Yes people there is still a massacre going on here. the reason you don't hear much about it is because our access to any social media is pretty much nonexistent at this point (a miracle on it's own that I finally managed to post this) and non Iranians or different platforms aren't really talking about us now so there's that🚶🏻‍♀️

This is one of the best, factual explanations I've seen on the history of the veil in Iran.

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Let's not forget about the situation in Iran.

I don't see a lot of people advocating for Iranian peoples freedom right now and I don't want it to be swept under the rug.

Earlier last month Jîna Emînî (You might've heard about her with her legal name Mahsa Amini) - a Kurdish-Iranian woman got arrested by Iran's so called 'morality police' for wearing the mandatory hijab 'incorrectly'.

Following her arrest she died, officials said it was because of a sudden 'heart attack' but autopsy shows that she had injuries on her head suggesting she was beaten up...BEATEN UP.

Eventually the Iranian people started protesting this and the mandatory hijab, risking their lives on the streets. There's been shootings/tensions in cities and a major University of Iran.

A 16-year-old Iranian girl named Nika Shakarami vanished after being taken into custody by the regime this week.

It's also been reported that Iran's government has cut off Internet access.

These are just a few examples of many.

Support Iranians, be the voice that Iranians need you to be right now, speak up for them.

Iranians are more than welcome to correct or add on.

As a kurdish woman it breaks my heart, may they rest in peace and may the Iranian people gain their freedom they've been denied for over 40 years.

Jin Jiyan Azadî.

There are people dying in the iran fighting for there rights becaise a 22year old women was killes for showing a tiny bit of hair iran has already lost access To social media apps like whatsapp and Instagram the iranian government is trying silence the people there have been major blackouts throughout the whole country in time periods which the deaths are happening we can't let this topic die out and if it does the rights os women in iran go with it.REMEMBER HER.SAY HER NAME.MAHSA AMINI.

mahsa amini | nika shakarami. countless others participating in the protests sparked by both of their murders.

mahsa's crime? wearing her hijab "incorrectly". after she was taken into custody by Iran's morality police for three days, video footage shows that she collapsed and was later taken to the hospital where she eventually died by cardiac arrest. security forces claim that mahsa died of health related issues, but the hospital has admitted that she was already brain dead before ever reaching the hospital. she was severely beaten during those three days. all because of her hijab supposedly being worn inappropriately. she was 22 years old and had plans to attend university to study microbiology.

nika's crime? participating in the protests that followed mahsa's murder. after being taken into custody, she was missing for 10 days with zero communication by police forces, despite her terrified mother and father's pleas for information. after those 10 days, her lifeless body was returned to her parents after they were shown a glimpse of her face (they refused to show her entire body) at a detention morgue and confirmed that it was her via a birth mark. it was later discovered that she had been brutally physically (and most likely sexually) tortured, and there was a large cut down her chest that was stitched back together, suggesting the possibility of some of her organs being removed (mostly likely to later sell). 10 days of what must have been the most horrific kind of hell on earth, simply for using her voice. her body was later reclaimed (stolen) from the detention center by security forces and buried in a village about 25 miles from the city. the family was denied a funeral for nika upon the threat of death by security forces, and members of her family have now also been taken into custody for not cooperating with the demands. i've read that there have been claims by security forces that she fell from a building to her death, or that she was captured and tortured by a group of construction workers, but the last text nika sent to her aunt was that she was being chased by the authorities. she was 16 years old, and was buried in a shallow grave one day after what would have been her 17th birthday.

we can't let this fade into the background. young women are risking their lives in unity to honor mahsa and nika by fighting back against their government and the morality police, knowing that it may very well cost them their lives. the least those of us can do across the world is KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.

if you have a platform, USE IT.

WOMAN. LIFE. LIBERTY.

rest in power, peace and paradise, sweethearts.

* i apologize in advance if there are any discrepancies in the above text. there are small variances among different sources available but i've tried to conglomerate what i've researched so far to the best of my ability.

The Iranian government cares more about a woman's dress code than her life. Justice for Mahsa Amini

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/middleeast/iran-mahsa-amini-death-widespread-protests-intl-hnk/index.html

Mourning

I find it interesting that there's barely any coverage about what's going on in Iran across many platforms and the news.

IRAN RESTRICTS WHATSAPP, INSTAGRAM AS PROTESTS GROW

Iran has restricted major social media platforms following the ongoing protest in Iran, because of the death of Masha Amini who was arrested in Tehran for allegedly wearing ‘an unsuitable attire’ and putting on her hijab headscarf improperly. The country curbed access to Instagram and WhatsApp, according to residents and internet observer NetBlocks. ⚠️ #Iran is now subject to the most severe…

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You'd think we'd get used to all of this after years,but it hurts even more everytime

She recently passed away

Islamic State Of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Claims Responsibility for Deadly Bombings in Iran

The Islamic State has officially claimed responsibility for the devastating bombing attack in Kerman, Iran, which resulted in the tragic loss of 84 lives during a memorial procession for Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani. The extremist group announced its involvement through its official Telegram account, referring to the assault as a “dual martyrdom operation.” Continue reading Untitled

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“Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art.” – Ursula K LeGuin

(small section taken out of a bigger quote by Ursula K LeGuin, that seemed apt for this video on subtle rebellious art from Iran).

Woman, Life, Freedom: Protestors fight to dismantle authoritarian state in Iran

Woman, Life, Freedom: Protestors fight to dismantle authoritarian state in Iran

Iranian citizens are revolting against the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in what many are calling a feminist revolution. On Sept. 16, Mahsa “Zhina” Amini, a 22 year old Kurdish woman, died from her injuries after being beaten by morality police in Tehran after allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly. The “morality police” enforce Iran’s mandatory head covering laws, which state…

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Very well said. Please listen to this to get educated about what’s going on in Iran. Iranian government has no mercy towards their own citizens. They’ve shut down the internet so people can’t have access to the outside world to tell their stories, to share videos of protests and cruelty the Iranian government are causing them. The police and the military are against their own people, literally killing them with absolutely no remorse just because they’re simply asking for their basic rights! The amount of cruelty is unreal! They’re suppose to protect their citizens, but instead they’re the biggest cause of their distress and misery. I’m speechless. The world needs to hear them while their voices have taken away from them.