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JINA MAHSA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams
and her death.
And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young Jhina Mahsa
Amini or Zhina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the Zan,
zendagi, azadi!> (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran
for the 2022 news
Gino d'Artali
Indept investigative journalist
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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.
Note by Gino d'Artali: The Zan, zendagi, azadi!> (Women, life,
freedom) will only then end when khamenei and his
puppets i.e. the morality police, the basijis and the irgc give way or go away!!
So here is where the protests continue and I'll continue to inform you
about it. That's my pledge.
Note from Gino d'Artali: 'TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE'
NCRI - Womens committee
3 April 2023
By EHSAN MEHRABI
<<Subsidies, Inflation, Hijab: The Hot Issues Facing Iran in the
Upcoming Year
After unprecedented anti-government protests swept Iran during the last
Persian year, which ended on March 20, the Islamic Republic is hoping
for a relatively peaceful year ahead. But many challenges persist, both
domestically and internationally. The depreciation of the national
currency, rocketing inflation, uncertainty over subsidy policies,
bankrupt pension funds, conflicts over mandatory hijab rules and
continued protests by teachers and pensioners are among the main
challenges facing the government.
Elections
Parliamentary elections set for March 2024, the first to be held after
the ongoing nationwide protests erupted in September 2022, will be an
opportunity for the authorities to create more space for critics within
the Islamic Republic to join the government. Almost all serious
candidates from the reformist and moderate conservative movements were
prevented from running in the previous two parliamentary and
presidential elections. In February 2020, the vote for the 11th
Parliament recorded the lowest turnout since the 1979 revolution.
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Conflicts over Forced Hijab
Street protests calling for fundamental economic, social and political
changes after over four decades of clerical rule have somewhat subsided,
but tensions over the mandatory headscarf persist.
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During Nowruz, the Persian New Year holiday period, authorities in
different provinces announced the closure of tourist centers because
employees and tourists were not observing the mandatory headscarf rule.
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Friday prayer leaders have devoted a significant part of their speeches
in recent weeks to the issue.
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Teachers' Demands
Teachers have not received their March salaries and announced plans to
hold protest rallies in the coming weeks. Anger among pensioners has
also grown as many pension funds are facing difficulties in paying their
wages.
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Manipulating Inflation
Some Iranians have raised concerns that the authorities might be trying
to manipulate statistics to fulfill Khamenei's desires.>>
Read all here:
https://iranwire.com/en/politics/115157-subsidies-inflation-hijab-the-hot-issues-facing-iran-in-the-upcoming-year/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: Protesters: don't trust khamenei because and
also since March 2023, no person has been officially declared as the
heir to the current leader nor as a nominee, though various sources have
written on potential candidates. The succession of Ali Khamenei, the
current Supreme Leader of Iran, has been considered a taboo in Iran so
Zan, Zendagi, Azadi protesters, carry on!.
Jihan - Womens news agency
3 April 2023
By Joan Karmi
<<Iranian poet: Political changes affect the situation of women in Iran
Kamyaran- In an interview with NuJINHA, an Iranian female poet talked
about the challenges faced by women and girls in Iran. She asked us not
to use her real name for security reasons so we call her Joman
Hosseinzadeh in this article. She noted that women and girls in Iran are
oppressed by the patriarchal mentality. <My family never allowed us,
girls, to wear comfortable clothes at home and outside while my brothers
had the right to wear whatever they wanted,> she told NuJINHA.
'We are aware of the discrimination'
Underlining that girls and women did not have the right to make
decisions, she said, <My family never asked us our thoughts. Whenever we
expressed our thoughts, we were rebuked. This is a discrimination. We
are aware of the discrimination against us by our family and society.
For instance, my family decided with whom I had to marry. I was forced
into marriage by my family. In Iran, families do not care about the
thoughts and future of girls. They do not care about what girls think
and face. Women and girls do not have the right to make decisions about
their lives.> Joman Hosseinzadeh thinks women are oppressed because they
are not economically independent. <Women face many problems because they
are not economically independent. They depend on their fathers, brothers
and husbands. Women should be economically independent so that they feel
safer and make decisions on their own lives. Economic independence for
women can end the discrimination against them in many fields such as in
legal, political, cultural and social fields.>
'Women will have the life that they deserve'
Speaking about the Jin, jiyan, azadi uprising that started in Iran and
Rojhilat following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini, Joman Hosseinzadeh
said, “The Jin, jiyan, azadi uprising is a historical milestone in the
lives of women in Iran. Everyone, particularly women, deserve to live in
a free and equal society. Political changes affect the situation of
women in Iran. When politics changes in our country, women will have the
life that they deserve like women living in developed countries, where
women enjoy freedom and equality.> >>
Watch a video here:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/iranian-poet-political-changes-affect-the-situation-of-women-in-iran-33042?page=1
Iranwire
3 April 2023
By FARAMARZ DAVAR
<<Iranian Government to Be Blamed for <Yoghurt Attack> on Unveiled Women
A CCTV camera footage surfaced online on March 31 showing a man entering
a grocery store in the northeastern city of Mashhad and pouring a bucket
of yoghurt on two women for not wearing a mandatory head covering. The
owner of the shop intervened and pushed the attacker outside. The
footage went viral on social media and led to rebukes by Iranian
citizens, worsening already high tensions between the public and the
government over forced hijab rules.
