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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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.


Mehrullah Shahbakhsh - Saeed Shahbakhsh - Mehdi Shahbakhsh
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 22 Dec 2023
<<Three Baloch citizens arrested in Zahedan by Iranian security forces
Mehrullah Shahbakhsh and two brothers named Saeed Shahbakhsh and Mehdi Shahbakhsh, Baloch citizens from Zahedan, were arrested by the Iranian security forces in this city and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, Saeed Shahbakhsh, 24 years old, Mehdi Shahbakhsh, 22 years old, and Mehrullah Shahbakhsh, 23 years old, were arrested in Zahedan. These three citizens were arrested in their homes located in the Sefidak district of Zahedan City without providing judicial permission to the security forces. Saeed, Mehdi Shahbakhsh, and Mehrullah Shahbakhsh were transferred to an undisclosed location after their arrest, and the follow-up of their condition by their families was left unanswered. So far, there is no detailed information about the reasons for the arrest and the charges against these Baloch citizens.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/12/three-baloch-citizens-arrested-in-zahedan-by-iranian-security-forces


Verishe Moradi
Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Dec 2023
<<Kurdish activist Verishe Moradi held in pre-trial detention in Iran for more than 4 months
News Center- Verishe Moradi, a women’s rights defender and member of the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR was arrested and taken to an unknown location by the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Sanandaj on August 1, 2023. Her family members and women activists received no information about her for a long time, she was reportedly transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. She has been held in pre-trial detention in Evin prison for more than four months. According to received reports, she has been deprived of her right to communicate with the outside world, health and counsel and she has been able to see his family only once in a short visit since she was transferred to Evin prison. According to the local sources, Verishe Moradi was transferred first to the Sanandaj Intelligence Office after her arrest and she was coerced into a forced confession for two weeks at the Intelligence office.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/kurdish-activist-verishe-moradi-held-in-pre-trial-detention-in-iran-for-more-than-4-months-34342?page=1


Nafiseh Saadat Yar
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 21 Dec 2023
<<Baha'i Adherent Nafiseh Saadat Yar Receives One-Year Prison Sentence and Social Exclusion in Gorgan
Nafiseh Saadat Yar, a Baha'i adherent residing in Gorgan, Golestan province, has been handed a one-year prison sentence and four years of social rights deprivation by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the first branch of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court in Gorgan sentenced Nafiseh Saadat Yar for the charge of <propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.> It is important to note that this year, Nafiseh Saadat Yar faced dismissal from her position as a representative in a private company, a consequence of pressure exerted by the IRGC's intelligence department. Both Nafiseh Saadat Yar and her husband, Puya Amri, were arrested on February 1, 2023, and subsequently granted temporary release from prison by posting a bail of 500 million tomans pending the conclusion of legal proceedings. Baha'is in Iran, including Nafiseh Saadat Yar, have been subject to systematic pressures and illegal actions by security institutions, involving the confiscation of properties, the closure of businesses, and restrictions on their access to education, in addition to arbitrary arrests.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/12/bahai-adherent-nafiseh-saadat-yar-receives-one-year-prison-sentence-and-social-exclusion-in-gorgan


Maryam Moghadam
Jinha - Womens News Agency 21 Dec 2023
<<Call on Iranian authorities to immediately drop all charges against Maryam Moghadam
News Center- PEN America has published an open letter signed by 30 film organizations, festivals and professionals. The letter calls on Iranian authorities to immediately drop all charges against Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha as well as lift the travel ban on them. The signatories include the Berlinale, the Amsterdam-based International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk, and PEN America in New York. In September 2023, Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha had planned to travel to Paris for post-production on My Favorite Cake; however, Iranian authorities confiscated their passports and informed them that they were banned from leaving Iran. They were also notified that they would stand trial. <We fervently urge the Iranian authorities to cease the relentless persecution of filmmakers, writers, artists, musicians, and all who courageously articulate the aspirations, humanity, and dreams of the Iranian people,> the letter said. <Now is the time for change, starting with Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghadam, whose latest film, My Favourite Cake, is believed to have angered the country's hard-line Islamist authorities, although details of the charges have yet to be communicated.> The letter also alluded to the cases of director Saeed Roustayi, who was sentenced this year to six-months in prison on charges of <anti-regime propaganda activity> for screening his film Leila’s Brothers at Cannes in 2022 without permission; jailed journalist and Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, and rapper Saman Yasin, who said he had been tortured while in jail. <Filmmakers, writers, and other artists play an essential role in establishing free and vibrant societies, serving as architects of communication and collaboration and inspiring citizens to dream of better futures based on new possibilities and ideas. Instead of stifling their voices, governments must elevate and celebrate artists for their invaluable contributions to society,> the letter said.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/call-on-iranian-authorities-to-immediately-drop-all-charges-against-maryam-moghadam-34336


