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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

And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young Jina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the start of the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran  2022
and the latest news about the 'Women Live Freedom' Revolution per month in
2024: August wk1 -- July wk4 P4 -- July wk4 P3 -- July wk4 P2 -- July wk4 -- July wk3 P2 -- July wk3 -- July wk2 P3 --   overview per month
and 2023: Dec wk 5 part 2 -- Dec wk 5 -- Dec week 4-3 -- Dec wk3 -- Dec 17 - 10 -- Dec week 2 and 1 -- click here for a menu overview November - Januari 2023


Tribute to KIAN PIRFALA, 9 years old and victim of the Islamic Republic's savagery 10 years ago. Update December 23, 2023

Editorial by G. d'A.: Dear reader, as a webmaster also I constantly have to guard the read-ability of the 'Cryfreedom'-outlet and sometimes decisions need to be made to have it be for your convenience and moreso in total support of the women-led revolt in Iran which inevitably will be a grand Victory. Still, choices must be made always and so I've decided to, for now, embed all the actual news about the 'NO-hijab; 'Biological terror attscks against schoolgirls'; 'Iranian journalists under siege'; 'Blinding as a weapon' and 'The hanging spree' as part of the 'Actual news' updates of the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom' section. But, if need be and urgent attention and action is needed concerning the above mentioned topics it will get an extra emphasized place as part of the actual news page-layout. Thank you for being a reader and for your support of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' revolution.
Click here for the previously tabled topics

CLICK HERE ON HOW TO READ ALL ON THIS PAGE 
You are now at the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom'  section
For the 'Women's Arab Spring 1.2' Revolt news click here   

Here we are to enter THE IRANIAN WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS against
the supreme leader, the arch-reactionary Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his placeman president, Ebrahim Raisi. The message of the women when he visited a university is plain: <give way or get lost> in 2023.
IN MEMORY OF ASRA PANAHI (16)- JINA MAMINI (22) - NIKA SHAKARAMI (16), SARINA ESMAILZADEH (16) HADIS NAJAFI (20), AND MORE WOMEN WHO WERE ASSASINATED SO FAR BY THE IRANIAN AXIS OF EVIL.
  Click here for a total list so far

Dear reader, from here on the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' pages menu will look a bit different and this to avoid too many pop-ups ,meaning the underlined period  in yellow tells you in what period you are and click on another underlinded period to go there. However, when needed a certain topic will be in yellow meaning it's a link to go that topic and will open in a new window. If you dissagree about any change feel more than free to let me know what you think at info@cryfreedom.net
(Updates August 2, 2024) z



UPDATES OF THE UPRISING  AND REVOLUTION AROUND THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JINA AMINI IN CUSTODY OF THE REGIME'S ATTEMPT AND CRUELTY TO TRY AND CRUSH IT. 

Articles about JINA
March 4 - February 27, 2024:
<<Iranian Teacher Arrested for <Illegal Gathering> at Mahsa Amini's Grave...
and more news

February 12 , 2024:
<<Unlawfully Imprisoned Activist and Organizer of Mahsa Jina Amini's Funeral Must Be Released on Medical Grounds
<<Mahsa Amini's Father: <Everything They Have Said and Shown is Lies>
and
WHO JINA AMINI REALLY WAS.
By Diako Alavi, a journalist from Saqqez and family friend of Mahsa Amini 
and
Jina Amini, the face of Irans uprising and revolution:
www.cryfreedom.net/the-face-of-irans-protests.htm

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We all grief for the loss of our sister / daughter of Iran Armita Gevarnand:
 


Read her updated story here

AND

Updates of Jina Aminis' Revolution:
Part 16: December 28 - 16, 2023

Part 17: January 23 - 6, 2024
Part 18: March 4 - February 8, 2024
   

and links to earlier parts
 
Gino d'artali's opinion: We mourn AND fight!

