Planet Iran has photos and more on the beating. Ali Karroubi was also threatened with rape.

Ali Karroubi – 37 year old son of Mahdi Karoubi shows the signs of torture by the regime’s agents. (Plantet Iran)

To celebrate the anniversary of the regime this year the basij forces captured the son of the opposition leader and beat him in a mosque for 5 hours.
The Telegraph reported, via Free Republic:

The bearded men in plainclothes who grabbed Ali from a crowd of anti-regime protesters and hauled him to a nearby mosque had no idea who they had arrested.

It wasn’t until the regime thugs had finished beating him and the 50 or so other young men they had rounded up that they checked his identity papers.

Then, when they realised that Ali Karroubi, 36, was the son of Mehdi Karroubi, a leader of Iran’s opposition Green Movement, they started beating him again – this time with sticks and batons.

“When they recognised who my brother was, the militia tried to punish him so badly,” said Mohammed Taghi Karroubi, the reformist politician’s eldest son.

“His wrist was fractured, he received so many lashes on his back and legs and his internal bleeding was so bad he was vomiting up blood. He was tortured by the basij and the police for five or six hours before they released him.”

 

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  1. #3 February 15, 2010 at 8:02 am

    Redwine commented:

    Why was Karroubi’s face whited out and reposted here?

  2. #4 February 15, 2010 at 8:08 am

    Mahdi Al-Dajjal commented:

    Actually, he just wasn’t threatened with rape. It’s common practice for the practitioners of islam to exert their dominance over disbelievers, prisoners, captives, and heretics by raping them.

    And, as we’ve heard from their so-called religious leaders, the islamic practice of domination through rape is viewed quite pleasingly by the demonic entity they worship, affectionately called ‘allah’, providing that the rapist faithfully performs the ritual islamic ‘washing’ beforehand.

  3. #5 February 15, 2010 at 8:24 am

    Opus #6 commented:

    Beat him in a mosque. Well, that fits. :-(

  4. #6 February 15, 2010 at 8:29 am

    Kenny Solomon commented:

    Respect it !

    The current President Of The United States commands we do so:

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/06/Crossroads-in-Turkey

    “We seek broader engagement based upon mutual interest and mutual respect. We will listen carefully, we will bridge misunderstanding, and we will seek common ground. We will be respectful even when we do not agree.”

    This administration is gonna respect us straight into global open warfare on individuals and massive civil unrest here at home.

    Kenny Solomon
    Senior Expediter
    The 72 Virgins Club Travel Agency
    Offices throughout America in all 57 states.

  5. #7 February 15, 2010 at 8:31 am

    DMartyr commented:

    At least they released him.

    How many protesters have been arrested only to “commit suicide” (by beating themselves to death, no less) while being detained?

  6. #8 February 15, 2010 at 8:37 am

    Militant Conservative commented:

    Kenny Solomon
    February 15th, 2010 | 8:29 am | #6

    Ditto again, be telling folks to be prepared for civil unrest. food fuel and guns and ammo. If you don’t need it no harm done. IF you need and don’t have, your a liability to your family and yourself.

    Should have water boarded the young man, I hear THAT is truely barbaric. LOL

  7. #9 February 15, 2010 at 9:04 am

    jerryl commented:

    has anyone notice that the nut job in iran dont wear ties and that lately obama hasnt been either if you check it out you will see that islam dont wear ties makes ya think dont it

  8. #10 February 15, 2010 at 9:14 am

    Militant Conservative commented:

    Jerryl,

    the ZERO is systematically tearing down ANY custom,tradition or ritual he can. This is to disrespect the office of the presidency and the American traditions that made this country what it used to be.
    this is not a mistake, just like the economy it is on purpose.

  9. #11 February 15, 2010 at 9:37 am

    USMC Thomas commented:

    In Iran homosexuality is punishable by torture or death, yet it’s common practice for the government jailers to rape male prisoners. Is there an intelligent explanation of the difference.

