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Here we are to enter THE IRANIAN
WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS against
the supreme leader, the arch-reactionary Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
and his placeman president, Ebrahim Raisi. The message of
the women when he visited a university is plain: <give way or
get lost> in 2023.
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
Dear reader, from here on the 'Woman,
Life, Freedom' pages menu will look a bit different and this
to avoid too many pop-ups ,meaning the underlined period
in yellow tells you in what period you are and click on another
underlinded period to go there. However, when needed a certain
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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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A to VICTORY tribute to
NARGES MOHAMMADI
Update May 27, 2024
Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned
Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticizes the United
Nations' planned memorial ceremony for Ebrahim Raisi,
calling it "a commemoration of the executions and mass
killings."
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 |
JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS ALSO 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
Click here for the latest news of the
'Woman, Life, Freedom'
revolution
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MARJAM AKBARI
MONFARED
Dec 30, 2023: Not bowing for the mullahs' regime
she says:
"Finally, one
day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of
the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"
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June 18 - 15, 2024
<<Left Behind - Swedish Prisoner's
Family Speaks Out After Swap...
and <<Tehran University
Students Quit Islamic Association Over Election Rally...
and <<Nobel Peace Prize
laureate, Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Prison again for
<Propaganda Against the State>...
and <<Forced to flee:
Exiled journalists face unsafe passage and transnational
repression...
and <<Isfahan: Sister of
Mahmoud Mehrabi, a political prisoner sentenced to
death, arrested along with her two young children...
and <<Kurdish Political
Detainee Remains in Detention Despite Doctor's Release
Recommendation...
and <<Political Prisoners
in Evin Prison: Nasim Gholami Simiyari and Others
Detained Without Trial...
and <<Arrest of Two Baloch
Individuals in Kerman Following the Death of the Iranian
President...
and <<Death of a Baloch
Detainee Under Torture in the Drug Control Headquarters
Detention Center...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go
away' yell!
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May 10 - 3, 2024
'War against the No-hijabi
women'
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June 14 - 13, 2024
<<Iranian security forces
arrest woman in Behbahan by using violence...
and <<Baloch Man Arrested
in Chabahar by Iranian Government Forces: Fate Remains
Unknown...
and <<Kurdish citizen,
Mohammad Amin Mohammadi, detained to serve his prison
sentence...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go
away' yell!
and it will also bring you through more news in
June - May 2024 |
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 - 18 June 2024
<<Reformist Candidate Uses Protest Song for Campaign
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian's presidential campaign sparked
outrage on social media after he used a protest song in his promotional
videos.
Shervin Hajipour
The song, 'For ...', composed by Shervin Hajipour during the Woman,
Life, Freedom protests, became an anthem of the nationwide movement
after going viral with tens of millions of views despite filtering
restrictions. Hajipour was subsequently arrested and sentenced to prison
on charges of <propaganda against the Islamic Republic> and <inciting
disturbances> through the song. Pezeshkian campaign's unilateral use of
'For...' along with visuals quoting one of its verses drew intense
criticism from Iranian social media users. Some demanded Hajipour
publicly address whether he authorized his music's appropriation for
election purposes. Others urged legal action if the artist did not grant
permission for the song's use.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/130718-reformist-candidate-uses-protest-song-for-campaign/
Iranwire - 18 June 2024
<<Left Behind - Swedish Prisoner's Family Speaks Out After Swap
Ahmadreza Jalali, a Swedish-Iranian doctor on death row in Iran, was
excluded from a prisoner swap on Saturday that saw the release of a
convicted Iranian war criminal from a Swedish prison. Jalali's family
has criticized the Swedish government for this exclusion. Jalali, a
doctor and university professor of Iranian origin and Swedish
citizenship, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in April 2016,
when he traveled to Iran to participate in a scientific conference.
After nine months in prison, including three months in solitary
confinement, Jalali was sentenced to death on February 31, 2017, on
charges of <espionage and selling information to Israel> and <corruption
on Earth.> In an audio clip obtained by IranWire from Iran's Evin
Prison, he demanded answers from the Swedish government for <leaving him
behind> <Mr Prime Minister, you decided to leave me behind under a huge
risk of being executed,> he said. <You did not act to deal on altering
my condition and canceling the death sentence before the swap is done,>
he added. The prisoner swap saw the release of Hamid Nouri, a former
Iranian official convicted in Sweden of war crimes and mass executions
of political prisoners in Iran, in 1989. Susanne Berger, a consultant
and adviser for the campaign to free Ahmadreza Jalali and also a senior
fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR) in
Montreal. has sent the following to IranWire: <Sweden may now have
sealed my husband's fate> This past weekend, the overwhelming joy at the
safe return of Johan Floderus and Saeed Aziz quickly turned to shock and
consternation for the family of Ahmadreza Djalali (Jalali). <We are
broken>, his wife Vida Mehrannia told me in a short message after
receiving the devastating news that her husband would not be coming
home, after spending eight years as a political hostage in Iran. Djalali,
an Iranian-born Swedish citizen, is a physician and internationally
recognized scholar of disaster medicine. He was detained in 2016, after
attending a medical conference in Tehran.
