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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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 26, 2023
Zahedan's Weekly Protests Met with Mass Arrests
Thousands of protesters descended to the streets of the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan amid heavy security presence, in the 34th consecutive Friday of demonstrations against the Islamic Republic. Haalvsh, a group that monitors rights violations in Sistan and Baluchistan province, said on May 26 that military personnel and plainclothes officers arrested at least 10 protesters in Towheed and Khayyam Streets. It also reported widespread detentions in other areas of the city. The demonstrators chanted slogans including <Death to the execution regime> and <We Don't Want This Republic of Executions.> Internet monitor NetBlocks reported a <another major internet outage> in the city, saying that <the recurring disruption adds to the pattern of weekly internet shutdowns aimed at stifling anti-government demonstrations during Friday prayers.> Ahead of the weekly protests, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan used his sermon to denounce the pressures exerted on lawyers and the work of parliament members, and said that the right to hold peaceful demonstrations should be recognized. <When you put the lawyer in prison, who dares to defend the people?> Molavi Abdulhamid asked. He also said that MPs should <prioritize overseeing government performance, upholding justice and protecting the rights and freedoms of the people, rather than concerning themselves with trivial matters like basic amenities.> Expressing concern over the forced <confessions> of protesters, the 76-year-old cleric stressed the importance of MPs visiting detention centers to ensure the fair treatment of detainees. Molavi, Iran's most prominent Sunni cleric, has been a key dissenting voice inside Iran since the eruption of nationwide protests in September 2022 demanding fundamental economic, social and political changes.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/116949-zahedans-weekly-protests-met-with-mass-arrests/

NCRI - Women committee - in Women's news - May 25, 2023
<<Soada Khadirzadeh and Infant Daughter Re-Arrested Shortly After Temporary Release
Agents of the Intelligence Department of Piranshahr re-arrested Soada Khadirzadeh and her one-year-old daughter on Friday, May 19, 2023, only several hours after she left prison on temporary leave. Soada Khadirzadeh is a Kurdish political prisoner imprisoned in the women's ward of the Central Prison of Urmia. Ms. Khadirzadeh was arrested while she had received leave in the evening of the previous day, Thursday, May 18, and arrived at a relative's house in Piranshahr from Urmia. According to an informed source, Soada Khadirzadeh and her daughter, Ala, were returned to the women’s ward of Urmia Central Prison after 48 hours of imprisonment at the detention center of the Intelligence Department of Piranshahr. Despite the provision of bail of three billion tomans, Soada Khadirzadeh's previous requests for leave were rejected in two instances by the Intelligence Department and the prosecutor of the Revolutionary Court of Piranshahr. The Criminal Court No. 1 of Mahabad has sentenced Soada Khadirazadeh to 12 years and six months on charges of <assisting in the murder of a member of the Revolutionary Guards> and <membership in the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran.> The verdict was officially announced to this political prisoner's family on September 6, 2022. Soada Khadirzadeh, who has survived suicide in prison at least once, gave birth through a cesarean section operation on June 21, 2022, in a hospital in Urmia. She was returned to the Central Prison of Urmia after one day without full recovery. Soada Khadirzadeh was arrested by government forces in Piranshahr on October 14, 2021, and transferred to the Central Prison of Urmia on November 8, 2021.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/05/25/soada-khadirzadeh-daughter-re-arrested/

NCRI - Women committee - in Women's news - May 26, 2023
<<Farzaneh Zilabi, a lawyer, sentenced to 1.5 years behind bars
Sara Nasseri faces detention in violation of the separation of crimes principle. Farzaneh Zilabi, an attorney at law, has been handed a verdict by the 4th Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Ahvaz, resulting in a one-year and six-month prison sentence. The charges against Farzaneh Zilabi include <anti-regime propaganda> and <insulting the leadership.> While Farzaneh Zilabi did not personally attend the court hearing, her defense brief was submitted, and one of her lawyers was present during the proceedings. Similarly, the case of Sara Nasseri, a 41-year-old resident of Mashhad, adds to the growing alarm regarding human rights abuses. Nasseri was arrested during the nationwide uprising on December 6, 2022, and after spending 20 days in the Intelligence Department's detention center, she was transferred to Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. Despite five and a half months since her arrest, Nasseri remains detained without trial. Adding to the concerns surrounding Nasseri’s case, prison authorities recently violated the principle of separation of crimes by relocating her from the women's ward 5, which houses prisoners of conscience, to the general ward. Her situation is further exacerbated by the fact that her case, accused of propaganda against the state, is currently being investigated in Branch 904 of the Mashhad Prosecutor's Office. These incidents highlight the ongoing challenges faced by individuals in Iran who express dissenting opinions or engage in activism. The continued arrests, detentions, and harsh sentencing underline serious concerns regarding human rights and the state of freedom of expression in Iran.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/05/26/farzaneh-zilabi/ 

