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
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Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi
Jinha - Womens News Agency 19 Feb 2024
<<Tehran court upholds prison sentence for Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi
Tehran Province Court of Appeal has upheld prison sentences for Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi, a civil activist, and her husband, Behfar Lalahzari, a former political prisoner.
News Center- Tehran Province Court of Appeal has upheld prison sentences of Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi, a civil activist, and her husband, Behfar Lalahzari, a former political prisoner. Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi and her husband, Behfar Lalahzari, were arrested on September 19, 2023 at their home in Tehran. After seven days in detention, Behfar Lalahzari was transferred to Evin prison, while Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi was later transferred to Evin prison after a period of confinement in Qarchak prison. In December 2023, Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi and Behfar Lalahzari to four years in prison for each on charges of <gathering and collusion against internal security> and one year on charges of <propaganda against the government>.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/tehran-court-upholds-prison-sentence-for-rezvaneh-ahmad-khanbeigi-34621?page=1

Iranwire - 19 Feb 2024
<<Jailed Iranian Activist Slams Khamenei's Policies Ahead of Elections
Mostafa Tajzadeh, a prominent Iranian political prisoner, has said that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei <lacks the tact necessary to steer the country toward comprehensive, equitable and sustainable development.> In a letter published on his Telegram channel on February 18, Tajzadeh accused Khamenei of neglecting Iran's pressing issues and rendering the electoral process meaningless. Khamenei, who has the last say on all matters in Iran, has withheld <the contributions of capable individuals> and hindered <essential structural reform,> said Tajzadeh, a reformist political activist who has been repeatedly arrested since 2009 and subjected to harsh sentences. In September 2022, the activist was sentenced to five years in prison on charges including <collusion against national security,> <spreading falsehoods> and <propaganda against the Islamic Republic.>
He is incarcerated in Tehran's Evin prison.
The imprisoned activist decried the stifling of dissent and obstruction of necessary reforms, arguing that genuine progress requires political foresight and moral courage, qualities Tajzadeh believes Khamenei sorely lacks. The leader's policies have <systematically weakened elected bodies like parliament, rendering them incapable of instigating substantive change,> he said, adding that Khamenei has also imposed stringent restrictions on individual freedoms and access to the internet. Tajzadeh warned that these limitations could impede Iran's integration with the international community and jeopardize its economic prosperity. The activist concluded by asserting that a significant portion of the Iranian population has opted not to participate in the parliamentary elections on March 1. He suggested that many citizens have lost faith in the prospect of reform within the existing political system and are resorting to peaceful forms of resistance to voice their discontent. Khamenei recently delivered a speech urging Iranians to actively engage in the electoral process. He hailed elections as the <main pillar of the Islamic Republic system> and the most effective means to tackle the nation's challenges.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125497-jailed-iranian-activist-slams-khameneis-policies-ahead-of-elections/

Iranwire - 19 Feb 2024
<<Man in Iran Guns Down 12 Relatives with Kalashnikov
A 30 year-old Iranian man used a Kalashnikov assault rifle to kill 12 members of his family in a village in southern Iran, state media reported. Head of the justice department of the province of Kerman, Ebrahim Hamidi, said that the gunman opened fire on his father, brother, sister-in-law and other relatives on February 17 because of a <family dispute.> Local media reported that several children and women were among the victims. The incident occurred in the village of Mazraeh Imam, near the city of Faryab. The gunman, who was not identified, was later shot and killed by police in a nearby village.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125504-man-in-iran-guns-down-12-relatives-with-kalashnikov/

Iranwire - 19 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Kurdish Lawyer Starts Serving Prison Term
Kurdish lawyer Khosro Alikordi has been arrested and transferred to Vakilabad prison to start serving a one-year sentence, according to the human rights group Hengaw. Alikordi was summoned by the Mashhad Revolutionary and Public Prosecution Office on February 17 and subsequently arrested.
The First Branch of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court sentenced the lawyer to one year in prison and two years in exile for defending political prisoners and families of victims of the bloody crackdown on the 2022-23 nationwide protests. Last month, two United Nations experts denounced the <enormous obstacles and pressures> faced by Iranian lawyers who provided, or attempted to provide, legal support to protesters. At least 66 lawyers have been arrested and detained since nationwide protests erupted in September 2022, <apparently in an attempt to both intimidate them and to prevent them from representing protestors,> the experts said in a statement. Eleven of these lawyers have been sentenced and 47 have been released pending trial, they said, adding that many others were targeted with intimidation, harassment and disbarment.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125503-iranian-kurdish-lawyer-starts-serving-prison-term/

