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"Heroine" is defined as a "...legendary woman having the qualities of a hero . b: a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities..." Read the story of Jinous Mahmoudi and see if this appellation fits:
"After the establishment of religious rule, the new regime showed no regard for the Mahmoudis’ scientific expertise, but instead targeted the couple for their religion. Jinous Nemat Mahmoudi was quickly fired from her job because she was a Baha’i. She and her husband were forced to live in secret, underground. They had, luckily, previously sent their children abroad to study. Then, in August 1980, Houshang Mahmoudi disappeared and was never seen again.
"The early days of the revolution saw the execution of people belonging to the Baha’i faith. Members of local and national Baha’i circles either disappeared or were arrested by the state. Several were executed. Jinous Mahmoudi became a member of the Tehran National Circle and following this, the head of the National Religious Circle. She was active in several Baha’i committees, including the Tehran National Circle, where she was the deputy leader. Although her life was in jeopardy, she continued to visit Baha’i prisoners and their families. Revolutionary guards eventually arrested her on December 14, 1981 while she was visiting a Baha’i association member.
"The authorities never published any information about the reasons for her arrest, her trial or the court’s final verdict. A single document on the case is available, which was published by the general prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court on December 28, 1981. According to this, Jinous Mahmoudi and seven other Baha’is were convicted by Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court and sentenced to death on charges of “spying.”
"Jinous Mahmoudi was executed in Iran a year and a half after the disappearance of her husband, without the knowledge of her family. They later found her anonymous grave in Kofrabad in Behesht Zahra cemetery after unofficially being informed of her death...."
Read more at
http://iranpresswatch.org/post/12688/
"After the establishment of religious rule, the new regime showed no regard for the Mahmoudis’ scientific expertise, but instead targeted the couple for their religion. Jinous Nemat Mahmoudi was quickly fired from her job because she was a Baha’i. She and her husband were forced to live in secret, underground. They had, luckily, previously sent their children abroad to study. Then, in August 1980, Houshang Mahmoudi disappeared and was never seen again.
"The early days of the revolution saw the execution of people belonging to the Baha’i faith. Members of local and national Baha’i circles either disappeared or were arrested by the state. Several were executed. Jinous Mahmoudi became a member of the Tehran National Circle and following this, the head of the National Religious Circle. She was active in several Baha’i committees, including the Tehran National Circle, where she was the deputy leader. Although her life was in jeopardy, she continued to visit Baha’i prisoners and their families. Revolutionary guards eventually arrested her on December 14, 1981 while she was visiting a Baha’i association member.
"The authorities never published any information about the reasons for her arrest, her trial or the court’s final verdict. A single document on the case is available, which was published by the general prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court on December 28, 1981. According to this, Jinous Mahmoudi and seven other Baha’is were convicted by Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court and sentenced to death on charges of “spying.”
"Jinous Mahmoudi was executed in Iran a year and a half after the disappearance of her husband, without the knowledge of her family. They later found her anonymous grave in Kofrabad in Behesht Zahra cemetery after unofficially being informed of her death...."
Read more at
http://iranpresswatch.org/post/12688/