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. Zendagi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali
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NCRI - Womens committee - August 31, 2023 - in Articles - in Women's News
<<Commemorating the leading women of Ashraf slain on September 1, 2013
In memory of the leading women of Ashraf slain on September 1, 2013
The struggle by the Iranian opposition movement is being led by selfless women who have sacrificed everything in their own lives to bring freedom and democracy to their people in Iran. Over the years, these leading women have become indispensable to the Iranian opposition in its struggle for regime change and democracy. So, at every crucial juncture, Iran's leading women are seen playing a crucial role in the movement.
One such watershed moment took place on September 1, 2013, in Ashraf.
Ashraf represented the spirit and symbol of the democratic struggle for regime change in Iran. On September 1, 2013, as the Iranian regime was preparing to sit at the negotiating table in Geneva over its nuclear program, hitmen raided the unarmed, innocent, and legally protected civilians at Camp Ashraf, the 30-year seat of the Iranian opposition, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), in Iraq. In this great crime against humanity, Iraqi special forces and Iranian commandos raided the camp at around 5 a.m. and machine-gunned the unarmed and defenseless residents of Ashraf. The assassins got hold of 52 of the 100 remaining residents of Ashraf and killed them in cold blood. Some were killed while their hands were tied behind their backs. Even the wounded lying on the clinic beds were shot to death. Everyone was given a shot in the head. A big crime against humanity by all standards. Thirteen women led the group of 100 who remained in Ashraf according to a quad-lateral agreement between Ashraf residents, the United States, the United Nations, and the Iraqi government to protect residents' properties after their relocation to Camp Liberty. All of them were protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention and classified as <persons of concern> who enjoyed <international protection> by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and they had stayed in the camp based on assurances given by the U.N., the U.S., and the Iraqi government.
Six leading women were killed and another six were abducted and taken hostage.
The Iranian regime sought to deal a shattering blow to its main existential threat, the PMOI/MEK, prior to the negotiations in Geneva where it had to give up its nuclear weapons program in exchange for the lifting of crippling sanctions. So, the cowardly attack on defenseless people in Ashraf was launched to overshadow the regime's weaknesses at a crucial juncture. On the anniversary of this tragic massacre, let us remember the great leading women who gave their lives as the price for freedom. Let us pledge to never forget their sacrifice. We will not forget or relent until we take the mullahs' religious tyranny and their agents and mercenaries in Iraq to the courts to face justice.>>
Read here who they were and why they were abducted and/or killed:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/08/31/memory-leading-women-ashraf/


NCRI - Womens committee - August 31, 2023 - in Women's News
<<Maryam Ameri Arrested During A Raid on Her Residence
Maryam Ameri, an Arab cultural activist, was arrested and detained by security forces in Ahvaz during a raid on her residence, according to recent reports. Her arrest took place amid a spree of arrests launched by the regime on the eve of the anniversary of the uprising last year on September 16, 2022. Ms. Ameri collected Arab stories, lullabies, and songs from villages. There is no information available on the reason for the arrest of Maryam Ameri and the charges against her. Maryam Ameri had been previously arrested on December 10, 2020, in a similar manner when intelligence forces raided her residence. She was temporarily released on bail after a month of detention.>>
Read more here also about journalist Nazila Maroofian, arrested again:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/08/31/maryam-ameri/

Iranwire - August 31, 2023
<<Dozens of Professors Dismissed in Two Years of Raisi's Rule
At least 52 professors have been terminated from Iranian universities over the two years of Ebrahim Raisi's administration, local media reported. A report by Etemad newspaper found that the majority of the professors who were dismissed were from Azad, Tehran, Tehran Medical Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei, and Shahid Beheshti universities. Etemad's investigation indicated that the dismissals were carried out on political grounds, with the aim of silencing critical voices within the academic community. The report also cited an anonymous source who said that the purge of academic personnel from medical sciences universities started a few weeks after the start of Raisi administration. The source added that the move was aimed at recruiting graduates from the medical community who aligned with the cabinet and the government. University officials have denied that the dismissals were politically motivated, but the Ministry of Interior's information center has obliquely acknowledged political factors in this context.
The ministry's statement conveyed that the dismissal of professors by the Ministry of Science is deemed a <revolutionary duty of this ministry.> Last week, Etemad published a report that identified 157 university professors who were fired from their positions during the administrations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hassan Rouhani, and Ebrahim Raisi. It was able to identify 85 professors who were fired during the Ahmadinejad administration, 14 professors who were fired under Rouhani, and 58 professors who were dismissed in just the two years of the Raisi administration.
The Union of Iranian University Professors has condemned the dismissals.
The union warned that disrespecting the dignity of professors and compromising university independence would inflict irreparable harm on the country's academic institutions.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120008-dozens-of-professors-dismissed-in-two-years-of-raisis-rule/

