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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-'24
and the latest news about the 'Women Live Freedom' Revolution per month in
2024: Jan wk 1-2-part2 --  Jan wk 1-2
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 25, 2023

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

'THE NO-HIJABIS

Updated December 28, 2023

'BIOLOGICAL
TERROR ATTACKS
AGAINST SCHOOLGIRLS'

Updated October 10, 2023

'IRANIAN JOURNALISTS
UNDER SIEGE'

Updated December 22, 2023

'BLINDING
AS A WEAPON'

Updated January 3, 2024

'THE HANGING SPREE'

Updated Januari 3, 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

'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 January 5, 2024)

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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...>

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 28 - 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 22 - 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

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

January 4, 2024: A tribute to
NARGES MOHAMMADI
watch it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LAMPz57Aqw 
Updates:
Update Dec 30, 2023 and more 'till 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
And do read the incredible update!

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


 




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"

 

 

 

 

January 5 - 2, 2024
See and read how dangerous women are *grin*...
and <<Tehran Resident, Mahnaz Tarah, Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison...
and <<Women Lead Protest Against Air Pollution in Arak...
and <<Sardasht; Barzin Hamzezadeh, one of the Kurdish children arrested in the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement, died as a result of injuries caused by torture...
and <<Iranian government arrested a specialist physician for publishing picture of a meat patty...
and <<Iran executes four women in three days...
and <<Arrest and Incarceration of Sadq Mahmudnejad, Injured Protester, in Piranshahr...
and <<Deniz Poyraz commemorated on her birthday...
and
<<Where is Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi?...

and more news
 

January 2, 2024 - December 29, 2023
"
One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world."...
and  Narges Mansouri, in Evin prison, has been banned from family visits. ...
and <<Toomaj Salehi, the protesting rapper, Faces Imprisonment and Additional Penalties...
and <<Unjust Verdicts: Four Bahai Women Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail...
and <<Oshnavieh; Five Kurdish citizens arrested and taken to prison to serve their prison sentences...
and <<Raisi sets new record: Four women executed in Iran over three days...
and <<Arzhang Mortazawi, the Kharazmi University student, is sentenced to detention and additional punishment...
and more news
 

Please do read the following 5 articles even when they have a very alarming content - click on the underlined topics -
Updates
Dec 31, 2023
Report on Human Rights in Iran...
Dec. 29, 2023
<<Political Prisoners Protest...
August 28, 2022
<<The ones I knew – Shamsi Barari, a hero in prison...  
December 30, 2023
<<Emboldened Iran silences critics as world looks elsewhere...
December week 4
Dec. 27, 2023:
<<The Unyielding Spirit:
Women's Bravery in 2009 Protests in Iran...

and

Dec 20, '23: <<Iranian Security Forces Sharpen Blades as Discontent Rises...

Click here for previous articles incl. Red Alerts
 

2-weekly opinion by Gino d'Artali:
Dedicated to the women-led revolution
In this do read if you would the 'Jina revolution' part 15.
October 25, 2023 -
'Strengthening grief'
September 1,  2023
 August 4 - July 15, 2023
July 15 - 1, 2023
June 30 - 15, 2023

June 15 - 9, 2023

December 29 - 27, 2023
<<Plane ordered to remove Jina Mahsa Amini's image to land in Egypt...
and <<Iranian political prisoner Narges Mansouri starts hunger strike...
and <<Tehran Couple, Asadollah Fakhimi and Houri Khanpour, Handed Eight-Year Prison Sentence...
and <<Political Prisoners Challenge Judge's Visit at Evin Prison...
and <<Iranian political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri's health deteriorating...
and <<Kurdish man lost his life under the torture of security forces in Iran...
and <<Shiraz; Sajjad Zarei sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison...
and more news
which will also bring you throughout December 2023

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.



