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Tribute to KIAN PIRFALA, 9 years old and victim of the Islamic Republic's savagery 10 years ago

 HEAR JINA AMINI'S VOICE
And do read also the above linked  incredible December 2023 update!

despite the mullahs' regime to force it down!
Her mother speaks out loud and clear
UPDATED: September 29 - 16, 2024
Second Anniversary of Jina Amini's
state-sanctioned murder
incl. Commemorating Bloody Friday
a wave of arrests of her fellow-citizen

Overview of news about the Second aniversary of Jina Amini's state-sactioned murder September 2024


JINA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams and her death.

Read also: Armita's Story: Iran's Generation Z Rebellion Against the Ayatollahs

Ongoing since Oct. 3, 2024:
Commemoration of the Fallen for
Freedom Part6
 Click here for previous Commemorations  
And more commemorational stories
Tortured to Death: The Story of Atefeh Na'ami
Violence During Woman, Life, Freedom Protests

'Women's Arab Spring 1.2'
March 25, 2025 10.30 PM GMT
Incl. Syria: YPJ The Women’s Protection Units fighters

  
 About the Afghanistan Women Revolt
March 21, 2025 16.00 PM GMT

PALESTINE
March 27, 2025 16.00 PM GMT

HAIL TO THE IRANIAN WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS FALLEN FOR FREDOM
against the supreme leader, the arch-reactionary Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, and his placeman president. The message of the women when the former president visited a university was plain: <give way or get lost> in 2023 and still is.
IN MEMORY OF ASRA PANAHI (16)- JINA MAMINI (22) - NIKA SHAKARAMI (16), SARINA ESMAILZADEH (16) HADIS NAJAFI (20), AND MORE WOMEN WHO WERE ASSASINATED SO FAR BY THE IRANIAN AXIS OF EVIL.
  Click here for a total list so far

(Updates April wk1, 2025) z

UPDATES OF THE UPRISING  AND REVOLUTION AROUND THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JINA AMINI IN CUSTODY OF THE REGIME'S ATTEMPT AND CRUELTY TO TRY AND CRUSH IT.

This links to a page that is in full dedicated and a tribute to Jina Amini who, with stilll 'till today too many other sisters gave their life for freedom. Long live a long and free Iran And do read also the above linked  incredible December 2023 update! despite the mullahs' regime to force it down! Her mother speaks out loud and clear UPDATED: September 29 - 16, 2024 Second Anniversary of Jina Amini's state-sanctioned murder incl. Commemorating Bloody Friday and earlier news about a wave of arrests of her fellow-citizen

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

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

& Actual news:  Generation Z Leads Hijab Rebellion on Tehran’s Streets and Earlier Stories and more

UPDATE March 13, 2025

Sisters 4 each other, Sisters 4 All
Narges Mohammadi: "Tyranny will fall"
Pakhshan Azizi: "You dictator, I am Arash, fire responds to fire,"
Sharifeh Mohammadi: "Finally, one day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"
Varisha Moradi: "Resistance is life"
 in continuation of the resistance of the 4 sisters and others
Earlier reports
and
read all their previous fights

When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
 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.

