The Iran Human Rights debate (Hijab/Political Victimization/Executions)

[ex-q-zit]

Daughter Of Ex Iran President Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

The activist daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

The lawyer did not give detail of the charges against Faezeh Hashemi. But Tehran's public prosecutor indicted Hashemi last year on charges of "propaganda against the system", according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

State media in September reported she had been arrested for "inciting riots" in Tehran during protests triggered by the death of a young Kurdish woman in police custody.

The demonstrations have posed one of the biggest challenges to Iran's clerical rulers since the 1979 revolution.

"Following the arrest of Ms. Faezeh Hashemi, she was sentenced to five years in prison but the sentence is not final," defence lawyer Neda Shams wrote on her Twitter account.

In 2012, Faezeh Hashemi was sentenced to jail and banned from political activities for "anti state propaganda" dating back to the 2009 disputed presidential election.

Her father died in 2017.

Former president Rafsanjani's pragmatic policies of economic liberalisation and better relations with the West attracted fierce supporters and equally fierce critics during his life. He was one of the founders of the Islamic Republic.

NDTV

 

[ex-q-zit]

Pee-Gate Shocker: Woman Peed On Herself, Says Arrested Executive

A sacked banking executive, accused of urinating on a woman on an Air India flight seven weeks ago in an incident that stoked nationwide outrage, has told a Delhi court that he did not do so and that it was his elderly co-passenger who urinated on herself.

The stunning claim by Shankar Mishra comes in response to a notice by the sessions court on an application by the Delhi Police requesting custody for questioning him. He had been sent to 14-day judicial remand on Saturday by a court that turned down the police's request for custody.

His request for bail, however, was turned down four days later by a judge, who called the accusations against him "utterly disgusting and repulsive".

"The alleged act in itself is sufficient to outrage the modesty of any woman. The egregious conduct of the accused has shocked the civic consciousness and needs to be deprecated," the judge said on Wednesday, chiding him for being at large until a non-bailable warrant was issued.

During the bail hearing, Mishra's lawyers had made no reference to his latest claim of not urinating on the woman, arguing that his act "was not driven by sexual desire nor aimed at outraging the complainant's modesty".

At the hearing, the woman who has complained against Mishra said she was being threatened by those close to the accused.

"I'm regularly receiving messages, threatening me. The accused's father sent me a message and said 'karma will hit you' and then deleted the message. They're sending me messages and deleting them. This needs to stop," her lawyers said.

Mishra was arrested last week after the accusations came to light more than a month after the incident in late November. He had been on the run from authorities for days and had been sacked by US banking giant Wells Fargo.

Mishra was allegedly drunk during the journey from New York to New Delhi on November 26 when he allegedly unzipped his pants and urinated on the 72-year-old woman seated in business class.

The woman said she was coerced by the crew into accepting an apology from the man and later complained to N Chandrasekaran, chairperson of the Tata Group, which owns Air India.

The airline said it had failed to properly address the incident and was reviewing its policy on serving alcohol during flights.

"Air India acknowledges that it could have handled these matters better, both in the air and on the ground, and is committed to taking action," Chief Executive Campbell Wilson said in a statement.

The airline, recently bought by the Tata Group conglomerate after decades under state control, has faced severe criticism for its handling of the woman's complaint.

India's aviation regulator also admonished its management for not reporting the incident at the time and warned airlines of taking strict action against passengers behaving inappropriately.

NDTV

 

[KingKhanWC]

Another CIA attempted coup against Iran has failed.

Wonder why?

 

[sweep_shot]

Another CIA attempted coup against Iran has failed.

Wonder why?

I think CIA tried the same in China too.

They always try to portray China, Iran, and Russia in bad light while putting them in good light.

We all know which country has a track record of destabilizing other countries. It is not Iran, Russia, or China.

 

[KingKhanWC]

I think CIA tried the same in China too.

They always try to portray China, Iran, and Russia in bad light while putting them in good light.

We all know which country has a track record of destabilizing other countries. It is not Iran, Russia, or China.

They take the Iranian, Chinese and Russian people as idiots but on avg they are smarter than Americans.

The lady died due to natural causes, most Iranians know this. Only the liberal secularists and fans of the Shah thought it was another chance but not even close to toppling the government.

 

[MenInG]

British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari who was sentenced to death in Iran, has been executed, Iranian state media says.

Mr Akbari's family had been asked to go to his prison for a "final visit" on Wednesday and his wife said he had been moved to solitary confinement.

The ex-deputy Iranian defence minister was arrested in 2019 and convicted of spying for the UK, which he denied.

The UK had urged Iran to halt the execution and immediately release him.

On Friday, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned that "Iran must not follow through with their brutal threat of execution".

"This is a politically motivated act by a barbaric regime that has total disregard for human life," Mr Cleverly tweeted on Wednesday.

Iran posted a video of Mr Akbari this week showing what appeared to be forced confessions.

He had previously said in an audio message received by BBC Persian that he was tortured into confessing to crimes he said he did not commit.

BBC

 

[MenInG]

A British-Iranian national has been executed in Iran after being accused of spying for the UK.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was "appalled" by the execution of Alireza Akbari, saying: "This was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people.

"My thoughts are with Alireza's friends and family."

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly added: "Iran has executed a British national.

"This barbaric act deserves condemnation in the strongest possible terms.

"This will not stand unchallenged."

Iran's charge d'affaires in London has been summoned to the Foreign Office to make clear the Government's "disgust", he said.

SKY

 

[SalimBhai]

Another CIA attempted coup against Iran has failed.

Wonder why?

Once again mo evidence of that.

 

[SalimBhai]

They take the Iranian, Chinese and Russian people as idiots but on avg they are smarter than Americans.

The lady died due to natural causes, most Iranians know this. Only the liberal secularists and fans of the Shah thought it was another chance but not even close to toppling the government.

The young woman died because she was tortured. No evidence has been provided To counter that. Also many more people killed after her. I am sure they also did. It have a cardiac arrest. The crack pot regime is on its least leg. They will call sooner than later. Inshallah.

 

[ex-q-zit]

Iran Executes British-Iranian National Over Spying Allegations

Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for UK intelligence, the judiciary reported.

Akbari was executed after being sentenced to death for "corruption on earth and harming the country's internal and external security by passing on intelligence", the judicial news agency Mizan Online reported.

"The actions of the British spy service in this case have shown the value of the convict, the importance of his access and the enemy's trust in him," it added.

Britain called the execution by Iran of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari a barbaric act and said it would not go unpunished.

"I am appalled by the execution of British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari in Iran," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Twitter. "This was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people," he said.

Britain has demanded that Tehran halt what foreign minister James Cleverly has called a "politically motivated" execution.

On Thursday, state media had reported that 61-year-old Akbari had held high positions in the country's defence establishment.

His posts included "deputy minister of defence for foreign affairs" and a position in the "secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council."

Akbari had also been an "advisor to the commander of the navy" as well as "heading a division at the defence ministry's research centre".

In a video published by Iranian media, Akbari is seen apparently talking about his contacts with Britain.

He also says he was questioned by the British about Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, assassinated in November 2020 in an attack that Tehran blames on arch-foe Israel.

Akbari, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war that raged from 1980-1988, was arrested sometime between March 2019 and March 2020, state media said.

Mizan, citing a statement from Iran's intelligence ministry, had said earlier this week that Akbari became a "key spy" for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, more commonly known as MI6, due to "the importance of his position".

In February 2019, the official government newspaper Iran published an interview with Akbari, whom it identified as a "former deputy defence minister" during the 1997-2005 presidency of Mohammad Khatami.

In early December, Iran executed four people accused of working with Israeli intelligence, Mizan said at the time.

Iran hanged them four days after the Supreme Court upheld their death sentence for "their intelligence cooperation with the Zionist regime (Israel) and kidnapping", Mizan reported.

Akbari's execution comes as Iran has been rocked by protests sparked by the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after she was arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women.

Iran's judiciary has confirmed that 18 people have been sentenced to death in connection with the protests, according to a count compiled by AFP from official announcements.

Of these, four have been executed, sparking an international outcry.

