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"“In Europe, women are running countries. Women in Iran deserve that. They have
always been a leading part of the resistance,” Diana Nammi, a longtime
campaigner against autocracy in Iran, says in London.
Female activists and youth campaigners are at the forefront of the fight to
shape a new direction for Iran after decades of repressive rule in the Islamic
Republic. In the UK, exiled Iranian activists have also mobilised.
Now, as mass protests engulf Iran, hopes are high among British Iranians that
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s theocracy is finally about to be toppled.
Laila Jazayeri, the director of the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the
UK, is among the exiles who took to the streets of London at the weekend.
“A pluralistic, a secular, a non-nuclear Iranian republic, it is achievable.
The people of Iran are fed up of monarchical and clerical dictatorship,”
Jazayeri said at a protest in Downing Street, as women’s voices shouted for
democracy and freedom behind her.
Opposition campaigners say the unrest has spread to 192 Iranian cities.
Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed and thousands detained as
the authorities try to cling to power.
Jazayeri hopes the dissident politician Maryam Rajavi will become modern Iran’s
first female leader.
“This time it’s different because (the uprising) is well-organised,” she said.
“And we have a leadership, an alternative ready to take over. A woman is
leading this resistance, Maryam Rajavi. She has a progressive 10-point plan for
a free, democratic Iran.”"
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
