JINA MAHSA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams
and her death.
In memory of Jina 'Mahsa' Amini, the cornerstone of the 'Zan.
Zendagi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali
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2022
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'THE NO-HIJABIS
Updated September 27, 2023 |
'BIOLOGICAL
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AGAINST SCHOOLGIRLS'
Updated September 6, 2023 |
'IRANIAN JOURNALISTS
UNDER SIEGE'
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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)- JHINA MAHSA AMINI (22) - NIKA SHAKARAMI (16), SARINA ESMAILZADEH (16) HADIS NAJAFI (20), AND MORE WOMEN WHO WERE ASSASINATED SO
FAR BY THE IRANIAN AXIS OF EVIL.
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'Facing Faces and
Facts 1-2' (2022) to commemorate the above named and more and food for
thought and inspiration to fight on.
and 'Facing Faces & Facts 3' edited
December 2022/March 2023
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commemoration of the killing of the 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini
This call ends October 17, 2023!
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Armita Geravand in the CPU
We all grief for the victims of the
heinous crimes committed by the 'hijab-guards'
in the past days.
Read the day to day heartbreaking news of the past days:
- 3 - 2 October 2023;
- 4 October 2023;
- 5 October 2023;
- 6 October 2023
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October 6 - 5, 2023
<<Jailed Iranian Activist Mohammadi Wins
Nobel Peace Prize...
and
and <<Jail Terms and More Arrests for
Baha’is Across Iran...
and <<More Security Scrutiny and
Restrictions at Iran's Kurdistan University...
and <<Kausar Eftekhari sentenced to 5
months in prison...
and <<Jailed Iranian filmmaker Dehaghani
Describes Beatings and Threats...
and <<Dozens of Countries Denounce Women's
<Systematic> Discrimination in Iran...
and other news |
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Cruel regime
stories not for the faint of heart:
October 2023
October 2, 2023
Note by Gino d'Artali: The
following article is related to the one below it.
<<Poisonings at Iranian University amid Clampdown
on Students, Professors...
September, 2023
September 28, 2023
<<Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment
of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests
September 29 -
26, 2023
'REMEMBERING ZAHEDAN's BLOODY
FRIDAY'
and
<<Women's <Honor> Killings Continued Unabated in
Past Year....
Click here for a 'RED ALERT' overview 'till August
2023 |
October 4 - 1, 2023
The most tragic news first:
<<Iranian Eighth-Grade Girl Ends
Life after School Suspension... , Allah has her soul,
and <<Has Armita Geravand,
16, suffered the fate of Zhina Mahsa Amini?...
and <<Iranian Authorities
Urged to Let Journalists Cover Teenager’s Assault...
and as if less tragic because...
<<At least 463 people detained by
Iranian security forces in September...
and <<Marzieh Nasseri and
Sakineh Parvaneh are sentenced to 11.5 years in
prison...
and <<Trial of Amini
Family's Lawyer Goes On...
and damn right
they're terrorists!! <<UK
Lawmakers Call for Revolutionary Guards' Designation as
Terror Group...
and more news |
September 29 - 26, 2023
and
<<Aylar Haghi, a young and brave girl from Tabriz who
gave her life for freedom...
and
<<Three Relatives of Ailing Political Prisoner Sepehri
Arrested...
and
<<Samaneh Asghari and others detained on the anniversary
of the 2022 uprising...
and
Jailed Iranian Activist Sepehri Needs Urgent Heart
Surgery...
and
<<Iranian Student Imprisoned for Being Concerned by
Jailed Mother's Health...
and
<<Protesting Workers in Iran Sentenced to Fines,
Flogging...
and
<<No news received from four women since their arrest in
Iran...
and
<<Lida receives threats from Iran's intelligence
agencies: Those who fight for their freedom will
definitely win...
and
<<The new academic year in Iran sees strict clothing
restrictions for female students
and more news...
and more menu links to news untill September 1,
2023
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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.