Mehrannia, who had dreaded this worst-case scenario for weeks, had no
warning from Swedish officials, no chance to prepare her twelve-year-old
son that his father was not included in a prisoner exchange that freed
convicted Iranian mass murderer Hamid Noury. <For us, it is difficult to
see a glimmer of hope now>, she wrote in a public statement. As
Mehrannia frantically tried to contact Swedish Foreign Ministry
officials for an explanation, none made themselves available. During a
formal press conference later that evening, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf
Kristersson explained that Iran simply refused to discuss [Ahmadreza]
Djalali with us at all. Other countries had also tried to raise his case
and received the same reply. Again, Djalali's family was stunned. They
were under the impression that just over two years ago Iranian officials
had indicated that they would be interested in discussing a possible
Hamid Noury - Ahmadreza Djalali exchange. Mr. Kristersson's public
comments were mostly interesting for what he did not say - that Sweden
would not rest until Ahmadreza Djalali comes home; or that the Swedish
government would now take the lead in rallying all possible resources to
effectively counter the scourge of international hostage taking once and
for all, in close cooperation with its international partners. Instead,
by the next morning, Kristersson pointedly took aim at Mehranni's
criticism of his government's decision to abandon her husband.
In an interview with Swedish radio (Godmorgon världen) he stressed that
Mehrannia must understand that freeing Ahmadreza is simply not possible
right now. She could not reasonably suggest, Kristersson added, “that
we should have left behind the two Swedes who have now come home?
Left unsaid once again was what everybody, including the Swedish Prime
Minister, knows only too well - that an exchange for Hamid Noury was
Ahmadreza's best and possibly only chance to be rescued in the short
term. Given the inhuman physical and emotional strain he has been forced
to endure, living under the death penalty since 2017, one now has to
wonder how much longer he can hold out. Once Sweden agreed to a prisoner
swap, the chief aim should have been to exact the maximum price from
Iran for such a deal. Instead, the consensus among former Iran hostages
is that Sweden did not come close to achieving that goal. Siamak Namazi,
who spent seven years with Ahmadreza Djalali in Tehran's notorious Evin
prison says he is appalled by Stockholm's unconscionable decision to
abandon his former prison mate. Hamid Noury was extremely valuable to
Iran, Namazi wrote on (formerly Twitter). Iran would not only have freed
Djalali, but also a half dozen other European hostages in exchange for
him.
Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who spent more than two years in Iranian
prisons, was just as scathing in her assessment:
A Telegram channel affiliated with [Iran Revolutionary Guard Council]
IRGC Qods force is bragging about snatching Johan Floderus and Saeed
Azizi to compel Sweden to release convicted war criminal Hamid Nouri,
without even having to let go of Ahmadreza Djalali. Djalali's being left
behind in what was really already a grossly asymmetrical deal is,
frankly, inexcusable. ... Sweden's weakness here not only abandons
Djalali to possible death, it will undoubtedly encourage more Iranian
hostage-taking.
In Sweden's defense, Swedish officials clearly faced a damned-if-you-do
and damned-if-you-don't situation with regards to a possible exchange of
Hamid Noury. At the same time, they apparently made a clear-eyed
assessment: The Swedish government was unwilling to trade Noury for
Ahmadreza Djalali.This was not politically viable (although Sweden
claimed it lacked the legal authority for such an exchange). Once Johan
Floderus was arrested two years ago, the calculus changed. Swedish
officials could not run the risk of having Floderus harmed in prison -
plus an EU diplomat made for a more credible swap. The exclusion of
Ahmadreza Djalali from this deal is bitter indeed. If nothing else,
Swedish officials could have tried to blunt the impact and emotional
pain for his family. It does not take much to extend a kind word or show
a modicum of compassion. That they chose not to do so, and worse, felt
it unnecessary to do so, is simply appalling. Foreign Minister Tobias
Billstra spent the day following the announcement of the prisoner
exchange on social media reviewing Sweden's confusing travel advisories
vis a vis Iran. So far, he too has offered no clear explanation why
Sweden accepted Iran's refusal to recognize Djalali's Swedish
citizenship or why the Swedish government would agree to sacrifice its
trump card but leave their longest imprisoned citizens in Iran behind.
Mehrannia fears most that her husband's exclusion from the prisoner swap
will signal to Iran that Sweden does not care about Ahmadreza Djalali.
