Karroubi Blasts Regime Behavior on Ashura

Here is his letter:


“We are all from God and we will return to him” (a versus of the holy Quran)

Great and noble nation of Iran:

Following the election of June 12, 2009 which revealed the outmost disobedient of a group from the bases of the constitution, the republics and the teaching of Imam Khomeini who was always saying “The scale is people’s vote”, we are witnessing some very bitter and unforgettable events such as the martyrdom of some of our countrymen during peaceful demonstrations, illegal arrests of political activists, staging show trials, limitless and unimaginable brutality against detainees at Kahrizak prison and others like that and etc.

Stubbornness, indecency, and disobedience to law and people’s rights have made the people and the country to pay an irrecoverable price over the past seven months. Unfortunately, there have been new dimensions added to the illegal confrontations [of the government forces against the people] in the first ten days of Moharram (which are considered sacred for Shia’s because of the martyrdom of the third Imam of Shia) which pain the heart of every noble person.

On the eve of Ashura, some thugs were paid to go to the prayer hall of Jamaran (the late Imam Khomeini’s house) which was the center of unmatched and revealing views of Imam Khomeini and with the coordination of some specific [power] centers savagely attack [people] and destroy the prayer hall with the excuse of the speech by someone whose views have always been within the establishment and never crossed the redlines.

In this attack, they beat and insulted people from men and women savagely and destroyed their belongings and in the neighborhood of Imam Khomeini’s house terrorized people by breaking doors and windows. On the eve of Imam Hossein’s Ashura, they beat the Shia’s of Imam Hossein mourning for Imam Hossein and do whatever they want in complete safety (referring to the cooperation of the security and police forces with the plain clothes thugs beating people).

Today on Imam Hossein’s Ashura, since morning they assaulted people with indescribable brutality and injured and arrested several people and according to the reports some of our countrymen have been martyred.Those who are the character and identity of this revolution and during the combat [with Shah] were at the front line of the combatants remember that on 1963 Ashura there was a great demonstration with strong slogans against Shah but Shah’s government kept the sacredness of Ashura and killing, confronting and arresting the leaders of the combat and especially Imam [Khomeini] was left for next days. Really what has happened that the government that rose from Ashura uprising has put hand on people’s blood on the day of Ashura and has unleashed a bunch of savages to people’s lives.

Dear God what has happened that the sacredness of Ashura and the mourners of the son of Zahra (the mother of Imam Hossein and the wife of Imam Ali – the first Imam of Shia – who was also the daughter of Prophet Mohammad) at the noon of Ashura (when Imam Hossein was martyred) and massacre them. Dear God what has happened that the sacredness of people’s blood is not honoured even in this holly month? Dear God what has happened that holding funeral for a combatant and heroic Marja (the highest ranking religious clerics in Shia) is not tolerated [by the government] and holly sites, house and prayer hall of the founder of this establishment get attacked and destroyed on the eve of Ashura.

I express my deepest condolences to the hidden Imam, the great nation of Iran and the mourning families for this immense disaster and unforgivable sin; and in the light of teachings of Imam Hossein at the noon of Ashura call out that if you don’t believe in God at least be noble (a quote from Imam Hossein on the day of Ashura calling on the army of the tyrant ruler who was oppressing people in the name of being the Islamic leader of the land).