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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
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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
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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 6, 2024
"Tyranny will fall"
April 25, 2024
Narges Mohammadi Condemns Death
Sentence of Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi...
April 10,
2024
"Nobel Laureate Critiques
'Baseless' Case Against Iranian Activists
"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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Please do read
the following articles about heroines 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
topics:
May 19, 2024:
Death of raisi a battle won a war
to win
May 17, 2024;
Educational Challenges for Iranian
Girls
May 15, 2024;
'With a Heavy Heart, I Opted for Exile': Iranian
Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof
May 13, 2024:
Social Media Admin Facing
Execution
Earlier
stories:
May 6, 2024:
The Repressive Hijab Crackdown
Continues with CCTV Cameras
and
Click here for previous inspiring
stories and articles
incl. Red Alerts |
SPECIAL
REPORTS PALESTINE
Click here for actual updates
and earlier news
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'The mullahs' regime / OHCHR* gallows' dance'
May 21 - 16, 2024
raisi is dead but will pay for
his heinous crimes
and other stories
May 15 - 2, 2024
Prisoners continue hungerstrikes
against executions
and other news
May 7 - April 30, 2024
Most urgent call to safe Khosrow
Besharat and other appeals
April 24, 2024
Death Sentence on Activist
Musician Toomaj Salehi
*OHCHR - UN Office of
the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Click here for earlier reports
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May 23 - 20, 2024
<<Iran Sentences Executed
Protester's Father to 6 Years in Jail...
and <<Iran Threatens
Students Over Online Posts Criticizing Late President...
and <<Iran's hardline
Paydari Front eyes a political vacuum after Raisi's
death...
and <<Some Iranians
Celebrate Raisi's Death with Dancing in Public...
and Raisi's Death Won't
Close Case on His Crimes: Rights Group...
and <<Iranian Security
Arrests Brother of Slain Kurdish Protester After Ebrahim
Raisi's Death...
and <<Femicide in Iran:
Woman Killed Under the Name of 'Honor' in Ilam...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go away'
yell! |
May 10 - 3, 2024
'War against the No-hijabi
women'
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May 19 - 16, 2024
<<Kurdish Language Teacher
Susan Hassanzadeh Arrested; Her Condition Remains
Unknown...
and <<Nasim Gholami
Simiyari illegally detained for one year in limbo...
and <<Brain Surgery for
Iranian Activist: Blood Clots and Tumor Following Arrest
Over Headscarf...
and <<Turkish Activist
Arrested in Iran for Social Media Post on President
Raisi's Fatal Helicopter Crash...
and <<Arrest of Two More
Kurdish Individuals in Relation to Nawroz Celebrations
in Iran...
and <<Imprisoned Without
Trial, Two Iranian Women Start Hunger Strike...
and <<Iran's Interior
Minister Defends Violent Crackdown on Women...
and <<Nobel Peace Laureates
Urge Global Action Against Iran's Executions of
Activists...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go away'
yell!
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May 16 - 14, 2024
<<Kurdish political
prisoners in Iran start hunger strike...
and <<Riot in the women's
ward of Urmia prison following Parvin Mousavi's transfer
to solitary confinement for execution...
and <<A poor woman, Razieh,
33, hanged in the Central Prison of Mashhad...
and <<Four Balochs,
including a Child Killed by Direct Fire from Iranian
Armed Forces...
and <<Iran Jails Workers'
Rights Activist for 'Insulting Supreme Leader'...
and <<Security Crisis Stirs
Iran With Violent Crimes, Brutal Hijab Enforcement...
and <<Kurdish Trader
Fatally Shot by Iranian Border Guards...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go away'
yell! |
May 14 - 10, 2024
<<Deprivation of Medical
Care: The Case of Laleh Saati in Evin Prison...
and <<Political Prisoner
Massoumeh Nassaji, 62, Refuses Food and Medicine...
and <<Iranian director's
escape stokes drama as Cannes gears up for explosive
film fest...
and <<Four Kurdish
Individuals Sentenced to a Total of 16 Years in Prison
by Iranian Judiciary...
and <<Iran's Overworked
Nurses Face Exhaustion and Even Death...
