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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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Gino d'Artali
Indept investigative journalist
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ASSASINATED BY IRAN'S DICTATORSHIP.
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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) has just started and will only then end when khamenei and his
puppets i.e. the morality police and the basijis 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.
Iran International
24 Feb 2023
By Maryam Sinaee
<<Iran Adopts A New Tactic - 'Forced Statements' On Social Media
After long airing forced televised 'confessions' of dissidents, Iran's
regime is increasingly coercing individuals to post dictated state-ments
on social media. Last week a video of a woman unveiling at an official
event in Tehran went viral on social media. On Wednes-day, the same
woman posted a video of herself apologizing for her <rash> behavior.
Zeynab Kazempour, an engineer, removed her headscarf during the annual
assembly of Tehran Construction Engi-neering Organization (union) after
her application to run as a candidate for the board was turned down,
presumably on the grounds that she did not abid by the compulsory hijab
rules. In the video, Kazempour is making a short statement on the stage
of packed auditorium -- with her headscarf around her neck instead of
her head -- about being excluded from the union's elections. She then
throws the headscarf on the floor while storming out as many of her male
and female colleagues, both on the stage and among the audience, cheer
and applaud her. <I reacted momentarily, without premeditation .... I regret [my reaction] and apologize to the public,> she says in the
video. <Releasing this type of videos has long precedence,> Dadban, a
team of volunteers who provide legal advice to activists and protest
victims, tweeted Wednesday, adding that security bodies are now forcing
dissidents to make coerced statements in front of their own cameras
instead of the cameras of the security forces for television. Iran's
state-run television has aired the so-called <confessions> or forced
statements of dissidents, acti-vists, individuals accused of terrorism,
economic sabotage, blasphemy, and even family members of government
violence victims since the very early days of the Islamic revolution to
justify prose-cution, or execution, of individuals and to discredit
opposition groups. In October, statements very likely to have been
acquired under duress from dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi were aired by
the state television.>>
Read more here:
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202302247578
24 Feb 2023
By Iran International Newsroom
<<Iranians Have Lost Trust In Their Government, Says Sociologist
An Iranian reformist cleric says two hardliner factions in Iran control
the whole political system and prevent a dialogue to make changes or
revise the constitution. Ahmad Mazani, who was also a lawmaker, likened
one group of hardliners to the Islamic State militant group. However, he
said that both hardliner factions are reactionaries.
Speaking at the congress of the pro-reform Mardomsalari (Democracy)
Party, on Thursday, Mazani said one of the two poles consists of
political dwarves. He was presumably referring to the Raisi
administration. Also, in an apparent reference to ultracon-
servatives who challenge the government from within, he called one
faction an ISIS-like pole that has deprived Iranians from their right to
run <an ordinary life>. Meanwhile, in an interview with the website of
Iranian Sociologists' Association, prominent academic Mohammad Fazeli
said that the current situation in Iran is marked by people's deep
distrust of the government. Fazeli argued that <in the absence of trust
in the government people do not have any long-term plans. In an economy
with a double-digit inflation rate and under economic sanctions,
political pressures, and the government's intervention in the citizen's
private lives, those who have the finan-cial resources will not invest
in a factory. They will instead purchase gold and foreign currencies for
short-term profit. Opportunism and short-term planning will become a
characteristic of a society in which the people do not trust the
government. Such a situation does not leave too many choices for
citizens, he said.> <When the house is on fire, you have only two
choices, jumping out of the window or taking the fire exit to make it to
safety,> he said, adding that <In a society under pressure you cannot
expect individuals to consider a series of options. Even if there are
really some other options, people tend to choose the ones that help them
save themselves as soon as possible.> Asked if Iran's future is going to
be as horrible as some analysts portray, Fazeli said, <I cannot say for
sure, but I can only say it can well end up that way. We have seen other
countries in similar situations in the Middle East, the Balkans and
Africa. Whet-her the same thing will happen in Iran depends on other
factors,> but did not elaborate. Fazeli said, <The Iranian state
television, for instance, has said that as a media outlet that has to
convey the government's messages, it has been losing audience during the
past years. This is an example of loss of social capital. So, the state
television in Iran is no longer a media outlet for the people of Iran.
