Multiple billboards and jumbotrons have been placed by the Iranian American Women Foundation in major U.S. cities, including D.C., Kansas City, Los Angeles, and New York City.
When foreign countries face conflict, we are reminded of the rights and freedoms we have as Americans. Even though the conflict may be on the other side of the world, some people who immigrated to the U.S. from those countries say continuing to fight for rights is important.
"The movement started with the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old young girl who was killed in the hands of the morality police in Iran for allegedly not covering every single strand of hair," Mazarei said."She was detained and she was killed while she was in the police custody. The whole movement is not about hijab.
"It's extremely sad coming from a place of privilege being in the United States that I can't help more," Sadeghi-Movahed said."We feel very guilty to kind of watch this all transpire. People who look like us being killed online and then can't do anything about it."
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