Congratulation of Rosh Hashana (Hebrew New Year)

Shanah Tovah

We congratulate all the Jews of the world, especially Iranian Jews, for the Hebrew New Year, and ask God to establish Peace and welfare for the Palestinian and Israeli Nations and all the people of the world, and ask him to put an end to religious dictatorship in Iran and present freedom for oppressed prisoners.

A message from Ayatollah Kazemeini-Boroujerdi to the 66th annual UN general assembly

Honorable U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, respected and esteemed representatives of the countries around the world, ladies and gentlemen of the free world,

The Story of Ayatollah Hossein Boroujerdi

Levantinetimes: Given that it has been a mullahcracy for the last 32 years, the concepts of separation of mosque and state let alone religious tolerance, are the last things that come to mind when one thinks about Iran. It has proven to be a place where even those within the political establishment who dare to dissent are suppressed or jailed.  Many do who in fact speak out against the government, still do not speak of Iran getting rid of its theopolitical structure altogether. Yet there is one such dissenter who has and continues to speak out from behind prison walls, and ironically enough, he is a Twelver Shiite cleric, who comes from the same school of Islam as President Ahmadinejad and his spiritual advisor Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, who has issued a fatwa calling for the murder of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi following the 2009 Iranian presidential elections.

Ayatollah Boroujerdi banned from prison visits

Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) - According to reports, Ayatollah Seyed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, who is currently held in Evin prison, has been banned from prison visits by the Special Clerical Court.

On Saturday morning, when Kazemeyni Boroujerdi’s family members visited him in prison, prison officials did not allow the visit to occur. The family members protested against the illegal ban but they were ignored by the prison officials, and no explanation was offered.

An Appeal to International Human Rights Lawyers By Mr.Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi

Evin Prison, Iran, August 2011
To the Esteemed Members of the Community of International Human Rights Lawyers,
Please accept the sincere greetings of this humble secular minded prisoner of conscience.
As you are aware, prisoners of conscience in Iran are continuously arrested and prosecuted for standing up for peace, freedom and democracy and against flagrant abuses of human rights in Iran. Consequently they are forced to appear before official courts, which spurn and reject international legal standards of behavior.

Iran: Appeal for action re: Iranian prisoners in need of medical care: Health professional action

Index Number: MDE 13/072/2011
Date Published: 2 August 2011
Categories: Iran
Index: MDE 13/072/2011 Iran Date: 2 August 2011 TO: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FROM: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR ACTION RE: IRANIAN PRISONERS IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE At least nine Iranian prisoners with serious health problems are being held in prison in Iran. Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to ensure adequate healthcare is provided to Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand (m), Isa Saharkhiz (m), Ayatollah Boroujerdi (m), Zahra Jabbari (f), Kourosh Kohkan (m), Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki (m), Ahmad Zeidabadi (m), Sa’id Metinpour (m) and Heshmatollah Tabarzadi (m). Those prisoners held solely on account of their peaceful exercise of their rights to the freedom of expression, association, assembly or belief should be immediately and unconditionally released.

Increasing concern about physical condition of Mr.Boroujerdi

Human rights and democracy activists in Iran: According to the received news, Mr.Boroujerdi, who is a libertarian and Anti Velayat Faqih prisoner, is in unpleasant and horrible condition due to poor condition of prison and also intensification of physical and psychological pressure.

Religion is a private choice for each individual, something of the heart and not of the gun

The Christian science monitor :

Iraq's elected leaders are moving toward clerical rule while in Iran a leading Shiite cleric, who advocates secular rule, suffers in prison.

Continuing pressure over supporters of Ayatollah Boroujerdi

HARANA News Agency: In continuing pressure over religious leaders, Ayatollah Bourojerdi`s supporters have been repeatedly threatened by security agents and Intelligence forces, during recent months. According to the HARANA reports, "News organization of Human Rights Activists in Iran", among the six of Ayatollah Bourojerdi's supporters who were arrested last year, Mr. Mohammad Reza Sadeghi is remained in custody while five others like Dr. Roya Araghi, Maryam Azimi, Narges Ghaffarzadeh, Tayebeh Hosseini, and Forogh Hematyar Were released on heavy bails and still wait for trial.

One of Mr.Boroujerdi's followers became a martyr in Tehran

One of Mr. Boroujerdi's supporters (called J. Javadi) was martyred in 5 April 2011 (1390/1/15), after many years suffering and pain. This thirty-five year young man sustained severe head injury during the brutal attack of Velayat-e Faqih mercenaries to Mr. Boroujerdi's house in October 2006. Despite this critical condition, he was tortured about 15 days in section 209 of Evin prison. After that, his condition got worst and was released.

Boroujerdi's Letter to the UN Human Rights Council

In the appeal which was read at the headquarters of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on the 10th March 2011, by the Iranian journalist Nazenin Ansari.

Ladies and Gentlemen, according to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which Iran remains a signatory, everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

The brutal attack against Mr. Boroujerdi with infected razorblades has resulted in severe physical injuries

According to reports received recently from the infamous Evin prison on the 27th of February 2011, a group of prison officers have stormed the detention centre of Mr. Boroujerdi in order to inflict abuse upon him. Mr. Boroujerdi was attacked and severely beaten and after the repeated beatings and insults to the imprisoned dissident, his arms and legs were tied and his body was cut with infected razorblades. Moreover the officers violently shaved his beard with the same infected razors and caused deep wounds and cuts to his face.