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As the stupid, barbaric, violent conservative whites of this country lead this country down the path of anti-abort, anti-LGBTQ, anti-minority religious dictatorship, Iranian women on social media have been putting up videos of themselves cutting their hair and taking off their hijabs!

And now, this action against Iran's religious totalitarians and their dirty morality police!!
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The Sari town hall is seized by the protesters. They tear down photos of Khomeini and Khamenei former and current Supreme Leaders of the Islamic Republic

https://twitter.com/ErshadAlijani/statu ... 6948108289



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IRAN HRM
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Golareh Moradi was arrested on Monday in Paveh, W ⁦‪#Iran‬⁩ during ⁦‪#IranProtests‬⁩ against the killing of ⁦‪#MahsaAmini‬⁩
‎She has been taken to an unknown location.
‎Hundreds of protesters have been arrested so far. the detainees are at risk of torture.
‎⁧‫#مهسا_امینی‬⁩

https://twitter.com/iranhrm/status/1572590608086343681
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This is sounding so much like Cuba last year. :(
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Unfortunately, neither country has budged, not Cuba from Patria y Vida, and not Iran, from its successive Green Revolutions.

But eh, here's hoping. Maybe popular protest will finally make some things move there.
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Gascia Ouzounian
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Sometimes police brutality ends with death or torture. Other times it galvanizes into a revolution. May the killing of #MahsaAmini mean the end of the morality police, untenable laws, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's brutal rule over #Iran. Far. Too. Long.

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Fuat
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Rasht, North Iran.
Police retreats under protesters' pressure.

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https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status ... 8559843328
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Iran News Wire
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Due to a severe shortage of suppressive forces, the regime is using teenagers from villages to suppress protesters.

They are given helmets and clubs and are stationed on the streets.

And they're quick to run away from protesters.

#IranProtests
#MahsaAmini
#مهسا_امینی

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https://twitter.com/IranNW/status/1573288700271796224
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Twitter thread.
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🧵 Internet shutdowns are a human rights issue - when an institution, usually a government, intentionally disrupts the internet or electronic communications, it renders them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a specific region.
#مهسا_امینی

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The ability of people to access communication technologies in a secure and private manner has become vital for local and international organizations to conduct peaceful assemblies and is an essential tool for effective human rights work.
#مهسا_امینی




Imposing internet shutdowns and restrictions, especially when people are protesting, stops important information from reaching citizens—such as how to find areas of safety or contact emergency services.

#ProtectTheProtest ✊
#مهسا_امینی



Activities such as organising protests and speaking freely against government policies all rely on the ability to access the internet. Such activities are protected under international human rights law, which also guards against unjustified internet shutdowns.
#مهسا_امینی




Imposing internet shutdowns prevents international and local organisations from documenting human rights violations—such as killings or the disproportionate use of force by the police or military.
#مهسا_امینی
#MahsaAmini


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Push back when pushed.

Iranian women are showing us it can be done, even against one the most totalitarian religious-fascist regimes in the world.
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Iranian women — no Hijab — sing the Farsi version of Bella Ciao, the anti-fascist anthem of the Italian resistance during WW II

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https://twitter.com/fridaghitis/status/ ... 0293101571
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ProfX wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:34 pm Unfortunately, neither country has budged, not Cuba from Patria y Vida, and not Iran, from its successive Green Revolutions.

But eh, here's hoping. Maybe popular protest will finally make some things move there.
And now all of .cu has been without power for 2 days. :(

I despise that government.
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carmenjonze wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:57 pm And now all of .cu has been without power for 2 days. :(

I despise that government.
Where? Cuba?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQyn2TRYlvQ

Christiane Amanpour on Refusing to Wear Headscarf for Iran’s President
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Now the religious repression reports. The govt has probably been doing this all along. :(
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Sep. 30- Zahedan
Iranian regime gunned down Sunni worshipers in #Zahedan #Iran @JavaidRehman #IranProtests2022

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https://twitter.com/iranhrm/status/1576354283519643649
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carmenjonze wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 6:37 pm Now the religious repression reports. The govt has probably been doing this all along. :(
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Sep. 30- Zahedan
Iranian regime gunned down Sunni worshipers in #Zahedan #Iran @JavaidRehman #IranProtests2022

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https://twitter.com/iranhrm/status/1576354283519643649
Board cons love the Iranian govt, they want that here.
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Libertas wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:21 pm Board cons love the Iranian govt, they want that here.
True, they only hate whackodoodle fascist Islam out of envy. Same for totalitarian Cuba and totalitarian PRC China.

The government mass-murdering the protesters of their repressive regimes, they already had a version of that here and they want it back.

Morality Police murdering a woman for something as petty as showing her hair or otherwise not conforming, that is a dream come true for them.
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ERSHAD ALIJANI
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Once again, students in Iran began protests, sit-ins and rallies at dozens of universities across Iran. Azad University, Najafabad ⬇️

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https://twitter.com/ErshadAlijani/statu ... 9259669505
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Coverage Of Nationwide Protests In Iran On Saturday

Iran's regime faces a multi-flank attack today, with student protests turning into general unrest, and rallies taking place in 150 cities around the world.

