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HAIL TO THE IRANIAN
WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS FALLEN FOR FREDOM
against
the supreme leader, the arch-reactionary Ayatollah Ali Khomeini,
and his placeman president. The message of
the women when the former president visited a university was plain: <give way or
get lost> in 2023 and still is.
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
(Updates
December 6, 2024)
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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 |
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Please do read
the above and following articles about heroines and
other brave people 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
December - November '24
topics:
04 Dec, 2024:
Narges Mohammadi Temporarily
Released for Medical Treatment
and
04 Dec, 2024:
The struggle of Kurdish women:
resistance against oppression
03 Dec, 2024:
Overcrowding, Teacher Shortages,
and 'Learning Poverty': Education Crisis in Iran
November 28 - 26, 2024:
Elimination of Violence Against
Women: A Bill That Never Gets Passed
and
Honor, Fear, and
Fatal Love: Femicide Epidemic in Iran
and
Halimeh Habibollahi,
Young Mother and Child Marriage Victim Murdered, Framed
as Suicide
related
November 28,2024:
Child Marriage: It fails to deter
child marriages.
and
Dec 3, 2024:
Condemn Iran's Systematic
Repression of Baha'is
November 29 , 2024:
Empty Pockets and Emptier Plates:
Poverty Grips Iran
November 28, 2024:
Prayers and Bullets: The Untold
Story of Lal Mohammad
and
Commemoration of the Fallen for Freedom
Part 5
And more commemorational stories
and
Click here for previous inspiring
stories and articles
incl. Red Alerts |
'New' topic: a regimes' re-newed method of
torture: denial of medical care
Nov. 22 - Aug. 30, 2024:
Medical torture of women during
incarceration
November 4, 2024
"UN Expert Highlights Alarming
Violations Against Women and Fundamental Freedoms..."
October 19-18 2024 - July 18, 2016
Health taken hostage
And read here more about the
'Nurses 'strike' back':
Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section
"Nurses can neutralize security
forces' efforts with unity."
August 30, 2024
and updates:
August 28, 2024:
Nurses' demands - "A nurse will
die, but will not accept humiliation,":
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"NO to executions"
campaign
In support - reflection and
updates:
Sept. 7 - August 20, 2024
Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section
'The mullahs' regime / OHCHR* gallows' dance'
Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section
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
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December 03 - November 29, 2024
<<Three prisoners,
including two women, executed...
& <<115 arrested in
November 2024...
& <<Eight political
prisoners sentenced to death and long-term
imprisonment...
& <<Iranian Rapper Toomaj
Salehi Released from Prison...
& "'People's Pockets Are
Empty': Black Friday in Iran...
& <<Iran Disrupts UN
Session to Exclude Kurdish Human Rights Group...
and more actual and fact-finding news
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December 01 - November 27, 2024
<<French Town Honors
Iranian Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared...
& <<Global campaign seeks
to abolish death sentences for Warisheh Moradi, Pakhshan
Azizi...
& <<Nasrin Shakarami,
mother of Nika Shakarami, sentenced to imprisonment...
& <<The Criminal <Chastity
and Hijab> Law: A New Wave of Crackdown on Iranian Women
and Girls...
& <<Four political
defendants in Alborz sentenced to fourteen years and ten
months of imprisonment...
& <<Iranian Regime
Sentences Two Grieving Mothers of Aban to Prison for
Advocacy...
& <<Iran's Regime Executes
27 Prisoners in 4 Days, Total Reaches 540 Under
Pezeshkian...
& <<Protests in Brussels
against death sentences of Pakhshan Azizi and Sharifeh
Mohammadi...
and more actual and fact-finding news |
December 1 - November 25, 2024
Protests against
violence against women in the Middle East November 2024
November 26 - 25,
2024
Preface by Gino d'Artali:
Yesterday, GMT time, was the
so-called 'International Day against violence
against Women'
Now, since the women-led "Woman, Life,
Freedom" revolutions
are getting a growing stronger hold in the Middle East
it is always wise to face the Fact-Finding reality
and so let's read two reports of 2
trustworthy outlets
who does excactly that: |
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.
Elimination of Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women
NCRI - November 28, 2024 - Articles, Women's News
<<Elimination of Violence Against Women: A Bill That Never Gets Passed
Battered Women Exploited in the Clerical Regime's Misogynistic Game Over
Violence Prevention Bills in Iran
"Elimination of Violence against Women," "Provision of Security for
Women against Violence," "Protection, Dignity, and Provision of Security
for Ladies Against Violence," "Protection of Dignity and Support for
Women Against Violence," and now "Preventing Women from Harm and
Improving Their Security Against Abuse," are all iterations of a single
proposed bill in Iran. For more than 13 years, this bill has remained
stalled. It occasionally resurfaces to pacify public opinion, only to be
passed from one government body to another with no meaningful progress.