Iranwire - 19 Feb 2024
<<Three Iranian Political Activists Sentenced to Years in Prison
The Court of Appeal of Tehran Province has upheld the prison terms of three political activists incarcerated in Tehran's Evin prison. Behfar Laleh Zari and his wife Rezvaneh Ahmad Khan Beigi are facing five years' imprisonment on charges of <assembly and collusion against national security> and <propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic,> according to the activist HRANA news agency. Mohsen Haji Mohammadi received a four-year prison sentence for <assembly and collusion against national security.> The trio was detained in Tehran on September 17, 2023, by the Islamic Republic's security forces. Mohammadi has said that they were subjected to physical assault by plainclothes officers during their arrests.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/125498-three-iranian-political-activists-sentenced-to-years-in-prison/

Iranwire - 19 Feb 2024
<<US Issues $15 Million Bounty on Iranian Hacker
The United States is offering up to $10 million for information regarding an Iranian hacker alleged to be involved in a <coordinated, multi-year> cyber campaign that targeted more than 12 US companies, as well as the departments of State and the Treasury. From about 2016 through April 2021, Alireza Shafie Nasab <worked for Iran-based Mahak Rayan Afraz, a front company operating on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity,> the US Department of State's Rewards for Justice program said in a statement. Hackers affiliated with the Islamic Republic have repeatedly carried out cyber attacks against the United States and its allies over the past years. Last week, Microsoft said that the islamic Republic and other US adversaries, including North Korea, Russia and China, are beginning to use its generative artificial intelligence to mount or organize offensive cyber operations. The technology giant and business partner OpenAI jointly detected and disrupted the malicious cyber actors' use of their AI technologies - shutting down their accounts.
In a blog post, Microsoft said that the IRGC has used large-language models to assist in social engineering, in troubleshooting software errors, and in studying how intruders might evade detection in a compromised network. That includes generating phishing emails, including <one pretending to come from an international development agency and another attempting to lure prominent feminists to an attacker-built website on feminism.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/technology/125495-us-issues-15-million-bounty-on-iranian-hacker/


Kurdish videoclip 'Homeland'
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 18 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Authorities Detain Four Kurdish Individuals Following Release of Video Clip
Over the past few days, following the circulation of a video clip produced by Kurdish artist Ali Karimi in North Khorasan, at least four individuals involved in its creation have been arrested, with others summoned for questioning. According to a report obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, following the release of a Kurdish music video titled <Wilat (Homeland)> by artist Ali Karimi in North Khorasan province, at least four individuals associated with the production have been arrested. Additionally, Taghizadeh Studio in Esfarayen city, where the video was produced, has been sealed by Iranian security forces. On Saturday, February 11, 2024, sound engineer and studio manager Hasan Taghizadeh, producer Ali Delfaraz, production manager Hossein Firouzeh, and camera operator Jalal Barat Zadeh from Bojnurd were all taken into custody after being summoned by local intelligence departments. Reliable sources have also reported verbal threats issued by security departments to Kurdish researcher Kaleem Allah Tawahodi, poet Alireza Sepahi Lauren, and artists Roya Esmaielian and Asmar Hamidi from Quchan, Shirvan, and Samalqan, respectively. As of now, Kurdish artist Ali Karimi has declined to attend security department summonses. Video footage obtained by Hengaw shows that Taghizadeh Studio in Esfarayen has been sealed by security forces until further notice. It is worth noting that the detained individuals have been temporarily released on written recognizance. Previously, Hengaw reported summonses issued to Kurdish social activists and artists, including Ali Karimi, in the North and Razavi Khorasan provinces, with intimidation warnings against the use of Kurdish clothing and customs.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/iranian-authorities-detain-four-kurdish-individuals-following-release-of-video-clip