And read also

ONGOING 'TILL VICTORY:
Jan 2024: 'WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM'
REVOLUTION

 

 

December 31, 2023 - Preface about the below 3 heroines of Iran by Gino d'Artali : Beacons of hope and inspiration on the road towards a long and free Iran . * Jina Amini, our sister/daughter who martyred herself for freedom; *Narges Mohammadi, our sister and as I call her 'mother of a free Iran' and winner of the Nobel Prize of Freedom 2023 and sentenced five times to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes but who refuses to give in to the mullahs' regime to wear a hijab or bow to their demands and therefore is refused medical care although needing it badly and bringing her live in danger but says "Victory is not easy, but it is certain"  * and Maryam Akbari Monfared, our sister who's encarcerated since 15 years and refuses to bow down to the mullahs saying "Finally, one day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"
Read all about them here and let them inspire you on your road towards a long and free Iran or as we say in the West: 'Three strikes and the mullahs' regime is out'
Be the finalizing strike dear and brave dissent

 

 

 

A to VICTORY tribute to
NARGES MOHAMMADI
Update May 27, 2024
Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticizes the United Nations' planned memorial ceremony for Ebrahim Raisi, calling it "a commemoration of the executions and mass killings."
May 6, 2024
"Tyranny will fall"

"Victory is not easy, but it is certain"
watch it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LAMPz57Aqw 

Click here for a news-overview from January 15, 2024 'till October 31, 2023

 

 

 

 



JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS ALSO HEARD
And do read also the above linked  incredible December 2023 update!

despite the mullahs' regime to force it down!
Her mother speaks out loud and clear

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'Woman, Life, Freedom'
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MARJAM AKBARI MONFARED

June 24, 2024: The Iranian Regime Judiciary Launches a New Case to Seize the Assets of Maryam Akbari Monfared and Her Family, in Revenge for Seeking Justice for Her Siblings Executed in the 1980s
Dec 30, 2023: Not bowing for the mullahs' regime she says:
"Finally, one day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"

 

 

 

 



 


July 23 - 22, 2024
Read here her full story:
Pakhsan Azizi, "Denying the Truth, and Its Alternative"

 

 

June 19, 2024
Neda Agha Sultan Face of the 2009 uprising in Iran

  

Click here for more stories of Heroines of Iran 

 May 27, 2024
Zhina Modarres Gorji, Kurdish Women's Sentenced to 21 Years
 
 

Please do read the following articles about heroines who risk live and limb for the women-led revolution and no matter what they'll never give in nor up!and other stories: click on the underlined topics:
July 30, 2024: Bogus Political Charges

July 27, 2024: World Must Remain Focused on Atrocities
 July 26, 2024: UN Report Exposes 1988 Massacre
July 16, 2024: Locking Up Its Labor Activists

and 
Click here for previous inspiring stories and  articles incl. Red Alerts  

SPECIAL REPORTS PALESTINE

Click here for actual updates

Updated August 1, 2024

'The mullahs' regime / OHCHR* gallows' dance'

July 8 - 4, 2024: The-death-sentence-against-Sharifeh-Mohammadi
June 15, 2024: Prisoner Swap with Iran is Shameful Reward
June 5 - May 23, 2024: It |Iran| puts people to death in order to terrorize the population into silence.
and other stories 

*OHCHR - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Click here for earlier reports
 

August 2 - July 30, 2024
Please read first all about the more than brave Ms. Pakhshans' ordeal
and <<Iran deports Afghan researcher Kobra Ghulami for 'not complying with the hijab rules'...
and <<Report: Two Sisters Murdered Under the Pretext of <Honor> in Khorasan Razavi Province...
and <<Bukan: Kurdish Activist Soran Karimi Arrested by Iranian Security Forces...
and <<Arrest of Five Baloch Individuals in Khash Following Security Forces' Shooting and the Killing of a Female Citizen...
and <<Evin Prison; Shakila Monfared, A Political Prisoner is on Her Third Day of Hunger Strike...
and <<Tehran: Houra Nikbakht Sentenced to One Year of Imprisonment...
and <<Motaherah Goonei, a student activist and former political prisoner, has announced a sit-in and hunger strike...
and <<Tehran: Ali Rezaei, a Child Arrested in the "Woman, Life, Freedom" Movement, Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison...
and more actual news
 

May 10 - 3, 2024

'War against the No-hijabi women'
 

