Tons of of professors and educational activists have signed an open letter urging worldwide feminist communities to affix them in constructing transnational solidarity with girls and marginalized teams in Iran.
The letter is signed by lecturers from universities in Europe, Britain, the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and different nations who say that the dying of Mahsa Amini is “amongst many different state murders dedicated systemically and purposefully by the gender-apartheid regime of Iran.”
The letter, titled Hearken to the Voices of a Feminist Revolution in Iran, stated that now greater than ever “it’s essential to indicate stronger transnational solidarity with girls and different marginalized our bodies in Iran.”
The letter comes amid anti-government protests over the dying of Amini, 22, after she was taken into custody by morality police for the alleged improper carrying of a head scarf or hijab.
“This country-wide revolt is in opposition to not solely the brutal homicide of Mahsa but in addition the essence of the Islamic regime,” the letter stated. “The demand is loud and clear: an finish to a theocratic regime whose multi-faceted violence in opposition to marginalized our bodies is manifested in Mahsa’s dying.”
The nation is “witnessing a feminist revolution…ignited by rage on the homicide of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini,” the letter added.
The protests have galvanized Iranians whereas additionally highlighting 4 many years of state violence and discrimination in opposition to girls, who’ve been pushing again in opposition to state repression for years.
The federal government has lately arrested greater than 1,200 protesters, together with 20 journalists, 4 legal professionals, and about 25 activists and college students. Based on official figures, greater than 40 individuals have been killed, together with a number of members of the safety forces. Rights teams that monitor the nation imagine the actual variety of individuals killed is far larger.
