Politics

Justice Sacrificed to Statistics; When Judicial Cases Are Turned into Numbers

Can justice be measured by the number of closed cases? Should a judge be concerned with enforcing the law or with meeting a statistical quota set by the managers of the judicial apparatus?

Vahid Ashtari: Mr. Ghalibaf, with the totality of his work and placement of pieces in the country, has fundamentally destroyed the Parliament's dignity for interactions!

My main objection is to the governance mechanism in the country; the parliament must remain as an independent institution.

A question to Vahid Ashtari about the Zaviyeh Financial Group and why media activists and justice-seeking activists have not addressed this group

Vahid Ashtari's lack of awareness of the existence of the Office of Policy-Making and Strategic Oversight of Armed Forces Intelligence Protection, and even of who heads that office!

Who is the first Minister of Intelligence during the third leadership era?

Is it possible that Alireza Rashidian is one of the veteran personnel of VAJA who has climbed the promotion hierarchy within this system all the way to the position of Deputy Minister, and is currently the head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization

Twitter responses on November 7

Twitter responses on November 6

Detention of British forces without the permission of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei?

On July 1, 2004, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces seized three British Navy patrol boats and detained eight British military personnel, including six Royal Marines and two sailors.

Very special / Mr Dr Masoud Pezeshkian President and Head of the Supreme National Security Council

The correct matters these days, and interactions and understandings with the country/countries involved and related, which of course, in order not to disrupt the process of negotiations and understandings at the highest level, I will not mention any of these matters.

Vahid Eshtari: Mr. Ghorbanzadeh, with no relevant experience whatsoever، suddenly became head of the Privatization Organization!

12 percent of the shares of Persian Gulf Holding constituted the largest auction in the history of the Islamic Republic, which was conducted during Mr. Ghorban-Zadeh's tenure.

Did political pressure from outside the government cause the oil minister to resign؟ Conversation with Vahid Ashtari

Vahid Ashtari: The Minister of Oil gets into a confrontation and resigns due to the various disputes and the change in his approach to oil sales.

Vahid Ashtari: Mr. Ghalibaf, in the middle of the impeachment of the Minister of Economy, took over one of the wealthy institutions of the Ministry of Economy, the Organization for Collection and Sale of Acquired Property.

This is the expansionism of the Speaker of the Parliament.

Is there an exact figure for the amount of money that went missing? A conversation with Vahid Ashtari

Vahid Ashtari: The secretary of the Council of Heads gives one figure, the oil minister rejects it, then the Central Bank presents a completely different figure!

Vahid Ashtari: Mr. Ghalibaf takes an unknown individual whose name and position no one knows as his representative in the seven-member supra-level working group.

 On behalf of Mr. Ghalibaf, an individual named "Khorasandi" is present who has a family relationship with the country's officials; he is a member of the charity of Mr. Ghalibaf's wife.

Vahid Ashtari: The entire amount of money being negotiated with America regarding the release is 6 billion dollars; we have 11 billion dollars in sediment in the hands of our own trustees.

A new Crescent is being created for the Islamic Republic.

See | From Smart City to Smart Governance; Can Iran Be Governed with This Structure? A Conversation with Pirouz Hanachi.

From the Abdi Media YouTube channel.

A question: Which of the current living major generals will Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the Commander-in-Chief, grant the first rank of lieutenant general to?

It seems that in 2004, Alireza Nourizadeh, a politician and political-media activist residing abroad, wrote a letter directly to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

And this letter also reaches the person of Ayatollah himself, and according to the account of the person of the then Leader of the Islamic Republic.

Twitter responses of November 5.

Once again I deliberately pose my question: why has Mr. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, in the masthead of his user account, introduced himself as "a soldier of the martyred Imam" and not a soldier of the "current Imam" or,

  or, as it is put, the "wise Imam," or at least the "two Imams"?

Vahid Ashtari: I see a chain of events that have occurred in a mafia-like manner; I consider this part of that reporting that has been fabricated to bring down Mr. Pezeshkian's oil minister.

Is there no official report on how much the debts are?

