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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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  2022
and the ZZA Revolution per month:   May--April--March--Feb--Jan 2023 

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When one hurts or kills a women
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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.

Jinha - Womens Committee - In Articles, Women's News - August 14 2023
<<Hijab Plan Enforcement to Commence in Iran on Saturday
UN Condemns Repressive Enforcement of Iranian Hijab Laws as Gender-Based PersecutionThe clerical regime will officially begin on Saturday, April 15, dealing with Iranian women and girls who do not comply with the compulsory veiling dress code and new Hijab Plan. The commander in chief of the State Security Force, Ahmadreza Radan, told the press today, <The Chastity and Hijab Plan will be enforced starting tomorrow according to the previously declared plans.> Asked if the CCTV cameras could make any mistakes, he responded, <Rest assured, there will be no mistakes!> (The state-run Tasnim news agency, April 14, 2023) Radan first announced on April 8 that the State Security Force would start dealing with women who remove their Hijab in three areas of public roads, vehicles, and public places from next Saturday, April 15.> He added, <Beginning next Saturday, people who remove hijab on public roads, cars, or in commercial places will be reported to the Judicial authorities by presenting documents.> The SSF public relations announced on the same day that they would deploy CCTV cameras to identify the women who breach the Hijab law and avoid physical tension with them. After they have been identified, violators will receive <warning text messages as to the consequences.> (The state-run ISNA news agency, April 8, 2023) On April 10, the mullahs' Judiciary Chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, ordered all judicial authorities to be prepared to support and cooperate with the State Security Force to implement the new Hijab plan. (The state-run Khabaronline.ir, April 10, 2023)
The clerical regime has already started giving verbal warnings to women who do not cover their hair in the metro stations, preventing them from entering airports and banks.
UN experts censure repressive enforcement of Hijab laws
Meanwhile, UN experts have condemned the <repressive enforcement of Iranian Hijab laws> and called it <gender-based persecution.> In a statement issued in Geneva on April 14, the UN experts said:
GENEVA (14 April 2023) – The repressive enforcement of Iranian hijab laws, as announced by the State authorities, would result in additional restrictive and punitive measures on women and girls who fail to comply with the country’s compulsory veiling laws, UN experts* said today. The experts warned that such repressive and draconian measures are a manifestation of gender-based persecution and would lead to unacceptable levels of violations of the rights of women and girls in the Islamic Republic of Iran.>>
Read the full statement here:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/04/14/hijab-plan-enforcement/

Iranwire - April 14 2023
<<Iranian Lawyers Say Forced Hijab Rules Shouldn't Apply to Private Cars
Iranian lawyers are challenging the authorities' claim that removing hijab in public, including in private cars, is a <crime> that should be punished, amid heated debate over mandatory headscarf rules. All women in Iran must conceal their hair with a headscarf and wear loose fitting trousers under their coats while in public. But a growing number of women have appeared in public without a hijab since a young woman died in police custody in September 2022, triggering nationwide protests demanding more freedoms and women's rights. Amini had been arrested for allegedly wearing a headscarf improperly. Some defiant women were arrested or summoned by the authorities, while many businesses were shut down due to the failure of owners or managers to observe hijab rules. The judiciary claimed this week that according to the Islamic Penal Code, <removing the hijab in public is a <crime.> And police chief Ahmadreza Radan warned that starting on April 15, anyone violating hijab laws in public places, cars and commercial establishments will be prosecuted. But according to lawyers Mohsen Borhani and Hoshang Pourbabaei, removing hijab in a car is not a crime. Borhani called recent judicial verdicts against women who were not wearing a head covering <illegal and illegitimate.> He also said that there is no legal documentation supporting <illegal actions> such as the confiscation of cars and shop closures. Borhani said that seizing women's cars is a <crime> and called for those responsible to be <sentenced to prison.> Pourbabaei argued that <not wearing hijab should not lead to imprisonment, deprivation of social services or impoundment of cars.> He further stated that prosecutors do not have the right to summon women on this ground.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/115540-iranian-lawyers-say-forced-hijab-rules-shouldnt-apply-to-private-cars/