Symbol of restance of Iranian women

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


Varisha Moradi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 29, 2025
<<Varisheh Moradi denied medical treatment despite critical health condition in Evin Prison
Varisheh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner, women’s rights advocate, and a member of KJAR (the East Kurdistan Free Women’s Society) has been sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary on charges of “armed rebellion”. Despite her urgent need for medical care, she has been denied treatment due to obstruction by government authorities, particularly Evin Prison officials. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Varisheh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner from Sanandaj currently held in Evin Prison, has been refused transfer to medical facilities outside the prison. Sources familiar with the matter state that Moradi suffers from lumbar and cervical disc disease. Despite a specialist’s strong recommendation for urgent surgery three months ago, authorities have deliberately obstructed her access to medical care. Previously, Hengaw reported that Moradi was subjected to severe torture at the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center in Sanandaj. In one instance, she vomited blood and lost consciousness due to the intensity of the torture. Varisheh Moradi was sentenced to death by Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolqasem Salavati, on charges of “armed rebellion” through membership in the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK). During both the first and second court sessions, Moradi’s lawyers were denied access to her case file, and she was not allowed to defend herself in court. In a separate case involving four other political prisoners in Evin Prison, Moradi was sentenced by Branch 2 of the Qods Judicial Complex in Tehran, presided over by Judge Abolfazl Ameri Shahrabi, to six months of discretionary imprisonment. On Tuesday, December 26, 2023, after five months of solitary confinement in the Intelligence Ministry’s detention facility—known as Ward 209 of Evin Prison—Moradi was transferred to the women’s ward of the prison. She had initially been moved to Ward 209 in late August 2023, following interrogation and torture at the Sanandaj Intelligence Ministry’s detention center. Varisheh Moradi was abducted by Intelligence Ministry agents on August 1, 2023, while traveling from Marivan to Sanandaj. During the abduction, she was brutally beaten and was transferred to a detention center without receiving any medical attention.
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-108

and other actual news

Iranwire - March 31, 2025
<<Hackers Claim Access to 42 Million Sepah Bank Records, Bank Denies Breach
A hacking group identifying itself as “Codebreakers” has claimed to have breached the data of 42 million Sepah Bank customers in Iran, including information belonging to military personnel. The group said they provided a 72-hour window for the bank to negotiate before the data would be released. According to posts on the group’s Telegram channel, Sepah Bank officials declined to pay any amount to protect the compromised customer information. Reza Hamedanchi, head of Sepah Bank’s Public Relations Department, said, “This claim is fundamentally false. Sepah Bank’s systems are unhackable and impenetrable.” Hamedanchi added that the bank’s systems operate on closed networks with no internet connection. Following the denial, the hackers published what they claim is Hamedanchi’s personal account information from the bank. The group has threatened to release data from 20,000 people and corporate customers due to what they describe as the bank’s indifference to the security breach.>>
Source: https://iranwire.com/en/news/139996-hackers-claim-access-to-42-million-sepah-bank-records-bank-denies-breach/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 31, 2025
<<IRGC Intelligence arrests Baloch father and 15-year-old son in Khash
Two Balochs, Hashem Kordi-Tamandani and his 15-year-old son Saeed Kordi-Tamandani, have been arrested by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence in the city of Khash, Sistan and Baluchestan Province. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 40-year-old Hashem Kordi-Tamandani and his teenage son Saeed were arrested by IRGC Intelligence agents in Khash. Hengaw has learned that the father and son were stopped on Imam Khomeini Street, where they were forcibly detained without an arrest warrant. Following their arrest, IRGC agents searched their home. As of the time of this report, no confirmed information is available regarding the reasons for their arrest, the charges brought against them, or their whereabouts.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-114 

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 31, 2025
<<Urmia: Kurdish man, Mohammad Hosseinzadeh shot dead by Government Forces
Mohammad Hosseinzadeh, a Kurdish man from Urmia, has been killed by direct gunfire from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s security forces in the city.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Saturday, March 29, 2025, Mohammad Hosseinzadeh, a Kurdish resident of “Qeshlaq Tarzilou” village, a suburb of Urmia, was shot and killed by government forces. According to informed sources, the security forces opened direct fire on the moving vehicle of this man without any prior warning. These forces allegedly targeted the vehicle in the “Tarzilou” district of Urmia on suspicion of “smuggling goods,” as reported.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/1404-01-article-1