Women's ward in Evin under heavy guard *
NCRI - Womens committee -4 Jan 2024 - in Women's News
<<Female political prisoners in Evin are retaliated for their protest, deprived of their basic rights
A group of women political prisoners in Evin Prison have been deprived of making phone calls and having visitations after they protested the visit by the regime's judges. A group of prisoners in the women's ward of Evin have been deprived of making phone calls and having visitations, after they protested the visit to their ward by the notorious judges of Iranian Judiciary, Iman Afshari and Mohammad Reza Amouzad. They chanted <death to Khamenei> and other anti-regime slogans. Prison guards intervened and clamped down on the protesting prisoners. Prison authorities threatened to file new charges against the female political prisoners in Evin and banish them to remote prisons. They also banned some prisoners from their right to call their families and visit them. Shiva Esmaili, 58, Forough Taghipour, 29, Marzieh Farsi, 58, Arghavan Fallahi, 24, and Parvin Mirasan, 66, are among the political prisoners in Evin deprived of their rights. Shiva Esmaili: She was arrested on March 11, 2023. Mullah Iman Afshari sentenced her to 10 years in prison. Ms. Esmaili is suffering from cancer. Her son, Mehdi Vafaei, is also imprisoned for being a supporter of the PMOI/MEK. Forough Taghipour: She was arrested in September 2023 and is set to be tried on the fabricated charge of <sedition.> Her father and sister are in Ashaf-3. Marzieh Farsi: She was arrested on August 21, 2023, and is set to be tried on the charge of <sedition.> She has cancer. Her brother, Hassan Farsi, was executed during the massacre of political prisoners in 1988. Another brother and two sisters of hers are in Ashraf-3. Arghavan Fallahi: She was arrested on November 3, 2022, and has been detained since without standing trial. She was arrested along with her father and brother, who are also imprisoned in Evin. Parvin Mir-Asan: She was arrested on November 3, 2022, but has not stood trial yet. The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran calls on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the UNSR on the situation of human rights in Iran, the UNSR on violence against women and girls, and all authorities advocating human rights and women’s rights, to decisively condemn the brutality of the mullahs' misogynous regime, especially against female political prisoners. The NCRI Women’s Committee urges the UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran to visit the country's prisons and interview the prisoners.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/01/04/political-prisoners-in-evin/
* See, that's how dangerous women are :-)

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 4 Jan 2024
<<Piranshahr; Wafa Rasouli-Azer arrested to serve his imprisonment sentence
Wafa Rasouli-Azer, a 19-year-old Kurdish youth from Piranshahr, who was arrested during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement and later sentenced to a total of 26 months and 18 days in prison by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was arrested and transferred to Naghadeh Central Prison to serve his sentence. According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Thursday, January 4, 2023, 19-year-old Wafa Rasouli-Azer from Piranshahr was arrested after being summoned to the executive office of sentences in this city and was transferred to Naghadeh Central Prison to serve his sentence. Wafa Rasouli-Azar was sentenced to 11 months and 16 days in prison in May 2023 by Branch 102 of Piranshahr Criminal Court headed by Judge <Reza Qahramanlou> for the charge of <deliberately inciting the banner of the Intelligence Department> and for "disobeying government officials> He was sentenced to 7 months and 16 days of imprisonment and 7 months and 16 days of penal servitude and 40 lashes for the charge of <participating in disturbing public peace and order>. With the application of the Consolidation of Sentences Law, the harshest sentence for this citizen is 11 months and 16 days. It is worth mentioning that Wafa Rasouli-Azer was arrested by the Iranian security forces on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement and was taken to one of the security detention centers in Urmia. Finally, after 100 days of detention on Friday, April 28, 2023, he was temporarily released from Nagahdeh Central Prison on bail until the end of the proceedings.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/piranshahr-wafa-rasouli-azer-arrested-to-serve-his-imprisonment-sentence

