Imprisoned Narges Mohammadi, won Nobel Peace Prize, days after sculpture celebrating women who wear hijab unveiled in UK, weeks after US$6 Billion to release 5 U.S. citizen from Iran
Imprisoned Narges Mohammadi, won Nobel Peace Prize, days after sculpture celebrating women who wear hijab unveiled in UK, weeks after US$6 Billion to release 5 U.S. citizen from Iran
in PERSIAN [FARSI] and ENGLISH.
Tehran 5.01pm / Stockholm and Paris 3.31pm
Sometimes Nobel Peace Prize goes to ridiculous figures like Kissinger. Sometimes they get it right & give it to truly brave & selfless activists like anti-death penalty Iranian journalist & scientist Narges Mohammadi, who remains behind bars in Evin on ridiculous charges. For clear, in May 2016, Narges Mohammadi was sentenced in Tehran to 31 years' imprisonment for establishing and running "a human rights movement that campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty, but not because the movement of Mahsa Amini or movement anti hijab.
Narges imprisoned since 2016, 6 years 3 months before the death of Mahsa Amini. 9 Months ago, the protesters in Iran [including Roya Piraei, whose mother was killed in protest in Iran] to be shortlist for 2022 ‘TIME Person of the year’ [the winner TIME Person of the year is Ukraine people and President Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, currently facing ‘no longer funding’ by the US government because brouhaha in congress after the ousted of House Speaker Kevin Owen McCarthy].
On 16 September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini, died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran's government, arrested Amini for allegedly not wearing the hijab. 1 Year 3 weeks after the died of Mahsa Amini, Narges Mohammad won the Nobel Peace Prize.
In Paris, Narges Mohammadi's husband Taghi Rahmani said ‘Nobel Prize will embolden Narges' fight for human rights, but more importantly, this is in fact a prize for the woman, life and freedom movement.’ Not even 13 imprisonments & 5 convictions, totaling a 31-year sentence, could deter her from advocating for human rights, particularly women's rights. The Iranian gov must release her & cease the oppression of HRDs. The women of Iran have been an inspiration to the world, courageously advocating for human rights, women rights, risking repression, harassment, violence and detention. UN human rights body call for the release of all rights defenders arbitrarily detained.
Nafisah, a very common name in Iran, lookalike Park or Lee in South Korea, but Nafisah is Indonesian and Muslim, not Iranian. Nafisah and her veil or hijab in Iran
But according to Sativa, American-Iranian feminist who actually also very intense to push Iranian government to embrace womens right after the died of Mahsa Amini, she confused with Nobel Foundation or Nobelstiftelsen giving a Nobel Peace to Narges, because another Iranian women maybe more deserved. Sativa is respected American - Iranian, Ph.D. in University of California-Santa Cruz and in Georgia Institute of Technology.
Just weeks ago, indirectly, USD6 billion goes to Tehran to freed 5 US citizen. And days ago, new sculpture celebrating women who wear hijab unveiled in Birmingham next month. Birmingham is 2nd biggest city in UK. Birmingham is the 2nd biggest city in the UK. Around 280k Muslim in Birmingham, at least 8k White-Caucasian [Nordic, white Brits, white Gaelic, Éire Ghaelach] people converted to Islam and are living in Birmingham.
And also just days ago, systematically smeared the Iranian American analysts, Ali Vaez and Ariane Tabatabai [both CRISIS GROUP analyst] got shopped to Semafor on Nuclear Weapon by Iran issues. Apparently a Trump / Pompeo aide was the one shopping it around for about a month.
According to Brigadier General (Retired) Joseph Rank, they [Iran] don’t seem to learning from their mistakes. The women's rights movement in Iran stands on her shoulders. “Armita Geravand then told her ‘Do I ask you to remove your headscarf? Why are you asking me to wear one?’ Their argument then turned violent.” Eye witnesses say a chador-clad hijab enforcer pushed Armita Geravand after an argument over hijab. “If the regime successfully stops people from protesting on Mahsa Amini’s death anniversary, we have many other ways to continue our protests. And we will.”
