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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  babout the 21th. century feminist revolution as well especially the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi uprising in Iran and the and the uprisings of our sisters in other parts of the Middle-east. This online magazine that started December 2019 is 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
and the latest news about the 'Women Live Freedom' Revolution per month in
2024: Feb wk5 part2 -- Feb wk5 -- Feb wk4 part3 -- Feb wk4 part2 -- overview per month
and 2023: Dec wk 5 part 2 -- Dec wk 5 -- Dec week 4-3 -- Dec wk3 -- Dec 17 - 10 -- Dec week 2 and 1 -- click here for a menu overview November - Januari 2023


Tribute to KIAN PIRFALA, 9 years old and victim of the Islamic Republic's savagery 10 years ago. Update December 23, 2023

And
For all topics below
that may hopefully interest you click on the image:
February 19, 2024: Noteworthy by G. d'A.: concerning the below topics from here on all news will be embedded in either the actual news coverage or in a headlined title with a link to the full report or to ' The dance 'round the gallows' news.

'THE NO-HIJABIS

Updated February 5, 2024

'BIOLOGICAL
TERROR ATTACKS
AGAINST SCHOOLGIRLS'

Updated October 10, 2023

'IRANIAN JOURNALISTS
UNDER SIEGE'

Updated February 23, 2024  

'BLINDING
AS A WEAPON'

Updated January 3, 2024

'THE HANGING SPREE'

Updated Januari 24, 2024

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

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 March 1, 2024) 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. 

Articles about JINA
UPDATE: February 12 , 2024:
<<Unlawfully Imprisoned Activist and Organizer of Mahsa Jina Amini's Funeral Must Be Released on Medical Grounds
<<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...>

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





















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


Read her story here

AND

Updates of Jina Aminis' Revolution:
Part 16: December 28 - 16, 2023

Part 17: January 23 - 6, 2024
   

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

And read also

ONGOING 'TILL VICTORY:
Jan 2024: 'WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM'
REVOLUTION

 

 

December 31, 2023 - Preface about the below 3 heroines of Iran by Gino d'Artali : Beacons of hope and inspiration on the road towards a long and free Iran . * Jina Amini, our sister/daughter who martyred herself for freedom; *Narges Mohammadi, our sister and as I call her 'mother of a free Iran' and winner of the Nobel Prize of Freedom 2023 and sentenced five times to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes but who refuses to give in to the mullahs' regime to wear a hijab or bow to their demands and therefore is refused medical care although needing it badly and bringing her live in danger but says "Victory is not easy, but it is certain"  * and Maryam Akbari Monfared, our sister who's encarcerated since 15 years and refuses to bow down to the mullahs saying "Finally, one day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"
Read all about them here and let them inspire you on your road towards a long and free Iran or as we say in the West: 'Three strikes and the mullahs' regime is out'
Be the finalizing strike dear and brave dissent

 

 

 

A to VICTORY tribute to
NARGES MOHAMMADI
Update February 26, 2024
"The Islamic Republic deserves national sanctions and global condemnation. Boycotting the elections of the dictatorial religious regime is not just a political imperative but also a moral duty for those seeking freedom and justice in Iran."

Update February 9, 2024
"Mohammadi urges the world body to "declare gender and sex apartheid as a crime against humanity in international legal documents. For decades, Iranian women's lives have faced various forms of sex and gender-based discrimination under the shadow of the Islamic Republic government,"

"Victory is not easy, but it is certain"
watch it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LAMPz57Aqw 
Updates:
January 23, 2024
"The more of us they lock-up the stronger we become"...

Click here for a news-overview from January 15, 2024 'till October 31, 2023

 

 

 

 



JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS ALSO HEARD
And do read the incredible update!

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

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 











MARJAM AKBARI MONFARED

Dec 30, 2023: Not bowing for the mullahs' regime she says: "Finally, one day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"



 

February 26, 2024

The Plight of Zeinab Jalalian: A Woman’s Struggle for Freedom and Justice

February 22, 2024 - RED ALERT
Leaked Documents Give Glimpse of Repression in Iran
February 16, 2024


Click here for more stories of Heroines of Iran

February 13, 2024

Forough Farrokhzad, a poet for all ages

Please do read the following articles with mostly very 'Inspiring Stories' - click on the underlined topics -
Updates
26 Feb, 2024: The death of prisoners under torture
22 Feb, 2024:
UPDATE: Glimpse of Repression in Iran

