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. Zendagi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali
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Sara Massoumi
NCRI - Womens committee - 22 Dec 2023 - in Women's News
<<Journalist Sara Massoumi sentenced to 6 months for a tweet
Journalist Sara Massoumi was sentenced to six months imprisonment by the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. She was also barred from journalistic activities for two years. Ms. Massoumi must also pay a fine of 15 million Toumans in cash. The semi-official Sharq newspaper cited Ali Mojtahedzadeh, Sara Massoumi's lawyer, as saying, <The hearing convened at the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court examined the charge of 'publishing context contrary to the truth.' > The charge refers to a tweet about Armita Geravand, the teenage girl who died after being attacked in a metro train by a Hijab Patrol.


hijab enforcer attacks Armita Gevarnand


tweet

The tweet reads, <They wrote you passed away. For years, we have known the trace of blood and today, the city smells of the blood of the innocent. By the way, did they show all the footage to your mother?> <The tweet, however, did not contain any news and therefore could not be contrary to the truth. The Judge's verdict also refers to the report of law enforcement agents, but we did not see any reports,> Mr. Mojtahedzadeh said. Sara Massoumi's lawyer noted that <if a journalist is to endure such imprisonment for just one tweet, then we cannot essentially talk about freedom of speech in this country.> (The state-run Sharq daily, December 20, 2023)>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/12/22/journalist-sara-massoumi/

Updates 'till December 18th. 2023

<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/

Pakhshan Azizi
NCRI - Womens committee - 18 Dec 2023 - in Women's News
<<Kurdish Journalist Moved to Evin's Women's Ward from Ward 209
Kurdish journalist Pakhshan Azizi, a former political prisoner, and Social Work graduate endured over four months of detainment in the Intelligence Ministry's Ward 209 at Evin Prison. Her relocation to the Women's Ward at Evin on Monday, December 11, 2023, marked a significant shift after enduring extensive interrogation without legal counsel or communication with her family. The recent transfer of the Kurdish journalist Pakhshan Azizi follows her arrest on August 4, 2023, in Shahrak-e Kharrazi, Tehran. This isn't her first encounter with authorities; she was previously arrested on November 16, 2009, during a Kurdish student protest at Tehran University, which was staged against the execution of political prisoners in Kurdistan. Her prior arrest led to her release on bail on March 19, 2010.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/12/18/journalist-pakhshan-azizi/

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Iranwire - Dec 15 2023
<<Iranian Journalist Elnaz Mohammadi <Forced to Resign>
Iranian journalist Elnaz Mohammadi says she was forced to resign from Hammihan newspaper a month ago. <I was forced to leave the social group [desk] that we formed with Elahe with great enthusiasm in July last year,> Mohammadi wrote in a post on her Instagram on December 14. In September, Elnaz Mohammadi received a three-year suspended prison sentence for covering the monthslong <Woman, Life, Freedom> protests.
Her sister Elahe Mohammadi, who is also a journalist, is serving a 12-year prison sentence in Tehran's Evin prison. <There are many reasons behind my resignation, but it's better that I don't say. I don't want to reveal more than that,> Mohammadi said. Dozens of journalists were among more than 10,000 people unlawfully detained following the eruption of nationwide protests last year. Many journalists have been released on bail while awaiting trial or have been issued summonses to serve multi-year sentences. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, has urged the Islamic Republic to <stop the widespread persecution of human rights defenders and journalists.> The Committee to Protect Journalists has said that the Iranian authorities <must realize that jailing journalists and critical voices won't help them in hiding Iran's difficult realities,> while Reporters Without Borders accused the Islamic Republic of exacting its <revenge against journalists who....have fulfilled their duties in serving the public's right to news and information.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/123563-iranian-journalist-elnaz-mohammadi-forced-to-resign/

