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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 31, 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.

This links to a page that is in full dedicated and a tribute to Jina Amini who, with stilll 'till today too many other sisters gave their life for freedom. Long live a long and free Iran 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

We all grief for the loss of our sister / daughter of Iran Armita Gevarnand:   Read her updated story here

'War against the No-hijabi women' Update Dec. 20, 2024: Iranian Women Rise Against the New Hijab Law with the Slogan "Woman, Resistance, Freedom" Nov. 13, 2024: hijab-torture clinics

Earlier Stories and more

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

NEW: December 28 - 4, 2024
Sisters 4 each other, Sisters 4 All
in continuation of the below resistence of the 3 sisters

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.

Dear reader, let us, apart from all the other news following please read first the most inspiring but alas also most disturbing news.
In other words: Rise more for the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' uprisal. Gino d'Artali

Narges Mohammadi, Varisha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi
Medyanews - December 28, 2024
<<Iran's condemned political prisoners granted family visits for mother's day
Warisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi, two female Kurdish political prisoners sentenced to death and held in Iran's notorious Evin Prison, have both been allowed one-hour visits from their families, nine months after their previous visits. On Sunday 22 December 2024, Warisheh Moradi, a member of the Free Women’s Society of East Kurdistan (KJAR), and Pakhshan Azizi, another Kurdish socio-political woman activist, both sentenced to death on charges of "rebellion", were allowed one-hour visits from their families in Tehran's Evin Prison on the occasion of Iran's Mother's Day. Moradi's cousin Khaled Ali Panah was interviewed for television regarding the visit: "Nine months after Warisheh's last meeting with her family, her relatives were finally able to see her for an hour on Sunday 22 December," he said. He further disclosed that Warisheh has been deprived of medical treatment despite suffering from severe digestive issues. Regarding efforts to overturn her death sentence, Ali Panah said: "Warisheh's family remains in constant contact with both of her lawyers to seek a reconsideration of the charge of <rebellion>, as Warisheh has never participated in armed conflict against the Islamic Republic of Iran." He added that her legal team has appealed to the Supreme Court of Iran to challenge the ruling. He noted in another part of the interview that Azizi’s family had also had the opportunity to visit her. Before her family visit, Moradi had managed to send a number of short messages out from Evin prison, in which she referred to the 35% rise in the number of executions of female prisoners in Iran. She wrote: "The Islamic Republic of Iran is retracing the path of the 1980s, continuing to kill prisoners and freedom fighters while waging wars beyond its borders. History must not be allowed to repeat itself," adding, "I have no regrets. I will fight against all forms of oppression targeting women, from Kurdistan to Balochistan, and from Iran to Afghanistan, until the ideals of freedom are fully realised." Meanwhile, another female political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who has been granted a 21-day temporary release from Evin Prison for medical treatment, met with the Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament Massoud Garakhani, where she highlighted the plight of the two Kurdish women. She later commented on X, formerly Twitter: "As I speak to you, cellmates, Pakhshan Azizi and Varisheh [sic] Moradi, are facing execution sentences, 5 of my cellmates are suffering from serious health conditions & many are being denied access to medical care."
Human rights activists assert that the pressure and restrictions imposed on political prisoners are part of the strategy of the security apparatus to force them to capitulate, and that the denial of visiting rights, communication and medical care remain a tool of repression against them, despite persistent domestic and international protests.
The cases of Moradi and Azizi consistently draw widespread condemnation from human rights organisations as glaring examples of human rights violations in Iran.>>
Source: https://medyanews.net/irans-condemned-political-prisoners-granted-family-visits-for-mothers-day/


