Iran continues to execute protestors but the protests show no sign of slowing down. Iran executes karate champion and volunteer children’s coach amid crackdown on protests https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/07/middleeast/iran-protesters-executed-intl-hnk/index.html In Iran if you report on the families of those who will be executed then the authorities will imprison you and add you to the queue. Iran protests: Death row reporter Mehdi Beik arrested An Iranian journalist who interviewed families of protesters who had been sentenced to death has been arrested, his wife and Iranian media say. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64173733
Don't mutter anything against the Mullahs... Former Iranian President's Daughter Sentenced To Five Years, Faces More Charges https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-hashemi-rafsanjani-5-years-prison-protests/32217167.html Iranian activist Faezeh Hashemi Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hasemi Rafsanjani, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a court in Tehran and faces further charges for her activism and comments slamming authorities for their brutal crackdown on protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. Hashemi's lawyer, Neda Shams, wrote on Twitter on January 9 that "the verdict is not final." "My client is still in prison and there are other cases against her," she added. Shams did not give any details on the charges Hashemi was sentenced for, nor on the cases still outstanding against her. Hashemi, a former lawmaker and women’s rights advocate whose father was one of the founding fathers of the clerical establishment, was arrested in September and the hard-line Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), reported on September 27 that she was arrested by security forces in east Tehran for “inciting riots.” Before her arrest, Hashemi had said that authorities were referring to the protests over Amini's death while in police custody for an alleged violation of the country's hijab law as “riots” and “sedition” in order to suppress them. She also said the demands raised in the protests -- for more freedoms and rights -- are different from recent demonstrations that have focused on the deteriorating economy, which has been crushed by crippling U.S. sanctions. Since then, the protests have continued nationwide in what some analysts say is the biggest threat to the Islamic government since the 1979 revolution. The authorities have responded to the protests with a brutal crackdown that human rights groups say has left almost 500 dead and hundreds more injured. Thousands more have been arrested, including many protesters, as well as journalists, lawyers, activists, and others, amid concerns about the charges against them. Hashemi has been highly critical of the government in the past, including on the popular app Clubhouse where her appearances have attracted thousands of listeners. During the 2020 presidential vote, which brought hard-liner Ebrahim Raisi to power, she was among those calling for a boycott. Hashemi has been arrested and jailed several times in the past, including briefly in the 2009 crackdown on mass protests over the disputed presidential vote in which widescale corruption was alleged by the opposition. In 2012, she was given a six-month jail term for "spreading propaganda against the system.”
Well it's not exactly like you sentence women to having a decent life over there... Iran has sentenced woman to death, UN official says A United Nations official said on Tuesday that a woman is among the 17 people reportedly facing execution in Iran for taking part in anti-government protests. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...cial-says/ar-AA16b7bN?ocid=U142DHP&li=BBnb7Kz
No hijab, well off for execution you go. Iran to 'firmly punish' hijab violators: report https://www.arabnews.com/node/2229766/middle-east
Welcome to Iran where you will be jailed for a decade if you dance in the street. Blogger couple jailed for ten years for innocently dancing in the street Astiyazh Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi were each sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison, for "corruption on earth and incitement to prostitution" following dancing in Freedom Square, Tehran https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/blogger-couple-jailed-ten-years-29088276
Iranian security forces are deliberately shooting women in the head in order to blind them. These idiots take misogyny to a new level. Iranian security forces 'shooting at eyes of young women' The youngest person wounded - Bonita Kiani Falavarjani, aged just six, from the city of Isfahan - was shot and blinded in one eye https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...rity-forces-shooting-eyes-mainly-young-women/
‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police https://www.theguardian.com/global-...-protesters-police-rapes-beatings-and-torture
Iranian Singer Who Faces Prison Wins Grammy For Protest Anthem... Iranian Songwriter Facing Possible Prison Time Takes Home Grammy Award https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-singer-hajipour-grammy/32257399.html Iranian singer Shervin Hajipur, who has been accused of "propaganda against the system" and "inciting people to violent acts," has won a Grammy award for social change for his song Baraye, which has become an anthem for the ongoing protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody. Hajipur attended the event late on February 5 via video link where U.S. First Lady Jill Biden, on stage at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles, presented the award. He could be seen wiping away tears after winning the prize. Hajipur was detained by police on September 29 after his song gained prominence among protesters demonstrating against the death weeks earlier of Mahsa Amini. She died while in the custody of Tehran's notorious morality police after being detained for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly. The singer was released on bail a few days after his arrest and prohibited from leaving the country. He made the appearance at the Grammy awards from an unknown location. The song Baraye, which roughly translates as "because of," is based on the outpouring of public anger following Amini's death. It is composed of tweets sent by Iranians following Amini's death. Many of the tweets blame the country's social, economic, and political ills on the clerical regime. “This song became the anthem of the Mahsa Amini protests, a powerful and poetic call for freedom and women's rights,” Biden said. “Shervin was arrested, but this song continues to resonate around the world with its powerful theme: Women, life, freedom." "We won!" Hajipur added in a tweet. Iranian officials have not commented on the award. The song garnered more than 40 million views in less than 48 hours before it was removed from Instagram by Iranian authorities. It also flooded the submission box for the Grammys' newest special award category, which honors a song dedicated to social change. Hajipur is one of many Iranian celebrities to have been interrogated and had their passports confiscated by the authorities after showing support for anti-government protests enveloping the country. The widespread unrest represents the biggest threat to the Islamic government since the 1979 revolution. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said that, as of January 29, at least 527 people had been killed during the unrest, including 71 minors, as security forces muzzle dissent.
