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. Zendegi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali
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Iranwire - 2 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Sunni Cleric Calls for Explanations After Baluch Teen Dies in Custody
Molavi Abdulhamid, Iran's most prominent Sunni cleric, has called for a transparent investigation into the recent death in custody of an 18-year-old ethnic Baluch student. Sepehr Shirani was arrested by intelligence agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the southeastern city of Zahedan on January 28 over his online activities, sources said. The teenager's family was informed of his death three days later, but the cause remains unknown. <Relevant agencies should explain how Sepehr Shirani lost his life,> Molavi, the Sunni Friday Prayer leader of Zahedan, said in his sermon on February 2. Lack of transparency regarding Shirani's death has sparked suspicion that he might have been succumbed to torture inflicted on him by his jailers, further fueling tensions in the restive province of Sistan and Baluchistan, of which Zahedan is the capital.
The province is home to Iran's Sunni Baluch minority of up to 2 million people.
Ethnic minorities in Iran face discrimination which curtails their access to education, employment and political office, and are also disproportionately affected by death sentences imposed for vague charges, according to Amnesty International. Authorities also subject members of religious minorities such as Sunnis to discrimination in law and practice, arbitrary detention, unjust prosecutions, torture and other ill-treatment for professing or practising their faith.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/124945-iranian-sunni-cleric-calls-for-explanations-after-baluch-teen-dies-in-custody/

Jinha - Womens News Agency 2 Feb 2024
<<Iran blocks bank accounts of business owners in Sanandaj
Iran has blocked the bank accounts of business owners in Sanandaj for having kept their shutters down to protest the execution of four Kurdish political prisoners.
News Center- Following the execution of four Kurdish political prisoners on January 29, 2024, a general strike was launched in the cities of Eastern Kurdistan (Iranian Kurdistan) such as Marivan, Saqqez, Sanandaj, Mahabad and Divandarreh to protest the executions. In Kurdish cities, all shopkeepers and merchants kept their shutters down for two days. According to the received reports, Iranian authorities have blocked the bank accounts of some business owners in Sanandaj to spread fear among business owners. <On Wednesday, I realized that my bank account was blocked. At the beginning, I did not understand why my bank account was blocked but then I found out that it was blocked because I had kept the shutters down. Not only my bank account but also the bank accounts of many business owners have been blocked,> one of the business owners told NuJINHA. <They are afraid of the unity of people,> the business owner added.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/iran-blocks-bank-accounts-of-business-owners-in-sanandaj-34540?page=1

Iranwire - 2 Feb 2024
<<Fate of Executed Iranian Protester's Father Undecided, Months After Arrest
The father of Mohammad Mehdi Karami, a 21-year-old Iranian-Kurdish man who was executed for his participation in the 2022 uprising, has been languishing in prison for more than five months. Mashallah Karami <is still detained in Ward 15 of Karaj Central Prison, despite 164 days having passed since his arrest,> an informed source close to the family told the HRANA human rights website.
<He has not been granted temporary release so far,> the source added.
Mohammad Mehdi Karami was sentenced to death in December 2022 over his alleged involvement in the death of a member of the Basij paramilitary force during an anti-government demonstration. The young man was executed the next month. His father was detained on August 22 last year during a raid by security forces at his residence. The authorities confiscated the family's electronic devices and blocked their bank cards. Mashallah Karami was transferred from the Intelligence Department's detention center in Karaj to prison on October 28, and Branch 11 of the Karaj Public and Revolution Prosecutor's Office charged him in November with <membership in banned groups, propaganda against the Islamic Republic, insulting religious symbols, and disrupting national security.> His relatives have reportedly been pressured to remain silent about his arrest. They also face restrictions on phone calls and their movements.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/124942-fate-of-executed-iranian-protesters-father-undecided-months-after-arrest/


Sepehr Shirani
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 2 Feb 2024
<<Tragic Death of Baloch Student in IRGC Detention Center
In a distressing incident, 18-year-old Baloch college student Sepehr Shirani, hailing from Fanuj city, has lost his life in the custody of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Sepehr, detained two days ago, was reportedly subjected to fatal torture. The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights received a report confirming Sepehr Shirani's death, with details suggesting he was murdered under torture in the IRGC's detention center. According to Haalvesh news agency the intelligence department of Zahedan IRGC informed Sepehr's family of his demise two days after his arrest.
Despite the gravity of the situation, the IRGC and the Iranian judicial system have yet to provide a satisfactory explanation for Sepehr Shirani's death. Additionally, the responsible parties have withheld the student's body from his grieving family. Worth noting is that Sepehr Shirani was apprehended by the IRGC in Zahedan on January 30, allegedly for <social media activities.> The lack of transparency surrounding this case raises concerns about human rights violations and the need for a thorough investigation.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/tragic-death-of-baloch-student-in-irgc-detention-center

