State Femicide by I.R.

These short texts are narrating the story of some of the women who were killed by the Islamic Republic.

A Brief History of Jin Jiyan Azadi

“Jin-Jîyan-Azadî,” was chanted again and again during Jina’s burial ceremony in her hometown Saqqez, in Sanandaj the next day, and almost immediately, it spread across other streets of Iran as the main slogan.

History of Protest Against Compulsory Hijab in Iran

After the 1979 revolution in Iran, Khomeini ordered the repeal of the Family Protection Law as the first step to creating an Islamic state, accompanied by the whispers of compulsory hijab, and they clicked the first war on women and LGBTQIA+ people in Iran. On the 8th of March 1979, women organized massive demonstrations in […]