People from all over the country contacted the shop owner, Mahmoud
Hajarpour, to express gratitude for his action. Amir Shahla, a former
member of the Mashhad City Council, said on Instagram that the store was
filled with flowers, chocolates and sweets that were given by customers.
The authorities closed the shop for several hours after the release of
the CCTV footage. A prosecutor issued arrest warrants against both the
assailant and the two women. Women in Iran must conceal their hair with
a headscarf while in public and wear loose fitting trousers under their
coats. One day before the video emerged, the Ministry of Interior issued
a statement insisting on the need to enforce the Islamic Republic's
forced hijab rule and praising vigil-antes who are acting as <promoters
of virtue and preventers of vice.>
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The statement insists on the ministry's resolve to act against <the few
lawbreakers,> along with vigilantes, the judiciary, law enforcement and
<related institutions.> By expressing support for vigilantes, the
government is taking responsibility for their actions. In other words,
if a person presenting himself as a <promoter of virtue> or <preventer
of vice> and commits a verbal or physical attack against citizens, the
Ministry of Interior and the government of the Islamic Republic are
accomplices. If the <promoter of virtue> commits physical acts against
citizens, according to Article 156 of the Islamic Penal Code, the
victims have a legitimate right to defend themselves. Article 156
specifies that a citizen has the right to personally defend <the honor,
the life and the property> of himself or others, if resorting to
<government forces is not practicable within a reasonable period of time
or if the intervention by such forces is ineffective in repelling the
aggression and danger.> Ayatollah Assadollah Bayat Zanjani, a religious
authority in the Shia holy city of Qom, declared late last year that
legitimate defense is compatible with Sharia law. <If an unknown armed
person attacks a Muslim, what is the Sharia duty of a Muslim who
witnesses this attack to protect the life of his Muslim brother who is
in danger?> the ayatollah was asked. He answered that it is mandatory
for Muslims to defend other Muslims. Giving a free hand to vigilantes on
the pretext of <promoting virtue and preventing vice> means the
government promotes crime and supports criminals. Forced hijab is not a
principle of Islam, but the Islamic Republic's officials have ruled that
women without a head covering are <breaking the law,> something Iranian
women have opposed since the early days after the 1979 revolution
brought Iran's clerical rulers to power.
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There can be little doubt that the government of the Islamic Republic
will be the ultimate loser of the turmoil. But during the unrest, it
might deliberately promote criminal acts by one group of citizens
against another, inflicting irreparable damage to Iranian society.>>
Read all here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/115155-iranian-government-to-be-blamed-for-yoghurt-attack-on-unveiled-women/
BBC News
1 April 2023
By Sebastian Usher
<<Iran signals determination to enforce hijab rules
Authorities in Iran have been making clear their determination to
enforce the compulsory hijab on women. It comes after months of protests
demanding an end to the restriction. A hardline Iranian MP has issued an
ultimatum to the judiciary to come up with measures to put a stop to
women flouting the rules on headscarves, within the next 48 hours. The
mass protests that erupted across Iran in Sep-tember have largely been
quelled for now by brute force. But some women continue to defy the
rules on wearing a mandatory headscarf in public. Videos and pictures
posted online show the upswell of frustration and anger with the
restrictions is still a potent force in Iranian society. The interior
ministry announced this week that there would be no retreat or tolerance
on the issue. The statement said that the hijab remained an essential
element of Islamic law and as such would remain one of the key
principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The unyielding rhetoric
echoed that of the head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei,
who recently said that women who do not wear the head covering would be
prosecuted without mercy. Now, a hardline MP has said that legislative
measures must be taken to enforce what he called the <divine decree> of
the hijab.