26 Feb, 2024:
Torture and Overcrowding in
Prison System

24 Feb, 2024: Long Life Freedom; Hail Iranian Women

23 Feb, 2024
Fallen for being a Free Woman
20 Feb, 2024: Hijab Torture Stories of Imposition and Humiliation
19 Feb, 2024:
<<Tortured Street Protester in Iran Faces Years of Imprisonment Without Due Process - Case Reflects Severe Rights Violations Faced by Ethnic Minorities in Iran  
15 Feb, 2024: Irans Killing Borders
 

Click here for previous inspiring stories and  articles incl. Red Alerts
 

 

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

Copyright: Walter Draesner
February 25, 2024

"Don't tell my Mama"
February 20 - 15, 2024
Radio-silence? The never-ending hanging soap aka 'reality-show'.
*OHCHR - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Click here for earlier reports

Click here for the latest news of the
'Woman, Life, Freedom'
revolution

February 29 - 27, 2024
<<Iranian Student Groups Call for Islamic Republic's <Overthrow>...
and <<Iranian LGBTQ Activist Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence...
and <<Arrest of Sarina Jahani for Incarceration Sentence in Tehran...
and <<Dozens of Iranians Arrested for Calling for Election Boycott Online...
and <<Arrest of Masoud Shekari, Father of Executed Protester...
and <<LGBTQ+ Community Activist Apprehended in Urmia...
and <<Sharifeh Mohammadi remains in custody for 95 days in Lakan Prison...
and <<Political prisoner Narges Mansouri sentenced to additional 3 years in prison...
and more news
 

February 27 - 23, 2024
<<Iranian Rapper Languishing in Prison Tells Judiciary: <Take My Life Too>...
and <<12 Iranian Women's Rights Activists to Go on Trial this Week...
and <<Labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht...
and <<Activist Arrested for Publicizing Abuse of Iranian Prisoners...
and <<Iranian Anti-Headscarf "Woman, Life, Freedom" Singer Tagged with Ankle Band...
and <<Iranian Azeri Activist Declares Hunger Strike from Even Prison...
and <<Iranian Activists Boycott Parliamentary Election and Call for Public Support...
and <<Kurdish Protester, Blinded in Security Crackdown, Sentenced to Prison...
and <<Dozens of Inmates Died in Iran's Prisons Last Year...
and more news

February 23 - 21, 2024
<<Iranian Sunni Cleric Says Executions Are <Unjustifiable>...
and <<The Costs of Iran's Massive Brain Drain...
and <<Iran's <Hijab and Chastity Bill> Goes Back to Guardian Council...
and <<Nahid Khodajoo Jailed to Serve 5 years; Sara Siahpour Fired...
and <<The Costs of Iran's Massive Brain Drain...
and <<Iranian Protester Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison, 74 Lashes...
and <<A Story of Courage and Resistance: Iranian Girls at the Forefront of Protests...
and <<Woman, Life, Freedom Movement: Kurdish Individual Shahin Wasaf Sentenced to Death...
and <<Repression of Kurdish Language Lecturers: A Grim Reality in Iran...
and more news
and also will bring you to Februari 10 - and earlier in 2024

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.



JINAs CALL FOR REVOLUTION
Iranwire - 27 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Student Groups Call for Islamic Republic's <Overthrow>
A coalition of Iranian student organizations and activists has announced that they will boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections, saying they want fundamental changes in the country. In a statement on February 26, they declared that they would only vote for <the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and the victory of the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution.> <We have spoken on the streets and stated firmly that we aim to dismantle the Islamic Republic that restricts freedom,> the statement reads, adding that <boycotting the elections is not enough for us.> The activists said that the Islamic Republic is struggling for <its own survival> while Iranians strive for its demise, as the government has created <inhumane conditions for millions.> The signatories hail from universities across the country, including in Tehran, Ahvaz, Isfahan and Ardabil. Elections for the parliament are scheduled for March 1 along with voting to fill the Assembly of Experts, with hundreds of would-be candidates disqualified by the hardline Guardian Council. Voter turnout in the 2020 parliamentary elections was at its lowest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution at just over 42 percent. Earlier this week, nearly 300 political, social and cultural figures in the country publicly denounced the <staged> upcoming elections and called for Iranians not to participate in the vote. In a joint statement, the signatories condemned the <deadlock of reforms,> the <complete elimination of critics,> and the <widespread disqualification of candidates.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125814-iranian-student-groups-call-for-islamic-republics-overthrow/

