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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: April wk3 part2 -- April wk3 -- April wk2 part3 -- April wk2 part2 -- April wk2 -- April wk1 part2 -- April wk1 -- March wk4 part3 -- March 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

Editorial by G. d'A.: Dear reader, as a webmaster also I constantly have to guard the read-ability of the 'Cryfreedom'-outlet and sometimes decisions need to be made to have it be for your convenience and moreso in total support of the women-led revolt in Iran which inevitably will be a grand Victory. Still, choices must be made always and so I've decided to, for now, embed all the actual news about the 'NO-hijab; 'Biological terror attscks against schoolgirls'; 'Iranian journalists under siege'; 'Blinding as a weapon' and 'The hanging spree' as part of the 'Actual news' updates of the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom' section. But, if need be and urgent attention and action is needed concerning the above mentioned topics it will get an extra emphasized place as part of the actual news page-layout. Thank you for being a reader and for your support of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' revolution.
Click here for the previously tabled topics

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)- JINA MAMINI (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
(Updates April 19, 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
March 4 - February 27, 2024:
<<Iranian Teacher Arrested for <Illegal Gathering> at Mahsa Amini's Grave...
and more news

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

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


Read her updated story here

AND

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

Part 17: January 23 - 6, 2024
Part 18: March 4 - February 8, 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 April 10, 2024
"Nobel Laureate Critiques 'Baseless' Case Against Iranian Activists

March 20, 2024
Letter from Narges Mohammadi for
Newroz
March 8, 2024
"As much as the Woman, Life, Freedom movement has bolstered women's awareness, courage, and bravery, it has also resulted in significant oppression and increased pressure on women in Iran by the Islamic Republic..."

"Victory is not easy, but it is certain"
watch it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LAMPz57Aqw 

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

 

 

 

 



JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS ALSO HEARD
And do read also the above linked  incredible December 2023 update!

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

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


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















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"

 

 

 

 



 



March 12, 2024
I am a Woman! I Stand by My Beliefs!!

 

 

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

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 about heroines who risk live and limb for the women-led revolution and no matter what they'll never give in nor up!and other stories: click on the underlined topics:
April 8, 2024: Hengaw Activists Face Threats and Abductions by Islamic Republic
April 6, 2024: Iranian heroines whose epic resistance saved Ashraf
April 5, 2024: Jaish ul-Adl Intensifies Attacks Against Iranian Security Forces
April 4, 2024: International Community Stands Firm to Renew Fact-Finding Mission in Iran
April 3, 2024: Exposing Iran's Crimes Against Humanity
 
and
Click here for previous inspiring stories and  articles incl. Red Alerts

SPECIAL REPORTS PALESTINE

Click here for actual updates
and earlier news
 

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

April 17 - 9, 2024
Update on previous page:
Eighty-two human rights organizations direct a plea to the United Nations
And other stories...

April 8 - 5, 2024
No halt of executions
April 4, 2024
Iran executes 853 people

*OHCHR - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Click here for earlier reports
 

April 18 - 16 , 2024
<<Aida Shakarami, sister of slain protester, arrested for violating the mandatory Hijab...
and <<Nejat Anvar Hamidi, 68, in dire health in Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz...
and <<Political prisoner Varisha Moradi held in state of limbo after 250 days of detention...
and <<Dina Ghalibaf arrested after revealing violence of Guidance Patrols...
and <<Two Kurdish Men in Coma After Being Fired Upon by Iranian Authorities...
and <<Two Kurdish People Arrested for Attending Newroz Celebrations...
and <<Tehran, Iran: Four Individuals, Including Three Family Members, Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison...
and <<Urmia, Iran : Kurdish Political Prisoner Initiates Hunger Strike...
and <<Gilan, Iran: Prisoner Commits Suicide at Talesh Central Prison...
and <<Grieving Father Seeks Justice for Son's State-Sponsored Killing, Convicted by Iranian Judiciary...
and more news
 

April 16 - 13, 2024
<<Marjan Hajizadeh, 19, hanged in the Central Prison of Zanjan, Iran...
and <<Atena Farghadani is violently rearrested, detained in Qarchak Prison...
and <<Aman Jalalinejad, a Teacher, Detained in Ahvaz by IRGC Forces: His Custody Status Remains Unknown...
and <<Iranian Forces' Direct Fire Claims Another Kolbar's Life in One Day...
and <<Repeated Detention of Salman Olfati, Retired Teacher and Kurdish Civil Rights Activist...
and <<Three Religious Activists in Sanandaj Subject to Enforced Disappearance for Nearly Two Years by Iranian Government...
and <<Iranian nurses hold protests against forced overtime work and more...
and <<Iran Arrests Former Goalkeeper's Wife, Daughter for Not Wearing Hijab...
and more news
 