July 30 - 25, 2024
Read all about the ordeal of Ms. Pakhsan Azizi
and <<Femicide: Young Woman Murdered in Salmas under the Pretext of <Honor>...
and <<Unyielding Spirits: The Fight for Liberation from Evin's Walls...
and <<Recantation by Key Suspect Disrupts Iranian Filmmaker's Murder Case...
and <<Tehran Police Conduct Phone Checks at Metro Stations...
and <<Bukan: Ahmad Hassanzadeh and Solmaz Hassanzadeh, Family Members of Slain Protestor, Arrested...
and <<Woman arrested in Ardabil for publishing photos without headscarf...
and <<Three Kurdish Religious Activists Charged with Rebellion by Iranian Judiciary...
and <<Woman hanged in Central Prison of Khorramabad: 5 women executed in just one week...
and <<Gathering and Protest of Women Political Prisoners in Evin Prison’s Women's Ward...
and more actual news 

 and it will also bring you through more news in July and earlier in 2024

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.

Please read first all about the more than brave Ms. Pakhshans' ordeal here:
 
Pakhshan Azizi
Sharifeh Mohammadi and Pakhshan Azizi
Jinha - Womens News Agency 2 August 2024 - by SARAH KARIMI
<<Women of Mahabad: Our struggle will continue
Women of Eastern Kurdistan condemn the death sentences against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi. "We struggle more against the heavy prison sentences."
Mahabad- Since the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" protests that sparked in Iran following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022 by Iran's so-called <morality police>, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been intensifying its crackdown on dissent through a wave of arrests, torture, executions and heavy prison sentences. Despite the intensified crackdown, women in the country keep struggling against all kinds of patriarchal policies and laws in all facets of life, especially in prisons.
'Women struggle much more consciously than before'
"Hundreds of women like Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian have been imprisoned by Islamic Republic of Iran for struggling against gender discrimination," said Delnia Karimpour, a Kurdish student in Mahabad, commenting on the crackdown on women by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iranian regime sentenced Sharifeh Mohammadi and Pakhshan Azizi to death, aiming at intimidating women. Despite all the oppressive policies of the regime, women have strengthened their struggle. We struggle more against the heavy prison sentences. The government should know very well that women struggle much more consciously than before."
'We will continue to struggle against oppression'
Sana M., a women's rights activist in Mahabad, condemned the Islamic Republic of Iran for sentencing labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi to death. "The aim of the regime is to weaken society and intimidate women because it knows very well that women's struggle will shake the foundations of its system. Therefore, the regime has used death sentences against women to silence them since the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" uprising. We will continue to struggle against oppression." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-of-mahabad-our-struggle-will-continue-35475?page=1


MKG and DFG for journalist Pakhshan Azizi
Jinha - Womens News Agency 1 August 2024
<<Joint statement by MKG and DFG for journalist Pakhshan Azizi
"All people, particularly international organizations, must stand against the unjust decision of the Iranian regime against journalist Pakhshan Azizi," said the joint statement of the journalists’ associations.
News Center- Pakhshan Azizi, Kurdish political prisoner, journalist and women's rights activist, was sentenced to death by the Iranian authorities on July 28,2024. The Mesopotamia Women Journalists' Association (MKG) and the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) held a press conference in Amed (Diyarbakır) on Wednesday, calling on all people, particularly international human rights organizations to stand against the "unjust" decision of the Iranian regime. "Journalism is important to report the truth and reality," said Roza Metina, chair of the MKG. "Free media workers always pursue the truth. They never bow down to injustice, the usurpation of the will of the people, arrests and torture. They are the voice of their society with their pens and cameras."
'We condemn the death sentence'
Condemning the death sentence given to journalist Pakhshan Azizi by the Iranian regime, Roza Metina said, "The Iranian regime aims to intimidate everyone demanding freedom with its dirty and hostile policies. It aims to intimidate everyone by using death sentences. As free media workers, we condemn the death sentence against Kurdish woman and journalist Pakhshan Azizi. All human rights defenders should be the voice of Pakhshan Azizi. We call on all people, particularly international human rights organizations, to stand against the unjust decision of the Iranian regime against journalist Pakhshan Azizi." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/joint-statement-by-mkg-and-dfg-for-journalist-pakhshan-azizi-35465


