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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.
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
And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young Jhina Mahsa
Amini or Zhina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the start of the Zan,
Zendagi, Azadi (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran
2022
and the latest news about the 'Women Live Freedom' Revolution per month in 2023:August 15 - 1-part2
August 15 - 1--July 31
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July 15 -1--June
30 - 15--June 15-1--May 31 -16--
May 15-1--April--March--Feb--Jan
So here is where the protests continue and I'll continue to
inform you about it. That's my pledge.Gino
d'Artali
Indept investigative journalist
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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) will only then end when khamenei and his
puppets i.e. the morality police, the basijis and the irgc give way or go away!!
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'THE NO-HIJABIS
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'TO WEAR OR NOT TO WEAR A HIJAB or TO BE OR NOT TO BE A FREE WOMAN'
Unveiled And Unbroken, Woman's Revolution In Iran
NCRI - August 7, 2023 - in Monthlies, Women's News
<<July 2023 Report: Punishing Women Defying the Compulsory Veil
Doubling down on punishments against women defying the compulsory Hijab
The month of July saw the return of the notorious Guidance Patrols,
albeit without their emblems, and a heated debate on the adoption of the bill on
Chastity and Hijab. This monthly report of the NCRI Women's Committee will focus
on these two issues, discussing the underlying reasons and the ensuing reactions
to those measures. To put things into perspective, one should realize that these
measures are the last resort measures of a moribund regime after the 2022-2023
uprising. In each segment of the following report, we will explain why.
Background on the recent round of crackdown on women
Surveillance of women resumed after Nowruz holidays
After the murder of Mahsa ** Amini on September 16, 2022, which sparked the
latest round of nationwide uprisings in Iran, the morality police did not appear
in the streets for a long time. The clerical regime, however, continued its
repression of women and girls in various forms, including the poisoning of
female students, because the mullahs' dictatorship cannot survive a day without
repression, especially repression directed at women and girls. Indeed, the
removal of the mandatory Hijab is a form of opposition mocking the regime's
authority, and the mullahs very well understand it.
Then on April 15, the commander of the State Security Force (SSF), Ahmadreza
Radan, announced that the regime would step up its efforts to clamp down on
women's freedom of choice. Having obtained the facial recognition technology
from China, they created much ado about identifying women with closed circuit
cameras and taking away their national social security cards.
....
Official statistics on punishments for defying the compulsory Hijab
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The spokesperson of the Iranian judiciary reported a concerning trend in the
first four months of the Persian year (March 21 to July 22). During this period,
2,251 cases were filed against women who removed their Hijabs. Out of these
cases, 825 resulted in convictions, according to Massoud Setayeshi. (The
state-run Fars news agency, August 2, 2023) Setayeshi explained the consequences
of such actions based on Article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code. He stated that
those who remove their headscarves would be directly taken to court. A
first-time offense would lead to a fine of 15 million Rials, while repeat
offenders would face additional punishments along with the fine. Notably, if the
accused is a famous person or a celebrity, they may be subjected to
supplementary penalties, which are also publicly reported through media
channels. According to the official IRNA news agency on July 15, the
Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor of Qazvin initiated legal proceedings
against 173 women since the enactment of the Hijab and Chastity Law. The
identities of 50 individuals have been established thus far, with efforts
underway to identify the remaining individuals, the prosecutor's office said.
....
Women faced harsh penalties for defying the compulsory Hijab
|Read about the and yes very harsh if not cruel penalties - Gino d'Artali|
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Directives to hospitals, tourist attractions, and museums
Various ministries instructed their subordinate agencies to prevent the
admission of unveiled women.
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And the latest news is that Tehran's municipality has hired 400 individuals to
be deployed in metro stations. They are called, Hijab-ban or Hijab guards. With
a monthly salary of 12 million Tomans, they are obliged to give warnings to the
passengers and prevent them from getting on the metro wagons with covering their
hair.* They will also hand over the women with improper veiling or no veil to
the police. Tehran's municipality spends 5 billion Tomans per month on
Hijab-bans, while the worn-out public transportation fleet and other urban
facilities have caused widespread dissatisfaction. (The state-run Rouydad24.ir,
August 6, 2023)
Public services suspended, managers arrested for serving women without veils
As mentioned above, the State Security Force sealed and closed hundreds of
businesses for providing services to women who defy the compulsory Hijab. They
also arrested the managers and owners of many of the businesses. Following are
some examples.