and <<Iran Sees Spike in
Femicides: 23 Killed in Just Six Weeks...
and <<Iran Court Denies
Release of Woman Journalist, Says 'Needs to Punish'...
and <<Zahra Shafeii Suffers
Brain Stroke due to Blows to Her Head during Arrest...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go
away' yell! |
May 10 - 6, 2024
<<Inside Tabriz Central
Prison: Overcrowding and
Sexual Abuse of Women...
and <<Uncertainty Looms
Over Families of 14 Kurdish Detainees from Oshnavieh
Nawroz Celebrations...
and <<Iran Deploys Drones,
Surveillance to Enforce Hijab Rules...
and <<Semnan's Baha'i
Cemetery Vandalized...
and <<Iran Arrests Two
Protest Singers, Whereabouts Unknown...
and <<Prisoners Continue
Their Hunger Strike on the 15th Week of <No to
Execution> Campaign...
and <<Healthcare Crisis:
Drug Shortages Endanger Iran's Thalassemia Patients...
and <<Iranian Women
Prisoners at Evin Mark Labor Day With 3-Day Event...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go
away' yell!
and it will also bring you through more news in
May - April 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.
A Soldier Loses Limb Due to Mine Explosion
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 23 may 2024
<<A Soldier Loses Limb Due to Mine Explosion in Borders of West
Azerbaijan, Iran
A border guard soldier lost a limb due to a mine explosion left over
from the Iran-Iraq war in the border areas of Piranshahr, West
Azerbaijan Province. According to a report received by the Hengaw
Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, a soldier
lost a foot from the ankle due to a mine explosion in the border areas
of Piranshahr. As of the time of this report, the identity of the
injured soldier is not available, and his condition after being
transferred to medical centers remains unclear. In a related incident on
Tuesday, May 21, an individual named Esmail Azouzmeh, 37 years old and
from the village of 'Mirabad' in Oshnavieh, lost his life due to a mine
explosion in the border heights of Mount Kelashin.
Additionally, in that incident, two brothers named Seyed Heyman Mousavi,
27 years old, and Seyed Hadi Mousavi, 26 years old, both from 'Mirabad'
in Oshnavieh, were severely injured.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/05/article-77
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 23 may 2024
<<Two Kurdish Men Arrested by Iranian Security Forces in Piranshahr
Two Kurdish residents from Piranshahr, Salah Soltani and Amir Faqa, have
been arrested by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and
transferred to an undisclosed location. According to a report received
by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024,
Iranian security forces apprehended Salah Soltani, a resident of
Sarokani village in Piranshahr, and Amir Faqa, 40, from Khoranj village
in the same city. The arrests occurred in their homes, where security
forces forcibly entered, using intimidation and without presenting any
judicial warrant.
Following their arrest, Salah Soltani and Amir Faqa were taken to an
undisclosed location. Currently, there is no precise information
regarding their whereabouts or the charges against them.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/05/article-76
Mohammad-Mehdi Karami
Iranwire - 22 May 2024
<<Iran Sentences Executed Protester's Father to 6 Years in Jail
The Islamic Republic has sentenced the father of an executed protester
to six years in prison. Mashallah Karami was sentenced to six years in
prison by the Revolutionary Court of Karaj following the execution of
his son, Mohammad-Mehdi Karami, for participating in the 2022 protests.
On May 20, Mashallah Karami was sentenced to five years for <assembly
and collusion against national security> and an additional year for
<propaganda against the Islamic Republic,> the Human Rights Activists
News Agency reported. Karami's lawyer, Sharifzadeh Ardekani, disclosed
that Karami also faces pending charges of <acquisition of illegal
property> and <money laundering> in the Criminal Court of Nazarabad.
Karami was arrested in August last year by Ministry of Intelligence
agents at his home in Karaj and taken to the Intelligence Department's
detention center. Reports suggest that government forces destroyed
memorabilia, plaques, and medals commemorating their son and even set
fire to his clothes during a raid. Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed
Mohammad Hosseini were hanged on January 7, 2023, after the Iranian
judiciary found them guilty of killing a member of the paramilitary
Basij force during anti-establishment protests in 2022.
