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HAIL TO THE IRANIAN
WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS FALLEN FOR FREDOM
against
the supreme leader, the arch-reactionary Ayatollah Ali Khomeini,
and his placeman president. The message of
the women when the former president visited a university was plain: <give way or
get lost> in 2023 and still is.
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
(Updates
October 23, 2024)
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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 |
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A to VICTORY tribute to
NARGES MOHAMMADI
October 8, 2024:
"The perpetrators of war are the
outcasts and the disgraced throughout history..."
September 25, 2024:
Letter from Narges Mohammadi to UN
General Assembly
September 16, 2024:
"Message from Narges
Mohammadi for Jina Mahsa Amini"
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
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JINA AMINI'S VOICE IS 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
UPDATED:
September 29 - 16, 2024
Second Anniversary of Jina Amini's
state-sanctioned murder
incl. Commemorating Bloody Friday
and earlier news about
a wave of arrests of her fellow-citizen
Oct 13 - 9, 2024:
Commemoration of the
Fallen for Freedom Part 2
Oct 3, 2024:
Commemoration of the Fallen for
Freedom
Click here for earlier news of the
'Woman, Life, Freedom'
revolution
MARJAM AKBARI
MONFARED
June 24, 2024:
The Iranian Regime
Judiciary Launches a New Case to Seize the Assets of Maryam Akbari Monfared and Her Family, in Revenge for
Seeking Justice for Her Siblings Executed in the 1980s
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"
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PAKSHAN AZIZI
Actual News:
September 23 - 16, 2024:
<<Pakhshan Azizi denied medical
care ...and
<<Letter from Pakhshan Azizi: The
philosophy of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi is a philosophy of life...
September 10 - 9, 2024
"Twenty-Six Human Rights Organizations Demand Immediate
Cancellation of Pakhshan Azizi's Death Sentence..."
and more actual news
September 5, 2024
"You dictator, I am Arash, fire
responds to fire,"
August 19, 2024
Sentenced to Death for Assisting
Women Targeted by ISIS
And read here her full story:
July 23 - 22, 2024
"Denying the Truth,
and Its Alternative"
September 5, 2024
"You dictator, I am Arash, fire
responds to fire,"
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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:
Actual stories:
21 Oct 2024:
Approved Hijab Bill Amounts to
Gender Apartheid
October 17, 2024:
Reproductive Healthcare as a Tool
of Political Repression
October 16, 2024:
Living Under the Shadow of War
16 Oct 2024:
The Feminization of Poverty
15 Oct 2024:
Pezeshkian Must Be Questioned
Earlier reports :
and
Click here for previous inspiring
stories and articles
incl. Red Alerts |
'New' topic: a regimes' re-newed method of
torture: denial of medical care
October 19-18 2024 - July 18, 2016
Health taken hostage
And read here more about the
'Nurses 'strike' back':
Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section
August 30, 2024:
"Nurses can neutralize security
forces' efforts with unity."
and updates:
August 28, 2024:
Nurses' demands - "A nurse will
die, but will not accept humiliation,":
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"NO to executions"
campaign
In support - reflection and
updates:
Sept. 7 - August 20, 2024
Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section
'The mullahs' regime / OHCHR* gallows' dance'
Other updates can be read in
the 'Actual News' section
July 8 - 4, 2024:
The-death-sentence-against-Sharifeh-Mohammadi
June 15, 2024:
Prisoner Swap with Iran is
Shameful Reward
June 5 - May 23, 2024:
It |Iran| puts people to death in
order to terrorize the population into silence.
and other stories
*OHCHR - UN Office of
the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Click here for earlier reports
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October 22 - 19, 2024
<<Maryam Yahyavi deprived of her
right to make phone calls for 77 days...
and <<The Sheiban Prison in
Ahvaz has joined the No To Execution Wednesdays"
campaign...
and <<Two Kurdish women in
Iran receive additional 6-month prison sentence...
and <<Prisoner who
committed suicided still executed posthumously in
Birjand, Iran...
and <<Prisoner dies from
lack of medical attention...