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 4 Jan 2024
<<Ilam, another Kurdish individual arrested to serve imprisonment sentence imposed on him by Iranian judiciary
Masib FattahBeigi, a Kurdish individual from Ilam and a detainee associated with the <Jin, Jian, Azadi> Movement, arrested and transferred to the central prison to serve a two and a half year imprisonment sentence imposed on him by the Iranian judiciary. According to reports obtained by the Hengaw organization for Human Rights, on Thursday, January 3rd, 2024, Masib FattahBeigi, 38, was arrested and transferred to the central prison in Ilam to serve his sentence following a summons by the Branch Three of the Revolutionary Court of Ilam. It is worth noting that Masib FattahBeigi had been sentenced to two years and six months of punitive imprisonment by the Provincial Revolutionary Court of Ilam earlier this summer, based on charges related to participation in protests. Masib FattahBeigi was initially detained during the <Jin,Jian, Azadi> Movement in Ilam in December 2022. He was later released on bail pending the completion of legal proceedings, he is now incarcerated again to serve the sentence imposed on him.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/ilam-another-kurdish-individual-arrested-to-serve-imprisonment-sentence-imposed-on-him-by-iranian-judiciary

 
Mahnaz Tarah
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 4 Jan 2024
<<Tehran Resident, Mahnaz Tarah, Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison
Mahnaz Tarah, a resident of Tehran, has been handed a cumulative sentence of four years and four months by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Over the past year, she has faced detention on at least three separate occasions by the security agencies of the Islamic Republic.
According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mahnaz Tarah was recently sentenced to three years and eight months in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolution Court, presided over by Iman Afshari. The charges leading to this sentence include <assembly and collusion> as well as <propaganda against the government,> for which she received an additional eight months of imprisonment. Under the application of the Consolidation of Sentences Law, the most severe penalty imposed on Mahnaz Tarah amounts to three years and eight months of penal servitude.
Mahnaz Tarag's arrest took place on Monday, November 13th, 2023, with security agents employing extreme violence on one of the streets of Tehran. Subsequently, on November 24th, she was transferred from Ward 209 of Evin Prison, known as the Ministry of Intelligence's detention center, to the general ward of the same prison. Notably, this is not the first time Mahnaz Tarah has encountered legal troubles. She was previously apprehended on Saturday, September 16 of the preceding year, only to be released after a certain period. Furthermore, in February of the same year, security agents arrested Mahnaz Tarah once again. However, on Monday, the 13th of that month, she was released from prison following the issuance of a circular referred to as <Amnesty>.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/tehran-resident-mehnaz-terah-sentenced-to-52-months-in-prison


