1/There is a reason today's #iraniangovernment fears the power of #Iranianwomen's bodies. Whenever that power is unleashed, history changes & states fall. All over Iran, women are removing their veils, exposing their beauty & saying no to cowardice.
#Mahsa_Amini #IranProtests2022
#Mahsa_Amini #IranProtests2022
2/This regime of corrupt mullahs cannot withstand such an onslaught.
In 550BCE, attempting to escape a vastly larger Median army, fleeing Persian soldiers were stopped in their tracks by an indignant crowd of women.
In 550BCE, attempting to escape a vastly larger Median army, fleeing Persian soldiers were stopped in their tracks by an indignant crowd of women.
3/Protesting soldiers’ cowardly behaviour, the women opened their robes and flashed their genitals. "Do you want to crawl back in where you came from?" they screamed. Overwhelmed by feminine display, the soldiers had no choice but to turn and face the Medes.
4/The enemy empire was annihilated, and a great victory delivered to the emperor Cyrus.
Painting: "The Persian Women" by Otto Van Veen (c 1620), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Painting: "The Persian Women" by Otto Van Veen (c 1620), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
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