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 2 Feb 2024
<<Security Forces Detain Five Individuals in Salas-e Babajani
Osameh Ayazi, Maziar Ahmadi, Shahin Rahmani, Arian Khalkhal, and Barzan Yousefi, all residents of Salas-e Babajani in Kermanshah province, have been apprehended by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a report obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, a raid was conducted on the personal residences of the aforementioned individuals on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. The security forces forcefully took them into custody. Reliable sources indicate that the charges against these individuals include <cooperation with Islamic groups.> They have been transferred to the Department of Intelligence's detention center in Naft Square, Kermanshah. The circumstances surrounding their arrest raise questions, and the community seeks further clarification on the nature of the charges and the legal basis for these detentions. The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights will continue to monitor the situation closely.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/security-forces-detain-five-individuals-in-salas-e-babajani


Sattar Beheshti and Gohar Eshghi
Jinha - Womens News Agency 1 Feb 2024
<<Gohar Eshghi receives threats
Gohar Eshghi, the mother of the 35-year-old blogger Sattar Beheshti, announced on Wednesday that she and her daughter Sahar Beheshti received threatening text messages by unknown people.
News Center- Gohar Eshghi, the mother of the 35-year-old blogger Sattar Beheshti, announced on Wednesday that she and her daughter Sahar Beheshti received threatening text messages by unknown individuals. <Unknown individuals sent me and my daughter threatening text messages. I know who they are. I know them very well. They are the bloodthirsty executioners,> read her post. Gohar Eshghi has been threatened several times for her posts against the execution of political prisoners and the arrest of activists and protesters in Iran. <I have told you several times that your threats don't scare us. Do not threaten my daughter! If something happens to my daughter, I will destroy your house.> Sattar Beheshti was an Iranian blogger, who was tortured to death in detention in November 2012.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/gohar-eshghi-receives-threats-34534

Iranwire - 1 Feb 2024
<<Baha’i Four-Year Jail Term Confirmed in Northeast Iran
The Court of Appeals in Khorasan Razavi province has upheld the initial verdict for Hourieh Mohseni, a Baha'i citizen, sentencing her to four years in prison. She was sentenced to three years in prison for her alleged involvement in a <social action group aiming to promote the Baha'i faith with the intention of disrupting the country's security.> Additionally, she received a one-year sentence for "propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic in favor of Baha'i faith,> resulting in a total of four years in prison. According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, Mohseni can be held for three years. Baha'is have been systematically persecuted in Iran for 44 years because of their faith and are often accused of being spies or opposed to the Iranian government. The Baha'i International Community notes that no evidence has ever been provided to demonstrate these charges. The Iranian government has intensified its crackdown on members of the Baha'i faith, imprisoning dozens of them on spurious charges over the past year, as well as denying access to higher education, livelihoods, and confiscating or destroying personal properties.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/124916-bahai-four-year-jail-term-confirmed-in-northeast-iran/


Nasrin Sadat Shahrayeeni
NCRI - Womens committee -1 Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Nasrin Sadat Shahrayeeni sentenced to one year and 91 days in prison
According to recent reports, Ms. Nasrin Sadat Shahrayeeni has been sentenced to one year and 91 days of imprisonment. Nasrin Sadat Shahrayeeni, 31, is from the city of Sabzevar, in Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran. She was summoned to the Prosecutor's Office in September and arrested there and then. She has been detained in the Central Prison of Mashhad, also known as Vakilabad. In November, the 1st Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad held her trial and sentenced her to one year in prison for <propaganda against the state,> and to 91 days for <inciting people to disrupt security.> Nasrin Sadat Shahrayeeni is denied access to medical treatment despite having nervous seizures, heart palpitation, short breath, and pain in the chest.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/01/nasrin-sadat-shahrayeeni/

Iranwire - 1 Feb 2024
<<UN Rights Official Urged to Ditch Hijab While Visiting Iran
Dozens of Iranian women rights activists have urged UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif to not wear a headscarf during her upcoming trip to Iran, calling the garment <a symbol of the ruling regime's ideology.> In a joint letter addressed to Al-Nashif, the activists also called on Al-Nashif to meet with the dozens of political prisoners on hunger strike, the families of those executed and the protestors on death row in order to <gain insights into the deplorable violations of human rights and women's rights in Iran.> The UN official is scheduled to visit Iran on February 3-5 to assess the human rights situation in the country, amid a surge in executions following grossly unfair trials and a brutal crackdown on any form of dissent in the wake of the 2022-23 uprising, including on women who refuse to wear a mandatory hijab in public. <Your trip takes place amidst a grave situation where the Islamic regime has escalated efforts to suppress the revolutionary 'Woman-Life-Freedom' movement through increased threats, intimidation, arrests, and executions,> the women activists said in their letter. <Sadly, the children of thousands of families are currently imprisoned, awaiting death sentences, or have been executed in recent months and days.> For more than four decades, Iran's clerical establishment has <attempted to portray the Islamic hijab as a tradition of Iranian society to the world,> but the Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement has shown that the compulsory head covering is <rather a symbol of the ruling regime's ideology,> the activists said. <No government should need to spend vast amounts of money, employ patrol to enforce hijab, resort to violence, imprisonment, and intimidation on young people in order to preserve a so-called national tradition,> they added.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/124913-un-rights-official-urged-to-ditch-hijab-while-visiting-iran/