Vahid Ashtari: Trump's entire wealth is estimated at 5 to 7 billion dollars; in the span of 2-3 years, more than Trump's wealth is in the hands of the gentlemen!

I consider the reality of the country "more chaotic" than these words.

Vahid Ashtari: The decisions of the Supreme National Security Council have certainly been approved by the Leadership, and it cannot have happened without the Leadership's responsibility.

When matters become security-related, you do not know what subjects have a resolution!

Now read my question from two and a half years ago, which has been preserved in the Abdi Media archive, as I had written.

A 'probable' but extremely important question

Twitter responses on November 3

Vahid Ashtari: Special rents should not be created in the name of confidentiality.

We have four trustee individuals who have free credit!

Kourosh Ahmadi: If the war enters the phase of destroying infrastructure, I think the system will have the ability to preserve itself.

Those who are the leaders of the opposition must think more carefully; we were faced with people who, in every matter, imagined simplistically.

Kourosh Ahmadi: In addition to a full-scale war and a diplomatic agreement, there is a third scenario: the continuation of the naval blockade.

The element of surprise is at play in war; it is possible that today or tomorrow there will be talk that negotiations are progressing, but contrary to everyone's expectation, we may witness a full-scale war!

It seems that the building of the Jomhouri Eslami newspaper, which was put into operation in 2004 in the vicinity of Baharestan Square in Tehran, was the former location of the Iran Novin Party.

With about 5,000 square meters, it was given to this newspaper free of charge, and the building was also constructed with the help of the 15th of Khordad Foundation!

Exclusive — Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei's opposition to lamentation and chest-beating for the founding Leader.

On the sidelines of the annual commemoration ceremony of the founding Leader of the Islamic Republic in 2004, Ayatollah Khamenei, upon seeing the lamentation and chest-beating for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, says to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Twitter responses on November 1

Vahid Ashtari: Some officials, in the sanctions mechanism, were thinking of fattening their children; their children reached 70-80 oil tankers.

I hold no sanctity for these individuals.

Kourosh Ahmadi: The system of the Islamic Republic of Iran is very complex and multi-layered.

Decision-making in a multi-layered system causes the complexity of the matter.

Kourosh Ahmadi: The memorandum of understanding was nearly one hundred percent in Iran's favor; if 50 percent of this memorandum of understanding had been implemented, it would still have been in Iran's favor.

It was appropriate for us to act in a way that would strengthen Trump's hand against his rivals in America.

Vahid Ashtari: Mr. Shamkhani's son is known as the Grand Trustee of the Islamic Republic.

The country's security officials were placed on the oil sales chair; a security process began that shut down oil and oil trade.

Vahid Ashtari: Corruption began from the place where they were giving oil to the institutions!

Iran's Achilles' heel can be the problems of selling oil.

Kourosh Ahmadi: In diplomatic dealings, if an understanding is reached, the parties will make accommodations for each other; the parties can also agree with each other on the manner of announcing the agreement.

There is no expectation from Trump; Trump is extremely unbalanced, and his words are not much of a basis.

Kourosh Ahmadi: The extremist currents that were saying the memorandum of understanding is a betrayal were wrong.

The two sides' views (in the negotiations) are close to each other.

Kourosh Ahmadi: The slogan they are chanting against the negotiations، is a completely wrong idea

The foreign power that opposes diplomacy is Israel.

Kourosh Ahmadi: The only side they believe benefits from the war is the far-right in Israel.

Their first goal is to prevent the formation of a Palestinian state.

Mr. Mohammad Eskandari Nia, known as Abudiyar al-Khuzi, an effective member of the Zavieh Financial Group.

I completely understand the reason for your anger and agitation. Of course, I have not said anything yet; I merely asked a few simple questions.

Twitter responses of October 31

Twitter responses of October 30

Kourosh Ahmadi: The best path for both sides is diplomacy.

If they are to strike Iran's infrastructure, perhaps the officials of the Islamic Republic will not set any limits for themselves.

Kourosh Ahmadi: If a third war is to be imposed, the targets may be energy infrastructure; to force Iran's political system to retreat!

