JINA MAHSA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams and her death.
In memory of Jina 'Mahsa' Amini, the cornerstone of the 'Zan. Zendegi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali
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NARGES MOHAMMADI
*Victory is not easy, but it is certain*
'Mother of a long and free Iran'

Preface by Gino d'Artali - November 10, 2023 - This is my tribute to mrs. Narges Mohammadi or as I call her 'The mother of a long and free Iran'. Why do I call her that way? Why ask? We all know her as a fearless woman who's not afraid of the mullahs' regime and not even to loose her life while being on a hungerstrike and knowing it might add up danger to her heart's condition. But having said that it is the same regime that didn't allow medical care if she refused to wear a hijab but they finally had to give in to also (inter-)national pressure. And that proves us how persistent she can be and is because for her it became and is the center of her life and being: to stand firm as a rock in her demand to respect human and womens' rights and their freedom. So it cannot have come as a surprise that she was awarded the Nobel Peace Price 2023.
But the mullahs' regime didn't allow her to leave prison and travel to Olso to personally accept this prize and say thank you.
Instead the regime keeps her incarcerated probably thinking that that will silence her. But then again, there's a saying in Europe that says: 'A cornered cat makes strange jumps' or in mrs. Narges Mohammadis' situation one can say 'A lionness and with her many many other women can and does act in ways where the mullahs' regime is driven to a corner with no way out'.
So the mullahs's regime better watch their backs because mrs. Narges Mohammadi is not alone!
Read below the incarcerated Narges Mohammadi had to go through in the past 2 months and still is going through but... read also how her struggles for a long and free Iran were rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize but... doesn't make her 'walk besides her shoes' (European saying meaning somebody overvalues oneself) but keeps standing firm like a rock against the mullahs' regime. Hence this tribute with a standing applause, admiration and gratefullness.
Thank you and long live and a free Iran

UPDATE January 15 - 10, 2024

Hengaw - Jan 15 2024
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Faces Additional 15-Month Prison Term
Narges Mohammadi, an esteemed human rights activist and political detainee held at Tehran's Evin prison, has been handed a 15-month prison sentence and additional punitive measures by the judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Narges Mohammadi, the recipient of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, recently received a 15-month imprisonment verdict, along with a two-year exile outside Tehran province. This decision was rendered by the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court under the leadership of Judge Iman Afshari. In addition to her prison term, she faces a two-year travel ban, a two-year prohibition from participating in socio-political groups, and a two-year restriction on using smartphones. Narges Mohammadi's Instagram page has declared that she is being accused of <propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran> and has chosen not to participate in the investigation sessions and trial. This human rights advocate was indicted in absentia at the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Iman Afshari on December 19, following a complaint lodged by the Ministry of Judicial Information and Judgment during the same proceeding. Nobel Peace Prize laureate and political detainee Narges Mohammadi, honored in 2023, has faced recurrent legal challenges since 2021, enduring five imprisonments imposed by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The rulings include a two-year travel ban, exile, and various social and political restrictions. It's noteworthy that prior to these recent sentences, Narges Mohammadi had been subject to multiple arrests by security agencies, resulting in a 16-year imprisonment verdict by Judge Salvati. Ten years of this sentence were enforceable. Subsequently, in the following year, she faced charges such as <propaganda against the system,> <sit-in in the prison office,> <disobedience to prison administration and authorities,> <destroying windows,> and <defamation,> leading to a punishment of 80 lashes, 30 months imprisonment, and a substantial fine. This verdict was executed in October 2021.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/nobel-peace-prize-laureate-narges-mohammadi-faces-additional-15-month-prison-term  

