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Welcome to cryfreedom.net, formerly known as Womens Liberation Front.  A website that hopes to draw and keeps your attention for  both the global 21th. century 3rd. feminist revolution as well as especially for the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi uprising in Iran and the struggles of our sisters in other parts of the Middle East. This online magazine that started December 2019 will be published every week. Thank you for your time and interest.
Gino d'Artali
indept investigative journalist
radical feminist and women's rights activist 
 


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

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

And also
Read all about the assasination of the 22 year young Jina Mahsa Amini (Kurdistan-Iran) and the start of the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, life, freedom) revolution in Iran  2022-'23
and the latest news about the 'Women Live Freedom' Revolution per month in 2023:  Dec wk 5 -- Dec week 4-3 -- Dec wk3 -- Dec 17 - 10 -- Dec week 2 and 1 -- Nov. 27 - Dec. 8 -- Nov-Dec-wk1-2  -- November 26 - 20 -- November 19 - 13  -- November 13 - 4  -- November 5 - 1 -- October 31 -- October 31 - 16 --  October 15 - 1 -- September 30 - 16 -- September 17 - 1 -- August 31 - 18 -- August 15 - 1-- July 31 - 16 --July 15 -1--June 30 - 15--June 15-1--May 31 -16-- May 15-1--April--March--Feb--Jan  

Tribute to KIAN PIRFALA, 9 years old and victim of the Islamic Republic's savagery 10 years ago.
Update December 25, 2023

And
For all topics below
that may hopefully interest you click on the image:

'THE NO-HIJABIS

Updated December 18, 2023

'BIOLOGICAL
TERROR ATTACKS
AGAINST SCHOOLGIRLS'

Updated October 10, 2023

'IRANIAN JOURNALISTS
UNDER SIEGE'

Updated December 19, 2023

'BLINDING
AS A WEAPON'

Updated December 15, 2023

'THE HANGING SPREE'

Updated November 30, 2023

CLICK HERE ON HOW TO READ ALL ON THIS PAGE 

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)- JHINA MAHSA AMINI (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

'Facing Faces and Facts 1-2'  (2022) to commemorate the above named and more and food for thought and inspiration to fight on.
and 'Facing Faces & Facts 3' edited December 2022/March 2023

Dear reader, from here on the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' pages menu will look a bit different and this to avoid too many pop-ups ,meaning the underlined period  in yellow tells you in what period you are and click on another underlinded period to go there. However, when needed a certain topic will be in yellow meaning it's a link to go that topic and will open in a new window. If you dissagree about any change feel more than free to let me know what you think at info@cryfreedom.net
This does not count for the  above topics which, when clicked on, will still appear in a pop-up window and for now the 'old' lay-out 'till I worked that all out. Thank you. Gino d'Artali
(Updates December 29, 2023)

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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. 

Articles about
<<Mahsa Amini's Father: <Everything They Have Said and Shown is Lies>
and
WHO JINA AMINI REALLY WAS.
By Diako Alavi, a journalist from Saqqez and family friend of Mahsa Amini 
and
Jina Amini, the face of Irans uprising and revolution:
www.cryfreedom.net/the-face-of-irans-protests.htm
November 15, 2023 - <<Iranian Woman Arrested on Jinas' Anniversary Tells Her Story...>
December 12, 2023 - <<EU Remembers Mahsa Amini at Sakharov Prize Awarding Ceremony...Read more

December 23, 2023 - <<Saleh Nikbakht Interrogated at Khomeini Airport and the Sakharov Prize confiscated by Iranian security forces...>
 

Updates of Jina Aminis' Revolution:
Part 12: October 6 - 2 2023
Part 13: October 13 - 12, 2023
Part 14: November 15 - October 25, 2023
Part
15: November 30 - 13, 2023
Part 16: December 25 - 16, 2023
   

and links to earlier parts
 
Gino d'artali's opinion: We mourn AND fight!
 