Iranwire - April 12 2023
<<Iranian Students Call for Protests against Forced Hijab on April 15
Student unions across Iran have called for mass protests against mandatory hijab rules as the authorities intensified threats toward violators of the Islamic Republic's strict dress codes. <We should respond to the government's repressive measures by organizing protest rallies, protest performances or sit-ins and by writing slogans on Saturday,> the student organizations said in a joint statement on April 12. According to the statement, the government has started implementing a plan to enforce hijab <using brutal behavior and repressive forces in universities.> <This has led to female students being prevented from entering universities for not observing mandatory hijab and to gender segregation at the entrance of universities,> it said. The statement calls on <students from all over the country to stand together against the repressive forces of the government, including security and plainclothes officers.> The text was backed by student unions from multiple universities, including Isfahan University, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Beheshti University and Tehran University.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/115451-iranian-students-call-for-protests-against-forced-hijab-on-april-15/ 

Iranwire - April 10 2023 by Antoine Blua
<<In 2018, dozens of courageous Iranian women protested the Islamic Republic's repressive mandatory hijab laws by removing their headscarves in public and by placing them on sticks. The defiant protesters, who became known as the <Girls of Revolution Street,> were accused of <encouraging corruption> and received severe punishment for that. Two Iranian men, Reza Khandan, the husband of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and their friend Farhad Meysami, also a human rights activist, decided to support the <Girls of Revolution Street> by hand-pressing buttons that said, <I oppose the mandatory hijab> in Persian. But Intelligence Ministry agents raided their houses and confiscated the buttons shortly after the two men started distributing them. Five years later, the banished buttons are re-appearing thanks to Jeff Kaufman and Marcia Ross, who directed and produced the 2021 documentary <NASRIN,> an immersive portrait of Sotoudeh. Kaufman and Ross have launched the #FreedomButton campaign to show solidarity for women's rights in Iran, where the authorities are cracking down hard on a months-long protest movement demanding fundamental economic, social and political changes. Kaufman and Ross are calling on people around the world to stand up to Iran's oppressive regime and its brutal clampdowns on women by wearing in public an exact copy of the 2018 button and by displaying it on social media. This image of the button can be printed and cut out. The public can request a button and get more information at https://bit.ly/freedombutton.
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<This campaign honors the spirit of Reza and Farhad and Nasrin - and so many others - who make buttons or signs or t-shirts and go to the streets and courtrooms to peacefully demand their basic rights. Their ideals and resilience are incredibly inspiring,> Kaufman said. The campaign is backed by organizations and individuals including Amnesty International, Artists for Human Rights, The Boroumand Foundation, The Feminist Majority Foundation, Ms. Magazine, Parliamentarians for Global Action, PEN America, Right Livelihood, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman. <I'm wearing this button because I oppose the mandatory hijab. I believe a woman should be able to choose whether she wants to wear a hijab, or not wear a hijab. It's up to her. And I support women's right to choose in all things within Iran and around the world,> said Tehran-born comedian and actor Maz Jobrani.
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Meysami was arrested in July 2018 and unjustly jailed until February 2023, when he was released from prison after a long hunger strike. Khandan served three months in prison before being freed on bail, while Sotoudeh spent more than three years in prison. She is now on medical leave.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/115488-global-campaign-against-forced-hijab-puts-iranian-womens-rights-under-spotlight/

Iranwire - April 10 2023
<<Student unions across Iran have called for mass protests against mandatory hijab rules as the authorities intensified threats toward violators of the Islamic Republic’s strict dress codes. <We should respond to the government' repressive measures by organizing protest rallies, protest perfor-ances or sit-ins and by writing slogans on Saturday,>the student organizations said in a joint statement on April 12. ccording to the statement, the government has started implementing a plan to enforce hijab <sing brutal behavior and repressive forces in universities.> <This has led to female students being prevented from entering universities for not observing mandatory hijab and to gender segregation at the entrance of universities,> it said. The statement calls on <students from all over the country to stand together against the repressive forces of the government, including security and plainclothes officers.> The text was backed by student unions from multiple universities, including Isfahan University, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Beheshti University and Tehran University.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/115451-iranian-students-call-for-protests-against-forced-hijab-on-april-15/ 