Iranwire - Jan 10 2024
<<German-Iranian National Freed from Tehran Prison with Ankle Tag
Iranian authorities have released a German-Iranian woman from prison under strict conditions comparable to <house arrest,> her daughter says, amid concerns about her deteriorating health. Taghavi, in her 60s, had been held at Tehran's Evin prison since October 2020 and placed in prolonged solitary confinement. In August 2021, she was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in prison on charges of illegal propaganda activities and helping to lead a banned group - charges she denied -- following what Amnesty International called a <grossly unfair trial.> Western governments and rights groups have repeatedly accused the Islamic Republic of taking dual and foreign nationals hostage for the sole purpose of using them in prisoner swaps or as a bargaining chip in international negotiations. In a statement on the social media platform X, Taghavi's daughter Mariam Claren said her mother was <released temporarily> on January 9. Taghavi <has to wear an electronic ankle tag during the furlough. Nahid's movement will be restricted [to] 1,000 meters from her apartment in Tehran,> she wrote. A senior official at Germany's Foreign Ministry welcomed Taghavi's release <on medical grounds> as <an important first step.> <We continue to work tirelessly to ensure that Nahid Taghavi is reunited with her family,> Christian Buck wrote on X. In June, fellow prisoner and prominent rights activist Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, said that Taghavi could barely get out of bed, and the pain was <so severe it can be seen on her face.> Mohammadi wrote on Instagram that Taghavi's long spell in solitary confinement worsened an existing spinal disc condition, and she was now also suffering from cervical disc problems, diabetes and high blood pressure. The prisoner was allowed brief medical leave in 2022, but her family said she was returned behind bars before she could recover. Taghavi was convicted along with British-Iranian national Mehran Raoof, who is still being held.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/124188-german-iranian-national-freed-from-tehran-prison-with-ankle-tag/
A thought by G. d'A: Our dear sister, suffering as she is since too long under the torturing mullahs' regime is so strong and has such a big heart that she does not hesitate a second to soothe another inmate. Let's fight for the freedom of all!

Dec 30, 2023: Preface from Gino d'Artali: The below is a quote from an article in de German online daily named Deutsche welle, translated German wave, in which Narges Mohammadi is at word saying <<"Slaughter and killing do not only happen in war," wrote imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi in a letter to UN Human Rights Commission. In this open letter, which Mohammadi's husband shared with DW, she asks the UN human rights commissioner to take urgent, decisive and swift action to stop executions in Iran. <In this world where everything is globalized, is humanity an exception? Is it enough to make a statement on paper? Is the global will to stop the unsafe and widespread executions in Iran's cities paralyzed by empty and baseless excuses?> Mohammadi wrote. Since December 3, Iranian authorities have cut off all of Mohammadi's connections with the outside world. She is not allowed to make phone calls or receive visitors. Her voice, and that of other critics, has been silenced.">>
Read the article headed as <<Emboldened Iran silences critics as world looks elsewhere...>> here:
https://www.dw.com/en/emboldened-iran-silences-critics-as-world-looks-elsewhere/a-67859305

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Iranwire - 19 Dec 2023
<< <Slaughterhouse Court:> Jailed Nobel Winner Mohammadi Rejects Trial Appearance
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin prison, has announced her decision not to appear before the Tehran Revolutionary Court as she faces a new trial. <The revolutionary court is the slaughterhouse of the youth of Iran, and I will not set foot in this slaughterhouse,> Mohammadi said in a statement posted on her Instagram page before the start of her trial, set for December 19. <I refuse to grant credibility or authority to judges affiliated with secret services and courts that engage in staged trials,> she added. The trial is the first against the activist since her family accepted the 2023 prize on her behalf in Oslo on December 10. The charges are unclear but are thought to be related to her activities inside Evin prison where she has continued to campaign against the authorities and the mandatory hijab law for women. The family has said that if convicted in this case, she risked being required to serve her sentence in a prison outside Tehran. They also said that Mohammadi, who has not seen her exiled husband and children for several years, remains deprived of the right to make phone calls.
Mohammadi has been behind bars since November 2021.
During the past two decades, she has been arrested 13 times, and sentenced five times to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. <The fractured walls of the tyranny's prison are powerless to stifle the voices of us, the incarcerated,> Mohammadi said in her latest statement.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/123684-slaughterhouse-court-jailed-nobel-winner-mohammadi-rejects-trial-appearance/

