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 18, 2024)
A to VICTORY tribute to
NARGES MOHAMMADI
Dec 5, 2024:
Narges Mohammadi chants 'Jin,
Jiyan, Azadi' after temporarily freed from prison
Nov. 18, 2024:
Joint letter: Nobel Peace Laureate Urgently Needs Essential Medical Care for
Serious Health Problems
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
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JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS 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
UPDATED:
September 29 - 16, 2024
Second Anniversary of Jina Amini's
state-sanctioned murder
incl. Commemorating Bloody Friday
and earlier news about
a wave of arrests of her fellow-citizen
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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
Click the above for also earlier news
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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 '24
topics:

Alarming: Women Being Sent to the
Gallows
&
The gas chambers of Iran
&
Female Referee Reveals Threats and
Harassment when struggling for freedom
&
A Woman's Defiance Against
Oppression
&
Daughters, Wives, Sisters: Iran's
Silent Femicide Crisis
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 17 - 15, 2024
<<UN 71st Resolution
Condemns Iran's Human Rights Violations, Targeted
Repression of Women...
& <<Widespread Power Cuts
Fuel Street Protests in Tehran...
& <<Zeinab Jalalian:
Continued Denial of Medical Care and Family Visits for
Iranian Political Prisoner...
& <<Iranian Police Fatally
Shoot Young Man in Western Iran...
& <<Su'da Khedirzadeh's
toddler, Ala, faces poor health conditions in Urmia
Prison...
& <<Vote-Rigging Scandal
Rocks Iranian Parliament...
& <<IRGC Arrests Nine
Citizens and Civil Activists in Western Iran...
& <<Reza Valizadeh
sentenced to ten years imprisonment and additional
punishments...
& <<Security forces arrest
7 Kurds in Mahabad...
and more actual and fact-finding news |
Dec. 5, 2024:
Iranian Women Rise Against the New
Hijab Law with the Slogan "Woman, Resistance, Freedom"
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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 - December 13, 2024 - by Samaneh Ghadarkhan
<<Surviving Evin: A Woman's Defiance Against Oppression
The story of Ekbatan Town is one of bloodshed and shattered dreams,
reflecting the Islamic Republic's harsh crackdown on the Woman, Life,
Freedom movement.
Behind each name - Milad, Alireza, Hossein, Navid, Amir Mohammad - lies
a universe of potential extinguished by a system that sees taking young
lives as a tool to stay in power.
Sahar Barlouei's testimony sharply challenges the official narrative.
She speaks of midnight raids, of terror that descends without warning,
and of young people torn from their families and thrown into the
machinery of state persecution. The death of a member of the Basij
militia became a pretext - a mechanism to crush the spirit of resistance
in Ekbatan. Fifty young residents. Fourteen charged. Eight facing the
ultimate price for an uprising born of decades of oppression.
Execution.
The numbers are clinical, but behind them are real stories - interrupted
educations, shattered families, and dreams violently truncated.
These people are charged with <waging war against God,> a theological
weapon that transforms political dissent into a spiritual crime. It is a
charge that leaves no room for mercy, turning young protesters into
enemies of divine order. Barlouei escaped, but her escape is not a
victory. It is survival, weighted with survivor's guilt and a burning
commitment to bear witness. "The whole of Iran must be their voice," she
says. On November 23, 2022, Sahar was arrested at her home on charges of
<assembly and collusion.> Residents of Ekbatan began their
demonstrations by chanting slogans from their windows the night news
broke about Mahsa Amini being hospitalized at Kasra Hospital.

Jina Amini
According to Sahar, street protests began after news of Mahsa's death
spread.
Sahar told IranWire, "The unique structure of Ekbatan made it difficult
for security forces and suppressive agents to break up the protests and
arrest participants as they did in other parts of Tehran or other
cities. We, the residents of Ekbatan, know the area, while the security
forces and outsiders would get lost there." She praised the solidarity
and unity among Ekbatan's residents, calling it unparalleled in Iran.
"During the day, I would join protests in other areas, but at night, I
would return to Ekbatan. Once, I was almost arrested there but managed
to escape." Sahar described how people of all ages participated in
Ekbatan's protests, including elderly individuals using walkers, as well
as children, teenagers, men, women, and entire families. She said, "We
told the elderly to sit on benches if security forces arrived, thinking
they wouldn't target them, but we were wrong. They behaved violently and
insulted the elderly too." Security forces tracked Sahar to her home,
where they violently raided and arrested her along with a few friends
who were present.
Her ordeal began with the abuse of her dog.
"I never thought they would raid my home," Sahar said. "I always kept my
phone free of any photos or videos, but when they stormed in, they found
photos, videos, and chats on my phone, which led to them accusing me of
collaborating with <enemies.> They harassed me relentlessly over ties to
<enemy> media." At the time of her arrest, there was no mention of Arman
Aliverdi - a member of the Basij militia - being part of her case.