 
April 12 - 10, 2024
<<320 Activists Demand Release of Jailed Iranian Scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi...
and <<Iran Steps up Hijab Enforcement, Warns Women of Legal Consequences...
and <<Nobel Laureate Critiques 'Baseless' Case Against Iranian Activists...
and <<Iranian Police Arrest Man for Laughing at Injured Officers...
and <<Kurdish Activist Faces Paralysis Risk in Prison Due to Medical Neglect...
and <<Iran Court Summons 15 Baha'i Women Amid Rise in Harassment...
and <<Mohseni Ejei, Iran’s Judiciary Chief hints at boosting mandatory hijab street harassment...
and <<Iranian Security Forces Detain Father of Protest Victim...
and <<Kurdish Journalist Detained Again by Iranian Authorities
and more news
and it will also bring you through more news in April and March 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.

Dear reader, let us start with the most important and calling for an even higher awareness of the dangers of the mullahs' regime.


Nika and Aida Shakarami
NCRI - Womens committee - 18 April 2024 - in Women's News
<<Aida Shakarami, sister of slain protester, arrested for violating the mandatory Hijab
According to social media reports, Aida Shakarami was arrested yesterday, April 17, 2024, by the moral security police in Tehran for flouting the mandatory Hijab code.

Nika Shakarami
Aida Shakarami is the sister of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami, who was slain in September 2022 during the nationwide uprising against the clerical regime. Her viciously tortured body was found nine days later. Aida Shakarami, sister of slain protester, arrested for violating the mandatory Hijab. Aida Shakarami is still held in detention, but there is no information available on her whereabouts, or the charges leveled against her.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/04/18/aida-shakarami/


Nejat Anvar Hamidi
NCRI - Womens committee - 17 April 2024 - in Women's News
<<Nejat Anvar Hamidi, 68, in dire health in Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz
April 17, 2024 in Women's News
Political prisoner Nejat Anvar Hamidi Karoun, a supporter of the PMOI (People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran), is suffering from severe heart disease while detained in Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz. According to specialists, she needs surgery. However, despite repeated requests from her family, prison authorities have refused to send her to a hospital. In addition to her heart condition, Mrs. Anvar Hamidi has been losing her eyesight in detention. Nejat Anvar Hamidi, a 68-year-old teacher from Abadan with four children, has been in prison since 2019. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Branch 4 of the Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz on charges of disseminating propaganda against the regime and membership in the PMOI.
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement this morning, calling for immediate action by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran and other human rights defenders to help secure the release of sick prisoners like Nejat Anvar Hamidi and their transfer to hospital.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/04/17/nejat-anvar-hamidi/


Varisha Moradi
<<Political prisoner Varisha Moradi held in state of limbo after 250 days of detention
More than 250 days since the arrest of political prisoner Varisha Moradi, she is still being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison in a state of limbo.
Varisha Moradi was summoned to court after more than eight months of detention. On April 9, she appeared at the 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, but due to lack of counsel, the hearing on her charges was not held. Ms. Moradi was also not allowed to meet with her lawyer before the trial as planned. It is not clear when the next court session will be held. Varisha Moradi was arrested on August 1, 2023, by security forces in the outskirts of Sanandaj, western Iran. She was transferred from the Sanandaj Intelligence Department detention center to Section 209 of Evin Prison by the end of August. On December 26, 2023, after the interrogation process was completed, Moradi was transferred to Evin Prison's women's ward. Varisha Moradi, who is originally from Sanandaj, was charged in January by the Fifth Investigative Branch of the Tehran Public Prosecutor's Office. Her case was then referred to the 15th Branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of <armed rebellion> for membership in an opposition group. According to reports, Varisha spent the first five months of her imprisonment in solitary confinement in the detention center of the Intelligence Department in Sanandaj and in Ward 209 in Evin Prison, where she was severely tortured to make false confessions against herself.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/04/17/varisha-moradi-2/