Female Political Prisoners in Lakan Prison Join the "Tuesdays Against Executions" Campaign
NCRI - Womens committee - 31 July 2024 - in Women's News
<<Female Political Prisoners in Lakan Prison Join the “Tuesdays Against Executions” Campaign
Eight female political prisoners held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province in northern Iran, announced that they joined the hunger strike this Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in opposition to the death penalty. They have thus joined the political prisoners who go on hunger strike in the "Tuesdays against Executions" campaign. In addition to opposing the death sentences for political and non-political prisoners, the female political prisoners in Lakan Prison are specifically protesting the death sentences for Sharifeh Mohammadi and Pakhshan Azizi.

Sharifeh Mohammadi and Pakhshan Azizi
They have also announced that 14 non-political female prisoners in Lakan Prison are at risk of execution and are calling for attention to the situation of these anonymous prisoners and support for them. The female prisoners who joined the "Tuesdays Against Executions" campaign in Lakan Prison are Zohreh Dadras, Zahra Dadras, Forough Samii-Nia, Sharifeh Mohammadi, Azadeh Chavoshian, Jelveh Javaheri, Negin Rezaei, and Shiva Shah-Siah.
The number of prisons across Iran where political prisoners have joined the "Tuesdays Against Executions" campaign has thus reached 18.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/07/31/political-prisoners-lakan-prison/


IHD protests death sentences against activists
Jinha - Womens News Agency 31 July 2024
<<IHD protests death sentences against activists outside Iranian Consulate in Istanbul
The Human Rights Association (IHD) protested the death sentences against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi outside the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul, demanding their release.
News Center- The Human Rights Association (IHD) protested the death sentences against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi outside the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul. Saturday Mothers/People, IHD Co-Chair Eren Keskin, Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Central Executive Board Member Musa Piroglu and many rights defenders attended the protest.
'Execution has become a routine practice of the regime'.

Jina Amini
The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to violate human rights and sentence activists to death, IHD Co-chair Eren Keskin said. "Iranian people elected reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran's new president as a reaction against such patriarchal and feudal practices. Execution has become a routine practice of the regime especially since the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" protests that sparked in the country following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini."
'They were sentenced to death for being members of the Kurdish political movement'
Labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi was sentenced to death on July 4, 2024 while journalist Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death on July 23, 2024. "They were sentenced to death for being members of the Kurdish political movement."
'Take a stand against Iran'
Demanding an end to executions in Iran, Eren Keskin said, "As human rights defenders, we think that the authorities of the Republic of Turkiye should use diplomatic channels to prevent these executions. We also call on all human rights defenders all around the world to take a stand against Iran. We call on all human rights organizations, women's organizations, unions and opposition political parties in our region to take a stand in order to prevent the executions that have taken place and will take place in Iran. Execution is a murder committed by the state. We demand the death sentences against Sharifeh Mohammadi and Pakhshan Azizi be reversed and their release." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/ihd-protests-death-sentences-against-activists-outside-iranian-consulate-in-istanbul-35464

Iranwire - July 30, 2024
<<Women Inmates Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Activist's Death Sentence
Women political prisoners in Tehran's Evin prison have announced their intention to go on a hunger strike as part of their ongoing protest against the death sentence issued to a Kurdish activist. This marks the second major protest action by these inmates following the announcement of the death sentence for Pakhshan Azizi. The news of the strike was shared via jailed human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize awardee Narges Mohammadi's Instagram page. It said the prisoners would join the "No Execution Tuesdays" campaign with the hunger strike. On Saturday, the same prisoners initiated a sit-in protest at Evin prison. Beginning at 7:00 PM, they chanted slogans demanding the cancellation of the death penalty for Azizi. The prisoners had previously gathered en masse in the prison yard to protest against the death sentence. Azizi was convicted of <membership in groups that waged an armed uprising against the Islamic government and whose leaders are involved in rebellion.> In addition to the death sentence, she received a four-year prison term for alleged membership in the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK). The court proceedings, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, took place on May 28 and June 16, 2024.
The verdict was sent to Azizi's lawyers last week.
She is currently held in Tehran's Evin Prison, where she has reportedly been deprived of phone calls and visitation rights for the past two weeks. In a letter recently published by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Azizi cited multiple instances of torture and harassment during her detention. On August 4, 2023, Iranian Intelligence Forces arrested her in Tehran's Kharazi town, marking the beginning of her current ordeal. Azizi's history of activism dates back to at least 2009 when she was arrested during a Kurdish students' protest in Tehran against executions in Kurdistan.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/132306-women-inmates-launch-hunger-strike-to-protest-activists-death-sentence/