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 30, 2025
Benyamin Rahimpour, former Kurdish political prisoner, sentenced to one year in prison
Benyamin Rahimpour, a former Kurdish political prisoner from Sanandaj (Sine), has been sentenced by the Iranian judiciary to one year in prison. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Benyamin Rahimpour, a 35-year-old resident of Sanandaj originally from the village of "Avihang," married and a father of two, has recently been sentenced by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj to one year in prison on charges of "propaganda against the regime" and "propaganda in favor of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan." The trial for this person was held on February 10, 2025, at Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, and the verdict was communicated to him on February 14. On January 22, 2025, Benyamin Rahimpour was violently arrested at his workplace by security forces without being presented with any judicial warrant and was transferred to the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center, known as "Shahramfar Detention Center" in Sanandaj. He was ultimately released on February 9, after spending 19 days in solitary confinement under IRGC Intelligence custody, on a temporary basis pending the completion of legal proceedings, upon posting a bail of 500 million tomans. Notably, during his detention, he was deprived of access to a lawyer and denied visitation and communication with his family. It is worth mentioning that Benyamin Rahimpour had previously been arrested on May 3, 2020, along with his brother, Tareq Rahimpour, when security forces raided their family home. At the time, he had been charged with "collaboration with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan" and sentenced by Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Saeedi, to 18 months of a suspended prison term and six months of an enforceable prison sentence. He was subsequently arrested again on January 28, 2023, after being summoned to Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Enforcement of Judgments Office to serve his six-month prison term and was transferred to the central prison of this city.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-111


Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 29, 2025
<<Death Sentence of Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran has upheld the death sentence of Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou, a Kurdish political prisoner from Chaldoran currently held at Urmia Central Prison. He was previously sentenced to death on the charge of baghi (armed rebellion). According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Branch 9 of the Supreme Court officially confirmed the execution order for 40-year-old Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou, a resident of Sagrik village in Chaldoran. The verdict was formally communicated to him on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at Urmia Central Prison. He has now spent 716 days in detention. In July 2024, Branch 1 of the Urmia Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Najafzadeh, sentenced Heydaranlou to death on charges of baghi, based on alleged membership in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The sentence was issued following a brief trial and relied solely on the judge’s personal knowledge (elm-e qazi), without the presentation of concrete evidence. Following an appeal in August 2024, the case was referred to the Supreme Court. Sources informed Hengaw that Heydaranlou was denied the right to legal representation both during his detention and throughout the trial process. He was held for 11 months and 10 days at the Urmia Intelligence Detention Center under intense psychological and physical pressure. During this time, he was denied visitation rights and allowed only two phone calls. He was subjected to torture and coerced into making confessions, including admitting to armed actions against Iranian border forces and the killing of at least eight security personnel. The court, acting under pressure from the Intelligence Ministry, linked Heydaranlou to retaliatory attacks allegedly in response to the 2015 killing of his brother-in-law, Mostafa Nouri, by state forces while working as a kolbar (border porter).
Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou was arrested on Thursday, April 13, 2023, near the Chaldoran border along with several Afghan nationals by border forces. He was initially taken to a local security detention facility. However, due to a prior arrest warrant issued by the Intelligence Ministry, his request for release on bail was denied, and he was subsequently transferred to the Intelligence Detention Center in Urmia. In early February 2025, he was moved to Ward 2 of Urmia Central Prison, where he remains imprisoned.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-109

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 28, 2025
<<Four Balochs arrested by Intelligence forces in Mehrestan and Chabahar
Four Balochs—Mansour Karimzai, Mohammad Askani, Meysam Karimzai, and Behrouz Karimzai—have been arrested by agents of the Intelligence Department in the cities of Mehrestan and Chabahar, located in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, Mohammad Askani, 20, and Behrouz Karimzai, both residents of the Ashar District in Mehrestan, were arrested by security forces. A day earlier, on March 25, Meysam Karimzai, also from Mehrestan, was detained in Chabahar by Intelligence agents. Additionally, on Monday, March 24, Mansour Karimzai was arrested in the Ashar District of Mehrestan. While Behrouz Karimzai was released a few hours after his arrest, the other threes—Mansour Karimzai, Mohammad Askani, and Meysam Karimzai—have been transferred to unknown locations. Despite repeated efforts by their families, no information has been provided about their current condition or whereabouts.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-106

