October 3, 2022 - Protesting Iranian schoolgirls kick their pro-government school director out of their schoolgrounds. Students across Iran have been occupying their schools in protest after the death of Jina Mahsa Amini. [video]
Women in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan are facing significant challenges in their fight for survival and equality, yet some self-identified feminists, known as TERFs, do not acknowledge or support their struggle and revolution.
To the non Iranians who support the protests in Iran - Thank you.
It warms my heart to see so many invested in what's happening in Iran. This time truly feels different. I’ve been sitting with my family watching the news and clips on YouTube every night as well as trying to frequently contact family members in Iran, trying to get a glimpse of what's going on and constantly worrying. The bravery of the young women and men, girls and boys, who put their lives in danger to make their voices heard make me speachless.
There’s something that I'm seeing however that is happening in the western countries that is worrying me.
The people who use the situation in Iran as a way to promote their islamophobia are just the other side of the same coin as the Mullahs in Iran.
It’s about a woman’s right to choose. Hijabis are walking side by side with non-hijabis because ALL women no matter what they believe in, no matter religion, ethnicity, are oppressed by the government. And don’t get me started on the regime’s oppression towards minorities such as the kurds, balochi, afro-iranians, armenians as well as the LGBTQ community.
The willful blindness of the west in the complexity of the matter is not shocking to most of us, as this is quite common when it comes to issues in the Middle East. Burning your scarf as a white woman in the west in solidarity with the women in Iran, removing adds that include hijabs or telling hijabs to “take their hijab off” to show support is beyond ignorant and proves that people are not educated in the matter.
When an Iranian woman burns her scarf or takes it off, it's symbolic for what has oppressed not only them but also generations of women, it's cathartic. But when a white person in the west does it - where poc, muslims and hijabis are oppressed - it sends out the wrong symbol and fuels the islamophobia that is brewing in Europe and America. You can help in so many better ways! One is to contact your politicians and demand for the vocalization of support for the protests, demand the sanctions on people affiliated with the dictatorial regime who have billions of dollars off-shore - in western countries. You can do a lot by spreading the word on social media, joining the protests and donate. We appreciate the help that we can get, but do not let the hate
(And for the muslims who are fumed by the burning of the hijab in Iran or by Iranians, kurds and others outside of Iran - this is not your fight. It's once again not about the hijab - it's about the oppression of a regime that has enforced laws upon an entire country and tortures the ones who do not follow them).
( Please listen to this song. Listen to our voice. Listen to the voice of Iranian people. We fight for freedom. )
People of Iran, don't be sad. Because one day it will be our turn to laugh from the bottom of our hearts. To hold hands in the streets and shout for freedom. They cannot silence our voices for a long time. One day the whole world will hear our voice and we will be free.
They killed Armita. The innocent teenage girl who was enjoying freedom and feeling the wind in her hair.
They killed Armita, killed Mahsa, killed Kian, killed Nika and thousands of other boys and girls who fought for freedom. But don't be upset, Iranian people. People of Iran, don't cry. Because one day we will be free and that day it will be our turn to laugh.
"Frauen-Leben-Freiheit"-Demo auf dem Römerberg anlässlich des Gedenkens an den gewaltsam durch Regierungsterrorismus seitens Iran verursachten Tod von Jina Mahsa Amini genau ein Jahr zuvor. Demonstration vom Samstag, 16. September 2023.
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"Woman Life Freedom" demonstration on the Römerberg to commemorate the violent death of Jina Mahsa Amini, caused by government terrorism on the part of Iran, exactly one year earlier. Demonstration on Saturday, September 16, 2023.
"Two female journalists sentenced to prison for reporting on the killing of Jina Amini"
"Elaha Mohammadi and Nilofar Hamidi, two journalists, have collectively been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison [...] Nilofar Hamidi initially published photographs of Jina Amini in the hospital in the “Sharq” newspaper. In Saqqez, Elaha Mohammadi prepared and published a report on the death of Jina Amini. Both journalists were arrested at the onset of the (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) Women, Life, Freedom movement last year and have remained in Evin prison since."
Defiance (in Memoriam Jina Mahsa Amini) ...
Remember:
“Censorship is the child of fear
the father of ignorance
and the last desperate weapon of tyrants.”
If you guys haven't heard what's going on in Iran recently, please start paying attention. The corrupt Iranian government is killing innocent protestors, protesting the unjust murder of Mahsa Amini, among others. Tyrannical governments such as this have no place in the modern world. Please...reblog this to show your support in the fight against tyranny, and make sure these women didn't die in vain.
“Baraye” by Shervin Hajipour won a well-deserved Grammy last night, but that’s the minimum that the brave people of Iran deserve.
This awesome “Rage Against the Regime” shirt, along with other great designs by Iranian artists, was produced by @theazadico to raise funds for the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran @iranrights. Even if the t shirts are out of stock, I hope you still give some $$ to the center because they do invaluable work chronicling the human rights abuses in Iran, advocating for the people, and fighting for a transition to the democracy and human rights the people have been risking and losing their lives for.
September 2022 - Clashes broke out all over Iran between protesters and police, after religious “morality” police killed Jina Mahsa Amini, a 22-year old Kurdish woman for not wearing her headscarf correctly in their eyes.
People have risen up in anger against police brutality and religious oppression, with many women taking off or burning their hijabs, and people burning down police stations, government buildings, banks and symbols of the theocratic government, and battling police in the streets. At least thirty-five protesters have been killed so far. [video]/[video]/[video]/[video]
Fountain in Tehran dyed red by activists, to symbolise the blood of murdered protesters during the ongoing uprising following the murder of 22 year old Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini by the morality police three weeks ago.