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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Iranwire - September 15, 2023
<<Two Teachers Arrested in Amini’s Home Town
Two teachers from Mahsa Amini's home town of Saqqez, Aziz Marzi and Azad Amini, were arrested on Friday afternoon, just a day before the anniversary of the young woman's death in police custody. The teachers are members of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union. Security forces raided their homes and took them to an undisclosed location. The arrests come amid a growing crackdown on dissent in Iran. The government has been targeting teachers, activists and journalists in recent months. Fearing a flare-up of protests ahead of today's anniversary of Amini's death, authorities ramped up security measures in Kurdistan province, particularly Saqqez. At least 292 protesters and civil activists have been arrested across the country in the past 50 days, according to human rights website HRANA. It said the government has used a variety of methods to crack down on dissent, including exerting pressure on students, educational institutions, artists and the families of those who lost their loved ones during the months of protests sparked by Amini's death. Many cities in Iran have witnessed heightened security measures in advance of the September 16 anniversary.>>
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https://iranwire.com/en/news/120552-two-teachers-arrested-in-aminis-home-town/
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JINHA - Womens News Agency - September 15, 2023
<<Iranian children's rights activist Samaneh Asghari arrested again
News Center- Samaneh Asghari, a children's rights activist and an industrial engineering student at Kharazmi University, was arrested again on the evening of Thursday, September 14. According to the received reports, Iranian security forces raided her home last night. After the search at her home, Samaneh Asghari was arrested and immediately transferred to Evin prison. Samaneh Asghari was previously arrested on October 11, 2022 for supporting the <Jin, Jiyan, Azadi> uprising. On March 6, 2023, she was sentenced to 18 years and three months in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. As the first anniversary of the <Jin, Jiyan, Azadi> uprising is approaching, the Iranian government has arrested a large number of women activists and protesters.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/iranian-children-s-rights-activist-samaneh-asghari-arrested-again-33855?page=1


Jinha - Womens News Agency - 14 September 14, 2023 - by
<<'The Iranian women's revolution is a renaissance that will soon reap its fruits'
Gaza- On September 16, 2022, 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was killed by Iran's so-called <morality police> for not wearing her hijab properly in Iran's capital Tehran. Following her killing, people, especially women, took to the streets in the cities of Iran and Rojhelat Kurdistan by chanting the slogan Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)> In an interview with NuJINHA, Islah Hassaneya, the feminist activist and director of the Center for Research, Legal Consultation and Protection for Women, commented on the <Jin, Jiyan, Azadi> uprising.
<The rights of Iranian women are violated and they suffer from male control and deprivation of their social, economic and political rights. We know that women led revolutions in various Arab countries, and Iranian women have been leading the uprising because they have been oppressed. Protests are legitimate ways to convey messages to authoritarian regimes. Protesters must be respected and their demands must be taken into account,> she said.
'Women are deprived of their rights'
Islah Hassaneya thinks some professions or academic specializations are still thought of as men's jobs. She said, <This should be changed because women have proven their capabilities in various fields such as judiciary, engineering, nuclear sciences, and technology. In Iran, women are always subjected to the political status of the ruler of the country. If the president is concerned with women’s rights, women are given the opportunities to develop themselves. The poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran is an inhuman practice. The aim is to deprive women and girls of all their rights and to restrict them by creating crises.>
'International conventions are not implemented'
She added, <There is a system in Iran that aims to achieve its goals by killing girls and women. Women are oppressed in the name of the compulsory hijab rule. The international conventions and agreements are not implemented and this takes us back to the ancient human era in the application of human rights. Why are women always oppressed? Is it because they are weak, or because they are powerless and unable to confront themselves? Or because there is no support for them to demand their rights? We demand the international community to impose sanctions on the Iranian regime because it does not implement the international convention ratified by it.>
'The Iranian women's revolution is a renaissance that will soon reap its fruits'
She recalled that some Iranian female athletes were forced to flee to other countries when they participated in international competitions without wearing hijabs. “If this situation continues, many women will flee from the country. Iranian women should keep resisting because they will definitely achieve their freedom. Women lead all movements for freedom. International Women's Day is one of them. Now, this day is celebrated all around the world. What brings women to decision-making positions is their determination. The revolution led by women in Iran is a renaissance. I believe that the Iranian women's revolution is a renaissance that will soon reap its fruits.> >>
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Iranwire - September 14, 2023
<<Six Activists Arrested in Tabriz; Reason and Whereabouts Unknown
Iranian security forces arrested on September 14 six activists in Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province, IranWire has learned. The men detained - Dawood Shiri, Ali Babaei, Amir Hossein Aghaei, Mohammed Reza Movahed, Azaar Ebrahimzadeh and Javad Sudbar - are all ethnic Azeris and former political prisoners. Babaei was reportedly beaten during his arrest. Security forces also searched his home and confiscated some of his personal belongings. There is no available information concerning the reason for the arrests, the security agencies that carried them out, or the locations they have been taken to.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120485-six-activists-arrested-in-tabriz-reason-and-whereabouts-unknown/

