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.
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Iranwire - September 14, 2023
<<Young Man Killed in Iran for Calling for Protest
Iranian security forces have shot and killed a young man who had called on people to <participate in a protest rally,> a human rights organization reported. The human rights website Hengaw said that Hamed Bagheri lost his life on the evening of September 13 in Karaj, near Tehran, after being hit by four bullets. The man had been a vocal critic of the government, it said. The police chief of Alborz province, Hamid Hedavand, said that a <young man> was <shot by officers> and later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Hedavand said that the man wielded <bladed weapons> and initiated an altercation with people present at the scene.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120467-young-man-killed-in-iran-for-calling-for-protest/ 

Iranwire - September 14, 2023
<<Surge in Helicopter Activity over Saqqez
Saqqez - The residents of Saqqez have witnessed an escalation in helicopter activity over Mahsa Amini's hometown amid beefing up security measures ahead of the first anniversary of her death. Military convoys are heading toward Saqqez, while security forces are patrolling the streets of the city and inspecting vehicles at its entrance points. The Iranian authorities, fearing a flare up in protests ahead of the anniversary of Amini’s death in police custody, have ramped up security in Kurdistan province in recent days, particularly in Saqqez. The 22-year-old Amini died after falling into a coma following her arrest for not wearing a headscarf <properly,> sparking months of nationwide protests.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120474-surge-in-helicopter-activity-over-saqqez/ 

Iranwire - September 14, 2023
<<Car Checks, Warnings: Pressure Grows on Saqqez Residents ahead of Mahsa Anniversary
Saqqez - Iranian security forces are inspecting vehicles entering and leaving the western Kurdish city of Saqqez as part of increased security measures ahead of the September 16 anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death. Metal rods fitted with spikes pointing upward have been placed behind concrete blocks at the entrance points of Amini's hometown. The Iranian authorities, fearing a flare up in protests ahead of the anniversary of Amini's death in police custody, have ramped up security measures in Kurdistan province, particularly Saqqez. Security forces have been visiting shopkeepers in Saqqez who had previously participated in protest strikes to obtain written commitments from them not to shutter their shops in the coming days. 
SMS messages advising shopkeepers against closing their stores have also been sent.
Meanwhile, local residents have been summoned to the intelligence department and required to pledge not to engage in online activities. https://iranwire.com/en/news/120470-car-checks-warnings-pressure-grows-on-saqqez-residents-ahead-of-mahsa-anniversaryIn recent days, numerous civil activists were arrested across the country, while civil and political groups, as well as opposition figures, called on Iranians to take to the streets for anti-establishment protests.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120470-car-checks-warnings-pressure-grows-on-saqqez-residents-ahead-of-mahsa-anniversary/ 

