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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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.>
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Iranwire - May 18, 2023- By KIAN SABETI
#OurStoryIsOne Campaign Unites Baha'i Executions and Gender Equality in Iran
June 18, 1983, marks a haunting chapter of intolerance and injustice in Iran's history.
Ten Baha'i women, whose only crime was their religious faith, were hanged in Shiraz's Chowgan Square, after facing an agonizing choice; renounce their beliefs and save their lives, or to remain steadfast in their convictions and to meet their tragic fate. Each of the 10 chose to remain true to their ideals and beliefs. On that fateful day of June 18, after bidding tearful farewells to their families in the prison hall, these 10 women were separated from their fellow prisoners and led to the gallows. What awaited them was a grim procession, as one by one, they faced the noose, from oldest to youngest. The eldest was 57 years old while the youngest was just 17 years of age. A haunting image emerges: each woman forced to witness the execution of the one who preceded her. Among these valiant souls was Mona Mahmoudnejad, the 17-year-old whose young eyes likely bore witness to the harrowing demise of her nine companions. Among them stood a mother and daughter, Ezzat-Janami Eshraghi and Roya Eshraghi, united in their final moments, their love for one another transcending the brutality of their circumstances. The husband and father of these two had also been executed two days earlier. And the son of another one of these executed women, Nosrat Ghufrani Yaldaie, had also been executed earlier that week. And one of the younger women had seen her father hanged three months before her own death. What makes this abhorrent act even more egregious was the absence of any legitimate judicial process. These ten Baha'i women were denied the basic right to a fair trial by holding them for six to seven months, without due process, during which the women were interrogated, mistreated and pressured through psychological torture and other tactics in an effort to force them to recant their beliefs. The Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Fars province even denied them the opportunity to draft their final wills - a further dehumanizing act in their last moments.
The ten Baha'i women executed in Shiraz on June 18, 1983, were:
Mona Mahmoudnejad, 17;
Roya Eshraghi, 23, executed along with her mother;
Simin Saberi, 24;
Shahin (Shirin) Dalvand, 25;
Akhtar Sabet, 25;
Mahshid Niroumand, 28;
Zarrin Moghimi-Abyaneh, 29;
Tahereh Arjomandi Siyavashi, 30. Her husband, Jamshid Siavashi, was executed two days earlier;
Nosrat Ghufrani Yaldaie, 46. Her son, Bahram Yaldaie, was executed two days earlier;
Ezzat-Janami Eshraghi, 57, along with her daughter Roya, 23. Her husband, Enayatullah Eshraghi was executed two days earlier.
On May 15, the Baha'i International Community (BIC) announced a new campaign, called #OurStoryIsOne, to mark the upcoming 40th anniversary of the execution of these 10 women and to honor the long struggle for gender equality lived by women of all faiths and backgrounds in Iran for many decades and which continues to this day. A statement released by the BIC said that the <crime> of the 10 women was <refusing to renounce their beliefs in a faith that promotes the principles of gender equality-absent and criminalized in Iran-as well as unity, justice and truthfulness>. The campaign will start in June and span a year, with its most intensive phase taking place the first three weeks of June, leading to the 40th anniversary of their execution on 18 June. The BIC has now invited people around the world, whether as artists, musicians, filmmakers, or in other creative areas, to pay tribute to their story, by contributing, among other examples, songs about the 10 women, short videos about their lives, a memory of the women themselves, graphic arts, written work, social media posts, or public events and memorials, to honor the longstanding struggle and efforts towards gender equality in Iran. <The story of the 10 Baha'i women is not over,> said Simin Fahandej, a BIC Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, in the campaign announcement. <It was a chapter in the unfolding story of Iranian women’s resilience and sacrifice for equality. Today, in the blood, tears and wounds of thousands of young women in Iran seeking equality, we can see echoes of the injustice suffered by the 10 women of Shiraz whose tragic death touched the lives of many. We see the same spirit, the same choice being made: to stand up for the principles of justice and equality with utmost effort. Though mistreated and imprisoned, today's women-just like those before them-are bravely striving for a just and prosperous Iran.> Following the execution of the 10 women and for the four decades that have followed, hundreds more Baha’i women have been severely persecuted, facing discrimination both as women and as Baha'is. After the Revolution, Baha'i women serving in prominent social positions in the country were dismissed from their jobs, arrested and imprisoned, tortured, or executed. Those left to live were barred from universities, public employment and virtually all aspects of social life. <More and more Iranians are uniting in a search for social justice, and they have focused on the equality of women and men as one of the most pressing challenges facing the country,> added Ms. Fahandej. <We hope that together we can honor not only the 10 Baha'i women of Shiraz, but all women across Iran who cherish the principle of the equality of women and men, and who have contributed to building a better future for the country through their perseverance in the face of oppression.> <Let us stand together, united by our shared experiences of resilience and our collective efforts and sacrifices for Iran, to show that we are inextricably linked regardless of faith and background. We hope that remembering the execution of these 10 women will illuminate and reinforce conversations around justice and gender equality in Iran. Our story is one and we will raise our voices until our shared ideals are realized.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/116676-ourstoryisone-campaign-unites-bahai-executions-and-gender-equality-in-iran/
June 18, 1983 is a day the still grieving Baha'i families and community is a BLACK DAY they will never forget nor should the guilty ones of these heinous crimes and the not-guilty people of Iran who, since September 2022, after she was murdered by the basij for apparently wearing her hijab wrongfully, saw and felt it as the spark that set on fire the fuse to the of the gunpowder barrel named 'Zan, Zendagi, Azadi' revolution. And with it its most important demand: FREEDOM. And this not only for the womens' choice of what she wants to wear but also of and acceptance of ones' religion. Not so long ago an African sister, I call all Africans brothers and sisters, said to me: <Yes, we are all brothers and sisters no matter where somebody comes from or our believes. Everybody is welcome>.
But today, my Baha'i brothers and sisters, I grief with you, deeply. And our only answer to the evil dictatorship that is ruling over Iran and keeps locking up protesters; political; lawyers; retired teachers, farmer workers, ranchers, students and labour activists and so and too much more in (so-called 'secret prisons' but we know it are shi'i mosques) and prisons like evin and other prisons and is on a hanging spree of non-guilty people who too often are Baha'i. And every morning when I wake up, and during my working day as a journalist-activist and at the end, before laying myself to sleep, my prayers go to you more than brave Iranians who dare to say and act with a clear NO TO THE DICTATORSHIP.
Gino d'Artali

