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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: June wk2 -- June wk1 part2 -- June wk1 -- May wk5 part2 -- May wk5 -- May wk 4 part3 -- May wk4 part2 -- May wk4   --  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 
You are now at the Iran 'Woman, Life, Freedom'  section
For the 'Women's Arab Spring 1.2' Revolt news click here  

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 June 12, 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

Click here for more articles
























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 May 27, 2024
Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticizes the United Nations' planned memorial ceremony for Ebrahim Raisi, calling it "a commemoration of the executions and mass killings."
May 6, 2024
"Tyranny will fall"

"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"

 

 

 

 



 

May 27, 2024
Zhina Modarres Gorji, Kurdish Women's Sentenced to 21 Years
 

 

 

April 30, 2024
Atena Farghadani - Target on her back

 
Click here for more stories of Heroines of Iran 

April 20, 2024
Suma Pour-Mohammadi sentenced to 11 years in prison


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

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:
June 3, 2024: Political Charges Trap Family in Legal Nightmare
and
Mandatory-Hijab--A Religious Pretext to
Suppress Freedom

June 1, 2024: Ebrahim Raisi -- Rising Executions
of Women

March 10, 2024: Robbed Riches Report
and more:
May 25, 2024: The right to freedom
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'

June 5 - May 23, 2024: It |Iran| puts people to death in order to terrorize the population into silence.
and other stories 
May 29 - 23, 2024
Iran Accounts for 74% of Global Executions in 2023: Amnesty
and more
May 21 - 16, 2024
raisi is dead but will pay for his heinous crimes
and other stories


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

Click here for earlier reports
 

 

May 10 - 3, 2024

'War against the No-hijabi women'
 

June 10 - 7, 2024
<<Kurdish Detainee of the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement Commits Suicide Following Iranian Judiciary Summons...
and <<Iranian political prisoner starts hunger strike due to denial of medical care...
and <<Arrest of Media Activist Mahta Sadri Following Social Media Post on Ebrahim Raisi' Death...
and <<Dry Hunger Strike by Hamideh Zerai in Lakan Prison, Rasht...
and <<Hamideh Zaraei was arrested and transferred to Lakan Prison of Rasht...
and <<Kurdish Man Imprisoned for Alleged Participation in 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Movement Protests...
and <<No news received from Afsaneh Shahi since her arrest on May 30...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!

June 7 - 6, 2024
<<Iran Plans to Deploy 7,000 Cops in Coastal Area to Enforce Hijab...
and <<Iran Jail Denies Urgent Medical Care to Environmental Activist...
and <<Farhad Zare, Brother of Slain Protester, Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence...
and <<Brother of Slain Protester Detained for Second Time in Iran...
and <<Iranian Actor Hossein Pakdel Faces Charges Over Instagram Post...
and <<Iran Sets Strict Media Guidelines for Election Coverage...
and <<Alarming Doctor Suicides Signal Crisis in Iran's Medical Field...
and <<Security Forces Arrest Two Kurdish Women in Relation to the 2022 Iran Uprising...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!

June 5 - May 31, 2024
<<Arrested for a Dot, Iranian Author Accused of Disrespecting the Leader...
and <<Iran Arrests Instagram Page Admins for Promoting 'Western Lifestyles'...
and <<Iran Upholds 2022 Protester's 5-Year Sentence...
and <<Qezel Hesar Prison: Egregious Assault on Political Prisoner’s Wife...
and <<Iranian Prisoners' Anti-Death Penalty Campaign Expands...
and <<Baloch Man Killed by Direct Fire from Iranian Military Forces...
and <<IRGC Forces Arrest Woman in Armed Raid...
and <<Fardis Prison in Karaj: Intensifying Pressure on Female Political Prisoners...
and <<Arrests Over Social Media Posts on Ebrahim Raisi’s Death Continue by Iranian Authorities...
and <<KJAR member Varisheh Moradi imprisoned in Evin prison without trial...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!
 


 

 May 31 - 28, 2024
<<Indictment prepared against Aida Shakarami...
and <<Over 60 years of imprisonment upheld for eleven women's rights activists in Gilan...
and <<UN Faces Backlash for Tribute to Late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi...
and <<Continued Detention and Lack of Information on the Status of Maryam Mahmoudabadi...
and <<Sweden Accuses Iran of Using Criminal Networks for Violent Acts...
and <<Political Prisoner with Health Issues Denied Medical Care in Iran Jail...
and <<Gilan Court Confirms 60-Year Sentence for 11 Activists...
and <<US Concerned Over Attacks on Protesters by 'Iranian Regime Supporters'...
and <<Jailed Iranian Man's Health Declines After Torture...
and <<Iranian Professor and Editor Convicted for Reporting on Child's Death...
and <<The Arrest of Sudabeh Vahabi in Chalus in Relation to Ebrahim Raisi's Death...
and more news but most with a 'give way or go away' yell!

 and it will also bring you through more news in May 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.