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 28, 2025
<<Urmia: 12 Kurdish children summoned and threatened by IRGC Intelligence Forces
12 Kurdish children from Urmia—identified as Matin Jafari, Pejman Jafari, Sina Khaliani, Yousef Qalandari, Yousef Alirezaei, Milad Abdilzadeh, Matin Abdilzadeh, Jihad Alirezaei, Faisal Alirezaei, Mani Tavareh, Farzin Khobi, and Akam Qorbantaj—were summoned and threatened by the intelligence unit in Ziweh-Margavar military base in Urmia in connection with the Newroz celebrations in Kurdistan. All of these individuals are under the age of 18. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, these twelve children, residents of the village of Nanas, a rural district of Urmia, were summoned and intimidated by the intelligence forces of the military base in Ziweh Margavar.
Sources familiar with the matter stated that the summons were related to their participation in the Newroz celebrations, which coincided with the anniversary of Imam Ali’s martyrdom. Upon reporting to the security entity, they were subjected to threats and intimidation. After several hours of interrogation and coercion, they were released upon signing written commitments.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-105

Iranwire - March 28, 2025
<<Prisoner Dies in Iranian Police Custody
A prisoner died at Urmia’s Criminal Investigation Department detention center in mid-February 2025, with conflicting accounts of the cause. Kamran Kazemi, a 38-year-old Kurdish man from Kermanshah, was being held on theft charges related to the Urmia Central Prison director’s residence.
Police claim Kazemi committed suicide by ingesting pills, while fellow detainees say he died from torture. After his January arrest, authorities transferred Kazemi to Urmia Central Prison’s quarantine ward before returning him to police custody, where he later died. The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported the death. Officials have not addressed the conflicting accounts.>>
Source: https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/139981-prisoner-dies-in-iranian-police-custody/


Nowruz celebrators arrested
Iranwire - March 28, 2025
<<Arrests in Kurdistan Province as Nowruz Celebrations Continue
Eight days into the Persian New Year, Nowruz celebrations continue across Iran. Many cities and villages are witnessing the lighting of fires and the performance of the ancient tradition. On Monday, thousands of men and women gathered in several locations across Saqqez to celebrate Nowruz. Similar events are planned for the coming days. These celebrations coincide with citizen arrests and threats from security and judicial authorities.
Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that, according to Mohammad Jabbari, the prosecutor of Kurdistan Province, seven people have been arrested on charges of “organizing and using Nowruz celebrations to spread propaganda against the Islamic Republic, breaking norms, and insulting [the government].” Although the news agency did not mention the names of those detained, two people have been arrested in Saqqez in connection with the events. Seifollah Khan Ghafari, a prominent local, was arrested on Saturday after participating in Nowruz celebrations in Saqqez. Sheikh Zahed Shahabi, one of the speakers at the Nowruz ceremony in Saqqez, was arrested on Monday.>>
Source: https://iranwire.com/en/news/139978-arrests-in-kurdistan-province-as-nowruz-celebrations-continue/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 28, 2025
<<Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: Mohammad Ali Azari forcibly arrested by Intelligence Department in Urmia
Mohammad Ali Azari, a Kurdish man from Urmia, was forcibly arrested by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Intelligence Agency for his role in organizing Newroz festivities in the city. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at approximately 7:00 a.m. on Friday, March 28, 2025, Mohammad Ali Azari—a married resident of Urmia—was detained with excessive force by Intelligence agents. Sources confirmed that his arrest was directly related to his participation in the Newroz festivities held in Urmia. Following his detention, Azari was transferred to an undisclosed location. As of the time of this report, no verified information is available regarding his whereabouts or condition.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-107