 


We all grief for the loss of our sister / daughter of Iran Armita Gevarnand:
 
 

Updated:
December 20 - November 27 - 20, 2023
In the aftermath of the killing of Armita more and more voices speak out against the mullahs' regime children killers. Read more by clicking the above link.
November 16, 2023
 <<More Hijab Patrols Recruited in Tehran Metro Stations....
November 15 - 6, 2023
<<Jailed Iranian Rights Lawyer Sotoudeh Released on Bail....
<<Jailed Iranian Activist Sotoudeh: We Feminized Evin Prison with Our Hair....
and
<<Women Arrested at Iranian Teen's Funeral Face Hasty Trial....
and

<<Iranian journalist Negar Ostad Agha taken to Gharchak Prison....


 

November 6 - 3 2023
<<Egyptian activists: We must take action for Iranian women....

 
3 November 2023 <<UN Experts <Shocked> by Attacks on Women, Girls in Iran...
and
<<HRW Calls for Probe into Death of Teenage Girl in Iran...

 Click here to read more and also what  happened to other sisters being victims of the mullahs' regime

NARGES MOHAMMADI
Updates:
Dec 19 - 8, 2023
*The revolutionary court is the slaughterhouse of the youth of Iran, and I will not set foot in this slaughterhouse,> Mohammadi says...* and
*I will make my voice louder for the world to hear,> says Mohammadi...*

Previous news: Nov 16 - Oct 31
*Victory is not easy, but it is certain*
'Mother of a long and free Iran'

Preface by Gino d'Artali and news untill October 31, 2023

 

 

JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS ALSO HEARD

despite the mullahs' regime to force it down!
And her mother speaks out loud and clear too!

 

Please do read the following 3 articles even when they have a very allarming content - click on the underlined topics -
December week 4
Updates
Dec. 27, 2023:
<<The Unyielding Spirit: Women's Bravery in 2009 Protests in Iran...
and

Dec 20, '23:
<<Heinous execution of Samira Sabzian, a victim of child marriage under the clerical regime...
and
Dec 20, '23: <<Iranian Security Forces Sharpen Blades as Discontent Rises...
and
Dec. 21, '23:
Iranian-refugees-turkye...
and

---
'Yalda, immortal daughter of Iran'
and
'Human Rights in Iran - a beacon of hope'...

Click here for previous articles

 


 

Cruel regime stories not for the faint of heart:
UPDATE:
December 26, 2023
After long consideration I've decided to put the topics 'Alarming articles' together with 'Red Alert' and make it a combination of on the one hand inspiring stories of brave dissent but still with the flip-side of the coin being the heinous oppression of the mullahs' regime.
Click here for previous articles from the Red Alert section

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.


Preface by Gino d'Artali: My dearest mother Gianna d'Artali (1931-1997) not only teached me that "old news doesn't exist because there's always news you can learn something from". but also "Be always aware of history because it always repeats itself." And because of both wise teachings I'd say to you dear reader "Be always on alert because..." and hence I quote the following article:


Inset some of the women killed
NCRI - Womens committee - 27 Dec 2023 - in Articles, Women's News
<<The Unyielding Spirit: Women's Bravery in 2009 Protests in Iran
Remembering the 2009 protests in Iran which shook the regime to its core on December 27, 2009
Between June and December 2009, Iranians participated in widespread uprisings and nationwide protests, fervently advocating for a profound overhaul of their nation's governing structure. The 2009 protests in Iran were sparked by the manipulated results of the 10th round of presidential elections declared on June 12, 2009. An integral aspect of the uprising was the substantial involvement of women at the forefront. International news agencies consistently highlighted the demonstrators' admiration for the bravery and guidance demonstrated by women. These spirited women led chants as they surged to the front of the crowd, courageously returning teargas canisters launched by regime agents at the protesters, and swiftly aiding in the evacuation and treatment of the wounded. On June 13, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the protesters in one of the capital city's main squares chanted, <death to the dictator.> Hundreds of other protesters were gathering near the Interior Ministry in the center of Tehran, also chanting, <death to the dictator.> The protesters threw stones at the forces sent to repress them; the regime's forces responded with batons. Female protesters on Vali-e-Asr Street were beaten by anti-riot forces on motorbikes. On June 15, about three million people took to the streets. This was the largest anti-government demonstration since the 1979 anti-monarchic Revolution in Iran, but it faced a bloody crackdown by riot police, plainclothes agents, the Basij forces, and the IRGC. The crackdown resulted in numerous arrests, injuries, and deaths. Three women, Fatemeh Salahshour, Sorour Borumand, and Fatemeh Rajabpour, were among those slain during the 2009 protests in Iran that day. June 20 was another high point during the 2009 protests in Iran. Most of the main streets and squares in Tehran were controlled by the SSF, military forces, and plainclothes agents. Despite the intimidating show of force, women, students, and youth stood steadfastly at the front lines of the demonstration and started their protest from Enghelab Avenue. Heavy clashes erupted when SSF forces, riot police, and plainclothes agents began their military onslaught. Regime snipers shot at people from rooftops. Neda Aqa-Sultan, Maryam Mehr-Azin, and Tina Soodi were among those who were killed that day. On December 7, 2009, at Tehran University, female students chained their hands together and became human shields for the male students, who were being targeted for arrest by regime agents. Moreover, during the December 27 protests, brave Iranian women resisted the crackdown. Dozens of women and other protesters were detained and imprisoned. According to admissions by the SSF and their recorded wireless radio communications, Tehran was on the verge of collapse that day.
The 2009 uprisings took shape and continued eith such sacrifices and an impactful role by women.
The names and details of several of these women, who died for freedom, are as follows:


