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no you're right. the guy in your picture was also mocking the protesters.
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Women in Iran are starting a movement, protesting the compulsory hijab
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no you're right. the guy in your picture was also mocking the protesters.
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yeah there were many great ones, i posted one in the first page. look in this hashtag on twitter, you'll find some more
https://twitter.com/hashtag/دختران_خیابان_انقلاب
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Nasrin Sotoudeh, lawyer of Narges Hoseini (the girl in this picture who was arrested on the first day), has said that her client has protested while being fully aware of the consequences of her actions and has refused to admit regret (is that the right phrase?) which would have meant she could have been let go pretty easily.
she has been charged with three crimes, not wearing the hijab, [not sure how to translate the other two counts but here it goes] pretending to do something haram (sounds ridiculous i know) and promoting indecency (again, ridiculous).
the lawyer says the court's intention was to get her to admit to her wrong doing by promising her release, but she has refused the offer and still claims to be against the law of mandatory hijab, she has also refused to provide the bail, which is a ridiculous amount, close to 100k dollars.
she's 32, was studying to get her master's degree in social sciences and is actually a government employee.
sorry for the messy translation, can't really translate legal terms.
here's another picture of her
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Incredibly brave of her. I hope she sparks a long-lasting movement.Nasrin Sotoudeh, lawyer of Narges Hoseini (the girl in this picture who was arrested on the first day), has said that her client has protested while being fully aware of the consequences of her actions and has refused to admit regret (is that the right phrase?) which would have meant she could have been let go pretty easily.
she has been charged with three crimes, not wearing the hijab, [not sure how to translate the other two counts but here it goes] pretending to do something haram (sounds ridiculous i know) and promoting indecency (again, ridiculous).
the lwayer says the court's intention was to get her to admit to her wrong doing by promising her release, but she has refused the offer and still claims to be against the law of mandatory hijab, she has also refused to provide the bail, which is a ridiculous amount, close to 100k dollars.
she's 32, was studying to get her master's degree in social sciences and is actually a government employee.
sorry for the messy translation, can't really translate legal terms.
here's another picture of her
Nasrin Sotoudeh, lawyer of Narges Hoseini (the girl in this picture who was arrested on the first day), has said that her client has protested while being fully aware of the consequences of her actions and has refused to admit regret (is that the right phrase?) which would have meant she could have been let go pretty easily.
she has been charged with three crimes, not wearing the hijab, [not sure how to translate the other two counts but here it goes] pretending to do something haram (sounds ridiculous i know) and promoting indecency (again, ridiculous).
the lwayer says the court's intention was to get her to admit to her wrong doing by promising her release, but she has refused the offer and still claims to be against the law of mandatory hijab, she has also refused to provide the bail, which is a ridiculous amount, close to 100k dollars.
she's 32, was studying to get her master's degree in social sciences and is actually a government employee.
sorry for the messy translation, can't really translate legal terms.
here's another picture of her
What a hero.
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a disabled woman protesting in tehran
this is Nasrin Sotoudeh, the lawyer of Narges who i mentioned earlier, and her husband
this is Nasrin Sotoudeh, the lawyer of Narges who i mentioned earlier, and her husband
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probably as a response to the news yesterday, and after a few days of the movement dying down, today many people have come out to protest, many of whom wearing masks so as not to get easily recognized from pictures
and this couple of clowns are mocking the movement and protesting against the right of a woman to choose
and this couple of clowns are mocking the movement and protesting against the right of a woman to choose
and this couple of clowns are mocking the movement and protesting against the right of a woman to choose
Sorry, I can see your forehead, best get to covering that so a passing man isn't uncontrollably tempted.
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the weird thing is that extreme type of hijab isn't common in iran at all, so she's doing it why? to say the current hijab isn't enough? the far right can be so vile
The depressing reality in a picture like that is also highlighted when the men standing around in the picture are dressed "normally".
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another picture of them. i think they're a couple.
Ah okay, but that guy has some swish black jeans (they look regular fitting, not XXXXXXXL loose) and a black top, plus no head covering and what is undoutedly a balaclava only woren for this one stunt. The woman on the other hand? Yeah, she probably looks like that all the time in public.
Turkeys voting for Christmas.
Some ridicule being handed their way due to what they are mocking. They should not be mocking this.
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these assholes were actually standing on matching wet and dry garbage bins. fitting.and this couple of clowns are mocking the movement and protesting against the right of a woman to choose
more from today
We can only hope. Iran was a beacon of progression once upon a time, it deserves to come back out from medieval society.