NDTV

 

[Bewal Express]

It's interesting that Iranian human rights abuses are condemned and rightly so. But when it comes to the favourites of the West such as Egypt or PK not a murmur. Arshad Sharif( Shaheed) was murdered by the Junta in PK, any diplomatic protests? Didn't think so bar some mealy mouthed words while encouraging this behaviour

 

[MenInG]

Stay on topic - the thread is about Iran - other topics are for other threads - thanks

 

[MenInG]

Four young men have been executed in connection with the nationwide protests that erupted in Iran four months ago, while 18 other people have been sentenced to death. Human rights groups have said they were convicted after grossly unfair sham trials.

Mohammad Mehdi Karami, a 22-year-old karate champion, was hanged on 7 January, just 65 days after his arrest.

Sources have told BBC Persian that he had less than 15 minutes to defend himself in court.

His story shows how authorities in Iran are using show trials to strike fear into the hearts of the protesters, who are demanding freedom and an end to the clerical regime.

BBC

 

[MenInG]

An Iranian couple in their 20s have been given jail sentences totalling 10 years after posting a video of themselves dancing in the street.

They were reportedly convicted for promoting corruption, prostitution and propaganda.

The video showed them dancing by Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower.

Authorities are handing heavy sentences to people seen to be involved in protests after the death of a woman who was detained by morality police.

The couple did not link their dance to the ongoing protests in Iran.

 

[SalimBhai]

This is what the regime does when it is scared

 

[sweep_shot]

Do these protesters have no lives? Don't they work or study? How can they do this for 6 months?

A large percentage of these protesters seem to be jobless bums, musicians, low GPA students, radical liberals etc.

 

[SalimBhai]

Do these protesters have no lives? Don't they work or study? How can they do this for 6 months?

A large percentage of these protesters seem to be jobless bums, musicians, low GPA students, radical liberals etc.

How do you know their gpa ??

 

[KingKhanWC]

Do these protesters have no lives? Don't they work or study? How can they do this for 6 months?

A large percentage of these protesters seem to be jobless bums, musicians, low GPA students, radical liberals etc.

Many are supporters or their parents or grandparents were of the Shah.

So many months gone, so much fake tears by west , so much hate , so many sanctions and threat , yet the Iranian government and leadership are still there.

But the idiots will not give up, another few months there will be something else to cry of because Iran is simply independent and no slave of Yankland or Terrorist Israel.

 

[Browncaps]

An Israeli poster on a forum mentioned that half of the Iranian population consists of foreign agents who can be activated at anytime when certain powers want.

 

[sweep_shot]

An Israeli poster on a forum mentioned that half of the Iranian population consists of foreign agents who can be activated at anytime when certain powers want.

Thought so.

As per mainstream narrative, Yankees and their poodles are always good. But, Iran, Russia, and China are always bad. It is quite comical. They think people can be fooled.

 

[sweep_shot]

An Israeli poster on a forum mentioned that half of the Iranian population consists of foreign agents who can be activated at anytime when certain powers want.

I think Israel have an eye on Iran. They want to take over Iran as a part of Greater Israeli Project. Yankees may help them with it.

It makes me remember one hadith from Sahih Muslim (2944). It goes like this --> "The Dajjal would be followed by seventy thousand Jews of Isfahan wearing Persian shawls." (Reference: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2944)

Isfahan obviously is located in Iran.

 

[SalimBhai]

An Israeli poster on a forum mentioned that half of the Iranian population consists of foreign agents who can be activated at anytime when certain powers want.

So 45 million people are foreign agents? Also love your source. Seems very authentic

 

[Browncaps]

So 45 million people are foreign agents? Also love your source. Seems very authentic

I didn't comment on whether it is true or not.

I shared what I read.

I can provide a link to it as well if moderators here allow it.

 

[SalimBhai]

I didn't comment on whether it is true or not.

I shared what I read.

I can provide a link to it as well if moderators here allow it.

If it’s not true than why are you stating it ? Do u believe it to be true?That 45 million people half the population are a foreign agent ? Does that number not seem just a tad bit too much. Just a bit

 

[SalimBhai]

I didn't comment on whether it is true or not.

I shared what I read.

I can provide a link to it as well if moderators here allow it.

Also please elaborate on the “certain powers”. I am honestly very intrigued

 

[SalimBhai]

I apologize” certain powers”.

 

[Browncaps]

If it’s not true than why are you stating it ? Do u believe it to be true?That 45 million people half the population are a foreign agent ? Does that number not seem just a tad bit too much. Just a bit

I have not posted an opinion on it either way. Not sure who you think you are to project your view on others.

Ask the Israeli who was proudly boasting about it, he wrote ''certain powers'', since it seems to bother you so much.

 

[Sidilicious]

If half of the population are foreign agents, they can just elect the government that wants to be agents?

When someone believes in such post, you can assume the level of logic they apply.

 

[SalimBhai]

I think people should think before they post if you don’t believe it then why are you posting it . Then t
@sweepshot believes you and brings in hadiths and Jews into it. Should be more careful what you post. 45 million people. I mean come on

 

[Robert]

Do these protesters have no lives? Don't they work or study? How can they do this for 6 months?

A large percentage of these protesters seem to be jobless bums, musicians, low GPA students, radical liberals etc.

Perhaps their freedom is more important to them than working or studying under an oppressive regime.

I’m a musician and a radical liberal and I support the protesters.

Women should not be forced to cover their hair in Iran, any more than women in France should be forced not to. Women should have the right to choose.

By the way “radical liberals” is a tautology - to be a liberal is to be radical, opposed to any power structure which limits personal freedom. Be that power structure authoritarianism, religion such as the Catholic Church of Ireland until that nation joined the EU, or the old boy network so beloved by Tories.

This freedom must however be countered by the Harm Principle of John Stuart Mill, the great English radical philosopher - one’s freedom ends where it begins to disempower another’s.

You live in one of the freest societies in the history of the world, thanks to radical liberalism. You should be grateful.

 

[SalimBhai]

I think Israel have an eye on Iran. They want to take over Iran as a part of Greater Israeli Project. Yankees may help them with it.

It makes me remember one hadith from Sahih Muslim (2944). It goes like this --> "The Dajjal would be followed by seventy thousand Jews of Isfahan wearing Persian shawls." (Reference: https://sunnah.com/muslim:2944)

Isfahan obviously is located in Iran.

I think it’s a safe bet you can put that theory to rest. 45 million foreign agents will just vote the opposition out .

 

[Browncaps]

I think people should think before they post if you don’t believe it then why are you posting it . Then t
@sweepshot believes you and brings in hadiths and Jews into it. Should be more careful what you post. 45 million people. I mean come on

I have already clearly stated that one person wrote this. I can provide a link as well if I am permitted to do so. As it was on another forum, it might be against the rules to link it here. Either he believes it or was being rhetorical or was just mocking Iranian posters to imply how vulnerable their country is to outside interference.

I never commented on its accuracy because unlike you I am not on an agenda to dictate to Iranians on what they can and cannot do.

In one post you wrote that according to you I believe in the claim.

Then in two following posts you wrote that I do not believe it.

The floor is yours, prove it that I believe or do not believe it as you clearly value my opinion a lot. The same applies to sidlicious who seems to be projecting his feelings on my opinion lol.

You need to be careful with what you post as all of it is agenda based and try to comprehend a post before spamming. You claim to be a liberal who is against right wingers yet you have a habit of telling others how they can and cannot feel.

 

[Robert]

I have already clearly stated that one person wrote this. I can provide a link as well if I am permitted to do so. As it was on another forum, it might be against the rules to link it here. Either he believes it or was being rhetorical or was just mocking Iranian posters to imply how vulnerable their country is to outside interference.

I never commented on its accuracy because unlike you I am not on an agenda to dictate to Iranians on what they can and cannot do.

In one post you wrote that according to you I believe in the claim.

Then in two following posts you wrote that I do not believe it.

The floor is yours, prove it that I believe or do not believe it as you clearly value my opinion a lot. The same applies to sidlicious who seems to be projecting his feelings on my opinion lol.

You need to be careful with what you post as all of it is agenda based and try to comprehend a post before spamming. You claim to be a liberal who is against right wingers yet you have a habit of telling others how they can and cannot feel.