Ibrahim Salimi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 21 Dec 2023
<<Prominente Kurdish <Mamosta> sentenced to imprisonment in PiranShahar
In the ongoing imprisonment sentences for Kurdish Mamostas(clerics) by the Special Court for Clerics in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mamosta Ibrahim Salimi, a resident of Piranshahr, has been sentenced to three years in prison by one of the branches of this court in Urmia. According to reports received by the Hengaw organization for Human Rights, Mamoosta Ibrahim Salimi, the Friday prayer imam of <Chahar Yar Nabi> mosque in Piranshahr, has recently been convicted to three years of punitive imprisonment by the Special Court for Clerics in Urmia. Hengaw has learned that this Kurdish cleric has been sentenced on charges including supporting the <Jin, Jian, Azadi> Movement, and expressing supports for protesters.
Mamoosta Ibrahim Salimi was detained by the Intelligence agency in Piranshahr on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, and was temporarily released on the 20th of February on bail in the amount of 500 million Toman pending legal proceedings. During this month, four other clerics from Piranshahr, Sharif Mahmoudpour, Suleiman Ahmadi, Seyyed Jamal alDin Vaziri, and Younes Naokhah, were collectively sentenced to 11 years in prison by the Special Court for Clerics in Urmia. These clerics were tried on charges of supporting the Women, Life, Freedom Movement, and facing accusations such as <endangering national security> and <disturbance in the general public's perception>.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/12/prominente-kurdish-mamosta-sentenced-to-imprisonment-in-piranshahar


Political Prisoner Fateme Sepehari
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 21 Dec 2023
<<Urgent Concerns Regarding the Deteriorating Health of Political Prisoner Fateme Sepehari in Mashhad Central Prison
Fateme Sepehari, a political prisoner who has been serving a three-month sentence in Mashhad's Central Prison, is experiencing severe physical and mental distress. Despite her condition, prison authorities are reluctant to facilitate her transfer to medical facilities outside the prison. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, 59-year-old political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri is being denied necessary medical treatment while enduring significant physical pain and mental pressure within the Mashhal Central Prison. In a statement posted on his personal page, Asghar Sepehri, Fatemeh Sepehri's brother, expressed deep concern about his sister's health. He noted, <My sister's health condition is alarming. Due to psychological pressure from the prison authorities, her heart rate is consistently high. The prison healthcare only provides injections and sleeping drugs.> Asghar Sepehri further highlighted that despite a recent <cabin meeting> on Tuesday, December 19, his sister is unable to sleep due to severe pain in her left hand, impeding her ability to move her fingers. Although a surgeon recommended physiotherapy last week, no action has been taken by the head of the women's department, Leila Raminfar, and her deputy, Rahimzadeh. Fatemeh Sepehri has also reported eye pain and dryness to prison authorities, yet they refuse to arrange a specialist examination. Fateme Sepehari, a mother of four children, was apprehended by security forces at her Mashhad residence on September 21, 2023, to serve a ten-year prison sentence. She was subsequently taken to the city's central prison. Previously sentenced to 18 years in prison by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad for charges including <collaboration with hostile countries> and <insulting Khamenei,> Fateme Sepehri is subject to the Consolidation of Sentences Law, with ten years being applicable. It is noteworthy that Fateme Sepehri is among the signatories of a statement by 14 political and civil activists, calling for the resignation of Ali Khamenei from the position of <leadership> and advocating for fundamental changes in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/12/urgent-concerns-regarding-the-deteriorating-health-of-political-prisoner-fateme-sepehari-in-mashhad-central-prison


Nima Shahsavari and Hiva Mostafa'i
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 21 Dec 2023
<<Uncertain Fate of Two Young Kurdish Refugees Following Boat Capsizing in the English Channel
Nima Shahsavari, aged 24, and Hiva Mostafaei, aged 27, both hailing from Paveh, faced a tragic incident when the boat they were on capsized while attempting to cross the English Channel. Disturbingly, there has been no information regarding their well-being for the past five days. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights on Friday, December 15, 2023, Nima Shahsavari and Hiva Mustafaei, residents of the village of Khanqah in Paveh, Kermanshah province, disappeared during a water route accident en route from France to England. Media outlets have reported that 64 individuals have been successfully rescued from the perilous situation involving the refugee-carrying boat. Regrettably, some of the survivors are said to be in critical condition. Nima Shahsavari and Hiva Mustafa'i had previously embarked on a journey to Europe through Turkey with the intention of seeking asylum. In their latest attempt to reach England, their boat overturned, leaving their fate shrouded in uncertainty.
Recent reports highlight a concerning migration trend reaching even remote villages. Notably, local medias of Iran documented an instance where 115 people from a village in Darreh Shahr city, Ilam province, departed for Australia, underscoring the widespread impact of migration on communities.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/12/uncertain-fate-of-two-young-kurdish-refugees-following-boat-capsizing-in-the-english-channel
Note from Gino d'Artali: the ocean crossing to the UK is dangerous but be aware also that the European Union has just accepted a new bill too making it more easy for EU countries to send back refugees. I've been there, working at and for children at a refugee-camp in the Netherlands and often it was heartbreaking!


