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Sama Khosravi Ooryad explains that even amidst the resurfacing of violent sate repression that is reminiscent of what was meted out by the regime during the 80s, the people will not be deterred from fighting on.
From Pegasus, to Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, it is clear that there is little protection for journalists and their work when they expose the truth, this needs to change if we are to defend civil liberties worldwide, writes Adele Walton.
Following a series of executions of young protestors in Iran, Kourosh Ziabari highlights the many human rights abuses committed by the Islamic Republic and urges international bodies to apply the necessary pressure to stop any more from taking place.
Young people are at the forefront of the protests in Iran, and they show no signs of stopping despite the regime’s remorseless killing of young people, writes Katy Shahandeh.
Kourosh Ziabari argues that the old tactics used by the Islamic Republic to quash dissent are not working. The regime has even resorted to slurs to target protestors, only demonstrating its desperation as it denies the legitimacy of the uprising.
The Iranian regime has long used the narrative of male martyrs as defenders of the nation, relying on religious history to reinforce it. But, through protest women in Iran are flipping this ideology on its head, write Kevin Schwartz and Olmo Gölz.
Kourosh Ziabari writes that the protests in Iran, which are a historic revolutionary movement for the masses, may not lead to the regime formally conceding, roll backs on “morality" policing are already expected.
Yasmin Gholizadeh warns of opportunists who claim to be in solidarity with Iranians protesting, but are using the events to legitimise oppressive ideologies like transphobia, and to call on stifling sanctions and imperialist Western interventions.
Despite the long history of state control over women’s bodies and political dissent in Iran, Katy Shahandeh explains that the very young and diverse makeup of the protests is a sign of hope.
Despite a rhetoric of solidarity with the Iran protests from Western leaders, action is not being taken to relieve the people’s suffering. At times the ‘support’ given has targeted innocent members of the Iranian diaspora, writes Kourosh Ziabari.