Jina Amini
The protests were sparked by 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death in
custody.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/129770-iran-sentences-executed-protesters-father-to-6-years-in-jail/
Iranwire - 22 May 2024
<<Iran Threatens Students Over Online Posts Criticizing Late President
Security forces of the Islamic Republic have been threatening the
country's students regarding online posts criticizing late President
Ebrahim Raisi.
According to a report published by the Amir Kabir Telegram channel on
Tuesday, the security department of Shahid Beheshti University sent
threatening text messages to students. The messages warned them that
their behavior and actions on university premises and social media
concerning the news of Ebrahim Raisi's death were under surveillance.
One of these messages, sent to members of a Beheshti University student
Telegram group, stated: <The users of this group are under the
supervision of Shahid Beheshti University's security department.> <Due
to the inclusion of false content against the holy system of the Islamic
Republic of Iran and the incitement of other students to illegal
gatherings by some known members of the group, decisive and legal action
will soon be taken against the violators. Protecting the students and
the elites and future makers of the country is one of the inherent
duties of the General Security Department of Shahid Beheshti
University,> it read. Simultaneously, reports emerged from Tarbiat
Modares University saying that the entrances have been segregated for
male and female students, with over 18 cameras installed at the
entrances. Students reported that the head of security instructed
officers to meticulously check the girls' clothing upon their entry.
Following the helicopter crash on Sunday, which resulted in the deaths
of Ebrahim Raisi and several others, judicial and security authorities,
along with the police, threatened citizens that their reactions to this
incident were being closely monitored. Media activists and journalists
within Iran told IranWire that security agencies have disrupted their
lives with threatening calls to prevent the republishing of news related
to Ebrahim Raisi's death. One journalist, who wished to remain anonymous
for security reasons, told IranWire, <When I didn't answer their calls,
they contacted my uncle and brother, threatening that an arrest warrant
had been issued for me and that if I did not delete my stories and
posts, they would come to arrest me.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/129767-iran-threatens-students-over-online-posts-criticizing-late-president/
France 24 - May 21, 2024 - By Leela JACINTO
<<Iran's hardline Paydari Front eyes a political vacuum after Raisi's
death
As Iran heads for a snap presidential poll following the death of
President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, the Paydari Front, a
little-known but influential ultra-conservative party, is seeking to
extend its hold on state institutions. That could spell bad news for
Iranians who want more liberties and for a region roiled by the fallout
of the Israel-Hamas war. The sudden death of Iranian President Ebrahim
Raisi has plunged the Islamic Republic into a political fog as thick as
that enveloping the mountainous Varzeqan region of northern Iran, where
Raisi's helicopter went down on Sunday.
The crash came a week after the country held run-off parliamentary
elections, with the influential position of speaker in the unicameral
Majlis still to be decided. While the executive and legislative branches
of the government are currently leaderless, the most powerful man in the
land, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, turned 85 in April and is
believed to be in frail health. In accordance with the Iranian
constitution, the country's first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, was
appointed transitional president on Monday and called for a presidential
election in 50 days. The focus now shifts to the June 28 election, with
Iran monitors both inside and outside the country keeping an eye on the
presidential hopefuls who get the green light from the Guardians
Council, the constitutional watchdog charged with approving candidates.
The next few weeks are likely to see a period of intense political
jockeying, much of it behind closed doors. Backroom politics has
characterised Iran's nezam, or political system, since the 1979
revolution, with factionalism and informal decision-making filling the
gap created by the absence of transparent political institutions. During
his 35 years as supreme leader, Khamenei has overseen a rise in
factionalism with competing camps sometimes splintering and bickering
for power. As the Islamic Republic heads for its 14th presidential
election, supporters and students of a hardline cleric dubbed <Ayatollah
Crocodile> threaten to turn the Iranian political parlour game into a
blood sport. The Paydari Front, called the Jebhe Paydari in Iran and
sometimes translated as the <Steadfastness> or <Endurance> Front, are a
faction of ideological diehards who consider the late Ayatollah Mohammad
Mesbah-Yazdi - the crocodile ayatollah - as their spiritual mentor.