Iranwire - Dec 1 2023
<<CPJ Calls for Release of Jailed Iranian journalist Mir-Ghasemzadeh
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Iranian authorities to immediately release from custody Mohammad Mir-Ghasemzadeh, who was reporting on alleged official corruption. On November 27, security agents with the Intelligence Ministry arrested Mir-Ghasemzadeh, a journalist in the northern city of Someh Sara, and took him to a detention center in Rasht, according to news reports and a source who spoke to CPJ. As of November 30, authorities had not disclosed the reason behind the arrest or any potential charges against Mir-Ghasemzadeh, according to the New York-based media freedom watchdog.
The journalist was allegedly beaten in custody.
<Iranian authorities are desperate to silence their critics,> said CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour. <Authorities must realize that jailing journalists and critical voices won’t help them in hiding Iran's difficult realities and release Mir-Ghasemzadeh and all jailed journalists immediately,> he said. The New York-based Independent Center on Human Rights in Iran reported that Mir-Ghasemzadeh was recently working on a series of reports exposing the alleged financial corruption of a parliament member from Gilan province. Mir-Ghasemzadeh's arrest comes as Iranian authorities are ramping up pressure on journalists across the country. Two journalists, Saeedeh Shafiei and Nasim Sultanbeigi, went to Tehran's Evin prison earlier this month to begin serving their sentences of three and a half years. <The Islamic Republic continues to exact its revenge against journalists who....have fulfilled their duties in serving the public's right to news and information,> the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said on November 23.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/123064-cpj-calls-for-release-of-jailed-iranian-journalist-mir-ghasemzadeh/

Iranwire - 22 Nov 2023
<<Iranian Journalist Shokrani Faces New Legal Case
Maryam Shokrani, the economic editor of Iran's Shargh newspaper, has announced that a new legal case was filed against her. Shokrani said on Instagram on November 22 that the case was referred to Branch 1058 of the Culture and Media Prosecutor's Office <without investigation.> The journalist also said she hadn't been given a chance to present her defense. This is the second case filed against Shokrani in recent weeks. Shokrani announced earlier she had been summoned to Branch 16 of the Tehran Culture and Media Prosecutor's Office, adding that she was unaware of the complaint's subject matter. The cases were opened against Shokrani amid a wider crackdown on journalists who have reported on the death of Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old girl who was assaulted at a Tehran metro station on October 1 for not wearing a headscarf. Armita died after being in a coma for 28 days. Several other journalists have also been summoned or arrested for their coverage of her death. They include Sara Masoumi, Milad Alavi, and Omid Tosheh. Negar Ostad Agha, a member of Etimad Online's editorial team, has been arrested for attending Geravand's funeral.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/122767-iranian-journalist-shokrani-faces-new-legal-case/

Iranwire - Nov 21 2023
<<Iranian Journalist Sultanbeigi Starts Prison Sentence
Nasim Sultanbeigi, a prominent Iranian women's rights activist and journalist, entered Tehran's Evin prison on November 21 to start serving a three-
and-a-half-year sentence, her lawyer says. Maryam Kian Ersi made the announcement on the social media platform X, expressing concern regarding the <adverse medical implications> of incarceration for Sultanbeigi. <The authorities and those executing the punishment bear the responsibility for my client's health,> she added. Sultanbeigi was detained at Tehran's Khomeini International Airport in December 2022 while attempting to leave the country, and was temporarily released in February pending the outcome of her trial. Sultanbeigi was sentenced to three years and six months in prison on charges including assembly and collusion, and propaganda activities against the system. The Court of Appeals of Tehran province upheld the sentence, which led to her incarceration. Sultanbeigi's case highlights the ongoing crackdown on journalists and civil activists in Iran. On November 19, journalist Saeedeh Shafiei was also taken to Evin prison to serve a prison sentence of three years and a half.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/122730-iranian-journalist-sultanbeigi-starts-prison-sentence/


