On Saturday 22 April, hundreds joined a Cologne Assembly in support of the Charter of Minimum Demands issued by 20 trade and civil organisations in Iran. Over 1600 civil and political activists came out in support of the assembly as did 75 political parties and organisations in the Diaspora.

Reza Shahabi and Hassan Saeedi, labour leaders of Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company sent a message of solidarity to the Assembly and in defence of the Charter from Evin Prison.

The Charter of Minimum Demands is significant as it has its roots in independent trade unions and organised social movements. Its timely publication has set the standard and has created an environment to unite labour and civic groups, and mobilise support and solidarity within Iran and in the diaspora.

See some photos of event as well as my interview on the significance of the Charter of Minimum Demands.
#MahsaAmini #womanlifefreedom

Women are Dancing in Solidarity with Woman, Life, Freedom Revolution in Iran


به #اعتراض #رقص_برای_آزادی زنان در روز شنبه 29 آوریل Circus Piccadilly، ساعت 3 بعد از ظهر در همبستگی با انقلاب #زن_زندگی_آزادی بپیوندید


The women of Iran have long protested the Islamic regime of Iran by dancing.

We continue this tradition on International Dance Day.

#dance4freedom organised by One Law for All and FiLiA will be 45 minutes long, symbolic of the time it took for the notorious morality police to call an ambulance after Mahsa Amini collapsed in detention.

Mahsa Jina Amini, a young Kurdish woman, was violently arrested for ‘improper veiling.’ She died a few days later on 16 September 2022. Her death is the spark of the women-led revolution unfolding in Iran.

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29 April: Women #Dance4Freedom, Piccadilly Circus, 3:00-5:00pm

In Solidarity with Woman, Life, Freedom Revolution in Iran on International Day of Dance

In March, five young women in Iran who posted a TikTok video of themselves dancing without wearing hijab were arrested and forced to apologise.

Women in Iran have long protested the Islamic regime of Iran’s suppression by dancing. We continue this tradition on International Dance Day with #Dance4Freedom in support of women and girls in Iran.

#Dance4Freedom organised by One Law for All and FiLiA will be 45 minutes long, symbolic of the time it took for the notorious morality police to call an ambulance after the Kurdish Iranian Mahsa Jina Amini collapsed in detention. Violently arrested for ‘improper veiling,’ she died a few days later on 16 September 2022, killed for a few strands of hair. Her death is the spark of the women-led revolution unfolding in Iran.

‎انقلاب مهسا ژینا امینی برای زنان و مردم ایران، منطقه و جهان حیاتی است. نباید گذاشت بچه دیکتاتورها و سیاست‌هایی که سود را بر حق و رفاه مردم مقدم می‌دارنند این انقلاب را از مسیر #زن_زندگی_آزادی خارج کنند. مطلبم برای نشریه ایتالیایی MicroMega به زبان انگلیسی در Feminist Dissent

"The Mahsa Jina revolution is too important for the women and people of Iran, the region and world to be derailed by would be dictators and policies that put profit before people’s rights and welfare" . Excellent new blogpost by @MaryamNamazie

https://feministdissent.org/blog-posts/iran-women-revolution/