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you won't believe it, but this is the most well organized, classy, peaceful protest movement that has ever been here. there are many times where people have come out to the streets to protest something (the economical situation, the existence of the regime even) but it has always been messy, at the coercion of iranians who live abroad, resulted in setting fire and breaking windows and stuff. this time a few girls are silently protesting their basic human rights, in a completely organic way, with no leader, and the government is terrified. the fact that they think this small piece of cloth is so important, and there are people copying this symbolic form of protest to mock the girls, shows how deeply effective this simple image of a girl standing on a box or a bench and putting the hijab on a stick and waving it is.
It is also important to note that the children of the 1979 Iranian revolution are getting old. As they are on their way out, the millennials will take over and they are not going to have the same connection to the Islamic regime as their parents did. The revolution will happen, the question is when. How they are doing this so effective and peaceful is just inspiring and really shows that you don't need a bloody revolution to make change.
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to be honest i don't think a revolution in the sense of the regime fully going away is possible any time soon. but i think the law of mandatory hijab changing is fully possible within the next 10 years if movements like these continue.
Perhaps not completely, but events like this could easily become a turning point that makes the snowball start rolling to gradual changes that will lead to more liberties and freedoms for the Iranian people.
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yes, if this succeeds, i can see people working towards many other goals that seem unachievable right now. actual freedom of press, the release of political prisoners, etc.
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while i personally do agree with their sentiment, i don't think this is the type of support the girls here want. the last thing they would want is someone from the right pointing to this and saying "see? they want to burn all hijabs and force our women to put it down". they're saying they want to have a choice, and there are women with hijabs protesting and supporting them. i see this as more counterproductive if anything, and i see this as all these woman having a lack of understanding as what these girls actually want.
Fair enough, but irrespective of the right wing there has been a long tradition of Muslim women burning their veils when "liberated"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...eing-freed-from-isis-manbij-sdf-a7173671.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...lamist-jihadis-state-deir-ezzor-a7596116.html
I think that is all the girls in the videos are trying to mimic, I doubt they are chasing right wing clicks. I mean, they lived under it
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they're wearing hijabs and burning burqas tho. and by right i meant the political right of iran, and i'm not saying they're chasing clicks, but that this'll be something used as a tool to [wrongly] say this is what iranian girls want as well. i do get that this isn't about the iran thing and a more general anti-hijab thing but saying it's in support of the girls in iran will do more harm than good. i can already see the headlines that'll be posted in iranian news websites tomorrow.
that girl has lived a hard life, such a sad story.
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someone has painted over one of the signs for "Hejab" street, a big street in tehran, to "optional hejab" street :)
someone has painted over one of the signs for "Hejab" street, a big street in tehran, to "optional hejab" street :)
Now that is some top-class graffiti.
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small pieces of paper scattered on a street in mashhad, the message says "the girl of enghelab street isn't alone, we are all girls of enghelab street." the girl of enghelab street was a title given to the girl who first protested over a month ago
someone has painted over one of the signs for "Hejab" street, a big street in tehran, to "optional hejab" street :)
Ha, this is great.
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after many days, a new girl went on the exact same telecom box (the one i mentioned in OP), a HUGE crowd gathered around her, but she was unfortunately arrested. her name is Azam Jangravi. she announced her protest on her social media before she did it, and there are pictures of her protesting on her twitter, probably posted by a friend.
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the majority obviously want it to become optional. there are far right people who troll/shit talk this movement on social media, and a few days ago was the anniversary of the revolution (the equivalent of 4th of july here) and there are parades and a lot of fundamentalists/far-right people had signs making fun of the girls from this movement. if there was a vote tomorrow and the results were correctly reported, those who vote for mandatory hijab would lose by a huge margin.
these girls are viewed by many as heroes, because they have the bravery that most of us simply don't have. they're risking a lot by doing a simple act of protesting. other than the far-right and the official government response to them (calling them drug addicts, influenced by foreign forces who are leading the movement from outside iran, and many other ridiculous claims) i think most view them with admiration, but there are those who think this won't lead to any change in the laws and therefore they're risking arrest for nothing.
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great news which made me very happy, Narges Hoseini and Azam Jangravi have been released from prison
the pictures are of narges, who was arrested for 20 days, after her release. the green band tied around her wrist is a symbol of resistance that started after the 2009 elections in iran
the pictures are of narges, who was arrested for 20 days, after her release. the green band tied around her wrist is a symbol of resistance that started after the 2009 elections in iran
Regime found the ultimate solution for this! lol
I look forward to seeing the different ways people are going to get around this
Regime found the ultimate solution for this! lol
It's like they want to support the protest lol idiots. Now more people will do that :D
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police pushing a girl off a telecom box
what a pathetic moveRegime found the ultimate solution for this! lol
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problem solved :)Regime found the ultimate solution for this! lol