Australia’s Persian diaspora is planting trees across the country, as a tribute to protesters allegedly killed in Iran. Rallies are also planned to honour 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini. Her suspicious death in police custody last September sparked a wave of anti-government protests. One woman who…
Australia’s Persian diaspora is planting trees across the country, as a tribute to protesters allegedly killed in Iran. Rallies are also planned to honour 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini. Her suspicious death in police custody last September sparked a wave of anti-government protests. One woman who migrated after being arrested by Iran’s morality police, still lives with the fear.
She may be a highly educated professional, but still struggles with memories of being detained by morality police in TehranWhile studying engineering at university, Marta was arrested walking down the street with her fiancé. And the crime the 19-year-old was officially charged with, while in detention at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison:
British-Australian academic and author Kylie Moore-Gilbert was also detained in Tehran’s Evin prison – for 804 days – accused of being a foreign spy.“We've seen a number of protesters, young men, some of them still teenagers executed or given the death sentence and at risk of imminent execution simply for protesting in the streets. And this has happened in a number of cities across Iran. There is number of people on death row right now who activists are very, very worried about.
Police have already sent women more than one million text warnings to ‘wear headscarves while in a car or have the vehicle impounded.’“These draconian new laws are quite terrifying for women. They're putting up C C T V everywhere. They're using text messages to harass women as well. The sort of combination of traditional policing and harassment over morality issues with technology is quite scary.
“She's on the constant harassment and fear for what she does. She doesn't stop, but she's still being persecuted.”Fellow volunteer Behzad Vafa ) explains:
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