Some officials and members of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) openly
oppose the bill. For example, the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary
Judicial Commission has declared it contrary to the mullahs’ version of
Iran, claiming it weakens family foundations. Similarly, Ensieh KhazAli,
former Deputy for Women and Family Affairs under Ebrahim Raisi,
dismissed the bill by asserting, <Violence is not prevalent in our
families.> (Mehr News Agency, August 23, 2023)
Outrageous opposition like this, laden with misogynistic rhetoric,
abounds. This article focuses on exposing the clerical regime's false
claims of supporting women.
The Fate of the Violence Against Women Bill
The original draft of the Elimination of Violence against Women was
prepared in 2010 by certain judges and finalized in 2011 by the
Directorate for Women and Family Affairs. It consisted of 92 articles.
When Hassan Rouhani's administration (2013-2021) took office, the bill
was sent to the Judiciary for review. The cleric-led Judiciary reduced
it to 77 articles and renamed it the Bill on Protection, Dignity, and
Provision of Security for Ladies Against Violence. This version was
returned to the government. The revised bill was then reviewed by a
subcommittee of the government’s Legal Commission and sent back to
Parliament. On November 27, 2017, the Vice Chairwoman of the
Parliament's Women’s Faction announced that additional time was needed
for detailed review. On July 14, 2020, the Rouhani administration
claimed to have finalized the bill again, sending it to Parliament on
January 14, 2021. Parliament acknowledged receipt of the bill on January
15, 2021. It was referred to the Parliamentary Judicial and Legal
Commission on May 19, 2021. By December 12, 2022, revisions were made,
and the Social Commission of Parliament approved the bill. On April 9,
2023, the bill was further reduced to 51 articles and renamed the Bill
on Preventing Women from Harm and Improving Their Security Against
Abuse. The general framework of the bill was approved by Parliament. (Asr
Iran, November 13, 2024) Despite this protracted and exhausting process,
the bill’s details and implementation remain unclear. On November 12,
2024, the state-run IRNA news agency quoted Ahmad Fatemi, a member of
the mullahs' Parliament, stating: <There are many bills and drafts; the
turn for this bill is not near and will take time, but it is on the
agenda.>
What's in the Bill?
The clerical regime's so-called women's protection bill is riddled with
shortcomings:
Child Marriage: It fails to deter child marriages.
Educational Rights: It does not prevent fathers from barring daughters
from continuing their education.
Divorce and Custody: It denies mothers the right to divorce or custody
of their children.
The bill fundamentally does not acknowledge the existence of violence
against women, including domestic violence. The term violence is notably
absent from the text.
Article 1, under General Provisions, states that the bill's measures are
conditional upon compliance with Article 10 of the clerical regime's
Constitution, which emphasizes family preservation under the principles
of the mullahs' Sharia. Under these principles, the husband is
explicitly recognized as the head of the family.
Article 4 stipulates that women's legal complaints are subject to the
regime's Criminal Procedure Code, where a woman's testimony is legally
worth half or less than half of a man's.
Misplaced Priorities
Under the section titled Support Measures, the bill allocates
responsibilities to the Prison Organization. This focus bizarrely
centers on regulating the punishment of imprisoned women rather than
addressing penalties for male perpetrators of violence. The bill
reiterates provisions from the mullahs' Penal Code, notorious for its
discriminatory treatment of women. For example, Article 34 superficially
addresses forced marriage and divorce but simultaneously defers to
Article 1041 of the Civil Code. This Civil Code allows fathers,
grandfathers, or judges to determine a girl's suitability for
marriage-even below the age of 13.
Protecting the Perpetrators
The bill actively prioritizes preserving the family structure under the
husband's authority. It criminalizes actions such as women fleeing
abusive homes, undergoing abortions, or seeking divorce while protecting
male offenders. Ultimately, Articles 42 and 43 explicitly protect
perpetrators of violence, stating: <For discretionary offenses of
degrees six, seven, and eight, if the perpetrator is the woman's father,
mother, or husband, the court may, considering 'individual and familial
circumstances,' sentence the perpetrator to alternative penalties
instead of the prescribed punishments.> It further stipulates that
<Offenses committed by relatives of the woman up to the second degree
are considered pardonable.> (Government-affiliated website Ekhtebar,
April 8, 2023)
Systemic Barriers
Due to severe gender discrimination in the laws of the clerical regime,
women often find themselves trapped in marriages with abusive men.
