(We the undersigned, representing international women’s groups and activists, human rights organizations and activists, university and academic centers, and social justice initiatives, would like to express our support for Iranian women in their effort to reform laws and achieve equal status within the Iranian legal system.)
(Change for Equality: Jelve Javaheri was released on the 7th of June, on a third party guarantee in the amount of 100million Tomans (roughly $100,000). Mina Jafari, the lawyer representing Jelve Javaheri, explained: "Jelve Javaheri was released today on a third party guarantee in the amount of 100 Million Tomans, which was set by the Security Prosecutor at the Revolutionary Courts. Jevle Javaheri was charged with actions against the state through participation in the One Million (...))
(Change for Equality: Following her illegal arrest in the early hours of the morning on 2nd May and her continuing detention, Jelveh Javaheri sent a letter of complaint to the head of the judiciary requesting an end to her illegal detention and a clarification of her situation. In a similar move, Kaveh Mozaffari also handed a letter of protest to prison officials and requested to know the details of both his and his spouse’s cases. Jelveh Javaheri wrote her letter on 24th May, but because (...))
Change for equality: The silent mourning of mothers on Saturday June 27th 2009 in Laleh Park in Tehran was violently suppressed by security forces. A number of mothers and young women attending this peaceful gathering were detained by the security forces. Despite the crackdown by the security forces and their attempt to disperses the attendees, more than 500 women and mothers were able to continue with the sit-in and gatherings in the main spot of the park. These mothers were peacefully (...)
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Change for equality: On saturday June 20th at 7 pm, another young blossom of our land was crushed in front of our eyes. Neda Agha Soltan, is a symbol of the young women and men of this land who pursue justice and equality lawfully and are confronted illegally and killed ruthlessly.
In less than two weeks, more than 800 of our children were arrested, hundreds were injured, and tens killed. For what sin are you murdering our children? For what crime have you made all mothers of Iran mourn (...)
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Change for equality: Dr. Jamileh Kadivar, who is serving as advisor to Presidential Candidate Mehdi Karoubi, has signed on to the petition of the One Million Signatures Campaign Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws. It is worth mentioning that Jamileh Kadivar is a former member of parliament and a reformist. She signed the petition of the Campaign on the 3rd o June, at the urging of Elnaz Ansari a member of the Campaign. Kadivar joins a host of reformist figures who have signed on to (...)
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TEHRAN, Jun 25 (IPS) - When tens of thousands of protesters braved the ongoing government crackdown to gather in Tehran’s Baharestan Square in front of the Parliament building Wednesday in response to a call by supporters of Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, they were met with some of the harshest violence seen since Iran’s post-election turmoil erupted nearly two weeks ago.
"All of a sudden some 500 people with clubs... came out of [a nearby mosque], and they poured into the streets (...)
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By GOLBARG BASHI in New York ; 29 June 2009
[[TEHRAN BUREAU]->http://tehranbureau.com/feminist-waves-iranian-green-tsunami/] As pictures of women, young and old, religious and non-religious, have plastered our Internet and TV screens chanting and bleeding for a recount in what many in Iran believe has been a fraudulent presidential election result in June 2009, their extraordinary heroism and sheer numbers have awaken the international media to the sizable female presence in the Iranian (...)
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CNN:
Ordinary women are performing extraordinary acts of bravery in Iran today.
Neda’s image and her brutal death in Tehran this past Saturday in a street protest demanding the annulment of the results of the country’s tenth presidential election has brought the role of women in this post-election crisis to light. At the forefront of these non-violent demonstrations violently suppressed by the government-backed militias (Basij) are brave Iranian women.
The story of Iranian women’s rights (...)
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More Than Twenty Arrested During the Peaceful March of the "Mourning Mothers"
By: Azadeh Hajizadeh
Following the appeal by a group of mourning mothers who intended to hold a peaceful march at seven in the evening, in silence around the pond in Laleh Park in Tehran, I went to the park, even though I am not a mother. All the same to show my respect for these dear mothers I did not want them to be alone.
These mothers in their appeal had written that at seven in the evening, the same time at which Neda Aghasoltani was mercilessly gunned down and as a result of which she (...)
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This statement was circulated among women’s rights activists in the current conditions of a near complete communication shut-down. Therefore, many women’s rights activists [interested in signing] might not have yet seen this statement at this point. Zhila Bani-Yaghoub and her spouse, Bahman Amouiee, are among the undersigned but have since been arrested and are currently among the detainees.
Stop the Repression of Iran’s Women and Men (...)
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Translated by: Roja Bandari
Vozara Detention Center:
Short of space and short of breath, I haven’t been able to sleep all night. The small opening in the cell’s iron door is the only pathway for light and air. My eyelids are heavy and I go in and out of sleep. Someone calls me from far away and I jump up, startled. The pathway of light and air is now framing a familiar face. She smiles and looks at me. Her presence here is so sudden and unthinkable that I’m left dumbfounded for a few (...)
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Change for Equality: Elnaz Ansari.
One of the first worries confronting the Campaign as it began its movement to collect one million signatures calling for change in discriminatory laws was whether there was any legal obstacle to this movement. After consulting with a number of Iranian legal scholars, Campaign members were certain that collecting signatures could in no shape or form be considered a crime according to the law.
Requesting a change in the laws by means of collecting signatures (...)
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Release Jelve Javaheri and Kaveh Mozzafari End the Detention of Workers Rights and Campaign Activists
On May 1, 2009 on the occasion of International Workers Day, the peaceful gathering which was to take place at the invitation of workers rights groups in Laleh Park in Tehran, was met with violence before the start of the day’s events. Among those arrested were ordinary citizens passing by the event, students, workers rights activists and several members of the One Million Signatures (...)
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Translated by: Sussan Tahmasebi
It’s seven in the morning. I stand on the street among the masses of people and cars. I’m shouting, but my voice can barely be heard. I shout louder. "Vanak Square, Vanak Square!" It’s cold and the chill passes through my clothes penetrating my bones. I shudder. For some reason finding a taxi today is taking longer than other days.
A car passes through the red light and heads straight for us, as we wait for a taxi. We jump back toward the sidewalk, as (...)
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Campaign in California: The One Million Signatures Campaign has been recognized as the special winner of the Eleanor Roosevelt 2009 Global Women’s Rights Award, along with Christiane Amanpour, Billie Heller, Leymah Gbowee, Dr. Neal Baer, and Mariska Hargitay, who each have contributed part or all of their lives or careers to women’s rights issues. The awardees were honored on April 29 2009, at a gala dinner reception hosted by the Feminist Majority Foundation in the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los (...)read more
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