Tudeh Party of Iran: The language of force and threat will

[Honggweilo]

for all the ML'ists from my tendency agitating against the recent protests in Iran lately, i would like to post a statement by one of our sisterparties in Iran (the Iranian "Party of the Masses" or Tudeh, ML'ist, decedent of the original CP). Before going off to denounce this uprising as inrelevant and only serving "US foreign intrests"



The language of force and threat will


not stop people in their rightful struggle!






The Vigilant People of Iran!


Amid the escalation of the protest movement in the recent days and the continuing
mass demonstrations in large and small cities in Iran, in this week’s Friday mass
prayers in Tehran (19th June) the Supreme Leader (Velayat-e-Faqih) not only


distorted the truth and openly defended the coup d’état of his own puppets and

overtly supported Ahmadi-Nejad’s administration, but also threatened the people and
the presidential candidates of the 10th elections. His position and his emphasize on
this point that the election and its outcome is considered the “absolute victory” of the
regime and “illegal novelties” are not allowed [referring to the call for annulment of
elections], indicate the fact that the powerful movement of people has seriously

petrified the regime, and the regime is exploiting all it resources and power to curb
this movement. What Ali Khamenei stated in the Friday’s prayers in Tehran as the
official policy of the Velayat-e-Faqih regime, was not unexpected. This policy has in
fact been followed and meticulously implemented since the first day of mass protests


and demonstrations. Bloody suppression of people, vast and purposeful arrests,

attempts to weaken the strength of the movement in various ways, and efforts to
divide the reformist and freedom-fighters and to disconnect the resistant pro-reform
individuals from the popular movement, are various elements and parts of the
aforementioned policy.



Reform seeking, Freedom-loving and Progressive Parties and Forces!

The current powerful protest movement has challenged the ruling reaction and
despots. The eternal power of people is the most significant support for realizing the
people’s demands, i.e. to annul the election outcome and to scrap “approbation


supervision”. It was for a reason that in his sermon on Friday the Supreme Leader

stressed on this factor, i.e. the power of people, more than anything else, and by
openly threatening the pro reform leaders asked them to part themselves from the
people and send them home. There is a very important point in this stance, or
devious tactic of the Supreme Leader, which could not be neglected. The goal of the
perpetrators of the coup d’état under the leadership of the Supreme Leader is to


create a divide between the reform seekers who by their splendid resistance so far,
have effectively helped to reinforce the popular movement and to defeat the plots of
the ruling reaction. That's why the people and millions of perturbed Iranians rightfully
call for perseverance and unity and strengthening of the alliance and solidarity
among the pro reform forces and freedom fighters. Any divisive action must be


avoided by all means; calls for demonstrations or any shape and form of protest must

be coordinated and united, and any kind of dispersion must be confronted with.
The power of the movement is in its united action. The plot of the Supreme Leader to
divide the pro reform forces and to distance them from each other could only be
defeated by coordination, unison and united action. The seemingly tough plots of the
Supreme Leader and the coup d’état perpetrators under his leadership must be
defeated vigilantly and by relying on the power of the masses. It is this relentless and
powerful presence of masses in protest to the clear violations of the laws and rights
by the regime that will force the regime to retreat. The piercing voice of rightful
protest of the people movement is echoed more than ever, both internally and across
the world. The will of our combative people calls for this voice to be resonated louder
and louder.

The Combatant People of Iran,

The Supreme Leader has threatened to suppress. These types of threats are not
new to our people. They know the true suppressive nature of the regime and it is with
this knowledge that they have stepped into this struggle for rights. The experiences
of all the nations around the world in struggle, including the heroic people of Iran,
prove that suppression, killing, and using force is not an indication of power. By using
violence and killing people, dictators show their weakness. The official position and
policy of the Supreme Leader which was outlined in this Friday’s prayers is not an
exception to this point. The Supreme Leader threatening to suppress the people and
the reformist candidates (Mousavi and Karrubi) in no way stems from a strong
position. The position of the Supreme Leader and the coup d’état agents, despite the
vast resources that they have in their disposal against the powerful wave of people,
is extremely weak. Therefore, with a combination of peaceful struggle and resistance
through various avenues, including demonstrations and sit-ins that are rooted in the
popular and revolutionary traditions of our nation, the reaction could be forced to
retreat.
Hand in hand and united we will continue the struggle and confrontation with the
Supreme Leader and dark-minded coup perpetrators to demand the annulment of the
recent presidential elections, scrapping “approbation supervision”, freedom of those
who were arrested in the recent events and also other political prisoners, trial and
punishment of those who ordered the killing of people and those who executed the
killings, and reporting and putting to trial of those who planned and executed the
elections coup.