<Iranwire - Dec 19 2023
<<Jailed Iranian Journalists Join Khatereh Hakimi in Singing
In a powerful act of defiance, Iranian singer Khatereh Hakimi has shared a video of herself singing <Safarnak,> accompanied by three women journalists imprisoned in Tehran's Evin prison. The video, which was posted on social media, shows Hakimi playing the guitar and singing. The journalists Nasim Sultanbeigi, Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi can also be heard singing over the phone. The recording is interrupted by a brief automated message saying, <This is a phone call from Evin Prison.> Sultanbeigi, Mohammadi and Hamedi and among dozens of journalists unlawfully jailed during nationwide protests sparked by the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody. Mohammadi and Hamedi were handed prison sentences totalling 12 and 13 years in prison, respectively, for their coverage of Amini's death. Sultanbeigi is serving a prison sentence of three years and seven months.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/123674-jailed-iranian-journalists-join-khatereh-hakimi-in-singing/

Center for Human Rights in Iran - 8 Dec 2023
<<Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release
<I will make my voice louder for the world to hear,> says Mohammadi
Suffering from Serious Health Issues, Authorities Ban Phone Calls, Visitations
December 8, 2023 - Governments worldwide, UN leaders, and human rights organizations should demand the immediate release of Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, who has been wrongfully imprisoned on fabricated charges and banned by the Islamic Republic of Iran's government from personally attending the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, scheduled for December 10. <On the day set for her to receive her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Narges Mohammadi will be behind bars in Tehran's Evin Prison, due to the Iranian government's relentless attempts to silence her unwavering advocacy for the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Iranians,> said CHRI Executive Director Hadi Ghaemi. <Mohammadi is a thorn in the side of the Islamic Republic,> said Ghaemi. <As long as she languishes in prison, her pleas for the freedom of all political prisoners must not go unheard. Advocates for peace and human rights worldwide must persistently demand her immediate release.> CHRI has endorsed a recent appeal initiated by PEN America and supported by a diverse coalition of civil society organization and activists urging her release. Her precarious health condition, prompting hunger strikes for medical attention, underscores the urgency of her immediate and unconditional release to access necessary medical treatment. CHRI implores activists and organizations around the world to promote PEN's joint letter, and launch more international appeals to create a chorus of calls for Mohammadi's freedom.
Mohammadi's Message Penetrates Beyond Prison Walls
Mohammadi, a prominent advocate for women's and human rights in Iran, courageously endangered herself by persistently denouncing state repression, even from within prison walls. Her notable statements include support for the country's <Woman, Life, Freedom> movement, which was met with violent state repression when it sparked months of protests after the killing in state custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini in September 2022. <The history of my land is the tale of the struggles of freedom-seeking and tradition-breaking women, which has continued till the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement of today,> said Mohammadi in an interview with actress and activist Angelina Jolie, which occurred briefly over the phone until abruptly blocked by prison authorities, and then through intermediaries. Shortly after this conversation was published online, she faced intensified restrictions-her already limited access to communication was completely severed by prison authorities. <I will make my voice louder for the world to hear,> she said in a message posted on her Instagram account, announcing the ban. <Despite increased pressure, harassment, and deprivation, you cannot force me into silence.> Her unwavering courage in speaking out against torture, unlawful executions in Iran, sexual violence against women prisoners, and the Islamic Republic's brutality towards peaceful protesters has made her a primary target of the Iranian authorities. They continue to impose multiple prison sentences on baseless charges against Mohammadi, now enduring her third imprisonment, with a cumulative sentence of over 10 years on charges such as <spreading propaganda against the state.> Forced to spend most of the past 11 years in and out of prison on manufactured political charges, Mohammadi has been kept behind bars since May 2021, as a result of multiple prosecutions, on charges including <spreading propaganda against the state.> The Islamic Republic authorities have initiated fresh cases against her in two branches of the state's Revolutionary Court system: Branch 26 led by Judge Iman Afshari and Branch 29 led by Judge Amouzad. <Mohammadi has sacrificed everything-her freedom, being with her family, and even her health due to the Iranian authorities' refusal to allow adequate medical care to prisoners-to stand against the Islamic Republic of Iran's tyranny,> said Ghaemi. <Supporting Narges Mohammadi is standing in solidarity with all Iranians striving for a future free from political repression and state violence,> he added.>>
Source:
https://iranhumanrights.org/2023/12/imprisoned-nobel-peace-laureate-narges-mohammadi-needs-global-demands-for-release/
Note from Gino d'Artali: Do watch the video embedded on the page in which our beloved sister and 'Mother of Iran' speaks loud and clear ending with saying "Victory will be ours".

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