By failing to take a decisive stand on her husband's behalf, Mehrannia
says, his adopted country may now have sealed his fate.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/130729-left-behind-swedish-prisoners-family-speaks-out-after-swap/
Iranwire - 18 June 2024
<<Tehran University Students Quit Islamic Association Over Election
Rally
A group of members resigned from the Islamic Association of the Faculty
of Social Sciences at the University of Tehran to protest the
association's support for reformist presidential candidate Masoud
Pezeshkian's election meeting on campus. In a statement, the resigning
members said that the association had resumed activities shortly before
the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, with the primary goal of
creating an independent platform for student activities free from
outside political influences. However, the protesting members said their
two years of efforts for change within the association <ultimately
proved fruitless.> They cited self-interest, exclusion of individuals,
prioritizing the institution over society, lack of clear principles, and
overstepping boundaries as factors that undermined their endeavors. <The
recent events such as turning the complex into an election headquarters
was the last necessary sign to prove the incorrigibility of this
so-called 'student' institution,> the statement read.
The resigning members asserted they are no longer aligned with the
Islamic Association group and have withdrawn their membership in
response to these events.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/130712-tehran-university-students-quit-islamic-association-over-election-rally/
Iranwire - 18 June 2024
<<Fire at Iranian Hospital Kills 9, Injures 120
A fire ripped through a private hospital in the northern Iranian city of
Rasht on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and injuring over 120
others, officials said. The blaze broke out early Tuesday morning at
Ghaem 250 Hospital in Rasht, the capital of Gilan Province. Sadegh
Niaraki, Gilan's chief prosecutor, told state TV that eight of the
deceased were patients in the hospital's intensive care unit.
A ninth person succumbed to injuries later.
Mohammad Taghi Ashoubi, head of Gilan University of Medical Sciences,
said around 140 patients were inside the hospital at the time the fire
began.
The cause of the fire, which started in the basement, remains under
investigation, according to the head of Rasht's fire department. It took
emergency crews approximately three hours to extinguish the flames
completely. Deadly fires have broken out at medical facilities under
renovation or construction in Iran in past years due to negligence and
lack of basic fire safety measures.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/130711-fire-at-iranian-hospital-kills-nine-injures-120/
Narges Mohammadi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 18 June 2024
<<Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Prison again
for <Propaganda Against the State>
Human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges
Mohammadi, currently imprisoned in Tehran's Evin Prison, has been
sentenced to an additional one-year prison sentence by Iran's judicial
system. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for
Human Rights, Narges Mohammadi, a political prisoner, was recently
sentenced to an additional year in prison by Branch 29 of the Iranian
Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran on charges of <propaganda against
the state.> Mustafa Nili, the lawyer of Narges Mohammadi, noted that the
recent sentence was influenced by her comments about Ms. Dina Qalibaf,
her letter advocating a boycott of the parliamentary elections, and her
correspondence with the parliaments of Sweden and Norway. The latest
hearing for the charges against Narges Mohammadi, who has been
previously convicted three times for her reports on the abuse of women,
was conducted in absentia on June 8, 2024, marking the fourth time she
was tried without being present. Over the past three years, Narges
Mohammadi has faced trial six times in the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary
and criminal courts. She has been sentenced to a total of thirteen years
and three months in prison, 154 lashes, exile, and four months of
mandated street sweeping. Narges Mohammadi has previously been
repeatedly arrested by Iranian security agencies and was sentenced by
Judge Salvati to 16 years in prison, with 10 years to be served. She was
released in 2019 under a law reducing prison sentences and with court
approval. The following year, she faced additional charges including
<propaganda against the state,> participating in a <sit-in at the prison
office,> <disobedience to prison authorities,> <destruction of windows,>
and <defamation.> As a result, she received a sentence of 80 lashes, 30
months in prison, and fines, which were enforced in November 2021.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-52
More about Narges Mohammadi
CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists - June 18, 2024 - by By Lucy
Westcott/CPJ Emergencies Director
<<<<Forced to flee: Exiled journalists face unsafe passage and
transnational repression
Threats, repression, conflict, and unrest: across the world, these and
other factors are pushing journalists into exile in record numbers. In a
striking development, exiled or soon-to-be exiled journalists now make
up more than half of the people CPJ assists. Between January and June
2024, CPJ provided financial support to 158 journalists; 101, or about
64% of these people had fled their home countries or were in the process
of fleeing from countries such as Myanmar, Nicaragua, and Sudan.
Overall, CPJ's exile support to members of the press grew by 227%
between 2020 and 2023.
These figures demonstrate the dire needs of journalists in exile, and
the bitter reality that exile is not the end of a journalists problems
but in many cases just the beginning.