Elaheh Mousavi
JINHA - Womens news agency - Nov 20, 2023
<<Iranian journalist Elaheh Mousavi acquitted of all accusations
News Center- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) announced on Sunday that Elaheh Mousavi, a journalist and environmental activist, was acquitted of all accusations against her by the 2nd branch of the Criminal Court in Iran's Golestan province. Elaheh Mousavi has faced many legal cases for reporting on deforestation in the northern provinces of Iran and violations relating to environmental pollution in these areas. She was charged with accusations of <publishing falsehoods> and <defamation>. Environmental journalist Elaheh Mousavi has worked for a variety of newspapers including the Qanun and Shargh newspapers, Eskan News and other local publications in Golestan province and she is the editor-in-chief of Salim newspaper.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/iranian-journalist-elaheh-mousavi-acquitted-of-all-accusations-34171

Iranwire - Nov 20, 2023
<<Iranian Journalist Shafiei Starts Prison Sentence
Iranian journalist Saeideh Shafiei has started serving a prison sentence of three years and a half at Tehran's Evin prison, her husband says. In a post on the social media platform X on November 19, Hassan Homayoun said that she is being punished for having written about poverty and discrimination in Iran. He also expressed deep concern over his wife's health. Shafiei disclosed on November 12 she had received a summons from the Department of Law Enforcement which mandated her to report to prison on November 13 to start serving her prison sentence. But the journalist was told to leave when she handed herself over to the Evin Prosecutor's Office on that day. On September 18, the Court of Appeal for Tehran province upheld the prison terms issued to both Shafiei and her fellow journalist Nasim Sultan Beigi. Shafiei, who is a member of the International Federation of Journalists, was charged with <propaganda activities against the system> and <gathering and collusion against national security.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/122688-iranian-journalist-shafiei-starts-prison-sentence/

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Iranwire - Nov 15, 2023
<<Two Journalists Among Iranian Women Arrested in Mass Raids
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Iranian authorities to immediately release two journalists and environmental activists, Nasim Tavafzadeh and Helaleh Nategheh, and stop trying to silence media workers by jailing them. <It is vitally important for the Iranian people to access truthful reporting on government policies, like the environment,> Sherif Mansour, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, said in a statement on November 14. Tavafzadeh, a social activist, environmental advocate and the editor-in-chief of the news website Moroor.org, as well as Nategheh, an environmental reporter for the same media outlet, were arrested in the northern city of Rasht on November 11 amid a widening government crackdown on dissent and the media. The two journalists were apprehended by members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) Intelligence Organization and were taken to an undisclosed location.
The authorities have not disclosed the reason for detaining them.
Tavafzadeh and Nategheh were among at least 20 women activists who were detained and had their electronic devices confiscated in mass raids in Rasht. Those detained also included two writers, Rosita Rajaei and Nina Golestani, as well as the manager of a safehouse for animals, Anahita Hejazi. <Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release the two female journalists and the many others arrested in Rasht and realize that censoring the media does nothing to address the challenges that the government is facing,> Mansour said.
Iran ranked as the world's worst jailer of journalists when CPJ conducted its most recent census of imprisoned journalists worldwide on December 1, 2022. Approximately 100 journalists were among more than 10,000 people unlawfully detained in the wake of nationwide protests sparked by the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a headscarf improperly. Many journalists have been released on bail while awaiting trial or have been issued summonses to serve multi-year sentences, CPJ said.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/122530-two-journalists-among-iranian-women-arrested-in-mass-raids/

3 journalists arrested
JINHA - Womens news agency - November 14, 2023
<<Three women journalists arrested in Iran
News Center- Three women journalists were taken into custody in Iran in two days. On November 13, the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran raided the home of journalist Shaqaiaq Moradi. After the search of her home, she was taken into custody. Shaqaiaq Moradi was then taken to a prison. On November 11, Nasim Tavafzadeh, editor-in-chief of Moroor news site, and environmental journalist Helaleh Natigeh were in house raids conducted by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The authorities have refused to give their families any information regarding their whereabouts or the charges they face.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/three-women-journalists-arrested-in-iran-34145?page=1