Hassan Bagheri
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 10 June 2024
<<Jakan Baran's brother summoned and threatened by Iranian authorities
Hassan Bagheri, the brother of Hossein Bagheri (known as Jakan Baran), was summoned to the Ilam court, where he faced interrogation and threats. This action occurs amid ongoing uncertainty about his brother's whereabouts. Hossein Bagheri, a colleague at Hengaw, is potentially a victim of enforced disappearance by the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Sunday, June 9, 2024, 41-year-old Hassan Bagheri was summoned to the Ilam court. Following three hours of interrogation and a detailed explanation of the charge of <action against national security,> he was temporarily released on bail. A source close to the Bagheri family reported that Hassan Bagheri received a warning from the Ilam court regarding any efforts to investigate his brother's situation or to leave the country for that purpose. The whereabouts of Hossein Bagheri, also known as <Jakan Baran,> a Kurdish poet, civil and political activist, and colleague of Hengaw, have remained unknown for three months. It is suspected that he has fallen victim to the enforced disappearance policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is noteworthy that Hassan Bagheri, along with his sister Fariba Bagheri, was arrested by Iranian security forces on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) movement.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-26


Farhad Beigi Garousi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 10 June 2024
<<Kurdish Detainee of the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement Commits Suicide Following Iranian Judiciary Summons
Farhad Beigi Garousi, a Kurdish adherent of the Yarsan religion who was arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom ('Jin, Jiyan, Azadi') movement in Sahneh, Kermanshah province, has committed suicide due to continuous pressure from the security agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on June 8, 2024, Farhad Beigi Garousi, a 21-year-old Kurdish individual and Yarsan adherent, hanged himself in his family home in Sahneh. He had been detained during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and kept in custody for over a year. An informed source reported that over the past four months, Beigi Garousi had been under persistent pressure from the security agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was recently informed that he must present himself at Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah for transfer to Evin Prison in Tehran. Beigi Garousi was arrested in 2022 during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. After being detained for over a year, he was temporarily released on bail pending his court hearing. He was accused of participating in the murder of Nader Bayrami, the head of Sahneh's IRGC intelligence department. Reza Rasaei, another Yarsan adherent, has been sentenced to death on the same charge and is currently imprisoned in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-25


Mostafa Rebati
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 10 June 2024
<<Retired Teacher Mostafa Rebati Arrested by Iranian Security Forces in Tehran
Mostafa Rebati, a retired teacher and an activist for teachers' union in North Khorasan Province, was arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred to an unknown location. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Sunday, June 9, 2024, Mostafa Rebati, a native of Shirvan in North Khorasan Province, was violently arrested in Tehran. The arrest of this retired teacher followed his participation in last year's protest gathering of retirees in front of the Ministry of Education in Tehran, where he read the protestors' statement. Informed sources report that Mostafa Rebati was arrested by <Special Unit> security forces while traveling from Tehran to Shirvan after the gathering and has been transferred to an unknown location.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-24


Farzaneh Qarahassanlou
Jinha - Womens News Agency 10 June 2024
<<Iranian political prisoner starts hunger strike due to denial of medical care
Farzaneh Qarahassanlou, imprisoned for participating in Iran's 2022 protests, started a hunger strike on Sunday to protest the denial of urgent medical care.
News Center- Farzaneh Qarahassanlou, imprisoned for participating in the nationwide protests that sparked across Iran following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini in the custody by Iran's so-called <morality police> on September 16, 2022, started a hunger strike on Sunday, June 9, to protest the denial of urgent medical care and the conditions at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. According to the received reports, Farzaneh Qarahassanlou has been suffering from total loss of sensation in the left part of her body; however, she is receiving inadequate medical care despite her requests to consult a physician. On November 4, 2022, Iranian security forces stormed the home of Farzaneh Qarahassanlou, a lab technician, forcibly arrested her and her husband, Hamid Qarahassanlou, a radiologist, after they had participated in the 40th day commemoration of the murder of Hadis Najafi, a young woman who was shot dead by Iranian security forces on September 21, 2022 during a protest in Mehrshahr, Karaj. In December 2022, Farzaneh Gharehassanlou was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of <spreading corruption on earth through committing crimes against national security.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/iranian-political-prisoner-starts-hunger-strike-due-to-denial-of-medical-care-35199?page=1