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Iran
Iran, one of the world's top 10 jailers of journalists in 2023, is a
country from which journalists flee, but also a country to which some
journalists, including many from Afghanistan, have fled. A violent and
sustained crackdown on the press in 2022 following the death of a young
woman,
Jina Amini
Mahsa Amini, in morality police custody, compounded the already
repressive environment for the media in Iran. Journalists there face
numerous push factors to flee: raids on their newsrooms, lengthy
pretrial detention, and arrest. Over the past four years, CPJ has
provided exile and relocation support to 19 Iranian journalists who
moved to Turkey, Pakistan, Georgia, and several European countries. For
journalists fleeing Iran, options for safe refuge are limited. One of
the main relocation countries, Turkey, is an unsafe environment and also
featured in CPJ's list of the 10 worst jailers in 2023. Turkey is also a
refuge for journalists fleeing Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq, but many
remain stuck in limbo there, often for years, without the ability to
work legally as they wait for visas to safer countries. The threat of
forced deportation looms: In 2019, Turkish intelligence agents arrested
an Iranian journalist who was a registered refugee with the U.N. and
extradited him to Iran, where he was ultimately imprisoned. (Iran and
Turkey had recently strengthened their cooperation in border security
and law enforcement.) One Iranian journalist in Turkey described life in
exile in a 2021 interview as <filled with fears and concerns.>
Even in <safe> countries, Iran's journalists face threats to their
lives. In April 2024, Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati was
stabbed outside of his home in London. The latest in a wave of
cross-border attacks, Zeraatis targeting comes after a plot to
assassinate two other Iran International news anchors in London-Sima
Sabet and Fardad Farahzad-was uncovered late last year. In 2021 in the
United States, the FBI uncovered a plot to kidnap Iranian journalist
PIC
Masih Alinejad
Masih Alinejad. The families of exiled Iranian journalists are also
routinely targeted in Iran.
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Afghanistan
Options for Afghan journalists fleeing their country's violent crackdown
on the media are limited. Hundreds of journalists have left Afghanistan
in the three years since the Taliban retook control of the country in
2021 and began attacking and imprisoning members of the press. Since the
Taliban takeover, CPJ has assisted more than 100 Afghan journalists with
exile and relocation support. Afghan journalists typically have a hard
time acquiring visas to safe countries, most often fleeing to bordering
Pakistan and Iran, which offer little support, safety, or opportunity
for resettlement. Pakistan, like Iran, is an unsafe environment for the
press as Pakistani journalists are currently facing a fresh wave of
violence. CPJ documented shooting attacks on three journalists in two
separate incidents in May, which followed the killing of four Pakistani
journalists that month, the highest number of journalists killed in the
South Asian country in any single month since CPJ began collecting data
in 1992. In April, exiled journalist Ahmad Hanayesh, who owned two radio
stations in Afghanistan before he fled to Pakistan, was shot by two
gunmen on a motorcycle, sustaining injuries to his head and foot.
Journalists who fled from Afghanistan to Pakistan after the 2021 Taliban
takeover routinely face hunger, lack of work opportunities, and the
threat of deportation as visas expire with no way to renew them. As the
Taliban continues its crackdown on the countrys media, shutting down
broadcasters and detaining radio journalists for playing music and
talking to female callers, Afghans are traveling thousands of miles to
escape death, violence, and repression. Afghans have even tried to
traverse the dangerous Darin Gap, which connects North and South
America, to try to find safe refuge in the U.S. Afghanistan is also a
top-seven country of origin for refugees crossing the English Channel in
small boats, according to the U.K. Refugee Council. Until more safe
pathways out of immediate danger are established, more emergency visas
are made available, and harbor countries take the threat of
transnational repression seriously, exiled journalists will continue to
make dangerous journeys, and will likely continue to face threats once
they reach what should be a place of safety.>>
Read more here also about other countries and incl. videos:
https://cpj.org/reports/2024/06/forced-to-flee-exiled-journalists-face-unsafe-passage-and-transnational-repression/
Mahmoud Mehrabi
<<Isfahan: Sister of Mahmoud Mehrabi, a political prisoner sentenced to
death, arrested along with her two young children
Maryam Mehrabi, the sister of Mahmoud Mehrabi, a political prisoner
sentenced to death, was arrested by the Iranian government forces in
Isfahan and taken to an undisclosed location. According to the report
received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, June
18, 2024, Maryam Mehrabi, Mahmoud Mehrabi's sister, was arrested by the
Iranian government forces at her home in Isfahan, along with her two
young children, 11-year-old Setareh Bakhtyarvand and 8-year-old Sogol
Bakhtyarvand. Also, these forces inspected her house, confiscated her
personal belongings including her computer and mobile phone, and took
them with them. Maryam Mehrabi's arrest took place after she announced
in a video message that if her brother's death sentence is not revoked,
she will set herself on fire in front of the office of the Friday prayer
Imam in Mubarakeh City, Isfahan province. Mahmoud Mehrabi, the
35-year-old brother of Maryam Mehrabi and a political prisoner from
Mubarakeh, was previously sentenced to death by the fifth branch of
Isfahan's Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court on the charge of