Central Committee of Tudeh Party of Iran



19th June 2009




http://www.tudehpartyiran.org/TPI-CC-statement-election-No5-19June09.pdf

[Honggweilo]

Continued


Our vigilant compatriots!

Your great participation in tens of millions
has once again turned the tenth
presidential election into a referendum
against the backward-looking and
deceitful regime. Million of Iranians stood
in long queues holding green flags as a
sign of protest against the bankrupt
despotic rule of the Spiritual Leader and
his cronies. This has shaken the
mendacious regime to such an extent that
its leaders, fearful of the repetition of 2nd
Khordad (Khatami’s election in 1997),
have ordered their repressive forces in the
major cities to crush the will of the majority
by organising a quasi-military coup. The
attacks by the security forces against the
thousands of young people pouring into
the streets protesting against the regime’s
charade, along with the forced closure of
Mousavi’s campaign headquarter and
combined with the threats issued by the
Revolutionary Guards to suppress any
protest, are all indicators of a heavy defeat
suffered by the regime’s leadership on the
12th of June.
Both presidential candidates, Mousavi and
Karroubi, have declared the poll’s results
as null and void, stating that they will not
leave the stage. The obvious poll rigging
and fixing of millions of ballots in
Ahmadinejad’s name which was followed
by Khamenei’s confirmations of the
election results shows that the spiritual
leader and his armed militias are the
organisers of the state sponsored violence
against the will of millions of Iranians. This
electoral charade indeed points to a
turning point in the way the regime intends
to deal with its opponents and it clearly
demonstrates that even the so-called
“insider critics” will not be allowed even
limited political activities.
Khamenei’s threatening statement is
effectively a warning to the presidential
candidates, demanding their surrender in
the face of the reaction and to abandon
the arena.
In recent weeks the Tudeh Party of Iran
has repeatedly warned against the sinister
plans of the repressive forces preparing to
crush the people’s will. We asked all
national forces and those struggling for
liberty to unite in a common cause in
opposing the regime’s plans.
We must not let the powerful might of the
people, which has enraged and petrified
the reactionaries, to be eroded and must
prevent people’s retreat in disillusionment,
giving the arena back to the reactionary
forces. All social and political forces of the
country should declare the poll’s results as
void and use all means to voice their
protests against this deception
perpetrated by the Spiritual Leader and
his armed cronies. By broadening and
organising the struggle we must put the
ruling regime under pressure. Accepting
these election results would be a betrayal
of the people’s vote and would be
tantamount to collusion with a deceitful
and backward regime.

Our vigilant compatriots!
The rulers of this regime have ruled by
brute force and by betraying the goals of
the Revolution, now they are about to
carry out a coup d'etat against the people.
The powerful presence of millions of
Iranians and their protest can thwart this
disgraceful machination and save our
country from a serious danger.

Central Committee of Tudeh




Valiyeh Faghih, the Guardian Council, Ahmadinejad government, and the
leadership of the Guard's Corps are the organizers of the Coup and the
calamity of the bloody suppression of the popular movement
The recent call by Mir Hossein Mousavi to continue protests and his
communiqué to rally and march tomorrow, Thursday, June 18, is a principled
stance and in line with the national will and desires of the people of our
country!



Combatant Compatriots!