Hossein Ali Haji Deligani said that if the judiciary did not provide
such action within the next 48 hours, then MPs would put in motion a
bill to fill the legal vacuum. He said that it would be in line with a
report by the parliamentary cultural commission on <chastity and the
hijab>. The protests widened to encompass calls for a complete overhaul
of the Islamic Republic - but it remained rooted in the issue of the
hijab. The image of Mahsa Amini has remained the most potent symbol of
the movement of the movement, which for a while was able to shake the
foundations of the theocracy that has ruled Iran for more than 40
years.>>
Read more here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65147339
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: Of late I and nobody can overread the name of
Jina Mahsa Amini, murdered by the basij for apparently wearing her hijab
wrongfully and which started the contra khamenei movement, Allah has her
soul. Now the more the mp/judiciary will try to enforce a 'hijab law'
the more they will strenghten the movement.
BBC News
1 April 2023
By Alys Davies
<<Two Iranian women arrested for not covering hair after man attacks
them with yoghurt
Two women have been arrested in Iran after being attacked with yoghurt,
seemingly for not covering their hair in public. In the video, which
went viral, two female customers are approached by the man, who begins
talking to them. He then takes what appears to be a tub of yoghurt from
a shelf and angrily throws it over their heads. Iran's judiciary said
the two women have been detained for showing their hair, which is
illegal in Iran. The man has also been arrested for disturbing the
public order, it added. The arrests follow months of protests in the
country demanding an end to the compulsory wearing of the hijab
(headscarf). The footage shows the women in the shop, waiting to be
served by a member of staff. A man who looks to be passing by then walks
in to confront them. After he speaks, he repeatedly attacks them with
yoghurt. The attacker is then pushed out of the shop by the shopkeeper.
Arrest warrants were issued and the three were subsequently arrested,
the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported. It added that <necessary
notices> have been issued to the owner of the shop to ensure compliance
with the law.
Not wearing the hijab in public is illegal for women in Iran, however in
big cities, many walk around without it despite the rules. Anger and
frustration with the law have driven dissent in Iranian society.>>
Read more here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65150135
NCRI - Womens Committee - Women's news
1 April 2023
<<Remembering Ghazaleh Chelabi, security forces stifle her commemoration
Amol City Security Council prevented the Nowruz memorial ceremony for
Ghazaleh Chelabi. During Nowruz, the Persian New Year holiday, the
people of Iran came together to pay tribute to the protesters who lost
their lives during the 2022-2023 nationwide uprising. They visited the
graves of these brave souls to honor their memories, pay their respects,
and recommit themselves to the path of freedom these protesters had
embarked upon. However, the families of the martyrs and their
communities were met with hostility from security forces, who not only
threatened and pressured them into silence but also prevented them from
holding commemoration ceremonies for their loved ones. Among the many
affected was Ghazaleh Chelabi (Chelavi), whose family could not hold a
ceremony in her honor. Ghazaleh Chelabi was killed on September 21,
2022, during the nationwide uprising in Amol, Mazandaran Province,
northern Iran. Her family wanted to hold a Nowruz commemoration ceremony
for her, but the Amol City Security Council prevented the ceremony. On
Saturday, March 25, Fatemeh Mojtabaei, Ghazaleh Chelabi's mother,
addressed her daughter in a note posted on her Instagram page, saying:
<On the first day of Farvardin 1402, the commemoration ceremony that was
supposed to be held at the Imamzadeh Qasem hall (at your tomb) was
canceled in the last moments by the Amol City Security Council, and we
had to hold the ceremony at home in the short time we had. But the
heartless ones should know that the people of my city did not leave our
family alone and I am indebted to these kind people.> In this note,
which was published with the hashtags <No to the Islamic Republic,>
<Don’t be afraid, don't be afraid, we are all together,> and <We will
neither forgive nor forget,> Fatemeh Mojtabaei wrote to her daughter: <A
large crowd of people showered your grave with flowers on that day. My
beautiful and heroic daughter, you have a place in the hearts of all
free people, and you are recorded in the history of Iran.>
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Before her death, Ghazaleh Chelabi had filled out two organ donation
cards and requested that her organs be donated to those in need after
her death. Her family announced that they would donate her organs.
Still, security officials prevented them from doing so, and according to
Ghazaleh's aunt, government officials told them that <this would turn
Ghazaleh into a legend.> >>
Read all here:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/04/01/ghazaleh-chelabi-memorial-stifled/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: Miss Ghazaleh Chelabi, Allah has her soul, is
now not only a martyr for the uprising against the mullahs but also a
national heroine, a model for all women worldwide.
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