No to excecutions rally
Jinha - Womens News Agency - March 28, 2025
<<Iran executes 1,153 people in one year
Iran executed 1,153 people between March 21, 2024 and March 20, 2025, the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI) said in a report on Wednesday.
News Center- Iranian authorities continue to use executions following unfair trials or for charges, such as drug offenses. The National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI) published Wednesday a comprehensive report on the executions carried out in the country in the Iranian year 1403 (March 21, 2024 – March, 20, 2025). 1,153 people were executed in 94 prisons, a 42% increase compared to March 21, 2023 and March 20, 2024, the report said. 961 of these executions (83%) took place in Iran during the presidency of Masoud Pezeshkian, 38 women and seven minors were among the victims of the executions, according to the report. “While the regime’s policy of warmongering has suffered irreparable blows and it feels the imminent threat of uprising and overthrow, it has drastically accelerated the pace of executions and killings,” said Maryam Rajavi, the president of the council. “The international community must condition any dealings with the godfather of executions and terrorism on the cessation of torture and executions, refer Iran’s human rights violations file to the UN Security Council, and bring Khamenei and other regime leaders to justice.”>>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/iran-executes-1-153-people-in-one-year-36793


Liyan Darvish and Farzaneh Mohammadi Parsa
NRCI - March 27, 2025 - In Women's news
<<Liyan Darvish and Farzaneh Mohammadi Parsa: Alarming Conditions for Political Prisoners in Evin Prison
Two political prisoners, Liyan Darvish, and Farzaneh Mohammadi Parsa, are facing severe hardships and violations of their basic rights in Evin Prison.
Liyan Darvish, a 40-year-old mother from Gilan Province, has been held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison since March 2024, serving a five-year sentence on charges including <assembly and collusion against national security,> <insulting Khamenei,> and <propaganda against the regime.> She is currently suffering from a severe kidney and bladder infection and is in urgent need of medical treatment. However, prison authorities have repeatedly denied her access to proper healthcare and transfer to a hospital. In addition, despite her parole request being approved and the legal timeframe for its implementation having arrived, officials have refused to release Liyan Darvish. An initial promise of short-term medical leave has also failed to materialize, adding significant psychological strain to her already dire physical condition.
Meanwhile, Farzaneh Mohammadi Parsa, another political detainee, remains in limbo in the women’s ward of Evin Prison more than 90 days after her arrest. Farzaneh Mohammadi Parsa, a dentist from Abadan, was detained on December 25, 2024, by security forces at her home in Tehran, where she was reportedly beaten during the arrest. After spending over 40 days in the notorious Ward 209—operated by the Ministry of Intelligence—she was transferred to the women’s ward on February 11. To date, neither her charges have been clarified nor has she been granted the option of release on bail. The plight of these two women underscores growing concerns over human rights abuses, lack of medical care, and judicial uncertainty in Evin Prison.>>
Source: https://wncri.org/2025/03/27/liyan-darvish-farzaneh-mohammadi-parsa/

Yusef R
asaneh
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 27, 2025
<<16-year-old Baloch child laborer Yusef Rasaneh arrested by Intelligence Forces in Kong
Yusef Rasaneh, a 16-year-old Baloch child laborer, has been arrested by agents of the Intelligence Department in Kong, a district of Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan Province, and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 l, Rasaneh, originally from the village of Firoozabad in Rask, was detained in the village of Dustkuy in Kong without an arrest warrant. Despite repeated inquiries by his family, security institutions have denied any knowledge of his arrest. Rasaneh had been working as a fisherman in Bandar Kong to help support his family. As of the time of this report, no clear information is available regarding the reasons for his arrest, his whereabouts, or his current condition.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-102

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - March 26, 2025
<<Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: Omid Moloudian arrested by Security Forces in Bukan
Omid Moloudian, a Kurdish man from Bukan, has been arrested by Intelligence forces in connection with Newroz festivities in Kurdistan and transferred to an unknown location. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, Omid Moloudian, a 22-year-old resident of Karizeh Sardaar, a village in Bukan, was arrested by the Intelligence Office and taken to an undisclosed location.
A reliable source stated that his arrest was directly related to his participation in Newroz festivities in Kurdistan. However, despite ongoing efforts, his family has been unable to obtain any information regarding his status. So far, there are no confirmed details regarding the charges against him, his whereabouts, or his current condition.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-101

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