An important deterrence for Iran is the threat of attacking the infrastructure of neighboring countries.

Mohammad Sarafraz: As long as infiltration exists, we cannot carry out fundamental reforms in the country.

Infiltration has had so much power that people who are useful anywhere do not get placed there, and those who are useless come to power.

See | The Hot Case of the "Trustees" and the Story of the Oil Minister's Resignation: A Conversation with Vahid Ashtari

From the Abdi Media YouTube channel.

Mohammad Sarafraz: That the government of Iran be entrusted to the Shah's son is not at all possible.

That individual who is now sitting in America and has been away from Iran's affairs for 50 years, therefore has no solution for the country.

Mohammad Sarafraz: Power has in a way become distributed and overlapping.

What the majority of society do not accept and do not trust will not reach a conclusion.

Mohammad Sarafraz: I will not enter into the executive methods for now; I believe there is no way forward for this country, except for a "fundamental review"

In every field, problems are piling up on top of each other.

Mohammad Sarafraz: If the fight against corruption is to be carried out in a real way, it must start from the highest levels.

In a way, the institution of the presidency and the leadership must become an executive body.

Mohammad Sarafraz: If the fight against corruption is to be carried out in a real way, it must start from the highest levels

In a way, the institution of the presidency and the leadership must become an executive body.

Mohammad Sarafraz: Last year the country was in special conditions; the price of currency and gold increased in a way that had no precedent.

Those slogans in Dey were from a limited group; this collection is the result of accumulated dissatisfaction.

Mohammad Sarafraz: That we should take charge of all matters related to the internet and cyberspace inside the country is not at all possible.

A current that has great influence in the parliament and outside the parliament was seeking to advance everything with prohibition and restriction; this is a policy that has continued!

Mohammad Sarafraz: They spend exorbitant costs and get very little result!

In 2016, many of the statistics they used to publish with great fanfare, gradually they classified the statistics as confidential!

Kourosh Ahmadi: The deployment of ground forces is, with near certainty, not on America's agenda.

At this juncture, we are facing the threat of war.

Kourosh Ahmadi: In the past, we had never seen a US president to this extent confront the system and international law.

Over the past 300 years, we have witnessed the honoring and development of international law.

Mohammad Sarafraz: Corruption has increased; there is ambiguity or overlap in the responsibilities of individuals; there is a supervisory vacuum for part of the governing institutions.

Now the president cannot claim that "I am the enforcer of the constitution"; especially during the war, this structure has undergone changes.

Mohammad Sarafraz: Many quotes are attributed to him (the third Leader); for a seven-hour meeting, many matters must have been discussed, but nothing has been quoted, and they emphasize more on marginal issues.

In such conditions, everything is possible.

Mohammad Sarafraz: {Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei} is the commander-in-chief, and who is the spokesperson for the commander-in-chief? Himself or his spokesperson?

Compared to the way people had become accustomed to the presence of the leadership over the past 47 years, a certain vacuum has emerged.

Kourosh Ahmadi: Another full-scale war is possible but at the same time avoidable.

The only scenario ahead is not war; one scenario is diplomacy.

Mohammad Sarafraz: "Strategic depth" was not realized.

Not only has the danger of war not been eliminated, but it is even possible that the war could expand toward the land borders.

Exclusive — Contrary to the common rumor that says Sheikh Mehdi Karoubi, in a meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei, heard from the second Leader that Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei is not an "Aghazadeh"; rather, he is an "Agha."

Based on Abdi Media's solid findings, the correct account is this:

Twitter responses on October 26

Twitter responses on October 24

What is the meaning of not referring to being a soldier of the present Leader?

Are the administrators of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's user account aware that they have introduced him merely as a soldier of the martyred Imam?

What is the meaning of not referring to being a soldier of the present Leader?

What is the allusion to "the Conquest of Mecca"? Mohammad Sarafraz, member of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, answers!

A conversation with Mohammad Sarafraz, former head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) and member of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace.