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 9 June 2024
<<Arrest of Media Activist Mahta Sadri Following Social Media Post on Ebrahim Raisi' Death
Mahta Sadri, a media activist from Gilan, was arrested by security forces of Islamic Republic of Iran ten days ago and subsequently transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht. Her current condition remains unknown. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Friday, May 31, 2024, Mahta Sadri, the manager of the Gilan Sadr news site, was arrested by the Iranian Intelligence Department of Gilan Province and transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht. Sources indicate that Mahta Sadri' arrest was prompted by a story she posted on her Instagram page concerning President Ebrahim Raisi's death.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-23


Tahereh Norouzi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 9 June 2024
<<Baha'i Adherent Arrested by Iranian Security Forces
Tahereh Norouzi, a Baha'i adherent residing in Shiraz, Fars Province, has been arrested by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on June 9, 2024, the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrested Tahereh Norouzi, a Baha'i adherent and mother of two children. Trusted sources indicate that during this arrest, the security forces searched this individual's private residence and confiscated some of her personal belongings, including a computer and a mobile phone. As of the release date of this report, there is no precise information available regarding the reasons for this arrest, this individual's whereabouts, or the attributed charges against her.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-22


Kamal Sharifi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 9 June 2024
<<Kurdish Political Prisoner Kamal Sharifi Deprived of Fundamental Rights After 17 Years of Imprisonment by Iranian Authorities
After seventeen years of imprisonment, Kamal Sharifi, a Kurdish political prisoner, is still deprived of his fundamental rights in Minab Prison. Given his current health condition, it seems impossible for him to endure serving his sentence. According to reports received by the Hengaw, Kamal Sharifi, a 52-year-old Kurdish political prisoner and journalist from Saqqez, is in his seventeenth year of imprisonment and remains deprived of the right to leave and family visits. Sharifi is still being held in the ward for dangerous criminals in Minab Prison, Hormozgan Province, and continues to face physical and psychological abuse from prison officials and security agencies. Recent reports on Sharifi's health indicate that his teeth have been broken due to repeated torture and beatings during his detention and interrogation by the Intelligence Department. He is in urgent need of medical attention. Notably, Sharifi suffered strokes and heart attacks in 2012 and 2020. In the first incident, he lost the ability to move the right side of his body. During the second incident, he underwent surgery in a hospital in Bandar Abbas. Sharifi was sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment and exile to Minab Prison in a five-minute trial presided over by Judge Shayegh of Branch 1 of the Saqqez Revolutionary Court on charges of <waging war against God through membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.> He has been denied all prisoner rights, including leave, employment, family visits, and other forms of communication. During his only in-person visit in 2012, on the 48th day of his hunger strike, the brother and mother of Kamal Sharifi visited him in the prison warden's office with several prison staff present. Sharifi stated, <I was not even allowed to speak Kurdish with my mother; they forced me to speak Persian, which my mother does not understand.> This brief visit was arranged solely by the Sanandaj Intelligence Department to end Sharifi's hunger strike. Kamal Sharifi was arrested by IRGC forces on May 25, 2008. He was transferred blindfolded and handcuffed to the Sanandaj Intelligence Department detention center by order of the Saqqez prosecutor on the same day. On May 12, 2009, Sharifi was transferred to Minab Central Prison, where he has since been deprived of all his fundamental rights due to pressure from the Sanandaj Intelligence Department. It is also noteworthy that in 1989 and 1990, Sharifi was sentenced to two years in prison and 40 lashes by the Saqqez Revolutionary Court on charges of <supporting and collaborating with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.> >>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-21

NCRI - Womens committee - 9 June 2024 - in Women's News
<<PMOI Resistance Units Champion #FreeIran2024 with 10,000 Brave Acts
Despite severe repression, the Resistance Units of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) have undertaken at least 10,000 acts of support for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and its President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. The PMOI is a central component of the NCRI. The PMOI Resistance Units have executed these acts in the lead-up to NCRI's annual gathering and rally, #FreeIran2024. These brave actions, conducted openly in daylight, reaffirm the PMOI Resistance Units' dedication to overthrowing the theocratic regime and establishing a pluralistic, democratic republic grounded in the separation of religion and state and gender equality. The units also propagate the Iranian Resistance's slogan, 'Woman, Resistance, Freedom,' highlighting women's pivotal role in the struggle for regime change and freedom in Iran. By continuing to organize and mobilize across various Iranian cities, the PMOI Resistance Units convey a clear message to the regime: their voices will not be silenced, and their calls for a democratic Iran will persist undeterred. Through their efforts, the PMOI Resistance Units emphasize the core principles of the Iranian Resistance, including a commitment to a democratic republic, separation of religion and state, gender equality, and the abolition of the death penalty, standing in stark contrast to the ruling theocracy's oppressive policies.
Here you see a few examples of acts of support for #FreeIran2024 carried out by women of the PMOI Resistance Units across the country.>>
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/06/09/pmoi-resistance-units-2/