Jinha - Womens News Agency - 14 September 14, 2023 - by 
<<'The Iranian women's revolution is a renaissance that will soon reap its fruits'
Gaza- On September 16, 2022, 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was killed by Iran's so-called <morality police> for not wearing her hijab properly in Iran's capital Tehran. Following her killing, people, especially women, took to the streets in the cities of Iran and Rojhelat Kurdistan by chanting the slogan Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)> In an interview with NuJINHA, Islah Hassaneya, the feminist activist and director of the Center for Research, Legal Consultation and Protection for Women, commented on the <Jin, Jiyan, Azadi> uprising.
<The rights of Iranian women are violated and they suffer from male control and deprivation of their social, economic and political rights. We know that women led revolutions in various Arab countries, and Iranian women have been leading the uprising because they have been oppressed. Protests are legitimate ways to convey messages to authoritarian regimes. Protesters must be respected and their demands must be taken into account,> she said.
'Women are deprived of their rights'
Islah Hassaneya thinks some professions or academic specializations are still thought of as men's jobs. She said, <This should be changed because women have proven their capabilities in various fields such as judiciary, engineering, nuclear sciences, and technology. In Iran, women are always subjected to the political status of the ruler of the country. If the president is concerned with women’s rights, women are given the opportunities to develop themselves. The poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran is an inhuman practice. The aim is to deprive women and girls of all their rights and to restrict them by creating crises.>
'International conventions are not implemented'
She added, <There is a system in Iran that aims to achieve its goals by killing girls and women. Women are oppressed in the name of the compulsory hijab rule. The international conventions and agreements are not implemented and this takes us back to the ancient human era in the application of human rights. Why are women always oppressed? Is it because they are weak, or because they are powerless and unable to confront themselves? Or because there is no support for them to demand their rights? We demand the international community to impose sanctions on the Iranian regime because it does not implement the international convention ratified by it.>
'The Iranian women's revolution is a renaissance that will soon reap its fruits'
She recalled that some Iranian female athletes were forced to flee to other countries when they participated in international competitions without wearing hijabs. “If this situation continues, many women will flee from the country. Iranian women should keep resisting because they will definitely achieve their freedom. Women lead all movements for freedom. International Women's Day is one of them. Now, this day is celebrated all around the world. What brings women to decision-making positions is their determination. The revolution led by women in Iran is a renaissance. I believe that the Iranian women's revolution is a renaissance that will soon reap its fruits.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/the-iranian-women-s-revolution-is-a-renaissance-that-will-soon-reap-its-fruits-33843 