<corruption on earth.> This political prisoner was arrested by the
Iranian government forces in Isfahan on February 1, 2023, and was
released from Isfahan's Dastgerd prison (central prison) on March 16,
2023, after posting bail. A few hours after his release, he was arrested
again and returned to prison.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-50
Hadi Ghonchedoost
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 June 2024
<<Kurdish man died due to a war ordnance explosion
Hadi Ghonchedoost, a Kurdish resident from Baneh in Kurdistan Province,
sustained severe injuries due to the explosion of a war ordnance and
subsequently succumbed to his injuries after being transported to
medical facilities. According to the report received by the Hengaw
Organization for Human Rights, on Monday, June 17, 2024, Hadi
Ghonchedoost, a 36-year-old Kurdish man from the village of Zaleh in
Baneh County, tragically lost his life due to the detonation of a war
ordnance, a remnant from the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. According to a
reliable source, Hadi Ghonchedoost, a father of three, was fatally
injured while handling a wartime cannon. He was initially taken to
Salahuddin Ayubi Hospital in Baneh, where he later succumbed to his
severe injuries.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-49
Khaled Mohamandoust
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 June 2024
<<Kurdish Political Detainee Remains in Detention Despite Doctor's
Release Recommendation
Khaled Mohamandoust, a Kurdish individual from Mahabad who is in the
final days of his fourth month of detention in Mahabad Prison, is in
poor psychological and physical condition. He has attempted suicide
once, and a specialist doctor has emphasized that he cannot withstand
imprisonment.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human
Rights, Khaled Mohamandoust, a Kurdish political detainee, attempted
suicide after being transferred from the Intelligence Agency's detention
center to Mahabad Central Prison, and his health condition is
concerning. A knowledgeable source has reported that Khaled Mohamandoust
has endured two interrogation periods accompanied by severe torture,
first in the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center in Mahabad and then in
the IRGC detention center in Urmia. Hengaw has learned from its sources
that, following Khaled Mohamandoust's deteriorating condition and his
suicide attempt, a psychiatrist has stressed that continuing his
detention may lead to repeated suicide attempts and could result in his
death. Nevertheless, the prison judge prevents his release.
Additionally, Khaled Mohamandoust suffers from gastrointestinal and
urinary tract issues and requires immediate medical attention for both
conditions. During his three months of detention and interrogation at
the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center, he was deprived of any contact
or visitation rights with his family. It is worth mentioning that Khaled
Mohamandoust was arrested by IRGC intelligence forces in late February
last year and was transferred to the IRGC detention centers in Mahabad
and Urmia, eventually ending up in Mahabad Central Prison.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-47
Iman Dastyar
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 June 2024
<<Physician in Yasuj Re-arrested by Iranian Security Forces
Iman Dastyar, a physician and social activist from Yasuj in Kohgiluyeh
and Boyer-Ahmad province, who had previously been detained during the
'Women, Life, Freedom' (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) movement, has been
re-arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human
Rights, on June 16, 2024, Iman Dastyar, a physician and social activist
from Yasuj, the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, and the
former secretary of the Islamic Association of Students at Shiraz
University of Medical Sciences, was arrested by the Intelligence
Department forces and transferred to an undisclosed location. Trusted
sources indicate that this individual was arrested due to a post on
Instagram, and as of the release date of this report, no precise
information regarding his current status and whereabouts is available.
It is noteworthy that Iman Dastyar had been previously detained on
Thursday, September 22, 2022, during the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement
in one of the squares in Yasuj and was released after a few days.
Additionally, Dastayar was arrested again on January 14, 2023, after
being summoned to the investigation branch of the Yasuj Prosecutor's
Office, and was released on bail on January 21, 2023.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-46-1
Heydar Fattahi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 June 2024
<<Iranian Authorities Arrest Kurdish Man; Uncertainty Surrounds Heydar
Fattahi's Whereabouts
Heydar Fattahi, a Kurdish resident of Marivan, has been detained by the
security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the past week, and
his whereabouts remain unknown. According to a report received by the
Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in the early hours of Sunday, June
9, 2024, Heydar Fattahi, a 43-year-old resident of Marivan, was arrested
by IRGC intelligence forces at his workplace located at the Ney
intersection in the city. The arrest was conducted without the
presentation of a judicial warrant, and he was taken to an undisclosed
location. Despite a week having passed since his arrest, no information
is available regarding his situation, and his family's efforts to obtain
information have so far been unsuccessful.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-46
Nasim Gholami Simiyari and Varisha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi
NCRI - Womens committee - 16 June 2024 - in Women's News
<<Political Prisoners in Evin Prison: Nasim Gholami Simiyari and Others
Detained Without Trial
Political prisoners in Evin Prison are detained without trial for
lengthy periods.