and <<Border guards shoot
and injured Kurdish Kolbar at Iran's border...
and more actual fact-finding news |
May 10 - 3, 2024
'War against the No-hijabi
women'
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October 18 - 15, 2024
<<A letter from Evin:
Warisheh Moradi declares 'indefinite hunger strike'
against Iran's death penalty...
and <<Iranian Authorities
Cut Off Political Prisoner's Contact with Family...
and <<Support from Peace
Mothers in Sanandaj to Warisha Moradi...
and <<22 citizens of
Isfahan stand trial...
and <<Soheila Golestani
nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Awards...
and <<Nasrin Shahkarami
arrested...
and <<Mahsa Jalal Badii:
3.5 Years of Imprisonment for Reading Books...
and <<38th Week of "No to Executions Tuesdays" Campaign:
Prisoners Defy Brutal Crackdown in Iran...
and more actual fact-finding news |
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.
Reproductive Healthcare as a Tool of Political Repression
Center for Human Rights in Iran - October 17, 2024
<<Iran's War on Women: Using Reproductive Healthcare as a Tool of
Political Repression
Security Agencies Play Heavy Role in Anti-Abortion Centers
Criminalization of Abortion, Lack of Contraceptive Services Target
Marginalized Women
As part of an accelerating state assault on women's freedom and
autonomy, the Islamic Republic has weaponized women's access to basic
reproductive healthcare in Iran, criminalizing abortion, severely
restricting family planning services, and channeling women seeking
reproductive healthcare-especially those in marginalized regions-to
anti-abortion centers that have been heavily shaped by the country's
security agencies, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has
learned. In-depth discussions CHRI has conducted over the last month
with lawyers and activists in Iran reveal that these measures will
particularly harm women in the less developed provinces, intensifying
the intersectional discrimination minority women face in Iran. "The
Islamic Republic continues to use women's bodies as a tool to advance
its repressive political agenda," said Hadi Ghaemi, the executive
director of CHRI. "The Iranian authorities are stripping women of their
autonomy, endangering women's lives, and perpetuating the Islamic
Republic's oppression of women and minorities, as these reproductive
healthcare policies will especially harm women in marginalized areas,"
Ghaemi added. CHRI calls on the UN, governments worldwide, human rights
organizations, and international medical associations to demand that the
authorities in Iran:
Repeal legislation that severely restricts access to abortion,
contraception, voluntary sterilization services and information, and end
the criminalization of abortion;
Provide comprehensive family planning services to all Iranian citizens,
including full contraception and abortion services;
Ensure that these services are available to all, regardless of income
level, and therefore available in public as well as private health
clinics.
"You will never see such activities in areas where middle-class or rich
people live."
CHRI has learned that the anti-abortion centers that have been
established in over 200 cities in Iran as part of the "Nafas" (or
"Breath") Institute, and which are designed to stop women from
terminating their pregnancies, have been targeted to concentrate on
marginalized areas, and have been heavily shaped by the Islamic
Republic's security agencies.
A human rights lawyer inside Iran told CHRI:
"Their methods [establishment of the Nafas Institute and other measures
restricting women’s reproductive healthcare] can never advance because
they derive from the ruling security establishment. Mechanisms such as
those deployed by the Nafas group are based on ideas taken from the
security and police forces in order to have effective control over the
people. It should be noted that these measures are usually implemented
among the vulnerable sections of society with financial incentives in
order to make people agree to follow such policies. You will never see
such activities in areas where middle-class or rich people live."
An experienced female activist in the field of women's rights in Iran,
with in-depth knowledge of the Nafas Institute, told CHRI:
"The important point is that the groups and organizations that work
under Nafas in this project are not real NGOs. Even charitable groups
and grassroots women’s organizations have refused to participate in [the
Nafas] project. The national headquarters for NGOs basically had no
knowledge of it. The fact is, there are a series of special groups [that
are close to the ruling establishment] operating under this [Nafas]
organization, mainly in the east of the country in Khorasan-Razavi and
South Khorasan provinces. These special groups have been part of the
government's strategy for years. They sometimes do not even have the
necessary permits to operate as an NGO and yet they engage in activities
to advance their desired political goals."