Some of the women slain during the 2009 protests in Iran. From left: Shabnam Sohrabi, Maryam Soudbar, Neda Aqa-Sultan, Fatemeh Semsarpour, and Taraneh Mousavi.

Neda Agha-Sultan, 27, was shot dead on June 20, 2009, in Tehran's Amir-Abad neighborhood. The short clip of her death, captured on a cell phone and posted online, found its way to the rest of the world. Neda's face became the symbol of the 2009 uprising. According to Time Weekly, her death was the most watched video of a human being's death in history. Maryam Mehr-Azin, 24, was shot dead on June 20, 2009, at Azadi Square. Her body was taken to IRGC's Baqiatollah Hospital. Maryam's family was pressured into not providing any news about her death. Thus far, the exact location of her grave in Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery is unknown. Maryam Soudbar, 21, a university student, was hit in the head with a baton and died after returning home from the protest march of June 20. Her father revealed that the coroner's office had confirmed that Maryam died from a blow to the head. However, if the doctor wrote that in the death certificate, the family would never receive their daughter's body. Fehimeh Salahshour, 25, had a high school diploma. She died on June 14, 2009, after Basij forces hit her in the head with batons. She suffered internal bleeding and died while she was being transferred to a hospital. She was buried on June 27, in Section 266 of Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery. Fatemeh Rajabpoor, 38, and her mother, Soroor Boroomand, were shot dead by Basij forces after taking refuge in a Kindergarten facility on Mohammad Ali Jenah Street, opposite the Basij Base of Ashura 117 battalion. Parisa Koali, 25, lost her life on June 21, 2009, when she was shot in the neck on Keshavarz Boulevard in Tehran. She was buried on June 23, in Section 259 of Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery. Tina Soodi, 24, was shot dead by the regime's security forces on June 20, 2021. As her family was receiving her body, the regime put the family under immense pressure to announce that Tina had died of natural causes.
Fatemeh Barati, a student, lost her life in the evening of June 14, 2009, when plainclothes agents raided the Tehran University dormitory and beat her. Her body was reportedly buried in Tehran's Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery without her family's knowledge. Shabnam Sohrabi, 34, mother of a little girl, was struck repeatedly by an SSF vehicle during the protests and clashes that took place on the anniversary of Ashura, December 27, 2009. Shabnam's body was delivered to her family 20 days later at Kahrizak Morgue. She was buried under tight security measures in Section 86 of Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery.
Fatemeh Semsarpour was shot dead on June 20, 2009, in front of her house. Her son and a neighbor were also shot and severely wounded. Regime agents prevented Fatemeh's family from holding a ceremony for her in Tehran.


Taraneh Moussavi

Taraneh Mousavi was arrested on June 28, 2009. The regime's security forces detained her near Qoba Mosque, savagely beating and raping her there. She went into coma and was taken to the hospital, but died on the way. To cover their heinous crime, the agents set her body on fire and dumped it on Karaj-Qazvin Highway.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/12/27/2009-protests-in-iran/

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