9-06-06, 8:06 am

Once again the guardians of reaction and fundamentalism have created tragedy in their torture chambers, and the life of a freedom seeking student was sacrificed to protect the interests of the ruling reaction and despotism. The torture and murder of dissenters and freedom-loving individuals is not a new in the regime of Supreme Religious Leader ruling Iran. In the past two decades, thousands of people fighting for freedom have perished in the prisons of the 'model regime', only because they did not conform and worked to materialize their dreams of freedom, democracy, and the people's democratic rights and freedoms. According to various human rights organizations, the Iranian regime has a dark record in that regard. The horrific crime of murdering thousands of political prisoners in the summer of 1988 among whose victims were some of the country's greatest thinkers, writers, activists and military officers was even in contravention of the ruling of the regime's own courts. During that event, thousands of people were sent to the firing squad within a matter of days. That event is a clear proof of the anti-human and criminal mentality prevailing in the regime's security and governing apparatus.

The suspicious death of Akbar Mohammadi in Evin prison, after his courageous hunger strike, is a reminder of the scale of violence and repression that the regime has used against students' movements and student activists. The 'crime' of Akbar Mohammadi was that he participated in protests against the attacks by the 'Ansar' pressure groups on student residences and the violation of the human rights of the people of our country. Akbar Mohammadi was sentenced to death which was later commuted to life imprisonment for this 'crime'. In his seventh year of captivity, the regime's system of injustice and oppression finally succeeded in implementing the original death sentence against Akbar Mohammady, by the hands of their torturers in Evin prison.

The Tudeh Party of Iran expresses solidarity with Mr. Mohammed's family and alongside all progressive forces in the society, condemns this crime while stressing that the organized and joint efforts for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners should be intensified. Efforts to force the launching of an investigation on the cause of Mr. Mohammed's suspicious death and also investigating the horrific condition of the political prisoners is the first step in a fight that must culminate in the freeing of all political prisoners.

From Tudeh News, International Bulletin of the Tudeh Party of Iran