In the last 40 days, unprecedented and historical events happened in Iran that has totally changed the face of the country. The events started from the last Friday of the summer of this year, when Mahsa Amini died in a hospital in Tehran after being arrested and beaten up for visibility of her hair (what is considered as “No Hijab” in Iran.
Her death caused a wave of protests by Iranian people inside and outside the country, and these protests continue until today, when more than forty days have passed since her death. It should be added that in addition to various groups of Iranian people, including actors, athletes, businessmen, teachers, students and ordinary people, a large number of women from other countries, including officials of foreign countries, both men and women, supported the protests of the Iranian people and have expressed solidarity with them.
Since the beginning of the protests in Iran, Iranians have gathered in different cities of the world every Saturday. Its peak was on Saturday, October 1st, when Hamed Esmailiyoun called for the Ukrainian flight claimant families and led to gatherings in more than 150 cities around the world.
In the country, slogans of support for the people of Kurdistan were heard in Zahedan demonstrations, in Tehran, slogans of support for Zahedan and Kurdistan, and in Tabriz, slogans of support for Kurdistan were heard. The solidarity that sports figures and artists had stepped forward to create since the first days of the protests.
On Saturday, October 22, a demonstration was held in Berlin in support of Iranian protesters, which was unprecedented in its kind. German police and other groups have reported a crowd of between 80,000 and 120,000 people. Iranians with different flags and tendencies from all over Europe and even America gathered in Berlin to be the voice of the protesters who are disconnected from the world through cyber space.
Although some call these movements of the Iranian people “revolution”, political and social experts do not agree on calling these protests “revolution” at this point. But many agree that this movement has gone beyond the protest and “entered the revolution phase”, although its future is not clear.
However, the ongoing protests in Iran have shown that the young society demanding transformation, which is on the streets, shouts secular slogans, ignores religious manifestations, and demands the promotion of women’s rights, wants the public arena for itself and will not lose it easily. gave
Iranian women have taken steps forward since 40 days ago and now they can easily walk without covering their hair in the market, restaurants and in front of the security forces. What was a dream 40 days ago.