Iranwire - October 4, 2023
<<Teenager In Coma: Tehran Hospital under Tight Security
Security forces have tightened security in and around Tehran's
Fajr Air Force Hospital, where 16-year-old Armita Geravand is in a coma
after a reported assault on the subway. According to information
obtained by IranWire, Armita was admitted to the hospital on October 1
with a <head trauma.> The incident has led to allegations that the
teenager was beaten by hijab enforcement officers, as the country
remains on high alert just over a year after the death in police custody
of 22-year old Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly wearing
a headscarf improperly.
Amini's tragic death sparked monthslong anti-government protests
and a state crackdown in which more than 500 people were killed and
thousands were unlawfully arrested. Journalist Samira Rahi shared on
October 4 a photo showing the deployment of police forces outside Fajr
Air Force Hospital.
<Two police cars are positioned at the entrance to the emergency
room of Fajar Hospital, and the presence of plainclothes officers is
evident,> she wrote on X, citing an informed source. <Similarly, a
significant number of vehicles and special forces have been stationed at
the Coca-Cola intersection> on Dehghan Street, Rahi added. The
journalist further reported that <security forces have been inspecting
the vehicles passing through this area and, in some instances, have been
scrutinizing the content of the passengers' cell phones.> Radio Farda
quoted a source in the hospital as saying that plainclothes officers are
present in the hospital's intensive care unit. The human rights
organization Hengaw, which shared a picture of Armina in her hospital
bed, reported on October 4, that the mobile phones of all members of the
Geravand family had been seized by security agents.
Earlier, a source with knowledge of Armita's condition told
IranWire that the teenager was in a critical condition when she was
hospitalized on the morning of October 1. <The initial examination by
the emergency technician indicated a GCS of 3,> the source said. The GCS,
or Glasgow Coma Scale, is used to describe the extent of impaired
consciousness in acute medical and trauma patients. The highest possible
GCS score is 15, and the lowest is 3. Generally, a score of 8 or fewer
means the patient is in a coma. A video published by the official IRNA
news agency shows Armita's mother as saying that she lost consciousness
following a drop in blood pressure. According to IranWire sources, the
family is under pressure from security agencies to recite the official
version of the incident. Many images published on social networks and
government media show hijab enforcement officers warning women without a
headscarf in Tehran's metro system. The incidents sometimes lead to
verbal and physical altercations.
In CCTV footage released by IRNA, three schoolgirls, who are not
wearing headscarves, can be seen entering a train. Moments later a group
of passengers assists an apparently unconscious girl, pulling her out to
the platform. Eyewitnesses were quoted as saying that Armita and two
friends were confronted by agents at Shohada metro station who demanded
that they wear head coverings. Following a verbal dispute, one of the
agents allegedly pushed one of the girls, who fell to the ground.
Authorities in the Islamic Republic refuted that, claiming that the
teenager fainted due to <a loss of blood pressure.> Masoud Dorosti, CEO
of the Tehran Metro Operation Company, told IRNA that Armita had <no
verbal or physical altercation with passengers or metro personnel.> No
footage from potential surveillance cameras from inside the train has so
far been made available to the public, and independent journalists have
not been allowed to cover the incident. A reporter from Shargh who went
to Fajr Air Force Hospital to prepare a report was detained by security
agents for several hours. The Committee to Protect Journalists <is
watching with concern the situation unfolding in Iran following reports
of the beating of a teenager for alleged improper wearing of her hijab,>
CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour said.
<This news has ominous echoes of last year's tragic death-in-custody of
Mahsa Amini, and we call on Iranian authorities not to relaunch their
vicious censorship machine by detaining and harassing journalists
covering this important event,> he added.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/121168-teenager-in-coma-tehran-hospital-under-tight-security/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: with the parents and family and friends of
our dear sister Armita Geravand I'm in deepest grief. I pray that Allah
will punish the bloodhounds of the regime for this and again another of
their heinous crimes.