Controversial and reviled by Iranian moderates and reformists, the
Paydari Front rose in prominence during Raisi's term. Since the late
president was a Khamenei loyalist, experts say the Paydari's ascendance
could not have happened without the consent or acquiescence of Iran's
supreme leader. But as an ageing Khamenei leads a country plagued with
high levels of domestic discontent and confronting serious international
challenges to a snap poll, many analysts are wary of the Paydari Front's
stranglehold on power and what that could mean for Iran's future.
'Pumping ideology into the veins of the regime'
The Paydari Front in its current form was founded as a political party
in 2011 under hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It was not a
coincidence. The party’s ideology of strictly following the principles
of the Islamist Revolution matched Ahmadinejad's hardline conservatism.
The ideology was shaped by Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi, a deeply conservative
cleric who taught most of the party's founding members in Iranian
seminaries and religious institutions. <He argued against elections in
Iran, which he believed should simply be a religious dictatorship. He
had extremely anti-American, very conservative, social values - women
must wear the hijab, a very repressive, heavy use of the death penalty,
that sort of thing,> explained Barbara Slavin, distinguished fellow at
the Washington, DC-based Stimson Center and director of the Middle East
Perspective project. <He died in 2021, but his ideas live on.> But
Mesbah-Yazdi's ideas did not always find favour with Iran's presidents.
When moderate Hassan Rouhani came to power in 2013, he tried to
marginalise the party, according to Saeid Golkar, an expert on Iran at
the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. <But around 2019, 2020, they
came out again. They took the parliament in the 2020 legislative
elections and supported Raisi in the 2021 presidential election. Raisi
was not an official member of the party, but he was strongly supported
by the Paydari. They were very close allies. Under Raisi, the Paydari
expanded its influence in the state bureaucracy,> explained Golkar. Over
the years, the Paydari Front infiltrated Iran's state institutions,
including the military and the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards
Corps (IRGC) in what experts liken to state capture, in which a faction
takes control of state institutions. <These people usually go to the
military or the IRGC or the state bureaucracy as ideological
indoctrinators. They go in and they teach. They have a very strong
influence over the IRGC in indoctrination and political training,> said
Golkar, explaining the workings of the Paydari as an <ideological pump
to raise the level of ideology in the state, the military and the
administration. They are pumping ideology into the veins of the regime.>
This state capture was on display during the crackdown on the <Women,
Life, Freedom> protests following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a
young Iranian-Kurdish woman, in September 2022. As anti-veil protests
spread across the country, the regime doubled down, with Paydari
parliamentarians playing a critical role in pushing through a draconian
<Hijab and Chastity> law. The 2023 law increased prison sentences for
<inappropriately> dressed women and introduced punishments for
employers, as well as cinema and shopping mall owners, who did not
enforce the dress codes on their premises.
Conservative pragmatists give way to diehard ideologues
The Iranian political landscape has been marked by a binary
Reformist-Conservative configuration for decades. But the US pullout
from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal effectively crushed the reformist camp,
as the conservatives opposed to any deals with the <Great Satan> emerged
to put a stranglehold on power. Under the hardline Raisi, Iran's
conservatives moved further right. Within the conservative camp, the
ascendance of the ultra-conservative Paydari Front caught the attention
of British weekly The Economist after the first round of the
parliamentary election in March, which the party swept. Differentiating
between the old school <gruff conservative pragmatists> and a rising
<group of ideological diehards>, The Economist noted that Paydari Front
members <are to Iran what the religious hard right are to Israel>.
Traditional conservatives are keenly aware of Iran's military weaknesses
compared to arch foes Israel and the United States. In the past, IRGC
commanders were <ready to work with the West if they thought that doing
so bolstered the regime>, The Economist noted. <But the Paydari Front
sees their earthly battle in divine terms,> the weekly observed. A
messianic Shiite vision of a fight against an anti-Muslim tyrant
increases the security risks in a tinderbox region reeling from the
fallout of the Israel-Hamas war. As supreme leader, Khamenei has the
ultimate say in major military decisions. His inherent caution was
evident on April 13, when Iran retaliated for the April 1 Israeli
bombing of its embassy compound in Damascus. Iran's missile and drone
attack came after Tehran gave Israel and its allies three days of notice
to protect their airspace, resulting in relatively minor injuries and
damage to infrastructure.
