IRANIAN WOMEN UPRISING

Was sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police and have been led by women burning headscarves and furiously demanding reform in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The unrest was triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who fell into a coma after being detained by morality police on 13 September in Tehran for allegedly violating the law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf.

Schoolgirls in Iran have been waving their headscarves in the air and chanting against clerical authorities, in an unprecedented show of support for the protests engulfing the country.

Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, women's rights have been restricted, and several laws were established such as the introduction of mandatory veiling and a public dress code for women.

To understand the scope of the ignominy of patriarchy and the repression of women in Iran, look at these photographs from the 70s.

In 1979, with the imposition of religious law and sharia, women demonstrated, revolted and were shamefully repressed at that time.

Hijab in the air, chants of "death to the dictator" and phrases like "if we don't unite, they will kill us one by one". In Iran, students unite against the government and the images invaded social networks.

Dozens of students have been blocking traffic on a road in the city of Shiraz as they waved their hijabs in the air and chanted "death to the dictator", in reference to Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei.

In Iran, women have been instrumental in organizing these protests in which they demand more freedom to dress, but not only. Voices shake the streets of Iran, shouting words like “women, life and freedom” loudly.

No, the women's struggle in Iran is not about the hijab. Women fight for their right, individually and collectively, to do what they want with the hijab. It is this freedom that is so difficult to achieve and that seems to be difficult to understand.

Iranian women time and time again are showing what dignity and courage mean. May their protest be victorious this time

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