Iranwire - May 18, 2023
<<Iranian Prisoners Facing Imminent Execution Issue Emotional Plea for Help
Three Iranian prisoners on death row have written a message calling for help amid growing concerns over their imminent execution. <We need your help and support, don't let them kill us,> Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi wrote in their message, which was shared by the Twitter account of the opposition activist collective 1500tasvir on May 17. Kazemi, Mirhashemi and Yaghoubi were handed capital punishment in relation to the death of three members of the security forces during protests in Isfahan on November 15, 2022. In the late evening of May 17, supporters of the three inmates gathered in front of Isfahan's Dastgerd prison to prevent their execution. Eyewitnesses reported that members of the paramilitary Basij force confronted the protesters, resulting in clashes. Prominent civil society and political activists, both inside and outside the country, also mobilized themselves to prevent the executions. Popular actress Taraneh Alidoosti used Instagram to implore the United Nations and other international institutions to intervene and save the lives of the three men. Ali Karimi, a former member of Iran's national football team, expressed his deep concern over the men's fate through a tweet. A video showing a group of mothers from the western city of Sanandaj condemning the death sentences was distributed on social media. Protest rallies were held in Berlin, London and Stockholm in support of Kazemi, Mirhashemi and Yaghoubi. Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, urged the international community to take <urgent and bold action> to stop the execution of the three protesters. <The shocking manner in which the trial and sentencing of these protesters was fast-tracked through Iran's judicial system amid the use of torture-tainted 'confessions', serious procedural flaws and a lack of evidence is another example of the Iranian authorities' brazen disregard for the rights to life and fair trial,> Eltahawy said in a statement.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/116663-iranian-prisoners-facing-imminent-execution-issue-emotional-plea-for-help/

