Iranian-born women in North Texas hope to persuade Western nation's to lend their support to human rights protests in Iran.
On Sunday, Nov. 20, under an afternoon sky streaked with clouds, hundreds of marchers made their way down Lower Greenville Avenue. Large, colorful signs displayed “Women Life Freedom,” #FreeIran, #JusticeForIran and “Stand With Iranian Women.”
Amini, 22, died in a Tehran hospital on Sept. 16 after being detained by Iran’s guidance patrol, often referred to as the morality police. Amini, who also went by Jina, was taken into custody for allegedly violating the hijab rule, the Muslim edict requiring women to cover their heads with a scarf, as she visited the capital city along with her family.
Amnesty International says that many more protesters are in danger of being sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Courts in Tehran for their roles in the uprising. It has also been reported that 58 children, some of them as young as 8, have been killed by police since the protests began. “It is different this time,” she says. “It’s different this time because for the first time ever, it is a truly feminist revolution, with the support of the men. When you see footage of the protests, you see groups of girls at the front with guys behind them. I give so much credit to Gen Z, too. Gen Z wants to change the world.”
“The government there does not care about anybody,” she says. “Our goal with these protests here in Dallas is to amplify the voices of the fighting women and men in Iran. They have become martyrs. These are 16-, 17-, 18-year-olds that are fighting and dying. Women are being imprisoned and raped as their punishment. They’re political prisoners and some of them are awaiting execution. We don’t want them to die in vain.
“My mind kept going back to my past in Iran,” she says. “And I realized that since I’ve been in America for a few years now I needed to have courage. I asked myself, ‘If I were still in Iran, I wouldn't want to remain silent, so why should I stay silent here?’” During the United Nations protest the data scientist found inspiration. She had helped tell the global leaders of the U.N. that Raisi isn't welcome here, and just as Jalilvand said, the data scientist felt that Iranians here in America “needed to be the voice of the people in Iran.”
She shows her face when protesting now, but doing that is more of a personal risk for her, not something that might endanger her loved ones in Iran. She says she’s a bit nervous being interviewed for this article, but she thinks about the bravery of the girls who are taking to the streets of Tehran, burning their hijabs, risking their lives, so she moves past her nerves.
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