary confinement in Evin Prison, the medieval prison of the mullahs' regime, where he has been under the most brutal forms of torture and inhumane conditions, his physical condition has greatly deteriorated.  Consequently, the regime was forced to transfer him to the prison clinic, where the medical staff has been unable to treat his condition effectively.

Re- You’re a Fake!

A paper with the title of “Iran’s multiplicity of messiahs, You’re a Fake” issued On 27 April 2013, in Economist journal explaining the “Mahdaviat”, returning of Mahdi, the 12th Imam according to Shia Muslims’ beliefs and also describing about fake people who have claimed to be Mahdi. Inside the paper, the unknown author accused Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi claiming being Mahdi while he just has advocated separation of religion from state and opposed to “Velayat-e-Faqih” clearly.
The representative of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi sent a letter in response to this journal to clarify the reality, but unfortunately the Journal hasn’t replied and never published the letter to disproof the false information.
Attention Editors:

 I am Maryam Moazen-zadeh, Iranian human rights activist and blogger. I also am the representative of Mr. Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi, whom you have mentioned in your recent article entitled “Iran’s multiplicity of messiahs, You’re a Fake”.

 Having searched through the site, I was unable to find the name of the person responsible for writing erroneous information which unchecked has been published in your well known journal. Based on Media laws and freedom of expression and speech, I request you to publish this paper in response, in the very same column in your journal.

Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi,transferred to solitary confinement

According to a recent report from Tehran to the Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran, secular cleric, Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, opposition liberal leader and prisoner of conscience, was transferred to solitary confinement on May 18, 2013.

Mr. Boroujerdi, opposed to Velayat-faqih, recently released a message urging a boycott of the presidential elections.  The message was widely disseminated throughout various media outlets and other interested groups.

Security forces in Evin prison entered the special ward for clergy and forced Mr Boroujerdi to gather his personal belongings in preparation for transfer to solitary confinement at the prison. There is no additional information regarding his condition at this time. The cleric has had no contact  with anyone outside of the prison since 4:00 pm (Tehran time) May 18, and  his family is completely unaware of his fate.

Imprisoned Ayatollah Resists Tyranny

Rachel Silverman

Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi symbolizes clerical resistance against the Shi’ite Islamist regime in Iran. Boroujerdi threatens the regime by presenting a coherent ideological argument against the Islamist regime from the perspective of a well-respected and high-ranking Shi’ite cleric. He supports separation of religion and state and rejects the regime’s anti-Semitic worldview. In discussing  women’s rights, he said,” if religion and the state be separated , these problems will be solved through a great vision.”

A statement from Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi on the occasion of the Assembly of the conference of Islamic awakening

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand

I dedicate this to all those freedom-loving, peaceful, righteous and pious patriots,

 Once again, the treacherous oppressors of the ruling elite have organized another assembly of smoke and mirrors, laying out a trap in the guise of religious authority and Islamic awakening, to plunder, loot and pillage what is left of the belongings of the innocent people of Iran and lay it all to waste to the alter of their capriciousness and deceit in building their trenches for self-protection against global concerns.

To the brave and righteous people of Iran

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Every passing day, the living conditions inside our country become invariably unbearable and grueling; even breathing under a dictatorship and in an atmosphere of suffocation becomes ever more problematic. We are facing a most distressing time in our nation’s history and these catastrophes are forcing the discussion on the nature and purpose of religion.

The bloody boots of the despotic Mullahs in power has destroyed our national interests and its brutal arms reach over our people is the whip clad arm of a slave driving master who in the name of religion created a crisis of faith and material within our exasperated and overwhelmed society.

Destruction attempt of the tomb of Ayatollah Seyed Taher Kazemeini Boroujerdi; Grandfather of Mr. Boroujerdi

Translated from Persian to English by Shadi Paveh, Canada

 On Friday, agents of the Islamic Republic carried out a vicious attempt to destroy Ayatollah Seyed Taher Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s mausoleum at Janabad Cemetery located at the city of Boroujerd. The agents intended to set the tomb on fire after breaking all its windows; but were prevented by doing so by a number of onlookers. The deceased Ayatollah Seyed - Taher Kazemeini Boroujerdi was the grandfather of the now famous political prisoner; Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi who has spent the past 7 years in the prison of the Supreme Leader (reserved for opposing clergy). Seyed Taher was a famous clergy long before the revolution, and staunchly opposed the formation of an Islamic government after the revolution. He died exactly two months after Khomeini’s rise to power.