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

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand
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.

I will consider February to be the month to mourn the loss of Iran

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand

A message from Kazemeini-Boroujerdi on the thirty forth anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran

Greeting to all the meek, innocents and destitute of Iran and greeting to all the faithful, loyal and humane.

Once again, another February is here, reminding us of the plight of the brutalized people of Iran; thirty four years ago, the trust, future, faith and status of our people was handed over to a group of deceivers, who since then, have toyed with our nation’s destiny. They have betrayed and tricked with their religious claims and worse they have misrepresented the word of God in order to guarantee their international standing.

Plea from a prisoner of conscience to all human rights advocates

Translated by: Shadi Paveh

 Kazemani Broujerdi, an Iranian cleric who advocates the separation of religion and government and has been imprisoned under medieval conditions, wrote a letter describing some of his inhumane treatment and his poor conditions. This letter has been sent to “Human rights activists and Democracy for Iran” and has been published by media through human rights organizations. The text of the letter is as follows

Deteriorating of Mr. Boroujerdi Physical Condition and denial of medical care

 

According to a recent report from Tehran to  the Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran the status of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, the prisoner of conscience who advocates the separation of religion from state and the establishment of peace and justice, has deteriorated. Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi has been refused all medicine and medical care by the Special Cleric's Court in Tehran that his family requested.

According to this report in recent days the physical and mental health condition of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, the prisoner of conscience and opposed to religious supreme leadership, has been worsening because of the unsuitable conditions of the prison and  the intensifying psychological pressures.

Intensifying pressures and threats against the supporters of the imprisoned pro-democratic cleric, Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, After the funeral ceremony

Countless numbers of supporters of the imprisoned pro-democratic cleric, Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, attended the funeral ceremony of his late brother, Seyed Hassan Kazemeini Boroujerdi. After the ceremony, eight of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s followers were summoned to the Special Court for Clergy for taking part in the ceremony.

According to the report of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran, although the eight supporters of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi had been previously summoned for a third time to the Special Cleric's Court in Tehran, they were summoned to the Court for the fourth time via telephone on Monday, January 7, 2013.

Abduction of the corpse of Kazemeini Boroujerdi's brother, imprisoned religious leader

According to recent reports from Tehran to 'Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran‘, on 30 December 2012, Mr. Seyed Hassan Kazemeini Boroujerdi, 59 years old, apparently died of a heart attack just one day after visiting his brother, Mr. Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi, who has been jailed since 2006 in Evin Prison.

A Letter from Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi to Pope Benedict 16th at Christmas Time

Your Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI,

Greetings to you, dear representative of Jesus Christ on Earth, the light of God, the harbinger of peace and justice.Greetings to all Christians during this blessed time of year.

The Status of Mr. Kazemi Boroujerdi’s family in Iran

Mr. Kazemeini Boroujedi has suffered enormous losses because of his campaign against the Velayat-e-Faghih and for the separation of the state from religion. This has included the government’s murder of his mother, it’s persecution and mass arrests of his supporters, it’s numerous home and property confiscations, and it’s permanent surveillance, restrictions and pressures on his children and other family members.

Iran's Iron Guard religious dictators have stifled every scream

Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s letter addressed to the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly has been released by the "Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran"

 

To Maina Kiai, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association,

Greetings to you. What is happening today in Iran is absolute repression and censorship of the media and press, with no free and independent news sources available to the oppressed Iranian people.