Yesterday evening's meeting between Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and the Leader of the Islamic Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces will likely have outcomes that will be implemented and manifest themselves starting next week.

Although with understandable considerations, the office of the Leader of the Islamic Republic and Qalibaf himself did not see fit to make even a portion of the details public, and perhaps these details will remain sealed.

Trump's response to reporters' questions about the status of negotiations with Iran

It seems most people think it is after the elections

Mohammad Sarafraz: The relationship between policies and national interests is challenging; can these policies serve national interests?

National interests are a set of long-term goals.

Mohammad Sarafraz: October 7 is part of the outcome of the Islamic Republic's policies in confronting Israel

China wants to test its weapons through Iran.

Twitter replies on October 21

Twitter replies for October 20

You remember my questions, don't you؟ Asadollah Masoudi Maqam, after his release=retirement from the Judiciary=Supreme Court, went on to head the Legal Affairs and Claims Collection Deputyship of the Melal Financial Institution...

And there, while handling legal affairs, he also collects the institution's receivables. 

"Rah va Rahavard (An Experience-Narrative of a Life)" by Mohammad Kianoush-Rad – Part One

Life must be approached with a "Janus-faced" attitude. A look at the past and a look at the future.

Twitter replies on October 18

That man is in this market and the media waves in Iran; what is this noteworthy sign caused by?

Watch | How far will Trump go؟ From Hormuz to «Mother of All Bombs»؛ Is a third war on the way؟ Conversation with Kourosh Ahmadi former diplomat

From the Abdi Media YouTube channel

Resolution of the Supreme Council for Transformation and Excellence of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties regarding hijab and appropriate attire

"All employees of registration units and notaries, office assistants and employees of official notary offices are required to observe hijab and appropriate attire in the office and notary office" was notified for implementation.

Watch | From «the Conquest of Jerusalem» to «the Conquest of Mecca»؛ who makes decisions in the Islamic Republic؟

Conversation with Mohammad Sarafraz, former head of the IRIB and member of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace

Twitter replies on October 17

Ghalibaf: Amending the regulations on combating terrorist financing is illegal

After the government proceeded to approve the amendment to the executive regulations on targeted financial action without regard to the powers of the Supreme National Security Council  

A conversation with Mohammad Sarafraz, former head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) and member of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace.

Soon on the Abdi Media YouTube channel.

Twitter responses on October 15

Following the conference, the fundamental principles and hadith narrator studies of the third leader of the Islamic Republic are now being taught in Qom, alongside the works and views of the second leader of the Islamic Republic.

One of the members of the Assembly of Experts also declared Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei qualified to be followed as a source of emulation

Twitter replies of October 12

Mehdi Mojahed's account of the influential forces within the IRGC Intelligence Organization and the former deputy of the Chief Justice's office and the President's office regarding exchanges between the Islamic Republic and the United States

This claim by Seyyed Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri, member of the Assembly of Experts and director of the seminaries of Khuzestan, was denied by the office of the third leader of the Islamic Republic, and this clip was also removed from some accounts that

Twitter replies on October 11

Details of the incident involving the armed threat by Gholamreza Tajgardoon

The news received by Abdi Media indicates that yesterday, after the visit of Haj Gholam, the representative of Gachasaran and Bashet in the Islamic Council.

Twitter responses on October 6

The President, by decree, appointed former Oil Minister Paknejad as his adviser.

Interviews by Iranian nationals with “hostile media outlets” have been banned.

Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly approved Article 22 of the bill on countering foreign influence.

Sadegh Zibakalam: I do not believe in something called "Iranian-ness"

I believe in things like the political, social, intellectual, and cultural forces that shape society.

Sadegh Zibakalam: Basically, our view of the past is that we must put people on trial; we say people are either servants or traitors!

We pass judgment so easily; this has become our humanities!

Sadegh Zibakalam: On the one hand, you are faced with a government that says, “Woman, Life, Freedom is a foreign theory”; and on the other hand, you are dealing with a student who says "this time, it’s really over"

Conspiracy theory has eaten away at Iranian society like a canker!