Read more about the ordeal of Pakhshan Azizi and the revolt against the mullahs' femicidal gallows here

And other actual news here:

Kobra Ghulami
Jinha - Womens News Agency 2 August 2024
<<Iran deports Afghan researcher Kobra Ghulami for 'not complying with the hijab rules'
Afghan researcher Kobra Ghulami was arrested and then deported from Iran on Friday for not complying with the hijab rules although she had legal residency documents.
News Center- Ameneh Zamani, a children's rights activist, announced Friday on her Instagram account that Kobra Gholami, an Afghan researcher pursuing a master’s degree at Alzahra University, was arrested and then deported to Afghanistan for not complying with the hijab rules although she had legal residency documents. According to her post, Kobra Gholami was summoned to the passport office after receiving multiple warnings about her hijab. Expressing her concern about the life of Kobra Gholami, Ameneh Zamani said, "Kobra Gholami is now on her way to Afghanistan. She could not even talk or say goodbye to her family and loved ones. We are concerned about her safety on the way and after arriving in Afghanistan."
Describing the deportation of Kobra Gholami as <illegal>, Ameneh Zamani called on all women's rights activists, civil activists and the people of Iran to prevent the deportation of Kobra Gholami. In 2023, Kobra Gholami spoke at the 6th Social-Cultural Research Conference in Iran on "Femininity and Social-Cultural Transformation," criticizing the treatment of Afghan migrant women in Iran.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/iran-deports-afghan-researcher-kobra-ghulami-for-not-complying-with-the-hijab-rules-35477


Honor killings
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 2 August 2024
<<Report: Two Sisters Murdered Under the Pretext of <Honor> in Khorasan Razavi Province
A man has killed his wife and sister-in-law in Chenaran city of Khorasan Razavi province. The killer's motive for committing the crime is declared under the title of what is called <preservation of honor>. According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, In Chenaran City, two women, aged 48 and 50, were fatally struck multiple times on the head with a stick. According to the Khorasan newspaper, a man identified as Hasan-M called the Radkan police station on Tuesday, July 30, from a village near Chenaran, claiming that his wife had threatened him. Upon arriving at the scene, the police instructed him to leave the home. He returned the following morning, killed his wife and sister, and subsequently fled to Mashhad. This person is now under arrest and has stated that his motive for committing the crime was skepticism towards his wife and brother-in-law.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/08/article-9


Soran Karimi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 2 August 2024
<<Bukan: Kurdish Activist Soran Karimi Arrested by Iranian Security Forces
Soran Karimi, a Kurdish activist from Bukan, West Azerbaijan (Urmia), has been arrested by the Iranian security forces and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, the Iranian security forces raided the home of 41-year-old Soran Karimi, a Kurdish activist residing in Bukan, and arrested him without presenting any judicial warrant.
According to a source close to the Karimi family, Soran Karimi, a father of two, was violently arrested by security forces in front of his children and subsequently transferred to an undisclosed location. To date, there is no precise information on the reasons for the arrest, the charges against him, his fate, or his whereabouts, and the family's attempts to follow up on the matter have been fruitless.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/08/article-7 