Nearly 400 days have passed since Nasim Gholami Simiyari was arrested
and detained. She remains in the womens ward of Evin Prison with her
legal status still uncertain. Despite being arraigned three times on
charges including <assembly and collusion against national security,>
<propaganda against the state,> and <Bagh-ye> (armed insurgency), she
has yet to face trial. Two other political prisoners, Varisha Moradi and
Pakhshan Azizi, are also facing charges of Bagh-ye and have been held
without trial. Ms. Moradi has been imprisoned for almost 330 days, while
Ms. Azizi has been detained for approximately 320 days. All three women
continue to endure prolonged detention without resolution. Ms. Moradi
suffers from several ailments, including joint and back pain, and is
barely able to walk. She has also experienced severe weight loss since
her arrest. In the last three months, she has been sent to the hospital
outside the prison twice due to her illness, but she received no
specialized treatment; hospital doctors only conducted examinations. Ms.
Moradi urgently requires specialized medical treatment, including
physiotherapy and numerous tests, which have not been provided so far.
Political Prisoner Nasim Gholami Simiyari
Last year, on May 18, 2023, agents from the IRGC Intelligence arrested
Nasim Gholami Simiyari in one of Tehran's streets. They took her
immediately to the IRGC's Ward 1A and interrogated her in solitary
confinement. After two months, she was transferred to Ward 2A and
eventually sent to the women's ward of Evin Prison on September 26,
2023. She was subjected to mental and physical torture during the early
months of arrest and forced to make televised confessions against
herself. The confessions, dictated by her interrogator, are now being
used against her. After five months, she was arraigned on her charges at
the courthouse of Evin Prison. She was accused of <assembly and
collusion against national security,> <propaganda against the state,>
and <Bagh-ye (i.e. armed rebellion).> Nasim Gholami Simiyari was born on
July 13, 1988. Her status remains undecided after one year in detention.
Detaining prisoners for lengthy periods under undecided conditions is a
common practice under the clerical regime, but illegal according to the
regime's laws.
Political Prisoner Varisha Moradi
Varisha Moradi was abducted on August 1, 2023, in Kermanshah, on her way
to Sanandaj in western Iran. Varisha spent the first five months of
incarceration in solitary confinement in the detention center of the
Department of Intelligence in Sanandaj and Ward 209 in Evin Prison where
she was viciously tortured to make false confessions against herself.
Varisha Moradi is a women's rights activist and a member of the Free
Women's Society of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR). In a September 26 statement
addressed to the public by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on
Human Rights in Iran and international human rights organizations, KJAR
said Varisha Moradi was in Kurdistan to carry out <political activities
and organize women.> Ms. Moradi has been denied the right to her chosen
lawyer and due procedure. She was only allowed to call the lawyer after
an indictment was issued.
Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi
Pakhshan Azizi is a journalist and a social worker. The Kurdish activist
was arrested on August 4, 2023, in Shahrak-e Kharrazi, Tehran.
Intelligence agents immediately took her to the Intelligence Ministry
Ward 209 in Evin Prison. Pakhshan Azizi, a graduate of Social Work from
Tehran University, has been deprived of having contact or visits with
her family and having access to legal representation. Pakhshan Azizi was
previously arrested on November 16, 2009, during a protest by Kurdish
students at Tehran University against the execution of political
prisoners in Kurdistan. She was released on March 19, 2010, on bail.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/06/16/political-prisoners-in-evin-2/
Iranwire - June 17, 2024
<<Iranian activists and commentators are criticizing presidential
election candidates for failing to clearly state their position on the
notorious Morality Police. The patrols, tasked with enforcing strict
dress codes, have faced widespread public backlash. <The presidential
candidates do not accept responsibility for the Morality Police to get
votes,> wrote reformist political activist Abbas Abdi. Abdi noted that
around half the electorate already said they would not vote, and <they
rightly think that defending this Morality Police will cause their vote
to fall in the other half. This means accepting these people against the
overwhelming majority of people's opposition to the Morality Police.>
Sociologist Mohammad Fazli echoed similar sentiments in his post on X,
questioning why hardline candidates do not openly back the Morality
Police if public support is truly on their side as claimed.
<They know that they have an unreasonable claim,> Fazli added.
Media activist Alireza Moezi highlighted the backlash over enforcement
measures like fines, car confiscations, and business closures under the
policies, writing, <It has had such negative and deep feedback that even
the most extreme forces are not able to defend it openly, and they have
no choice but to play with words.> A new enforcement of severe measures
began on April 13, just hours before Iran launched hundreds of suicide
drones and missiles at Israel. Across Iran, there have been numerous
reports of women being arrested and subjected to the use of force due to
perceived violations of mandatory dress codes. Users across social
networks have participated in a spontaneous campaign using the hashtag
<war against women> to document their experiences and observations
regarding the government's crackdown on the opponents of mandatory hijab.