Iranwire - October 4, 2023
<<Iranian Eighth-Grade Girl Ends Life after School Suspension
An Iranian teenager took her own life earlier this week after
being suspended from school for three days for not wearing a mandatory
headscarf and for having her nails polished, IranWire has learned. Zahra
Hatami, an eighth-grade schoolgirl from the city of Shahriyar, near
Tehran, threw herself from a building on October 2 because she feared
her father's reaction, a source said. <Zahra used to walk to school
without a hijab, accompanied by her mother, who would also pick her up,>
a source told IranWire. <On the day of the incident, she was brought to
the school office because she was not wearing a headscarf at school and
had her nails polished. After that, her parents were summoned to the
school,> the source added. The parents discussed the matter with the
school principal and received confirmation of Zahra's three-day
suspension. After that, the father left the school with Zahra, while her
mother stayed in the principal's office to continue the conversation and
possibly find a way to prevent the teenager's expulsion. Due to the
pressure exerted on her by the principal and fearing potential
consequences at home, Zahra fled to an unfinished building in front of
the school and jumped from the fourth floor. The Dadban Legal Group,
which provides legal counsel to Iranians, described the incident as a
consequence of the Islamic Republic's policy of <promoting culture and
chastity in schools.> The group highlighted that prohibiting nail polish
in Iranian schools lacks legal basis. <Expelling students for wearing
nail polish is unjustified and disrupts children's access to education,>
it said. A growing number of women and girls in Iran refuse to wear
mandatory head coverings and push the boundaries of what officials say
is acceptable clothing. The hijab is seen by many as a symbol of the
Islamic Republic's repression of women and the deadly crackdown on
society.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/121177-iranian-eighth-grade-girl-ends-life-after-school-suspension/
Iranwire - October 4, 2023
<<Ten Executions Carried Out In Two Iranian Prisons in One Day
Iranian authorities hanged 10 prisoners in Kerman and Shiraz
prisons on October 1, activist groups say, amid a dramatic rise in
executions by the Islamic Republic's judiciary. In a report published on
October 3, Haalvsh news agency said that five prisoners convicted of
drug-related crimes were executed in Kerman in the early hours of
October 1. Two of those executed were identified as Ewaz Moradi and
Ramazan Khurshid. Meanwhile, the Iran Human Rights Organization reported
that five prisoners were executed in Shiraz's Adel Abad prison the same
day. One of them, named Hamidreza Khodabandeh Farsimdan Qashqaei, was
charged with <corruption on Earth and waging war against God.> The
Islamic Republic is among the world's top executioners. At least 523
individuals, including 13 women, have been executed in Iranian prisons
since the start of the year, according to the Iran Human Rights
Organization.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/121171-ten-executions-carried-out-in-two-iranian-prisons-in-one-day/
Armita Geravand, Allah has her soul
NCRI - Womens committee - October 3, 2023 - in Women's News
<<Has Armita Geravand, 16, suffered the fate of Zhina Mahsa Amini?
According to reports published on social media, a 16-year-old
girl went unconscious and fell into a coma due to the injuries she
suffered as a result of being shoved by the guidance patrol agents in a
Tehran metro wagon. This high school student, named Armita Geravand, was
allegedly attacked on Sunday, October 1, 2023, while she was boarding
the subway train to go to school with her friends at Tehran's Shohada
metro station. Armita Geravand was transferred by ambulance to the Fajr
Hospital located on Pirouzi Ave. in Tehran. The hospital, affiliated
with the Air Force, is surrounded by security forces until the moment of
preparing this report. Even Armita's parents are not allowed to visit
her. Maryam Lotfi, a reporter from Sharq Daily, who went to the Fajr
Hospital at noon on Monday, October 2, 2023, to prepare a report on the
situation of Armita Geravand, was arrested. She was released after a few
hours. (The state-run Rouydad24.ir, October 2, 2023) The authorities
forced Armita's parents, Bahman Geravand and Shahin Ahmadi, to appear on
TV and repeat the government’s narrative. In the short interview, her
mother says that she was told that Armita's blood pressure dropped and
her head hit the edge of the metro (wagon). <In the morning she went to
school. She was supposed to see her friends at the Shohada Metro
Station. Now, when they went there... I think my daughter's pressure...
