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

In memory of Jina 'Mahsa' Amini, the cornerstone of the 'Zan. Zendegi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali

And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young Jina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the start of the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran  2022
and the latest news about the 'Women Live Freedom' Revolution per month in
 
2025: April wk2 -- March wk4P3-Aprilwk1 -- March wk4P2 -- March wk4 -- March wk3P2 -- March wk3 -- March wkP2 -- March wk2 -- March wk1P4 -- March wk1P3 -- March wk1P2 -- March wk1 -- overview per month
2024: Dec wk5 -- Dec WK4P2 -- Dec WK4  -- 
and 2023: Dec wk 5 part 2 -- Dec wk 5 -- Dec week 4-3 -- Dec wk3 -- Dec 17 - 10 -- Dec week 2 and 1   November - Januari 2023 -- overview per month


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

Editorial by G. d'A.: Dear reader, as a webmaster also I constantly have to guard the read-ability of the 'Cryfreedom'-outlet and sometimes decisions need to be made to have it be for your convenience and moreso in total support of the women-led revolt in Iran which inevitably will be a grand Victory. Still, choices must be made always and so I've decided to, for now, embed all the actual news about the 'NO-hijab; 'Biological terror attscks against schoolgirls'; 'Iranian journalists under siege'; 'Blinding as a weapon' and 'The hanging spree' as part of the 'Actual news' updates of the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom' section. But, if need be and urgent attention and action is needed concerning the above mentioned topics it will get an extra emphasized place as part of the actual news page-layout. Thank you for being a reader and for your support of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' revolution.
Click here for the previously tabled topics

CLICK HERE ON HOW TO READ ALL ON THIS PAGE 
You are now at the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom'  section

International Womens Day Middle East 2025
Actual News: March 11 - 8, 2025 09.30 AM GMT

Announcing celebrations and more growing of resistance
against any form of oppression and more ways to Freedom

 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'
April 5, 2025
Incl. Syria: YPJ The Women’s Protection Units fighters

  
 About the Afghanistan Women Revolt
April 4, 2025


PALESTINE

April 7, 2025

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 9, 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
 


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

Earlier Stories and more

 

UPDATE April 8, 2025 Actual news of the
continues resistance of the


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

Please do read the following articles about heroines and other brave people who risk live and limb for the women-led revolution and no matter what they'll never give in and other stories: click on the underlined March '25 topics:

Resilience and Resistance: What UN Experts Learned
And
38,000 Pieces of Evidence: UN Mission Documents Iran’s ‘Crimes Against Humanity’
& Vienna: Iran’s European Launchpad for Covert Activities
And
Former IRGC Minister Admits to Directing International Assassinations

& Global Coalition Calls on Iran to Cease Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers
And
International Human Rights Day

& I Won't Be the Person I Was'
And
'For a Very, Very, Very Ordinary Life'

& Persecution of Baha’i Citizens

And
 Commemoration of the Fallen for Freedom Part 6
 
and
Click here for previous inspiring stories and  articles incl. Red Alerts


'New' topic:  a regimes' re-newed method of torture: denial of medical care
UPDATE: Dec. 27 - 16, 2024
The Dire Conditions of Women in detention-A Call for International Action
Nov. 22 - Aug. 30, 2024:
Medical torture of women during incarceration
November 4, 2024
"UN Expert Highlights Alarming Violations Against Women and Fundamental Freedoms..."
October 19-18 2024 - July 18, 2016 Health taken hostage 
 
 And read here more about the
'Nurses 'strike' back':
Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section
"Nurses can neutralize security forces' efforts with unity."
August 30, 2024
and updates:
August 28, 2024:

Nurses' demands - "A nurse will die, but will not accept humiliation,":

"NO to executions" campaign

In support - reflection and updates:
Sept. 7 - August 20, 2024

Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section

'The mullahs' regime / OHCHR* gallows' dance'


Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section

 July 8 - 4, 2024: The-death-sentence-against-Sharifeh-Mohammadi

June 15, 2024: Prisoner Swap with Iran is Shameful Reward
June 5 - May 23, 2024: It |Iran| puts people to death in order to terrorize the population into silence.
and other stories 

*OHCHR - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Click here for earlier reports
 

April 8 - 6, 2025
Food for thought:
The mullahs' regime simple continues
to turn a blind eye concerning Femicides
as they keep continueing
their hanging spree
but...
the resistance against all
continues ...
hence read on and ...
be prepared


April 7 - 4, 2025
Reports about the ongoing war against Women Kurds Baha'i
March 28 - 18, 2025
3 UN reports on investigations about the mullahs' regime
and an article on how the regime exploits ethnic tensions
Actual news

April 4 - March 31, 2025
Food for thought:
No, this alas most disturbing
but also most inspiring actual news
is not a April 1st. joke.
Still, do read with knowing
that resistance against
oppression
has no date except ending it.




Zan, Zendegi, Azadi
marters for freedom sisters
April 8, 2025 Actual news of the
continues resistance of the
Sisters 4 each other, Sisters 4 All

in continuation of the resistance of the 4 sisters and others
 

March 28 - 18, 2025
3 UN reports on investigations about the mullahs' regime
and an article on how the regime exploits ethnic tensions

March 31 - 26, 2025
Actual news?
Yes and No.
Because the mullahs' regime
hanging spree;
denial of medical care to
political prisoners and
the hunt on Kurds,
among other minorities
continues.
Hence read on and ...
be prepared

Ongoing wave of arrests in Kurdish-Iran
UPDATE: March 23, 2025 16.00 PM GMT
Editors note: from here on all actual news
about the hunting down of Iranian Kurds
will be embedded in the daily news.


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


Pregnant woman expecting twins killed
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - April 6, 2025
<<Kermanshah: Pregnant woman expecting twins killed by husband in act of Femicide
A pregnant woman from Kuzaran, a city in Kermanshah Province, has been brutally murdered by her husband using a firearm. The victim, Farzaneh Moradi, and her unborn twins were killed because one of the fetuses was a girl. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 30-year-old Farzaneh Moradi, a resident of Kuzaran and the mother of two daughters aged 5 and 8, was shot and killed with a handgun by her husband, identified as Pedram Safaei. Sources close to the family stated that Moradi was pregnant with twins—one boy and one girl—and had been subjected to abuse by her husband due to the gender of one of the fetuses. The violence escalated into a fatal attack. Following the murder, the perpetrator fled the scene, but was later turned in to the police by relatives. He is currently in custody.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/4/article-14

and other actual news


Shahrbanoo Mansourian and Sedighe Daraya
Jinha - April 9, 2025
<<Iranian female athletes win two gold medals at 10th Sanda World Cup
Shahrbanoo Mansourian and Sedighe Daraya, Iranian female wushu athletes, have won two gold medals at the 10th Sanda World Cup held in China.
News Center- Shahrbanoo Mansourian and Sedighe Daraya, Iranian female wushu athletes, have won two gold medals at the 10th Sanda World Cup held in Jiangyin, China, from April 5-10, 2025. Iranian female wushu athlete Sedighe Daraya won the gold medal in the 65 kg category and Iranian female wushu athlete Shahrbanoo Mansourian won the gold medal in the 75 kg category at the 10th Sanda World Cup in China.>>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/iranian-female-athletes-win-two-gold-medals-at-10th-sanda-world-cup-36842?page=1