Iranwire - August 31, 2023
<<Swimmer Tackles 48.5km Manhattan Effort for Iranian Women and Protesters
Raha Akhavan, an accomplished open water swimmer and university professor, started a 10-hour swim around Manhattan Island this morning. She is swimming in honor of Mahsa Amini and to support Iranian women and protesters with eye injuries. Akhavan's goal is to swim the full 48.5 kilometers of the Manhattan coastline in 10 hours. She is accompanied by a support boat and a guide from the New York Open Water Organization. The US-born Akhavan embarked at 730am EST. Her swim will take her along the East River, Harlem River and Hudson River, passing beneath 20 bridges linking Manhattan to Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey. <I will be thinking about all the people who have inspired me throughout the past year. All the ones who lost their lives, all the ones who got injured, all the ones who went to the street despite all the risks,> she said before jumping into the water.
<I'm very happy that as a citizen I can do my social responsibility. What I can do is to raise my voice. Raise the voice of the women of Iran who are fighting for their basic right of living their free life, wearing what they want to wear, having equal rights as men,> she added. In an interview with IranWire last month, Akhavan described the oppression she faced as a girl and a woman in Iran, and pays tribute to the victims of the Islamic Republic's bloody crackdown on last year's nationwide protests demanding more freedoms and women's rights, particularly those who have lost their eyes in the violence. The epic 20 Bridges Swim is part of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, an ultra-marathon swimming challenge that also includes a successful solo completion of the Catalina Channel (between Santa Catalina Island and the Southern California mainland) and the English Channel. Akhavan has already swum the Catalina Channel and says she is also planning to take on another challenge: swimming the English Channel in the near future. As she began her training in the fall of 2022, Iran was rattled by popular protests sparked by the September death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. <As [part of the] Iranian diaspora, and a woman who grew up in Iran during the 80s and 90s I couldn't help but deeply sympathise. I was taken to the same detention center [in Tehran] where Mahsa Amini was beaten to death, several times,> she said.
Inspired by a poignant photo of three young women who had lost an eye during the protests, Akhavan regained the strength to return to training.
One of Raha Akhwan's most important goals is to collect financial assistance for victims who have been blinded in one or both eyes by the oppressors of the Islamic Republic. These donations will be given to the non-profit organization Malteser in Mainz, Germany, to be used for their medical and legal needs.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/120007-swimmer-tackles-485km-manhattan-effort-for-iranian-women-and-protesters/

Iranwire - August 31, 2023
<<Iranian Protester Who Faced Three Death Sentences Dies in Prison
A young Iranian protester who had been sentenced to death has died in prison, the judiciary has confirmed. The Islamic Republic's judiciary has officially confirmed the news of Javad Rouhi's death, a protester during the Women, Life, Freedom movement, who had been sentenced to death and was incarcerated in northern Nowshahr prison. Human rights sources had previously reported extensive accounts of severe physical and psychological abuse during Rouhi's detention. The confirmation was made through a statement issued by the Mizan News Agency, an outlet associated with the judiciary. <According to the official statement from Nowshahr prison's public relations office, Javad Rouhi, a detainee held under a legal verdict, had a seizure at 345am on Thursday, August 31. Following a medical emergency, he was urgently transferred to Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Nowshahr,> Mizan reported. The lawyer representing Rouhi, 35, has also confirmed the news.
But conflicting reports have emerged that challenge the official narrative.
The 1500tasvir activist Telegram channel, which focuses on disseminating human rights news and events linked to protests, said <Javad Rouhi, who had been detained and sentenced to death during the protests of 2022, was killed today within Nowshahr prison by the Islamic Republic,> the activist channel has reported. IranWire cannot independently confirm 1500tasvir's account of Rouhi's death. Other sources have claimed that Rouhi's death was due either to poisoning or suffocation. No further details have been provided by the judiciary. Rouhi was accused of <waging war against God,> <spreading corruption on earth> and <apostasy> and had received three separate death sentences. But Iran's Supreme Court intervened in June, nullifying all three death sentences and subsequently referring the case to another court for reevaluation. Despite the Sari Revolutionary Court's awareness of his deteriorating condition, they made a controversial decision to deny Rouhi any release on bail.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/120004-iranian-protester-who-faced-three-death-sentences-dies-in-prison/ 

Iranwire - August 31, 2023
<<More Arrests of Alleged <Terrorists> Ahead of Mahsa Amini Anniversary
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence has announced the arrest of 14 individuals in various provinces across the country. The individuals are accused of engaging in actions aimed at <instigating chaos and disorder> ahead of the September 16 one-year anniversary of the death in police custody Mahsa Amini. The official statement labels the detained individuals as <terrorists> and asserts their affiliation with an expansive <Zionist-terrorist network.> Furthermore, it claims that upon their arrest, authorities uncovered and seized a cache of <43 potent explosive devices.> In recent months, there have been a number of cases in which ordinary citizens have been detained on similar charges. However, in most cases, these allegations have been unsubstantiated and the detainees have been released. In one such case, a group of rock climbers were arrested in Shiraz during nationwide protests last year. They were accused of orchestrating armed activities within Shiraz. However, photographs disseminated through the media during their arrest depicted equipment typical of climbing enthusiasts, rather than weaponry. Ultimately, all those implicated in the case were granted release on bail. The Ministry of Intelligence's statement comes just days before the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/119998-more-arrests-of-alleged-terrorists-ahead-of-mahsa-amini-anniversary/

