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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: 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 

Here we are to enter THE IRANIAN WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS against
the supreme leader, the arch-reactionary Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his placeman president, Ebrahim Raisi. The message of the women when he visited a university is plain: <give way or get lost> in 2023.
IN MEMORY OF ASRA PANAHI (16)- JHINA MAHSA AMINI (22) - NIKA SHAKARAMI (16), SARINA ESMAILZADEH (16) HADIS NAJAFI (20), AND MORE WOMEN WHO WERE ASSASINATED SO FAR BY THE IRANIAN AXIS OF EVIL.
  Click here for a total list so far

Dear reader, from here on the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' pages menu will look a bit different and this to avoid too many pop-ups ,meaning the underlined period  in yellow tells you in what period you are and click on another underlinded period to go there. However, when needed a certain topic will be in yellow meaning it's a link to go that topic and will open in a new window. If you dissagree about any change feel more than free to let me know what you think at info@cryfreedom.net
This does not count for the  above topics which, when clicked on, will still appear in a pop-up window and for now the 'old' lay-out 'till I worked that all out. Thank you. Gino d'Artali
(Updates May 31, 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

UPDATE: February 12 , 2024:
<<Unlawfully Imprisoned Activist and Organizer of Mahsa Jina Amini's Funeral Must Be Released on Medical Grounds
<<Mahsa Amini's Father: <Everything They Have Said and Shown is Lies>
and
WHO JINA AMINI REALLY WAS.
By Diako Alavi, a journalist from Saqqez and family friend of Mahsa Amini 
and
Jina Amini, the face of Irans uprising and revolution:
www.cryfreedom.net/the-face-of-irans-protests.htm
November 15, 2023 - <<Iranian Woman Arrested on Jinas' Anniversary Tells Her Story...>
December 12, 2023 - <<EU Remembers Mahsa Amini at Sakharov Prize Awarding Ceremony...>

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
























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


Read her story here

AND

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

Part 17: January 23 - 6, 2024
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 6, 2024
"Tyranny will fall"

Update April 25, 2024
Narges Mohammadi Condemns Death Sentence of Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi...
April 10, 2024
"Nobel Laureate Critiques 'Baseless' Case Against Iranian Activists


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

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

 

 

 

 



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

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

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 




MARJAM AKBARI MONFARED

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



 

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 with mostly very 'Inspiring Stories' - click on the underlined topics -
Updates
May 25, 2024: The right to freedom
May 23, 2024: raisi paying the price for being corrupt now
May 22, 2024: Demanding Womens Rights and Freedoms
 
Earlier stories:
May 6, 2024: The Repressive Hijab Crackdown Continues with CCTV Cameras
 and 
Click here for previous inspiring stories and  articles incl. Red Alerts

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

Update on this page:
raisi is dead but will pay for his heinous crimes
and other stories

May 15 - 2, 2024
Prisoners continue hungerstrikes against executions
and other news
May 7 - April 30, 2024
Most urgent call to safe Khosrow Besharat and other appeals
April 24, 2024
Death Sentence on Activist Musician Toomaj Salehi

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

Click here for earlier reports

May 24 - 23, 2024
<<Ahmadinejad Allies and Critics Clash on Social Media Over Controversial Posts...
and <<Charlie Hebdo Features Ebrahim Raisi in Satirical Cartoons...
and <<Arrests and Threats Ramp Up in Iran After President Raisi's Death...
and <<Bank accounts of Shirin Najafi blocked...
and <<Marzieh Momeni, an Activist Opposing Mandatory Hijab Arrestedy by Iranian Security Forces...
and <<Iran Executes Youth for Crime Committed at 16...
and <<Another Person Arrested Over Social Media Post on Iranian President'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.