'The catfights at the top'
But Khamenei is ageing, and the hardline takeover effort that began more
than a decade ago could upset the fine balance that has kept Iran and
Israel from waging a major, conventional war. While Khamenei might be
cautious on the regional front, his support for domestic hardliners have
seen hawkish factions such as the Paydari Front gain disproportionate
power in the nezum. <They're kind of the last man standing. The system
has gotten nasty and all the other factions, the pragmatists, even some
of the traditional conservative factions, have been sidelined,> said
Slavin. <They appear to be the last survivors of the long political game
in Iran, particularly under Khamenei.> Golkar believes it's all gone
according to plan. <Ayatollah Khamenei put a plan in action in order to
have a smooth succession. And the plan he put in action since 2019 was
to make sure the state, the government, the administration is aligned
ideologically with Ayatollah Khamenei. He wants his ideas, his regime to
outlive himself,> he explained. For Khamenei, Iran's late president was
the ideal successor to take on the supreme leader position, according to
Golkar. <Khamenei wants to have somebody with the same mentality, the
same ideology, the same political view,> he said. Raisi's sudden death
in a helicopter crash on Sunday was <a hiccup in the Ayatollah Khamenei
plan. But he will find somebody that has the same political view and
ideology as Raisi.> As the country gears up for a presidential election
and the appointment of a parliamentary speaker, experts believe the
Paydari Front is particularly well placed to handle the backroom
machinations between the political factions. <Think about the Islamic
Republic as a patron-client network system. There are a lot of patrons.
The Paydari is one patron with its own clients,> explained Golkar. <They
are the most cohesive group and the most ideological. Because of the
ideology and because of the cohesiveness, they are much more difficult
to defeat compared to the other groups that are much more
opportunistic.> For most Iranians chafing under a system that has
ignored their aspirations, suppressed their demand for civil liberties,
and failed to provide economic prosperity or development, the political
wranglings hardly matter. <I think the young people of Iran, in
particular, couldn't care less about the political machinations at the
top. They've rejected the whole system. Anyone who's ever pledged
loyalty to the Islamic Republic is largely alien now to a lot of Iran's
younger population. So this is an inside game, it's played by insiders.
Most young Iranians are just trying to make a living, in many cases, to
leave the country if they have the requisite credentials. They will
ignore the catfights at the top,> said Slavin. But as the ideological
gap between the rulers and the people widens, experts warn that a
Paydari domination is unlikely to benefit the country or its
long-suffering populace. <I guess the most ruthless win out,
particularly in a system like Iran's,” said Slavin. <They just managed
to climb the greasy pole and that's where they are. But of course, this
makes the whole system even more fragile. So while they may have a
triumph now, you have to question the legitimate longevity of the system
when its base is so narrow.> >>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240521-iran-s-hardline-paydari-front-eyes-a-political-vacuum-after-raisi-s-death
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 22 may 2024
<<Mine Explosion Causes Three Casualties in the Heights of Kurdistan,
Iran
As a result of a mine explosion in the border heights of the Kelashin
Mountains located in the Oshnavieh (Shno) county, one Kurdish man
identified as Esmail Azouzmeh lost his life, and two other Kurdish
individuals named Seyyed Hemn Mousavi and Seyyed Hadi Mousavi were also
injured.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human
Rights, at noon on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, due to the explosion of a mine
in the border heights of the Kelashin Mountains, Esmail Azouzmeh, 37
years old and a resident of the village of 'Mirabad' in Oshnavieh, lost
his life.
According to Hengaw sources, two brothers from same village named Seyyed
Hemn Mousavi, 27 years old and Seyyed Hadi Mousavi, 26 years old were
severely injured in the same incident and transferred to medical centers
for treatment. These individuals had gone to the Kelashin heights to
collect springtime medicinal herbs. In recent years, the Revolutionary
Guards, under the pretext of countering Kurdish opposition parties, have
planted new mines in the Kelashin heights, and Hengaw had previously
issued warnings about this.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/05/article-73
Iranwire - 21 May 2024
<<Some Iranians Celebrate Raisi's Death with Dancing in Public
Different groups of Iranians in exile poured onto the streets across
Europe and North America to celebrate President Ebrahim Raisi's death in
a helicopter crash. Mersedeh Shahinkar and Sima Moradbeigi who were
injured by Iranian security forces during 2022 protests celebrated
Raisi's death in a video that went viral on Monday. Fireworks were also
reported across Iran as opponents of the clerical establishment
celebrated news of Raisi and the foreign minister's death.
