{"id":5221,"date":"2022-09-26T07:38:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=5221"},"modified":"2022-09-29T09:53:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:53:30","slug":"women-of-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=5221","title":{"rendered":"Women of Iran ~ Dancing for freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports (from MSNBC, no link) are that somewhere between 40 and 50 people have been killed in and around the Iranian protests. The protests are not disappearing, though, if anything they continue to spread. Internet outages continue, so information still comes slowly.<\/p>\n<p>The women have been forbidden to dance, but they dance anyway. I love these clips so much.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what civil disobedience looks like in an Islamic Republic. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>For 43 years women in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> have been forbidden to dance &amp; sing in public or show their hair &amp; they are saying enough. It\u2019s really that simple. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mahsa_Amini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mahsa_Amini<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0647\u0633\u0627_\u0627\u0645\u06cc\u0646\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6ug6JjUNn\">pic.twitter.com\/T6ug6JjUNn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samira Mohyeddin \u0633\u0645\u06cc\u0631\u0627 (@SMohyeddin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMohyeddin\/status\/1573712457088045057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn the face of oppression, they speak up for their right to be free, to make their own choices.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Women of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> tell their story of bravery, defying oppression and fighting for a most basic right. It\u2019s simple yet powerful: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qfOxMcaebZ\">pic.twitter.com\/qfOxMcaebZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joyce_Karam\/status\/1573128160115400707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd continue to express their anger, frustration, and determination to make change.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An Iranian woman cuts har hair at the funeral of her brother Javad Heydari who got killed in Iran protest over the brutal death of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahsaAmini<\/a><br \/>By cutting their hair, Iranian women trying to show their grief and anger.<br \/>Islamic republic must be gone.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0647\u0633\u0627_\u0627\u0645\u06cc\u0646\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r7g7WoSxyS\">pic.twitter.com\/r7g7WoSxyS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Masih Alinejad &#x1f3f3;&#xfe0f; (@AlinejadMasih) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/1574124933470371840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>You are right, Iranian woman on the subway, I am proud of your fight for freedom and justice. I honor your courage. Bless you all. I wish you safety, good health, and many many years of dancing freely. Speak yourself.<\/p>\n<p><b>ETA:<\/b> I have no gift link for this, but it&#8217;s worth clearing your cache for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/09\/iran-headscarf-protest-mahsa-amini\/671555\/\"><strong>The Bonfire of the Headscarves<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>For Iran\u2019s protesters, the fight for women\u2019s freedom of choice is now synonymous with a desire to end the rule of the ayatollahs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newlinesmag.com\/argument\/in-hijab-protests-iranians-reveal-their-oppressive-rulers\/\"><strong>In Hijab Protests, Iranians Reveal Their Oppressive Rulers<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>An officially sanctioned fatal beating of a woman for incorrectly wearing the hijab unleashes a long-bottled-up rage against a regressive and fearful government<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports (from MSNBC, no link) are that somewhere between 40 and 50 people have been killed in and around the Iranian protests. The protests are not disappearing, though, if anything they continue to spread. Internet outages continue, so information still comes slowly. The women have been forbidden to dance, but they dance anyway. I love these clips so much. This is what civil disobedience looks like in an Islamic Republic. #IranProtests #IranRevolution For 43 years women in #Iran have been forbidden to dance &amp; sing in public or show their hair &amp; they are saying enough. It\u2019s really that simple. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=5221\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32,33,11,34],"tags":[97,53,291],"class_list":["post-5221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-feminism","category-international","category-iran","tag-feminism-2","tag-international-2","tag-iran"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13tCM-1md","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5221"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5294,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5221\/revisions\/5294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}