Thread by @NazaninBoniadi

1. ‘The Islamic Republic vs. Iran.’

Thanks to @OsloFF and @HRF for the opportunity to highlight Iran’s #WomanLifeFreedom revolution, and discuss a decades-long theocracy that has hijacked a multi-millennial civilization. A few key takeaways 🧵
#MahsaAmini #KatayounRiahi

2. Iranian women are among the very few in the world who have less rights than their grandmothers did five decades ago. #WomanLifeFreedom #GenderApartheid

3. #MahsaAmini’s murder galvanized a broad-based opposition to the Islamic Republic. This terrifies a regime that has stayed in power through a policy of ‘divide and oppress.’ #WomanLifeFreedom

4. For 44 years, Western policies towards Iran have sought to deal with the symptoms of the Islamic Republic, but not the cause. #WomanLifeFreedom

5. Respect for “cultural differences”? Iranians are risking everything precisely because the Islamic Republic’s despotic culture is NOT theirs. #WomanLifeFreedom

6. The antidote to the Islamic Republic’s ‘divide and oppress’ survival strategy is for us to ‘unite and empower’ Iranian freedom-seekers. #WomanLifeFreedom

7. Young #KianPirfalak and his inclusive rainbow are a reminder of how alien the occupying Islamic Republic regime is to the free Iran we strive for. #WomanLifeFreedom