Rewrite again. On 16 September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini, died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran's government, arrested Amini for allegedly not wearing the hijab. 1 Year 3 weeks after the died of Mahsa Amini, Narges Mohammad won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Since Armita, 16, fell into a coma, only Iran's official news agency has been permitted to communicate with the family. When a journalist attempted to report on Armita's condition at the hospital, she was arrested. Iran's state TV broadcasted CCTV footage from outside the train, asserting that Armita's coma was due to low blood pressure, but omitted the interior footage where activists claim she was forcibly pushed to the ground by a morality police militias. Armita's hospital remains under strict security measures. Her school teacher has been coerced by security forces into maintaining silence and refraining from sharing any stories or images of Armita.
Narges Mohammadi's statement to on her Nobel Peace Prize: "The global support and recognition of my human rights advocacy makes me more resolved, more responsible, more passionate and more hopeful. The West must respect Iran’s civil society, commit itself to the issue of democracy in my country and help us work toward achieving it. I also hope this recognition makes Iranians protesting for change stronger and more organized. Victory is near."
Mahboba Siraj from Afghanistan was also nominated for Nobel Peace prize. However, her nomination for this award caused widespread negative reactions among women's rights and human rights activists in Afghanistan.
Mrs. Siraj's position as a women's rights and human rights activist has always been questionable due to her denial of the Hazaras' genocide, her opposition to women protesting against the Taliban's gender apartheid policies, and her labeling of women activists as "agents of foreign countries" – a title that the Taliban also use to justify their arbitrary arrests of women's rights activists.
Most women's rights activists, including the women's protest movements that have consistently protested against the Taliban's anti-women policies over the past two years, refer to Mrs. Siraj as the "Taliban's lobbyist" and believe that nominating such a person as a women's rights activist for the Nobel Prize is actually a disrespect to the award and the position of "real women's rights activists" who always risk their lives and fight against the Taliban's anti-women policies.
Spoke to Narges Mohammadi’s son, Ali, an hour after he found out his mother has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Said he is very proud of his mother. Islamic gov in Iran have not allowed Ali & his sister Kiana to speak to their mother for nearly 2 years.
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اعطای جایزه صلح نوبل به نرگس محمدی واکنشهای زیادی در میان کاربران ایرانی و غیرایرانی در شبکههای اجتماعی داشته.
تبریک به نرگس محمدی برای جایزه صلح نوبل. حتی 13 بار زندان و 5 محکومیت به مجموعاً 31 سال حبس، نتوانست او را از دفاع از حقوق بشر، به ویژه حقوق زنان باز دارد. دولت ایران باید او را آزاد کند و از سرکوب مدافعان حقوق بشر دست بردارد.
جایزه صلح نوبل امسال به نرگس محمدی، فعال مدنی ایرانی رسید. به گفته کمیته نوبل، این جایزه به دلیل مبارزات خانم محمدی با ظلم علیه زنان ایرانی و تلاشهایش در زمینه حقوق بشر و آزادیهای عمومی به او اعطا شده.
او در این پیام گفت این جایزه نشان داد که دنیا متوجه فعالیتهای زنان ایران است.
ربط دموکراسی یا دیکتاتوری مصلح به توسعه اساسا یه بحث انحرافیه! کشورها اسیر توازن قوای شکل گرفته، ائتلاف حاکم ناشی از آن و مسیری که دسترسی مردم بیشتری را به رانتها ممکن میکند هستند. در این مسیر دیکتاتورها یا دموکراتها بخشی از بازی هستن و توازن قوا مشخص میکنه توسعهخواه باشن یا نه.
در واکنش به کسب جایزه صلح نوبل توسط نرگس محمدی، فعال حقوق بشر زندانی در ایران، هنگامه قاضیانی، بازیگر سینمای ایران در استوری در اینستاگرام خود با نشر این خبر نوشته است: «نرگس جان محمدی، آزادی فرا میرسد.»
مهدی حسن: 'گاهی اوقات جایزه نوبل نصیب شخصیتهای مسخره ای مثل کیسینجر میشه. اما گاهی هم تصمیم درست رو میگیرند و جایزه رو به کنشگران حقیقتا از خود گذشته و شجاع مخالف اعدام مثل نرگس محمدی میدن که سالهاست بخاطر اتهامات مسخره، پشت میله های زندانه'
پیامهای تبریک نهادهای و چهره های جهانی به نرگس محمدی دوباره نام ایرانی و ایرانی را در صدر اخبار دنیا قرار داده. تنها صداهای انتقاد تحقیر، تمسخر و توهین از جانب ایرانیان حکومتی و افراطی اپوزسيون بلند شده. بسختی بشود ایرانی دیگری را بیشتر از نرگس محمدی سزاوار این جایزه تصور کرد.