Center for Human Rights Iran - September 13, 2023
<<Iranian Government Replaces University Professors Accused of Backing <Woman, Life, Freedom> Protests with Regime Loyalists.
One year after the inception of Iran’s <Woman, Life, Freedom> movement, research conducted by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has revealed that dozens of university professors in Iran have been fired, suspended, or forced into retirement due to allegations of supporting the movement. Some have been replaced by individuals with well-established ties to the state. This intensified crackdown is further compounded by the arbitrary detention of family members seeking justice for their loved ones who were killed by state security forces during the protests last year.
<These developments underscore the determination of the Iranian government to quash dissent across all potential avenues of protest, especially as the anniversary of the initial protests approaches on September 16, 2022,> said CHRI Executive Director Hadi Ghaemi. <We urgently call upon the international community to remain vigilant and vigorously support the Iranian people's right to peacefully voice their concerns, both in academic settings and in the streets, without the threat of persecution or state violence,> he said. Spurred by the killing in state custody of Mahsa Jina Amini, 22, on September 16, 2022, just three days after she was arrested for her allegedly inappropriate hijab, universities across the country emerged as significant centers of protest. According to CHRI's research, a minimum of 26 university professors have accordingly faced consequences for their purported support of these protests (a list of confirmed names is included at the end of this report). Additionally, a considerable number of students have been subjected to punitive measures issued by university disciplinary committees, as well as summoned to security agencies, where they faced threats aimed at coercing them to cease their protests. The government has also implemented changes to university entrance exams and altered course availability to intimidate and deter students who may be inclined to continue protesting.
Protesting Professors Ousted and Replaced by Regime Supporters
Since Ebrahim Raisi assumed the presidency in 2021, the number of academics expelled from universities surged to at least 110, in contrast to the 85 during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration (2005-2013), and 14 under Hassan Rouhani's tenure (2013-2021), as reported by the Persian-language Etemad newspaper on August 31, 2023. Simultaneously, individuals with established connections to state institutions, including those employed by the Islamic Republic of Iran's (IRIB) state broadcasting organization-a body that aids state security agencies in stifling dissent through its programs, notably broadcasting forced false confessions by political prisoners-have been enlisted to replace the ousted academics. According to an August 27, 2023 report by Fars, a news agency with close ties to the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Amir Hossein Sabeti, the host of IRIB's Jahanara news show who has personally aided intelligence agencies in obtaining forced <confessions,> as well as regularly expressing support for repressive state policies, has been hired to teach a course on the Islamic Revolution at the prestigious Sharif University. Another IRIB television presenter, Abbas Mozoun, will teach <life principles> at Sharif as well. In addition, Saeid Haddadian, a well-known Islamic singer close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has been appointed as a graduate-level literature professor by the University of Tehran. At the same time, members of Al-Hashd Al-Sha'bi, an Iraqi militia linked to the IRGC, have been enrolling at Tehran University to keep an eye on student protesters, according to an August 9, 2023, report by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency. 
Ousted Professors Speaks Out
At least 26 university professors have faced severe persecution by the government for their alleged backing of protesting students, with a minimum of 11 fired in the month of August 2023, just weeks before the September 16 anniversary of the <Woman, Life, Freedom> movement. <Allow me to say sincerely: I am a teacher. I taught in schools for many years, and, for nearly 10 years, I have been teaching in the university. As teachers, we cannot, and should not, be subservient to governments. We earn our bread from the people and therefore we must act as their servants. The schools and universities are the home of the nation’s children, whose rights we support, and their home we shall protect.> Ameneh Aali, a professor recently expelled from the College of Psychology at Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran, for allegedly supporting the protests, penned those words in an open letter published on Persian social media on August 28, 2023. She added, <I took a just stand, but these gentlemen didn't like it. First, without following appropriate administrative procedures, they decided to remove me as the head of my academic group, and then barred me from the university itself so that they wouldn’t feel the full weight of this serious social responsibility on their brittle shoulders, and to be able to enjoy their thriving tyranny a little longer, unaware that 'your oppression shall also pass,' (as the saying goes).> In addition to Aali, Hamideh Khademi, a fellow professor at the university's College of Psychology, was fired via a phone call, according to a report by the University Students Trade Unions Council. 
The council also confirmed the expulsion of seven professors from the University of Tehran's College of Literature: Vahid Eidgah, assistant professor of Persian language and literature; Lili Varahram, professor of ancient cultures and languages; Javad Bashari, assistant professor of Persian literature; Ghasem Azizi, assistant professor of Arabic language and literature; Milad Azimi, assistant professor of Persian language and literature; Dariush Rahmanian, associate professor of history; and Hossein Mesbahian, assistant professor of philosophy. Two days earlier, Ali Sharifi Zarchi, a faculty member of the Bioinformation and Artificial Intelligence Department at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, tweeted on August 26 that he had received an expulsion letter. Also, on August 17, Mahdi Khoei, a sociology professor at Allameh Tabatabai University, announced his expulsion from the university on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) after seven years of teaching. Reacting to the recent expulsions, Abtin Golkar, a professor at the Teacher Training University in Tehran, wrote on Instagram:
<Woe upon us for having a cabinet minister who can't even react to the disgraceful actions taking place in the institutions under his authority. Woe upon us for having a primary university that doesn't appreciate great people like Milad Azimi and Vahid Eidgah. And woe upon us for having officials with defective genes who consider Ali Sharifi Zarchi to be a thorn in their side.>
On August 21, music professor Azin Movahed said about her suspension by the University of Tehran, <How could I teach Mozart's aesthetics in the classroom when the students were not feeling secure? It was impossible.>
State Changes Entrance Exams, Curricula, and Majors to Silence Dissent
To dampen the spirit of protest at Iranian universities, the government made changes to the national university entrance exams while reducing the availability of art majors by over 3,100 slots. Meanwhile, subjects like religion, mysticism, theology, Islamic law, and the Quran have witnessed significant increases in enrollment opportunities. The booklet that lists available majors at universities has undergone two revisions within this year alone. Some universities have canceled subjects such as philosophy at Bahonar University in Kerman, as well as sculpture and cinema at the Arts University, which has multiple branches in different cities. Soodeh, a female student from a small town in Golestan province who achieved a high score on the university entrance exams, shared with CHRI, <I was greatly drawn to the defiant atmosphere at the Art University because I witnessed how students in the sculpture department participated in last year's protests. It was evident that this subject was discontinued due to student protests.> She added, <My family has been involved in carpet and kilim design for generations. For many years, I had planned to study carpets at the Art University in Tehran. Unfortunately, everything is chaotic right now. The university has announced that dorm rooms will not be offered to new students until the quotas for scholarship students are filled.... I might overcome gender discrimination, but what am I supposed to do without a dorm room? It's absolutely impossible for my family to cover my living expenses in Tehran and rent a place for me.> In a statement published on August 22, a group of Art University students disclosed that the removal of the sculpture major for new students was a response to several student performances and installations in support of the <Woman, Life, Freedom> movement and in honor of those killed by Islamic Republic forces. Bardia, another student who has earned the grade to enroll in university, expressed his concerns to CHRI: <When I was preparing for the entrance exam, I wasn't well-informed about the university's expectations and campus environment. I simply wanted to go and study the subject I was passionate about. However, the situation has changed somewhat. Universities were significant centers of protest last year, and I no longer feel the sense of security and comfort that I thought might exist on campus.> <I used to tell myself that I would go to university, study, enjoy my time, and eventually immigrate,> Bardia continued. <But now I anticipate unpleasant developments. I don't have much hope that the university environment will have improved compared to last year.> During the <Women, Life, Freedom> movement, protests were held at more than 140 major universities throughout the country and more than 750 students were arrested. Amirkabir University students' news channel on the Telegram app, on August 16th published a list of 2,843 students who have been summoned to disciplinary committees. Following is a list of names of academics who’ve been fired in Iran for allegedly supporting protests, as of September 12, 2023, according to research by CHRI:>>
Read it here:
https://iranhumanrights.org/2023/09/iranian-government-replaces-university-professors-accused-of-backing-woman-life-freedom-protests-with-regime-loyalists/ 