Arrest
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 2 August 2024
<<Arrest of Five Baloch Individuals in Khash Following Security Forces' Shooting and the Killing of a Female Citizen
Saeid Mazarzehi, Abdolghafour Gomshadzehi, Majid Mazarzehi, Shahsavar Gomshadzehi, and Bahman Mazarzehi, five Baloch citizens from Khash, were arrested by Iranian security forces and transferred to an unknown location. The arrests followed the shooting by Iranian security forces at protesters, resulting in the death of a woman. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Monday, July 29, 2024, Saeid Mazarzehi (38 years old), Abdolghafour Gomshadzehi (30 years old), Majid Mazarzehi, Shahsavar Gomshadzehi, and Bahman Mazarzehi, five Baloch citizens from Qaderabad village in the Khash region of Sistan and Baluchestan province, were arrested. As reported by the Haal Vsh news group, before the arrest of these individuals, security forces were inspecting the homes of the village residents. When the residents asked for a warrant, the forces responded negatively and fired at the protesting people. As a result of this shooting, a woman named Zoleikha Gomshadzehi, 50 years old, was killed, and Allahbakhsh Gomshadzehi, 35 years old, Mobin Gomshadzehi, 16 years old, and Masri Gomshadzehi were severely injured.
Additionally, Saeid Mazarzehi, Abdolghafour Gomshadzehi, Majid Mazarzehi, Shahsavar Gomshadzehi, and Bahman Mazarzehi were violently arrested and transferred to an unknown location. It is noteworthy that shortly after these events, Iranian government-affiliated media labeled the residents of Qaderabad village as <terrorists> with security charges, accusing them of collaborating with the <Jaish al-Adl> organization. This accusation was rejected by the protesting people.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/08/article-6


Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 1 August 2024
<<A Kolbar Dies Due to Falling From a Height in Baneh
A Kolbat with the identity of Nasser Osmani, the father of a child, died due to falling from a height in the 'Nirvan' border strip of Baneh, Kurdistan Province. According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in the early morning hours of Thursday, August 1, 2024, Nasser Osmani, 42 years old, father of one child and a resident of Rabat town, Sardasht city, lost his life due to falling from the border heights of Nirvan, in Baneh. According to informed sources, the body of this Kolbar was transferred to Baneh and has not been handed over to his family yet.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/08/article-5


Shakila Monfared
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 1 August 2024
<<Evin Prison; Shakila Monfared, A Political Prisoner is on Her Third Day of Hunger Strike
Shakila Monfared, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, has been on a hunger strike for three days. As she approaches the fourth year of her prison sentence, she is facing new charges. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Shakila Monfared, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison in Tehran, has been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in protest against a new case opened against her.
Informed sources say that recently a new case has been opened against Shakila Monfared by the Deputy Prosecutor of Branch 8 of Tehran's District Prosecutor's Office, accusing her of <property destruction and disturbing public order and peace.> In December 2023, this political prisoner was sentenced in absentia by Branch 26 of the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Iman Afshari, to 15 months in prison and exile outside Tehran, a travel ban, prohibition of membership in social and political groups, and prohibition of using a smartphone, on charges of <propaganda against the government.> This sentence was later confirmed. Previously, in February 2021, Shakila Monfared was sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court to six years of imprisonment on charges of <propaganda activities against the regime and insulting Islamic sanctities,> which was ultimately reduced to four years and two months. In 2022, during another case while serving her sentence, she was sentenced by the Tehran Court of Appeals to two years and eight months in prison for <membership in anti-government groups> and fined 10 million Tomans for <spreading lies.> It is worth noting that Shakila Monfared was arrested by Iranian state forces in Tehran on August 31, 2020, and was transferred to Evin Prison after a while.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/08/article-4


Asad Afranjeh
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 1 August 2024
<<A Kurdish Kolbar Killed by Direct Fire from the Iranian Border Guards in Marivan
A 25-year-old young Kurdish man from Marivan, named Asad Afranjeh, was killed by direct fire from the Iranian Border Guards at the border heights of this city. According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at around 30:00 in the morning on Thursday, August 1, 2024, Asad Afranjeh, a resident of the 'Sianav' village in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was killed by the Iranian Border Guards. According to Hengaw's sources, Asad Afranjeh, who was the father of a young child, was shot 10 kilometers away from the borde, near the village of Eskol.
Based on the statistics registered in the Statistics and Documents Center Hengaw, in July 2024, at least 5 Kolbars were killed by direct fire from the Iranian Border Guards, in the borders areas of Nowsud, Marivan, Baneh, and Sardasht.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/08/article-2