Liberal is not the opposite of right wing. One can be both, like Milton Friedman. Liberal is the opposite of authoritarian.

 

[Browncaps]

Liberal is not the opposite of right wing. One can be both, like Milton Friedman. Liberal is the opposite of authoritarian.

Literally speaking you are right.

My point was in the context of his posts here. It’s quite clear what he is trying to achieve and it has been flagged by other posters as well.

 

[SalimBhai]

Sir you posted it without comment . You did not say I don’t think it’s true. By reading it it seems you are stating something , you have a source and you have. A motive . Sweepshot read it and believed you. Hence his comments about Jews and so forth. Anyone who would read your original post would think you are saying something. I am sure many will realize it’s a foolish statement because that’s 45 million people we are talking. There is no agenda there is no motive. Just bizarre that it did not occur to you. .

 

[Browncaps]

Sir you posted it without comment . You did not say I don’t think it’s true. By reading it it seems you are stating something , you have a source and you have. A motive . Sweepshot read it and believed you. Hence his comments about Jews and so forth. Anyone who would read your original post would think you are saying something. I am sure many will realize it’s a foolish statement because that’s 45 million people we are talking. There is no agenda there is no motive. Just bizarre that it did not occur to you. .

Exactly. That's because I do not have an opinion on it unless I obtain clear proof of it being true or false. I stated what I read, that's about it.

You are repeatedly putting words in my mouth.

Since you still do not see the fallacy in your confused lies, I will provide an example.

If I post the news, but do not post my views on it, I am the messenger, in your frustation you shoot the messenger as you are frustated and have a clear agenda and to quote your preferred word a ''motive''.

The only bizarre point is that what happened to Mosaddegh did not occur to you and you insist that no one interferes in Iran, which you have repeated multiple times on pakpassion in spam format.

Here is a pakpassion thread on the fact that 8-10 million Iranians were killed in the Great Famine caused by the British in the late 1910s.

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...by-the-British-in-late-1910s-documents-reveal

It would be foolish to ignore a fact.

As for sweepshot, he has been posting in this thread for months and I doubt one post will change his views unless if the one complaining is a fool.

Another fact that I did notice is that you hate people due to their beliefs.

I will say that it is also foolish to insist that there is no foreign interference in Iran given multiple recent events.

 

[Robert]

The only bizarre point is that what happened to Mosaddegh did not occur to you and you insist that no one interferes in Iran, which you have repeated multiple times on pakpassion in spam format.

Here is a pakpassion thread on the fact that 8-10 million Iranians were killed in the Great Famine caused by the British in the late 1910s.

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...by-the-British-in-late-1910s-documents-reveal

I became aware of the Mossadeq issue by reading a book titled “Rogue State” about US interference in foreign states since WW2.

I read five million not 8-10 million. The British Army of Mesopotamia stole the Iranian harvest and half the population died. No wonder they hate us. Whether five or ten million it is still the blackest moment in the history of the British Empire.

 

[SalimBhai]

Exactly. That's because I do not have an opinion on it unless I obtain clear proof of it being true or false. I stated what I read, that's about it.

You are repeatedly putting words in my mouth.

Since you still do not see the fallacy in your confused lies, I will provide an example.

If I post the news, but do not post my views on it, I am the messenger, in your frustation you shoot the messenger as you are frustated and have a clear agenda and to quote your preferred word a ''motive''.

The only bizarre point is that what happened to Mosaddegh did not occur to you and you insist that no one interferes in Iran, which you have repeated multiple times on pakpassion in spam format.

Here is a pakpassion thread on the fact that 8-10 million Iranians were killed in the Great Famine caused by the British in the late 1910s.

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...by-the-British-in-late-1910s-documents-reveal

It would be foolish to ignore a fact.

As for sweepshot, he has been posting in this thread for months and I doubt one post will change his views unless if the one complaining is a fool.

Another fact that I did notice is that you hate people due to their beliefs.

I will say that it is also foolish to insist that there is no foreign interference in Iran given multiple recent events.

I have no idea what you are on about. Hear me clearly now. I would never post anything that ridiculous . Also before I post I try my best make sure it’s real. Did you know what the population of iran was? Did you not check maybe 45 million people as foreign agents. sounds ridiculous. . Anyway. I will not comment it any longer. Rest of response makes no sense. Anyway it was a good laugh. I have moved on.

 

[Browncaps]

I became aware of the Mossadeq issue by reading a book titled “Rogue State” about US interference in foreign states since WW2.

I read five million not 8-10 million. The British Army of Mesopotamia stole the Iranian harvest and half the population died. No wonder they hate us. Whether five or ten million it is still the blackest moment in the history of the British Empire.

Honestly, I posted 8-10 million based on the previous thread here.

The bold might be true because of the sheer number of deaths. I do not think more people died in any other atrocity during the Empires era. I assume that said famine along with Mossadegh governments removal aided in the justification for various hardline decision making which we see in Irans current government as there is this sense of insecurity in their thought process to prevent outside influence/attacks.

 

[Browncaps]

I have no idea what you are on about. Hear me clearly now. I would never post anything that ridiculous . Also before I post I try my best make sure it’s real. Did you know what the population of iran was? Did you not check maybe 45 million people as foreign agents. sounds ridiculous. . Anyway. I will not comment it any longer. Rest of response makes no sense. Anyway it was a good laugh. I have moved on.

Let me make it clear, Mossadeghs illegal overthrow by a foreign country and the Famine in the British Empires era are both facts, your forced lies about Iran only expose your agenda.

At least view the quality of the content you post here before spouting personal attacks. I will continue to post what I read and even provide references for it as long as forum rules allow the same. You can continue to lie and fail in your attempts to make a comment appear as an opinion and then illustrate your repeated failure to link something I did read to an opinion. Keep crying about the population and your other nonsense. Foreign interference in their country is acknowledged and publicly accepted by foreign agencies.

Iranians will do as they see fit and you can keep up your hopes that their government will be overthrown by your terrorist nation who Iran have never attacked.

The only laugh is you being here, failing to put words in others mouth and the hatred you have for a religion.

As for you moving on, that's because mods delete your nonsense and lies.

 

[SalimBhai]

Let me make it clear, Mossadeghs illegal overthrow by a foreign country and the Famine in the British Empires era are both facts, your forced lies about Iran only expose your agenda.

At least view the quality of the content you post here before spouting personal attacks. I will continue to post what I read and even provide references for it as long as forum rules allow the same. You can continue to lie and fail in your attempts to make a comment appear as an opinion and then illustrate your repeated failure to link something I did read to an opinion. Keep crying about the population and your other nonsense. Foreign interference in their country is acknowledged and publicly accepted by foreign agencies.

Iranians will do as they see fit and you can keep up your hopes that their government will be overthrown by your terrorist nation who Iran have never attacked.

The only laugh is you being here, failing to put words in others mouth and the hatred you have for a religion.

As for you moving on, that's because mods delete your nonsense and lies.

Why are you going on about Mossadeghs. I have never mentioned him. Dude u need to relax. All these things you are saying are only in your head. Good nite. Just post sensible posts please. That’s all we ask here

 

[Robert]

Honestly, I posted 8-10 million based on the previous thread here.

The bold might be true because of the sheer number of deaths. I do not think more people died in any other atrocity during the Empires era. I assume that said famine along with Mossadegh governments removal aided in the justification for various hardline decision making which we see in Irans current government as there is this sense of insecurity in their thought process to prevent outside influence/attacks.

The Persians have a saying - if you move a rock, you will find a Briton behind it doing something sneaky.

While there were several famines on the Subcontinent and in Ireland which were mismanaged due to incompetence of local administration, the Iran famine was due to theft. To me, this deliberate act makes it the worst crime.

 

[ex-q-zit]

Photos Of Iranian Prisoner On Hunger Strike Cause Outrage

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian physician who went on hunger strike in support of demonstrations against the compulsory wearing of the hijab have caused outrage and warnings that he risks death.

Farhad Meysami, 53, who has been in jail since 2018 for supporting women activists protesting against the headscarf policy, began his hunger strike on Oct. 7 to protest recent government killings of demonstrators, his lawyer said.

