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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.
Iranwire - December 3, 2024 - by Shohreh Mehrnami
<<Overcrowding, Teacher Shortages, and 'Learning Poverty': Education
Crisis in Iran
When Iranian media reported that classrooms in Tehran were overcrowded
with 40 to 50 students, many expressed concern and called for immediate
action. Instead, President Massoud Pezeshkian offered a perspective that
left educational experts both puzzled and shocked. The Ministry of
Education confirmed the overcrowding, acknowledging that many classes
exceed the recommended 35-student limit. Typical explanations would
involve critiques of infrastructure, funding shortages, or systemic
educational challenges. Rather than decrying the packed classrooms as a
problem, the president suggested the overcrowding might represent an
unexpected positive - a perspective that has sparked significant debate
among educators, policymakers, and parents alike. Pezeshkian said, <In
education, they used to say that classes with 40 to 45 students are bad,
but from another perspective, they can actually be great.> He added, <We
could divide the students into four groups of 10, have them form teams,
discuss topics, and turn the students into the center of the learning
process.> Pezeshkian's remarks come amid repeated warnings over the past
three months about severe teacher shortages. According to a report from
the Parliament's Research Center, the education system began this
academic year short of 176,000 teachers. While 74,000 contract teachers
have been hired and retired teachers reinstated, these measures have
addressed less than half of the shortage, leaving a gap of 94,000
teaching staff. Pezeshkian's comments sparked reactions on social media.
One user on X sarcastically wrote, "Problem solved. We can even sell
some schools now." Najat Bahrami, a journalist and former Education
Ministry official, criticized Pezeshkian's perspective as simplistic and
populist. Speaking to IranWire, Bahrami said some people have a
nostalgic view of the past. According to Bahrami, it's shocking for
someone with the title of president to have such a superficial view of
classrooms and education. Bahrami noted that classrooms with 45
students, especially in Iranian schools with limited facilities,
effectively render meaningful education impossible. "Even in
well-equipped urban schools, a single teacher managing 40 students
cannot both maintain order and effectively impart knowledge," he said.
"When the president dismisses the education system's challenges and
calls overcrowded classrooms 'great,' it signals the end of that
country's educational future," Bahrami added. Political analyst Ali
Afshari also labeled the president's approach to educational issues,
including overcrowding, as populist.
Speaking to IranWire, Afshari described Pezeshkian as an unusual person
even within the Islamic Republic’s establishment, likening him to early
revolutionary Basij members who remain rooted in traditional paradigms
and oppose modernist thinking. Afshari said the president adopts a
populist view for all problems, disregarding the necessity of standards
in education. He recalled that during his tenure as a medical school
dean, Pezeshkian famously took a wheelbarrow and shovel to build a
clinic himself. Such approaches, Afshari said, are unsustainable.
According to Afshari, Pezeshkian exemplifies the fact that even holding
an advanced academic degree does not necessarily equate to progressive
thinking or effective leadership skills.
Illiterate Students
Overcrowded classrooms with 40 students are just one of many challenges
facing Iran’s education system. However, they play a major role in a
bigger problem: students missing out on proper education. Rezvan
Hakimzadeh, Deputy Education Minister, recently reported that 40 per
cent of students face "learning poverty." Hakimzadeh noted that despite
attending school, many students fail to acquire basic literacy skills
such as reading, writing, arithmetic, and communication. The deficiency
at the elementary level leads to academic struggles in later years.
Najat Bahrami told IranWire that statistics, particularly over the past
decade, confirm this troubling trend. He explained, "If we look at the
grades of high school students in various fields, we’ll see this
illiteracy. For example, the average scores of students in humanities
for 10th, 11th, and 12th grades are below 10 out of 20. This shows that
students haven't even properly learned to read and write." The sharp
decline in student performance contrasts with the Islamic Republic's
longstanding narrative of educational success, often bolstered by the
achievements of Iranian students in international Olympiads. Bahrami
said that, based on his years of teaching and administrative experience,
the severe decline in literacy and education in Iran has reached
alarming levels. Pointing to poor results from Iranian students in
international assessments like TIMSS and PIRLS, Bahrami said these
deficiencies had already been evident in national exams. He criticized
Iran's Sampad or <Exceptional Talents> schools, calling them part of the
Islamic Republic's lies. These institutions isolate a select group of
students, subject them to intensive training, and showcase their
successes in international Olympiads as proof of the education system's
excellence. According to Bahrami, this is a deliberate strategy to
distract from the poor conditions in most schools, which fail to meet
basic educational standards and lack essential resources. "The
government hides the fact that the majority of Iran's schools are, by
educational standards, ruined with no proper infrastructure or quality
teaching," Bahrami said.
Empty Pockets, Big Promises
The grim statistics of Iran's education system go beyond declining
academic performance and overcrowded classrooms. At the start of the new
school year, 20 per cent of existing schools were deemed structurally
unsafe. Approximately 3 million students are studying in buildings that
are beyond repair and need to be demolished. In Tehran alone, there is a
shortage of 13,000 classrooms. Additionally, reports say that 750,000
students were not able to go to school this year, including 110,000
first graders. Among those who do manage to attend, nearly half fail to
learn much in meaningful terms. Despite these challenges, President
Massoud Pezeshkian claimed that larger classes might actually be
beneficial, suggesting that students could learn more in bigger groups.
Bahrami said that Pezeshkian's remarks reveal an awareness of the
government's lack of financial resources. "The president seems to know
that the government cannot prioritize education or redirect funds to
address the sector’s issues. Instead, the administration resorts to
justifying its inaction." According to Bahrami, Pezeshkian's comments
imply that no substantial investment will be made in addressing the
basic needs of the people, especially in education. Overcrowded
classrooms and crumbling school walls endanger students across Iran, yet
the regime remains focused on boosting the population. Meanwhile, the
failing education system offers little to the next generation.>>
Spurce:
https://iranwire.com/en/features/136723-overcrowding-teacher-shortages-and-learning-poverty-education-crisis-in-iran/
Women's Liberation Front 2019/cryfreedom.net 2024
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