Your glorious struggle shows ever more and clearly your steadfastness and
consciousness in struggle against reaction and despotism despite all the deceits,
violent and bloody attacks by the mercenaries of Valiyeh Faghih (Supreme religious
leader). In the critical and difficult moments of the last 24 hours, popular forces
maintaining their presence in the streets of Tehran and other major cities have
cleverly nullified the deceitful plans of the dictatorial regime and showed that they are
determined to continue on with their courageous struggle despite all difficulties and
being gunned down in their peaceful and quiet march by the mercenaries of the
Valayate Faghih regime and mercenary guard and baseej thugs.
Regime leaders, through different clandestine meetings, measuring the strength of
the popular movement and the threats they will face with the continuation of the
movement are hatching different scenarios. Even when the heads of the reaction's
Guardian Council have indicated their willingness to recount some of the votes, the
thugs linked to the intelligence apparatus have started an offensive to incarcerate a
large number of the leaders and active members of the national-religious forces in
Tehran and other cities. Today's news of the burying the victims of the savage attack
of the regime thugs on Tehran University dormitories (on Sunday night) in secret has
raised an international outrage. Also, based on the published news, members of the
Freedom Movement, a few national-religious forces, well-known medical doctors, and
human rights activists in Tabriz have been arrested in the protest march in Aabresan
Square in Tabriz and have been transferred to unknown locations.
Velayate Faghih (Theocratic) regime, on the one hand by brutalizing peaceful
demonstrations and killing defenceless peoples is attempting to scare the masses
and create an atmosphere of terror and on the other hand, by massive and targeted
TPI-CC-statement-election-No4-17June09 Page 2 of 3
arrests, is attempting to separate the heads of the movement from the rest of it. The
massive arrests in the recent days are along the reaction's plan to stop the
organizing in the movement and strengthening and solidification of the solidarity in its
ranks. In addition, along with brutal suppression and the arrests, Valiyeh Faghih and
institutions such as the Guardian Council are engaging in calculated manoeuvres to
weaken and divert the protest movement of the masses and drive a wedge between
the reformers and freedom loving forces. Ali Khamenei, meeting with the
representatives of the electoral campaigns of the four candidates of the tenth
presidential elections, and exactly after the show of force by the people's power in
Tehran and other cities, encouraged all the regime tendencies, including the
reformers, to maintain clam and mutual cooperation amongst each other. He
emphasized that in these conditions and in the face of popular protests, different
governing tendencies should not engage in confrontation. Furthermore, Valiyeh
Faghih "promised" to investigate what he termed the "doubts" and "problems". The
Guardian Council also promised recounts and the complaints by Mousavi and
Karoubi.
Recount and the call for cooperation between the tendencies is a manoeuvre
targeted at the reformers, especially the election candidates, and if these forces are
deceived by that, the tide will shift to the ruling reaction and the putschists and the
popular movement will suffer serious damages. Resistance of Mir Hossein Mousavi,
Karoubi, and the reformers has played an effective role up to now in the continuation
of the popular movement and people are justifiably seeking the continuation of the
resistance and neutralizing of any plots by Valiye Faghih (Supreme religious leader)
and the mercenaries listening to him. For this reason, the call for marches on
Thursday 18th June should be greeted and seen as a welcoming sign in the current
sensitive moment. The emphasis on the annulment of the election results by the
reformers and their reliance on the limitless power of the masses is the only way to
confront the coup by the ruling reaction. Retreat and defeat in this critical struggle
means strengthening and solidification of the anti national, anti people regime and
very serious for our national interests, destiny, and the future of our country.
Dear Compatriots!
In the sensitive and fateful current conditions, by keeping vigilance, the plots hatched
by backward putshists who are trying to turn popular protests into violence should be
neutralized and exposed and the struggle should be continued according to the
specific conditions and using all means. The recent call by Mir Hossein Mousavi to
continue protests and his communiqué to rally on June 18th is a principled stance
and along the demands and will of our people. In this regard, Tudeh Party of Iran,
supporting the initiatives of Mir Hossein Mousavi and other reformers in continuation
of the protests along with other progressive and Nationalist parties and organizations


calls for the following just demands:

-

The annulment of the election results and holding of a new round of elections,

-



Report, prosecution, and removal from the office of the planers and

implementers of those committing the fraud and all those involved in this unlawful

act,
- The immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested in the recent
days,
-




Report, prosecution, and punishment of those responsible for shooting to

death of the people in the demonstrations and the savage attack on the

gatherings and university dormitories ,
- The guarantee and safeguarding of a clean, competitive, just election and free
from interference by military institutions and the vetting by the Guardian
Council





Noble Compatriots!

Continue on with your violence-free protests, against the wish of the
reactionaries, in all forms and using all means. The only way to confront the coup
by the mercenaries bound to orders of Valiye Faghih is your vibrant and massive
presence in the struggle. The just call for the annulment of the election results is
only achievable through your tireless and vigilant efforts against regime's plots.
Ardent Greetings to the Courageous People of Iran
Victory to the People's Struggle Against the Ruling Reaction Coup d'eta
Greetings to the Martyrs of Freedom and Justice
Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran



June 17, 2009

[Honggweilo]

here also an article about the prelude to these uprising and a balanced view on Mousavi (which they in no way support and also say his presidency wont change the Iranian power struggle, as he has proven in the past). Its shows that these uprisings are the cause of broad discontent among all sectors from society and may hope to see alot better circumstances for progressives and the left to work under then under Amadjinejad.

Link here, too much to copy; http://www.tudehpartyiran.org/TN%20257%20-%20June%202009.pdf