NCRI - Womens committee - September 13, 2023 - in Women's news
<<Zahra Safaei and her daughter, Parastoo Moini, rearrested
The arrests are part of the regime's crackdown on opponents on the anniversary of the 2022 Iran protests Former political prisoners Zahra Safaei and her daughter, Parastoo Moini, were arrested again today, Wednesday, September 13, 2023, by Intelligence Ministry agents in Tehran. They were transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. No information is available on the reason for the arrest of the two former political prisoners affiliated with the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. The clerical regime has embarked on a wave of arrests and crackdown on political prisoners and activists as the anniversary of last year's uprising is approaching.
Who is Zahra Safaei?
Security forces arrested Zahra Safaei and her daughter, Parastoo Moini, in Tehran on February 24, 2020. They were subsequently transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center (Ward 209 of Evin Prison). Zahra Safaei and Parastoo Mo’ini were transferred to Qarchak Prison in early March 2020. On June 28, 2020, Mrs. Safaei was temporarily released from Qarchak Prison, until the end of her trial, on bail of 300 million Tomans. But she was rearrested on July 26, 2020, when she went to the Prosecutor's Office of Evin Prison to review her case and that of her daughter. On July 27, 2020, she was transferred to Qarchak Prison. Political prisoner Zahra Safaei, 58, suffered a heart stroke on October 27, 2020, after being harassed and intimidated by prison authorities. Zahra Safaei, born in 1962, is the daughter of Hassan Ali Safaei, one of Tehran Bazaar's well-known merchants. Mr. Safaei was one of the political prisoners under the deposed Shah time, who was executed in Evin Prison by the mullahs' regime in 1981 for being a PMOI supporter. Zahra Safaei was a political prisoner in the 1960s for eight years in Evin and Qezel Hesar prisons for supporting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Who is Parastoo Moini?
Parastoo Moini, an electrical engineering student at Qazvin International University, was arrested on February 24, 2020. Security forces broke into their home, brutalized her and her mother, Zahra Safaei, and arrested them. After spending one year in temporary detention, she was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of <assembly and collusion.> In May 2020, Ms. Moini, upon her release from solitary confinement, attempted to continue her studies in Qarchak Prison. However, university officials said that she could not study while in prison. As a result, she requested to withdraw from the final exams through the prison's judicial department. After three years of captivity, torture, and mistreatment in Qarchak and Evin prisons, Parastoo Moini was released from jail on February 9, 2023. On the eve of the beginning of the new semester at school, she requested to return to her studies at Qazvin International University through the Special Cases Commission. In the final week of May, she was informed that she had been expelled and prohibited from entering the dormitory and university premises.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/09/13/zahra-safaei-and-her-daughter/ 

