Woman Life Freedom Uprising

Following the Uprising

In the wake of the Women, Life, Freedom uprising, a larger narrative can be found within the ongoing struggle for women's rights in Iran. This transnational, intersectional, artistic, and symbolic desire for life endures through the movement. Originating from the small cemetery in which Jina Mahsa Amini was buried, the movement has, over its course, begun to represent so much more than the event that started it all. Nahal Nikan states, “Iran, life is not based on life itself, but on a foundation of death.” Time after time, the Iranian regime has oppressed women through laws and violence, consistently pushing women to the edge of death. However, Iranian women were not the only victims of the regime. Minorities, social groups, artists, and socio-economic classes all experienced the violent oppression of the regime. This “foundation of death” that Nikan emphasizes is how the regime controls its people and ensures a public that complies with state-imposed religious doctrine. When Jina Mahsa Amini was murdered by the morality police and the Women, Life, Freedom movement began, it was not just about the mandatory hijab laws but about a nationwide desire for life and personal identity. This is what allowed Women, Life, and Freedom to be as contagious and viral and is the legacy it will continue to leave in its path. 


 

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