Iranwire - 29 Feb 2024
<<Bad Weather in Iran Leaves Thousands Trapped on Motorways
Nearly 16,000 people were left stranded on motorways across 26 Iranian provinces, as severe weather conditions left parts of the country's transport infrastructure paralyzed. Heavy snowfall and rain forced the closure of roads in provinces such as Sistan and Baluchistan, Khorasan and Yazd, which usually experience little precipitation. The head of Yazd province's traffic police confirmed that all village roads are blocked due to heavy snowfall.
The Iranian Meteorological Organization issued a warning for continued cold, rain, winds and flooding in various parts of the country. Additionally, Fars News Agency reported the cancellation of flights at Kerman airport due to <thick fog.> Harsh weather conditions previously led to the cancellation of flights across the country. On February 29, schools in several provinces were again closed for online classes. Meanwhile, the national gas company warned of <record-breaking> levels of consumption due to the cold weather and urged citizens to conserve energy.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125908-bad-weather-in-iran-leaves-thousands-trapped-on-motorways/


Elham Choubar
Iranwire - 29 Feb 2024
<<Iranian LGBTQ Activist Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence
Iranian authorities have sent prominent LGBTQ rights activist Elham Choubdar back to prison to serve a three-year sentence, according to a group that tracks human rights violations in Iran. According to Hengaw, Choubdar was arrested <in late February> and transferred to the women's ward of Urmia Central Prison, in the country’s northwest. Choubdar, 26, was sentenced to death last year for <propagating homosexuality,> <promoting Christianity> and <collaborating with opposition parties.> However, the Supreme Court of Iran overturned the sentence, and the activist was temporarily released on bail. Choubdar was later sentenced to three years in prison.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125906-iranian-lgbtq-activist-arrested-to-serve-prison-sentence/


Sarina Jahani
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 29 Feb 2024
<<Arrest of Sarina Jahani for Incarceration Sentence in Tehran
A 20-year-old individual identified as Sarina Jahani, residing in Shahriar (Tehran province), who was arrested concurrently with the commemoration of Jina Amini and sentenced to 27 months of detention, has been transported to Evin prison. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on February 5th, 2024, Sarina Jahani from Shahriar was arrested and relocated to Evin prison in Tehran to serve her 27-month detention sentence. Reported by a family member of Sarina Jahani, she was sentenced to 21 months of detention for the charge of <coalition and consensus against national security> and an additional 6 months for <propaganda against the government> in the 1st branch of the Shahriar revolutionary court, presided over by Judge <Barjasteh.> Sarina Jahani was arrested on September 16, 2023, by security forces. After spending 19 days in solitary confinement, she was initially held at Qarchak Varamin prison. Later, she was transferred to Evin prison and eventually released on bail on November 6, 2023, pending the conclusion of her trial.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/arrest-of-sarina-jahani-for-incarceration-sentence-in-tehran

Iranwire - 29 Feb 2024
<<Dozens of Iranians Arrested for Calling for Election Boycott Online
In the lead-up to Iran's parliamentary polls on March 1, authorities have intensified their crackdown on supporters of an election boycott. On February 28, the police commander of West Azerbaijan province announced the arrest of 50 <social media page operators> accused of <disrupting public order and inciting non-participation in the elections.> The police official warned that publishing <tension-inducing content> online would be considered a crime. A young woman was also arrested in Tehran for publicly opposing participating in the elections. The woman reportedly removed her headscarf and shouted slogans against the vote. On March 1, voters are due to pick new members of the 290-seat legislature from among 15,200 approved candidates. That's more than double the number of candidates allowed to stand in the previous parliamentary elections, when voter turnout was at its lowest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution at just over 42 percent.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125895-dozens-of-iranians-arrested-for-calling-for-election-boycott-online/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 29 Feb 2024 - by GILARI GILANI
<<Call for boycotting Iranian parliamentary elections
“How can we forget everything and vote to legitimize this totalitarian regime that kills women and children?” asked a human right defender from Kermanshah, calling for boycotting the parliamentary elections to be held in Iran on March 1.
Kermanshah- Iran is going to hold parliamentary elections this Friday. 61 million 173, 298 voters across the country are expected to cast their votes. Days before the elections, many people have been calling for boycotting the elections, condemning the system of the oppressive Iranian regime.
A human rights defender from Kermanshah sent a message to NuJINHA, calling for boycotting the elections.
“As women of Kermanshah, we follow in footsteps of Minoo Majidi (a protester, who was shot and killed in Kermanshah by Iranian forces on 20 September 2022) and we boycott the regime’s elections to show that our struggle and resistance still continue and that the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi revolutionary movement is still active. In Kermanshah, the blood of Minoo Majidi, young people and women is wet on the streets. How can we forget everything and vote to legitimize the totalitarian regime that kills women and children? A regime that has lost its legitimacy for years but can only survive by suppressing protests, arresting and executing people. As women, we have no hope for this corrupt parliament. We demand a democratic country that will make life possible for us. As the oppressed people in Iran, we will continue our struggle by chanting the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ slogan. Women of Kermanshah will keep resisting.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/call-for-boycotting-iranian-parliamentary-elections-34672?page=1