Gulnaz Osman
Jinha - Womens News Agency - December 27, 2024 - by SORGUL ŞEXO
<<Call on Syrian women: Rise up right now not tomorrow
Gulnaz Osman of the Democratic Islamic Congress Women's Council calls on Syrian women not to remain silent against "Political Islam". "Rise up right now, not tomorrow, or you will lose your rights."
Til Temir (Tell Tamer)- Syria has been suffering from a crisis since 2011 and entered in a new era following the fall of the Baathist regime on December 8, 2024. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), jihadist armed group in Syria, has implemented its misogynist policies since it took control of Damascus. The first action of the group was to issue rules regarding women's outfits and looks while there are dozens of problems to be solved in the country. NuJINHA interviewed Gulnaz Osman of the Democratic Islamic Congress Women's Council about the new rules issued by HTS in Syria.
'Their ideology has not changed even though they emerged with a new face'
The history of HTS, which took control of Syria following the fall of the Baathist regime, is full of rights violations, said Gulnaz Osman. "HTS is actually the continuation of Al-Nusra Front, having a history full of rights violations against women. Their ideology has not changed even though they emerged with a new face. For instance, they say women are unsuitable for roles within the judiciary. The decisions made by them pose a risk to women. Syrian women have been living amid war for years and they are the ones who are most affected by the ongoing war. Despite everything, Syrian women keep resisting."
'A threat against women's identity'
Gulnaz Osman drew attention to the anti-democratic decisions made by HTS and said, "Women are forced to wear hijab. Islam does not require women to wear hijab. During the time of our Prophet, women played an active role in all facets of life, including war, economy, trade, agriculture and medicine. However, the patriarchal mindset deprives women of many of their legitimate rights in the name of Islam. The current government (in Syria) aims to erase women from public life." In the Middle Eastern countries, women are restricted in the name of Islam, Gulnaz Osman stressed, adding: "The same policies are implemented not only in Syria but also in Iran and Afghanistan. Women’s freedoms are restricted by religious regimes and forces. They claim that they protect women's rights but they do not. They aim to shape women according to their own ideology, not to Islam. The most appropriate solution to political Islam is democratic Islam. Today, we spread the ideology of Democratic Islam."
'It causes fear among people of different religions'
Speaking about the current situation in Syria, she said, "Some Syrian young people have also joined HTS. But we know very well that there are fundamentalist groups within HTS from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and many other countries. This situation pose a threat to religious ethnic groups in Syria and cause fear among people of different religions."
'Their history is full of femicide cases'
Gulnaz Osman also expressed their concerns about Syria's new government, "Because we know their bloody history; their history is full of femicide cases. Since we do not know the real purpose of the new government, we, as women, must demand our rights right now, without waiting for tomorrow. Women must take part in the drafting of the new constitution. Syria is the home of different ethnic and religious identities such as the Druze, Christians, Muslims and Alawites. They claim that they will found an Islamic state, but we know very well that they aim to found a fundamentalist state. We call on Syrian women not to remain silent and rise up right now, not tomorrow, or you will lose your rights." >>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/call-on-women-journalists-rise-up-right-now-not-tomorrow-36240

And more actual news:

Ghazal Marzban
NCRI - December 31, 2024 - in Women's News
<<Ghazal Marzban ends her hunger strike in Evin prison
Ghazal Marzhan, A Christian convert imprisoned in Evin Prison, reportedly ended her hunger strike on Saturday.
News Center- Ghazal Marzban, a Christian convert imprisoned in Evin Prison, who started a hunger strike on December 24, 2024 in protest against the continuation of her detention and her unresolved legal status, reportedly ended her hunger strike on Saturday. Ms. Marzban, who converted to Catholic Christianity, was arrested near Valiasr Street in Tehran on November 5, 2024, for chanting anti-regime slogans. Being held at the Vozara Detention Center for two days, she was transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison. Since then, she has been held in Evin prison. She was recently tried by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran on charges of <propaganda against the regime> and <appearing in public without observing mandatory hijab.> On December 24, 2024, she started a hunger strike in protest against the continuation of her detention and her unresolved legal status.>>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/ghazal-marzban-ends-her-hunger-strike-in-evin-prison-36265?page=1

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - December 30, 2024
<<Bonjourd court sentences Hossein Vahedi to imprisonment
Hossein Vahedi (also known as Dariush Ashkani), a member of the board of directors of the North Khorasan Teachers' Union, has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Vahedi, who serves as the inspector of the North Khorasan Teachers' Union, was recently convicted by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Bojnourd on charges of <propaganda against the state.> The Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers' Trade Associations has announced that the sentence will be reviewed by the Court of Appeals following an objection filed by the teacher.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/1403-10-article-46