I think her blood pressure dropped, I don't know… I think... Well, they
said that her (blood) pressure dropped. OK? ... Her pressure dropped
or... Anyway, she fell down and her head hit the edge of the metro.>
(The state-run IRNA24 TV, October 3, 2023)
Armitas' parents on state television
The clerical regime has disseminated edited footage of the
entrance of Armita Geravand and her friends to the metro wagon, which is
abruptly followed by a scene where her friends are carrying her out.
While CCTV cameras are installed in all metro wagons, no footage from
inside the wagon has been made available. According to an unverified
report, a source from inside the Fajr Hospital said Armita's
consciousness level is 3 and her pupils are unresponsive to light, and
she is near brain death. According to this source, a section has been
completely evacuated and is under the full protection of security
forces.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/10/03/armita-geravand/
Iranwire - October 4, 2023
<<Iranian Authorities Urged to Let Journalists Cover Teenager’s
Assault
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the
Iranian authorities not to detain and harass journalists covering the
brutal physical assault against a 16-year-old girl in a Tehran subway
station. Sources told IranWire that Armita Geravand fell into a coma
after being reportedly assaulted by hijab enforcement officers on
October 1. The teenager was transported to Fajr Air Force Hospital after
suffering a <head trauma,> they said. Authorities denied security forces
were involved in the incident and said the girl fainted due to low blood
pressure. A journalist from Shargh newspaper who had been trying to
cover the story by going to the hospital where Armita is being treated
was briefly arrested. Access to the hospital has been restricted by
security forces. Iran remains on high alert just over a year after the
death in police custody of 22-year old Mahsa Amini, who had been
arrested for allegedly wearing a headscarf improperly. Amini's tragic
death led to monthslong anti-government protests and a state crackdown
in which more than 500 people were killed and thousands were unlawfully
arrested, including dozens of journalists. <CPJ is watching with concern
the situation unfolding in #Iran following reports of the beating of a
teenager for alleged improper wearing of her hijab,> CPJ Middle East and
North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour said on October 3. <This
news has ominous echoes of last year's tragic death-in-custody of #MahsaAmini,
and we call on Iranian authorities not to relaunch their vicious
censorship machine by detaining and harassing journalists covering this
important event,> he added.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/121162-iranian-authorities-urged-to-let-journalists-cover-teenagers-assault/
Iranwire - October 3, 2023
<<Iranian Political Prisoner Hospitalized with Hands and Feet
Tied to Bed
Younes Azadbar, a labor activist incarcerated in the northern
city of Rasht, has described his recent hospitalization following an
epileptic episode, saying that both his legs and one hand were tied to
his bed with <handcuffs and chains.> <I'm Younes Azadbar, a political
prisoner in Rasht's Lakan prison who previously spent 11 years in the
prisons of the Islamic Republic during the 1980s and subsequent years,>
he said in an audio message received by IranWire on October 3. <I am
imprisoned in Rasht's Lakan prison despite struggling with epilepsy,> he
continued, adding, <I suffered an epileptic attack on the morning of
Saturday, October 1, and if my cellmates hadn't acted promptly the
outcome could have been different.> At around noon the next day, Azadbar
was granted permission to be transferred to an external hospital and he
was admitted to the neurology department of Poorsina Hospital in Rasht,
he explained. During his stay in the hospital, he said, <both of my legs
and my right hand were tied with handcuffs and chains.> He further said
that an armed prison guard named Ismail Khosravi was present and
subjected him to insults. <The provincial prisons' director should be
questioned regarding whether the presence of armed agents under his
authority complies with the laws,> he said. On July 19, intelligence
agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested the
retired telecommunications worker at his home in the city of Sangar, in
Gilan province, and took him to Lakan prison. The following month, the
First Branch of the Public Investigation and Revolution in Sangar
accused him of <waging war against God, propaganda against the system
and membership in anti-system groups.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/121149-iranian-political-prisoner-hospitalized-with-hands-and-feet-tied-to-bed/
JINHA - Womens News Agency - October 3, 2023
<<At least 463 people detained by Iranian security forces in
September
At least 463 people were detained by Iranian security forces in
September 2023, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
News Center- According to statistics compiled by the Hengaw
Organization for Human Rights, a Norway-based human rights organization,
at least 463 individuals were detained by Iranian security forces across
the country in September 2023, a 75% increase compared to previous
month.