Dina Ghalibaf
NCRI - Womens committee - 16 April 2024 - in Women's News
<<Dina Ghalibaf arrested after revealing violence of Guidance Patrols
Dina Ghalibaf, a political science undergraduate student of the Melli University of Iran (known as Beheshti), was arrested at her residence, today, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The arrest takes place after Dina Ghalibaf revealed the brutal treatment of the guidance patrols the day before. It is not yet known what agency detained Dina. Dina Ghalibaf, a journalist, and student activist, wrote in X about her experience of being violently arrested by the guidance patrols in Sadeghieh subway station, yesterday, on April 15, 2024.
PIC
Dina's posts in her X account which has been suspended now.
<Yesterday in the police room of the Sadeghieh metro station, when I insisted that I have the right to use the subway as long as I pay the tax, they violently took me to a room and gave me taser shocks. All the time, my hand was tied with handcuffs and one of the officers sexually assaulted me.> She also emphasized that <the police officer came and put his hand on my face while my hands were tied and started to fondle my face.>
Dina Ghalibaf was born in 2000. She was banned from continuing her studies by the decision of the disciplinary committee due to her participation in the student protests of 2022 and 2023.
PIC
Guidance Patrol vans and motorbikes return to the streets in the new round of campaign against women
According to social media reports, on the first day of the regime's new campaign to crack down on Iranian women, 500 women were arrested in Tehran alone.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/04/16/dina-ghalibaf/

And continue here for other be it not less 'red alert' news:

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 18 April 2024
<<Two Kurdish Men in Coma After Being Fired Upon by Iranian Authorities
Parwiz Amin Mohammadi and Bahman Mohseni, two Kurdish men from Takab, West Azerbaijan (Urmia) Province, were indiscriminately targeted by Iranian government forces while on the street. Both individuals sustained gunshot wounds to the head and are currently in a coma. According to a report received by the Hengaw organization for human rights, during the early hours of Wednesday, April 17, 2024, Iranian police night patrols in the city of Takab opened fire on a vehicle (a Pride model) at the <Pen Circle> in the city center, striking both occupants in the head and causing severe injuries that have left them comatose. Sources close to the incident in Takab have confirmed that Parwiz Amin Mohammadi, aged 29, sustained a head injury from a bullet that remains lodged in his skull, rendering him comatose at a hospital in Takab. The other passenger, Bahman Mohseni, aged 35, was shot in the head, with the bullet exiting through his mouth. He is currently in a coma at Khomaini Hospital in Urmia.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/04/article-50


Omar Hosseini - Ali Hosseini and Omid Shahdad
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 18 April 2024
<<Iranian authorities arrested three Kurdish Individuals
Omar Hosseini, 29 years old, his brother Ali Hosseini, 25 years old, along with another individual named Omid Shahdad, 36 years old, were detained by the forces of the Intelligence Department of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a report received by the Hengaw organization for Human Rights, in the early hours of Thursday, April 18, 2024, the three individuals, who are from Deyvaznav village in Sarvabad, Kurdistan (Sanandaj) Province,were detained by intelligence forces and transferred to an undisclosed detention facility. A source familiar with the incident stated that the security forces raided the residences of these three individuals. They were brutally assaulted and arrested, using excessive force and intimidation.
At the time of preparing this report, no information regarding the reasons for the arrest, the charges brought against these three individuals, their whereabouts, or their custodial status is available.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/04/article-49


Flash floods
Jinha - Womens News Agency 18 April 2024
<<Flash floods kill 9 people in Iran
At least nine people were killed and five went missing in flash floods caused by heavy rain in several cities of Iran. The rescue efforts for the missing are still going on.
News Center- Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Wednesday that at least nine people were killed and five more went missing in flash floods caused by heavy rain in the cities of Sistan and Baluchestan province and Hormozgan province. The head of the Electricity Distribution Company indicated that electricity was cut off in the cities and villages of Sistan and Baluchestan province due to floods. He pointed out that the heavy rains and floods submerged 228 villages in multiple regions and caused power outages in 445 villages of Sistan and Baluchestan province. According to local reports, five people were killed and three went missing in the province. Iranian channels reported that three people were killed and two went missing in the Hormozgan province, southern Iran.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/flash-floods-kill-9-people-in-iran-34914


Saivan Dastafkan
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 18 April 2024
<<Kolbar Fatally Shot at by Iranian Border Forces
Saivan Dastafkan, a Kolbar from Marivan, was killed in a direct shooting by border regiment forces while transporting goods in the heights of <Gardaneh-ye Tah Tah> in Sarvabad county, Kurdistan (Sanandaj) province. According to a report obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, border regiment forces opened fire on a group of Kolbars in the mountain heights of <Gardaneh-ye Tah Tah,> resulting in the death of the 35-year-old Kolbar Saivan Dastafkan. Hengaw sources report that the border regiment forces fired at the Kolbars without warning and from close range. Saivan Dastafkan, a married man and father of one, was from the village of 'Darreh Peyman' in Marivan, Kurdistan province.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/04/article-47

