MÜJDE KIRMAŞANÎ

News Center- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets o and demanded freedom during the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)” uprising in Iran. People from all ages attended the protests led by women. During the protests, hundreds were detained, arrested, tortured and executed by the Iranian regime to increase fear and oppression. The Iranian regime aims to intimidate people by sentencing hundreds of people to death, including labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi, said Parveen Azad, a women’s and children’s rights activist.

‘Women in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan face more oppression every day’

“The Jin, Jiyan, Azadi revolution that started in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amidi by the morality police in Tehran was led by women,” she said, adding, “The Iranian regime has used execution, torture, arrest and many other kinds of oppression to spread fear among the people and women. Women prisoners keep resisting despite everything.”

‘The ongoing protests of women show their determination’

Parveen Azad drew attention to the resistance of women in Iran’s prisons. “Women imprisoned in prisons located in different cities of Iran have been holding the ‘No to Executions’ protests since the execution of Reza Rasaei on August 6. The ongoing protests of women prisoners show their determination. The only way to get rid of this dictatorship system is to overthrow this regime. If this regime exists, people will continue to face any kind of oppression, executions and attacks.”

15 women political prisoners, including Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, have been banned from lawyer and family visits and making phone calls for protesting the execution of Reza Rasaei, Parveen Azad told NuJINHA. “Due to the ban on lawyer visits, the women prisoners, who have been sentenced to death, cannot defend themselves. The female political prisoners keep resisting inside while their families resist outside.”

‘We must bow respectfully to the resistance of imprisoned women’

We must bow respectfully to the resistance of imprisoned women, Parveen Azad stressed. “They resist despite all kinds of oppression. They struggle against difficult conditions in prisons, torture, and the ban on lawyer and family visits.  We know that women are at a disadvantage in prisons. Despite all the difficulties, they keep resisting to make their voices heard not only by Iranian society but also by the whole world. International human rights organizations, political parties and other organizations are also aware of the oppression in prisons and the resistance against this oppression. They hold protests every day to demand the release of political prisoners, the revocation of death sentences and the treatment of sick prisoners.”