But the Iranian judiciary denied the hunger strike claim and said the photos that have gone viral on social media were from four years ago when Dr Meysami did go on hunger strike.

As evidence, the semi-official student-led news agency Young Journalists Club posted what it said was Dr Meysami's latest photo, in which he does not look emaciated and is seen sitting on the floor of his prison cell with a bag of what looks like chips next to him.

Reuters was unable to confirm when the pictures were taken.

Iran has been rocked by nationwide unrest following the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16 in police custody, posing one of the strongest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.

Amini was arrested by morality police for flouting the hijab policy, which requires women to dress modestly and wear headscarfs. Women have played a prominent role in the protests, many of them waving or burning their headscarfs.

Rights groups say more than 500 protesters have been killed and nearly 20,000 arrested. At least four people have been hanged, according to the Iranian judiciary.

"My client Farhad Meysami's life is in danger," tweeted lawyer Mohammad Moghimi. "He went on hunger strike to protest the recent government killings in the streets." He said Dr Meysami had lost 52 kg (115 lb).

Images of Dr Meysami show him curled up on what looks like a hospital bed, and another standing, his ribs protruding.

"Shocking images of Dr. Farhad Meysami, a brave advocate for women's rights who has been on hunger strike in prison," tweeted Robert Malley, Washington's special envoy for Iran.

"Iran's regime has unjustly denied him and thousands of other political prisoners their rights and their freedom. Now it unjustly threatens his life," he said.

In a letter published by BBC's Persian Service, Farhad Meysami made three demands: an end to executions, release of political-civil prisoners, and an end to "forced-hijab harassment".

"I will continue my impossible mission in the hope that it may become possible later on with a collective effort," he wrote.

On Thursday, the activist HRANA news agency reported that Iranian film director Jafar Panahi had started a hunger strike in prison to protest against authorities' refusal to release him temporarily on bail pending a retrial.

Mr Panahi was detained in July and told he would serve a six-year prison sentence originally issued by a Tehran court in 2010 amid a stepped-up crackdown on dissent.

Article with photos can be accessed in below link

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ima...soner-on-hunger-strike-prompt-outrage-3750488

 

[Browncaps]

Why are you going on about Mossadeghs. I have never mentioned him. Dude u need to relax. All these things you are saying are only in your head. Good nite. Just post sensible posts please. That’s all we ask here

It exposes your agenda when you say widely accepted facts that I mentioned, which the West and its agencies also reported and acknowledged such as the Famine in Iran and the illegal overthrow of Mossadeghs government are in anyones head.

Of course you have never mentioned Mossadegh as like the bullies you support, you want to hide facts and order a country with a history of facing foreign interference on how they can live.

I will continue to post facts and you can continue to deflect. Have the class to accept there is a difference between being the messenger and an opinion instead of throwing around words like ''foolish'' and ''ridiculous'' and then showing the audacity to tell others to lie like you do.

You are no one to dictate to others on how they can post when you spam with your broken record about there being no foreign interference in Iran. Your country needs to mind its own business and stop overthrowing governments in other countries.

If you can't handle the heat from facts then I repeat, differentiate between a message being posted and an opinion and post sensibly instead of regurgating lies to manipulate history and insult a religion which you do in every thread you post in.

 

[SalimBhai]

It exposes your agenda when you say widely accepted facts that I mentioned, which the West and its agencies also reported and acknowledged such as the Famine in Iran and the illegal overthrow of Mossadeghs government are in anyones head.

Of course you have never mentioned Mossadegh as like the bullies you support, you want to hide facts and order a country with a history of facing foreign interference on how they can live.

I will continue to post facts and you can continue to deflect. Have the class to accept there is a difference between being the messenger and an opinion instead of throwing around words like ''foolish'' and ''ridiculous'' and then showing the audacity to tell others to lie like you do.

You are no one to dictate to others on how they can post when you spam with your broken record about there being no foreign interference in Iran. Your country needs to mind its own business and stop overthrowing governments in other countries.

If you can't handle the heat from facts then I repeat, differentiate between a message being posted and an opinion and post sensibly instead of regurgating lies to manipulate history and insult a religion which you do in every thread you post in.

I think you have not read what I have been posting for years. So let me clarify to you.

I was against overthrow of the PM and replacing with the shah. I am against any USA interventions . They have a terrible record of foreign interventions. I am also against the brutal corrupt Islamic regime in iran who are impressing poeple. I have always been.. would love for you to fine one post from me that goes against that principle. All these things are in your head. Maybe you are embarrassed about your post. I don’t know. It’s a silly post. But no big deal. Need to bring up the standard that’s all.

 

[Browncaps]

I think you have not read what I have been posting for years. So let me clarify to you.

I was against overthrow of the PM and replacing with the shah. I am against any USA interventions . They have a terrible record of foreign interventions. I am also against the brutal corrupt Islamic regime in iran who are impressing poeple. I have always been.. would love for you to fine one post from me that goes against that principle. All these things are in your head. Maybe you are embarrassed about your post. I don’t know. It’s a silly post. But no big deal. Need to bring up the standard that’s all.

Yet you never once mentioned it before and only rant on deflecting from the foreign interference and launch personal attacks like ''things in your head'', ''foolish'', ''ridiculous'' and other rude words. The ones you support do not even let Iran import medicine needed to treat cancer and other serious illness and you dare to dictate to them. You have been here for less than a year so lol at you mentioning what you been repeating for years
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They are impressing people? It's very clear that you are embarrassed but have also lost your cool. By spamming you will never ''bring up the standard''.

The vast majority of your posts illustrate hatred for a group of people, this is well documented. You enforce your opinion on them to the extent that you want them to think and do as you want.

As I predicted in the post you quoted, again you are throwing words like ''silly'' around to deflect from the fact that you tried to misrepresent me posting something I read as my opinion. I even wrote 2 days ago that the floor is yours, prove it that what I wrote is my own opinion. You do not have it in you to accept my post was the opinion of another person, you tried and failed to portray it as my opinion.

 

[SalimBhai]

Yet you never once mentioned it before and only rant on deflecting from the foreign interference and launch personal attacks like ''things in your head'', ''foolish'', ''ridiculous'' and other rude words. The ones you support do not even let Iran import medicine needed to treat cancer and other serious illness and you dare to dictate to them. You have been here for less than a year so lol at you mentioning what you been repeating for years
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They are impressing people? It's very clear that you are embarrassed but have also lost your cool. By spamming you will never ''bring up the standard''.

The vast majority of your posts illustrate hatred for a group of people, this is well documented. You enforce your opinion on them to the extent that you want them to think and do as you want.

As I predicted in the post you quoted, again you are throwing words like ''silly'' around to deflect from the fact that you tried to misrepresent me posting something I read as my opinion. I even wrote 2 days ago that the floor is yours, prove it that what I wrote is my own opinion. You do not have it in you to accept my post was the opinion of another person, you tried and failed to portray it as my opinion.

Once again you are not reading . I just said in the above post that I don’t support any USA intervention . And next Thing you do is say I support USA on blocking medicine from iran. Please read. Also I have been on here for close to 15 years u set another name. I don’t pick and choose which dictatorship, theocracy I support. I support NONE. Never have. Ever. All I said if please bring your post level up. Why would you post something so ridiculous. It’s laughable. Shows poorly on u. Rest of the stuff you keep repeating I have no idea what u are talking about. Just move on. Buy please bring up the post level. Thanks

 

[Browncaps]

Once again you are not reading . I just said in the above post that I don’t support any USA intervention . And next Thing you do is say I support USA on blocking medicine from iran. Please read. Also I have been on here for close to 15 years u set another name. I don’t pick and choose which dictatorship, theocracy I support. I support NONE. Never have. Ever. All I said if please bring your post level up. Why would you post something so ridiculous. It’s laughable. Shows poorly on u. Rest of the stuff you keep repeating I have no idea what u are talking about. Just move on. Buy please bring up the post level. Thanks

You spam all the time, saying the same thing 3 posts in a row, in this and even other threads. An example is the one about Turkey where from posts 99-101 in all 3 you are forcing your opinion, the very same one on others. The same point can be made once but you insist on increasing your post count. I once predicted you will launch personal attacks, now again you are proving my point by throwing in the word ''ridiculous''. The proof of your hatred for a country to be run by its own people and not by foreign powers is reflected in the vast majority of your posts here, the only ridiculousness I see is you denying this fact.