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 31 July 202
<<Tehran: Mowlud Safayi Arrested by Iranian Security Forces
Mowlud Safayi, a female political activist residing in Tehran, has been arrested by the Iranian security forces and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her three-year prison sentence. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 64-year-old Mowlud Safayi, a former political prisoner living in Tehran, was arrested during a raid by security forces on her residence and transferred to the women's ward of Evin Prison to serve her three-year sentence. This individual was also arrested in June 2021 by the Iranian intelligence forces and was released from Qarchak Varamin Prison after a while on bail. She was eventually sentenced by the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court to four years of imprisonment on charges of <propaganda against the regime.> Still, according to the law of combining sentences, the maximum enforceable sentence for her will be three years. Mowlud Safayi is a member of the families seeking justice for the 1980s atrocities. She is the daughter of "Haji Safayi," and the wife of "Ebrahim Saeedi," who was executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the years 1981 and 1984 on charges of supporting the People's Mujahedin of Iran.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/07/article-105


Houra Nikbakht
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 31 July 2024
<<Tehran: Houra Nikbakht Sentenced to One Year of Imprisonment
Houra Nikbakht, a publisher, university lecturer, and women's rights activist imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran, has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment by the Iranian judiciary. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Houra Nikbakht, the publisher and director of "Mashq-e Barabari" Publications residing in Tehran, was recently sentenced to one year of imprisonment by Branch 26 of the Tehran's Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, on charges of <propaganda against the regime> and <insulting Khamenei.> This sentence was communicated to her on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Notably, the hearing for these charges was held on July 10 in the same branch. Houra Nikbakht was arrested on June 12, 2024, after being summoned and appearing at the third branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office and was subsequently transferred to the women's ward of Evin Prison.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/07/article-104


Motaherah Goonei
Iranian Activist to Protest Academic Exile
Iranwire - July 30, 2024
<<Motaherah Goonei, a student activist and former political prisoner, has announced a sit-in and hunger strike in front the University of Tehran. She said she will go on hunger strike on September 7, coinciding with the start of the academic semester at the medical sciences universities. "This is a call and notice of lawsuit for the two years of my ruined life, which the security institutions mocked and played with," she said. The activist's troubles began following her arrest by the Ministry of Intelligence after she published a statement regarding the death of Mahsa Amini in custody in 2022.
Upon release, she faced repeated bans from entering her college. She was banned again last year and referred to the disciplinary committee of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences for organizing what officials termed a <political iftar.> Subsequently, while in her final semester of the dentistry doctorate, she was expelled and banned from studying at universities for five years on charges of <creating riot and chaos in the faculty.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/132319-iranian-activist-to-protest-academic-exile/


Sara Siahpour
Iranian Teacher and Activist Summoned on Propaganda Charges
Iranwire - July 30, 2024
A prominent teacher and union activist in Iran has been summoned by authorities on charges of <propaganda against the Islamic Republic.> Sara Siahpour, a teacher from Alborz province, was called to the 21st Branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday. This latest development on Tuesday adds to a series of legal and professional challenges Siahpour has faced in recent years. Siahpour's troubles with authorities date back to 2017 when she was first summoned following complaints from the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Despite initial cases against her being closed in 2019, she has faced ongoing legal scrutiny. In December 2023, Siahpour was sentenced to six years in prison by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran Province. The charges against her included <collusion> against national security and propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic. This verdict was upheld by the Court of Appeal in March. A subsequent request for a retrial was rejected by the Supreme Court. Further pressure on Siahpour was created by blocking her bank accounts and disconnecting her personal mobile phone in early 2024. Notably, she has also been dismissed from her teaching position, which she proudly referred to as an "order of honor" on her Instagram page. The dismissal cited various reasons, including her union activities, participation in teacher gatherings, publishing photos without hijab, and supporting the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/132324-iranian-teacher-and-activist-summoned-on-propaganda-charges/