Iranwire - 1 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Baluch Teen Dies in IRGC Custody
A 18-year-old Baluch boy reportedly died while in the custody of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). According to Amir Kabir Telegram channel, which covers news related to students, Sepehr Shirani was arrested by IRGC intelligence forces in the southeastern city of Zahedan on January 28 over his online activities. It said that the teenager's family was informed he had died three days after his arrest, on January 31. Sources close to the family say the authorities have yet to explain the cause of his death.
Shirani's body remains in the possession of the IRGC. The lack of transparency regarding the circumstances surrounding Shirani's death have sparked suspicion that the teenager might have been tortured by his jailers. According to Amnesty International, the Islamic Republic's intelligence and security forces has committed <horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence> against children arrested during and in the aftermath of nationwide protests in 2022-23.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/124909-iranian-baluch-teen-dies-in-irgc-custody/


Radman Soleimani
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 31 Jan 2024
<<Divandarreh: A Kurdish Individual Arrested by Security Forces
A Kurdish individual identified as Radman Soleimani from Divandarreh has been taken into custody and relocated to an undisclosed location by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Reportedly, this apprehension took place in relation to yesterday's widespread public strike. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, a marketer from Divandarreh, identified as Radman Soleimani, was taken into custody and relocated to an unknown location by the intelligence department of this city. According to Hengaw sources, this arrest has occurred in relation to the public strike in protest against the execution of four Kurdish political prisoners. As of now, his family's attempts to obtain information on his situation or whereabouts have failed. Until the release of this news, no information has been exposed regarding the reasons for this arrest, the attributed charges, or this individual's current location.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/divandarreh-a-kurdish-individual-arrested-by-security-forces


230th. woman executed - Zahra Nazarian
NCRI - Womens committee -31 Jan 2024 - in Women's News
<<Zahra Nazarian, 27, executed in the Prison of Sabzevar
On the final day of January, the clerical regime executed a woman in the Prison of Sabzevar, in northeastern Iran. Zahra Nazarian, 27, was hanged at dawn on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Zahra Nazarian was convicted of murder of her brother-in-law. She had been imprisoned for four years before being executed this morning. Zahra Nazarian, the first woman executed in 2024, is the 230th in the list of women executed by the clerical regime since 2007, according to the data compiled by the NCRI Women's Committee.
Record holder of executions of women
The Iranian regime is the world's top record holder of executions of women.
No government in the world has executed so many women. The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in Iran on political grounds. The NCRI Women's Committee previously mentioned that many of the women executed by the mullahs' regime are themselves victims of domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense. An average of 15 women were executed every year under the former government in Iran. However, this year, 26 women have been executed under Raisi government which is 11 more than the previous average. The NCRI Women's Committee calls on the United Nations, the European Union, and other relevant international organizations to take urgent action to save the lives of those on death row and stop the use of death penalty in Iran.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/01/31/zahra-nazarian-27/
Read also all about the 'No to execution' hungerstrike movement:
http://www.cryfreedom.net/ZAA-JMA-2024-Jan-'No-To-Execution'-Hunger-Strike-Movement.htm
and the related:
"Iran regime, the world record holder in executions of women..."
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/09/07/executions-of-women/


Negin Chaparian
Iranwire - 31 Jan 2024
<<Tehran Woman Jailed for Nearly a Year After Confrontation Over Dog Walk
The Tehran Revolutionary Court has handed down an 11-month prison sentence to a woman following an altercation with a religious vigilante while walking her dog, according to an activist news agency. Negin Chaparian, 34, was convicted of <spreading propaganda against the regime, provoking impurity and indecency, and outraging public decency,> HRANA reported on January 31. In August last year, Chaparian engaged in a dispute with a religious vigilante who was harassing her for walking her dog in a Tehran park. Chaparian was arrested after sharing photos of the altercation on social media. She spent three days in custody before being released on bail. Iran's clerical establishment views dog ownership as <morally depraved> and a sign of Western influence. It also argues that keeping the animals inside homes is unhygienic and un-Islamic. However, the ownership of dogs and other pets has become more popular, particularly among young people. Attempts by the authorities to curtail the practice through bans on dog walking have largely failed or met resistance.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/124870-tehran-woman-jailed-for-nearly-a-year-after-confrontation-over-dog-walk/

Iranwire - 31 Jan 2024
<<Iranian Political Prisoner Faces Imminent Execution
A political prisoner is facing imminent execution in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the country. <Political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaie, currently held in Vakil Abad Prison, Mashhad, is facing the threat of being executed,> the HRANA human rights website reported on January 31. Vafaie, a 28-year-old boxing coach, was apprehended by security forces in Mashhad in March 2020. In December 2021, his lawyer disclosed that he had been found guilty of <corruption on Earth> for allegedly committing arson and intentionally destroying public property.The Supreme Court later overturned Vafaie's death sentence and ordered a retrial. Another court again handed down a death sentence to the defendant.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/124879-iranian-political-prisoner-faces-imminent-execution/

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