Your hatred for a religion and the spam posts show you have lost your cool and your bitterness is there for all to see.

I am still waiting for you to stop deflecting and prove your accusation that what I posted is my own opinion. Don't run away now. You chose to quote me and launch personal attacks, now prove your false accusation.

I will not move on, you should remember the quality of your posts before daring to address me.

 

[MenInG]

Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners, including many linked to anti-government protests.

State media reports the pardons by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came with conditions.

The pardons come on the eve of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in 1979.

Demonstrations erupted last September following the death in custody of a woman held by Iran's morality police.

Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab, or headscarf, "improperly" - in violation of Iran's strict dress code for women.

Authorities have portrayed the protests - which are still continuing - as foreign-backed "riots" and at times have responded with lethal force.

Human rights groups say more than 500 demonstrators have been killed, including 70 minors, and around 20,000 have been arrested.

BBC

 

[SalimBhai]

What a shame the riots started because a woman did not have her head covered the proper way.

 

[Browncaps]

Iranian protest anthem wins special award at Grammys

Singer Shervin Hajipour, who is currently on bail, won for his song 'Baraye' which backs the anti-government protest movement

A song that has become the anthem of the anti-government protests in Iran was given a special award at the Grammy music awards on Sunday, presented by US First Lady Jill Biden.

The special Grammy for Best Song for Social Change was handed to Shervin Hajipour, a 25-year-old Iranian musician, for his song Baraye.

The song, originally released on Hajipour's Instagram page shortly after the protests began, has been taken up by activists in Iran who have been demonstrating since September 2022 following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

Amini died following her arrest for "inappropriate hijab", sparking off one of the biggest anti-government movements the country has seen in years.

Hajipour himself was arrested in October before being released on bail, and is now unable to leave the country. He has been accused of “propaganda activity against the regime” and “inciting and instigating people to commit violent acts".

“This song became the anthem of the Mahsa Amini protests, a powerful and poetic call for freedom and women’s rights,” said Biden, as she announced the award.

“Shervin was arrested, but this song continues to resonate around the world with its powerful theme: Women, life, freedom.”

The lyrics of Baraye, which roughly translates as For in English, focus on a range of issues affecting Iranians, including economic and environmental concerns, as well as the subjugation of women.

It includes the line "for women, life, freedom", a Kurdish slogan which has become ubiquitous across the anti-government movement.

Following the Grammy win, Hajipour's Instagram account posted "we won".

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/grammys-iran-protest-song-baraye-wins-special-award

 

[MenInG]

When one of the world's most promising chess players, 25-year-old Sara Khadem, decided to play at an international tournament without her headscarf, in solidarity with the protest movement in Iran, she thought a warning would be the worst that would happen to her.

Instead, she can't return to Iran - there are arrest papers waiting for her, and she now lives in exile in southern Spain, with her husband and one-year-old son.

She and her family asked the BBC not to reveal her precise location; their worry is that there may be repercussions even thousands of miles away from Iran.

Women in Iran are required to wear headscarves in public, even when abroad. But a few are choosing not to, in support of the women and girls spearheading the protests inside the country, following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September. One of them, the climber Elnaz Rekabi, was forced to recant and it is unclear what her situation is, now that she is back in Iran.

Sara Khadem said there was a slow evolution of her decision to play in the tournament in Kazakhstan in December last year without her headscarf. The contestants only wore them in front of the cameras, and she felt that was hypocritical. Given the sacrifices being made by the women and girls on the streets of Iran, some of them risking their lives, it was the least she could do, she said.

BBC

 

[SalimBhai]

When one of the world's most promising chess players, 25-year-old Sara Khadem, decided to play at an international tournament without her headscarf, in solidarity with the protest movement in Iran, she thought a warning would be the worst that would happen to her.

Instead, she can't return to Iran - there are arrest papers waiting for her, and she now lives in exile in southern Spain, with her husband and one-year-old son.

She and her family asked the BBC not to reveal her precise location; their worry is that there may be repercussions even thousands of miles away from Iran.

Women in Iran are required to wear headscarves in public, even when abroad. But a few are choosing not to, in support of the women and girls spearheading the protests inside the country, following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September. One of them, the climber Elnaz Rekabi, was forced to recant and it is unclear what her situation is, now that she is back in Iran.

Sara Khadem said there was a slow evolution of her decision to play in the tournament in Kazakhstan in December last year without her headscarf. The contestants only wore them in front of the cameras, and she felt that was hypocritical. Given the sacrifices being made by the women and girls on the streets of Iran, some of them risking their lives, it was the least she could do, she said.

BBC

How thin skinned the brutal regime be

 

[daytrader]

Iran protests flare in several cities amid continuing unrest
Online videos from Tehran and other centres appear to show demonstrations including anti-government chants as execution of protesters commemorated

Protesters in Iran have marched through the streets of multiple cities in the most widespread demonstrations in weeks, online videos purported to show on Friday.

The demonstrations overnight on Thursday marked 40 days since Iran executed two men on charges related to protests that began last year and went on to grip the Islamic Republic for month.

The initial unrest – which began after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died on 16 September, three days after her arrest by “morality police” – morphed into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Videos showed demonstrations in Iran’s capital, Tehran, as well as in the cities of Arak, Isfahan, Izeh in Khuzestan province and Karaj, the group Human Rights Activists in Iran said. Associated Press could not immediately verify the videos, many of which had been blurred or showed grainy night-time scenes.

In Iran’s western Kurdish regions, online videos shared by the Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights showed burning roadblocks in Sanandaj, which has seen repeated demonstrations since Amini’s death.

Hengaw shared one video that included digitally altered voices shouting: “Death to the Dictator!” That call has been repeatedly heard in the demonstrations, targeting Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Other videos purportedly shot in Tehran had similar chants, as well as scenes of heavily protected riot police in the street.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...lare-in-several-cities-amid-continuing-unrest

 

[MenInG]

Independent TV network Iran International is suspending its operations in the UK because of threats against its London-based journalists.

The Persian-language TV channel said that the decision was due to a "significant escalation in state-backed threats from Iran".

"Threats had grown to the point that it was felt it was no longer possible to protect the channel's staff," it said.

The station will continue to operate from its offices in Washington DC.

In November, two British-Iranian journalists from the channel were warned by police of a possible risk to their lives. An armed police presence was stationed near the channel's studios in Chiswick, west London, and concrete barriers were placed outside the building.

London's Metropolitan Police said 15 plots have been foiled since the start of 2022 to either kidnap or kill UK-based individuals perceived as enemies of the Iranian regime.

"I cannot believe it has come to this," said the network's general manager, Mahmood Enayat.

"A foreign state has caused such a significant threat to the British public on British soil that we have to move," he said.

 

[MenInG]

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called the wave of suspected poisonings of schoolgirls in recent months an "unforgivable crime".

"If there are any people involved in the matter, and there certainly are... the perpetrators must be given the most severe of punishments," he warned.

More than 1,000 girls at dozens of schools have been affected by unexplained illnesses since November.

Incidents were reported in at least 15 cities and towns on Sunday alone.

Authorities have released very little information about their investigations and announced no arrests, but they have accused Iran's "enemies" of using the suspected poisonings to undermine the clerical establishment.

Some Iranians believe the girls' schools are being targeted by hard-line elements to stop them receiving an education.

Others suggest the authorities may be punishing girls for their leading role in the nationwide anti-government protests that erupted in September.

BBC

 

[MenInG]

Iran has announced over 100 arrests nationwide over the mystery poisonings of thousands of schoolgirls, charging that the unidentified alleged perpetrators may have links with “hostile” groups.

In the wave of cases since late November, schoolgirls have suffered fainting, nausea, shortness of breath and other symptoms after reporting “unpleasant” odours on school premises, with some being treated in hospital.

State media reported late on Saturday that the interior ministry had announced the arrests over the suspected poison attacks in more than 200 schools, which have sparked fear and anger among pupils and their parents.