Mazhar Heidari
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 8 June 2024
<<Iranian Security Forces Rearrest Gonabadi Dervish, Mazhar Heidari
Mazhar Heidari, a Gonabadi dervish from Shahrekord, has been arrested once again by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He had been arrested at least twice before, including during the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement. According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Saturday, June 8, 2024, Mazhar Heidari, a 50-year-old Gonabadi dervish and father of four, was arrested by security agencies at his private residence in Shahrekord. An informed source reported that after his arrest, Mazhar Heidari was transferred to an unknown location, and there is still no information on his whereabouts or the charges against him. It is notable that this Gonabadi dervish was previously arrested by security forces in Chabahar on January 4, 2023, in connection with the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement. He was finally released from Shahrekord Prison on Monday, February 20, 2023. In 2017, Mazhar Heidari was also arrested during the 'Golestan Haftom' incident in Tehran and sentenced to one year in prison, serving his full sentence in Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-19

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 8 June 2024
<<Dry Hunger Strike by Hamideh Zerai in Lakan Prison, Rasht
Hamideh Zerai, a Gilak resident of Karaj who was violently arrested last Wednesday, has gone on a hunger strike in Lakan Prison, Rasht, to protest her illegal detention. She was also arrested and imprisoned during the Women, Life, Freedom movement. According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Hamideh Zerai, political prisoner from Rasht and a resident of Karaj, has started a dry hunger strike in Lakan Prison, Rasht, from the early morning of Saturday, June 8, 2024, to protest her illegal detention and the violence inflicted during her arrest. A close relative of the Zerai family stated that Hamideh Zerai has announced she will continue her hunger strike and refrain from eating and drinking until she is released. Hamideh Zerai was arrested for the third time in the past two years on Wednesday, June 5, after being summoned to Rasht Court, and was transferred to Lakan Prison, Rasht. Hengaw has learned that she had a brief phone call with her family. While serving her exile sentence, Hamideh Zerai reported to the Golsar neighborhood police station in Rasht every three days. She was summoned to court after refusing to wear the chador as ordered by the head of the police station. Previously, she was sentenced by Branch One of the Revolutionary Court of Karaj, presided over by Judge Mousa Asef ol-Hosseini, to one year of imprisonment for <propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran,> which was reduced to nine months upon submission to the ruling. Additionally, Hamideh Zerai was sentenced to two years of travel ban, two years of prohibition from social media presence, and two years of compulsory residence in the city of Rasht as supplementary punishment. She was barred from attending her court session on November 6 of last year for failing to observe the mandatory dress code. This political prisoner was arrested on November 3, 2022, during the fortieth-day memorial ceremony for Hadis Najafi and subsequently transferred to Kachouii Prison. She was finally released on February 7 of last year following the issuance of a <pardon> decree. Hamideh Zerai was arrested for the second time on May 29, 2023, in Karaj and transferred to Kachouii Prison to serve her sentence. She was released from prison on February 21 of last year after serving her sentence.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-18


Hamideh Zaraei 2
NCRI - Womens committee - June 8, 2024 - in Women's News
<<Hamideh Zaraei was arrested and transferred to Lakan Prison of Rasht.
On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, Hamideh Zeraii was arrested after visiting the 13th branch of the Rasht Revolutionary Court in northern Iran. She was swiftly transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht. Recently, Hamideh Zeraii was summoned to the same court to provide explanations. However, her appearance led to her immediate arrest and subsequent transfer back to Lakan prison. Following a two-year banishment sentence to Rasht, Hamideh had to report to the 14 Golsar police station at three-day intervals. The police officers imposed a condition: she must wear a veil during her visits, but Hamideh, a staunch opponent of mandatory hijab, protested this requirement. Defiantly refusing to declare her presence in the city to which she had been exiled, Hamideh was summoned again to the 13th branch of the Rasht Revolutionary Court. On May 29, 2023, security forces arrested Hamideh Zeraii at her home and took her to Kachouii prison in Karaj. In November, she received a harsh sentence from the 1st branch of the Revolutionary Court in Karaj: One year of imprisonment; two years of exile to Rasht, the capital of Gilan Province in northern Iran; two years of travel ban, and two years of internet restriction. Her prison sentence was eventually reduced to 9 months after she submitted to the verdict. On February 22, after serving her prison term, Hamideh Zeraii was released from Kachouii prison in Karaj. Simultaneously, her two-year exile to Rasht was executed. Hamideh Zaraei, 37 and from Rasht, was a master's student in the Research Sciences branch at Tehran Azad University. On November 3, 2023, security forces arrested her during the fortieth-day commemoration of Hadis Najafi in Karaj. However, on February 7, 2023, following the regime’s amnesty show, she was released from the Kachouii Prison of Karaj.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/06/08/hamideh-zeraii-arrested/