  10. #12 February 15, 2010 at 10:05 am

    Militant Conservative commented:

    as long as your the pitcher your good to go.
    Your gay if your the catcher. thats about as clear as mud.

  11. #14 February 15, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    On 11 February 2010 (22 Bahman) there were large protests in several cities across Iran despite the Islamic regime of Iran’s brutal crackdown.

    In weeks prior to the day, the regime arrested and threatened political activists, women’s rights campaigners and students. Former political prisoners were summoned and threatened with prosecution for the ‘crime’ of ‘enmity against God’ if they were caught participating in the protests. On 11 February, too, the regime’s forces came out en masse and brutally attacked protestors and arrested around 1,000 people in Tehran alone.

    Despite its repression, video footage shows protestors pulling down posters of Khamenei and trampling on them and clashing with the regime’s security forces. Slogans of ‘Down with Khamenei’ were even heard during Ahmadinejad’s speech and had to be censored when being broadcast on state television. Protestors even managed to entirely take control of some neighbourhoods for a while and there were reports of women unveiling and trampling on their veils. Groups of protestors also tried to march on to Evin prison to demand the release of political prisoners but were brutally pushed back. There were a number of reports of shots being fired in the crowds and video footage of at least one protestor killed. Security forces also shot paint pellets in the crowd for identification purposes.

    There were also huge protests in cities across the world in solidarity with the people of Iran and against the Islamic regime. Some protests were met with arrests and police brutality. In London, Iran Solidarity UK activist Bahar Milani was arrested along with a number of others though she and the others were subsequently released without charge.

    Iran Solidarity’s actions were broadcast via various media outlets, including in interviews with Patty Debonitas on CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/11/iran.revolution.anniversary/index.html?hpt=T2 and Maryam Namazie on ITN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUaZoxHRcXA.

    Once again, protests showed the resolve of the Iranian people for freedom despite the all-out repression of a regime fighting for its very survival.

    Iran Solidarity calls on people everywhere to continue their unequivocal support of the revolutionary movement in Iran to rid Iran and the world of a medieval theocracy. We also call for the isolation of the regime and the shutting down of its embassies.

    to be continued..

    ==

  12. #15 February 15, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    Notes:

    1. To see some key video footage of February 11 protests in Iran, see below:

    * Footage of ‘Government Supporters’:

    Below you can see a video of crowds bussed in to hear Ahmadinejad’s speech. Whilst some were obviously the regime’s rent-a-mob and mercenaries, many were also forced to attend for a variety of reasons, including keeping their government jobs. This video shows at least a section of the crowd more interested in sleeping, sightseeing, playing football and chatting then listening to Ahmadinejad’s speech. Also close to the end of the video, there is a flag on the ground with the ‘Allah’ in the centre torn out…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxHwpESlpqA&feature=player_embedded

    * Security forces out on the streets en masse:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4q5YwNBHng&feature=player_embedded

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gthsruf11Jc

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRzNDLfB7Sg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb0NHWew6B4

    to be continued..

    ==

  13. #16 February 15, 2010 at 6:31 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    * Footage of attacks on protestors:

    Here is footage of a protestor who has been shot in the face:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObZ7gkp_2So

    Here is footage of police brutally beating a protestor:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hq_K7oSu_Q

    Here is footage of a protestor with a bloody head:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8elM3sVpJ_s

    Here is footage of teargas being used on protestors:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gCHlEsFxU

    to be continued..

    ==

  15. #18 February 15, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    * The slogans often heard included:

    Political prisoners must be released
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_taQRD5JgZI

    Death to dictator
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsQi-u0c89A

    Guns, tanks and baseeji are no longer effective
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su2NKM-Se4Q

    We didn’t give lives for reconciliation
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkAXp3WqCic&feature=player_embedded

    to be continued..

