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 -- 16 - 1--May 31 -16--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 24 May 2023

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UPDATES: LINKS 2 'Blinding as a weapon' (menu to the right) AND 'Biological terror attacks' (menu to the left) go here:
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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.

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Note by Gino d'Artali: A very disturbing fact:
iranwire - May 18, 2023 - By ARASH HASANNIA
<<National Development Fund: A Piggy Bank for an Insolvent Government
<If the depreciation of resources continue, the National Development Fund will be completely annihilated,> Mehdi Ghazanfari, chairman of the fund's board of directors, has warned.>...
and
<<We can write a long list of questions to explain why the National Development Fund has not acted in accordance with its charter and has not invested in international financial markets or projects in other countries. <The fund must grow every year because if it doesn't it would mean that we haven't bequeathed anything to the next generation, and those who don't bequeath anything to the next generation cannot claim that they are wise,> said Ghazanfari.>>
Read this very disturbing and long article here:
https://iranwire.com/en/economy/116655-national-development-fund-a-piggy-bank-for-an-insolvent-government/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: Why disturbing? Because factually it proofs that the dictatorship is not only a thief out of its own pocket but moreso from the Iranian people in general and out of the mouths of the poor. And the Qu'ran forbids stealing.

Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 22, 2023
<<Grave of Jina Mahsa Amini destroyed
The grave of Jina Mahsa Amini, who was killed by Iranian regime forces, has been destroyed again.
News Center- Jina Mahsa Amini, who was arrested in Tehran for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards, was killed by Iran's so-called morality police. She was buried in her hometown Saqqez. Her grave in Saqqez has been destroyed again. Her family has announced that they will rebuild the grave. Before, the grave of Jina Mahsa Amini was destroyed and her family rebuilt it.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/grave-of-jina-mahsa-amini-destroyed-33313?page=1


Iranwire - May 23, 2023
<<Jailed Women Journalists Mohammadi, Hamedi to Go on Trial Next Week
Iranian authorities have announced the dates for the start of the trials of two Iranian women journalists who are being prosecuted for covering the events surrounding Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. Elahe Mohammadi will go on trial on June 29, followed by Niloofar Hamidi's trial on May 30, judiciary spokesperson Masoud Setayeshi said on May 23, eight months after the two were incarcerated. Setayeshi claimed that the journalists’ lawyers have been granted access to the documents of the case, which their families deny. The charges against the two journalists include 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 accusations could carry the death penalty. Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court is handling the case. Hamedi, a reporter for the Tehran-based Shargh Daily, was arrested in September after publishing a photograph of Amini's parents in Tehran's Kasra Hospital, a few days after the young woman's death. Mohammadi of the daily newspaper HamMihan was taken into custody for her coverage of Amini's funeral in her hometown of Saqqez. Hamedi's husband, Mohammad Hossein Ajarloo, recently said that the two have been transferred from Qarchak prison to the women's ward of Tehran's Evin prison. Human rights groups and media freedom watchdogs have condemned the arrest and prosecution of Hamedi and Mohammadi, and the Islamic Republic's ongoing clampdown on dissent and the media. Earlier this month, Mohammadi and Hamedi, along with jailed activist Narges Mohammadi, were awarded UNESCO's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize <for their commitment to truth and accountability.> Time magazine included both Mohammadi and Hamedi in its 2023 list of 100 most influential people.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/116843-dates-set-for-trials-of-jailed-women-journalists-mohammadi-hamedi/