Nasim Gholami (left) and Arghavan Fallahi (right)
NCRI - Womens committee -18 Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Arghavan Fallahi and Parvin Mirasan detained in limbo after 15 months
Three political prisoners affiliated with the PMOI, namely Arghavan Fallahi, Parvin Mirasan, and Nasim Gholami Simiyari, are currently detained in a state of limbo at the women's ward of Evin Prison. Arghavan Fallahi and Parvin Mirasan have been detained in limbo for 15 months since their arrest. They were apprehended along with Arghavan Fallahi's father and brother by security forces on November 4, 2022, during protests in Isfahan, central Iran. Arghavan Fallahi is facing charges of disseminating <propaganda against the state,> <committing crimes against internal and external security,> and <being a member of opposition groups.>. Parvin Mirasan, aged 66, shares a joint case with Arghavan Fallahi, her father, and brother. She suffers from diabetes, Parkinson's disease, joint conditions, and neurological disorders, yet she has been deprived of proper medical care and treatment until now. Parvin Mirasan was arrested during the protests in Isfahan on November 4, 2022. She was initially confined in a solitary cell for 28 days before being transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. After some time, she was relocated to the women's ward of Evin Prison. In December 2023, she was arraigned at the Evin courthouse on the charge of <Bagh-ye,> or armed insurgency, a charge that can result in severe punishments including execution, crucifixion, amputation of the right hand and left foot, or internal exile. Nasim Gholami Simiyari, aged 35, was arrested in mid-May 2023 on charges of collaboration with one of the opposition groups in Tehran. In November, she began a hunger strike to protest the authorities' failure to examine her case. After two weeks, the authorities promised to address her demand, leading her to end her hunger strike.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/18/arghavan-fallahi-2/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 Feb 2024
<<15 Months Since Osman Mameh's Forced Disappearance: Family Struggles Without Breadwinner
Today marks 455 days since the forcibly disappearance of Osman Mameh, a resident of Bukan during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement. Despite appeals to various institutions within the judicial, security, and regulatory structures of the Islamic Republic of Iran, no response has been forthcoming. His family, grappling with the absence of their breadwinner, faces significant financial, emotional, and health challenges. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, 56-year-old Osman Mameh from Bukan has been missing for one year and three months. His family has received no information about his whereabouts, despite their relentless efforts to seek answers. During this period, Osman Mameh's wife has approached the governorship of Bukan, the local intelligence department, and even the extra-legal institution associated with the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, known as <Beite Rahbar,> either alone or with her children. However, all these institutions have refused to provide any information. Hengaw's investigation revealed that some of Osman Mameh's family members and close relatives have been warned by security agencies against pursuing his legal status. The financial burden resulting from Osman Mame's disappearance has caused significant hardship for his family, as he was the primary breadwinner. Additionally, Osman Mameh's wife suffers from migraines, the eldest child has heart problems, and the younger child is dealing with severe depression. To date, Osman Mameh has had no contact with his family, and no documentation has been provided since his abduction. Prior to his forced disappearance, Osman Mameh was an employee at a poultry farm in the city of Dukan, located in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Osman Mameh, a resident of Bukan, was forcibly disappeared by government forces on the evening of Friday, November 18, 2022. His custodial status remains unknown. Enforced disappearance, a crime against humanity, entails the arrest and concealment of an individual by governmental or political entities with no disclosure of their fate or location to their families or society. This tactic is frequently employed to instigate fear, terror, or as a means to silence and penalize political adversaries. Enforced disappearance constitutes a severe violation of human rights, inflicting profound suffering and uncertainty upon the families and acquaintances of the victims, leaving them in a state of distress and ambiguity. Referring to Article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of All Individuals from Enforced Disappearance, Hengaw is holding the Iranian government accountable for forcibly disappearing Osman Mameh and demanding accountability from the Islamic Republic, urging immediate access to legal services, lawyers, communications with his family, and healthcare for Osman Mameh.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/15-months-since-osman-mamehs-forced-disappearance-family-struggles-without-breadwinner


