Activists posting this image of Vida Movahed, the brave woman who took off her scarf in public during #IranProtests in Tehran's Enghelab (Revolution) Avenue. She was arrested & has disappeared. Demands are raised from #Iran officials about her whereabouts.
Help spread the word.
#VidaMovahed, known in #Iran as the "Enghelab Avenue Girl," risked her life to be the voice of all the oppressed women under the mullahs' misogynist and reactionary rule.
Join us in raising our voice: #Where_Is_She
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Jan 29 - Tehran, #Iran
Activists reporting apparently another brave woman taking off her scarf in public, possibly in the same location where #VidaMovahed staged her protest to compulsory hijab. #IranProtests are continuing, despite regime's crackdown.
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Jan 29 - Tehran, #Iran
Another image of apparently the latest brave woman taking off her scarf in public, possibly in the same location where #VidaMovahed staged her protest to compulsory hijab. #IranProtests are continuing, despite regime's crackdown.
Jan 29 - Tehran, #Iran
More images of brave young women protesting compulsory hijab laws.
This is the capital's Ferdowsi Square. #IranProtests continue.
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Tehran, #Iran
More images of brave women protesting compulsory hijab laws.
They no longer fear the repressive regime. #IranProtests continue.
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Tehran, #Iran
More images of brave women protesting compulsory hijab laws.
They no longer fear the repressive regime.
Activists are calling them "The Girls of Enghelab Avenue," as their numbers are escalating. #IranProtests continue.
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Tehran, #Iran
More images of brave women protesting compulsory hijab laws.
They no longer fear the repressive regime.
She is being described as the sixth "Girl of Enghelab Avenue." #IranProtests continue.
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Tehran, #Iran
Activists posting more images of brave women protesting compulsory hijab laws in different areas of the capital.
They no longer fear the repressive regime. #IranProtests continue.
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Tehran, #Iran
Activists posting more images of brave women protesting compulsory hijab laws in different areas of the capital.
They no longer fear the repressive regime. #IranUprising will continue.
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Jan 29 - Tehran, #Iran
Seyed Khandan Avenue
Activists posting more images of brave women protesting compulsory hijab laws in different areas of the capital.
They no longer fear the repressive regime. #IranProtests continue.
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Jan 29 - Tehran, #Iran
Activists are posting this image of Nargis Hosseini, who bravely took off her scarf in public to protest compulsory hijab, moments prior to her arrest.
She must not be held in detention similar to #VidaMovahed. #IranProtests#IranUprising continue.
Activists posting this video expressing the plight of #Iran's brave women.
"I am the bursting volcano"
"My heart beats w/ the anger of thousands"
"I am half of this world, I shout that I can"
"Under their chains, I am today's revenge" #GirlsOfRevolutionSt#GirlsOfEnglelabStreet
#HappeningNow
Jan 30 - Tehran, #Iran
Intersection of Rasht St. & Vali Asr St.
Two brave women take off their headscarves protesting compulsory hijab laws. #IranUprising#IranProtests continue.
Activist posting image from Bandar Abbas, S #Iran, where people are seen hanging white scarves in solidarity with #GirlsOfRevolutionSt. #IranUprising continues.
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Jan 30 - Tehran, #Iran
Intersection of Enghelab St. & Quds St.
Another brave woman (#GirlsOfRevolutionSt) takes off her headscarf protesting compulsory hijab laws. They no longer fear the oppressive regime. #IranUprising continue.
#HappeningNow
Jan 30 - Tehran, #Iran
Intersection of Enghelab St. & Tehran University
Another brave woman (#GirlsOfRevolutionSt) takes off her headscarf protesting compulsory hijab laws. They no longer fear the oppressive regime. #IranUprising continue.
Tehran, #Iran
A young man, dubbed the "Boy of Revolution St," joins the anti-compulsory hijab campaign. When asked his name he answers, "My name is your name." #GirlsOfRevolutionSt #IranUprising continues.
#HappeningNow
Jan 30 - Tehran, #Iran
Saei Park
Another brave woman (#GirlsOfRevolutionSt) takes off her headscarf protesting compulsory hijab laws. They no longer fear the oppressive regime. #IranUprising continues.
#HappeningNow
Jan 30 - Tehran, #Iran
Another brave woman (#GirlsOfRevolutionSt) takes off her headscarf protesting compulsory hijab laws. The regime can no longer oppress this growing movement. #IranUprising continues.
Tehran, #Iran
Khomeini Int'l Airport
This German tourist takes off her headscarf, expressing support for the anti-compulsory hijab movement. The regime can no longer oppress this growing movement. #GirlOfEnghelabStreet#GirlsOfRevolutionSt #IranUprising continues.
Jan 31 - Ardabil, NW #Iran
Activists posting video of a brave woman walking in public & broad daylight without the compulsory hijab, protesting the regime's unjust laws. #GirlsOfRevolutionSt#GirlOfEnghelabStreet #IranUprising continues.
#Iran activists are posting this video of six brave women taking off their headscarves in public, protesting the mullahs' compulsory #Hijab laws. #IranProtests#IranUprising continue.
Feb 3 - Marivan, W #Iran
Brave woman seen taking off their headscarf in public, protesting the mullahs' unjust compulsory #Hijab laws. #IranProtests#IranUprising continue.