Iranwire - May 23, 2023
<<Poll Shows Revolution Anniversary Celebrations Attract Few Iranians
Every year since 1979, the Islamic Republic marks on 22 Bahman, the 11th month in the Persian calendar, the anniversary of the revolution that overthrew the monarchy. Marches are held through major streets and squares are decorated with flags, balloons and placards with revolutionary and religious slogans. Government media outlets claimed that as many as 21 million Iranians participated in this year’s celebrations, which fell on February 11 following months-long nationwide protests demanding fundamental economic, social and political changes. The results of a recent poll conducted by the collaborative initiative Iran Open Data among social media users gives a different picture. About 97 percent of respondents said they did not participate in the celebrations, and 91 percent said that none of their family members did. As many as 83 percent of respondents said they had never participated in rallies to commemorate the anniversary of the revolution. Iran Open Data said that 1,280 social media users participated in its poll held from March 3 to March 22. It said 72 percent of respondents identified themselves as males, and 96 percent said they lived in urban areas. Most respondents were from Tehran. Their average age was 35 years.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/116827-poll-shows-revolution-anniversary-celebrations-attract-few-iranians/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: What's there to celebrate? The non-freedom? The dictatorship? The poverty? And so on and so on...

Iranwire - May 23, 2023
<<Iranian University Students Protest Disciplinary Actions
Iranian students held rallies in several universities across Iran on May 22 to demand the cancellation of rulings issued by disciplinary committees in connection with recent protests. Students from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Tehran University staged a sit-in on the university campus amid heavy presence of security forces, after a student, Ali Hajian, was suspended for one semester. The students called for the revocation of rulings issued by the university's disciplinary committee, for the cancellation of all proceedings launched against students for protesting peacefully, and for an end to harassment by security agents on the campus. Meanwhile, the disciplinary committee of Tehran’s Beheshti University summoned students who have participated in protests against recent executions. At Tehran's Al-Zahra University, officials have taken steps to suspend 35 women students who have refused to adhere to the mandatory hijab policy. According to Iran's Student Union Council, eight students from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences have been subjected to excessive suspensions and forced into internal exile. The students received suspensions ranging from one to two years and were banished to cities including Ahvaz, Semnan, Kashan, Urmia and Ardabil. The Central Disciplinary Council of the Ministry of Health suspended a medical student, Reza Ansarian, for three semesters and banished him to the city Urmia. Ansarian was involved in protests related to a wave of poisonings at schools. News of these measures has triggered widespread public outrage and calls for demonstrations in the north-western city. Iranian youth are increasingly frustrated with the Islamic republic's repressive policies. Students are demanding greater freedom of expression and academic freedom, as well as an end to the government's discriminatory policies against women and minorities.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/116831-iranian-university-students-protest-disciplinary-actions/