Protest in Arak
NCRI - Womens committee -3 Jan 2024 - in Women's News
<<Women Lead Protest Against Air Pollution in Arak
27,000 people die of air pollution in Iran every year
The people of Arak held a protest gathering in the city’s Bagh-e Melli (National Garden) on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. They protested Shazand Power Plant's use of Mazut as its source of energy. The plant significantly contributes to air pollution in this metropolitan city. Women's participation in this protest was considerable. Government troops initially collected the protesters' placards and dispersed them after half an hour. Arak is one of eight Iranian metropolises with severe air pollution. Some time ago, officials of the Markazi Province endorsed that Shazand Power Plant used Mazut as its fuel. Subsequently, a group of professors teaching at Arak's University of Technology urged the city officials to stop using Mazut since it pollutes the city's air and jeopardizes the lives of more than one million innocent residents of the city. Mazut is a viscous liquid residue from the distillation of Russian petroleum that is used chiefly as a fuel oil. The clerical regime has been using Mazut in many factories to compensate for lack of fuel and petrol. Tuesday's protest is the second time the residents of Arak have been protesting the authorities' use of mazut. Last Tuesday, December 26, 2023, hundreds of residents of Ardakan, in the central Iranian province of Yazd, took to the streets in protest of the city's polluted air. One of the members of Tehran's City Council, Mehdi Pirhadi, revealed last month that over 6,000 people in Tehran and 27,000 people across the country lose their lives every year due to air pollution. (The state-run fararu.com, December 2, 2023)>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/01/03/air-pollution-protest-arak-women/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 3 Jan 2024
<<Sardasht; Barzin Hamzezadeh, one of the Kurdish children arrested in the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement, died as a result of injuries caused by torture
Barzin Hamzezadeh, a Kurdish child from Sardasht who suffered severe injuries to his internal organs as a result of the severe beating of the Iranian forces, finally passed away 13 months after surgery at the hospital. He was arrested at the age of 15 during the Jin, Jiyan, and Azadi movement and was tortured for a week. According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Barzin Hamzezadeh, a 16-year-old injured child from Sardasht, died during surgery at <Khomeini> hospital in Urmia. According to a well-informed source close to Barzin Hamzezadeh's family, this child lost both his kidneys last year following his arrest and severe strikes and beatings by the Iranian security forces in the fall of last year and later suffered physiological dysfunction. This source further added: <Over the past year and two months, Barzin has experienced a decrease in his level of consciousness and anesthesia several times, and he has visited the doctor many times for treatment.> One of the child's relatives confirmed this news and told Hengaw: Before his arrest, Barzin was in perfect physical and mental health and had no signs of illness. However, due to the torture during detention, he lost consciousness several times after his release. This source further stated that the Iranian security agencies have been pressuring Hamzezadeh's family since yesterday to refrain from publicizing this news. Barzin Hamzezadeh was arrested by the forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in early December 2022, after the massive protests on November 20, 2022, in Sardasht, and was subjected to severe torture for nearly a week. The symptoms of this child's illness appeared a few days after his release in December 1401. It is worth mentioning that, among those who were injured during the 2022-2023 protests in Iran, especially the ones from the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement, have suffered mental and physical disorders after their release from prison, and some of them, in the silence of the news, have not been able to resume their normal life and in some cases, they lost their lives. Based on the statistics registered in the Statistics and Documents Center of Hengaw, more than 300 children have been arrested in different cities of Kurdistan by the security institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement, and so far the identities of 193 of them have been confirmed for Hengaw.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/sardasht-barzin-hamzezadeh-one-of-the-kurdish-children-arrested-in-the-jin-jiyan-azadi-movement-died-as-a-result-of-injuries-caused-by-torture

