MÛJDE KİRMANŞAHÎ

News Center- On September 16, 2022, Jina Mahsa Amini was killed in custody by Iran’s co-called ‘morality police’ for not wearing her hijab properly. Her killing sparked protests led by women in Iran and Rojhelat Kurdistan. Since women have chanted the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)” slogan in protests, the protests are also known as the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising. Since September 2022, the Iranian regime has used inhuman practices such as arrest, execution, poisoning of schoolgirls and torture to suppress the uprising.

‘We wanted to avenge Jina’s killing’

In an interview with NuJINHA, Lina, a third grade student at high school, said that she had been repeatedly threatened by Iran’s intelligence agencies for a year. “After the killing of Jina, protests were held in many cities. As schoolgirls, we wrote slogans on the walls and doors of the school and tore down the photographs of Khamenei and Khomeini in protest. We also participated in several street protests. We went to school but both the teachers and we were demoralized. All we wanted was to avenge Jina’s killing and struggle. One day, I was called to the principal's office. In the room, there were two men in plain clothes and they asked me the names of the students, who tore down the photographs. I told them I did not know who tore down the photographs. Then, they left.”

They threatened to arrest her

For several days, men in plain clothes went to the school. Lida said, “Two months later, my sister told my mother that she had received threats by telephone. I was so scared and watched my back to see if someone followed me whenever I went to school. One day, I found my mother sitting in front of the school. She was worried about me. She told me that she was afraid that they would arrest me. ‘Who will arrest me?’ I asked my mother. Intelligence agencies had called my mother and told her that they would arrest me. Still, they have called me and threatened me.”

‘Those who fight for their freedom will definitely win’

Lida told her teachers that she had been threatened. Her teachers told her, “If we are not afraid of them, they cannot do anything.” Lida believes that the threats against her will continue. “I know these threats will not end but those who fight for their freedom will definitely win.”