Iranwire – April 10 2023 By PARVANEH MASSOUMI
<<Repeating History: Iran's Police Chief to Intensify Crackdown on <Bad Hijab> It is a cruel twist of fate that Ahmedreza Radan, who served as the head of Tehran Police 16 years ago, is now leading the charge in the crackdown on women with loose hijab, a top priority for the Islamic Republic’s special police units. As commander of Iran's police force, Radan boasts of using the latest equipment to identify those who refuse to wear a headscarf. On April 8, 2007, when Radan was the commander of the Greater Tehran Police Force, he held a press conference to announce a plan to enforce hijab regulations in the capital. In his justification for the plan, Radan claimed that people who wear clothing that deviates from so-called social norms <offend citizens in various ways.>He argued that <improper hijab harms moral security, undermines internal security and disrupts societal relationships.> During the press conference, Radan listed examples of what the police considered to be indecent clothing, including'short pants, small scarves that do not cover the hair, tight and short coats and tight dresses. <In the initial phase, our focus will be on women who don’t observe hijab rules, and our actions will be based on a series of scientific data and polls. Once the project is complete and we have diagnosed the situation, we will proceed accordingly,> he said. Based on vague and subjective standards, many women have been humiliated, insulted and even beaten by police over the years. Radan used the same justification for enforcing hijab regulations when he assumed the position of commander of the Police Force of the Islamic Republic. Sixteen years after Radan first targeted women deemed to be <improperly veiled> in Tehran, he drew a line in the sand for women who refused to comply with mandatory hijab laws. He announced during a televised interview that, starting on April 15, forces under his command will begin patrolling <public roads, cars and commercial establishments.> <Anyone found to be in violation of hijab laws in these areas will be,,,,taken to court for prosecution,> he warned. Patrolling Streets from the Green Movement to Mahsa Protests rom 2007 to 2014, during Radan'' tenure as the commander of Tehran's police force, officers patrolled the streets each spring and summer to combat <bad hijab.> It has been reported that police are sending warning messages with a photo to women who do not wear hijab in their cars. The Faraja Information Center confirmed this, saying that <smart cameras> will help identify violators of the hijab law, thanks to existing databases from civil registries, banks, police and judiciary. Police will then send an SMS to the violators after receiving her address and phone number. The bitter irony is that, in response to the police's plan to deal with <bad hijab,> the public has said that <thugs, thieves, and drug dealers enjoy more freedom than women with no hijab.> And despite the installation of security cameras, those behind a wave of poisonings in schools have not been identified.
Stigmatizing Women without Hijab
Radan's recent statements reveal that, despite spending nearly a decade in the Strategic Studies Center of the Police Force, his attitudes toward women have remained unchanged. In 2007, he asserted that individuals who do not wear hijab suffer from <personality disorders and moral deviance.> He also classified women who do not take mandatory hijab seriously into three groups: those <without identity,> those <mentally ill,> and those with <ethical disorders and deviations.> <Do not set the country on fire> Civil rights activist Mehrangiz Kaar has written an article for IranWire in which he warned the police commander against setting the country on fire by obeying the orders of a <stubborn> leader. Kaar said that it is <forbidden to obey> a leader who ignores reality and warned that Iranian society is a <powder keg waiting to be ignited.> Kaar accused the police commander of being under the influence of an <inflexible> man who funds the police forces’ <wealth, rent and status> with the money of <the very women and their supporters they are oppressing.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/politics/115385-repeating-history-irans-police-chief-to-intensify-crackdown-on-bad-hijab/ 

Iranwire – April 10 2023
<<Iran's Authorities Announce New Measures in Battle to Enforce Hijab
The governor of the western province of Hamadan has announced that <banks and public offices> will not provide services to women who do not wear a headscarf, amid an intensifying campaign by Iranian authorities to force women to abide by the Islamic Republic's strict dress codes. In a statement on April 9, Alireza Ghasemi Farzad called on <non-governmental organizations to help enforce hijab> and ordered sports complexes in the province to <promote chastity and hijab> >>.
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: So now the regime is up try and to try to socially isolate the women who refuse to wear a hijab. Woman MUST have the freedom of choice!
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/115363-irans-authorities-announce-new-measures-in-battle-to-enforce-hijab/ 

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