Iranwire - September 13, 2023
<<Mahsa Anniversary: Security Presence Beefed Up in Iranian Cities
Military forces and police officers have reportedly been deployed in Tehran and other Iranian cities ahead of the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, as residents complained about the widespread disruption of internet services. According to a reporter from Shargh newspaper, the presence of armed military personnel has significantly increased in the main streets of several cities across the country. It also reported a decrease in internet speed. Tehran residents were quoted as saying that paving projects in the center of the capital have resulted in street closures and the installation of more surveillance cameras. Sources in Mashhad, Tabriz, Sanandaj and Zahedan also reported an increased presence of security forces in these cities. A resident of Mashhad told IranWire that members of the paramilitary Basij force are patrolling busy areas of the northeastern city, while its main squares are filled with special forces on motorcycles. <Mobile internet access is nearly impossible; connecting to VPNs requires Wi-Fi but it's difficult,> the resident also said. In the western Kurdish city of Saqqez, where Amini is buried, armed forces are deployed in the main streets and squares. It's likely that the number of forces in the city will continue to increase ahead of the September 16 anniversary of Amini's death in police custody. In recent days, numerous civil activists were arrested across the country, while civil and political groups, as well as opposition figures, called on Iranians to take to the streets for anti-establishment protests. The 22-year-old Amini died after falling into a coma following her arrest for not wearing a headscarf <properly,> sparking months of nationwide protests.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120440-mahsa-anniversary-security-presence-beefed-up-in-iranian-cities/ 

Iranwire - September 13, 2023
<<Troops Deployed across Iran's Saqqez ahead of Mahsa Anniversary
Saqqez - A significant increase in security presence has been witnessed in the western Iranian city of Saqqez in recent days, ahead of the September 16 anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death. Security forces can be seen in the main streets and squares of Amini's hometown, with vehicles of special forces being deployed in Azadi and Republic Squares. The Iranian authorities, fearing a flare up in protests ahead of the anniversary of Amini's death in police custody, have ramped up security measures in Kurdistan province, particularly Saqqez. Videos shared on social media suggest that troops are being deployed to Saqqez and other cities in Kurdistan. Cities in the province have experienced a significant slowdown in internet speed in recent days, while activists and ordinary citizens have been arrested or summoned by the authorities. On September 13, security forces stormed the residence of civil activist Samira Ahmadi and took her into custody without presenting a court order.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120435-troops-deployed-across-irans-saqqez-ahead-of-mahsa-anniversary/ 

Iranwire - September 13, 2023
<<Global Trade Union Condemns Escalating <Repression> in Iran
A global trade union representing over 200 million workers has condemned the <intensification of repressive measures> targeting teachers, journalists, trade union activists, student activists and women's rights defenders in Iran. <We denounce this repression and urgently call for its cessation, thereby enabling trade unionists to defend and uphold workers' rights in Iran, a cornerstone of any democratic society,> the Council of Global Unions (CGU) said in a statement on September 12 amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent ahead of the first anniversary of nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. The Coordinating Council of the Iranian Teacher Trade Associations, the Union of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Company and the Association of Iranian Journalists face <relentless harassment, arrests, prolonged detentions, and torture in prison,> it said. The organization also expressed concern about the <increasing influence> of the morality police and their enforcement of the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab law to <harass women and prevent their access to education.> The CGU called on the Iranian authorities to <respect international labour standards, in particular freedom of association, and ensure that principles of human rights, justice, dignity and fairness prevail.> 
It also expresses solidarity to women’s rights defenders in Iran <in their struggle for a democratic and secular society.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120437-global-trade-union-condemns-escalating-repression-in-iran/ 