Khosrow Alikordi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 Feb 2024
<<Mashahad, Iran: Kurdish Attorney Khosrow Alikordi Taken to Prison to Serve Sentence
Khosrow Alikordi, a Kurdish attorney residing in Mashhad, has been arrested and taken to Vakilabad prison to begin serving his one-year prison sentence. According to a report obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Khosrow Alikordi, a practicing attorney, was arrested and transferred to Vakilabad prison on Saturday, February 17th, 2024, subsequent to being summoned by the Execution of Verdicts Branch of the Revolutionary and Public Prosecution Office of Mashhad. Previously, Khosrow Alikordi was sentenced to one year of imprisonment by Branch One of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad, along with two years of exile, a two-year travel ban, a two-year prohibition from practicing law, and a two-year ban from accessing cyberspace. In February, this attorney was summoned to Branch 901 of the Revolutionary and Public Prosecution Office of Mashhad regarding charges from another case. It is noteworthy that Khosrow Alikordi was initially arrested and taken to Vakilabad prison on August 1, 2023, following a summons to Branch 901 of the Revolutionary and Public Prosecution Office of Mashhad. Subsequently, on August 5, 2023, he was granted temporary release on bail pending the conclusion of legal proceedings. Furthermore, Khosrow Alikordi was previously fined 21 million Tomans in one segment of his case for the charge of <publishing falsehoods> by Branch 3 of the Criminal Court of Mashhad. Throughout his career, this attorney has represented numerous political prisoners and families who seek justice for their loved ones killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/mashahad-iran-kurdish-attorney-khosrow-alikordi-taken-to-prison-to-serve-sentence


Three-PMOI-political-prisoners-From left to right - Marzieh Farsi, Forough Taghipour, and Zahra Safaei
NCRI - Womens committee -17 Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Three PMOI political prisoners sentenced to 35 years in prison
The clerical regime's Judiciary sentenced three PMOI political prisoners to 35 years of imprisonment. Tehran's Revision Court sentenced political prisoner Zahra Safaei to five years of imprisonment. The 26th Branch of Tehran's Revolutionary Court sentenced each of two PMOI political prisoners, Marzieh Farsi and Forough Taghipour, to 15 years in jail.
Marzieh Farsi and Forough Taghipour were arraigned on their charges on December 9, 2023. They were accused of Bagh-ye (or armed insurgency) for <membership in opposition groups.>
Life of Zahra Safaei is in danger

Zahra Safaei
PMOI political prisoner Zahra Safaei
Zahra Safaei, born in 1962, is the daughter of Hassan Ali Safaei, one of Tehran Bazaar’s well-known merchants. Mr. Safaei was one of the political prisoners under the deposed Shah time, who was executed in Evin Prison by the mullahs' regime in 1981 for being a PMOI supporter. Zahra Safaei was a political prisoner in the 1960s for eight years in Evin and Qezel Hesar prisons for supporting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Her sister is a member of the PMOI in Ashraf-3. She was arrested with her daughter in Tehran on February 24, 2020. They spent three years in Evin and Qarchak prisons. Zahra Safaei suffered a heart stroke on October 27, 2020, after being harassed and intimidated by prison authorities. They were released on February 9, 2023, only to be rearrested on September 13, 2023, on the eve of the anniversary of the 2022 uprising. On November 26, 2023, the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced them each to five years in prison on charges of <collusion and assembly to commit a crime against national security.> PMOI political prisoner Zahra Safaei has two balloons in her heart and cannot endure prison conditions.
transfer of Forough Taghipour Tehran court hands down 5-year sentence for Forough Taghipour

Forough Taghipour
PMOI political prisoner Forough Taghipour
Born on May 10, 1994, Forough Taghipour graduated in accounting with a bachelor's degree. Ms. Taghipour and her mother were arrested on February 24, 2020. She received a five-year sentence on charges of <propaganda against the state> and <assembly and collusion> through membership in the opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Forough Taghipour spent three years in Evin and Qarchak prisons, before being released in February 2023. She was rearrested on August 21, 2023, during the spree of arrests on the eve of the anniversary of the 2022 uprising.
Forough Taghipour's father and sister are members of the PMOI in Ashraf-3.
Forough Taghipour and Marzieh Farsi arrested again in Tehran