Nasim Tavafzadeh and Halaleh Natigeh
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - Nov 13 2023
<<Arrest of Two Female Journalists in Rasht by Security Forces
Nasim Tavafzadeh and Halaleh Natigeh, distinguished journalists and environmental activists, were apprehended by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Rasht. The detainees were subsequently transported to an undisclosed location. According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Nasim Tavafzadeh, the director of the <Mrur> news site and head of the Sabzekaran Balan Environmental Institute, was taken into custody by the intelligence department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on November 11, 2023. Simultaneously, Halaleh Natigeh, an environmental reporter for the Mrur news outlet and a member of the Sabzekaran Balan Environmental Institute, also faced arrest. Nasim Tavafzadeh, known for her contributions as a writer, social activist, and environmental advocate, alongside her husband, has been actively involved in environmental initiatives in the Gilan region, focusing particularly on waste management. As of the time of reporting, detailed information regarding the grounds for the arrest and the specific charges against these two journalists remains unavailable. The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights continues to monitor and gather information on this developing situation.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/11/arrest-of-two-female-journalists-in-rasht-by-security-forces

Iranwire - 13 Nov 2023
<<Journalists, Teenager Among Over 20 Arrested in Iran's Rasht
Iranian authorities have detained at least 20 people, including four journalists, a prominent social activist and a teenage girl, in the northern city of Rasht. The arrests took place on November 11 amid a widening government crackdown on dissent and massive human rights violations. According to Radio Farda, the arrests were carried out by officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) intelligence arm.
Those targeted were apprehended without prior notice or explanation.
The four arrested journalists work for the Moroor news site and include its editor-in-chief, Nasim Tavafzadeh, a well-known writer, social activist and environmental advocate. More than 10 women and a teenage girl were also arrested in their homes. The officers presented search warrants but failed to provide any explanation for the arrests. The authorities have refused to give their families any information regarding their whereabouts or the charges they face.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122472-journalists-teenager-among-over-20-arrested-in-irans-rasht/


Maryam Amid-Semnani
Iranwire - July 27 2023 - by SHADYAR OMRANI
<<Iranian Influential Women: Mozayan ol-Saltaneh (1882-1919)
Maryam Amid-Semnani, known as Mozayan ol-Saltaneh, was an intellectual and journalist living in early 20th-century Iran, a time when most women either could not read or write or, if they could, they would hide it. It was in this repressive atmosphere that Maryam Mozayan ol-Saltaneh first attempted to open a girls' school and publish the second women's newspaper in the country, becoming the first woman to head a national publication. Even though Mozayan ol-Saltaneh's second venture was short-lived, it had a transformative role in thinking of women and their abilities.
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... later, Maryam married a prominent intellectual, Ghavam ol-Hokama, who died a few years later. As a result, Mozayan ol-Saltaneh raised their two children on her own. Throughout these years and for the rest of her life, she remained preoccupied with teaching and women’s literacy.
A Women's Magazine <Blossoms>
In 1913, eight years after the first newspaper was published in Iran, Mozayan ol-Saltaneh published a women's newspaper called Shokufeh (<Blossom>), two years after the very first women's weekly, Danesh (<Knowledge>), had been forced to shut down. Danesh was first launched in 1910 by Masoumeh Kahal, a female eye doctor who had been trained in medicine by American missionaries. The weekly was widely distributed in Iran and other countries before it ended after 12 months. <The wind blew bringing the scent of amber/ Almonds, bursting into blossoms> was the legend below the logo of the newly published Shokufeh. <No country can join the circle of civilization and progress except through newspapers,> wrote Mozayan ol-Saltaneh in its first issue. <Newspapers challenge thoughts, teach us speech and rhetoric and show us how to live, how to earn money and wealth, how to learn manners and ethics and how to socialize, communicate, gain knowledge, trade and cultivate. It is only with the help of newspapers, published specifically for women and in a language they are familiar with, that ideas and habits penetrate our being to wake us from our deep slumber and the stupefying effects of the opium of ignorance. God willing, with the help of this newspaper, we shall rise above the humiliation of ignorance and sit on the throne of knowledge, peace and comfort.> >>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/118907-iranian-influential-women-mozayan-ol-saltaneh-1882-1919/
Read more about Maryam Amid-Semnani here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Amid 

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