Masoud Shekari
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 29 Feb 2024
<<Arrest of Masoud Shekari, Father of Executed Protester
Masoud Shekari, a member of justice-seeking families and the father of Mohsen Shekari, who was executed during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) movement, was arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Masoud Shekari, the father of Mohsen Shekari, who was executed during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, was taken into custody by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran on Tuesday, February 27th, 2024. Masoud Shekari was arrested in front of his personal residence by six plain-clothed security forces, as reported by a trusted source, without any warrant being provided. As of the release of this news, there has been no information released on the reasons for this arrest, the attributed charges, or Masoud Shekari's current whereabouts. His family's follow-ups on his situation has yielded no results. Mohsen Shekari was detained during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and was executed on December 8th, 2023, after 75 days in custody. He was the first protester to be executed following the mentioned movement.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/arrest-of-masoud-shekari-father-of-executed-protester
Click here to read more about the martyr Mohsen Shekari


Landmine explosion
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 28 Feb 2024
<<Fatal Mine Explosion Claims One Life and Injures Three in Khuzestan, Iran
A tragic incident unfolded in Dasht - e Azadegan County of Khuzestan province as a result of a landmine explosion left over from the 8-year Iran-Iraq war, resulting in one fatality and three injuries, including two children. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, a 19-year-old youth lost his life in the village of <Nabaa> in Bostan City, Dasht-e Azadegan County, due to a landmine explosion. Arif Sharhani, spokesperson for the Khuzestan emergency department, informed IRNA news agency that two children, aged 10 and 12, along with a 57-year-old woman, sustained serious injuries in the blast and were promptly transported to a hospital in Susangerd city of Khuzestan for medical treatment. Based on statistics registered in the Statistics and Documents Center of the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in 2023, at least 7 individuals lost their lives in border areas due to mine and munition explosions, with an additional 20 individuals sustaining injuries or requiring amputations. Notably, 26 of these cases were recorded within the borders of Ilam, Kermanshah, Sanandaj (Kurdistan), and Urmia (West Azarbaijan).>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/fatal-mine-explosion-claims-one-life-and-injures-three-in-khuzestan-iran


Elham Choubdar
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 28 Feb 2024
<<LGBTQ+ Community Activist Apprehended in Urmia
Elham Choubdar, a prominent LGBTQ+ community activist in Urmia, has been apprehended by authorities after previously facing a death sentence, which was later overturned by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Elham Choubdar, a sexual minority activist, was arrested in late February and transferred to the women's ward of Urmia Central Prison to serve a 3-year incarceration verdict. This 26-year-old activist, along with another individual identified as Sara (Zahra) Sedighi Hamedani from Naqadeh, was initially sentenced to death in September 2023 on charges of <corruption on earth by propagation of homosexuality,> <promotion of Christianity,> and <collaboration with opposition parties.> However, the death sentence imposed on Elham Choubdar was overturned by the Supreme Court on March 13, 2023, and she was temporarily released on bail of 1 billion Iranian tomans. Hengaw sources indicate that Elham Choubdar was subsequently sentenced to 3 years of penal incarceration in autumn 2023, and her recent arrest occurred in February 2024. She is currently held in the women's ward of Urmia Central Prison.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/lgbtq-community-activist-apprehended-in-urmia


Sharifeh Mohammadi
NCRI - Womens committee -28 Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Sharifeh Mohammadi remains in custody for 95 days in Lakan Prison
Labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi has been in custody for over three months since she was arrested. Her case is in limbo, and she is detained in the Lakan Prison of Rasht. Ms. Mohammadi had been banished to the Central Prison of Sanandaj, but she has been recently returned to Lakan Prison. She has been in custody for 95 days and is still deprived of calling her family or receiving visits from them. The authorities have refused to give any transparent answers to Ms. Mohammadi's husband regarding her case. There is still no information available on the reasons for her arrest and the charges levelled against her. Sharifeh Mohammadi was arrested at her home in Rasht on December 5, 2023, by agents of the Department of Intelligence.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/28/sharifeh-mohammadi-2/