However, a few days later, his death was added to the charges against
her. "They found a video of the scene where Arman Aliverdi was injured
in the downloads folder on my phone. I hadn’t recorded it myself - I had
received it from elsewhere," Sahar explained. Sahar says: "I was
directly dealing with the Ministry of Intelligence and was held in Ward
209 of Evin Prison. The interrogators would tell me, <We're being nice;
if you're sent to the IRGC Intelligence, they won't treat you as kindly
as we do. They'll behave however they like.> "They insisted, <We know
you filmed it, just confess and cooperate.> But I didn't accept, and
from that point on, my interrogator changed." Her charge shifted from
<assembly and collusion> to <participating in the murder of Arman
Aliverdi> on the night of November 5, 2022. She said, "All my
interrogation sessions and written statements bore the label <Incident
14/8.> The number of interrogations increased, and my bail was
rejected." When she went to court for her defense, she discovered her
primary charge was <accessory to murder.> She recalls, "Someone named
'Mohammadi' placed a sheet in front of me and said, <Write your
defense.> I replied, "I won't, because I don't accept this charge." He
said, <It's not important. If you don't defend, go.>" Sahar was caught
between the judiciary and the Ministry of Intelligence. "Someone named
Movahed or Movahedi from the judiciary came to Evin and claimed to want
to hear grievances. I told him I thought the judiciary sought justice,
but you seem no different from the Ministry of Intelligence
interrogators. I told him I was nowhere near the incident but at least
300 meters away and had no knowledge of what happened. He said, <It
doesn't matter what you say; what matters is the evidence in your file.
The expert has provided enough documentation to prove it without your
confession.>" She responds to Movahedi by rejecting the evidence,
calling it all lies and falsehoods, "Movahedi replied to me, saying,
<You can't just dismiss it like that.> I insisted that I completely
reject the evidence because the interrogator had pinpointed the route
and timing of my departure from home accurately, but at one point, they
tampered with the tracking data, making it appear we ended up in
Farahzad, which wasn't true." 'SIM card pinpointing,' or location
tracking, is a process carried out by the judiciary in cooperation with
telecommunications organizations. This process allows the real location
of a mobile device to be tracked, even if the phone is turned off or the
SIM card is removed which uses BTS antennas. Depending on environmental
conditions, this technology can track a SIM card within distances
ranging from 5 to 20 kilometers. Sahar explains, "No matter how much I
said this pinpointing doesn't match my movements that night, they said,
<It doesn't matter what you say; we've determined it's you.> I told the
judiciary representative, Movahedi, to independently trace my movements
that night. Then you'll see I wasn't near the Basij member who was
killed.
"I also told him I'd file a complaint against the interrogator and wrote
it down." Sahar said she had no hope of changing her case but believed
this was her last chance to clear herself of the charge. She requested
that her objection not be referred to the Ministry of Intelligence.
Sahar recounts, "The judiciary representative, in a condescending tone,
said, <They are human too. Have they abused you?>" Sahar had confronted
the interrogator several times, which led to retaliation. The
interrogator repeatedly pushed her chair, causing her head to hit the
interrogation room wall and injuring her. She was also beaten several
times during interrogations with a baton. "The judiciary representative
told me to file a complaint against my interrogator. I refused and told
him, "Just investigate my location tracking to determine the first
accusation of participation in Arman's murder. That's enough.""
Sahar was returned to her cell.
Her complaint about the interrogator's mistreatment was reported, but
her situation worsened. According to her, a person named Nematian, who
claimed to have been the director of Ward 209 in Evin for 20 years, told
her that the investigator was unconvinced about one of her charges, so
the interrogations would start over. Sahar recalled that when her
cellmates heard the news, they cried, saying, "They won't remove the
charge of aiding murder from your case." A week later, Sahar was taken
to court for her defense. The investigator treated her as if they were
speaking for the first time. A paper was placed in front of her, and she
was told, <Read it, see your charges, and defend yourself.> Sahar says,
"When I read the paper, I saw that the charge of aiding murder had been
removed, replaced with <collusion and assembly> as the primary charge. I
didn't object. I wrote my defense. The interrogations continued, and the
interrogator’s behavior worsened, but they didn't raise the issue again.
Instead, they wanted me to name others. They gave me sheets to write
about people I knew or didn't know." Sahar explained that she continued
her civil activism secretly in Iran, which is why she didn't publicize
her case. She said, "But now I felt I needed to speak out, to show how
easily they fabricate a case against someone, and just as easily drop
charges." She added, "I could have been one of those six people facing
execution in the Ekbatan case. I see myself as someone they easily
accused and then removed the charges." Sahar, a computer engineering
graduate, gained legal knowledge through studying laws and receiving
help from older detainees and legal professionals in prison. This
awareness helped her navigate her case. She says, "Prisoners told me
confessions are crucial - don't confess. In Evin, I learned that a
confession is one of the main bases for a judge's decision. During
interrogations, you're forced to say what they want, but as much as
possible, don’t take responsibility for what you haven't done." Sahar's
interrogation sessions were very long. The sound of the prison's call to
prayer helped her estimate the time of day. She was even interrogated
for hours about old family photos and videos on her phone. They asked
why she had photos without a hijab in public, why she danced to music
without a hijab in a supermarket, or why she attended a private family
gathering in a swimming pool with relatives. The interrogator told
Sahar, <You didn't need Mahsa; you started a revolution for yourself.>
According to Sahar, she was interrogated about all the electronic
devices confiscated from her home during her arrest. None of them have
been returned. Sahar said mockery was also part of the interrogation.
When they saw she was too weak to get up from the floor, they laughed
loudly and mockingly said, <You chicks thought you could start a
revolution? You can't even get up from the ground.> Sahar adds, "Hearing
this from the interrogator actually lifted my spirits - it meant they
admitted we wanted a revolution, and that gave me more energy." She was
repeatedly threatened with the arrest of her mother, brother, and
friends.
"They’d say, <Confess, or you'll stay here so long you'll never see your
dog again. Your dog is getting old - it will die.> But none of this made
me confess."
She was released on bail and left Iran.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/137116-surviving-evin-a-womans-defiance-against-oppression/
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