Iranwire - 3 Jan 2024
<<Supreme Leader Pledges <Harsh Response> to Iran's Worst Terrorist Attack Since 1979
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has pledged a <harsh response> after two blasts ripped through a gathering to commemorate General Qasem Soleimani in Kerman and left at least 103 people dead. <The evil and criminal enemies of the Iranian nation once again created a disaster and martyred a large number of people in Kerman,> Khamenei said in a statement. <Iran and many of its families are grieving for their loved ones. The callous criminals could not bear the affection and fervor of the people visiting the shrine of their esteemed commander, Qasem Soleimani,> he added. Soleimani was killed in 2020 in Baghdad by an American airstrike. He was commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) Quds Force- an expeditionary force Iran uses for military actions across the region. <Those whose hands are stained by the blood of innocents, as well as the corrupt and malevolent minds guiding them into this wrongdoing, will be unequivocally targeted,> Khamenei also warned. Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi, responded by saying: <The enemies of the nation should know that such actions can never cause a disturbance in the ironclad determination of the Iranian nation to defend Islamic ideals.> An anniversary ceremony commemorating the anniversary of Soleimani's death in Kerman turned into a scene of horror today after two explosions ripped through the gathering. The blasts, condemned as a terrorist attack by the Iranian government, shocked the country as officials in Tehran announced January 4 as a national day of mourning. The incident is the deadliest single terrorist incident since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. According to official reports, emergency services confirmed 103 fatalities, with unofficial sources suggesting women and children were among the victims. Forty-three names of injured individuals have been released. The cause of the attack remains under investigation, with Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi urging the public to avoid speculation and wait for confirmed information.
The explosions took place along the routes leading to Golzar Shohada, the Garden of Martyrs cemetery in Kerman. More than a thousand individuals considered <martyrs> by the Islamic Republic are buried there - including Soleimani - and the cemetery has become a site of pilgrimage of supporters of Iran's “axis of resistance> against the United States and other Western powers. Media affiliated with the IRGC reported four police officers among the dead, while other sources pointed to two explosive bags detonated at the entrance of Golzar Shohada, perhaps by remote. International figures also offered condolences and condemnations with Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing his sympathies to Khamenei and calling the attack <barbaric.> Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also expressed solidarity with the Iranian people. And the Norway-based activist Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam, director of the Iranian Human Rights Organization, condemned the attack while expressing concern about potential government responses. He warned against escalating tensions through increased executions and repression, urging the authorities to prioritize ensuring citizens' security and addressing underlying issues. The Iranian government will now assess various potential perpetrators of the attack, including exile groups, militant organizations, and state actors. In 2017, Iran experienced two simultaneous terrorist attacks carried out by five individuals affiliated with Islamic State, also known as ISIS. The Iranian parliament building and the mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran were targeted, resulting in the loss of 17 civilians and injuries to 43 others. Tehran has claimed that it successfully thwarted numerous other ISIS plots aimed at civilians in public spaces within Iran. The timing of today's attack could not have come at a more challenging or tense moment in the Middle East, amid heightened distrust and instability, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas in Israel in the Gaza Strip. Hamas also accused Israel of conducting a drone attack on January 2 resulting in the death of its deputy in Beirut.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/124025-supreme-leader-pledges-harsh-response-to-irans-worst-terrorist-attack-since-1979/
Noteworthy addition by Gino d'Artali: Also the online outlet REUTERS published an article about this topic of which I quote the following:
REUTERS - Jan 3, 2024 - By Parisa Hafezi
<<More than 100 killed in 'terrorist attacks' near tomb of Iranian Guards' Soleimani
DUBAI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - ... EARLIER ATTACKS...
In 2022, the Sunni Muslim militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Shi'ite shrine in Iran which killed 15 people.
Earlier attacks claimed by the group include deadly twin bombings in 2017 which targeted Iran's parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Baluchi militants and ethnic Arab separatists have also staged attacks in Iran. The U.S. assassination of Soleimani in a drone attack at Baghdad airport and Tehran's retaliation by attacking two Iraq military bases that house U.S. troops brought the United States and Iran close to full-blown conflict in 2020. As chief commander of the elite Quds force, the overseas arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Soleimani ran clandestine operations in foreign countries and was a key figure in Iran's long-standing campaign to drive U.S. forces out of the Middle East. Tensions between Iran and Israel, along with its ally the United States, have reached a new high over Israel's war on Iranian-backed Hamas militants in Gaza in retaliation for their Oct. 7 rampage through southern Israel. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia have attacked ships they say have links to Israel in the entrance to the Red Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. U.S. forces have come under attack by Iran-backed militants in Iraq and Syria over Washington's backing of Israel and have carried out their own retaliatory air strikes. On Monday an Israeli air strike killed a senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Syria. Iran has in the past blamed Israel for attacks on individual people or places within its borders - claims which Israel has neither confirmed nor denied - but there was no indication of any involvement of a foreign state in the explosions at Wednesday's ceremony.
Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Alison Williams and Philippa Fletcher>>
Source:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-media-report-explosion-near-guards-commander-soleimanis-tomb-anniversary-2024-01-03/
And on January 4th. 2024 Iranwire published a follow-up article:
<<Iranian Officials Blame Israel for Blasts Amid Popular Skepticism...>>
to be read in full here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/124039-iranian-officials-blame-israel-for-blasts-amid-popular-skepticism/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 3 Jan 2024
<<Iranian government arrested a specialist physician for publishing picture of a meat patty
In the city of Bojnourd, North khorasan province in Iran, Dr. Mohammad Shojaa, a specialist in pediatric cardiology and a faculty member of the university, was arrested for publishing a photo of a meat patty n his instagram account. This incident has been labeled by government media as an act of insulting sanctities and committing a <crime.> According to reports obtained by the Hengaw organization for Human Rights, in late December 2023, Dr. Mohammad Shojaa was detained at his residence in Bojnourd by the intelligence forces of the Revolutionary Guards. His personal Instagram page has also been seized and taken offline. The Tansim News Agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards(IRGC), alleges that Mohammad Shojaa was arrested for <disrupt societal harmony,> claiming that the arrest of Dr. Shojaa was taken in response to <the demand of a large segment of the population.> It is reported that this physician, following the killing of Reza Mousavi, an IRGC commander involved in the massacre of the Syrian people, posted an image of meat patty on his Instagram with the caption <The smell of meat patty is lingering in our apartment.> The IRGC media outlets have classified this act as a crime. It is worth noting that Dr. Mohammad Shojaa, a specialist in pediatric cardiology, had previously been detained during the <Jin, Jian, Azadi> Movement for supporting the protests.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/iranian-government-arrested-a-specialist-physician-for-publishing-picture-of-a-meat-patty