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 18 April 2024
<<Two Kurdish People Arrested for Attending Newroz Celebrations
Two Kurdish individuals from Miandoab, West Azerbaijan (Urmia) Province, named Omid Ghadernajad and Mohsen Ghaderrash, were arrested after being summoned by the Intelligence Bureau of the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guards in the city. Their arrest was related to their participation in Newroz Celebration events. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, Omid Ghadernajad, 28, and Mohsen Ghaderrash, 30, residents of the village of Haji Hassan Shamamat in Miandoab, were apprehended after being summoned to the Intelligence Bureau of the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guards. Sources close to the families of the two individuals stated that they were arrested for their involvement in Nawroz events, celebrating the spring equinox and Iranian new year, and subsequently transferred to the central prison of Miandoab. According to statistics compiled by the Statistics and Documents Center of Hengaw, at least 13 Kurds have been detained by the security agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the past month for their participation in Nawroz celebrations. Additionally, hundreds of others have been summoned and interrogated.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/04/article-48

Jinha - Womens News Agency 18 April 2024
<<EU leaders vow to impose tougher sanctions against Iran
European Union leaders vowed on Wednesday to impose tougher sanctions against Iran while at least eight Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
News Center- After the first day of a European Union summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, European Union leaders decided on Wednesday to step up sanctions against Iran after Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel on Sunday. In a statement released after the first day of their summit, the EU leaders also renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, as well as the provision of full, rapid, safe and unhindered access to humanitarian aid at scale for Palestinians in need. Mentioning the situation in Lebanon, the EU leaders renewed their support for Lebanon.
At least eight Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike
On Wednesday, the Israeli air forces launched an airstrike targeting a house in an agricultural land in the Salam neighborhood of Rafah. At least eight people from the Ayad family, including five children and two women, were killed in the Israeli airstrike, Palestinian health officials announced.
Several Palestinians were reportedly injured on Wednesday in the strike targeting a house belonging to the Bahabsa family, near Rafah’s eastern cemetery.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/eu-leaders-vow-to-impose-tougher-sanctions-against-iran-34912

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 April 2024
<<Tehran, Iran: Four Individuals, Including Three Family Members, Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Nasrallah Falahi and his children, Ardavan and Arghavan Falahi, along with another individual named Parvin Mirasan, were collectively sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment. These individuals were arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) movement. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Parvin Mirasan, aged 67, and Nasrallah Falahi each received a 4-year prison sentence from Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. Arghavan Falahi, aged 23, was sentenced to 2 years, while Ardavan Falahi, aged 25, received a one-year sentence, totaling 11 years. The charges against these individuals include <assembly and collusion against security> and <propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran,> as per the reports received. It's worth noting that, considering their previous days in detention, Ardavan and Arghavan Falahi have already completed their sentences and will not return to prison. Parvin Mirasan was arrested on November 3, 2022, during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement by Revolutionary Guards intelligence forces in Shiraz. She was subsequently transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz and later to Tehran’s Evin Prison in February 2023, where she remains in the women's ward after the completion of the interrogation process on March 18, 2023. Ardavan Falahi was apprehended on November 2, 2022, in Isfahan, while his father Nasrallah and sister Arghavan Falahi were arrested the following day, November 3, 2022, in Shiraz during the same movement. The family members were eventually transferred to Tehran's Evin Prison on February 12, 2023. Arghavan Falahi was temporarily released on bail from Evin Prison on March 12, 2023, while Ardavan Falahi was granted temporary release on January 3, 2023.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/04/article-46


Shaker Behrouz
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 April 2024
<<Urmia, Iran : Kurdish Political Prisoner Initiates Hunger Strike
Shaker Behrouz, a Kurdish political detainee from Urmia, has commenced a hunger strike in protest against his prolonged, unjust detention at Urmia Central Prison, despite the fact that his sentence has ended. He has spent 5 years, 1 month, and 7 days incarcerated without the opportunity for furlough. During this time, he has faced two death sentences, both of which were overturned. According to a report obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Shaker Behrouz, a political prisoner from 'Dizaj Margavar' in Urmia, began his hunger strike on Sunday, April 13, 2024. Today marks the fourth day of his strike. Despite his sentence ending last month, Shaker Behrouz remains detained under unclear circumstances by the Urmia Court's enforcement branch, citing ongoing case review. Shaker Behrouz was initially sentenced to death in August 2020 by the Second Branch of the Urmia Revolutionary Court, under Judge Sheikhlou's jurisdiction, on charges of <rebellion> and <Komala Party membership.> This charge was rendered while he was previously affiliated with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, for which he had received a 5-year prison sentence by the same court. Eventually, the death sentence was overturned by the First Branch of the Iranian Supreme Court. A resident of 'Dizaj Margavar,' Shaker Behrouz had been a member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan for 7 months before returning to Iran. He was apprehended by Urmia intelligence forces on Wednesday, March 12, 2019. After spending over a year at the department’s detention center, he was transferred to Urmia Central Prison in spring 2022. In December 2020, the First Branch of the Special Criminal Court for Juveniles in Urmia sentenced Shaker Behrouz to death for the alleged murder of a Revolutionary Guards member. This sentence was upheld by the 31st Branch of the Supreme Court in Qom last year. The case was closed with the consent of the plaintiff's family on June 30, 2022. Nevertheless, Shaker Behrouz was returned to Urmia Central Prison's political ward, where he was placed in solitary confinement in anticipation of execution.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/04/article-44

