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Zahedanis Disrupt Executions and Fight Back!
Clashes in Zahedan
Aug 6th
Peykeiran
Yesterday, Zahdan was very tense, the regime had announced on radio and TV that they would be executing 5 young Baluchis, on Thursday, at 5pm at the intersection of Amirolmomenin and Imam Khomeini streets. But the awakened Baluchis who have taken every opportunity to fight the regime, could not remain calm anymore after the first youth, a 25 year old, was publicly hung, and they exploded and started to attack the reimge by throwing stones, turning Zahedan into a street scene of Palestinians fighting the Israeli occupiers.
As the anti riot police stepped in, the city became quite chaotic. As I write this, 2 hours have passed since the hanging of the first youth, and the regime who was scheduled to hang 4 more, has settled for just one hanging, because of the severity of the situation. Clashs between the youth and the regime's forces continue from Imam Khomeini street to Sa'adi street and also Shariati, Beheshti, Kamarbandi, and Mir Hosseyni streets as well. It is quite possible that tonight Zahedan will have a tense time, because the youth who are completely fedup with these executions and recent harrassments have sworn vengence, and promised to steal away sleep from the butchors. During these clashes approximately 20 young and teenage Baluchis have been arrested, and several of the regime's forces have been injured from the stone throwing by the youth.
http://web.peykeiran.com/net_iran/irnewsbody.aspx?ID=17540
President Khatami: Iran can by no means tolerate attack on Najaf
Tehran, Aug 7, IRNA -- President Mohammad Khatami said on Saturday that under no circumstances Iran can tolerate any attack on holy cities such as Najaf.
Speaking to reporters at Mehrabad International Airport upon his arrival from Azerbaijan, he referred to US military attack on the holy city of Najaf in Iraq and said "I do not think that the occupiers will be able to solve their problems through aggressive means and this will only widen the gap between them and Iraqi nation."
All freedom-seeking Muslims respect Imam Ali (AS), he said adding that the assault is considered as violation of the faith and beliefs of Shi'ite Muslims around the globe.
He expressed the hope that security and stability would be restored to the war-shattered Iraq as soon as possible.
Pointing to his recent visit to Republic of Azerbaijan, he said signing of ten MoU's on political, economic, security, cultural and commercial affairs were among the achievements of the visit.
The Number and diversity of signed documents indicated the success of his visit, he said.
The two sides have created a peaceful atmosphere to help broaden mutual cooperation, he said.
Expansion of ties between Tehran and Baku would be to the benefit of both countries as well as all other countries of the region, he said.
Khatami described his negotiations with his Azeri counterpart as very fruitful.
Khatami, who headed a high-ranking economic and political delegation, met with senior Azeri officials and discussed ways to bolster cultural, economic and political ties.
The president delivered speeches at Azerbaijan's Academy of Science and Parliament and hold a meeting with the country's ulema and Muslim intellectuals.
Iran and Azerbaijan signed 10 documents for cooperation in various security, economic, transportation and cultural fields.
Khatami arrived in the historical city of Ganjeh on the last leg of his official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan. While in Ganjeh, he visited the mausoleum of the 12th-century prominent Iranian poet Nezami Ganjavi as well as the Shah Abbas Mosque.
President Khatami and his entourage arrived in the Azeri capital of Baku on Thursday for a three-day visit at the official invitation of his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.
The Azerbaijan Republic is one of the five littoral states of the oil-rich Caspian Sea. To the south, it is bounded by Iran, to the west by Armenia, to the northwest by Georgia, and to the north by the Russian Republic of Daghestan.
http://www.payvand.com/news/04/aug/1058.html
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