France 24 - September 13, 2023 - by 
<<A year of revolt after the death of Jina Mahsa Amini...>>
Read it all here:
https://webdoc.france24.com/iran-year-protests-after-death-mahsa-amini-women-repression-crackdown/ 

Iranwire - September 13, 2023
<<Iran after Mahsa Amini: A Year of Uprising, Blood and Death...>>
Read it all here:
https://iranwire.com/en/features/120419-iran-after-mahsa-amini-a-year-of-uprising-blood-and-death/ 

France 24 - September 13, 2023 - By Bahar MAKOOI
<<Death of Mahsa Amini: 'The silent crowd came to life and began shouting'
I was a high-school English teacher in Saqqez (in Iranian Kurdistan), where Mahsa Amini lived. We called her <Jina> (her Kurdish name). I know her family well. Saqqez is a small city of 50,000 people, and her father is retired from the local social services; everyone respects him. When I learned that his daughter was in a coma after having been hit in the head repeatedly by the morality police, I was immediately worried. The news began to travel around the town and emotion spread. Her parents asked us all to pray for her. I learned that Jina had left us on Friday, September 16. We were waiting for her body to be returned for the funeral the next day. Several groups seemed to have been sent to the four corners of the city to make sure her body would be returned to her family. I went to the cemetery at 8:30am. There were so many people. Thousands and thousands of people were prostrating themselves in absolute silence. You couldn’t even hear them breathe. It was startling and frightening at the same time. Then a man began to shout: <She could have been my daughter! She could have been your sister! How much longer are we going to put up with this?> The silent crowd came to life and began shouting. Within a few minutes people started calling for the death of [Iran's Supreme Leader] Ali Khamenei. Security officers who were on site began filming the scene from the roof of the cemetery mosque. That made part of the crowd furious, and they went for them. For a moment, I thought they were going to kill them, but they just took away their phones and went back towards Jina’s grave.
'Don't cry, Mother - we will avenge your child's death'
People continued to shout in unison, both in Kurdish and Farsi. They were calling out to Jina’s mother: <Don't cry, Mother - we will avenge your child’s death.> Jina's father grabbed a microphone to try to calm down the crowd. I think they had been threatened the day before with reprisals against their only son if the funeral turned into a demonstration. That is when thousands of people answered him with one voice: <Don't be afraid! Don’t be afraid!> It was also at that moment that women began to hurl their black scarves into the air. (Several of these women were forced to leave the country after having been identified.) 
'I saw two young people hit by bullets, right in front of me'
The crowd decided to demonstrate in front of the local governor's office to show their anger. There were so many of us that it took hours to get there. The authorities knew we were coming and had set up in the square. They began firing water cannon at us after just one warning. Then they opened fire with shotguns; I saw two young people get hit by bullets, right in front of me. They were shot in the eyes. The next day my city looked like a war zone. Day after day, security forces, Revolutionary Guards and special forces poured onto the streets. I went to the demonstrations every day. At the beginning I didn't want to, because I'm a little overweight and I don't run very fast. But my students' parents started calling me, begging me to help them bring their children home. They said to me: <They listen to you, Professor - tell them that it's dangerous outside, tell them to come home.> I went to look after them and I discovered young people with extraordinary courage, ready to fight. This generation is very different from mine. Having had to live in a society that only offers them a future built of darkness and lies, they have nothing left to lose. At the very least, the 'Woman, life, freedom' movement has given them a bit of hope. They've seized the opportunity as though they were keeping their heads above water. I got the feeling that they were no longer obeying anything or anyone. I remember a young girl whose bloody face I washed clean. She had been shot. I pleaded with her to go home. I told her that she had taken her share of injuries for the day, that she didn't need to stay there, that she could come back another time. But she wasn't hearing anything. She went straight back to the front line. 
'This Islamic Republic will not last eight more years'
I was arrested a few months later, for my teachers' union activities and for having taken part in the demonstrations. I spent two weeks in prison, from January 2 to January 15, 2023. My interrogator accused me of being a bad teacher and of indoctrinating my students. I had always discussed everything with them in class. English is an opportunity to learn the words <freedom>, <equality>, <apartheid>. I ran a sort of literary cafe there that was also a place of cultural exchange for the teachers. When I got out of prison, I was on <provisional release>. That same day, I decided to leave without saying goodbye. I spent three months in Turkey before coming to France. I often have regrets. I miss my students – I’m very worried for them, and for their futures. I'm ashamed that I left the people close to me without saying goodbye. I keep telling myself that I should have stayed. I was facing up to eight years in prison; I thought I wouldn’t be able to handle it. Today, looking back, I tell myself that I would have been capable of it and, in any case, this Islamic Republic of Iran will not last eight more years. Because every day it frays a little more from the inside. 
It has lost its ideological roots, and all of its support, across every level of society: among teachers, workers, pensioners, doctors, women - and even the most religious among them. It has lost the fight over the veil, which had been one of its pillars. This regime is no more than an empty shell. I don't know when I will go back to Iran, but I do know that I will go back one day.
This article has been translated from the original in French.>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230913-repression-in-iran-they-took-my-clothes-off-and-cut-my-hair 