Iranwire - May 18, 2023
<<Iranian Woman Protester Attempts Suicide in Prison
A woman protester who is serving a long-term prison sentence in Karaj, near Tehran, has attempted to take her own life, local media and human rights groups reported on May 28. They said that Masouma Senobari cut her wrist inside Fardis prison to protest cruel treatment by prison staff.
Senobari resides in Karaj but is originally from the north-western city of Tabriz. She was arrested during street rallies in Karaj on December 13, 2022, and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on charges of leading protests. According to reports emerging from Farid prison, Senobari was kept in solitary confinement for months, was denied any contact with her family and was deprived of fresh air.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/116673-iranian-woman-protester-attempts-suicide-in-prison/

Iranwire - May 18, 2023
<<Iranian Labor Activists Beaten, Arrested in Shocking Raid on Grieving Family's Home
Iranian security forces have brutally arrested seven labor activists in the western city of Sanandaj, and took them to an unknown location, IranWire has learned. The activists were arrested on the evening of May 17 when agents affiliated to the Sanandaj Intelligence Department stormed the family home of a 21-year-old protester killed by security forces last year, a source said. Labor activists Kamal Karimi, Shadman Abdi, Abdullah Khairabadi, Sirvan Mahmoudi, Iqbal Pishkari, Khabat Mahmoudi and Habibullah Karimi, were subjected to severe beatings and whisked away.
The agents did not show any judicial document or say what charges the activists face.
During the arrest operation, the security forces verbally abused Homan Abdullahi's grieving family and used physical violence against his father Farshid. They also destroyed a bouquet of flowers brought by the seven labor activists to honor the memory of Abdullahi, who was killed during three days of protests and strikes in Sanandaj in early December last year. Khairabadi and Pishkari have previously been summoned, detained and interrogated by the Sanandaj Intelligence Department for their activism.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/116659-iranian-labor-activists-beaten-arrested-in-shocking-raid-on-grieving-familys-home/

Iranwire - May 18, 2023
<<Jail Time Reduced for Baha'i but False Charges Remain
Iran's judiciary has reduced the prison sentence of Payam Vali, a Baha'i citizen incarcerated in Ghezelhasar prison, IranWire understands. Vali's initial sentence of 16 years has been reduced to 9 years and 9 months. The judgment, issued by Branch 12 of the Alborz Court of Appeals on May 10, outlines modifications made during the appeals process. Vali is accused of spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic, cooperating with foreign media and inciting protests via social media. He was arrested on September 24 after police raided his home and workplace in the city of Karaj, near Tehran. He was severely beaten by the officers after resisting arrest. The sentence for the charge of cooperating with <hostile countries> was decreased from ten years to six years. The five-year sentence for inciting people to protest remained unchanged. However, the one-year sentence for <propaganda against> the regime was reduced to eight months. Consequently, Payam Vali has been sentenced to a total of nine years and nine months in prison. According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, the maximum punishment applicable to Vali is six years in prison. Throughout his detention, Vali has endured pressure and threats aimed at coercing him into making false confessions against himself. But he has continued to deny all the charges against him. The court deemed Payam Vali's interviews with BBC Persian and London-based Manoto satellite television, where he discussed the violation of the rights of Baha'i citizens in Iran, as evidence of his alleged cooperation with hostile countries.
Payam Vali is being held in Ghezelhasar prison where he continues to serve his revised sentence.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/116660-jail-time-reduced-for-bahai-but-false-charges-remain/

Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 18, 2023 - By LARA GEWHERİ
<<Iranian regime uses death penalty as tool of political repression
News Center- The <Jin, Jiyan, Azadi> uprising that sparked in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhilat) is going to enter its ninth month. The Iranian authorities have been trying to quell protests by using many inhumane methods for months. In recent months, Iranian authorities have executed many protesters; more than 50 people were executed in the country on different charges and many more were sentenced to death in the first week of May. The high number of executions and death penalties is alarming. The Iranian regime tries to repress all people of Iran and Eastern Kurdistan, including women, students, teachers and activists by using many inhuman methods because it is afraid of them. Despite everything, the people keep taking to the streets of Iran and Eastern Kurdistan to protest the regime. The Iranian regime sentences protesters to death, claiming that they are sentenced to death on drug-related offences to make these sentences psychologically acceptable by society. However, its main aim is to legitimize the executions and death penalties. Unfortunately, the international human rights organizations remain silent against the increasing number of executions and death penalties in Iran.
'They killed my son'
Despite this silence, the families of the people sentenced to death try to make their voices heard on social media platforms by using hashtags such as <Stop execution> and <We are all together>. Farzaneh Barzekar, mother of Erfan Rezaei who was shot and killed during a street protest, is one of them. <They killed my son and my only hope is your support. Hundreds of lives are in danger in Iran. Women, men and young people must unite to prevent the killings,> she wrote in an Instagram post.
Executions and death penalties protested on social media platforms
Many families whose relatives were executed in Eastern Kurdistan protested the death sentences by sharing their photos and videos on their social media accounts. In the last three months, the number of executed Kurdish people increased to 34%. Three of them were executed for their political activities while 45 of them were executed on different charges such as stealing something, murdering someone or drug-related offences. Many of them were executed in Urmia Central Prison.
565 people were executed in 17 months
According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the Iranian authorities executed at least 192 people, including eight women, in 2008 and 565 people, including five children, between September 2022 and May 2023.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/iranian-regime-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-of-political-repression-33298

NCRI - Women Committee - in Women's News - May 18, 2023
<<Behind Bars: Massoumeh Senobari's Suicide Bid Against Torture
On May 14, 2023, an alarming incident unfolded within Fardis Prison (also known as Kachouii) in Karaj as Massoumeh Senobari, a political prisoner, resorted to a desperate act of self-harm. Massoumeh Senobari cut her wrist in protest against the escalating pressure and torture she endured. The revelation comes from a reliable source that recently reported the incident. Currently detained in solitary confinement in the women's ward, Massoumeh Senobari is isolated from fellow prisoners. The judge overseeing her case has imposed this restrictive measure on her. Furthermore, limitations are placed on her ability to contact her family, with authorities even preventing her from recharging her phone card. These infringements occur despite recognizing every prisoner's fundamental right to maintain communication with their family. Under the court's verdict, Massoumeh Senobari, a political prisoner, is prohibited from interacting with other inmates and confined within the walls of a <closed-door> prison. Her access to fresh air is limited to one hour every few days, during which other inmates are temporarily removed from the yard to prevent communication. Massoumeh Senobari is from Tabriz. She was arrested in Karaj on December 13, 2022, and transferred to the city's Department of Intelligence. After enduring 40 days of interrogation, she was transferred to the women's ward of Kachouii Prison on January 4, 2023. Massoumeh Senobari stands accused of leading protests, leading to her trial at the 1st Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Karaj on March 5, 2023. The court sentenced her to a lengthy prison term of 7.5 years, citing charges of <participation in acts against the state through membership in the PMOI> and <propaganda against the state through participating in illegal gatherings, publicity campaigns, writing graffiti on walls, and distributing pictures of PMOI leaders.>It is important to note that Massoumeh Senobari's family remains unaware of her condition and expresses profound concern for her well-being. She is the daughter of Mohammad Ali, born in 1988 in Tabriz, and has a daughter of her own. Previously, she was sentenced to 8 years on charges of <propaganda against the state> and <insulting> the mullahs' supreme leader, leading to her imprisonment in the women's ward of the Central Prison of Tabriz. Prior arrests and instances of severe mistreatment have marked Massoumeh Senobari's journey. On February 24, 2019, she was arrested and subjected to brutal torture during interrogation in the Intelligence Department of Tabriz. Her inhumane treatment left her unable to walk due to vicious whippings, resulting in broken bones and impaired vision. Despite the suffering, she was released on bail of 600 million tomans until her trial in August 2019.
However, ....>>
And read all about the 'however' here:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/05/18/massoumeh-senobaris-suicide/
 
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