It is a radio and television organization that broadcasts to a small
group of people and likes to convince them, not the nation as a whole.>
>>
Read more here:
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202302246307
Iran International
24 Feb 2023
Iran International Newsroom
<<People Protest In Iran's Zahedan Amid Heavy Crackdown
The Iranian regime was determined to prevent the Sunni population of
Zahedan to hold another round of protests Friday by heavily deploying
its security forces. However, worshippers held their custo-mary Friday
protest rally in the provincial capital of Sistan-Baluchestan following
prayers, chanting <Death to Khamenei> and <Death to IRGC.> Due to
internet shutdown by the government, the sermon by outspoken Sunni
leader Mowlavi Abdolhamid was not broadcast live. Internet watchdog
NetBlocks confirmed that the real-time network data showed a significant
disruption to connectivity in Zahedan. <The incident comes amid a
growing security presence during Friday protests,> said NetBlocks. Makki
Grand Mosque, where Abdolhamid usually delivers his Friday sermons, was
under siege since the early hours of Friday and security forces tried to
enter the Sunni mosque but were confronted by angry people. Some social
media videos show snipers stationed on the roofs of the buildings and
hills in the area. <We swear on our comrades' blood to stand strong
until the end,> hundreds of demonstrators were seen chanting in a video
from the flashpoint city. Another widely-circulated video showed
security forces beating and arresting a Baluch man trying to enter the
Makki Mosque.>>
Watch a video here:
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202302242864
DW
24 Feb 2023
<<Iran: Protests hit restive southeast, internet disrupted
Social media clips show a heavy police presence in Zahedan, a city that
has become a major site of protests sweeping the country.
Iranian demonstrators took the streets of Zahedan, the capital of Sistan
and Baluchistan province in the country's southeast, amid heightened
security presence on Friday. Massive protests have gripped Iran after
the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody in
September 2022. And Zahedan has become a major center for protests ever
since Iranian authorities cracked down on protesters on September 30,
2022, a day which has since been known as <Bloody Friday.> Iranian
security forces were accused of firing indiscriminately at protesters
and bystanders that day, with Amnesty International saying that at least
66 people were killed by authorities. Baluchs who live in the
southeastern province, which is one of the most poorest regions of the
country, have taken to the streets every Friday after prayers ever
since.
Internet disruption in the region
As with previous bouts of unrest, authorities appeared to have disrupted
internet services on Friday. <Real-time network data show a significant
disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, Iran. The incident comes
amid a growing security presence during Friday protests,> NetBlocks
internet monitor said. Like Kurds, Baluchs are predominantly Sunni
communities who have long complained about neglect by the Iranian Shiite
government.
Social media footage
Anger amid the protests appeared to have been fueled by reports that a
medical doctor had been killed while in police custody. <We swear on our
comrades' blood to stand strong until the end,> demonstrators in Zahedan
were seen chanting in a video posted by Iranian Human Rights Activists
News Agency (HRANA).>>
Read more here:
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-protests-hit-restive-southeast-internet-disrupted/a-64816267
Read also this related article published by Iran Wire on 11 November
2022 with this header: <Violence Reported In Restive Iranian Region As
Protesters Mark <Bloody Friday>....
https://iranwire.com/en/politics/109705-violence-reported-in-restive-iranian-region-as-protesters-mark-bloody-friday/
NCRI - In Women's News
24 Feb 2023
<<Political Prisoner Soheila Mohammadi in Serious Condition After
Self-Inflicted Wound
Political prisoner Soheila Mohammadi is in serious condition after she
committed suicide in protest of being denied the right to use leave.
Amid the Iranian regime's propaganda about releasing political
prisoners, the clerical regime's prisons are packed with political
prisoners.
A 30-year-old Kurdish political prisoner, Soheila Mohammadi, who has
been imprisoned for two years in the Central Prison of Urmia, committed
suicide as a protest against her denial of the right to use leave on
Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Ms. Mohammadi's health condition is
unstable, and she is in danger due to the injury caused by the stab
wound to the left chest area. Political prisoner Soheila Mohammadi, from
Salmas, was arrested by IRGC intelligence in the fall of 2020 and
sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of membership in the Hayat
Azad Kurdistan Party (PJAK) by the 1st Branch of the Revolutionary Court
of Urmia. Political prisoner Soheila Mohammadi has been imprisoned in
the women's ward of Urmia Central Prison without the right to use leave.
Three days after the injury, she is still being kept in Urmia Central
Prison's infirmary and has been denied transfer to medical centers. She
stabbed herself in the chest (near her heart) and lost a lot of blood.
Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Court of Bukan has sentenced another female
activist to five years in prison. Zhila Hojabri has been char-ged with
cooperation and membership in the Hayat Azad Kurdistan Party (PJAK). The
sentence has been officially communicated to her.>>
Read more here:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/02/24/political-prisoner-soheila-mohammadi/
Jinha - Womens News Center
24 Feb 2023
<<Iranian court upholds prison sentence against Faezeh Hashemi
Rafsanjani
News Center- Mohammad Hossein Agassi, lawyer of political activist
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was arrested during nationwide protests
and sentenced to five years in prison and banned from leaving the
country, has announced on his social media account that the five-year
prison sentence against Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani has been upheld by an
Iranian appeals court. Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani was arrested by Iranian
security forces in Tehran in late September 2022 during nationwide
protests and was taken to Evin prison. She was sentenced to five years
in prison and banned from leaving the country on the charges of
<propaganda against the system> and <uttering blasphemies>.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/iranian-court-upholds-prison-sentence-against-faezeh-hashemi-rafsanjani-32822
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