Iranwire - August 31, 2023
<<Twenty-Eight Protesters in Kurdish City Summoned to Court
Twenty-eight protesters from the Kurdish town of Abdanan, who were previously arrested and had their cases marked as <closed,> have been called to appear before judicial and security institutions on the eve of the anniversary of their protest, a human rights organization has reported. The report by Hengaw reveals that these 28 individuals were summoned by Branch 1 of the Ilam Revolutionary Court. In the summonses sent to them, they were provided with judicial rulings pertaining to the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. The defendants include Ahmed Alizadeh, a 50-year-old teacher who had previously been sentenced to six years, seven months, and 17 days in prison by Branch 1 of the Ilam Revolutionary Court. The charge against him was <forming a group of more than two people with the intention of disrupting national security and propaganda activity> against the Islamic Republic. The sentence is now likely to be enforced. The individuals are required to appear before the court on September 10 - just days before the one-year milestone since the beginnings of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests. The September 16, 2022 death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked a wave of nationwide anger. She had been arrested for allegedly wearing a hijab improperly.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/119994-twenty-eight-protesters-in-kurdish-city-summoned-to-court/

Iranwire - August 31, 2023
<<Student Rights Activist Detained and Held Incommunicado
Amir Hossein Bilali, student rights activist a co-founder of the Rash Art Cultural Institute, was detained by Iranian authorities on August 28 and has not been able to contact his family since his detention. Saeed Khalili, Bilali's lawyer, told the Emtedad news website that Bilali's family is <completely uninformed about his status,> raising concerns about his well-being. He said that they have reported that Bilali has <yet to establish any communication with them.> Reports indicate that Bilali was arrested at his home in Tehran. During the arrest, security forces also seized his personal belongings. Sources told IranWire that Bilali's detention is connected to the recent arrest of Mehdi Yerrahi, a protest singer. Bilali is a well-known student activist and has been involved in a number of cultural and artistic endeavors. He was the political secretary for the Islamic Association of Amir Kabir University from 1999 to 2001. More recently, he has worked in IT. Bilali's detention is the latest in a series of arrests of activists and artists in Iran. The Iranian government has been cracking down on dissent in recent months.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/119993-student-rights-activist-detained-and-held-incommunicado/

Iranwire - August 31, 2023
<<Latest Baha'i Sentence Condemns Tehran Woman to Five Years in Prison
The Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced Nazila Haqqar, a Baha'i woman, to five years in prison, IranWire reports. The sentence was handed down in absentia in May and was upheld on August 20. Haqqar was convicted of being a member of an <unauthorized group with the intent to undermine the nation's security.> Security forces searched Haqqar's home in August of last year, confiscating her laptop, mobile phone, and documents. Haqqar is the latest in a long line of Baha'is who have been persecuted in Iran.The Iranian government has intensified its crackdown on Baha'is, arresting and imprisoning dozens of them on spurious charges over the past few weeks.>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/119990-latest-bahai-sentence-condemns-tehran-woman-to-five-years-in-prison/


JINHA - Womens News Agency - August 31, 2023
<<Maryam Akbari Monfared sentenced to two years in prison
News Center- Ayatollah Khomeini, who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 ordered a series of mass executions of political prisoners on July 19, 1988. In five months, thousands of political prisoners were killed. The killings took place in at least 32 cities across the country known as <Iran's 1988 Mass Executions>.
Her four siblings executed
Maryam Akbani Monfared's brother Abdolreza Akbari Monfared and her sister Roghieh Akbari Monfared were executed during the 1988 massacre. Another two of her brothers were executed during the mass executions in 1981 and 1984. The places where her two siblings executed during the 1988 were buried are still unknown. Maryam Akbani Monfared began to seek justice for her siblings in the beginning of the 2000s. On December 31, 2019, she was arrested by Iranian security forces. In May 2010, she was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Branch 15 Revolutionary Court in Tehran on charges of <enmity against God>. Despite being behind bars, she keeps campaigning and raising her voice by publishing open letters about prison conditions. On October 15, 2016, she filed a formal complaint demanding truth and justice for her siblings and several thousand political prisoners who were victims of the executions in 1988.
Her prison sentence has extended for two more years
The Branch 1001 Revolutionary Court in Semnan has sentenced Maryam Akbani Monfared to two years in prison on charges of <propaganda against the state> and <dissemination of lies> for publishing open letters while there is only one year left of her 15-year sentence.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/maryam-akbari-monfared-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-33779

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