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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.
Zendegi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali
And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young
Jina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the start of the Zan,
Zendegi, Azadi (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran
2022-'24
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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 - 31 Jan 2024 - SOLMAZ EIKDAR
<<Of Censors and Intelligence Officers: the Saga of Iranian Journalists
The advent of newspapers and journalism in Iran sparked a wave of
repression, threats, imprisonment and even murder. From Mirza Jahangir-Khan
Sur-e-Esrafil, the founder of the Sur-e-Esrafil newspaper in 1909, to
Shahrzad Hemmati, the social desk editor of Shargh newspaper this week,
journalists have faced many serious challenges. Hostility toward
journalism escalated since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but one of the
darkest periods for journalists kicked off with nationwide protests
sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody in September 2022.
Following the eruption of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, over 90
journalists, reporters and photojournalists have been summoned or
detained in Iran. While some have been temporarily released on bail or
had their legal cases dismissed, security institutions have continued to
use judicial tools to suppress journalists.
Iran ranks 177th out of 180 countries in RSF's World Press Freedom
Index.
Repressing journalists is not the sole approach employed by the Islamic
Republic to hinder the free flow of information; newspapers are also
targeted by security and judicial institutions. <The possibility of
writing about the Treaty of Golestan and Treaty of Turkmenchay is no
longer possible in newspapers, let alone the coverage of Russia's
current political affairs,> said a journalist working with one of Iran's
national newspapers, referring to the 1813 and 1828 agreements between
Iran and the Russian Empire. According to him, newspaper managers,
driven by the fear of reprimands, increasingly restrict journalists in
their work and limit their freedom. Another journalist who was recently
dismissed from a prominent news agency, told IranWire: <In my 15-year
career, I never anticipated a day when agencies like ISNA and ILNA would
only rely on advertisements.> Criticism was initially curtailed and then
outright banned after the President Ebrahim Raisi assumed office,
according to him. <Subsequently, even reporting on the country's
situation became forbidden. For months, news agencies have been limited
to publishing statements coming from public relation offices, even
regarding topics such as traffic in major cities,> he added. The
journalist, who had been dismissed from his job for having insisted on
publishing a report on air pollution, said he had noticed a return to
the time when the state censored content before publication. <It's
similar to the period that followed the August 19 coup, when agents in
printing houses scrutinized newspaper content before publication,> he
said, referring to the army-led overthrow of the democratically elected
Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953. According to the journalist,
there are individuals in all media linked to government institutions who
are meticulously monitoring every word published.
<Journalism Is No Longer Possible>
While the situation is somewhat better in independent newspapers, both
Etemad, which published a highly confidential document of the Ministry
of Interior, and Shargh, which conducted a survey on hijab, faced legal
complaints from security, military or judicial institutions and were
convicted. The editor-in-chief of Hammihan newspaper also faced trial on
charges of <creating discord between different sections of the people.>
As media space tightens, the expulsion of journalists has intensified
following the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement.
Mohammad Hossein Ajorlo, the husband of journalist Niloofar Hamedi, was
sacked from his journalism position. After 13 years of experience at
IRNA, he disclosed early last year that the official news agency's
managers barred him from entering its premises and severed all
collaboration with him. Another journalist, Elnaz Mohammadi, the sister
of Elahe Mohammadi, said in late 2023 that she was forced to resign from
the Hammihan newspaper. Marzieh Mahmoudi, the editor of the Tejarat News
magazine, wrote on social media last year: <The pressures have escalated
to the point where practicing journalism is no longer possible. At the
end of this month, I will bid farewell to the media sector and the
Tejarat News magazine.>
Over the years, the monitoring and suppression of journalists have
extended to social media.
Control over their post, which began years ago, intensified during the
Woman, Life, Freedom protests.
IranWire has received information that in the weeks leading up to the
first anniversary of Amini's death, several journalists were summoned to
the prosecutor's office over their posts on Instagram and X. One
journalist, who requested anonymity for security reasons, said: <In the
first weeks of September, I was summoned to the Culture and Media
Prosecutor's Office. My lawyer and I discovered that the reason for the
summons was the publication of a Persian poem.> Two other journalists
confirmed in interviews with IranWire that they were summoned and even
arrested for similar reasons. <I reposted a tweet from the father of one
of the victims of the crackdown on the 2022 protests, and I was
arrested,> a reporter for a local publication explained. <Just a few
days ago, I was sentenced to one year in prison for propaganda
activities.> Despite the summonses, arrests and sentences faced by
journalists in recent months, IranWire has verified that at least seven
journalists were <fired> from various national and local media under
pressure from security institutions. One of these journalists said: <I
can swear that the content on my social media was no different from my
colleagues', but due to arrests during my student days, I was fired in
November from the weekly newspaper where I was working. <I was called to
the manager's office that day. The manager said I had to leave the
magazine myself, or the IRGC's complaint could lead to the cancellation
of the magazine's license and the unemployment of many people. I
collected my things and left the office.> One method used by the Islamic
Republic after suppressing protests over the 2009 presidential election
was pressuring media managers to dismiss journalists. Rather than
closing media outlets or arresting their employees, security
institutions removed journalists from their posts or hindered their
ability to work. The increased scrutiny of the journalists' online
activities was confined to the Woman, Life, Freedom protests. After the
suspicious death of Armita Geravand in the Tehran subway, the Tehran
Prosecutor's Office opened a case against at least two journalists:
Milad Alavi from Sharg and Sara Masoumi, a reporter for the Rozarooz
Telegram channel who was briefly arrested. Masoumi received a six-month
prison sentence and a fine of 15 million tomans ($300), and was banned
from journalism for a period of two years. Shahrzad Hemmati, the social
desk editor of Shargh newspaper, faced a court case for publishing an
Instagram story that opposed executions. Media close to the government
announced that Hemmati was accused of <supporting terrorists.> Moreover,
among the citizens facing consequences for their insistence on the
freedom to choose their clothing, journalists bear a significant share.