Marzieh Farsi
PMOI political prisoner Marzieh Farsi
Marzieh Farsi, born in 1965, is a housewife with two children.
Her brother was executed during the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988. Her two sisters and a brother are members of the PMOI in Ashraf-3. Marzieh Farsi was arrested on February 18, 2020, in Shahr-e Rey, imprisoned and tortured. Suffering from cancer, she spent three years in Evin and Qarchak prisons before being released on February 22, 2023, from the women's ward of Evin Prison. She and Forough Taghipour were rearrested on August 21, 2023, during the round of arrests before the anniversary of the 2022 uprising.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/17/three-pmoi-political-prisoners/


Forough Taqipour and Marzieh Farsi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 16 Feb 2024
<<Two Female Activists Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Alleged Collaboration in Tehran
In Tehran, activists Forough Taqipour and Marzieh Farsi have spent the past 180 days in Evin Prison after being convicted by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran for alleged collaboration with the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran, each receiving a 15-year sentence.
According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Forough Taqipour, 29, and Marzieh Farsi, 58, were tried in absentia by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, presided over by Chief Judge Iman Afshari. They were sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment each for charges related to their alleged association with the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran. These political prisoners, absent from the recent court session due to their refusal to recognize the legitimacy of the judiciary system, faced accusations of <insurrection> at the Evin Courthouse in December 2023. The sentence was officially communicated to them through their defense attorneys on Wednesday, February 7th. It is important to note that Marzieh Farsi is battling cancer, and her health condition has been reported as highly concerning. Forough Taqipour and Marzieh Farsi were detained in Tehran in August 2023 by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and subsequently transferred to Evin Prison. Previously, in March 2020, Forough Taqipour and Marzieh Farsi, a mother of two, were arrested. They were initially sentenced to five years in prison, and both were released from Evin Prison in March 2023 while serving their terms. Forough Taqipour is the daughter of Rahim Taqipour, a detainee from the 1980s, while Marzieh Farsi is affiliated with the families of the victims of that period. She had a brother named Hassan Farsi, who was executed in the summer of 1988.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/two-female-activists-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-alleged-collaboration-in-tehran


231 execution
NCRI - Womens committee -16 Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Hajar Atabaki was hanged in the Central Prison of Qazvin
On the morning of January 20, 2024, the clerical regime hanged a woman, Hajar Atabaki, in the Central Prison of Qazvin. Hajar Atabaki was 41 years old from Tabriz. She was the only guardian of her child. Hajar Atabaki was arrested two and a half years ago on drug related charges and sentenced to death. The clerical regime executed her in silence without any media reporting. Hajar Atabaki is the second woman reported to be executed in Iran in 2024. The clerical regime executed at least 26 women in 2023, and 231 women since 2007.
Record holder of executions of women
The Iranian regime is the world's top record holder of executions of women.
No government in the world has executed so many women. The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in Iran on political grounds. The NCRI Women's Committee previously mentioned that many of the women executed by the mullahs' regime are themselves victims of domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense. An average of 15 women were executed every year under the former government in Iran. However, this year, 26 women have been executed under Raisi government which is 11 more than the previous average. The NCRI Women's Committee calls on the United Nations, the European Union, and other relevant international organizations to take urgent action to save the lives of those on death row and stop the use of death penalty in Iran.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/16/hajar-atabaki-qazvin/


Keivan Rahimian
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 15 Feb 2024
<<Baha'i College Professor Receives Nine-Year Prison Sentence
Keivan Rahimian, a Baha'i college professor currently in detention, has been sentenced to nine years in prison and additional penalties by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the 58-year-old Keivan Rahimian was handed a five-year imprisonment term for <anti-Islamic activities> and an additional four years for charges of <collusion and conspiracy against national security> by the 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. According to the verdict, Rahimian will also face six years of social rights exclusion and a fine of fifty million Iranian tomans. Under the law of sentence consolidation, Rahimian will serve a total of five years of rigorous imprisonment. Keivan Rahimian, who holds a master's degree in psychology, previously served five years in detention for charges related to national security in 2012. He was released from Karaj Gohar Dasht (Rajai Shahr) prison in 2017 after completing his sentence.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/bahai-college-professor-receives-nine-year-prison-sentence

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