Sarvenaz Ahmadi
Jinha - Womens News Agency December 30, 2024
<<Sarvenaz Ahmadi released from Evin prison
Sarvenaz Ahmadi, a children's rights activist, was released from Evin prison on Sunday after spending a year and nine months in prison.
News Center- Sarvenaz Ahmadi, a children's rights activist, was released from Evin prison on parole after spending a year and nine months in prison, her mother, Sodabeh Belali said on Instagram on Sunday. "My daughter Sarvenaz Ahmadi was released on parole on Sunday after spending one year and nine months in prison," her Instagram post said. On October 25, 2022, Sarvenaz Ahmadi was sentenced to five years in prison by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of <assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security> and one year for <propaganda against the regime>. Then, her prison sentence was reduced to three years and six months by Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals. She was arrested on April 28, 2023, ahead of International Workers' Day, along with several labor and union activists and transferred to Evin prison to serve her prison sentence. On September 29, 2024, she started a medication strike in protest against the denial of access to a medical furlough and conditional release. On October 6, 2024, she ended her medication strike. On October 28, 2024, Sarvenaz Ahmadi was granted three days of medical leave from Evin Prison.>>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/sarvenaz-ahmadi-released-from-evin-prison-36253?page=1


Cecilia Sala
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - December 29, 2024
<<Italian journalist, Cecilia Sala arrested in Tehran
Cecilia Sala, a journalist working for the Italian newspapers Il Foglio and Cura Media, has been arrested by Iranian authorities in Tehran and reportedly transferred to solitary confinement in Evin Prison, according to Italian media. Hengaw has learned that on Thursday, December 19, 2024, 29-year-old journalist and photographer Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran. Italian media reports indicate that Sala has had two phone calls with her family since her arrest and met with the Italian Ambassador to Iran, Paola Amadi, on January 7 in prison. Before her arrest, Sala interviewed a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), photographed women in Tehran defying mandatory hijab rules, and released a podcast featuring Zeinab Mousavi, a comedian arrested by Iranian security forces in November last year. So far, no detailed information is available about the reasons for her arrest, the charges against her, or her current status.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/1403-10-article-41


Mojahed Korkor
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - December 29, 2024
<<Ahvaz court reinstates death penalty for political prisoner Mojahed Korkor
Mojahed Korkor, a political detainee implicated in the case of Kian Pirfalak, has once again been sentenced to death by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is among the detainees arrested during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement and has been imprisoned for two years and ten days. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mojahed Korkor, currently held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, has had his death sentence reinstated during the third year of his imprisonment. This ruling was upheld by Branch 3 of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court following a parallel review process. Negar Korkor, Mojahed's sister, shared on her personal Instagram page: "Based on the latest information, we have learned that a new death sentence has been issued for Mojahed." In April 2023, the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court initially sentenced Korkor to death on charges of <Waging war against God> (Moharebeh) and <corruption on earth.> This verdict was confirmed by Branch 39 of Iran's Supreme Court and formally communicated to his family on Sunday, December 24, 2023. However, in December 2024, the Supreme Court overturned this verdict and referred the case to a parallel court for reconsideration.

Kian Pirfalak
Previously, judicial authorities and state media attributed the murder of Kian Pirfalak to Mojahed Korkor. However, during Kian's funeral, his mother, Mahmonir Molaei-Rad, publicly stated that <security forces> had opened fire on their car, resulting in her son's death and severe injuries to his father. She later asserted, "As Kian's mother, I will never accept the accusation against any of my fellow townspeople." Additionally, in relation to the protests on November 16, 2022, in Izeh, Iranian judiciary blamed the deaths of seven individuals on several local residents, including Abbas Korkor, Bahman Bahmani, Hossein Saeedi, and Mahmoud Ahmadi. In December 2022, the Izeh public and revolutionary prosecutor announced that judicial cases had been filed against 70 protesters connected to the demonstrations. Mojahed Korkor, currently detained in Sheiban Prison, has been subjected to torture aimed at extracting forced confessions. He has also been denied basic rights, including in-person visits with his family. On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, Korkor was injured and arrested during an armed attack by IRGC forces in the village of Porsurakh, near Izeh. During the same attack, two other protesters, Mahmoud Ahmadi and Hossein Saeedi, were fatally shot by IRGC forces.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/1403-10-article-40