44% of the detained people were Kurds
In September 2023, at least 203 Kurds were detained by Iranian
security forces, comprising 44% of the total detentions across Iran last
month, the organization reported. <Arbitrary detention of religious
minority activists continued in September, similar to previous months,
with at least 17 religious minority activists detained by government
entities. Among those arrested, 8 were Baha'i adherents, including 4
women and 4 men. Additionally, during the past month, eight Sunni
individuals from various cities in the provinces of Hormozgan, Fars,
Sistan, and Baluchestan, as well as one Armenian descendant, were
detained by Iranian government entities,> said the organization
51 women, 50 children detained
According to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at least
51 women were detained across Iran during the past month. This number
accounts for 11% of all detentions. 50 minors under the age of 18 were
detained or forcibly disappeared by security and government entities
across Iran. <Out of these underage minors, 37 (74%) were Baloch, 10
were Kurdish, and 2 were detained in the cities of Mashhad and Tehran.>
Detention of students, teachers and activists
The Hengaw Organization of Human Rights also reported that at
least four students, four journalists and media activists as well as 14
artists and actors were detained in various cities across Iran in
September 2023.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/at-least-463-people-detained-by-iranian-security-forces-in-september-33938
Iranwire - October 3, 2023
<<Iran’s Baha'i Crackdown: Four More Detained in Yazd
Iranian authorities have arrested four members of the Baha'i
religious minority in central Yazd and transferred them to an
undisclosed location.
The detainees are Mojgan Basiri, Shokofeh Basiri, Vida Ehrari,
and Jamal Qadirzadeh. Security forces raided Mojgan Basiri's house on
Sunday evening and arrested her along with three guests who were at the
house. The agents searched the house and confiscated a substantial
amount of personal belongings. The agents then split into three teams,
each accompanying one of the three guests to their respective houses,
where more searches of the detainees' houses were carried out and more
personal items seized. All four individuals were then transported to an
undisclosed location. On Monday, October 2, families of the detainees
approached various judicial and security institutions seeking
information, but they were met with vague responses. There is still no
information available regarding the charges brought against the
detainees or where they are being held. None of the detainees have been
able to make phone calls to their families. The arrest of these four
Baha'i citizens is part of a wider pattern of persecution and
discrimination against the Baha'i community in Iran - which has included
months of intensifying crackdowns. Baha'is have been persecuted in Iran
for decades for their faith and are often accused of being spies or
opposed to the Iranian government. On August 16, the Baha'i
International Community denounced more than 180 incidents of persecution
against Iranian Baha'is in previous weeks, which itself has followed
months of intensified crackdowns.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/121133-irans-bahai-crackdown-four-more-detained-in-yazd/
NCRI - Womens committee - October 2, 2023 - in Women's News
<<Marzieh Nasseri and Sakineh Parvaneh are sentenced to 11.5
years in prison
Marzieh Nasseri is sentenced to 4 years and Sakineh Parvaneh to
7.5 years in prison
After nine months of detention in limbo, political prisoner
Marzieh Nasseri (Sara) was sentenced to four years in prison. The
Revolutionary Court of Mashhad charged Marzieh Nasseri with <propaganda
against the state> and participation in illegal gatherings. Marzieh
Nasseri, 41, a resident of Mashhad, was arrested on December 6, 2022,
during the protests in this city. She was held in solitary confinement
for 20 days in the detention center of the Department of Intelligence in
Mashhad and subsequently transferred to the women's ward of the Central
Prison of Mashhad after completing her interrogations. In the meantime,
the 5th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad has condemned
political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh to 7.5 years of imprisonment.