Demanding Women's Rights and Freedoms
NCRI - Womens committee - 22 May 2024 - in Women's News
<<Empowering Women: The NCRI Plan for Women's Rights and Freedoms
For over four decades, the National Council of Resistance of Iran has stood as the sole organized alternative, courageously challenging the oppressive misogynist regime led by the Mullahs. Their unwavering commitment is rooted in a profound mission: to dismantle the existing order, overthrow the Mullahs, and establish a new Constituent Assembly within a tight six-month timeframe. The National Council of Resistance of Iran has meticulously crafted and publicly unveiled its comprehensive framework, addressing critical social and political domains that afflict the Iranian populace. Among these vital initiatives lies the Plan for Women's Rights and Freedoms, unanimously endorsed by the NCRI in 1987. In a series of articles, we delve into the specifics of this plan, shedding light on the current plight of Iranian women. Each article underscores the urgency and necessity of why each article was approved, paving the way toward a liberated Iran.
Foundational Pillars of Women's Rights and Freedoms
The National Council of Resistance of Iran envisions a liberated Iran where women’s rights are paramount. To realize this future, a strategic plan has been meticulously developed, anchored in three fundamental principles:
First: Abolishing and eliminating all forms of oppression, coercion, and discrimination imposed on Iranian women by the mullahs' reactionary regime and their Sharia law. Adhering to all freedoms and rights of women as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which were approved by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1993.
Second: Emphasizing complete equality of social, political, cultural, and economic rights between men and women.
Third: Ensuring the complete provision of women's rights in the country, without regard to any unequal and discriminatory practices or limitations and rejecting any perception that views women as commodities. The regime of the Mullahs has long stood in stark opposition to the international community and the aspirations of the Iranian people, establishing a governance rooted in oppression and misogyny. The introduction of the regime's constitution lays a controversial foundation for women, stating: <Not only does woman recover thereby her momentous and precious function of motherhood, rearing of ideologically committed human beings, she also assumes a pioneering social role and becomes the fellow struggler of man in all vital areas of life.> This language suggests that from inception, women have been relegated to a role defined solely by motherhood, tasked with nurturing future generations to adhere to the regime's ideology. In this narrative, women are depicted not as autonomous individuals with a full spectrum of social, civil, and political rights, but rather as secondary to men, serving life rather than leading it. Furthermore, the legal framework under this regime has failed to criminalize violence against women, instead weaving a complex web of legal subterfuges designed to ensnare those who dare to challenge the status quo of women's health and rights. In Iran, the ongoing debate surrounding the banning of violence against women has been a topic of discussion for approximately 14 years, spurred by the advocacy of women's rights activists. Despite this, each time a tragic incident of violence against women captures public attention and sparks protests, the mullahs' regime resorts to propaganda tactics in an attempt to push through legislation addressing the issue. However, this proposed bill, now known as the <Women's Security Improvement Act> after multiple name changes, has consistently failed to be implemented or approved by the current government, as it is deemed ineffective as a deterrent. Most recently, the bill was brought before Parliament in April 2024 but did not pass and was subsequently referred back to the Social Committee for further deliberation. (Source: ISNA state-run news agency - April 8, 2024)
Electing and Being Elected
The foundational principle of the National Resistance Council's plan for women’s rights and freedoms hinges on the essential right to elect and be elected in all forms of democratic processes. The council asserts that meaningful societal change and the enduring recognition of women's rights cannot be achieved until women are represented equitably in the highest echelons of decision-making. This conviction is not merely theoretical but has been demonstrated through the council's long-standing practice of female leadership in the most challenging and pivotal moments of Iran's modern struggles. The council's commitment to gender parity is exemplified by the election of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi as its president and the fact that women constitute half of its membership. Furthermore, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), a central entity within the council, boasts a Central Council entirely composed of women, a deliberate strategy to counteract one of the world's most oppressive regimes towards women. Contrastingly, the regime's constitution actively bars women from decision-making roles. The constitution explicitly restricts the presidency to <religious and political male figures,> and judicial appointments are bound by <jurisprudential qualifications> that preclude women. The judicial system permits women only advisory roles and the oversight of minors, leading to a stark absence of female ministers, governors, and mayors in Iran’s major cities, with a solitary exception in Tehran's municipal body. In the most recent parliamentary elections, a total of 14 women succeeded in securing seats within the legislative body, which constitutes approximately 4.1% of the total membership.
Right to Employment
The National Council of Resistance's second article on Women's Rights and Freedoms champions the right to employment, allowing women to freely choose their profession and to hold any public or governmental position, including the presidency and judicial roles. However, this vision is starkly contrasted by the current legal framework under the mullahs' regime, which entrusts men with legal authority over women's destinies. The Civil Code’s Article 1105 designates the husband as the <head of the family,> and Article 1117 explicitly permits a husband to forbid his wife from engaging in work that he deems contrary to family interests or dignity. Beyond these legal barriers, the regime's corrupt governance has exacerbated challenges for women, ranging from employment discrimination and significant pay gaps to perilous working conditions, often in male-dominated fields. The World Bank's <Women, Business and Law> report for the year 2022, assessing women's business environments across 190 countries, placed Iran at a low score of 31.3 out of 100, ranking only above Qatar, Sudan, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, the Statistics Center’s spring 2023 report reveals a stark disparity in economic participation: only 14.1% for women over the age of 15, compared to 68.3% for men. This data underscores the systemic inequality faced by women in the workforce.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/05/22/womens-rights-and-freedoms-2/

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