OPINION: Whether it is American women fighting for reproductive rights, or Afghan women struggling for educational access, it’s all one battle: to throw off systematic control over women’s bodies.
The last time I heard from her was when she announced her intention to participate in the first protest in response to the Iranian “morality police” murdering 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for “improper hijab.
The morality police are an Iranian government institution responsible for ensuring that women maintain proper hijab compliance. Even the luckiest of the morality police’s captives who don’t get physically injured or end up dead, like Mahsa, often suffer long-term effects such as PTSD, panic attacks, severe anxiety, anger and depression. The enforcement of the hijab is one of the pillars of the Islamic Republic’s ideology.
The slogan “Women! Life! Freedom!” is life-affirming and is being heard around the world. It encapsulates the desire for equality, economic stability and freedom of expression. These rights are at odds with the core values of the Islamic Republic, which maintains an ultra-conservative interpretation of the Quran, often sacrificing Iranian people and their freedoms to maintain those values.
This is why I ask you to amplify the voices of protesting Iranian people, so they can be heard by the government officials and politicians of the free world. This amplification will create real consequences for the Iranian regime. The threat of the international community will limit the regime’s freedom to use violence against Iranian citizens.
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