“More than 100 people who were responsible for the recent school incidents were identified, arrested and investigated,” the ministry said in a statement, carried by state news agency IRNA.

“Among those arrested are people with hostile motives and with the aim of instilling terror in the people and students and to close schools.”

The ministry added that “fortunately, from the middle of the last week until today, the number of incidents in schools has decreased significantly, and there have been no reports of sick students”.

The statement pointed at possible links to an Albania-based exiled Iranian opposition group that Tehran considers a “terrorist” organisation, the People’s Mujahideen of Iran or Mujahideen-i-Khalq (MEK).

“The investigation of these criminal people, including the discovery of their possible connection with the terrorist organisations such as the MEK and others, is ongoing,” reported IRNA.

The poisonings started two months into the protests that gripped Iran following the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, an ethnic Kurd who had been arrested over an alleged violation of strict dress rules for women.

Iran has blamed those protests, which it commonly labels “riots”, on hostile forces abroad linked to its arch-foes the United States, Israel and their allies.

More than 5,000 pupils have been affected in approximately 230 schools across 25 out of Iran’s 31 provinces, the latest official tally said.

The ministry said arrests were made in the provinces of Tehran, Qom and Gilan in the north, Razavi Khorasan in the northeast, West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan and Zanjan in the northwest, Kurdistan and Hamadan in the west, Khuzestan in the southwest and Fars in the south.

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had last Monday called for the perpetrators of the “unforgivable crime” to be tracked down “without mercy”.

AFP

 

[MenInG]

Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute "without mercy" women who appear in public unveiled as an increasing number of women defy the country's compulsory dress code.

Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s warning, reported by Iranian media on Saturday, follows an Interior Ministry statement on Thursday that reaffirmed the government's intention to enforce the law requiring women to wear a headscarf, or hijab, in public.

“Unveiling is tantamount to enmity with [our] values,” Mr Ejei was quoted as saying by several news sites. Those “who commit such anomalous acts will be punished” and will be “prosecuted without mercy,” he said, without saying what the punishment entails.

Mr Ejei said law enforcement officers were “obliged to refer obvious crimes and any kind of abnormality that is against the religious law and occurs in public to judicial authorities”.

A growing number of Iranian women stopped wearing headscarves after nationwide protests broke out in September over the death in custody of a young woman detained for allegedly violating the hijab rule. Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran's Kurdish region, died days after being detained by morality police in Tehran.

The protests continued for months despite a violent by crackdown by government forces in which nearly 500 protesters were killed, according to estimates by Iranian rights groups. Thousands more were arrested, with at least four executed on charges related to the protests.

https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/othe...1&cvid=86728c84766e49c89da448e7ee38524e&ei=10

 

[MenInG]

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Two women have been arrested in Iran after being attacked with yoghurt, seemingly for not covering their hair in public.

In the video, which went viral, two female customers are approached by the man, who begins talking to them.

He then takes what appears to be a tub of yoghurt from a shelf and angrily throws it over their heads.

Iran's judiciary said the two women have been detained for showing their hair, which is illegal in Iran.

The man has also been arrested for disturbing the public order, it added.

The arrests follow months of protests in the country demanding an end to the compulsory wearing of the hijab (headscarf).

The footage shows the women in the shop, waiting to be served by a member of staff. A man who looks to be passing by then walks in to confront them.

After he speaks, he repeatedly attacks them with yoghurt. The attacker is then pushed out of the shop by the shopkeeper.

Arrest warrants were issued and the three were subsequently arrested, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported.

It added that "necessary notices" have been issued to the owner of the shop to ensure compliance with the law.

Not wearing the hijab in public is illegal for women in Iran, however in big cities, many walk around without it despite the rules.

Anger and frustration with the law have driven dissent in Iranian society.

Protests spread across the Islamic Republic in September following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".

The protests widened, but they remained rooted in the issue of the hijab.

Thousands have been arrested and four protesters have been executed since December. But the authorities show no sign of relenting.

One hardline Iranian MP, Hossein Ali Haji Deligani, has issued an ultimatum to the judiciary to come up with measures to put a stop to the flouting of the rules within the next 48 hours.

And on Saturday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi reiterated that Iranian women should wear the hijab as a "religious necessity".

"Hijab is a legal matter and adherence to it is obligatory," he said in quotes cited by AFP news agency.

BBC

 

[Champ_Pal]

Yoghurt attack is better than whipping with canes.

 

[MenInG]

Iranian authorities have begun installing cameras in public places to identify unveiled women, the police have announced.

Identified women will receive a text about the consequences of not covering their hair with a hijab, police said.

This would help prevent "resistance against the hijab law", police said.

Protests were sparked last year by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman arrested for allegedly violating the hijab rule.

Since Ms Amini's death a growing number of women have been discarding their veils, particularly in larger cities, despite the risk of arrest.

A police statement published by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said the system used so-called "smart" cameras and other tools to identify and send "documents and warning messages to the violators of the hijab law".

Women have been legally required to cover their hair with a hijab (headscarf) since the 1979 Islamic Revolution installed a strict interpretation of religious law. Women who violate the law face fines or arrest.

Saturday's police statement described the veil as "one of the civilizational foundations of the Iranian nation" and urged business owners to uphold the rules through "diligent inspections".

Public attacks on unveiled women are not uncommon.

 

[SalimBhai]

How does unveiled women threaten men .

 

[daytrader]

Iran seals 150 businesses in headscarf crackdown
The requirement for women to wear the headscarf in public was enshrined in law after the Revolution of 1979

Iranian police said on Sunday authorities had closed more than 150 businesses in 24 hours for not respecting the obligation for women to wear headscarves under the country’s strict Islamic dress code.

The closures were announced a day after police said they have now implemented a plan to deal with women who violate the law, using surveillance cameras and facial recognition technology.

The requirement for women to wear the headscarf in public was enshrined in law shortly after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

“Unfortunately, police have had to seal 137 shops and 18 restaurants and reception areas for not heeding previous warnings” on the dress code, an Iranian news agency quoted police spokesman Said Montazerolmahdi as saying.

The crackdown comes after the number of women defying the code has risen since a protest movement triggered by the death in custody last year of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini, 22, for allegedly flouting it.

Last week, police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said those who remove their headscarves would be identified using “smart equipment”.

Police have warned that car owners will receive a text message if a female passenger breaks the code and that they risk having their vehicle seized in the case of a repeat offence.

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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1061605-iran-seals-150-businesses-in-headscarf-crackdown

 

[MenInG]

Iran formed a secret committee last year to punish celebrities who backed the current anti-government protests, leaked documents seen by the BBC show.

In a letter dated 22 September, just six days after the unrest began, the committee sent the economy ministry a list of 141 well-known figures.

It told the ministry to investigate their tax returns and take unspecified action against them.

The list included football legend Ali Daei and top actress Taraneh Alidoosti.

They are among dozens of artists, sportspeople and social media influencers who have faced economic sanctions, travel bans or detention over the past seven months after supporting the protesters' calls for basic freedoms.

Demonstrations spread rapidly across the country following the death in custody on 16 September of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".

Hundreds of people have died and thousands more have been detained in a violent crackdown by security forces, which have portrayed the protests as foreign-instigated "riots".

BBC Persian obtained three documents through a Middle Eastern intelligence source that reveal how the government took swift and co-ordinated action in an attempt to deter celebrities from not following the official line.

The letter dated 22 September announces decisions by a so-called "Celebrity Task Force" and identifies its chairman as the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, who has been sanctioned by the European Union for allegedly committing serious human rights violations.

It says the economy ministry has been instructed to look at the tax returns of 141 well-known figures perceived by the committee to have played an important role in fuelling the unrest and to implement "anticipated restrictions according to the law".

As well as Ali Daei and Taraneh Alidoosti, who was arrested on 17 December after condemning the execution of a protester and released on bail two weeks later, the celebrities on the list included filmmakers Asghar Farhadi, Pegah Ahangarani, Manijeh Hekmat, Barzou Arjomand and Shahin Samadpour, and former TV host Ehsan Karami.

BBC

 

[MenInG]

Iran’s intelligence ministry on Friday accused foreign “enemies” and dissidents of fomenting fears over suspected poisonings of schoolgirls, saying its investigation found no actual poisoning.

