Almost 650 well-known authors, musicians, actors and artists have commented on the protests in Iran in an open letter, including Feo Aladag, Aleida Assmann, Fatma Aydemir, Iris Berben, Teresa Bücker, Thelma Buabeng, Carolin Emcke, Alexandra Maria Lara, Samira El Ouassil, Heinz, Dmitrij Kapitelman, Ulrich Matthes, Sharon Dodua Otoo, Jasmin Tabatabai and David Wagner.
The letter is not addressed to the federal government or political institutions, but to the protesters themselves. “This movement comes from the people, is decentralized and feminist. That’s why it was important for us to address them directly. They deserve solidarity because they have nothing but their bodies and their voices,” says author Asal Dardan, one of the initiators of the letter, in a press release.
The letter, published in German, English, Farsi and Sorani, which can be read in full here, states: “The call for a feminist revolution in Iran is loud and clear. We see your courageous resistance, we hear your determined voices. We admire your courage and resistance.”
We thank you for your resistance and courage.
From the open letter
The author Sanaz Azimipour is also on the list of signatories. She is a member of the Woman*-Life-Freedom collective, which organized a demonstration in Berlin on October 1 with an estimated 8,000 participants.
She also wants to focus on the movement itself: “The people demonstrating and striking in Iran now need international solidarity and media attention. Above all, they need political support so that their voices are heard. You have very specific concerns. Attention is her shield!”, she becomes the initiator in the press release.
The open letter, which was also signed by the authors Mohamed Amjahid, Sasha Marianna Salzmann and Mithu Sanyal, continues: “We follow with sympathy and admiration how these historic protests of the 43-year dictatorship of the “Islamic Republic” want to put an end to. The restrictions are massive, the violence threatening. Yet all ages, all classes, all genders are united in this liberation struggle. We see what you risk. We see the sacrifices you make.”
The protests in Iran began after 22-year-old Jina Amini died after being arrested by so-called moral guards in mid-September. The regime is cracking down on the demonstrators with great severity. The letter addressed to her from Germany ends with the words “We thank you for your resistance and your courage. We will accompany your fight.” (tsp)
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Source: Tagesspiegel
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