Families of Political Prisoners Demand Abolition of Death Sentences
NRCI - April 8, 2025 - In Women's news
<<Families of Political Prisoners Demand Abolition of Death Sentences
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – A group of families of political prisoners sentenced to death staged a peaceful protest outside Tehran’s Evin Prison, demanding the immediate revocation of death sentences issued against their loved ones. The protesters carried photographs of several political prisoners, including Shahrokh Daneshvarkar, Vahid Bani Amerian, Abolhassan Montazer, Mehdi Hassani, Mohammad Taghavi, Behrouz Ehsani, Mohammad-Javad Vafaee Sani, and Pouya Ghobadi. Holding placards and handwritten signs reading “No to Execution” and “Abolish the Death Penalty Now,” the families called attention to the increasing use of capital punishment in Iran. A large banner displaying the slogan “No to Execution” was also prominently featured during the protest. In December 2024, Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced six political prisoners—including Vahid Bani Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Shahrokh Daneshvarkar, Abolhassan Montazer, Babak Alipour, and Mohammad Taghavi—to execution, imprisonment, and exile. On January 23, 2025, Amnesty International warned that these prisoners were at imminent risk of execution after being convicted on charges of “rebellion through membership in opposition groups.” The gatherings of families of political prisoners reflect widespread dissent against the harsh repression and heavy sentences imposed on political detainees in Iran. The clerical regime employs unfair trials and instrumentalizes the death penalty as a tool to eliminate political opposition and instill fear in society. This protest of families of political prisoners took place in conjunction with the 63rd week of the nationwide “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, a grassroots movement currently active in 38 prisons across the country. The campaign aims to oppose the systematic use of the death penalty in Iran through weekly hunger strikes and collective action.

63rd Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
On the same day, hundreds of political prisoners launched another round of hunger strikes, continuing a pattern of weekly protests against mass executions. In a statement marking the 63rd week of the campaign, the prisoners condemned the sharp rise in death sentences and executions following the end of the Nowruz holidays. They also welcomed the recent resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council on widespread human rights violations in Iran, as well as the one-year extension of the mandates for both the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran and the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission.>>
Source: https://wncri.org/2025/04/08/families-of-political-prisoners-2/


Qezbest Ruzdar
Medyanews - April 8, 2025
<<Urgent plea of a Kurdish mother to halt execution of son in Iran sparks outcry
The mother of Hamid Huseynnejad Heyderanlu has issued a public plea, made visible after being amplified by a social media influencer, calling for international human rights organisations to act swiftly to prevent her son’s execution. Her appeal highlights serious concerns about due process violations and the silencing of cases like her son's until they are brought to light through public pressure. Hamid Huseynnejad Heyderanlu, a Kurdish man from the Çaldıran (Ebex) district of Van (Wan), Turkey, is currently facing a death sentence in Iran. His mother, Qezbest Ruzdar, released an emotional video appeal on 7 April directed at both the general public and human rights organisations, asking for urgent intervention to save her son’s life. This is the first time his case has come to public attention. In her statement, Ruzdar explained that her son has been imprisoned for two years, including an entire year in incommunicado detention. She insists he was in Turkey with her and his children on the date of the alleged offence. Supporting this claim, she cites his passport, which bears an exit stamp, and phone signal records indicating he was outside of Iran at the time.
In the video, Ruzdar said:
"I am Qezbest Ruzdar, mother of Hamid Huseynnejad Heyderanlu. We are from Çaldıran [Ebex], a district of Van [Wan], Turkey. On the day they claim the incident happened, my son, his children and I were together in Turkey. His passport has an exit stamp and phone signal data also shows he was outside Iran. Yet, they still arrested him." Ruzdar claims her son was tortured during interrogation and forced to sign a confession he could not read due to his illiteracy. "He didn’t even know what he was signing. A death sentence was handed to an innocent person. His lawyer has proven his innocence," she said. "I am a mother. I am dying from this pain. My grandchildren are left without their father. We want justice. Please help us."
Çaldıran, in Van province near the Turkey-Iran border, lies within a region historically inhabited by Kurdish communities. The area illustrates the lasting effects of 20th-century nation-state boundary formations, which divided the Kurdish population across Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. A prominent example is the division of Kurdish-majority southeast Turkey, known as Bakur, and Kurdish-majority western Iran, known as Rojhilat, where longstanding cultural and familial ties have been disrupted by militarised borders and oppressive state policies. The fragmented Kurdish populations have been subjected to distinct political systems, characterised by surveillance, restricted movement, and broader efforts at cultural assimilation. Local reports confirm that Heyderanlu’s death sentence was recently upheld. The ruling is believed to be based on forced confessions and was made in the absence of adequate legal representation. He has been accused of membership in a banned organisation—an allegation frequently used by Iranian authorities in politically motivated cases. Iran’s use of the death penalty, particularly in cases involving ethnic minorities and political charges, has long attracted international criticism. According to human rights organisations, executions have sharply increased in recent years, many following trials that lack transparency and fail to meet international legal standards. The case of Heyderanlu came to light after a social media influencer shared his mother’s emotional appeal, pushing his arrest and sentencing into the public eye. In parallel, three Kurdish women—Warisheh Mohammedi, Pakshan Azizi, and Sharifeh Mohammedi—are also at risk of imminent execution in Iran. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have issued urgent calls for action in these cases, raising alarm over due process violations, alleged torture during detention, and unfair trials.>>
Video: https://medyanews.net/urgent-plea-of-a-kurdish-mother-to-halt-execution-of-son-in-iran-sparks-outcry/