Iranwire - September 14, 2023
<<Tehran Voices <Strong Objections> to Australia Sanctions
The Iranian government says it has summoned the Australian charge d'affaires to protest what it described as an <interventionist statement> and a new round of sanctions against the Islamic Republic. In a statement issued on September 13, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Penny Wong, announced that her country was imposing financial sanctions and travel bans on <four individuals and three entities responsible for the oppression of people in Iran, including women and girls.> On September 14, Iran's Foreign Ministry said it had summoned the Australian embassy's charges d'affaires to express the Islamic Republic's <strong objections> against <the interventionist statement as well as the sanctions.> Australia's announcement marked the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's arrest in Tehran, which was followed by her death in police custody three days later. The tragedy sparked months of nationwide protests and a brutal state crackdown in which hundreds of people were killed and thousands were arrested. The individuals sanctioned by Australia include police spokesperson Saeed Montazer Al-Mahdi, who the statement said <repeatedly made intimidating and threatening statements towards Iranian women and girls for purportedly violating Iran's mandatory veiling laws.> The entities targeted include Iran's cyber police, which Australia said are <central to obstructing freedom of expression through restricting internet activity in Iran,> and state-owned Press TV, which has broadcast <the forced confessions of Iranians and dual-nationals who are detained and tried under politically motivated judicial procedures.> The European Union, the United States, Australia and other countries have issued several rounds of sanctions against the Islamic Republic in recent months over its crackdown on the anti-government protests and its supply of drones to Russia for its war effort in Ukraine.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/120480-tehran-voices-strong-objections-to-australia-sanctions/

Iranwire - September 14, 2023
<<Jailed Iranian Teacher Hospitalized in Critical State
Jafar Ebrahimi, a teacher imprisoned in Iran for more than a year, has been urgently transferred to hospital due to his rapidly deteriorating physical condition, the country's Teachers Union says. Ebrahimi was arrested on April 30, 2022, and subjected to prolonged periods of solitary confinement. On September 3, he was transferred from Tehran's Evin prison to Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj, near the capital, alongside several other political prisoners. Although his health deteriorated significantly while in custody, he has not received any effective medical treatment within the past few months. <Ebrahimi has suffered inflammatory bowel disease....for an extended period. Since his transfer to Evin prison in May last year, this ailment in his body has progressively worsened to the most critical level,> his lawyer Erfan Karam Veisi has said.>>
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https://iranwire.com/en/news/120466-jailed-iranian-teacher-hospitalized-in-critical-state/