Police are rarely willing to intervene in cases of domestic violence.
Family laws impose significant barriers to divorce for women, and even
if a woman successfully obtains a divorce, she legally loses custody of
children over the age of seven. Abused women receive minimal support
from government-affiliated organizations. In many cases, instead of
addressing the violent circumstances of these women's lives, these
organizations focus on persuading them to return to their abusive
households. (Asr Iran, November 13, 2024) A sociologist and social
psychologist explains: "Regarding homicide under the law, when a woman
is killed by her father-for example, in the case of Romina's murder by
her father-when asked why he killed his daughter instead of his son, the
father responds, 'If I had killed my son, I would have faced capital
punishment.' In the case of other men, such as husbands, execution only
occurs if the woman's family agrees to pay half the blood money (diya)."
(Alireza Sharifi Yazdi, ILNA News Agency, August 19, 2024)
A Harrowing Reality
Reliable statistics on violence against women in Iran are non-existent.
However, the Legal Medicine Organization reported that 15,764 women
sought medical attention for spousal abuse in the spring of 2024 (IRNA,
November 12, 2024). This figure likely underrepresents the true scale,
as most cases remain unreported. Recently, the murder of a female
journalist by her husband-a lawyer-reignited public outcry. Zahra
Behrooz-Azar, deputy for the Directorate for Women and Family Affairs,
called for expedited approval of the bill, echoing the regime's typical
reactionary measures. She, like her predecessors in this position,
claimed that <The bill for protecting women's security has been a
priority on the government's agenda since day one> and that <We have
requested an expedited review of this bill.> (ILNA News Agency, November
13, 2024) However, such claims have proven performative. A state-run
newspaper, Etemad, wrote on November 10, 2024: "Had the government and
Parliament acted on implementing this law, today's appalling femicide
statistics could have been avoided." Earlier this year, Etemad reported
that over 150 women were killed in the first six months of 2024 by their
husbands, fathers, brothers, or other male relatives. Experts estimate
that in Iran, a woman is killed by a male relative every four days.
Meanwhile, every four minutes, a woman suffers psychological
harm-incidents that go unreported and unregistered (ILNA, August 19,
2024).
This article illustrates the systemic failure of the Iranian regime to
protect women. The deeply ingrained misogyny in its laws perpetuates
violence, leaving countless women vulnerable and unsupported.>>
Source: https://wncri.org/2024/11/28/elimination-of-violence-against-women-in-iran/
and
Vahid Jahangiri - Zahra Moghadam
Iranwire - November 27, 2024
<<Honor, Fear, and Fatal Love: Femicide Epidemic in Iran
The scene could be from a nightmare: A small and quiet village. A
hunting rifle. A man angered by rejection. Three people killed in
moments. On a chilling evening in Valaghouz, Zahra Moghadam's life was
cut short by a man whose marriage proposal she had rejected. The man
shot and killed Moghadam and two others in the village in northern
Golestan province on November 21. IranWire sources have confirmed the
identities of the other victims as Ghoncheh Rasouli and her husband,
Kheirollah Rasouli. "The man who killed Zahra Moghadam and two other
citizens in this village had wanted to marry her, but after being
rejected, he went to her home with a hunting rifle," a source told
IranWire. "Given that the village is small and everyone knows each
other, he entered her house and shot her from close range." According to
sources, two children of her relatives were also present at the scene of
the murder, but before the killer arrived, Moghadam had hidden them. It
is unclear why the killer targeted Ghoncheh Rasouli and her husband
after killing Zahra Moghadam, but eyewitnesses said that after killing
the three citizens, he went to the police station and confessed to the
murders, citing <personal and family disputes> as his motive.
He is currently in custody.
Moghadam's murder was not an isolated incident. It was a snapshot of a
deeper, more pervasive terror that stalks women across Iran. IranWire
has also learned that a man named Vahid Jahangiri killed his wife,
Samaneh Jahangiri, on November 18. Jahangiri had wanted to end her
marriage, and despite repeatedly asking for a divorce, family elders
intervened due to their <family ties> and forced her to return to the
marital home. Jahangiri, who was originally from a village in the Ardal
district of western Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, was the mother
of an eight-year-old child.