Protest vs execution of women
Jinha - Womens News Agency 3 Jan 2024
<<Iran executes four women in three days
Four women were executed in Iran in the last three days of 2023, according to the NCRI Women Committee.
News Center- The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to use the death penalty as a form of punishment. The rising trend of executions, particularly public executions, is being used by the mullahs' regime as a tool to instill fear and prevent any potential uprisings, said the report released by the NCRI Women Committee, a NGO founded by Iranian women living in different countries. <Since January 2023, it (Iranian regime) has executed some 850 prisoners, including 15 political prisoners, a 43 percent rise compared to previous year.> The report said that the Iranian regime executed more than 200 prisoners in October-November 2023 and that four women were executed in Iran in the last three days of 2023. <Eight prisoners, including three women, were executed in the Prison of Birjand, in South Khorasan Province (eastern Iran), at dawn on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Another four prisoners, including one woman, were hanged in the Central Prison of Urmia, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, on Friday morning,
According to the reports, 228 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/iran-executes-four-women-in-three-days-34393

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 3 Jan 2024
<<Iranshahr: Uncertain Custodial Status of Detained Teacher Omran Ghasemzehi
Omran Ghasemzehi, a 34-year-old teacher residing in Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchistan province, was apprehended by security forces six days ago, and his current condition remains unknown. According to a report obtained by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, despite the passage of six days since Omran Ghasemzehi's arrest, his family has yet to receive any information regarding his whereabouts and the conditions of his custody.
It is noteworthy that along with Omran Ghasemzehi, his brother Salman Ghasemzehi was also detained by security forces in two vehicles. After several hours, Salman Ghasemzehi was released outside the city limits of Iranshahr, while Omran Ghasemzehi was transferred to an undisclosed location. Omran Ghasemzehi was taken into custody on Thursday, December 28, 2023, from his residence in Iranshahr. Both security and judicial institutions have thus far declined to provide any details regarding his location, the conditions of his detention, and the charges leveled against him>>
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/iranshahr-uncertain-custodial-status-of-detained-teacher-omran-ghasemzehi

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 3 Jan 2024
<<Arrest and Incarceration of Sadq Mahmudnejad, Injured Protester, in Piranshahr
Sadq Mahmudnejad, a protester who suffered an eye injury during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement in Piranshahr, has been arrested and taken to prison for the execution of his sentence. The judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran had previously sentenced him to a total of five years and six months in prison. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Sadq Mahmudnejad, a married father from the village of <Jeran> in Piranshahr, was arrested and transferred to Naghadeh Central Prison after being summoned by the sentence execution branch of the city court. Mahmudnejad's prior sentencing by the Mahabad Revolutionary Court included charges of <membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan> and <propaganda against the government,> totaling five years and six months in prison. Before this, he had received a three-month prison sentence and 30 lashes from Branch 102 of the Criminal Court of Piranshahr for <disturbing public order and peace through participation in protests,> which was later converted to an eight million toman cash fine. Despite undergoing multiple eye surgeries at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia, Farabi Hospital in Tehran, and Sajjad Hospital in Ramsar, Mahmudnejad's left eye's vision decreased by approximately 20%. On Monday, July 3, 2023, government forces detained Sadq Mahmudanjad at his residence in Jeran village, Piranshahr County. He was subsequently released on July 27, 2023, after posting a four-billion-toman bail. He had been shot directly in the eye area by government forces during the Piranshahr protests in the <Mamosta Hajar> square on the evening of September 21, 2022.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/01/arrest-and-incarceration-of-sadq-mahmudnejad-injured-protester-in-piranshahr