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Guidance Patrols (or the Morality Police) make a comeback
However, none of the above measures succeeded in forcing women to comply with
the compulsory dress code. Therefore, on July 16, the SSF spokesman announced
that the guidance patrols would be back to hunt down women who appear in public
without covering their hair.Saeed Montazer-ol Mahdi, the SSF spokesman, said:
<Mobile and foot patrols will be stationed across the country to deal with those
groups of people who insist on breaking the norms, unfortunately, without paying
attention to the consequences of wearing dresses outside the norm. They will be
dealt with legally and reported to the Judiciary starting today if they do not
conform to the orders of the police.> (The state-run Mehr news agency, July 16,
2023) The NCRI President-elect, Maryam Rajavi, called on Iranian women to
resist.<Reinstating the guidance patrols to suppress, terrorize, and kill, only
reflect the regime's profound fear of the outbreak of yet another uprising led
by Iranian women. No one can send Iran's brave women and girls back home, when
thousands of them have laid down their lives for freedom over the past 40
years.> In reaction to the public's outrage over the return of the guidance
patrols, SSF authorities subsequently clarified that the Social Norms Police
would do the monitoring and the vans with Guidance Patrol written on them would
not return. Instead, they stationed big white vans in the streets to take away
the women who insist on defying the compulsory Hijab code. Agnes Callamard,
Amnesty International's Secretary General, said in this regard, <The authorities
are not fooling anyone by removing the insignia of the 'morality' police from
uniforms and patrol vans, while emboldening the enforcers of the Islamic
Republic's oppression and subjugation of women and girls to engage in the same
violence that killed Mahsa Zhina Amini ** with impunity. Today's crackdown is
intensified by mass surveillance technologies capable of identifying unveiled
women in their cars and pedestrian spaces.>
Resilient Iranians fight back the guidance patrols
Angry reactions marked the first day of the return of guidance patrols.
In the capital city of Rasht, northern Iran, resilient Iranians fought back
against the State Security forces who attempted to harass three women in Rasht's
Municipality Square on Sunday night, July 16. Tensions flared and led to clashes
between people on the one hand and security forces and plainclothes agents on
the other. Locals chanted <Death to Khamenei> during the ensuing protests.
Plainclothes agents tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas. On the same day,
the head of the Information Center of the SSF in Isfahan Province, said two
people who were enforcing the hijab were attacked in the central Iranian
province. (The state-run farsnews.ir/Isfahan, July 16, 2023) On July 18, 2023,
the SSF violently arrested a woman in Gonbad Kavous, northern Iran, for openly
protesting against the compulsory veil and insulting the mullahs' supreme leader
in one of the city's squares.
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Who is responsible for the relaunch of guidance patrols?
The relaunch of guidance patrols, the anti-vice patrols and plainclothes agents
whose task is to physically deal with the offenders on the streets, namely to
arrest and take them away, raised much criticism within government circles. Even
the regime's president, Ebrahim Raisi, and the Judiciary denied their part in
instructing the patrols' return despite the State Security Force's initial
emphasis that they had orders from Raisi and the Judiciary to go ahead with the
plan. Although the Iranian people know that Raisi ordered last year's
intensified violence against women in the streets, which led to Mahsa Amini's
death. This year, too, no matter what the authorities say, everyone knows that
the State Security Force is part of the Interior Ministry, which is part of
Raisi's government. The denials and retreats have turned into a popular joke,
making headlines in the press and media calling to find the authorities
responsible for the return of the guidance patrols. However, they must be seen
as further proof of the regime's weakness. On July 23, 2023, a member of the
parliamentary national security and foreign policy committee, Jalil Rahimi
Jahanabadi, said in an interview, <The fact that no one is willing to take
responsibility for the Guidance Patrol indicates that this policy is not
correct, as a correct policy garners support. Now, neither the government, the
judiciary, the police nor others are willing to accept [responsibility] and this
means that the Guidance Patrol lacks a rational basis.>
....