Anti-Abortion Centers Use Relatives to Pressure Women, Deeply Violating
Privacy
In an interview with the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) on the
anti-abortion centers, Saber Jabbari-Farouji, Director of the
Rejuvenation Center at the Ministry of Health, said relatives,
neighbors, or fathers can "alert" authorities to a woman's intention to
abort, initiating efforts by the group to establish an "emotional
connection" with her and advise against the procedure. He added that
around 60 percent of women reconsider their decision after these
"interventions." The identification of women seeking abortions through
health centers and information from relatives deeply violates women’s
rights to privacy and healthcare. The anti-abortion centers collaborate
with other semi-official organizations, including the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Basij organization, which is a
voluntary militia under the authority of the Guards that has a history
of unlawful and violent vigilante activities against women. On September
10, 2024, Jabbari-Farouji said at a national conference on maternal
health: "According to the edicts of all senior religious authorities,
the fetus has life from the moment it plants itself on the mother’s
womb, and aborting it is considered to be murder. Many people, when they
realize that aborting a fetus under four months is equal to killing a
child, they refrain from it."
"A tool to create fear among medical workers so that they don't help
women."
The establishment of these anti-abortion centers follows what the UN
described as "crippling" anti-abortion legislation passed in Iran in
2021, the "Rejuvenation of the Population and Support of Family" law,
which effectively banned abortion, with very few exceptions, and
prohibited public health services from offering family planning,
including contraceptives and voluntary sterilization procedures. The law
also shifted the decision-making power for therapeutic
abortions-terminated pregnancies due to threats to the woman's life or
fetal anomalies-from the pregnant woman and her physician to a panel
consisting of a judge, medical doctor, and forensic doctor. In addition,
Article 61 of the law states that if carried out on a large scale,
abortion would fall under the crime of <corruption on earth> and thus
would carry the death penalty.
Saeid Dehghan, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, told CHRI:
"The anti-abortion centers and restrictions on women's access to
healthcare not only contravene international legal obligations, such as
the right to health under the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), to which Iran is a party, but also
conflict with Iran's own constitution, which guarantees the right to
life, human dignity, and equal protection under the law (Articles 22,
29, and 20). Article 61 [of the anti-abortion legislation], which says
that if carried out on a large scale, abortion would fall under the
crime of <corruption on earth> and thus carry the death penalty, shows
the involvement of the government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC) in these political decisions; it is a tool to create fear
among medical and health workers in the country so that they don't help
women." In response to the 2021 law, UN human rights experts said: "It
is shocking to see the extent to which the [Iranian] authorities have
applied criminal law to restrict women's fundamental rights." The UN
experts noted that the law, which "is in direct violation of women's
human rights under international law," will "effectively force many
women and girls to continue unwanted pregnancies to term which would be
inherently discriminatory... [and] will disproportionately impact women
in situations of marginalization and victims of sexual violence." Iran's
policies regarding reproductive healthcare followed a 2014 decree by
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, labeling the declining birthrate
a national security issue and encouraging Iranians to have more
children.
A Legal and Health Crisis for Women These measures have left Iranian
women-especially those in marginalized and underprivileged areas—with
few legal options to access reproductive healthcare, further entrenching
a policy of forced childbearing and institutionalized, gender-based
discrimination. As a result, underground abortion services have
proliferated, putting women at significant risk of health complications
and death. "These restrictions raise serious concerns not only from a
human rights perspective but also under Iranian legal principles. Iran's
laws should prioritize the protection of women's health, dignity, and
autonomy, and respect their right to access essential healthcare," said
human rights lawyer Dehghan. "The assault on women’s reproductive rights
in Iran denies women the power to shape their own futures and is a stark
reflection of the systemic discrimination and violence that women face
in the Islamic Republic," Ghaemi added.>>
Source:
https://iranhumanrights.org/2024/10/irans-war-on-women-using-reproductive-healthcare-as-a-tool-of-political-repression/
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