Sadegh Zibakalam: One of the factors behind the underdevelopment of the humanities is the prevalence of conspiracy theories

In 1401, students would tell me, “Professor, don’t be afraid, come out into the streets with us”; this was said by a political science student at the University of Tehran.

Sadegh Zibakalam: If you get accepted to study social sciences at the University of Tehran, what do you want to do? Later, perhaps if you are a member of a martyr’s family or among the self-sacrificers, you might finally become a teacher!

Studying and reading are no longer worthwhile now.

Sadegh Zibakalam: The first step is to acknowledge our backwardness in the humanities.

Blaming sanctions and inflation and so on is more of an excuse; we should first ask ourselves whether we accept the premise of the problem?

Sadegh Zibakalam: We weren't even capable of studying the phenomena and developments in our own country!

Can't you find an Iranian researcher who has worked on America, Japan, and World War II

Sadegh Zibakalam: You cannot imagine how far behind the Americans, the French, and... we are in the humanities!

In the humanities, one cannot see difference with the naked eye.

The angle was slightly revealed / The oil minister resigned

“Tabatabaei,” Deputy for Communications and Information at the Office of the President: Following the acceptance of Mohsen Paknejad’s resignation, Dr. Pezeshkian, the President, appointed Hamid Bord as acting Minister of Petroleum.

Twitter replies from October 5

“Saazgara’s Memoirs”; the story of a life amid the history of contemporary Iran

Starting today, the exclusive broadcast of “Mohsen Sazegara’s Memoirs” begins on AbdiMedia; a firsthand audio account in which Mohsen Sazegara, in his own voice, recounts his life from his earliest childhood years to the present day.

Twitter replies for October 3rd

Sadegh Zibakalam: The reality is that we are terribly backward in the humanities.

Technology can be imported; but you cannot do this with history, sociology, and psychology.

Sadegh Zibakalam: In the early years of the Revolution, the movement that led to the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty was known as a nonviolent movement

I told the Ministry of Science that I didn’t want to study chemical engineering; the only person who supported my decision was Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush.

Sadegh Zibakalam: After the revolution, I could not understand why Mohammad Reza Shah's government fell

I presented a project in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in which I interviewed a number of political figures and personalities; I had one question, "What caused the Mohammad Reza Shah regime to fall"

Sadegh Zibakalam: As someone who was a political activist, the fall of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi’s regime was beyond my imagination.

The reality is that we are terribly backward in the humanities.

Hamidreza Taraghi: Increasing people's satisfaction will be the most important priority of the Islamic Republic system.

We must bring our economy to the number one economy in the region.

Hamidreza Taraghi: Those who chanted such slogans (Long live the Shah) are not at all comparable to the population of the country.

We must accept our shortcomings and take the enemy's plan to overthrow the regime into consideration.

Hamidreza Taraghi: We mainly had infiltration within Mr. Rouhani’s negotiating team, who were arrested

What we witnessed in this war, apart from the domestic traitors, cannot be attributed to infiltration in any other way.

Do you remember my question to Nowzari, the head of the First Deputy Prosecutor's Office and Deputy for Supervision and Inspection of the Tehran Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office, about the fate of the case against Gholamreza Tajgardoon?

Now Sheikh Hamid Rasaei, the current member of parliament, has been ordered to prison to serve a sentence for committing a press-related offense or for any other legal reason, a sentence that has also gone through all stages of judicial proceedings.

Hamidreza Taraghi: Mr. Rouhani’s concern is that the country’s atmosphere is moving in a direction where his performance is being called into question; out of fear that this process will move toward a trial, he is making these remarks.

Mr. Rouhani's mistake is that he does not understand the difference between defense and war!

Hamidreza Taraghi: The concept of the new headquarters does not mean that the work will fall into the hands of the military; rather, it means that the work will proceed in coordination with the military forces.

The economy has fallen into the hands of those who are centers of power.

Hamidreza Taraghi: If our agreement with Oman is finalized, except for hostile countries, travel for the rest of the countries will resume.

The bulk of our trade exchanges are conducted by land, rail, and the Caspian Sea; we have reduced our reliance on maritime transport.