Sakineh Parvaneh is presently detained in the women's ward of the
Central Prison of Mashhad, also known as Vakilabad Prison. She was
sentenced to 7.5 years of imprisonment for insulting Ali Khamenei, the
mullahs' supreme leader, <propaganda against the state,> and <having
contact and cooperation with foreign media.> Judge Mansouri informed her
of her sentence on September 25, 2023. The judge has reportedly said
that 2.5 years from her previous sentence will be added to the new
verdict. The last time Sakineh Parvaneh was arrested was on April 4,
2023. She had been also arrested less than a month before, on March 7,
and released after four days. The resistant Kurdish political prisoner
Sakineh Parvaneh was serving the fourth year of her sentence when she
was released from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on February 15, 2023.
She had been sentenced to 5 years in prison on May 25, 2020.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/10/02/marzieh-nasseri/
Iranwire - October 2, 2023
<<Saudi Football Team Refused to Play in Iran because of Statue
Next to Pitch
An Asian Champions League match between Iran's Sepahan FC and Al-Ittihad
of Saudi Arabia was called off on October 2 after the Saudi football
team refused to leave their dressing-room due to the presence of an
Iranian general’s statue at the entrance to the pitch. The game was
postponed by officials at the Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium in Isfahan, where
around 60,000 fans had turned out to see the match. Pictures shared on
social media show that the bust of late General Qasem Soleimani would
have been in full view of the players as they exited the tunnel. <We
don't want politicized football,> the fans chanted after the game was
called off. Government-affiliated media outlets in Iran reported that
the Saudi team left the stadium, without explaining the reason. The
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said in a statement that the game was
<cancelled due to unanticipated and unforeseen circumstances.> <The AFC
reiterates its commitment towards ensuring the safety and security of
the players, match officials, spectators, and all stakeholders
involved,> it said. <This matter will now be referred to the relevant
committees.> Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps' expeditionary Quds Force, was killed in a US drone strike near
Baghdad International Airport in January 2020. He is considered a martyr
by the Islamic Republic. Two weeks ago, the Saudi team Al-Nassr faced
Persepolis at Tehran's Azadi Stadium. The match ended 2-0 in favor of
Al-Nassr. Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have long been
strained, and this year's Asian Champions League is the first since 2016
in which clubs from both countries have been permitted to play one
another home and away. Matches between Iranian and Saudi teams had
previously been played in stadiums on neutral territory.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/sports/121117-saudi-football-team-refused-to-play-in-iran-because-of-statue-next-to-pitch/
Iranwire - October 2, 2023
<<Trial of Amini Family's Lawyer Goes On
Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court has held a second
hearing in the trial of Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer who represents Mahsa
Amini's family. Nikbakht was charged with <propaganda activities>
against the Islamic Republic over interviews he gave to domestic and
foreign media, in which he criticized the government's handling of
Amini's death and its aftermath. The Ministry of Intelligence, which is
the plaintiff in the case, alleges that the defendant has been
<motivating> the Amini family to seek legal redress for their daughter's
death in police custody in September last year.
The first court hearing took place on August 29.
<The court proceedings were relatively brief, as the court's
president had prepared written questions for me to answer in advance,>
Nikbakht told Radio Farda after the second court hearing. <It seems that
both the expert of the Ministry of Intelligence, who provided an
explanation, and the court itself were focused on understanding why I
did not accept the results of the forensic examination,> he added. Mahsa
Amini, 22, died during a visit to Tehran on September 16, 2022, after
she was arrested by the morality police for allegedly wearing the
mandatory headscarf improperly. The authorities claim the young woman
died of natural causes, but eyewitnesses and her family say she was
beaten while inside a police van that took her to a detention center.
Amini's death sparked months of nationwide protests. More than 500
people were killed in the clampdown by security forces and over 20,000
were unlawfully detained, including dozens of lawyers. Following biased
trials, the judiciary has handed down stiff sentences, including the
death penalty, to protesters.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/121109-trial-of-amini-familys-lawyer-goes-on/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: The Jina Amini commemoration revolution
is'nt over yet and will continue every year and if only to disgrace the
regime with our mutual goal the fall of this disgracefull animals. Long
live free Iran.
