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: June 15-1--May 31 -16 --May 15-1--April--March--Feb--Jan 2023  
covering the period of the 'Women Life Freedom' revolution in 2023 and with links to the period of  the murdering of Jina Mahsa Amini on September 2022 'till December 2022
updated 31 May 2023

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Gino d'Artali
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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
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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.

Iranwire - May 30, 2023
<<Journalist Hamidi Contests Charges As Trial Opens
Iranian journalist Niloofar Hamidi vehemently rejected all the accusations against her as her trial kicked off behind closed doors on May 30, her husband says. Mohammad Hossein Ajorlo took to Twitter to say that Hamedi's family was prevented from attending the hearing before Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, adding to concerns about transparency and due process. The defendant emphasized her commitment to fulfilling her journalistic duties within all legal frameworks and maintained that her work posed no threat to Iran's security, he said. The journalist's legal team was denied the opportunity to present a defense during the two-hours hearing, Ajarlo said, adding that the date for the next court session is yet to be determined. Hamidi and another woman journalist, Elaheh Mohammadi, are accused of collaborating with the <hostile> government of the United States, colluding to commit crimes against national security, and engaging in propaganda activities against the regime. The charges, which could carry the death penalty, stem from their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody last year. During the opening session of Mohammadi's trial on May 29, her lawyer was denied the opportunity to present a defense.Human rights groups and media freedom watchdogs have condemned the arrest and prosecution of Hamedi and Mohammadi, as well as the Islamic Republic's ongoing clampdown on dissent and the media.
More than 520 people were killed during demonstrations sparked by Amini’s death and over 20,000 others were unlawfully detained, including dozens of journalists, activists say. Following biased trials, the judiciary has handed down stiff sentences to protesters.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/117046-journalist-hamidi-contests-charges-as-trial-opens/

Iranwire - May 30, 2023 - By SHIMA SHAHRABI
<<The Sham Trials of Two Iranian Women Journalists
The Iranian judiciary has announced that the trials of Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, two women journalists who are being prosecuted for covering the events surrounding Mahsa Amini's death in police custody, will start on May 29 and 30, respectively. These two journalists have been behind bars for more than eight months. According to sources close to them, their court appointed lawyers did not meet the two until May 28 and were not allowed to study their cases. The judiciary announced the charges against the journalists and the dates of the trials before informing their lawyers. The two are scheduled to be tried behind closed doors at Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, one of the most notorious Revolutionary Court judges. In the past days, many organizations both inside and outside Iran, including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Iranian affiliate, the Tehran Province Journalists Association (TPJA), have demanded that the trial of Mohammadi and Hamedi be held in an open court. To find out more about these two cases, IranWire spoke with Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer representing Mahsa Amini's family.
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Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi have been under temporary detention for eight months. Under the law, can temporary detentions last so long? Temporary arrest warrants are categorized by the type of offense. The law states that a temporary arrest warrant for offenses involving murder is valid for two months, can be renewed for another two months. After that, the warrant must be changed to a permanent detention warrant [subject to whether the judge allows bail or not]. In the case of other offenses, the maximum arrest warrant lasts one month and can be renewed for another month. These two journalists have now been under arrest for more than eight months, whereas the investigation of their cases was concluded after two months and they were transferred from solitary confinement to the common ward. It is not clear why and on what grounds these two journalists have been kept in prison with a temporary arrest warrant. To all appearances, their detention is illegal. The charges brought against these two journalists include collaborating with <belligerent governments,> and the name of the United States was mentioned. Is America a <belligerent> government? According to what Iranian newspapers and especially news agencies affiliated with the intelligence and security agencies have published, one of the charges against these two journalists is <collaboration with belligerent states,> meaning the US. But, for the following reasons, we and the United States are not in a state of belligerency. Two countries are in a state of belligerency if they are at war or had been at war and have agreed on a temporary cease-fire without achieving peace. We have never been at war with America and we are not at war with the US either. What is more, there is a treaty of friendship between Iran and the US that was signed in 1955. Iran has cited this treaty in international institutions. Based on this treaty, Iran [partially] won its case at [the International Court of Justice] in Hague against the US. Therefore, Iran cannot claim that it has a friendship agreement with the US and, at the same time, say that the two countries are belligerents.> Iran, the US and most other countries in the world have signed the Geneva Conventions of 1949. According to these conventions, as I explained before, countries are considered belligerents only if they are at war or have agreed to a cease-fire. Besides, only the Supreme Leader decides whether Iran is at war or at peace with other countries, and the courts, the intelligence and security agencies or others cannot decide whether we are in a state of belligerency with another country or not. Another charge brought against the two journalists is <assembly and collusion against national security.> Hamedi and Mohammadi worked at two separate newspapers, Shargh and Ham-Mihan. Can <assembly and collusion> apply to them? The charge of <assembly and collusion against national security> that has been brought against these two journalists has been used over the past quarter of a century to convict many. But Article 610 of the Islamic Penal Code defining this crime states that when two or more individuals collude and conspire to commit crimes against the national or foreign security of the country....shall be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment. These two journalists have two separate cases that would be handled in two separate trials; therefore, you cannot charge them with <assembly and collusion.> Also, the charge of <collusion with a belligerent government> is not valid either for reasons that I explained earlier. Besides, they were doing their jobs as professional journalists when they wrote reports about Mahsa Amini's condition and the ceremonies [after her death]. Writing such reports is not a crime, and it is the journalists' professional duty.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/117026-the-sham-trials-of-two-iranian-women-journalists/

NCRI - Women committee - in Women's news - May 27, 2023
<<Marzieh Mahmoudi, a journalist, fined for posting a critical tweet
Marzieh Mahmoudi, a journalist and the editor of Tejaratnews, has been sentenced by the court to pay a cash penalty of 24 million tomans. Ms. Mahmoudi stated, <I was fined 24 million tomans for a single tweet. However, the fine was reduced to 6 million tomans, which I paid today.>
Some time ago, Hamid Rasaei, a former member of Parliament, made highly offensive remarks about the protesters. Marzieh Mahmoudi criticized this cleric in a post on her own page, which led to his complaint against her.
Nasim Sultan Beigi Summoned to Prosecutor's Office
On Saturday, May 20, 2023, Nasim Sultan Beigi, a journalist, and former student activist, appeared before the fourth branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office to defend against charges of <propaganda against the state,> and <assembly and collusion.> This is the third time in recent weeks that she has been summoned to Evin Prosecutor's Office. IRGC Intelligence agents arrested Nasim Sultan Beigi at the airport on the evening of January 11, 2023, as she was leaving the country. She was taken to Evin prison. Ms. Sultan Beigi was finally released from prison on February 6, 2023, after posting bail. The cases of Marzieh Mahmoudi and Nasim Sultan Beigi shed light on the challenges faced by journalists who express critical views or engage in activism. These incidents underscore the increasing scrutiny faced by journalists and the importance of freedom of expression in society.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/05/27/marzieh-mahmoudi/

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