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 17 April 2024
<<Gilan, Iran: Prisoner Commits Suicide at Talesh Central Prison
Saeed Kohan Lamar, an inmate at Talesh Central Prison in Gilan Province, took his own life by ingesting pills, resulting in his death. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights on Sunday, March 31, 2024, Saeed Kohan Lamar, a prisoner, ended his life by suicide at Talesh Central Prison. The deceased had previously been arrested and sentenced to imprisonment for charges related to public offenses. In a related incident, earlier in March, another prisoner named Soheil Haghbin also passed away at Lakan Prison in Rasht due to an overdose of medication.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/04/article-43

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 16 April 2024
<<Grieving Father Seeks Justice for Son's State-Sponsored Killing, Convicted by Iranian Judiciary
Kamal Lotfi, a member of the <Greiving> families and the father of Reza Lotfi, a victim of state-sponsored killing during the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement, was recently detained for the second time and has been sentenced to five years in prison by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Kamal Lotfi, a member of the <Greiving> families, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Dehgolan, Kurdistan (Sanandaj) province, to one year of imprisonment for <anti-regime propaganda,> two years for <insulting the Supreme Leader,> and two years for <insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic (Khomeini),> totaling five years of imprisonment.
By invoking Article 510 of the Criminal Procedure Code (consolidation of sentences), the most severe sentence, which is two years of imprisonment, will be imposed. Hengaw had previously reported that Kamal Lotfi, a 46-year-old resident of Dehgolan and the father of Reza Lotfi, one of the victims killed by Iranian government forces, was detained on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, after being summoned to the Revolutionary Court in Qorveh. As of this moment, there are no details regarding his whereabouts or detention conditions. Reza Lotfi, a 19-year-old resident of Dehgolan, was shot directly and killed instantly by Iranian government special forces during the 'Jin, Jian, Azadi' movement on Monday, September 19, 2022. Hengaw had previously emphasized that Kamal Lotfi has always been under pressure from government authorities since the killing of his son. In response to government claims that his son was killed by <the opposition,> Mr. Lotfi released a video rejecting these claims and stating that his son was killed by government forces. It is worth noting that Kamal Lotfi was previously detained on Sunday, April 16, 2023, on the streets of Dehgolan without any legal documents presented by security forces. After spending 78 days in detention, he was temporarily released on Monday, July 3, 2023, upon posting bail until the end of the judicial proceedings. Kamal Lotfi developed a skin disease in Kamyaran Prison and went on multiple hunger strikes to protest the authorities’ denial of his requests for medical attention.>>
Source:
https://freemeteo.nl/weer/antwerp/7-dagen/lijst/?gid=2803138&language=dutch&country=belgium

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 16 April 2024
<<Detention of Four Baloch Individuals by Iranian Security ForcesAt least four Baloch individuals—Amin Dahani, Nazar Mohammad Dahani, Salman Dahani, and Vahid Dahani—were violently detained by the intelligence forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Monday, April 15, 2024, numerous IRGC intelligence forces raided villages on the outskirts of Parud district in Rask county, Sistan and Baluchestan province, and detained several individuals. The identities of four individuals, including two brothers named Nazar Mohammad and Amin Dahani, their nephew Salman Dahani, and another individual named Vahid Dahani, have been confirmed.
The Baloch Activists Campaign reports that IRGC intelligence forces surrounded the mentioned village, raided residents’ homes, and subsequently arrested several individuals. As of the time of this report, precise information regarding the reasons for the arrests, the charges brought against them along with their whereabouts and custodial status of the detained individuals remains unknown.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/04/article-39


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