Critics warn against looming uprisings
Those who criticize the return of the guidance patrols fear the specter of
looming uprisings awaiting just another spark. Moineddin Saeedi, a member of the
mullahs' parliament from Chabahar, said, <Considering that we went through
September 2022 and its consequent events, such behavior is very strange. Many
legal experts also believe that there is no standard legal basis for the
activities of the guidance patrols. Therefore, relaunching them will have
irreparable (adverse) impact.> He added, <In circumstances when people have
economic problems, they expect us to pay attention to their livelihood and
control the inflation.> (The state-run donya-e-eqtesad.com, July 16, 2023) Taghi
Azad Armaki, professor of sociology at the University of Tehran, noted the
danger of people's resistance, <If the previous violence concerning the guidance
patrols was one-sided (i.e. only by the police), today the society is in danger
of the outbreak of mutual violence. Today the situation has developed to a state
where multi-dimensional violence is also likely. There is a conflict between the
civil society and the official institutions.> (The state-run etemadnewspaper.ir,
July 17, 2023) Azar Mansouri, the head of the so-called Reform Front, stated,
<Not only, the gap between the government and the nation has not been repaired,
but has further widened. How many more Mahsas need to give their lives, so the
perpetrators of this bad defense accept that insisting on this procedure is
counterproductive and that they should confront a society that is already
volatile?> (The state-run etemadnewspaper.ir, July 17, 2023) Hossein Alaei, one
of the former IRGC commanders, also exclaimed, <The activities of the guidance
patrols over these years not only did not reduce the level of improper veiling
in the society, but also caused a strong reaction and the spread of improper
veiling among women.> (The state-run daily setaresobh.ir, July 17, 2023)
Such criticisms continue to this date.
The Hijab and Chastity Bill
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What is the Hijab and Chastity bill?
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Forty ministries and government agencies tasked with Hijab control
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The clerical regime's paradox
The Iranian authorities have recognized the inefficiency of the present laws on
the observance of the religious veil, and punishing the lawbreakers with
flogging and imprisonment. People do not deem it fair to flog a woman who shows
off her hair. Enacting the law would spark widespread protests by a disgruntled
people. Therefore, they have decided to change this crime to an offense
punishable by fines. On the other hand, when they remove the religious
obligation from the veil, they no longer have any justification to enforce it on
the public. Some of the regime's experts say, it is better not to adopt the bill
since the State Security Force and other undercover agents enjoy more power
under the existing law. Others cite the remarks by Ali Khamenei, the mullahs'
supreme leader, who said removing the veil is <politically unlawful> and the
enemy uses it to create turmoil and strike at the country's foundations and
counter its identity. The acting commander of the State Security Force, IRGC
Gen. Qassem Rezaii, called Hijab as the <top pivot of national power> that is
targeted by the enemy. He said Hijab is the regime's <redline.> (The state-run
Tasnim news agency, July 23, 2023) The paradox shows that the regime’s time is
up. The people of Iran and Iranian women, however, are determined to get rid of
this medieval regime. They have nothing to lose. As Iranian women and girls
chanted during the uprising, <With or without the Hijab, onwards towards a
Revolution.> >>
Read all here and in doing so be more prepared to defy this ghastly and inhuman
mandatory hijab -Gino d'Artali-:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/08/07/defying-the-compulsory-hijab/
and read also this related article:
NCRI - August 7, 2023 - in Statements:
<Launching Suppressive Forces under the name of 'Veil Watchers' with Exorbitant
Salaries in Fear of Uprising>....
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/08/07/suppressive-veil-watchers/
* ...they are obliged to give warnings to the passengers and prevent them from
getting on the metro wagons with covering their hair...Note by Gino d'Artali:
With all respect for the NCRI editor what she/he really meant is 'for entering
the wagons with un-covered hair'.
** Say her name loud and clear: Jina Amini meaning it was her by her parents
Kurdish given (sur-) name but the Iranian authorities forced 'Mahsa' upon her.
Womens'
Liberation Front 2019/cryfreedom.net 2023