Iran has announced an inquiry into the causes of the crash.
The president's body will tour the country in the coming days following
the announcement of a five-day mourning period by Iran's Supreme Leader,
Ali Khamenei. A hardliner, Raisi had been in office since 2021, a period
marked by mass protests against the repression of women in Iran. As a
judge, Raisi was also connected to the 1988 mass execution of political
prisoners. Thousands of these prisoners were ruthlessly executed and
dumped in unmarked graves. While the exact number of deaths is not
known, rights groups estimate that roughly 5,000 people were killed
following Raisi's brutal judgments.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/129730-some-iranians-celebrate-raisis-death-with-dancing-in-public/
Iranwire - 21 May 2024
Raisi's Death Won't Close Case on His Crimes: Rights Group
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's death does not mean the closure of the
case on his crimes, the Iran Human Rights Organisation said. Honoring
the memory of thousands of men and women who have fallen victim to the
crimes of Ebrahim Raisi and the Islamic Republic over the past four
decades, Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) emphasizes that Raisi's death does
not mean the closure of the case on his crimes, the organization said in
a statement. <Raisi, the President of Iran, died on Monday in a
helicopter crash attributed to a technical failure.> Rescuers reached
the helicopter wreckage early Monday morning following a challenging
search mission hindered by rain, fog, and snow. Raisi, a hard-line
politician considered a potential successor to Ali Khamenei, the supreme
leader, was confirmed dead shortly after the crash. Iranian state media
reported that he and the other passengers had attained martyrdom.
Ebrahim Raisi was a symbol of judicial impunity for criminals and the
entrenched lack of accountability within the Islamic Republic's system,
said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the director of Iran Human Rights. Ebrahim
Raisi should have been prosecuted for crimes against humanity and held
accountable in a fair trial for the countless atrocities he committed
over these four decades.
However, in the Islamic Republic's system, such crimes result in
promotions, and Ebrahim Raisi rose from the position of assistant
prosecutor in Karaj in 1980 to the head of the judiciary in 2019 and the
presidency in 2021, he added. A politician linked to the 1988 mass
executions, Raisi was seen as a potential successor to Ali Khamenei and
a candidate for the position of the third Supreme Leader of the Islamic
Republic. Three years ago, in spring 2021, amid widespread
dissatisfaction among Iranian citizens with the electoral process under
Khamenei's administration, Raisi was elected president. He received the
lowest percentage of votes ever recorded for a president in Iran,
succeeding Hassan Rouhani, who had promised to restore credibility to
the presidency.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/129706-raisis-death-wont-close-case-on-his-crimes-rights-group/
Reza Babrnejad
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 21 may 2024
<<Iranian Security Arrests Brother of Slain Kurdish Protester After
Ebrahim Raisi's Death
Reza Babrnejad, a Kurdish resident of Quchan and the brother of Mehdi
Babrnejad, who was killed by government forces during the 'Jin, Jiyan,
Azadi' (Woman, Life, Freedom) movement, was arrested by the intelligence
forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). According to a
report received by the Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on Tuesday, May
21, 2024, IRGC intelligence forces raided the family home of Reza
Babrnejad in Quchan, Razavi Khorasan Province. They arrested him
violently without presenting any judicial warrant and transferred him to
an unknown location.
