Jan 17, 2023
Razieh Janbaz, the former handball national team member, published a picture of herself without the mandatory hijab on Instagram. She quit the national team at the beginning of the uprising to show her protest against the Islamic Republic. In her recent Instagram post, Razieh wrote, “Look at me. I raise my voice and won’t wait for freedom anymore. I act freely. Limit me if you can!”
#StopExecutions
On Monday, January 16, families of detainees with death sentences gathered in front of Tehran’s judiciary building and protested against the execution sentence of their loved ones. Some of these detainees have political cases, and some have drug-related cases.
In Solidarity with Iran from Strasbourg
On Monday morning, people gathered together in Strasbourg, France, in a rally to support Iran and Iranians. The main demand of this rally was for the European Parliament to declare the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Police reported a crowd of more than 12000 people in this rally.
In the rally, Alireza Akhondi, a Swedish politician for the Center Party, says, “We will uplift the Iranians’ voice to the European Parliament.” He is a parliament member himself.
Darya Safaie, Belgium’s parliament member, was also present in the crowd. She validated Iranians’ demand in terms of listing IRGC as a terrorist organization and said that doing so would make the world a safer place.
James Clooney, Britain’s foreign minister, also validated this demand, especially after the death of English-Iranian citizen, Ali Reza Akbari.
She Was Only 16
Hasti Hossein Panahi (16) was injured due to baton hits to her head about two months ago. She has been in a coma ever since. Doctors recently declared her brain dead due to direct hits to the head.
Hasti and a few fellow students were hit by IRGC forces in a rural area in Kurdistan, Iran.