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Activists speak of their dismay at renewed patrols to enforce wearing of the hijab, but insist protests will continue ahead of the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
“Earth or Death!” — Hugo Blanco (1934-2023)
Bahareh Hedayati, an Iranian women’s rights and human rights activist who has been arrested and imprisoned several times, was last arrested on October 11 amid the protests that started after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police
Iran's Women-Life-Freedom is a movement that has changed the political culture of defiance and expressions of dissent. Its radical creativity and imaginative forms of collective action, has opened the possibility of thinking of politics anew.
“Informed and bold oil workers will not be silent and passive in the face of the suppression and killing of people and will protest together and in unison with the people,” calling on other workers in the petrochemical industry to join the strikes.
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This song by Iranian musician Shervin Hajipour has become the unofficial anthem of the mass protests in Iran, viewed over 40 million times. More on this story.
On September 27, a song by Iranian musician Shervin Hajipour ‘broke’ Persian social media. He is singing of the mass protests that began in Iran following the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini. It went viral -- viewed 40 million times within 48 hours.
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