Protests and strikes at around 100 universities Saturday morning turned into street demonstrations as students left the campuses and moved into streets.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202210014664
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THE INCISION
Iran’s regime must be held accountable — by Iranians themselves

We all should stand with Iranians protesting against the regime for their dignity and freedom, but nothing could hurt their cause more than Western interference

....Not that it would have made a difference, but I wish I would have called for American nonengagement in the national affairs of the country — for the U.S. simply to stop tipping the scales in Egypt in one direction or another. Rather than ride in on a white horse during visible uprisings, the U.S. commitment to freedom, democracy, and human rights is most critical when the world is not watching. It means doing things like pulling military aid from countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel that routinely violate human rights and skirt international law.......


.....The irony, of course, is that the loudest American voices for U.S. intervention are the same ones calling for our government to violate women’s bodies, too. Take Sen. Lindsey Graham. One week, he was proposing a nationwide abortion ban. The next week, he’s taunting the Biden administration for doing too little on behalf of the women of Iran.

Mind you, this is the same Lindsey Graham who thinks that the best we can do are “thoughts and prayers” when people are killed by gun violence in America.

Perhaps rather than demanding action that could undermine the righteous protests of Iranians in Iran, our politicians could demonstrate how effective democracy is here at home by protecting the rights of American women rather than American guns here in America.
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The Iranian regime's "Supreme Leader" is ALREADY claiming America (and Israel) is behind the protests in their country.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63118637

Well look, during the Sixties, we said it was the Soviets funding and supporting civil rights and the antiwar movements. It's the same old crap.

But yeah, it would be a mistake, it would hurt the domestic protests, to feed the paranoia.
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Wowww!
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I’m running out of words to describe my astonishment. Just over 3 weeks after #MahsaAmini’s death, women are defiantly walking on the streets of #Tehran, with no hijab…while cars are honking in their supports. Mahsa couldn’t have imagined how she changed life for many Iranians.

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IranHumanRights.org
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High school students boycotting class in Isfahan.

"Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!#IranProtests2022
#MahsaAmini
#مهسا_امینی

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https://twitter.com/ICHRI/status/1579520173031428096

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Anti-government protests in Iran gain traction as oil workers go on strike - Euronews
The strikes at oil refineries are somewhat eminiscent of the Iranian revolution that took place four decades ago. At the time, a combination of mass protests and strikes by oil workers and shopkeepers helped to sweep the clergy to power.
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IranHumanRights.org
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#Iran: People in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan province today gathered in front of the same police station that on Sept 30 fired on large crowds, killing at least 82. #MahsaAmini
#مهسا_امینی

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Iran intensifies crackdown on Kurdish areas as protests rage - Reuters
Iranian security forces stepped up their crackdown on Kurdish regions of the country overnight, deploying militia troops, as authorities pursued their deadly suppression of nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.

Nearly four weeks after Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, was detained in Tehran for "inappropriate attire", the protests show no sign of abating in a bold challenge to Iran's clerical rulers, even if the unrest does not seem close to toppling them.
Although the latest protests have persisted for weeks, the Iranian authorities have experience of quelling much longer bouts of unrest. In 2009, nationwide demonstrations that erupted over a disputed election lasted for about six months before finally being brought under control.

While many officials have struck an uncompromising tone, a top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been cited as questioning whether police should be enforcing headscarf-wearing - rare criticism of state efforts to impose the hijab.

Human rights groups have reported more than 200 killed in the crackdown on the protests, which have been particularly intense in Kurdish regions where security forces have put down unrest by the Kurdish minority in the past.

Iran's Kurds are part of an ethnic minority spread between several regional states whose autonomy aspirations have also led to conflicts with authorities in Iraq, Syria and Turkey.

In the Kurdish town of Marivan, a young protester said people were setting fires on streets every night to try and keep riot police from entering their neighbourhoods.

“They have no mercy, they just shoot randomly. Shops are closed. At night our city turns to a war zone. With people throwing stones and security forces shooting at them,” Marivan said.

With over 10 million Kurds living in Iran, Tehran fears pressure for secession will grow among a minority with a long history of struggle for its political rights.

Rights groups say Kurds, who form about 10% of the population, face discrimination along with other religious and ethnic minorities under Iran's Shi'ite clerical establishment.

Tehran denies the allegation.
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#BREAKING Iran's judiciary authority said that eight prisoners were killed in Saturday night's fire in Tehran's Evin prison, doubling the previously reported death toll

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1581888686643638272
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Watch: Athlete competes without hijab, defying Iran's diktat for female players
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-ne ... 12850.html

An Iranian climber was seen competing at an international competition without donning a hijab, in open defiance of the Islamic Republic's restrictions for female athletes. In a historic move, Elnaz Rekabi represented Iran at the Asian climbing competition finals in Seoul without covering her head amid anti-hijab protests in her home country.

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You go girl. Jeannie is out of the bottle. I really hope this Green Revolution goes further than the previous ones.
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