Sources close to Jahangiri describe her as a "hardworking woman" whose
husband's unemployment had exacerbated their marital problems over the
past year and a half. She was a graphic design student but had been
repeatedly prevented from attending classes by her husband and suffered
both physical and emotional abuse. The ongoing issue of femicide in
various parts of Iran occurs at a time when the United Nations, on the
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, named
the "home" as the "most dangerous place" for women and girls. According
to statistics from this international body, the majority of female
murders take place in the home and are perpetrated by close family
members. In Iran, official bodies do not provide accurate statistics on
femicides, but Iranian newspapers have reported on it. According to
Etemad newspaper, 78 women were murdered by their relatives or family
members between March and September this year. Shargh newspaper reported
in 2023 that at least 165 women were killed by male family members
between 2021 and 2023. Furthermore, 27 women were murdered in the first
three months of 2023 alone, with <honor killings> cited as a primary
motive. These figures only account for the murders reported in various
publications, and the actual number is likely much higher. In recent
weeks, two Iranian lawyers have murdered their wives at home. Iranian
authorities reported that Mansoureh Ghadiri Javid, a journalist for the
Islamic Republic's official news agency, was killed by her husband on
November 11. Meanwhile, a lawyer in Tehran shot and killed his wife and
12-year-old son before turning the gun on himself. The shooting took
place on November 12 in the Velenjak neighborhood of the capital, ISNA
news agency reported. The 42-year-old man used a handgun to murder his
40-year-old wife and their young son. Official statistics in Iran
confirm that, on average, over 74,000 women visit forensic centers
annually for physical examinations due to abuse by their husbands. It
means that one in every 300 married women in Iran seeks help from a
forensic organization due to domestic abuse. However, this figure does
not reflect the full extent of the issue. Estimates suggest that the
actual number of domestic violence cases against women in Iran is nearly
100 times higher.
Nearly one-third of women in Iran experience violence from their
partners, which is among the highest rates of domestic violence in the
region, following Afghanistan and Turkey>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/136516-honor-fear-and-fatal-love-femicide-epidemic-in-iran/
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Halimeh Habibollahi
NCRI - Womens committee - 26 Nov 2024 - in Documents, Women's News
<<Halimeh Habibollahi, Young Mother and Child Marriage Victim Murdered,
Framed as Suicide
A tragic case from Iran highlights the deadly consequences of child
marriage and domestic violence. Halimeh Habibollahi, a 22-year-old
mother of two, originally from Izeh in southwestern Iran, was reportedly
killed in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. Her death, initially
declared a suicide by hanging, has been disputed by her family and close
contacts, who allege foul play orchestrated by her abusive husband.
A Tragic Background
Halimeh was a victim of forced marriage and domestic abuse. Growing up
in Izeh, she was coerced into marrying her cousin, Ashkan Habibollahi,
after her family discovered she had been in a relationship with another
boy when she was a teenager. This forced union marked the beginning of a
life fraught with violence. Halimeh's husband was known to physically
abuse her, to the extent that her father-in-law refused to leave her
alone with him out of fear for her safety. Halimeh lived in a village in
the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province before her husband recently took
her and their children to Bandar Abbas under the pretext of visiting his
sister.
The Suspicious Death
On the morning of Friday, November 22, Halimeh’s husband claimed she had
taken her own life by hanging herself from a one-meter gas pipe in the
house they were staying in. However, family members and informed sources
dismissed the suicide claim, arguing that her physical stature made it
impossible for her to hang herself in that manner. They believe her
death was premeditated murder disguised as suicide. Those close to
Halimeh insist her husband's history of violence and the circumstances
surrounding her death point to a deliberate attempt to cover up the
crime. The alleged murder has drawn attention to the unchecked violence
against women and the societal pressures that enable such abuse.
A Widespread Issue
Halimeh's story is tragically common in Iran, where child marriage and
domestic violence are systemic problems. Forced marriages, especially
among teenagers, often lead to lifelong trauma and abuse. Women in such
situations are frequently left without recourse due to societal stigma,
lack of legal protections, and patriarchal norms. The surge in violence
against women in Iran, including domestic abuse and femicide, is deeply
rooted in the regime's inherently misogynistic laws. These laws include
provisions that designate a father or paternal grandfather as the
guardian of a girl's blood rights and allow so-called <honor killings,>
granting fathers, brothers, husbands, and in-laws virtual impunity for
murdering women under the pretext of defending <honor.> In a regime that
has entrenched and institutionalized violence against women at its core,
mere calls to prevent such violence fall woefully short of addressing
the issue. The only viable solution lies in regime change. Only then,
under a democratic republic in Iran, can the women of Iran experience
peace, security, and the dignity of living in a safe and equitable
society.>>
Source:
https://wncri.org/2024/11/26/halimeh-habibollahi-femicide/
Women's Liberation Front 2019/cryfreedom.net 2024
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