Reports have surfaced detailing the use of repressive tactics,
particularly on female students in various universities. Moreover,
pressure has also been mounting on civil activists, political
dissenters, women political prisoners, and cultural figures. The new
crackdown comes almost two years after the death in custody of Mahsa
Amini, who was arrested for her alleged <improper> hijab. The death of
22-year-old Amini unleashed months of mass protests across Iran and
marked the biggest challenge to the country's clerical leaders since the
1979 Islamic Revolution. More than 500 people were killed as the Islamic
Republic fought back against the protesters, who gained support from
around the world. In March, a fact-finding mission mandated by the
United Nations said the death of Amini in the custody of Iran's morality
police was <unlawful,> and women in the country remain subject to
wide-ranging discrimination.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/130677-irans-presidential-candidates-slammed-for-silence-on-morality-police/
Molavi Shamseddin Motahhari, Molavi Golmohammad Mansouri, Molavi
Hosseinahmad Shahidi, and Molavi Fazel Moradi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 16 June 2024
<<Arrest of Four Sunni Religious Activists by Iranian Security Agencies
Four Sunni religious activists and scholars from the Ahnāf Seminary in
Khaf County, Khorasan Razavi Province, named Molavi Shamseddin Motahhari,
Molavi Golmohammad Mansouri, Molavi Hosseinahmad Shahidi, and Molavi
Fazel Moradi, were arrested by the security agencies of the Islamic
Republic of Iran while returning from Urmia. According to a report
received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, June
12, 2024, at least four teachers from the Ahnaf Seminary in Khaf County,
named Molavi Shamseddin Motahhari (the director of the seminary), Molavi
Golmohammad Mansouri, Molavi Hosseinahmad Shahidi, and Molavi Fazel
Moradi, were arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of
Iran.
According to the Global Kalemeh Network, which covers news related to
Sunni Muslims in Iran, these four religious activists were arrested
while returning from Urmia. As of the time this report was prepared,
there is no precise information available regarding the reasons for the
arrest, the charges brought against them, or the whereabouts of these
four religious activists.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-44
Mohammad Pirayesh and Saeed Baloch
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 16 June 2024
<<Arrest of Two Baloch Individuals in Kerman Following the Death of the
Iranian President
Two Baloch bloggers, Mohammad Pirayesh and Saeed Baloch, have been
arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in
Kerman Province and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to
a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on June
12, 2024, the two Baloch bloggers, identified as Mohammad Pirayesh, a
19-year-old with a physical disability, and Saeed Baloch, a social
activist, were arrested by security forces in Rameshk, Qaleh Ganj
County, Kerman Province. The arrests were made without any judicial
warrant, and the individuals have since been transferred to an
undisclosed location. The Haalvash news agency reports that these
arrests are linked to the publication of content on social media
regarding the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Additionally, the timing of
Mohammad Pirayesh's wedding ceremony, which coincided with Raisi's
death, is also cited as a factor. As of the release date of this report,
no precise information is available about the whereabouts or current
status of these two Baloch individuals.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-42
Hossein Jahanian
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 16 June 2024
<<The Long-Term Detention of Hossein Jahanian: Risk of Death Sentence on
Charges of <Sab al-Nabi>
Hossein Jahanian, a resident of Nahavand in Hamadan province, has been
imprisoned for the past five months and 25 days. There are growing
concerns regarding the potential imposition of a death sentence on him
for the alleged charge of <Sab al-Nabi> (blasphemy against the Prophet).
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human
Rights, Hossein Jahanian faces several accusations, including <Sab al-Nabi,>
<insulting Khamenei,> and <insulting Khomeini.> These charges could
result in severe penalties, including execution. Knowledgeable sources
indicate that Hossein Jahanian, 42 years old and the father of one
child, has consistently denied all accusations throughout the recent
interrogations. To date, no sentence has been issued against him.
Jahanian remains in Nahavand Central Prison, unable to secure release
due to the prohibitively high bail set by the authorities. It is
noteworthy that Hossein Jahanian was arrested by security forces of the
Islamic Republic of Iran in Nahavand on Thursday, December 21, 2023.