Hijab enforcer attacks Armita Gevarnand
Iranwire - 20 Dec 2023
<<Iranian Journalist Masoumi Handed Prison Term over Tweet
Iranian authorities have sentenced journalist Sara Masoumi to six months in prison and a two-year ban from practicing journalism for <publishing false information.> The sentence was issued by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court on December 20, Masoumi's legal representative, Ali Mojtahedzadeh, told the Shargh newspaper. Mojtahedzadeh said that the accusations against his client included <publishing a tweet about Armita Geravand,> a 16-year-old girl who died in October after being assaulted at a Tehran metro station for not wearing a mandatory headscarf. <Unlike many journalists whose cases were transferred to the prosecutor's office after the death of Armita Geravand, Masoumi's case was referred directly to the Revolutionary Court,> Mojtahedzadeh said. Maryam Shokrani, Shargh's economic editor, and Milad Alavi, a reporter at the same newspaper, faced summons for publishing or republishing news from domestic media concerning Geravand. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a media freedom NGO, Iranian authorities have arrested at least 95 journalists since September 2022, when the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/123726-iranian-journalist-masoumi-handed-prison-term-over-tweet/


Shiva Khalili
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 20 Dec 2023
<<Shiva Khalili, a Baha'i adherent residing in Babol (Mazandaran province), has been taken into custody and transported to Babol central prison in order to undergo the one-year imprisonment verdict. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, the Baha'i adherent Shiva Khalili was taken into custody and transported to Babol Central Prison after she was summoned by the Branch of Execution of Sentences of Babol Court. Shiva Khalili was sentenced to one year of penal detention by the first branch of the Babol revolutionary court under the charge of <propaganda against the government.> Her cellphone was also seized under the category of <crime instrument.> In reference to this case, Mohammad Hadi Erfanian Kaseb, the lawyer for Shiva Khalili, asserted on his X account (formerly Twitter) that the verdict was issued irrespective of the explanations and evidence presented to the court. Shiva Khalili was summoned on the phone by the first branch of prosecutors investigation of the general and revolutionary court of Babol on November 16, 2021. She was temporarily released the day after on bail, pending the end of her trial.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/12/shiva-khalili-taken-into-custody-and-transported-to-prison

Iranwire - 20 Dec 2023
<<Iranian Police Officers Arrested in Protester Shooting Case
The lawyer for Pouriya Alipour, an Iranian protester who was badly injured during nationwide protests last year, announced the arrest of four police officers suspected in the case. Payam Derafshan told Emtedad news website on December 19 that the arrests involved both low-ranking field officers and senior commanders. <The individuals identified and charged include the motorcycle driver who struck Mr. Alipour and the officer who shot him in the face, along with two senior officials,> Derafshan said. <The case has been transferred from the Supreme Court to the Branch 11 of Tehran Military Prosecutor's Office.> The suspects are accused of attempted murder, unauthorized use of firearms, assault with intent to injure, and actions undermining public trust in security forces. The September 2022 death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini triggered protests that spread across the country and rapidly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the four-decade-old Islamic theocracy in Iran. Authorities responded with a brutal crackdown in which more than 500 people were killed and over 22,000 others were unlawfully detained, including dozens of lawyers.
Following biased trials, the judiciary handed down stiff sentences, including the death penalty, to protesters. At least eight of them have been executed so far.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/123725-iranian-police-officers-arrested-in-protester-shooting-case/

Poem in support of the 'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi' women
"Veiled in tears.
For the fallen and the jailed women for freedom

My workshop,
where I hide as a hermit,
a walkabout in a desert in search of
the brave who are hiding too
for the bloodhounds of the mullahs' regime,
the walls of my workshop
are more and more covered
with the faces of the fallen for freedom
and there's no hiding possible
and why should I?
The truth must be told
as I continue to report
even then when my eyes are veiled with tears.
But when the fallen look at me,
speak to me,
I hear their voices loud and clear:
'Revenge is not what we want
but the de-masking of the perpetrators,
the killers of children, innocently born,
and the innocent jailed
because they believe
in Freedom, Equality and Democracy
and for all people of al walks of life and beliefs.

So Gino dear, carry on
towards a long and free Iran.
Raise the Victory flag with us at the Azadi tower
because yes,
*Victory is not easy,
but it is certain*'

And by the way,
begone veil,
real men do cry!
and women don't need to hide!"
Look at them,
face to face
and see Freedom"

*Narges Mohammadi

Heard and approved by my dear Tanzanian sister Leah
Gino d'Artali
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