Hoda Mehreganfar
NRCI - April 8, 2025 - In Women's news
<<Ongoing Legal Uncertainty for Hoda Mehreganfar and Her Father in Adelabad Prison
More than 160 days after their arrest, Hoda Mehreganfar and her father, Mohammad-Ali Mehreganfar—residents of Zarqan, a town in Fars Province—remain in prolonged pre-trial detention at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz, with no formal charges or legal resolution. The continued denial of medical care in prison has raised serious concerns about their deteriorating health conditions. A preliminary hearing for the father and daughter was held via video conference on March 30, 2025. They were accused of alleged connections with an opposition group during this session. Despite the extended detention period, they have not been granted release on bail. Hoda Mehreganfar, who underwent gynecological surgery shortly before her arrest, has been denied necessary medical follow-ups and has not been transferred to any medical facility. Reports indicate that due to unsanitary conditions in the women’s ward, she has contracted fungal infections and scabies. Mohammad Ali Mehreganfar suffers from heart problems and requires surgery on one of his eyes. However, he, too, has been deprived of appropriate medical care while in custody. On the morning of October 22, 2024, Hoda Mehreganfar, an electronics engineer, and her father, Mohammad Ali Mehreganfar, were arrested by Iranian intelligence forces. At around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, security agents stormed their home in Zarqan, and took the 35-year-old Hoda and her 66-year-old father into custody without providing any warrant. Following their arrest, Hoda Mehreganfar and her father were transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. The continued legal limbo of these two political detainees, coupled with the denial of medical treatment, exemplifies the ongoing human rights violations and lack of regard for human dignity within the judicial and security apparatus of the Iranian regime.>>
Source: https://wncri.org/2025/04/08/hoda-mehreganfar-legal-uncertainty/