Jinha - 2 Jan 2024
<<Deniz Poyraz commemorated on her birthday
Deniz Poyraz, who was killed in the armed attack on the HDP Izmir Provincial Office in 2021, was commemorated on her birthday.
News Center- On June 17, 2021, Onur Gencer carried out an armed attack on the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Izmir Provincial Office and killed 38-year-old Deniz Poyraz. A commemoration ceremony was held on the 41st birthday of Deniz Poyraz at her grave by the People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Women's Council, the Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Jinen Azad-TJA) and the Peace Mothers' Initiative with the participation of the family of Deniz Poyraz.


Deniz Poyraz
Her mother: Her soul lives on
After flowers were left on the grave of Deniz Poyraz and a moment of silence was observed, her mother, Fehime Poyraz, made a speech. <Deniz is not only my daughter but the daughter of all Kurdish people. Deniz was brutally killed but her soul lives on everywhere. If she had not been martyred, we would celebrate her birthday together,> she said. DEM Party Izmir Provincial Co-chair Zehra Vezan Karabulut also made a speech. <When Deniz was killed, she was a 38-year-old young woman. Three years have passed since Deniz was brutally killed but our pain is still fresh. We will keep struggling until all murderers are tried in real courts.> After the speeches, people chanted the <Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)> slogan.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/deniz-poyraz-commemorated-on-her-birthday-34384

Last but not least:
Gino d'Artali - 5 Jan 2023
<<Where is Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi?
Has Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi, the spiritual sunni leader and friday prayer of and residing in Zahedan, dissappeared, abducted by the shia mullahs' regime? Since too long now I, and with me I'm sure hundreds of thousands of sunni muslims, have heard of him and I personally miss his always so treu and wise spoken words that are in support of the freedom-loving people of Iran. Where is he? I pray everyday for his inshallah safety and well-being.>>

aah well: here's last:
Iranwire - 5 Jan 2024
<<Mourners Gather for Iran Bomb Victims as Officials Arrest Initial Suspects
Mourners gathered in grief on Friday, January 5, beside the coffins of the victims of two devastating explosions that rocked the city of Kerman earlier this week. The somber atmosphere was punctuated by weeping as families and friends bid farewell to loved ones - the casualties of the deadliest terrorist attack witnessed in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran's interior minister said on Friday that significant progress had been made in the investigation into the twin explosions. Several suspects, believed to be connected to the attacks, have been arrested, he said. <Our country's capable intelligence agencies have found very good clues regarding elements involved in the terrorist explosions in Kerman and some of those who had a role in this incident have been arrested,> Ahmad Vahidi said, without elaborating. <We will find you wherever you are,> the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) commander Major-General Hossein Salami also said, during at the funeral in Kerman's Imam Ali religious center. <Our enemies can see Iran's power and the whole world knows its strength and capabilities,> President Ebrahim Raisi said in a televised address. <Our forces will decide on the place and time to take action.> The attacks, claimed by Islamic State, sent shockwaves through the nation and prompted an outpouring of grief. Footage broadcast on state TV showed mourners at the funerals in Kerman chanting <Revenge, revenge.> But two days after the attack, crucial details such as the exact number of victims and the methods used by the perpetrators are yet to be confirmed. But initial reports from domestic news agencies, such as the Daneshjo news agency, linked the explosion to gas cylinders used in <mourning processions.> The official Islamic Republic News Agency cited an unnamed but <reliable> source who claimed that the January 3 blasts were a suicide bombing attack. What is evident, however, is the security vulnerability faced by the Islamic Republic both within and outside its borders....>>
Read more here:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/124070-mourners-gather-for-iran-bomb-victims-as-officials-arrest-initial-suspects/  

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