A source close to the Babrnejad family said that IRGC intelligence
forces arrested Reza Babrnejad in connection with the death of Ebrahim
Raisi and the publication of posts on social networks. There is no
information available about his situation or whereabouts. It is
noteworthy that Reza Babrnejad was also arrested by the IRGC
intelligence forces of Quchan in Khorasan Razavi province last year on
August 11, 2023, on the eve of the anniversary of his deceased brother's
birthday. Mehdi Babrnejad, a 22-year-old Kurdish resident of Quchan, was
killed on September 21, 2022, during popular protests in this city by
direct gunfire from government forces.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/05/article-72
NCRI - Womens committee - 21 may 2024 - in Women's News
<<PMOI Resistance Units Intensify Efforts for a Democratic Iran
Despite the Iranian regime's wave of executions and repressive measures,
the Resistance Units of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)
continue to expand their activities across every city and corner of
Iran. These courageous activists reaffirm their dedication to
overthrowing the ruling theocracy and establishing a democratic, secular
republic based on the separation of religion and state. In Tehran, PMOI
Resistance Units displayed posters of Maryam Rajavi with the slogan <No
to forced hijab, forced religion, and forced rulers,> rejecting the
regime's oppressive laws and advocating for freedom of choice. In
various cities, they held placards reading <Woman, Resistance, Freedom,>
recognizing the pivotal role of Iranian women in the fight against the
mullahs' misogynistic rule. In Amol, placards proclaimed <Democracy,
freedom, with Maryam Rajavi,> reaffirming support for Rajavi's vision of
democracy. The Resistance Units also denounced the regime’s use of
executions to maintain control, displaying signs that read <Abolish
death penalty.> Through their activities, the PMOI Resistance Units
emphasize the core principles of the Iranian Resistance: commitment to a
democratic republic, separation of religion and state, gender equality,
and the abolition of the death penalty - a stark contrast to the ruling
theocracy's oppressive policies. The Resistance Units oppose all forms
of dictatorship, including both the shah's monarchical regime and the
mullahs' religious tyranny. They steadfastly support the National
Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the ten-point plan of its
president-elect Maryam Rajavi, which bases its legitimacy entirely on
democratic elections.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/05/21/pmoi-resistance-units/
Five Kurdish activists arrested
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 21 may 2024
<<Five Kurdish Media Activists Arrested by Iranian Authorities Over
Nawroz Celebrations
At least five media and social network activists, named Hezhar Mahmoudi,
Delshad Shadab, Baset Ghaderzadeh, Sami Mohammadi Eqdam, and Zaher
Hajipour, were arrested by the security institutions of the Islamic
Republic of Iran in connection with the Nawroz celebrations in
Kurdistan. These individuals were the managers of the Instagram page 'Shnoyekem.'
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human
Rights, on Monday, May 20, 2024, the five activists were detained after
being summoned to the Oshnavieh Intelligence Department. The report
details that Hezhar Mahmoudi, 30, from Piranshahr, the main manager of
the page; Delshad Shadab, 32, a photographer and editor; Baset
Ghaderzadeh, 28; Zaher Hajipour, 38, both speakers; and Sami Mohammadi
Eqdam, a Kurdish language teacher, all from Oshnavieh (Shno), were
transferred to an unknown location following their arrest. Hengaw has
learned that these Kurdish individuals were summoned and detained due to
their involvement in the Nawroz celebrations. Notably, several posts
related to the Nawroz celebrations were deleted from the Instagram page
'Shnoyekem' under pressure and threats from the Intelligence Department.
Relatives of the detained activists informed Hengaw that the
Intelligence Department confiscated their mobile phones and laptops at
the time of arrest. Additionally, the cultural and social Instagram page
'Shnoyekem' was deactivated for several hours.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/05/article-70
Stop honour killings
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 20 may 2024
<<Femicide in Iran: Woman Killed Under the Name of 'Honor' in Ilam
Arezu Hosseini, a woman from Eyvan in Ilam Province, was tragically
killed by her husband under the name of what is called 'honor.'
According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human
Rights, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, Arezu Hosseini was brutally murdered by
her husband, Javad Jafari, who inflicted 100 stab wounds in a shocking
act of violence in Eyvan, Ilam Province. Sources familiar with Hengaw
confirmed that 40-year-old Javad Jafari surrendered himself to the
police. State media have referred to the incident using the vague term
<family disputes> as the motive behind the murder. However, reliable
sources informed Hengaw that Arezu Hosseini was killed by her husband
with an honor-based motive.
It has been reported that Javad Jafari placed his wife's body in the
trunk of his car and transported it to the police station.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/05/article-71
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