Iranwire - May 23, 2023
<<SPEAKING OF IRAN
A button, a love story, and an Iranian couple who will not be silenced
In the Spring of 2018, two men in Tehran had a humble but risky plan to show support for women who were protesting Iran's compulsory hijab laws, Jeff Kaufman writes for CNN. Reza Khandan is a graphic designer, the husband of renowned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, and a father of two. Farhad Meysami is a physician, teacher and textbook publisher. The pair bought thousands of blank buttons and a small, hand-cranked button-making machine, printed green and red labels, and took turns producing buttons that said, in Farsi, <I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab.> Their buttons caught the attention of fellow activists - and Iranian authorities. On June 13, 2018, Reza's lawyer wife Nasrin was arrested for her work defending many of the women who publicly removed their hijabs. Soon after, Reza and Farhad's homes and offices were raided, the buttons were confiscated, and they were sent to the men's ward of the same prison that held Nasrin. Reza was released on bail after 111 days. Nasrin served over three years in prison before receiving a medical furlough because of a heart condition complicated by Covid-19. A gravely ill Farhad was released from prison in February after images of his severely emaciated condition - resulting from a long hunger strike - caused global outrage.
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/speaking-of-iran-2/116825-a-button-a-love-story-and-an-iranian-couple-who-will-not-be-silenced/
Read the full article on CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/22/opinions/iran-button-protest-couple-nasrin-sotoudeh-reza-khandan-kaufman
But here's an excerpt quote by Gino d'Artali letting Nasrin to word:
<<Undoubtedly, the <Women, Life, Freedom> movement has had an incredible impact. However, a strong start does not mean a victorious end. My biggest concern is that this movement will get hijacked by a small, prominent opposition group outside of Iran that is centered around the Shah's son, Reza Pahlavi. They have the ears of foreign media, are extremely rich and opportunistic, and have powerful connections. Yet they are disconnected from the Iranian people and the activists working in this movement. I fear we will go from a theocratic regime to a secular dictatorship.
Nasrin: I think the only way positive change is possible is through a fair and free referendum that takes place based on international standards and in which everyone gets to freely express their opinion. My biggest concern at this moment, however, is the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across Iran and the fact that nothing is happening to stop them. Schools for young women in this country were established by the efforts of courageous women about a hundred years ago. Before that, they had no access to education. Now we see our girls poisoned and terrorized by a Taliban-like government. Iran's intelligence ministry last month said its investigation found no actual poisonings, and accused foreign <enemies> and dissidents of fomenting fears. Words cannot express the depth of our pain. During the civil rights movement in The United States, Americans had a chance to look at themselves and ask what kind of a nation allows such treatment of Black people. That’s the kind of question we in Iran must ask ourselves. What kind of society allows its children to go to school and get poisoned? My long-term concern is about freedom and democracy in Iran. Let's say we end up having that free and fair referendum. What will happen after that? Will we be able to take care of our earned democracy? I hope we will. I hope we will.>>
Read more about the 'TO WEAR OR NOT TO WEAR A HIJAB i.e. TO BE OR NOT TO BE A FREE WOMAN' here:
http://www.cryfreedom.net/ZAA-JMA-2023--15-may-wk2.htm

NCRI - Women Committee - in Women's news - May 22, 2023
<<Freedom-loving women march in Rasht in anti-regime protest
Freedom-loving women marched in the streets of Rasht, the capital of Gilan Province, northern Iran, and chanted anti-regime slogans. They protested the Iranian regime's spree of executions over the past month. The mullahs' regime executed at least 122 prisoners over the past month alone, including three protesters arrested last November during Iran protests. The freedom-loving women of Rasht chanted slogans, vowing to remain loyal to the fallen martyrs of Iran protests and continue their path to the end. Freedom-loving women of Rasht chanted, <Death to the Dictator,> <Death to the regime of Executions,> <Our silence would be treachery and complicity in crime,> <Poverty, Corruption, High Prices, we will continue until the regime is overthrown,> <The regime of executions is short of breath,> <Gallows, executions, torture are no longer effective,> <If we do not unite, they will kill us one by one.>
Protest by defrauded investors
Defrauded investors held a rally outside the Industry, Mines, and Trade Ministry in Tehran on Monday, May 22, 2023. They protested against Ramak Khodro company that has not delivered the cars they paid for six years ago. They chanted, <Ramak steals, and the government supports it.> They have already held protests several times, demanding to be reimbursed for their payments. The protesters said the corrupt judiciary has failed to follow up on their complaints over this fraud case. The defrauded investors paid 75 million Tomans in 2017 to buy cars. According to the court verdict, they should be reimbursed 900 million tomans, but this has not happened.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/05/22/freedom-loving-women-rasht/