The Platform of Civil Organizations (NGOs) for the Human Rights of Kurds
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 30 July 2024
<<Announcement of The Platform of Civil Organizations (NGOs) for Monitoring the Human Rights of Kurds in Iran
The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights and five other civil and human rights organizations active in the field of human rights in Kurdistan have announced the "Platform of Civil Organizations for Monitoring Kurdish Human Rights in Iran" through a joint statement.
The full text of this statement is as follows:
Press Release: NGOs Platform for Monitoring the Human Rights of Kurds in Iran
We are pleased to announce the creation of the "NGOs Platform for Monitoring the Human Rights of Kurds in Iran - KHRMI". This coalition has been formed by six active human rights organizations, driven by a deep sense of responsibility in this critical phase. The organizations involved are :
Kurdish World Organization
Hengaw for Human Rights
Hana for Human Rights
Kurdistan Tribunal
Center of Reporters for Human Rights in Iranian Kurdistan
Zagros Human Rights Center
These organizations will pool their resources to achieve the platform's goals, which are:
Facilitate communication and cooperation between active human rights organizations to promote the human rights of Kurds in Iran.
Document and report human rights violations and support the victims of these violations.
Transmit reports and documentation of human rights violations to international organizations and international courts.
Obtain the necessary support to resolve the Kurdish issue in Iran.
The platform calls for the cooperation and support of all activists, civil society organizations, and the international community to end the violations and protect the human rights of Kurds in Iran. We also urge the victims of these violations to provide evidence and testimonies to help take necessary actions against the perpetrators of these acts.
July 30, 2024
NGOs Platform for Monitoring the Human Rights of Kurds in Iran – KHRMI>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/07/article-103


Ali Rezaei
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 30 July 2024
<<Tehran: Ali Rezaei, a Child Arrested in the "Woman, Life, Freedom" Movement, Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
Ali Rezaei, a resident of Tehran who was arrested during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement while he was under eighteen years of age, has been sentenced by the Iranian Judiciary to two years of imprisonment. According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Ali Rezaei, a resident of Tehran, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment by Branch 28 of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court of this city for the charges of <assembly and collusion> and <assault and battery.> He had previously been acquitted of the charge of <moharebeh> (enmity against God). Ali Rezaei's lawyer, Ali Shafakhah, emphasized in an interview that his client was under eighteen years old at the time of the <alleged crime,> adding that the Supreme Court considered the Revolutionary Court, rather than the Juvenile Court, as competent to handle his case. The lawyer stressed that <the legislators' intention from the full 18 years is that if the individual was 18 years and 364 days old at the time of committing the crime, they have not yet completed 18 years.> Ali Rezaei was arrested on December 4, 2022, during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in Tehran and transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison, known as the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence. After one year of detention, he was temporarily released on bail.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/07/article-102


Fatemeh Paymard, Mamosta Seyed Jamaleddin Vazhi, and Abdolhamid Vazhi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 30 July 2024
<<Three Family Members of a Kurdish Political Activist Arrested in Piranshahr
Three members of the family of Hassan Vazhi, a Kurdish political activist in Piranshahr, namely Fatemeh Paymard, Mamosta Seyed Jamaleddin Vazhi, and Abdolhamid Vazhi, were arrested by Iranian intelligence forces and released after several hours of interrogation and threats. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Monday, July 29, 2024, Iran Ministry of Intelligence forces who had come from Tehran to Piranshahr raided the family home of Mullah Hassan Vazhi, a Kurdish political and religious figure, and arrested his wife and son, Fatemeh Paymard and Abdolhamid Vazhi, 29, and brother, Mullah Jamal Vazhi, 40. A source close to the Vazhi family stated that the three citizens were transferred to the Piranshahr Intelligence Office after being subjected to violence and were released after several hours of interrogation and threats.
It is worth noting that Seyed Jamaleddin Vazhi, the Imam of the 'Paso' village, a researcher, and writer, was also arrested during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement and later sentenced to two years of imprisonment by the Special Clerical Islamic Court in Urmia. Hassan Vazhi, a Kurdish political and religious figure from Piranshahr, was forced to leave his hometown several years ago due to repeated pressures and threats from the Iranian security agencies and now resides in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/07/article-101

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