Shortly after his arrest, he was transferred to the central prison of
this city.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-41
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 16 June 2024
<<Death of a Baloch Detainee Under Torture in the Drug Control
Headquarters Detention Center
A detained Baloch man named Mohammad Gorgij was killed under severe
torture after three days of detention in the Drug Control Headquarters
detention center in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province. According
to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on
Friday, June 14, 2024, Mohammad Gorgij, 31 years old, a resident of
Shirabad, Zahedan, and father of three, was killed in the Drug Control
Headquarters detention center of this city. According to Haal Vsh News,
Mohammad Gorgij was arrested last Wednesday, and his family had no
information about his whereabouts and situation until Friday morning
when they received news of his death. The report states that after three
days, the Drug Control Headquarters informed the victim's family by
phone that their son had died. Additionally, informed sources cited in
the report state that <Mohammad was most likely killed under torture on
the very first night, and his family was prevented from seeing his
body.> The source added: <Mohammad's family has filed a complaint
against the Drug Control detention center officers and is convinced that
their son was killed under torture by them.>
According to data recorded at the Statistics and Documents Center of the
Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at least 16 prisoners have died in
the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the beginning of 2024.
Of these, 4 were Baloch prisoners (25%), and 8 were Kurdish prisoners
(50%). Of the total 16 deaths, at least 6 cases (37.5%) occurred under
torture.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-40
Security Forces Arrests
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 15 June 2024
<<Iranian Security Forces Arrests Two Baloch Men
Two Baloch men, Arman Barahouei and Behzad Barahouei, were arrested by
the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Zahedan and
tansferred to an unknown location. According to a report received by the
Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Friday, June 14, 2024, Arman
Barahouei and Behzad Barahouei, both residents of Zahedan, were
violently arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic and
transferred to an undisclosed location. According to informed sources,
they were arrested during a terminal inspection in Zahedan using
physical force and without presenting any judicial warrant. As of the
time of this report, there is no precise information available regarding
the reasons for the arrest, the charges or the whereabouts of these two
individuals.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-39
Ahmad Alizadeh
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 15 June 2024
<<Ahmad Alizadeh, a Teacher from Abdanan, Released under Surveillance
with Electronic Ankle Tag
Ahmad Alizadeh, a teacher from Abdanan in Ilam Province, who had been
arrested during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement and sentenced to 27
months in prison, has been released from prison, under surveillance with
electronic ankle tag, after serving 7 months. According to a report
received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in recent days, Ahmad
Alizadeh, one of the teachers arrested during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom'
movement, was released from Darreshahr (Derishahr) prison in Ilam
Province under electronic monitoring. He will serve the remaining 20
months of his sentence outside prison with a movement restriction of
1000 meter from his residence. Ahmad Alizadeh, a 51-year-old teacher,
was arrested and transferred to prison on Saturday, November 4, 2023,
after being summoned and reporting to the Execution of Sentences Branch
of the Abdanan Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office. This
teacher had previously been sentenced to 27 months in prison by the Ilam
Revolutionary Court on charges including <propaganda against the Islamic
Republic of Iran> and <disturbing public opinion.> Ahmad Alizadeh was
also sentenced to additional punishments, including two years of
dismissal from service, two years of exile to the city of Fanouj in
Sistan and Baluchestan Province, and a one-year ban on activities in
cyberspace. On Saturday, January 7, 2023, Ahmad Alizadeh was also
detained for a period after being summoned to the Abdanan judiciary. He
had been temporarily released on bail in late September of the same year
after being arrested in Abdanan during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom"
movement.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-38
Hossein Shanbezadeh
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 15 June 2024
<<Continued Lack of Information on the Hossein Shanbezadeh's Situation
Hossein Shanbezadeh, an editor and translator active on social media,
originally from Bushehr and residing in Tehran, was transferred from
Ardabil to Tehran after being arrested by Iranian security forces. He
was also arrested during the November 2019 protests. According to a
report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Hossein
Shanbezadeh was transferred to Tehran for interrogation after being
arrested by security forces in Ardabil and is currently in temporary
detention. He has been denied the right to meet with his family and the
right to have a lawyer. Hossein's brother, Abbas Shanbezadeh, wrote on
his X account that after 10 days of his brother's arrest, he has had
three brief phone calls with his family, but they still have no
information about the case and the charges against him. Hossein
Shanbezadeh, 35, was arrested by security forces in Ardabil on the night
of Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Shortly after the news of his arrest was
released, the Ardabil prosecutor announced that a social media activist
and editor had been arrested on charges of <espionage for Israel.> Media
close to the Islamic Republic of Iran identified this editor as Hossein
Shanbezadeh. Hossein Shanbezadeh's family expressed concern about his
situation in a statement following the Ardabil prosecutor's claim,
describing the charges against him as unjustifiable and baseless. It is
notable that a few hours after his arrest, Hossein Shanbezadeh's account
on the social media platform X was no more accessible. Shortly before
this, several articles similar to previous claims by security agencies
were posted on his page, too. Hossein Shanbezadeh was previously
arrested during the 2019 protests and sentenced to six years in prison
on charges such as <insulting Khamenei> and <propaganda against the
government.> This sentence was eventually reduced to three years and six
months. This translator and literary activist was transferred to Evin
Prison in Tehran on Thursday, June 30, 2022, to serve his prison term.
He was eventually released on furlough from this prison.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-37
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