Iranwire - 28 Feb 2024
<<Cold Weather in Iran Brings Gas Shortages, School Closures
Iran is facing record-breaking gas consumption, as a new cold wave sweeps across the country. Snow, rain and freezing temperatures have forced school closures in several provinces. While officials cite the cold weather as the reason for the closures, media outlets suggest they are due to gas shortages impacting heating systems. On February 28, schools in Markazi, South Khorasan, Hamedan, and parts of Qazvin, Gilan, Alborz, Tehran and Ardabil provinces were again closed for online classes. <The cold weather and rain are expected to persist for the next two days,> said Hossein Zafari, spokesperson for the country's crisis management organization. Images from Tehran and Rasht show snowfall exceeding 50 centimeters in some areas. Iran's National Gas Company said gas consumption exceeded 670 million cubic meters per day, a level described as <unprecedented> by Oil Minister Javad Owji. Authorities reiterated calls for the public to conserve gas, while the Iran Gas Company urged households to maintain indoor temperatures between 18 and 21 degrees Celsius and turn off heating in unoccupied rooms. Meanwhile, gas supply issues at power plants led to outages in some provinces like Gilan. Authorities in several cities in Mazandaran have declared a state of emergency and warned citizens of potential gas cut-offs. Despite Iran boasting the world's second-largest gas reserves after Russia, insufficient investment, sanctions, mismanagement and outdated technology contribute to gas supply disruptions in winter. As a result, many power plants and industries switch to fuel oil during the cold season.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125861-cold-weather-in-iran-brings-gas-shortages-school-closures/

Iranwire - 28 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Prisoner Serving Long-Term Sentence Commits Suicide
An Iranian inmate has taken his own life in a prison near Tehran, a human rights group reported. A source close to Hossein Jalali's family said that he had been incarcerated in Ghezelhesar prison, according to the HRANA human rights news agency. Approximately seven months ago, Jalali began serving a 25-year sentence on drug-related charges. At least 32 inmates died in the Islamic Republic's prisons last year. Nine of them were political prisoners, according to the Hengaw human rights news agency. Some of the deaths were caused by delayed medical treatment or denial of healthcare, fighting between inmates, suicides and suspected poisonings.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/125860-iranian-prisoner-serving-long-term-sentence-commits-suicide/


Narges Mansouri
NCRI - Womens committee -27 Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Political prisoner Narges Mansouri sentenced to additional 3 years in prison
Political prisoner Narges Mansouri has been sentenced to three years of prison on charges leveled against her during her detention. This is the sixth case filed against Ms. Mansouri. Narges Mansouri, 46, and the mother of a 12-year-old, is a member of the Syndicate of the workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company. Branch 26 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court sentenced her to five years in prison on the charge of <assembly and collusion against national security> and to one year in prison on the charge of <propaganda against the state> in November 2019. Ms. Mansouri was initially arrested in mid-April 2022 to serve her time in prison but was released on a 3-billion-Toman bail in May. Finally, she was arrested on December 1, 2023, in Khoy and transferred to Evin Prison. She started a hunger strike on December 25, 2023. In protest of pressures imposed on her family, she has refrained from taking food and medicine. She held a sit-in outside the sentry's office in the women's ward of Evin on December 30, protesting the verdict issued to confiscate her mother's only house, which had been set as Ms. Mansouri's bail. The authorities did not show any reaction to Ms. Mansouri's hunger strike, and finally confiscated her mother's house. The latest is that the 28th Branch of Tehran's Revolutionary Court handed down an additional three-year prison sentence for her in the absence of her lawyer on charges of <propaganda against the state.> Her lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi, announced that she has been threatened to death twice by the acting officer Hadi Mohammadi.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/27/narges-mansouri-3-year-sentence/

Iranwire - 27 Feb 2024
<<Floods in Southeast Iran Cut Off Roads, Cause Damage
Heavy rainfall in Iran's impoverished province of Sistan and Baluchestan has caused the Kajoo river to overflow its bank, cutting off access to dozens of villages. <Rains have caused significant damage to homes, agricultural land and roads in Qasr-e Qand district,> district governor Ahmadreza Hashemzehi said. <The road connecting 33 central villages on the riverbank remains cut off,> Hashemzehi added. Lack of government assistance has compounded the woes of the flood victims, who urgently require aid, the Haalvsh news agency quoted local sources as saying. In recent days, heavy snowfall, rain, blizzards and frost have also caused widespread disruptions across several Iranian provinces. In some areas, schools and offices were forced to close due to a critical gas shortage. Authorities in Tehran, Gilan, Alborz, South Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, North Khorasan, Mazandaran, Golestan, Ardabil, West Azerbaijan and East Azerbaijan have issued warnings over gas consumption.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125818-floods-in-southeast-iran-cut-off-roads-cause-damage/
Opinion by G. d'A.: Read my lips 'when it says lack of government assistance' it actually says "You mean they're too busy collecting and spending bribes i.e. community-money!!"

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