JINHA - Womens News Agency - September 13, 2023
<<Social media hashtag campaign on anniversary of 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' uprising
News Center- Women all around the world make preparations to take to the streets on the one year anniversary of the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini and the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)' uprising. The 'Jin, Jiyan Azadi' Initiative has announced that it will launch a social media hashtag campaign on September 16. 
<The Islamic Republic of Iran legitimizes all barbaric practices against women by using law. The Jin, Jiyan Azadi Initiative is a response to the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has institutionalized itself with a patriarchal mindset and constantly suppressed women's freedom movements. Everyone should know and be sure that the Iranian regime cannot silence the movements defending freedom and democracy,> said the statement released by the initiative.
Call for participation in the campaign
<The slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' is a slogan that summarizes the paradigm of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan based on democracy, ecology, women's freedom,> the statement said, <The uprising that started in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022 has become a universal revolution that exceeds borders built by colonialists. This revolution has been a great hope for all movements defending freedom. The revolution of the 21st century started by women chanting the slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi'. This slogan is the slogan of all oppressed groups. <We call all women and all people, who defend democracy and freedom, to participate in the social media hashtag campaign on the first anniversary of the Jin Jiyan Azadi Revolution.<News Center- Women all around the world make preparations to take to the streets on the one year anniversary of the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini and the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)' uprising. The 'Jin, Jiyan Azadi’ Initiative has announced that it will launch a social media hashtag campaign on September 16. <The Islamic Republic of Iran legitimizes all barbaric practices against women by using law. The Jin, Jiyan Azadi Initiative is a response to the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has institutionalized itself with a patriarchal mindset and constantly suppressed women's freedom movements. Everyone should know and be sure that the Iranian regime cannot silence the movements defending freedom and democracy,” said the statement released by the initiative.
Call for participation in the campaign
<The slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' is a slogan that summarizes the paradigm of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan based on democracy, ecology, women's freedom,> the statement said, <The uprising that started in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022 has become a universal revolution that exceeds borders built by colonialists. This revolution has been a great hope for all movements defending freedom. The revolution of the 21st century started by women chanting the slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi'. This slogan is the slogan of all oppressed groups. <We call all women and all people, who defend democracy and freedom, to participate in the social media hashtag campaign on the first anniversary of the Jin Jiyan Azadi Revolution.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/social-media-hashtag-campaign-on-anniversary-of-jin-jiyan-azadi-uprising-33840?page=1 

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