  16. #19 February 15, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    2. Video footage of protests in London:

    * Maryam Namazie speech at London rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7hnQgjh0nU&feature=autofb

    * Shiva Mahbobi, Sohaila Sharifi, Bahram Soroush and Maryam Namazie block traffic at London rally; Shiva is arrested and later released:
    http://www.4shared.com/file/220783779/b424639a/22Bahman-London.html

    * Bahar Milani is arrested for trying to throw red paint on the embassy:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftrT7_jRw1Y

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX-dyVPJCWI&feature=player_embedded

    * To see photos of protests in various cities, visit Iran Solidarity blog.

    3. Support Iran Solidarity and its demands by signing up to our petition: http://iransolidarity.org.uk/iscommit/iscom186.php?nr=97158834&lang=en.

    4. Sign up to the Manifesto of Liberation of Women in Iran: http://equal-rights-now.com/IntWD/IntWD649.php?nr=63719093&lang=en

    5. Join our daily acts of solidarity with the people of Iran. Since Monday July 27, we have organised acts of solidarity EVERY SINGLE DAY. It is easy to join in – just videotape or photograph yourself doing something and send it to us to upload to our blog. You can see other acts here: http://iransolidarity.blogspot.com/.

    6. Join rallies and events in various cities against the executions and the Islamic regime of Iran, including every Saturday. You can find out about such protests on our blog.

    7. Set up Iran Solidarity groups in your neighbourhoods, workplaces, universities and cities. So far we have groups in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the UK. Like the solidarity committees during the anti-apartheid era, these committees can be instrumental but we need many more in every city in the world for that to happen.

    8. For more information or to send in your daily acts of solidarity, contact:
    Maryam Namazie
    Iran Solidarity
    BM Box 2387
    London WC1N 3XX, UK
    Tel: +44 (0) 7719166731
    iransolidaritynow@gmail.com
    http://www.iransolidarity.org.uk

    ==

  17. #20 February 16, 2010 at 11:07 am

    bg commented:

    ++

    via WSJ by Amir Tahiri

    Iran’s Emerging Military Dictatorship

    The Revolutionary Guard now has more power
    than the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader.

    [The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) controlled Tehran with the help of tens of thousands of club-wielding street fighters shipped in from all over the country. Opposition marchers, confined to the northern part of the city, were locked into hit-and-run battles with the regime's professional goons. An opposition attempt at storming the Evin Prison, where more than 3,000 dissidents are being tortured, did not materialize. The would-be liberators failed to break a ring of steel the IRGC threw around the sprawling compound.

    With the Internet shut down and foreign radio broadcasts jammed, the regime imposed its own version of events. State television showed large crowds chanting "Death to America" while marching in front of giant portraits of the Supreme Leader.

    And yet, despite all of this, Mr. Khamenei's message thanking the pro-regime marchers after the "glorious events of the day" had a surprisingly subdued tone. He has reason to feel unhappy.

    For the first time the regime had to transform Tehran into a sealed citadel with checkpoints at all points of entry. The IRGC was in total control. Code-named "Simorgh," after a bird in Persian mythology, its operation created an atmosphere of war in the divided city. Warned that his life may be in danger, Mr. Khamenei was forced to watch the events on TV rather than take his usual personal tour.

    [..]

    For three decades major democracies, including the U.S., have attempted to persuade the regime to change aspects of its behavior. The subtext was that the West would turn a blind eye to the regime’s repression inside Iran as long as it behaved more responsibly abroad.

    This has not worked. Perhaps it is time to reconsider regime change as a possibility. Even so-called realists must concede that the Khomeinist establishment, under the emerging leadership of the IRGC, is not the only actor on the Iranian scene. There is another actor: the popular movement for change. To ignore the democrats and fail to support them in clear and strong terms would be a sign of poor political judgment—even under the most cynical version of realpolitik.]

    go here, click on Amir Taheri: Iran’s Emerging Military
    Dictatorship – WSJ.com     to view entire article..

    ==

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