Eye on Iran's Protests - December 8, 2022

The revolutionary movement in Iran continues as defiant protestors hold firm to the conviction that change is possible despite the beatings, rape, torture, and murder carried out by the regime. To support this movement, governments should synchronize human rights sanctions, downgrade diplomatic relations with Iran, and push for the reimposition of the U.N. sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. UANI offers a comprehensive database that offers a path forward for harmonizing human rights designations against Iranian individuals and entities across the U.S., Europe, Great Britain, and Canada.

Coverage Of Nationwide Iran Protests On Wednesday | Iran International

Protesters descended on Tehran yesterday on the third day of nation-wide protests and strikes organized by anonymous activists. Large numbers of them marched silently from the main Revolution Square to Azadi Plaza. Students across the country also engaged in protests to mark National Student’s Day. Basij and regular security forces were deployed to suppress them.

The Basij and security forces attacked students at Ferdosi University in Mashhad.

Roya Piraei, Whose Mother Was Killed In Protests In Iran, Speaks Out | Time 

Twenty-five-year-old Roya Piraei spoke out in an interview with Angelina Jolie. She became widely-recognized inside and outside Iran after photos spread on social media of her standing at her mother’s grave with her hair cut short. Her mother was murdered by regime security forces for protesting. She was shot at close range, and died with 167 pellets in her back.  

The Real Reason Iran Says It’s Cancelling The Morality Police | The Atlantic

Iran activists are widely rejecting Iranian Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri’s statements from last weekend that the “Morality Police” had been abolished. His vague statements did not clarify whether the supreme leader had approved the decision, and the government has yet to confirm them. Such statements are bound to not appease the protesters, who have shown they are demanding more than reforms. Regime concessions may only serve to embolden the revolution.  

With “Eyes on Iran,” Artists Bring Protests To Roosevelt Island | New York Times 

An art exhibit in New York is shedding light on the Mahsa Amini movement. In an enormous photo, Iranian American artist Sheida Soleimani displayed computed scans of blunt force trauma to the head. The scans, which were leaked after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, were pictured in the background of a hand holding a white hijab. The “Eyes on Iran” exhibit was installed across the water from the U.N. building to put pressure on the U.N. to remove Iran from its Commission on the Status of Women.

A young female protester walked up to the podium at Iran’s Sharif University of Technology without a hijab to question conservative Mayor of Tehran Alireza Zakani.

Women Of Iran | Time  

Time named the women of Iran as the heroes of the year. This generation of young women reject many of the expectations forced upon them, such as the idea that their only role in society is to be dutiful wives and mothers. The regime’s ideological messaging does not resonate with them. They have no attachment to grudges rooted in the Iran-Iraq War or the images of “martyrs” that line the highways or even the anti-Westernism at the heart of the regime.

Security forces ran over a protester with a vehicle.

Iran Hangs Protester In First Known Execution Related To Mass Demonstrations | CNN 

Iran executed Mohsen Shekari by hanging after he was convicted of the crime of “waging war against God” for stabbing a member of the Basij. This was the first known execution linked to the protests. Many other protesters face the same fate.