Iranwire - May 22, 2023 - By SHABNAM MOINIPOUR
<<Let's Make Our Story One - Before It's Too Late
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iranians were either ecstatic or silent. Their charismatic leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had won a revolution that they thought would bring them sunshine and roses. The excitement was such that red flags that manifested themselves early on were either unnoticed or dismissed. Individuals who had seen past the charisma - and seen through Khomeini and the system he was putting in place - were slowly wiped out. Any group that posed an ideological or political threat, such as religious and ethnic minorities, were targeted and their rights were violated. The reaction from the public at the time was either silence or satisfaction. Such an environment was to the advantage of the new Islamic Republic regime, which continued its extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture and destruction of properties with even more zeal. The aim was to marginalize all minorities as part of a state-led effort to cleansing Iran of any non-Islamic <impurities>. Targeting minorities and opposition groups was the Islamic Republic's way of testing the waters. Support from Iranian society over such violations, and the deafening silence of the international community over human rights violations against various minority groups in Iran, only strengthened the regime and prepared the ground for the growth of a seedling that has turned into a monstrous tree that embodies violence, victimization, and offence over the four decades of rule. Once these violations became too great to ignore, the international community and Iranians began to question the Islamic Republic and their so-called <supreme leader>. But by then the Iranian regime had become strong enough to lie about its actions in Iran – including its violations of the human rights of minority groups. Iran at first denied them, and the international community was content with having just received a response; however, because Iran felt no consequences for its actions, its violations became more egregious, prompting fresh pressure from the international community. But observers, NGOs and others began to see more clearly the evidence before their eyes, and the Islamic Republic's true nature became more and more clear. The regime, in turn, began experimenting with various tactics to distract the world and society. It began scapegoating, pointing fingers, and blaming minorities (the victims) for the violations that were taking place. It continued to <other> minorities and to create non-existent <enemies> of the regime. The Islamic Republic has become more and more entrenched over the years, and its power has grown, even as discontent has also swelled in particular since the 2009 presidenital election widely thought to have been rigged in favor of the regime's candidate. And the circle of those innocent Iranians whose rights have been violated has become wider and wider, until it became so wide, so encompassing, that the death of one, the young Mahsa Amini, out of so many before her, triggered a nationwide explosion of demonstration and unrest. Iran's recent protests in Iran - and the people’s struggle to chop down the monstrous tree that is the Islamic Republic - would have been far easier had it been dealt with earlier by a country that had chosen to protect its minorities and to bring perpetrators to account for even just one wrongful death, imprisonment or seizure. Forty years ago, on June 18, 1983, the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged 10 Baha'i women in a single night in Shiraz. The women were killed because they refused to recant their beliefs in the Baha'i Faith, an independent world religion that promotes the principles of gender equality, unity in diversity, justice, and, as the foundation of all human virtues, truthfulness. The Islamic Republic remained standing after these executions even though there was an international outcry. The lack of serious consequences to the regime and those in its system, after the deaths of these women, only fuelled the Islamic Republic's fire and emboldened it, just like many other wrongful deaths, killings and executions before and after. Decades of entrenchment by the Islamic Republic means that Iranian society now finds it difficult to uproot it - or to ensure that its perpetrators are brought to justice after more than 40 years of human rights violations. But what can make it easier, for all Iranians, is to realize more and more than our story is one. Our story became the same the moment one of us was unjustly killed; because ultimately, as Iran's history illustrates, the violation of the rights of one becomes a violation against all. The names or the identities of the violation all become the same: in 40 years Iran has gone from the hanging of 10 Baha'i women with little to no reaction inside Iran to the murder of Mahsa Amini provoking nationwide and international protest. The blood of these 10 executed Baha’i women, in 1983, shows that the blood of these women and many others have not been shed in vain. People are reaching the realization that we are all one, and that we can only stand up to injustice together, and that it must be today. Human beings cannot afford to wait for human rights violations to affect us too before we decide they are wrong - any later is too late. <Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.> - Dr. Martin Luther King, 1963
But the next step is for us to internalize the fact that standing up to human rights violations ought to be a conscious and values-based decision - instead of just responding to the fear that next they may come for us.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/116803-lets-make-our-story-one-before-its-too-late/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: Ah, it is so good the name of Dr. Martin Luther King - God has his soul - appears again. And yes, uniting as a people is the best answer to the oppression of a dictator. It comes up again and again when I talk with my Kurdisch brothers and sisters of whom country has been kind of and by force spread out over 4 different countries: Iraq; Iran; Syria and Turkey (the latter the most heinous oppressor).

 
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