NRCI - April 7, 2025 - In Podcast
<<Iranian Women’s Lack of Access to Basic Healthcare
Iranian women are battling a healthcare nightmare under a misogynistic regime: drug prices skyrocketing 415%, scarce female doctors, and surging cancer rates! Oppressive laws like the “Youthful Population” ban on abortion and genetic testing endanger lives daily. Dive into our latest podcast for the full story! In Iran, the fundamental right to healthcare is increasingly out of reach, particularly for women, as the regime prioritizes its survival over the welfare of its people. Under the dictatorship of Velayat al-Faqih, preserving the regime takes precedence, often at the expense of citizens’ basic rights. The healthcare crisis in Iran is exacerbated by widespread poverty and soaring costs, leaving many unable to access essential medical services. For women, the situation is even more dire, as they are systematically treated as second-class citizens. Nahid Khodakarmi, head of Iran’s Midwifery Association, highlighted the issue in 2017, noting the significant gaps in women’s health services, particularly for pregnant mothers. “Comprehensive health centers and bases lack adequate services for women’s health, fertility, and maternity care, which face serious challenges and a troubling lack of transparency,” Khodakarmi said. According to Khodakarami, until 2015, all health centers had three units including “family planning,” “mother and child’s health,” and “midwifery.” These units were completely eliminated from the Plan on the Transformation of the Health System in 2016. Therefore, there no longer are any departments specifically concentrated on pregnancy health and pregnant women. (ISNA, January 7, 2017) Notably, the systemic collapse of healthcare services cannot be rebuilt under a regime marred by misogyny and disregard for human rights. Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, a former Minister of Health, recently shed light on the dire consequences of this neglect. “One of the critical issues we’ve faced for years is the shortage of female specialist doctors in various fields,” Dastjerdi explained. “This has deterred many women from seeking medical attention until their conditions become chronic or life-threatening, significantly increasing morbidity and mortality rates among women.” Dastjerdi cited breast cancer as a stark example. While the global average age of onset is typically over 55, Iranian women are commonly diagnosed between the ages of 40 and 49. “Tragically, many women delay seeing a doctor until tumors have grown beyond 4 to 5 centimeters, making treatment less effective and mortality rates alarmingly high,” she noted. The root cause, according to Dastjerdi, is the lack of female cancer specialists and surgeons in Iran. (ISNA, February 8, 2024) With women disproportionately affected by the regime’s negligence, the healthcare crisis serves as a stark reminder of the systemic oppression they endure in Iran.>>
Source: https://wncri.org/2025/04/07/iranian-womens-healthcare/


Shahin Abdolqader
Iranwire - April 7, 2025
<<Iranian Protester Lives with 300 Shotgun Pellets, Husband Missing Since 2022
Shahin Abdolqaderi has been living with 300 shotgun pellets lodged in her head and face for over two and a half years, following injuries sustained during Iran's 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests. The story of Abdolqaderi was revealed by Farhad Mahmoudi, whose brother was killed during the same protests. Mahmoudi shared medical scan images showing the pellets embedded throughout Abdolqaderi's face. He also explained that security pressures had prevented her from disclosing her condition until now. Abdolqaderi's husband, Osman Mameh, was detained by security forces in Boukan on November 18, 2022, and remains missing. Despite the family's repeated inquiries to security, judicial, and supervisory institutions in West Azerbaijan province, authorities have only responded by saying they "will inform" the family of his status. During the 2022 nationwide protests, Iranian security forces systematically targeted protesters' faces and sensitive body parts with shotgun pellets.
IranWire has documented these deliberate shootings in a series titled "Their Eyes.">>
Source: https://iranwire.com/en/women/140139-iranian-protester-lives-with-300-shotgun-pellets-husband-missing-since-2022/

Iranwire - April 7, 2025
<<Commercial Complex Near Qom Sealed After Clash with Hijab Enforcers
The Mehr-o-Mah commercial complex near Qom in central Iran was sealed on Sunday. Authorities temporarily closed the facility, citing “improper hijab” among visitors - just two days after a video circulated showing a confrontation between patrons and morality enforcers. Footage from April 3 shows around 30 hijab enforcers entering the roadside complex and confronting visitors over hijab rules. Business owners and travelers protested the intervention, resulting in a physical altercation that reportedly left several morality enforcers injured. This isn’t the first closure for the facility. The Mehr-o-Mah complex was previously sealed in January 2023 for similar alleged violations regarding Islamic dress code compliance. The incident comes amid growing tensions over increased interventions by morality enforcers in public spaces across Iran.>>
Video: https://iranwire.com/en/news/140141-commercial-complex-near-qom-sealed-after-clash-with-hijab-enforcers/


Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha
Iranwire - April 7, 2025
<<Iranian Directors Sentenced to Prison for ‘My Favorite Cake’ Film
Iranian filmmakers Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghadam have been sentenced to prison for their film "My Favorite Cake", along with producer Gholamreza Mousavi. The filmmakers said on Monday that after visiting Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court following the Nowruz holidays, they were informed of the verdicts against them as the first, second, and third defendants in the case. The court sentenced the directors to 14 months of suspended imprisonment for “propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic." All three defendants also received one-year suspended prison terms for “participating in the production of obscene content,” along with the confiscation of equipment. "My Favorite Cake", despite having a production permit, was filmed in Iran with actors Lili Farhadpour and Esmail Mehrabi without adhering to mandatory hijab requirements. The film follows an elderly woman living alone in Tehran as she confronts loneliness.
My Favorite Cake won the FIPRESCI Jury Prize at Berlinale and the Silver Hugo at the Chicago Film Festival.
The filmmakers are now on trial as part of a wider crackdown on independent artists who push back against state restrictions.>>
Source: https://iranwire.com/en/society/140150-iranian-directors-sentenced-to-prison-for-my-favorite-cake-film/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - April 7, 2025
<<Security forces kill Baloch man in Delgan
A young Baloch man, Majid Emrar, was shot and killed by plainclothes agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s security forces in the city of Delgan, located in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Sunday, April 6, 2025, Majid Emrar, aged 23, was fatally shot by plainclothes forces while riding his motorbike in Hoseinabad village, near Delgan. Witnesses stated that the agents opened fire without issuing any warning or stop order. After shooting him, the forces left the scene without checking his condition.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/04/article-16


Zohreh and Zahra Dadras
Jinha - April 7, 2025
<<Zohreh and Zahra Dadras released from Lakan prison
Zohreh Dadras and Zahra Dadras, women's rights activists, have been released from Lakan prison in Rasht after Iran’s Supreme Court accepted their retrial request, their mother said Sunday in a post on Instagram.
News Center- Zohreh Dadras and Zahra Dadras, women's rights activists, have been released from Lakan prison in Rasht after Iran’s Supreme Court accepted their retrial request, their mother said Sunday in a post on Instagram. In August 2023, Zohreh Dadras and her sister Zahra Dadras were arrested and transferred to Lakan prison by Iran’s security forces in Gilan. In September 2023, they were released on bail. On March 1, 2024, Zohreh Dadras was sentenced to nine years, six months and two days in prison on charges of “forming a group to disrupt national security” and “assembly and collusion against national security.” Zahra Dadras was sentenced to six years, one month, and 17 days in prison on charges of “joining a group to act against national security” along with 10 other women’s rights defenders, including Forough Saminia, Sara Jahani, Yasamin Hashdari, Shiva Shah Sia, Negin Rezaie, Azadeh Chavoshian, and Matin Yazdani. On July 10, 2024, two sisters were rearrested and transferred to Lakan prison in Rasht.>>
Source: https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/zohreh-and-zahra-dadras-released-from-lakan-prison-36829