#نرگس_محمدی برای آزادی و در راه اعتقاداتش، هزینه زیادی داده. از جمله محرومیت از شنیدن صدای فرزندانش. کاش پشت دیوارهای اوین این حرفهای علی را بشنوه:
ترانه علیدوستی، بازیگر سینمای ایران در واکنش به کسب جایزه صلح نوبل توسط نرگس محمدی، فعال حقوق بشر زندانی در ایران گفته است: «آزادی خواهد آمد. به گواه رد قدمهایی که زنی چون تو بر این خاک به جا گذاشت.»
خانواده نرگس محمدی دریافت جایزه صلح نوبل او را به مردم ایران تبریک گفتند.آنها در پستی اینستاگرامی نوشتنند: «چنان که نرگس همیشه میگوید: پیروزی آسان نیست، اما حتمی است.»
علی رحمانی، پسر نرگس محمدی، درگفتگو با بهمن کلباسی، خبرنگار بیبیسی فارسی از حس خود زمانی که شنید مادرش برنده جایزه صلح نوبل شده گفته است. او گفته که به مادرش افتخار میکند و این جایزه برای همه مردم ایران است.
در بیانیهای که خانواده نرگس محمدی در صفحه اینستاگرام او منتشر کرده آمده است: «جایزه ممتاز صلح نوبل ۲۰۲۳ به نرگس محمدی، فعال حقوق بشر ایرانی، به دلیل تعهد تزلزلناپذیرش در مبارزه برای حقوق بشر و حقوق زنان در سه دهه گذشته اعطا شد.» در این بیانیه آمده: «متاسفانه نرگس در کنار ما نیست تا این لحظه فوقالعاده را به اشتراک بگذاریم. به دلیل زندانی شدن ناعادلانه اش نمیتوانیم شاهد واکنش شادیآور او به این خبر قابل توجه و باشکوه باشیم».
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Even from inside prison, Ms. Mohammadi, 51, has been one of the most outspoken critics of Iran’s government. She has organized protests and sit-ins as part of the uprising, led by women, that rocked Iran last year, written guest essays and organized weekly workshops for women inmates about their rights.
“The global support and recognition of my human rights advocacy makes me more resolved, more responsible, more passionate and more hopeful,” Ms. Mohammadi said in a written statement to The New York Times. “I also hope this recognition makes Iranians protesting for change stronger and more organized. Victory is near.”
Ms. Mohammadi’s husband and fellow rights activist, Taghi Rahmani, and her twin 16-year-old children, Ali and Kiana, live in exile in France. She has not seen her children in eight years.
Mr. Rahmani said this week that the Nobel Prize would be a nod to his wife’s decades of work from the ground in Iran, but that the recognition would be bigger than Ms. Mohammadi.
“It is also a prize for all the human rights activists who have been fighting for change in Iran for many decades in a society that has unjust laws,” Mr. Rahmani said in an interview. “It is a recognition of the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.”
Ms. Mohammadi is the second Iranian woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Shirin Ebadi, a human rights lawyer and Ms. Mohammadi’s longtime mentor and colleague, received the award in 2003. The two women worked together in Iran at Defenders of Human Rights Center, founded by Ms. Ebadi in 2001. The organization was shut down in a violent raid in 2009.
Ms. Mohammadi was born in 1972 in the central Iranian city of Zanjan to a middle-class family, seven years before the Iranian Revolution. Her path to activism began with two childhood memories: her mother stuffing a red plastic shopping basket with fruit for weekly prison visits with her brother, and her mother sitting on the floor near the television screen to hear the names of prisoners executed each day.
She studied physics at a university in Qazvin, Iran, where she quickly became involved in activism, founding a women’s hiking group and another group focused on civic engagement. She met her husband, a well-known figure in Iran’s intellectual circles, when she attended an underground class that he taught on civil society. The couple rotated in and out of prison for most of their marriage and have not been together as a family unit with their children since they were toddlers.
Ms. Mohammadi has earned many accolades, including the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award at its annual gala in New York this year. The United Nations also named her as one of the three recipients of its World Press Freedom Prize in May.
“I have to keep my eyes on the horizon and the future even though the prison walls are tall and near and blocking my view,” she said.
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