Iranwire - September 14, 2023
<<Top Iranian Officials Targeted in French Criminal Complaint
A criminal complaint was filed with Paris prosecutors on September 14 against an Iranian minister and the top commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its elite Quds force for <death threats and justifying terrorism.> The case against Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, IRGC commander-in-chief Hossein Salami and Quds force head Esmail Qaani refers to public threats issued by the three men in December and January against supporters of anti-government protests in Iran, a lawyer for the six Iranian and Franco-Iranian plaintiffs said. The complaint quoted Khatib as saying on December 13 that <anyone playing a role in the riots will be punished, wherever they are in the world.> Chirinne Ardakani, a French-Iranian lawyer from the Iran Justice Collective, described such threats as <disguised fatwas> -- Islamic legal decrees -- against Iranian opposition activists around the world. The largely symbolic complaint marks the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, which triggered months of protests across Iran. The Islamic Republic's crackdown on the women-led protests resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of arrests. <It's about showing the Iranian regime, which wants to suffocate opposition, that wherever Iranians are in the world, they will continue to make themselves heard,> Ardakani said.>>
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https://iranwire.com/en/news/120477-top-iranian-officials-targeted-in-french-criminal-complaint/

NCRI - Womens committee - in Podcast - September 11, 2023
<<University Purge in Iran: Crisis in Higher Education
Today, we look into the sweeping dismissals of professors across at least 150 universities and the university purge in Iran.
This situation is both timely and alarming. The expulsion of students began several months ago, and now, in August, professors are also facing termination. These actions coincide with the approaching first anniversary of the nationwide uprising in 2022 and are driven by the regime's fear of another revolt. Their goal? To quash last year’s leaders-the students-and stifle the university, which served as a focal point for protests. During last year's nationwide movement, universities played a vital role in the protests. Today, numerous university students and professors have been arrested, summoned, banned, suspended, or terminated. In August, the pace of professor dismissals increased significantly. They were let go for various reasons, including retirement and academic performance. So far, we have verified the names of over 60 dismissed professors, including a dozen women. At Tehran's Sharif University of Technology, a student association voiced their objection to the dismissal of a professor, noting that security measures have intensified to the point where it feels like the university is under the control of security agencies. They also issued a warning: <The dismissal of professors who do not align with the government's agenda and the security confrontations with students will not only lead to the university community’s disillusionment with the government but also result in a daily exodus of Iran’s intellectual elites.> In Iran, the university has long been a symbol of freedom and a breeding ground for progressive ideas, which has drawn the hostility of the regime since its inception. Khomeini, the mullahs' first supreme leader, viewed academics as products of Western education and labeled them as arrogant. In 1980, he declared that the actions of academic institutions influenced everything in the country. This led to a 'Cultural Revolution', resulting in the dismantling of universities in April 1980. The universities remained closed for three years, and tragically, 17 students lost their lives, with over 2,000 students injured. Many students and academics were arrested, and detained, and some even faced execution. The regime's Cultural Revolution Council purged professors and academics, established committees for control, and introduced measures to reshape higher education institutions according to the ruling regime's ideology. During the first Cultural Revolution, 45% of university admission slots were allocated to the paramilitary Basij and the Revolutionary Guard Corps members and their families. Additionally, a law was passed to facilitate the enrollment of Iran-Iraq war combatants in universities, all aimed at exerting control and reshaping the academic landscape. Today, the dismissal of professors, often labeled as university purge has continued with professors who supported protesting students and opposed the regime's policies being replaced by individuals aligned with the ruling regime. The Iranian Union of University Professors protested against these dismissals, revealing that a resolution by the National Security Council, dated January 10, 2023, sought the recruitment of 15,000 academic staff aligned with the <Islamic Revolution.> A state-run newspaper expressed grave concern, warning that welcoming 15,000 individuals into academic positions could potentially lead to a catastrophe for higher education in Iran. This complex history highlights the regime's persistent efforts to control and reshape the academic landscape in Iran, suppressing voices of dissent and progressive thought. A state-run media outlet acknowledged the futility of the 'purification' process in universities. It stated, <Fundamentally, the notion that the new generation will be controlled is entirely false.> Notably, the regime's repressive actions targeting universities will not shield it from the determination of Iranian youths and students. These developments reveal a regime struggling to maintain control as it approaches the anniversary of last year's uprising and the final stages of its rule.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/09/11/university-purge-in-iran/

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