Iranwire - October 2, 2023
<<Shargh Reporter Arrested in Tehran
Iran's Shargh newspaper says security forces arrested one of its
reporters on October 2. It said that Maryam Lotfi was taken into custody
after visiting Fajr Air Force Hospital to report on the situation of a
girl who had lost consciousness in the Tehran subway. According to some
reports, a high school girl was sent to the hospital after sustaining a
head injury in the subway. The incident reportedly occurred when an
officer pushed her to try to force her to wear a mandatory headscarf. No
information has been provided regarding the reasons for Lotfi''s arrest
or the agency responsible for it.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/121113-shargh-reporter-arrested-in-tehran/
Iranwire - October 2, 2023
<<UK Lawmakers Call for Revolutionary Guards' Designation as
Terror Group
Dozens of UK lawmakers have urged the government to designate
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist
organization, citing the force's <inhumane and unlawful actions> both in
Iran and Britain. The death in police custody of 22-year-old-Mahsa Amini
a year ago sparked months of anti-establishment protests that were
brutally quashed by security forces, with hundreds of people being
killed and thousands unlawfully detained. The IRGC are <responsible for
the systematic and continued widespread violence> against dissent in
Iran, 33 members of the House of Commons and House of Lords said in a
letter addressed to Home Secretary Suella Braverman. <Over the past
year, the IRGC has strengthened its ties with various armed groups
across Africa, providing them with training and weapons which has in
turn fueled instability across the continent,> reads the letter, dated
September 29. <The IRGC has also deepened its military relations with
Russia during the conflict with Ukraine, supplying Vladimir Putin with
lethal weapons.> The lawmakers also pointed out that the Islamic
Republic is <behind at least 15 credible plots to kidnap and assassinate
Iranian dissidents or British citizens> over the last year, while family
members of Iranian dissidents living in the UK <have also been harassed
by the IRGC, threatening their freedom of expression thousands of miles
from the regime.> Meanwhile, British citizens residing in Iran <have
been faced with physical and verbal threats and in some cases have even
been arrested by the IRGC due to their links to the United Kingdom,>
they said, adding: <There needs to be an end to this violence.> The
European Union, the United States, the UK and other countries have
issued multiple rounds of sanctions against the Islamic Republic in
recent months over its crackdown on dissent and its supply of drones to
Russia for its war in Ukraine. So far, the United States is the only
Western country to have labeled the IRGC as a terrorist organization.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/121099-uk-lawmakers-call-for-revolutionary-guards-designation-as-terror-group/
NCRI - Womens committee - October 1, 2023 - in Women's News
<<Mahboubeh Bigdeli, a mother of two children, is arrested
Hamideh Zeraii is deprived of contacting her family
Mahboubeh Bigdeli, a mother of two children, was arrested at the
Prosecutor's Office of Gachsaran in southwestern Iran. Mahboubeh Bigdeli
had been summoned to report to the 3rd Branch of the Prosecutor's Office
on Saturday, September 30, 2023, but she was arrested upon arrival. She
is accused of disseminating <propaganda against the state.> Mahboubeh
Bigdeli was also arrested last year during the nationwide uprising. She
was released in February 2023 after the regime granted general amnesty
to some 80,000 prisoners on the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution. In
other news, it was reported that political prisoner Hamideh Zeraii was
banned from contacting her family starting September 16, 2023. She
cannot call or visit them because she sent an audio recording out of
prison. She was supposed to have a court hearing on Saturday, September
30, but she refused to attend in protest of her deprivation, and the
hearing was canceled. On Monday, May 29, 2023, Hamideh Zeraii, one of
the detainees of the nationwide protests in 2022, was arrested by
security forces at her residence. Hamideh Zarai, 37 and from Rasht, was
a master's student in the Research Sciences branch at Tehran Azad
University. On November 3, 2023, security forces arrested her during the
fortieth-day commemoration of Hadis Najafi in Karaj. However, on
February 7, 2023, following the regime's amnesty show, she was released
from the Kachouii Prison of Karaj.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/10/01/mahboubeh-bigdeli/
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