Hamideh Zeraei
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 8 June 2024
<<Hamideh Zerai Violently Arrested Again by Iranian Authorities
Hamideh Zerai, a Gilak political prisoner from Rasht residing in Karaj and previously arrested during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement, was violently arrested again in her hometown, where she had been serving her exile sentence. The arrest occurred just two days after the completion of her sentence. According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, Hamideh Zerai was violently arrested and beaten after being summoned to the Rasht court. During her exile, she had been reporting to the Golsar neighborhood police station in Rasht every three days. She was summoned to court after refusing to wear a chador as instructed by the head of the police station. Hamideh Zerai is currently held in Lakan Prison in Rasht and has announced that she will soon go on a hunger strike due to being denied the right to in-person visits.
Previously, she was sentenced by Branch 1 of the Karaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Mousa Asif-Hosseini, to one year of imprisonment for <propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.> This sentence was reduced to nine months upon her submission to the verdict.
As part of her supplementary punishment, she was also sentenced to a two-year travel ban, a two-year ban on social media presence, and two years of mandatory residence in Rasht. Hamideh Zerai was prohibited from attending her court session on November 6 of last year due to not adhering to the mandatory dress code.

Hadis Najafi
This political prisoner was arrested on November 3, 2022, during the 40th-day memorial of Hadis Najafi and subsequently transferred to Kachouii Prison. She was finally released on February 7 of last year following the issuance of an <amnesty> directive. Hamideh Zerai was arrested for the second time on May 29, 2023, in Karaj and transferred to Kachouii Prison to serve her sentence. She was released from prison on February 21 of last year after serving her sentence.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-16


Masoud Rezaei
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 7 June 2024
<<Kurdish Man Imprisoned for Alleged Participation in 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Movement Protests
Masoud Rezaei, from Divandareh, Sanandaj province, has been arrested to serve a six-month prison sentence and transferred to the city's central prison. Rezaei was detained during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) movement. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Monday, June 3, 2024, after being arrested, Masoud Rezaei was transferred to the central prison of Divandareh to serve his sentence. Earlier, Masoud Rezaei had been sentenced to six months of imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj (Sine) on alleged charges related to his participation in the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement protests. Rezaei was arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran on December 5, 2022. He was temporarily released on bail until the completion of his judicial proceedings.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-15


Elaheh Fouladi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 7 June 2024
<<Report on the Latest Situation of Elaheh Fouladi, a Political Prisoner from Khalkhal, in Evin Prison
Elaheh Fouladi, a political prisoner who has served nearly six months of her sentence in Evin Prison, is in a critical health condition. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Elaheh Fouladi, 46 years old and from Khalkhal county, is nearing the end of her sixth month of imprisonment. She is in critical condition due to a high heart rate and urgently needs medical leave. Elaheh Fouladi, a mother of two, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, to serve her five-year prison sentence. Previously, this political prisoner had been sentenced to five years in prison by the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of <connections with the People's Mojahedin Organization.>
Elaheh Fouladi was initially arrested on January 23, 2020, along with her husband, Sattar Babaei, at the airport and transferred to Evin Prison.
Eventually, in August of the same year, after nearly seven months, she was temporarily released from Evin Prison on bail pending the completion of legal proceedings.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/06/article-14


Afsaneh Shahi
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 7 , 2024
<<No news received from Afsaneh Shahi since her arrest on May 30
Afsaneh Shahi, a 32-year-old mountaineer from Bukan, was arrested and taken to an unknown location by Revolutionary Guard intelligence forces on May 30, 2024. Since then, her family has received no news from her.
News Center- On May 30, 2024, Afsaneh Shahi, a 32-year-old mountaineer from Bukan, was arrested during an armed raid by Revolutionary Guard intelligence forces at her home and taken to an unknown location. Although eight days have passed since her arrest, her family has received no information about her. The reasons for her arrest and the charges against her are still unknown.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/no-news-received-from-afsaneh-shahi-since-her-arrest-on-may-30-35190?page=1

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