Hamidreza Taraghi: There must be a revision in the nuclear doctrine; we must move toward weapons that directly target the United States itself

We are pursuing solutions that can protect the people of Iran from the harm of U.S. aggression.

Hamidreza Taraghi: It is possible for the US to stop supporting Israel; a shift on this issue is currently taking place in the US

America must stop its arrogance toward the independent countries of the world.

Hamidreza Taraghi: Our people should know that if there is a situation where we can achieve our rights through negotiation and diplomacy, we have a duty to choose that option first.

Through war, we only achieved some of our objectives; through negotiations, we could not have achieved our true nuclear rights.

Twitter replies for 29 September

Amir-Entezam's trial and the trial of the republic of the revolution

Before entering the court, a Kayhan newspaper reporter asked him: Are you ready to stand trial? And Amir-Entezam, smiling, said "Yes, I have been waiting for ۴۵۲ days now"

Abdollah Abdi: Who really is a “martyr”?

Conversation with Dr. Bijan Abdolkarimi, philosopher, writer, and university professor

Bijan Abdolkarimi: You are the least of it; if the Hidden Imam were at the head of the government, would these issues not arise?

The vast majority of our presidents were not political figures.

Hamidreza Taraghi: Under the current circumstances, the president’s resignation or impeachment is not in the best interests of the country and the system; it would disrupt the country’s management process.

If there is any criticism, it should also be raised in private meetings between parliament and the government; without the criticisms being made public.

Hamidreza Taraghi: The expectation is not that Mr. Pezeshkian be a principlist; in the economic sphere, the Pezeshkian administration cannot be given a good grade

Due to governments' lack of belief in a resistance economy, this approach was not realized.

Look | Why are Iranians behind in the humanities? A conversation with Dr. Sadegh Zibakalam, Professor of Political Science at the University of Tehran

From the YouTube channel Abdi Media

Hamidreza Taraqi: In terms of principles, fundamentals, and ideals, the same path will continue, but the helmsman will certainly have a different way of steering the ship.

The role of the Assembly of Experts in selecting the Leader is a completely independent role.

Hamidreza Taraqi: Naturally, we will have changes in the methods of management and governance and in international relations in the future.

Since this era is moving toward pushing America out of the region, it has its own demands.

Hamidreza Taraqi: Discussions such as "in principle" indicate that there are differences between his solutions for ending the war and those of the previous Supreme National Security Council.

The memorandum of understanding has no enforcement guarantee.

Bijan Abdolkarimi: Rulings were issued that would make people angry.

There are forces in this country that destabilize the country for their own interests.

Bijan Abdolkarimi: The crime that took place on January 8 and 9 was an incident that shook the foundations of the system and its legitimacy.

If we treat a student violently simply for asking a question, this is condemnable.

Abdollah Abdi: It cannot be denied that our Iran is a wounded body.

They should ask this question: what happened over the course of nearly half a century under a government that some of those who chanted "Death to the Shah" when this government was founded, half a century later chanted "Long live the Shah"?

Is Amir Saeid Iravani still the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic at the United Nations Headquarters in New York?

If the answer is yes, was he not present at the president's meetings?

Hamidreza Taraghi: The will was in the same place where the Leader of the Islamic Revolution was martyred

The martyred Leader issued nearly fifty policies on matters needed by the country to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

Abdollah Abdi: I am not an intellectual; I am a simple journalist and I do not claim to have a vast and sprawling organization.

I tried to be a servant of the truth as much as possible.

Bijan Abdolkarimi: Anyone who accuses the people is a scumbag; the people are not to blame and are caught up in everyday life.

Can the Mujahideen, Jaish al-Adl, and ethnic separatist forces really sit down at the same table?

Twitter responses on September 23

Does the Commander-in-Chief use the title "Janab" for a commander with a rank from First Lieutenant up to and including Colonel, and its equivalent, for a General in the margin of the report by the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force?

Twitter responses on September 22

Once again, after false media hype, Commander Saeed Mohammad denied his correspondence with Major General Ali Abdollahi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.