The wave of suspected attacks has affected thousands of schoolgirls and provoked public anger, after months of protests against Iran’s clerical rulers following the death of a young woman held by police for allegedly flouting strict hijab rules.

“The enemies’ role in fuelling this crisis is certain and undeniable. Individuals, groups and Western media [especially in Persian language] … have focused on this in the past few months, as well as foreign politicians and international bodies,” said a ministry report carried by state media.

“In field findings and laboratory investigations … no toxic substance able to cause poisoning was observed … and there have been no deaths or long-term physical conditions,” the report said, blaming mischievousness and mass hysteria among students.

The report accused unnamed dissidents of provoking fears to produce propaganda videos and warned of “prosecution of individuals, groups, media who accused the government … and aligned themselves with enemies”.

Authorities have accused the Islamic Republic’s “enemies” of using the suspected attacks to undermine the clerical establishment. But suspicions have fallen on hardline groups operating as self-declared guardians of their interpretation of Islam.

The suspected poisonings began in November in the holy city of Qom and spread to 28 of Iran’s 31 provinces, according to activist HRANA news agency, prompting some parents to take their children out of school and protest.

For the first time since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, schoolgirls have joined the protests that spiralled after Mahsa Amini’s death in morality police custody.

 

[MenInG]

A British-Iranian citizen hanged in Tehran in January was a spy, intelligence officials have said.

Alireza Akbari, 62, Iran's former deputy defence minister, began giving information, including nuclear secrets, to Britain in 2004 and continued doing so for 15 years, sources told the New York Times.

According to the New York Times, a senior British intelligence official went to Tel Aviv in 2008 and told Israeli officials they had a mole with access to Iran's nuclear secrets.

The British official provided information, from Mr Akbari, that suggested Iran was clandestinely pursuing nuclear weapons.

It included the disclosure that Iran had been busily enriching uranium at a secret underground site at Fordow, 20 miles northeast of Qom.

The following year, at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Barack Obama, standing alongside Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy, made that bombshell public.

Mr Obama told the world that Tehran was operating a “covert uranium enrichment facility,” and was “endangering the global nonproliferation regime.”

Mr Brown added that Iran's clandestine nuclear base should “shock and anger” the international community, which had “no choice today but to draw a line in the sand.”

The role of Mr Akbari, at that time, remained unknown to the public, and to the Iranian regime.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...p&cvid=4454bbfddcaa4c23bef6266e33fed058&ei=22

 

[Major]

Feel sorry for the Iranian women, what a terrible country where human rights are violated. State dictating you how to live your life

 

[daytrader]

Iran executes Swedish-Iranian dual national: State media
Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death over his role with a separatist group alleged to have carried out a deadly attack.

Iran has executed a Swedish-Iranian dissident convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused of attacks, including one on a military parade in 2018 that killed 25 people, state media has reported.

Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death for being “corrupt on earth”, a capital offence under Iran’s strict Islamic laws, Reuters news agency reported.

State broadcaster IRIB reported his execution on Saturday.

“The death sentence for Habib Chaab… nicknamed Habib Asyud, the head of Harakat al-Nidal terrorist group… was executed today, Saturday morning,” the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.

In March, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the Iranian-Swedish dissident’s death sentence for alleged “terrorist” activities related to the Arab separatist group known as the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, which seeks a separate state in the oil-rich Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. He was found guilty of plotting and carrying out “numerous bombings and terrorist operations”.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/6/iran-executes-swedish-iranian-dual-national-state-media

 

[MenInG]

Iran on Monday executed two people convicted over desecrating the Quran and insulting the Prophet Mohammad, the judiciary said.

Sadrollah Fazeli Zarei and Youssef Mehrdad were hanged in the morning, having previously been convicted over “insulting Prophet Mohammad and… burning the Quran,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.

In March 2021, one of the accused had purportedly confessed to publishing content on his social media account admitting to the insults committed, Mizan added.

Such confessions are frequently condemned by rights groups based outside of Iran as “forced,” arguing they are often obtained under duress.

Iran executes more people yearly than any other nation except China, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.

The country hanged 75 percent more people in 2022 than the previous year, two rights groups said in April.

At least 582 people were executed in Iran last year, the highest number of executions in the country since 2015 and well above the 333 recorded in 2021, the Norway-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) said in a joint report.

 

[MenInG]

Authorities in Iran have executed three men sentenced to death in connection with the nationwide anti-government protests last year, the judiciary says.

The three were convicted over their alleged involvement in a shooting attack that killed three security personnel in Isfahan in November.

Amnesty International says they were subjected to unfair trials and allegedly tortured.

Four other protesters have been hanged since December.

Dozens more have reportedly been sentenced to death or charged with capital offences.

The protests swept across the Islamic Republic following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was detained by morality police in Tehran in September for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".

The three who were executed on Friday - Majid Kazemi, 30, Saleh Mirhashemi, 36, and Saeed Yaqoubi, 37 - were arrested after protests in the central city of Isfahan on 16 November, during which two Basij paramilitary force members and a police officer were shot dead.

Sources told Amnesty International that the men were forcibly disappeared, then tortured and forced to make incriminating statements that formed the basis of the criminal cases against them.

Interrogators allegedly suspended Kazemi upside down, showed him a video of them torturing his brother, subjected him to mock executions and threatened to kill his brothers.

In an audio message from inside Dastgerd prison, where the three men were held, Kazemi was heard saying: "I swear to God I am innocent. I didn't have any weapons on me. They [security forces] kept beating me and ordering me to say this weapon is mine.

"I told them I would say whatever they wanted, just please leave my family alone."

A Revolutionary Court convicted Kazemi and the other two men of "enmity against God", a vaguely-defined national security charge, and sentenced them to death in January following what activists said was a four-day trial.

According to the US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), they were denied the ability to prepare a proper defence, prosecutors relied on forced "confessions" and the indictment was "riddled with irregularities that reveal this was a politically motivated case".

Last week, authorities announced that the supreme court had upheld their sentences.

"The use of the death penalty against these men is a blatant act of vengeance against a courageous generation of protesters for steadfastly demanding the rights of Iranian people during the past seven months," Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty's Middle East deputy director, said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The shocking manner in which the trial and sentencing of these protesters was fast-tracked through Iran's judicial system amid the use of torture-tainted 'confessions', serious procedural flaws, and a lack of evidence, is another example of the Iranian authorities' brazen disregard for the rights to life and fair trial."

UN human rights chief Volker Türk last week expressed dismay at what he called the "frighteningly high number of executions" this year in Iran.

He cited the UN's sources as saying that at least 209 people had been put to death so far this year - more than 10 people each week - mostly for drug-related offences, calling it "an abominable record".

 

[MenInG]

Two Iranian female journalists who helped break the story of Mahsa Amini's death in custody in September have gone on trial before a Revolutionary Court.

Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been charged with "collaborating with the hostile US government" and "propaganda against the establishment".

Ms Hamedi's husband said her trial opened in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after Ms Mohammadi's began.

The women deny the charges and insist that they were just doing their jobs.

Iranian authorities have arrested at least 75 journalists since mass anti-government protests swept across the country in the wake of Ms Amini's death, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Seventeen, including Ms Hamedi and Ms Mohammadi, are still in prison.

Ms Amini died in hospital in Tehran on 16 September, three days after she was detained by morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".

Witnesses said the 22-year-old Kurdish woman was beaten while in custody, but authorities blamed "sudden heart failure" for her death.

Ms Hamedi, a 30-year-old journalist with the Sharq newspaper, photographed Ms Amini's father and grandmother embracing. She posted it on Twitter with the caption: "The black dress of mourning has become our national flag."

BBC

 

[SalimBhai]

Two Iranian female journalists who helped break the story of Mahsa Amini's death in custody in September have gone on trial before a Revolutionary Court.

Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been charged with "collaborating with the hostile US government" and "propaganda against the establishment".

Ms Hamedi's husband said her trial opened in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after Ms Mohammadi's began.

The women deny the charges and insist that they were just doing their jobs.

Iranian authorities have arrested at least 75 journalists since mass anti-government protests swept across the country in the wake of Ms Amini's death, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Seventeen, including Ms Hamedi and Ms Mohammadi, are still in prison.

