ANONYMOUS - OPERATION IRAN - Short Press Release
Channel: mmxanonymous
Date: 2011-02-10

Anonymous: Operation Iran - عملیات ایران
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFMmyNP4xks

I mirrored this video from the youtube user Anonymousworldwar3
http://www.youtube.com/user/Anonymousworldwar3

Join us on the IRC - irc.anonops.ru #opIran

References to human rights violations  
Iran's internet filtering system:
The nation of Iran continues to attempt to control free speech by use of its internet filtering system. 
 
 
Site blocking:
Iran Blocking Access to 5 Million Websites 
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Blocks_Access_to_5_Million_Websites/1351604.html
http://opennet.net/research/profiles/iran
Examples: Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Youtube.com, Myspace.com, Vimeo.com and millions more, One can say only the names mentioned here are responsible for half of the world's internet usage.

Surveillance:
Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology: 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124562668777335653.html
Arrested  journalists and bloggers: 
[Dec 12, 2009] Iran often imprisons for political purposes, such as Rashidi a leftist student who raised a placard that said: "Fascist President, Polytechnic is not your place." after a visit to the university by Ahmadinejad - http://goo.gl/wcPFj
[Dec 29, 2010] Two journalists of the Sunday edition of Germany s biggest tabloid daily, imprisoned since October 2010 - http://goo.gl/gl0kY
[June 21, 2009] West 'seeks Iran disintegration' - http://goo.gl/Ygur5

Deaths by Ahmedinjad regime:
During Protests:
[January 1, 1983 - June 20, 2009 (RIP)] Neda Agha-Soltan - http://goo.gl/wcPFj
Neda Agha-Soltan Graduate Scholarship - http://goo.gl/aag9Q
[June 22, 2009] [NYT] In a Death Seen Around the World, a Symbol of Iranian Protests - http://goo.gl/Tjoz4
[June 22, 2009] [CNN] 'Neda' becomes rallying cry for Iranian protests - http://goo.gl/LUpCs
[Dec 8, 2009] [Times] #2 Hero -http://goo.gl/g5X8n
[June 22, 2009] [NYDailyNews] Neda, young girl brutally killed in Iran, becoming symbol of rebellion - http://goo.gl/SZzvC

In Detention:
Iranian secret police tortured woman to death, says doctor- http://tinyurl.com/4cx9j66
[~1980 - March 18,2009 (RIP)] Omidreza Mirsayafi - http://goo.gl/NXESI
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/03/19/omid-reza-mir-sayafi-iranian-blogger-dies-in-prison/
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/deaths-custody-iran-highlight-prison-authorities039-disregard-life-20090320
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/05/releaseosanloo/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/20/mir-sayafi-iranian-blogge_n_177553.html
 http://web.archive.org/web/20070804034201/http://rooznegaar.blogfa.com/
http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2009/03/22/day-of-solidarity-with-persecuted-bloggers/
http://www.march18.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jillian-york/in-memory-of-omidreza-mir_b_177609.html
Kahrizak prison vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_IHeYjiFlY
Zahra Bahrami
The Dutch woman who was executed last month for alleged drug smuggling. Her body was taken away and dumped, when it should have been sent back to her parents in Netherlands for proper burial. The Dutch Ambassador to Iran has been pulled out in protest. Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/07/dutch-recall-iran-ambassador-execution?INTCMP=SRCH
"Her execution last month prompted the Dutch government to freeze all  diplomatic contact with what it labelled a "barbarous regime" in Iran." http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwAoAbcldyZEYvidVX3suOoRhyTw?docId=CNG.c0c63e4646495230d8449227753b8d56.8b1
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/02/mps_want_to_take_iran_to_inter.php Dutch MPs want to take Iran to Hague (international court)
Increased speed of execution:
http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/iran-executing-innocent-prisoners-on-phony-charges-say-officials
Iran currently has one of the highest, if not the highest, execution rates in the world. It has been estimated by Human Rights Watch that within the month of January alone, at least 74 people have already been executed. At this rate more than a thousand may meet this fate by the end of 2011 - a sharp increase from previous years. 
Some Iranians who opposed the elections of 2009 - which favored Ahmadinejad and were widely believed to have been rigged - have been executed.  
link:http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hO7xHNkWfxNRyOUTK87v5o3ef4kw?docId=CNG.85bc84cf65dec965e2307bfe85784c7f.61

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To the Noble People of Iran,

We know how great you are. You have been killed, jailed, tortured and silenced by the illegal regime which has hijacked your country for the past thirty-two years, and yet you still rose up last year against a force that you knew meant you harm. They may kill one person every eight hours, but they can't kill your fighting spirit. They can't kill your freedom. Know that we support you. Know that you are not alone.

We are Anonymous.
We are legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.