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - December 28, 2024
<<Kurdish Kolbar dies of hypothermia on the Baneh Border
A trader from Baneh, identified as Edris Nadri, tragically lost his life due to hypothermia in the mountainous border region of the county. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mr. Nadri, a resident of the village of Qol Ester in Baneh, died early on Saturday, December 28, 2024, after being exposed to extreme cold weather. Sources reported that the incident occurred in the Haft Tash mountain range on the Baneh border. Mr. Nadri had traveled to the area the previous night to transport livestock and was unable to survive the severe weather conditions.
His body was recovered by local rescue teams and transferred to the morgue at Salah Aldin Hospital in Baneh.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/1403-10-article-39

NCRI - December 29, 2024 - in Women's News - in Solidarity
<<Asal Rezapour: We Will Not Rest Until Democracy Is Restored in Iran
On November 20, 2024, the European Parliament welcomed Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI's President-elect, to speak on the process of regime change and transition of power to the people of Iran. Among dozens of meetings at the European Parliament, Mrs. Rajavi had a meeting with a group of women's rights activists on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Ms. Asal Rezapour was among the speakers who addressed this meeting.
Following are the remarks by Ms. Asal Rezapour.
"Dear Madam Rajavi, dear, Madam Tomasic and dear distinguished guests.
We have all witnessed the uprisings in November 2019 and September of 2022, where young women led the protests on the streets in Iran. Many of the martyrs from these uprisings were young women and girls, and it was a time when women were united, and when they took the struggle for their rights, and their freedom into their own hands. These struggles were neither coincidental nor spontaneous. Behind all this courage, stands a long line of fighting women who never submitted to the ideologies of the two dictatorships, neither the Shah nor the Mullahs. The struggle for freedom and equality started 120 years ago, including the 44 years of resistance against the misogynistic clerical regime. From all kinds of backgrounds, they have entered this fight to gain their fundamental rights. Tens and thousands of them were mainly supporters of the PMOI across the country, and many were arrested and subjected to brutal torture and rape and were even executed. This fight is also intertwined with the nationwide struggle to overthrow the religious dictatorship. And I think that we can all agree that without democracy and freedom in Iran, with the misogynistic clerics, women's rights will never be recognized. During the uprisings, many times the regime tried to derail the uprisings by promoting false slogans. However, the Iranian women countered this plot with slogans, "whether with the veil or without, onward to the revolution," standing firm against the regime schemes. Like many of us, they were inspired by Madam Rajavi, who has long emphasized, "No to the compulsory religion, no to compulsory government, and no to the compulsory hijab." Another scheme of the regime, is the promotion of fake alternatives, exploiting events of unclear origin to transform decades of women’s struggle into a battle over the hijab or without the hijab, creating divisions among women, weakening the movement, and diverting the path to render it ineffective.
Asal Rezapour: We Will Not Rest Until Democracy Is Restored in Iran
Fortunately, however, Iranian women have recognized the symbols of resistance: pioneers such as Fatemeh Amini, Ashraf (Rajavi), and Saba Haftbaradaran, all of whom declared, "We will stand until the end." Particularly, our courageous sisters in the Resistance Units within the country and role models such as thousands of PMOI members in Ashraf 3. I want to emphasize that I personally, and like many other girls, have chosen to be a part of this movement that is seeking freedom for women, to be part of a movement that has roots within Iranian history. Together with my sisters and the Resistance Units, I would like to declare that we, the daughters and the women of Iran, with the slogan, "Women resistance, freedom," will not rest until the misogynistic regime is overthrown and freedom and democracy is installed in our homeland.">>
Source: https://wncri.org/2024/12/29/asal-rezapour-democracy-in-iran/


