Mahsa - Woman Life Freedom*

THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, KNOWN FOR ITS KINDNESS, TOLERANCE, AND RESPECT FOR WOMEN, LED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BY A MONARCHY, WAS OVERTHROWN BY AN ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN 1979. THE NEW REGIME STARTED IMPOSING STRICT LAWS UPON THE IRANIAN PEOPLE, VIOLATING THEIR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES THE IRANIAN PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST THIS REGIME AND THIER BRUTAL ABUSE OF POWER. ON SEPTEMBER 16 OF 2022, MAHSA ZHEENA AMINI WAS KILLED BY THE "MORALITY POLICE" OF TEHRAN FOR WEARING HER HIJAB IN A LOOSE MANNER. HER DEATH IGNITED AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. THIS MOVEMENT, TITLED WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM, BECAME THE BIGGEST PROTEST AGAINT THE IRANIAN REGIME SINCE THE 1979 REVOLUTION. THE IRANIAN REGIME FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM MOVEMENT, AND KILLED ITS OWN PEOPLE, WITH ZERO HESITATION. THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ADMITTED TO KILLING MORE THAN 550 PEOPLE, BUT THE REPORTED NUMBER IS IN THE THOUSANDS. THIS PIECE IS DEDICATED TO THE FALLEN, AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE MUST NEVER FORGET.