The work of Gunduz Agayev from Azerbaijan in support of #Iran'ian women protesting compulsory #hijab laws, rattling the very pillars of the mullahs' rule. #IranProtests#IranUprising continues.
Feb 4 - Karaj, W of Tehran, #Iran
Another brave women takes off her headscarf in public, protesting the regime's compulsory #hijab laws. #IranProtests#IranUprising continue.
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Activists say the difference between brave women who protest compulsory #hijab laws & such pro-regime figures is that these people cover their faces & are escorted by the same government vehicles that arrest those brave women. #IranianProtests will continue.
Mashhad, NE #Iran
Video shows activist throwing cards into the public reading:
"Girl Of Enghelab St. is not one person. We are all Girls of Enghelab St." #IranProtests continue.
In an utterly desperate effort by #Iranian officials against women taking off their head-scarves, authorities have literally jailed this utility box to prevent #Iran's women from climbing it to protest compulsory #hijab laws.
I literally have no words to explain this...
For those unfamiliar with #Iran's regime
This mullah's comment about the latest #Iranian woman protesting compulsory #hijab reads:
"The likes of this girl we'll send to Mashhad & gift-wrap to our Iraqi brothers with just $7... this is what Iranian girls deserve"
You be the judge
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Leyla Mirghafari (#لیلا_میرغفاری) is seen here with a broken lg as authorities resorted to using force during her arrest. #IranProtests will continue.
Tehran, #Iran
This is how terrified authorities are of brave women climbing utility boxes & taking off their headscarves to protest compulsory #hijab.
Welding a sloped roof on the utility box to prevent anyone from standing on top of it. #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet #IranProtests
Feb 22 - Tehran, #Iran
Authorities are welding sloped roofs on utility boxes to prevent #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet from climbing up & taking off their headscarves to protest compulsory #hijab. #IranProtests
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The exact moment when a member of the state police pushed off another brave woman taking off her headscarf in public & protesting compulsory #hijab laws. #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet #IranProtests
Feb 22 - Tehran, #Iran
This brave woman stands in the face of state police refusing to obey any unjust orders & continues her protest against compulsory #hijab. #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet #IranProtests
Feb 22 - Tehran, #Iran
Activists are posting this video to identify the police officer who shoved this brave woman to the ground as she continued her protest against compulsory #hijab. #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet #IranProtests
Feb 22 - Tehran, #Iran
Activists are posting the still image of this police officer who shoved a brave woman to the ground as she was protesting compulsory #hijab laws. #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet #IranProtests
Activists are reporting the police officer who shoved off the latest #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet women protesting compulsory #hijab has been identified as "Ali Akbar Gharaee." #IranProtests
Feb 23 - Isfahan, central #Iran
Friday prayer imam says #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet protesting compulsory #hijab are "hypocrites" & worse than "disbelievers."
He calls for repressive measures, saying they should be arrested & not easily released.
More reason for #IranProtests.
#Iran activists posting this image of a utility box where authorities first had sleep tops welded to prevent #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet climbing & protesting compulsory #hijab, & now people have provided a new structure to counter their measures. #IranProtests in all shapes & forms
This cartoon vividly shows how #Iran's authorities have to prevent not only #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet but all #IranProtests from establishing on any utility box, rooftop and/or street of this country.
Hamraz Sadeghi (#همراز_صادقی) climbed a utility box near Tehran's Ferdowsi Square protesting #Iran's compulsory #hijab laws. She was pushed off by plainclothes agents, broke her leg & was subsequently arrested. #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet #IranProtests
One of the three men who prepared this platform for #Iran's #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet says wherever such women take off their headscarf people should protect them from anyone trying to push them down. #IranProtests
#BREAKING
U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador.
My gut tells me an even bigger story will develop.
Rest assured #Iran's regime is terrified about who Trump/Pompeo will appoint as their new envoy. axios.com/donald-trump-n…
#BREAKING
Amb. Nikki Haley spoke six months ago with President Donald Trump about the subject of resigning.
Will be staying at this post until the end of the year.
#BREAKING
Amb. Nikki Haley saying she will be campaigning for President Trump in 2020.
2) "Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report seen by Reuters."
3) "... domestic revenue generation by al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab 'is more geographically diversified and systematic' than that of Somalia’s federal government."
#BreakingNews
Cities across #Iran are witnessing a general strike as stores are closing across the country.
This goes alongside the truckers' nationwide strike that has spread to over 310 cities now. #IranProtests #IranianTruckersOnStrike
October 8
Tehran, #Iran
Sources say all gold market stores are closed. #IranProtests
October 8 #Iran
Images of stores closed in the cities of Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan & Sanandaj. #IranProtests
#BreakingNews
Reports indicate atmosphere in #Iran's parliament (the Majlis) is very tense as members review the anti-money laundering Financial Action Task Force (FATF) signing bill.
Sources say "hardliners" are voicing threats about the signing of this bill.
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2) #BreakingNews
"Regarding the FATF, should we commit suicide today by signing this bill because we're going to die in the future?" says Behrouz Nemati, a member of #Iran's Majlis (parliament).
3) "Hardliners in Iran’s parliament have opposed passing legislation toward compliance with FATF standards, arguing it could hamper Iranian financial support for allies such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which the US has classified as a terrorist organization." reuters.com/article/us-ira…
"It did not say where Zahedifar was arrested. In a video carried by state broadcaster IRIB, a blindfolded man who identified himself as Zahedifar denied he had fled Iran." uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ira…