Cecilia Sala
Medyanews - December 28, 2024
<<Iran imprisons Italian journalist with no explanation
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been held incommunicado in Tehran's Evin prison, Iran, since 19 December. The Iranian authorities have not given any grounds for her detention. The Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Iran since 19 December, according to a press release from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Although the reason for her detention is still unclear, Sala has received a visit from the representative of the Italian embassy in Iran and has had two telephone calls with her family. A communique from Chora Medya, a platform for which the journalist works, announced on Friday that Sala is being held in an isolation cell in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. It said that she had left Rome on 12 December for Iran and had been expected to return on 19 December, but that communication with her was lost on that day. "She has spoken with her family twice and has been visited by the Italian ambassador to Iran," said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. He said that Sala was in good health. The Italian National Council of Journalists has expressed its solidarity and closeness to Sala and her family. Cecilia Sala is the author of the podcast 'Stories', known for giving people a voice on current affairs. While in Iran, Sala released two episodes of her 'Stories' series, featuring two Iranian women. The first was Zeinab Musavi, Iran’s most famous online comedian, who is out on bail being tried by the Iranian authorities for a joke she made in an online show, and who was herself held in an isolation cell when she was originally arrested in 2022. The second episode featured 'Diba', a young Iranian woman who has spoken out publicly about the suppression of women's rights in Iran, and also took part in the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life Freedom)" protests in 2022. Both these women debated the issue of patriarchy in Iran with Sala. Cecilia Sala's arrest follows the arrest of another Italian journalist, Alessia Piperno, in 2022. Piperno was detained by the Iranian authorities in Evin prison for over 40 days. Her arrest, never justified by Iran, took place at the time of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi protests, which spread across Iran following the death of the young Kurdish woman Jina Amini at the hands of the Iranian morality police. Evin Prison in Tehran is the place of detention for many Iranian women nationals accused of crimes against the Iranian regime, such as the Kurdish political prisoners Warisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi. Moradi and Azizi, who are both currently under sentence of death, are a symbol of women's resistance in Iran and various international campaigns have expressed solidarity with both of them. Another Iranian woman, the student Ahoo Deryaei, was detained on 2 November and kept at an unknown location for several weeks, after being abducted by security forces when she protested against harassment from Iran's paramilitary Basij militia by stripping down to her underwear while at university. An Iranian judiciary spokesperson said on 21 November that she had been released into the care of her family.>>
Read more: https://medyanews.net/iran-imprisons-italian-journalist-with-no-explanation/


Fatemeh Ziaii
NCRI - December 27, 2024 - in Women's News
<<Political Prisoner Fatemeh Ziaii Denied Medical Care Despite MS and Severe Lung Infection
Fatemeh Ziaii, a political prisoner suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) and a lung infection resembling tuberculosis, remains deprived of access to essential medical treatment. Despite her deteriorating condition, she has been denied both release and medical furlough. Fatemeh Ziaii's MS treatment has been postponed due to her advanced lung infection, exacerbating her fragile health. She is largely unable to walk and faces severe respiratory difficulties caused by the infection. Physicians at Evin Prison have recommended that she receive treatment outside the prison, but judicial authorities refuse to grant her release. Recent tests have confirmed that Fatemeh Ziaii is battling a severe lung infection akin to tuberculosis. Her condition makes it impossible for her to endure the harsh prison environment. She urgently requires specialized medical care and suitable facilities outside the prison. Born in 1957, Fatemeh Ziaii is married and the mother of two children. She was first imprisoned from 1981 to 1986 for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). In January 2009, she was arrested for visiting her children at the PMOI headquarters and released a year later in December 2009 after serving her sentence. In subsequent years, Ms. Ziaii faced repeated arrests and imprisonment in 2013, 2015, and 2019 on similar charges. Most recently, on September 10, 2022, she was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for <assembly and collusion> and <connection with the PMOI.> She was transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison. Due to her critical health condition, Ms. Ziaii was granted medical furlough in September 2023 to undergo treatment for MS. However, she was abruptly re-arrested and returned to prison before completing her treatment, leaving her health regimen disrupted.
Denying prisoners access to medical care is a recognized form of torture and inhumane treatment, condemned in numerous human rights documents as a violation of human dignity. Fatemeh Ziaii’s continued suffering highlights the ongoing disregard for basic human rights within Iran's judicial and prison systems.>>
Source: https://wncri.org/2024/12/27/fatemeh-ziaii-ms-lung-infection/

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