The Supreme Leader of Iran tries to keep the pot from boiling over. Too little, too late. The Iranian population is not going to forgive thousands of their daughters and wives being raped & tortured by the government security forces over the past months. Ayatollah Khamenei agrees to pardon 'tens of thousands' of protesters in Iran https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-...amenei-pardons-protesters-iran/1821675615279/
Iran marks revolution anniversary, hackers interrupt state TV coverage https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...online-hackers-interrupt-state-tv-2023-02-11/ The Islamic Republic marked the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution on Saturday with state-organised rallies, as anti-government hackers briefly interrupted a televised speech by President Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi, whose hardline government faces one of the boldest challenges from young protesters calling for its ouster, appealed to the “deceived youth” to repent so they can be pardoned by Iran's supreme leader. In that case, he told a crowd congregated at Tehran's expansive Azadi Square: “the Iranian people will embrace them with open arms”. His live televised speech was interrupted on the internet for about a minute, with a logo appearing on the screen of a group of anti-Iranian government hackers that goes by the name of “Edalat Ali (Justice of Ali). A voice shouted “Death to the Islamic Republic.” Nationwide protests swept Iran following the death in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's morality police. Security forces have responded with a deadly crackdown to the protests, among the strongest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution ousted 2,500 years of monarchy. As part of an amnesty marking the revolution's anniversary, Iranian authorities on Friday released jailed dissident Farhad Meysami, who had been on a hunger strike, and Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah. On Sunday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an amnesty covering a large number of prisoners including some arrested in recent anti-government protests. Rights group HRANA said that as of Friday, 528 protesters had been killed, including 71 minors. It said 70 government security forces had also been killed. As many as 19,763 protesters are believed to have been arrested. Iranian leaders and state media have for weeks appealed for a strong turnout at Saturday's rallies as a show of solidarity and popularity in an apparent response to the protests. On the anniversary’s eve Friday night, state media showed fireworks as part of government-sponsored celebrations, and people chanting "Allahu Akbar! (God is Greatest!)". However, many could be heard shouting "Death to the dictator!" and “Death to the Islamic Republic” on videos posted on social media. Reuters could not verify the social media posts independently. Government television on Saturday aired live footage of the state rallies around the country. In Tehran, domestic-made anti-ballistic missiles, a drone, an anti-submarine cruiser, and other military equipment were on display as part of the celebrations. “People have realized that the enemy’s problem is not woman, life, or freedom,” Raisi said in a live televised speech at Tehran’s Azadi Square, referring to the protesters’ signature slogan. “Rather, they want to take our independence,” he said. His speech was frequently interrupted by chants of “Death to America” - a trademark slogan at state rallies. The crowd also chanted “Death to Israel.” Raisi accused the “enemies” of promoting “the worst kind of vulgarity, which is homosexuality”. Adelkhah, who had been in prison since 2019, was one of seven French nationals detained in Iran, a factor that has worsened relations between Paris and Tehran in recent months. She was sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison on national security charges. They moved her to house arrest later but in January she returned to jail. Adelkhah has denied the charges. Meysami’s release came a week after supporters warned that he risked dying because of his hunger strike. He was arrested in 2018 for protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab. read more In announcing Adelkhah’s release on Friday, the French foreign ministry called that her freedoms be restored, "including returning to France if she wishes.” “Legally, her file is considered completed, and legally there should be no problem to leave the country, but this issue has to be reviewed. So ... it is not clear how long it will take,” said her lawyer, Hojjat Kermani.