Ms Amini died in hospital in Tehran on 16 September, three days after she was detained by morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".

Witnesses said the 22-year-old Kurdish woman was beaten while in custody, but authorities blamed "sudden heart failure" for her death.

Ms Hamedi, a 30-year-old journalist with the Sharq newspaper, photographed Ms Amini's father and grandmother embracing. She posted it on Twitter with the caption: "The black dress of mourning has become our national flag."

BBC

The brutal Iran regime and the Pakistani army at this moment are acting in very similar ways

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Javad Rouhi: Iranian protester dies in jail after avoiding death sentence

An Iranian man has died in jail after his death sentence for taking part in anti-government protests was overturned by Iran's supreme court.

Javad Rouhi was arrested last year during protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was held for allegedly wearing "improper" hijab.

Officials say Mr Rouhi, 35, died from ineffective hospital treatment after suffering a seizure in prison.

Activists are holding the authorities responsible for his death.

BBC

 

[WicketLord]

Iran's parliament has passed controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break its strict dress code.

Those dressed "inappropriately" face up to 10 years in jail under the bill, for which a three-year "trial" was agreed.

It still needs to be approved by the Guardian Council to become law.

The move comes a year after protests erupted over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was held by morality police for an allegedly improper hijab.

 

[SalimBhai]

Iran's parliament has passed controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break its strict dress code.

Those dressed "inappropriately" face up to 10 years in jail under the bill, for which a three-year "trial" was agreed.

It still needs to be approved by the Guardian Council to become law.

The move comes a year after protests erupted over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was held by morality police for an allegedly improper hijab.

I thought there was no compulsion in islam. Very heavy handed move.

 

[RexRex]

Iran's parliament has passed controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break its strict dress code.

Those dressed "inappropriately" face up to 10 years in jail under the bill, for which a three-year "trial" was agreed.

It still needs to be approved by the Guardian Council to become law.

The move comes a year after protests erupted over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was held by morality police for an allegedly improper hijab.

Shameful.

Iran needs a people's revolution. A coup to overthrow the dictator Ali Khamenei.

 

[Asad T]

Iran hijab bill: Women face 10 years in jail for 'inappropriate' dress

Iran's parliament has passed a controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break its strict dress code.

Those dressed "inappropriately" face up to 10 years in jail under the bill, for which a three-year "trial" was agreed.

It still needs to be approved by the Guardian Council to become law.

The move comes a year after protests erupted over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was held by morality police for an allegedly improper hijab.

Women burnt their headscarves or waved them in the air at the nationwide demonstrations against the clerical establishment, during which hundreds of people were reportedly killed in a crackdown by security forces.

A growing number of women and girls have stopped covering their hair in public altogether as the unrest has subsided, despite the return of the morality police to the streets and the installation of surveillance cameras.

Under Iranian law, which is based on the country's interpretation of Sharia, women and girls above the age of puberty must cover their hair with a hijab and wear long, loose-fitting clothing to disguise their figures.

Currently, those not complying risk a prison term of between 10 days and two months or a fine of between 5,000 and 500,000 rials ($0.10-$10.14 at the black market exchange rate).

 

[Asad T]

It's quite sad to see a country with such a rich culture and history decline to such depths. It's bound to cause a lot more revolutionary backlash

 

[FearlessRoar]

An Iranian teenaged girl is in critical condition in hospital, two prominent rights activists told Reuters on Wednesday, after falling into a coma following what they said was a confrontation with agents in the Tehran metro for violating the hijab law.

Armita Geravand's case is highly sensitive, raising concerns the 16-year-old might face the same fate as Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman whose death in a coma last year in the custody of morality police sparked months of nationwide protest.

While authorities have denied claims by rights groups that Geravand went into a coma on Sunday after a confrontation with officers enforcing the Islamic dress code, Iranian-Kurdish rights group Hengaw posted her picture unconscious at a Tehran hospital where she was taken after the incident.

There was no immediate response from Iran's interior ministry to a request for comment about the incident.

"We are following her case closely. She is in coma at Intensive Care Unit of the hospital and her condition is critical. Her relatives said there is a heavy presence of plain clothes at the hospital, one of the activists in Iran said.

The second activist said security forces had forbidden Geravand's parents from posting her picture on social media or from talking to human rights groups.

The activists spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

CCTV footage, shared on IRNA, showed Geravand without mandatory hijab accompanied by two female friends walking toward the train from the metro platform. Upon entering the cabin, one of the girls is seen immediately backing off and reaching for the ground, before another girl is dragged unconscious from the cabin by passengers.

Source; Express Tribune

 

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Activists have accused Iran's morality police of beating a girl for not wearing a hijab and posted a photo purportedly showing her in a coma.

Armita Geravand, 16, collapsed after boarding a Tehran metro train at Shohada station on Sunday.
Officials said she fainted and released CCTV footage in which she is seen being pulled unconscious from the train.
Human rights group Hengaw alleged that she was subjected to "a severe physical assault" by morality police officers.
It said Armita was being treated at Tehran's Fajr hospital under tight security, and that the phones of all members of her family had been confiscated.
On Monday, authorities briefly detained a female journalist for the Sharq newspaper who went to the hospital to report on the case.


Hengaw, which focuses on Iran's Kurdish ethnic minority, said on Tuesday afternoon that Armita lived in Tehran but was originally from the predominantly Kurdish western province of Kermanshah.
"[She] was physically attacked by authorities at Shohada station... for what they perceived as non-compliance with the compulsory 'hijab'," it added. "As a result, she sustained severe injuries and was transported to the hospital."
Two prominent rights activists also told Reuters news agency that there was a confrontation with agents enforcing the strict dress code.
Amsterdam-based Radio Zamaneh meanwhile cited an unnamed source as saying that the teenager was "pushed by hijab enforcers" after she got onto the train without a headscarf and that "she hit her head on an iron pole".
On Tuesday night, Hengaw posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, what it said was a photo of Armita unconscious in hospital.
The picture, whose authenticity the BBC could not immediately verify, shows a girl with short hair lying on her back in a bed with a bandaged head and attached to what appears to be a breathing tube.

The rights group also said it had received information indicating that Armita's parents had been interviewed by the state news agency, Irna, "in the presence of high-ranking security officers under considerable pressure at Fajr Hospital".
Irna cited Armita's mother as saying that they had seen the CCTV footage and accepted that what happened on Sunday was an "accident".
"I think my daughter's blood pressure dropped, I am not too sure, I think they have said her pressure dropped," her mother states in a heavily edited video posted by Irna.
The managing director of the Tehran metro, Masood Dorosti, also denied that there was "any verbal or physical conflict" between Armita and "passengers or metro executives".
"Some rumours about a confrontation with metro agents... are not true and CCTV footage refutes this claim," he told Irna.
The footage is said to shows Armita, with her hair uncovered, walking on to a train at the platform with two other girls.

Moments later, one of the girls backs out of the train and bends down.
She and several other passengers are then seen carrying an unconscious Armita by her arms and legs before laying her down on the platform.

Some Iranian social media users noted that the video released by authorities only showed the platform and not the inside of the train. Footage of the entrance to the station, where hijabs may be checked, was also not released.

They also saw echoes of the case of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in custody in September 2022 after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".

Witnesses said she was beaten by officers, but authorities attributed her death to pre-existing medical conditions.
CCTV video showing Amini collapsing at a detention centre and a photo of her in hospital enraged many Iranians, and anti-government protests erupted across the country when she died after three days in a coma.

Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands more detained in a violent crackdown by security forces.

A year after Mahsa Amini's death, the protests have largely subsided. But sporadic demonstrations still take place and many girls and women have stopped covering their hair in public in open defiance of the dress code.


Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67004886

While so many of here jump on France enforcing the no hijab rule, I hope there is equal condemnation from those same PPers for Iran's despicable actions here. What business does government have enforcing any of these personal things?

I also sincerely hope that the powers to be in Pakistan are not influenced by the actions of this lunatic neighbor.

Please note: There was a similar thread about this 2-3 weeks ago and this is a SEPARATE incident that happened just now, hence a new thread.