Iranwire - May 26, 2023 - By ROGHAYEH REZAEI
<< <Archive of Defiance:> A Compilation of Iranian Protest Art
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Archive of Defiance is a collection of art works created during the Iranian uprising sparked by the murder Mahsa Amini in police custody in September last year. This archive has been curated by two scholars of Iranian descent in Canada and presents works in various fields of art, including dance, animation, graffiti, painting, photography and music, which were created around the world by Iranians and non-Iranians who empathized with Iranian women. Shahrzad Mojab, a professor with the University of Toronto, and writer and researcher Afsaneh Hojabri started collecting and documenting hundreds of art works from the very early weeks of nationwide protests. Shortly after the outbreak of the demonstrations, many artworks were created in support of the <Woman, Life, Freedom> movement. Hundreds of artworks by young and unknown artists in Iran, many of whom did not reveal their names over fear of reprisal, were heard and seen around the world.
<An artistic 'Explosion' and Uprising that Expressed Rage, Defiance, Protest> The website of An Archive of Defiance says it gathers <selected visual materials representing 'Woman, Life, Freedom'> and intends to <create an aesthetically inspired resource for transnational feminist revolutionary pedagogy.> <This archive is named after the defiance and the uprising of Iranian women that started with the state murder of Mahsa. Following that, we witnessed an artistic 'explosion’ and an uprising that expressed rage, defiance, protest, demands for justice and freedom and everything that was expressed in the slogan 'Woman, Life, Freedom',> Mojab tells IranWire. She is a professor at the Women and Gender Studies Institute and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. <It dawned on me how important it is for students, academics, activists and artist who want to learn about this uprising to also pay attention to its artistic aspects,> Mojab adds. <This archive, a collection of works created in the first 100 days of the uprising in seven artistic fields such as music, dance, graffiti, writing slogans, installations and visual arts including photography, painting and illustrations, expresses the demands of this movement.>
An Archive for History
An Archive of Defiance is the result of six months of navigation and search through popular media platforms such as Twitter, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, and YouTube. On each platform, researchers identified several active accounts and followed them on a daily basis. They also extensively used hashtags in English, Persian and Kurdish. Each entry in the archive is identified by group, subgroup, publication date, place and, when available, the work's and the artist's names. The song <Baraye....> (<For....>) by Shervin Hajipour <is one of the hundreds of music pieces in the archive,> says Shahrzad Mojab. <There are also many good critiques of this song that we have added as a supplement to show how important it is to intellectually and dynamically engage with these artworks.> <This archive was only possible by taking great care and with our enthusiasm for this movement. We did not want to just provide links. We wanted to have the originals of the artworks so that history would remember them. This is a very important concept in building an archive. Preserving the collective history and the collective memory is important.>
<Iranian Women's Rage Has Become Transnational> Some of the artworks in the archive have been seen millions of times by Iranians and non-Iranians and shared extensively. They have attracted a lot of attention in the academia as well. Mojab points out that the responses have been positive and <it is very important and interesting to see response to these works.> Which of the works in this archive does she believe is closest to the spirit of anti-government protests in Iran? <There is a series of animations in the archive that say a lot even though they are very short. In the video section, Khodanour's dance and works about this crime by the government that murdered an honorable and oppressed person like Khodanour impressed me a lot. I have used it a lot and will do so again.> Khodanour Lajai was an Baluch protester who loved dancing and who was killed around the <Bloody Friday> massacre in the south-eastern city of Zahedan in September. While he was detained and tied to a pole, members of the Revolutionary Guards placed a bottle of water in front of him but he could not reach it. A picture of this scene became one of the symbols of the nationwide protests and captured the world's attention. <This archive has also recorded international responses to the uprising in Iran in various artistic forms, including public performances, dances, music, sculptures and installations in various streets around the world,> Mojab says. <This shows that, without a doubt, this uprising has had a global impact. It is an uprising that originated in the rage and defiance of women. This rage and defiance has become transnational and has shaken the foundations a patriarchal and theocratic system that has taken over women’s bodies and women’s freedom.> According to Mojab, this archive has so far included only works that need no translation or description of cultural concepts, but the plan is to expand the entries: <Up to now, we have had very exact criteria for choosing and introducing artworks. We tried to choose works that do not need translations and descriptions of cultural concepts but, little by little, we are working on works that need translation.> An Archive of Defiance is open to everyone and whoever wants to use it can do so. If an artist has created a work that he wants to be included in this archive or if an artist finds one of his works in the archive and wants to add information about it, he can contact Mojab by email. shahrzad.mojab@utoronto.ca <shahrzad.mojab@utoronto.ca> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/society/116930-archive-of-defiance-a-compilation-of-iranian-protest-art/
Note by Gino d'Artali: Being an artist I'm in the midst of creating a special artwork to hail the women of the 'Women, life, freedom' revolution so count on me.

Iranwire - May 26, 2023- By KIAN SABETI
<<Houthis Stage Violent Raid on Baha'i Gathering>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/features/116936-houthis-stage-violent-raid-on-bahai-gathering/
Note by Gino d'Artali: this is an article about violence against the Baha'is in Yemen.

Iranwire - May 26, 2023
<<Iranian Dissident Tabarzadi Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison
The Isfahan Revolutionary Court has sentenced Heshmatullah Tabarzadi, a well-known opponent of the Islamic Republic, to 45 years and six months in prison, his lawyer says. <This unjust conviction is not final and can be challenged. However, my client refuses to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic's courts and therefore does not protest,> the lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi, said in a tweet on May 25. Tabarzadi, the secretary-general of the Democratic Front of Iran, has been held behind bars for the past eight months. His arrest coincided with nationwide protests sparked by the September death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and a brutal crackdown on dissent. Tabarzadi recently published an open letter from Isfahan prison, saying he refused to participate in the proceedings of his <fabricated> case. The activist said he faced a litany of accusations, including <propaganda against the regime, insulting the leadership, collaborating with hostile countries, insulting [former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah] Khomeini, waging war against God, spreading corruption on Earth, inciting violence and discord among people with the intent of disrupting the country's security.> <I would willingly embrace the gallows 1,000 times, but I refuse to bear the burden of lies and false cases,> he stated defiantly.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/116941-iranian-dissident-tabarzadi-sentenced-to-45-years-in-prison/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: Mr. Tabarzadi is a very very brave man. We thank him from the bottom of our hearts for standing firm against the oppresor and will be in thought every day in thought with him.
 
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