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"More than three weeks after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahmini for
disobeying Iran’s strict laws, which make it compulsory for women to wear the
hijab – or Islamic headscarf – protests continue to rage on the streets of all
major cities. On Saturday, protesters even managed to hack into Iran’s biggest
news channel to broadcast their message to the whole country.
A broadcast featuring supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in a meeting with state
officials, was replaced by images of protesters who have died in the violent
crackdown on dissent in Iran. The popular chant, “woman, life, freedom”, which
has become the slogan of the protests, had been incorporated into a song, an
excerpt of which was broadcast as were calls for viewers to “join us and rise
up”.
It is estimated that 185 people, including at least 19 children, have been
killed since news of Amini’s death emerged on September 16. It has been
reported that 14 members of Iran’s security forces have also been killed.
The “hijab protests” have grown from the outrage of Iranian feminists at the
country’s oppressive morality police to a general expression of resistance and
discontent with the Islamic Republic itself. There have been reports of general
strikes in several cities.
There are parallels with the 1979 revolution that toppled the last shah of
Iran. Women played a major role in that uprising, too, wearing the hijab to
show their rejection of the ban on the head covering decreed by the shah’s
father in 1936 – later overturned, but still a symbol of the repressive
monarchy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