On January 15, the judiciary announced that Tehran's Public and
Revolutionary Court had opened a new case against two journalists, Elahe
Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, for publishing pictures of themselves
without the mandatory hijab after their temporary release from prison.
Elahe Ebrahimi, the news desk editor of Hammihan, said that plainclothes
officers threatened her with a gun and seized her car because she
<refrained from wearing the compulsory hijab.> According to IranWire's
information, five journalists who refused to wear a headscarf after the
eruption of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests have been fired from media
affiliated with government institutions. <Because my outlet is
affiliated with a government institution, I used to show up at the
office with a hijab, but one of my colleagues saw me without a headscarf
in the subway. I was fired a few hours later,> a woman reporter told
IranWire. Another woman reporter explained the reason for her dismissal
from a weekly magazine: <During the first week of the protests, I went
to the office without the compulsory hijab. <I hadn't even sat down at
my desk when the editor came and announced in a humiliating and
insulting way that I was fired.> Journalists who are privileged enough
to have a job have another problem to deal with. The monthly income of a
journalist working for an <independent> newspaper falls within the range
of 7 to 9 million tomans ($130-$170). The average monthly salary of
those employed in state media or outlets affiliated with institutions
funded by the state budget reaches 11 million tomans ($210). In an
environment of soaring inflation, they are grappling with livelihood
challenges to the extent that leading a normal life on their salaries
has become a formidable task. For many journalists, the only solution is
to take on a second and third job, a journalist told IranWire: <Certain
institutions, funded through public budgets, utilize journalists for
tasks such as managing public relations, drafting special letters, etc.
<However, not all journalists are chosen and these institutions support
journalists who align with their ideological stance. <For instance,
before the current administration, many of my colleagues collaborated
with entities like welfare and others in research fields. After Ebrahim
Raisi's government took office, these collaborations became highly
limited and nearly ceased following the 2022 protests.>
<Caught Between Security Threats and Economic Pressures>
Livelihood challenges coupled with security pressures have driven dozens
of journalists out of the profession, including a group of female
reporters who, not too long ago, reported on the country's social,
political and economic issues. Now, they find themselves compelled to
abandon their work and rebuild their lives by exploring new ideas and
ventures. Azadeh Mohammad Hossein, a former reporter, told Etemad
newspaper: <Neli Mahjoub crafts candles, Zahra Jafarzadeh offers
skincare services, Elnaz Mohammadi is a fabric and clothing designer,
and Mojgan Jamshidi sells natural fiber clothes. <Marjan Laghaei makes
snacks and dried fruits, Maryam Khorsand makes ceramic dishes, Shahrazad
Hemmati sells sporty and comfortable clothes, while Nafiseh Zare-kohan
and Azam Vismeh sell wedding clothes; they have ventured into designing
and sewing clothes. <Mahsa Amrabadi sells local food products, Zahra
Jodi produces textile kitchen utensils, Gisoo Faghfouri sells clothes,
ornaments and handicrafts with natural fibers, and Noshin Jafari is in
the leather business.>
However, not all reporters have been as fortunate as them.
A journalist told IranWire: <Before my arrest in 2022, I was working for
a newspaper in a city. However, after my release, I couldn't find a job
in any provincial publications. <At 40 years old, journalism is all I
know. Through a friend, I found a position in one of Tehran's
publications, but I lacked money for rent there. <I arrived in Tehran to
work with just my clothes, a laptop and my car. For several months, I've
been working at Snap (Iran's equivalent for Uber) before and after
office hours, sleeping in my car outside the office for a few hours and
then beginning a new day. <All these economic pressures might have been
bearable if security institutions let up on me. Not a day goes by
without being warned of another summons or being jailed again. <We,
journalists, find ourselves caught between two formidable forces:
security threats and economic pressures.>
Journalists who were compelled to leave their homeland also face
security threats.
Freedom House has disclosed documents illustrating the Islamic
Republic's <cross-border harassment> of journalists, including physical
attacks, arrests, kidnappings, illegal deportations, and severe
restrictions on freedom of movement. In a report titled <A Light That
Cannot Be Extinguished,> the Washington-based non-governmental
organization also revealed that journalists' family members face online
harassment and defamation campaigns.
Iranian authorities also resort to arresting journalists' family
members.
In May last year, Sajjad Shahrabi, the brother of Shima Shahrabi, the
editor of IranWire, was arrested due to her media activities. According
to Reporters Without Borders families of prisoners of conscience and
journalists face pressure from the security-judicial authorities of the
Islamic Republic. In October 2019, Masih Alinejad announced that the
government had taken his brother, Ali Alinejad, <hostage> with the
intention of <forcing her to remain silent.> Farangis Mazloum, the
mother of Soheil Arabi, and Shehrzad Jafari, the sister of Noushin
Jafari, were also arrested.
Over the 44 years since the revolution, the security and judicial
apparatuses of the Islamic Republic have consistently impeded the free
flow of information through censorship and mass arrests of journalists
in an attempt to control public opinion with their distorted narratives.
Such tactics have been accompanied by an increase in public
dissatisfaction.
Nevertheless, with the growing influence of social media and increased
credibility of Persian-language media outside of Iran, these efforts are
expected to yield diminishing results over time.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/journalism-is-not-a-crime/124874-of-censors-and-intelligence-officers-the-saga-of-iranian-journalists/
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Liberation Front 2019/cryfreedom.net 2024