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Please don't look away from the women's revolution that is happening in Iran. ! TW: SA, murder, shitty misogynistic regime/system. ! I'm sure you've heard of Mahsa Amini on the news or on Twitter or in some hashtag somewhere on social media. She was a 22 year old girl who was killed by the Iranian "morality police" for having strands of hair out of her hijab. Well, Mahsa is one of thousands. She is one of millions. Of tens of millions of girls who have been harassed and detained and "re-educated" by the morality police for having what they deem improper hijab. She is one of thousands of girls who are imprisoned right now for participating in anti-hijab protests, who have been raped, beaten, coerced, killed and the list goes on. Just one other example is 16 year old Nika Shakarami who very vocally participated in the front lines of a protest, chanting anti regime slogans, and burned her hijab. Her aunt, who was participating in the protest with her, last saw her being chased by authorities— they split up when fleeing. She was missing for a week, until they called her mother and aunt in to identify a corpse. The corpse's nose was smashed, as was her skull (with a baton). Her body was stitched up; her organs were not inside her. Using deductive reasoning looking at the history of the Iranian authorities, poor Nika was most likely raped and tortured for a week before she was killed. Her family tried to hold a funeral for her in her home city— on her 17th birthday (she was killed just days before her 17th birthday). The authorities kidnapped her corpse and didn't allow the funeral because it sparked another protest. There is so many stories like this but Nika's really hurts me the most. I've cried so much for her beautiful bubbly soul who just wanted a normal life with basic human rights, with the basic freedom she was BORN with. There's so much more misogyny and patriarchal rule. Like how if you get married in Iran and your husband demands sex and you don't want to, he can call the police and they'll come to talk you into having sex with him, how it's your DUTY. If you get rped, there is no way for you to find justice, because you're married now, you are his property! Your husband can look for a second wife and commend and prefer the second wife to you if she is more willing for sex. Let me make this clear before someone points it out: we call it a "woman's revolution", but men are victims of the Iranian regime, too. Our problem is greater than mandatory hijab and a misogynistic system. Our problem is corruption, government hypocrisy, money laundering by the government, poverty, extreme class differences (there are millionaires driving sports cars living in mansions while there are people who struggle to feed their families bread and water in the SAME CITY, let alone country). Our government ignores the tens of millions of poor Iranians and instead funds foreign armies (Palestine, Lebanon, etc) and spends money on nuclear weapons. BUT what sparked the final crack that caused what is now becoming a revolution, was the death of an innocent young woman killed for not wanting to wear hijab. This is the Iranian women's revolution. This is the Iranian men's revolution. This is the revolution against misogyny and mandatory hijab. This is the revolution against a murderous, terrorist, corrupt government. Please do not look away. As an Iranian woman, the pain of Mahsa and Nika is MY pain. I AM Mahsa and Nika. I could literally have been either of them. They are my sisters. They are your sisters. Freedom, feminism, and equality is near for us Iranians. But we need your support. And all that is is for you to CARE, you to know what is going on in Iran. That is enough. If you want, participate in protests (there's been a lot of protests outside of Iran for Iran). I recommend joining r/NewIran (the r/ Iran... source