Iranwire - April 7, 2025 - by Kian Sabeti
<<Death of a Judge: How Hossein Ali Nayyeri Confiscated Baha'i Properties in Iran
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Baha'i citizens in Iran have faced pressure through the illegal confiscation of their property. Many shops, lands, personal belongings, homes, and even household items have been seized by order of the Islamic Revolutionary Court under government seizure laws. Hossein Ali Nayyeri, a member of the "Death Committee" responsible for the 1988 executions who died last week, ordered the seizure of numerous Baha'i properties during his ten-year tenure leading the Article 49 Court and the execution of Imam Khomeini's order. Exercising his extraordinary powers, Nayyeri authorized these seizures despite legal objections. Between 1989 and 2000, Nayyeri, as head of the special courts for Article 49 of the Constitution, issued numerous confiscation orders targeting Baha'i citizens' assets. For many Baha'is, Nayyeri’s name became synonymous with property seizure. Numerous letters, complaints, and memoirs from Baha'is document how their properties were taken under his direction. Hossein Azami, a Baha'i citizen, wrote a complaint letter describing how Nayyeri rejected a court ruling in his favor. Azami wrote, "My ownership was confirmed by verdict... issued by Branch 16 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, but Mr. Nayyeri, head of Imam Khomeini's Order Courts and Article 49 of the Constitution, unjustly rejected it. “Following this, on October 11, 1999, officials from the Executive Headquarters forcibly entered my home by climbing over the wall, severely beat me, terrorized my family, and forced us to leave." “They removed all my household belongings with several trucks to an unknown location, leaving my family and me homeless, without even basic necessities or clothing.”
Another case involved the seizure and sale of Paridokht Vahdat-Hagh’s residence.
Her husband, Hossein Vahdat-Hagh, was among the Baha'is executed in the 1980s. He was arrested in October 1981 and executed six months later on February 28, 1982. After his execution, authorities seized their home and evicted the family. According to Paridokht, this confiscation occurred even though the judge had only ordered her husband's execution, not the seizure of their property. The court had even ordered the return of some belongings, but this was never carried out. After six years of appeals and correspondence with officials, Paridokht could return to her home. However, after Nayyeri's appointment to head the Article 49 Court and his membership, circumstances changed. In 1992, the execution of Imam Khomeini’s order put the Vahdat-Hagh family apartment up for sale without any confiscation order. Paridokht Vahdat-Hagh wrote in her memoirs, "The harassment from the executive headquarters of Imam’s order began when Judge Nayyeri signed the confiscation order for my husband’s and children’s properties more than eight years after my husband’s execution. Two years later, it was converted into a deed, and the harassment by the execution of Imam Khomeini’s order started." Vahdat-Hagh sent at least five letters seeking justice to Nayyeri but never received a response. Another example involves the confiscation of an elderly Baha'i woman’s home. Nahid Enayati had her residence seized after traveling abroad to visit her children. In a letter to Nayyeri, she explained, “I, Nahid Enayati, own five dongs [5/6 of the property] of the residential house... I purchased this house 24 years ago and have lived there since." "During this time, I needed to travel abroad to visit my children but declined because my husband was suffering from an incurable disease. He passed away a year later... After seven years of effort requesting a passport from the Islamic Republic, I received one and official permission to travel abroad to visit my children with this Islamic Republic passport." “Upon my return, I was told that my residence had been confiscated. I am a widow with a daughter who is studying in high school. My livelihood comes from the small rent of this house. I have no occupation or other property, and I did not leave the country without permission, so what was the reason for confiscation?" “It is surprising that despite my presence in Iran and obtaining official permission and a passport from the Islamic Republic of Iran, they have proceeded to confiscate my property.”>>
Source: https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/140138-death-of-a-judge-how-hossein-ali-nayyeri-confiscated-bahai-properties-in-iran/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - April 6, 2025
<<Student activist Amirhossein Bagheri Alavijeh arrested in Alavijeh, whereabouts unknown
Amirhossein Bagheri Alavijeh, a student activist from the Alavijeh district of Najafabad County, Isfahan Province, has been detained by security forces for five days, with no information available about his condition or whereabouts. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Bagheri Alavijeh, a Master’s student at Arak University, was arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents five days ago. Despite ongoing efforts by his family, no official information has been provided regarding his location or legal status. Sources report that he was detained on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at his home in Alavijeh, without a court warrant. It is important to note that Amirhossein Bagheri Alavijeh suffers from a serious medical condition requiring regular medication. His health is reportedly at serious risk due to continued lack of access to his necessary treatment.>>
Source: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/04/article-13

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