News Center - Female political prisoners held in Qarchak Prison located in Varamin released a statement on the Yalda night, a festival celebrated on the night of December 20/21, the longest and darkest night of the year. “Let’s sing songs for freedom together on Yalda night,” the statement said.

In the statement, the female political prisoners wrote that they would sing songs and chant the slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (English: Women, Life, Freedom)” on Yalda night and asked all people demanding freedom to “join them in order to overcome this darkness together. A hopeful and warm heart will bring the light of the spring of freedom to the dark and cold nights of winter. Let’s sing songs and chant slogans to overcome this darkness together.”