A Call for Transnational Feminist Solidarity With Iranian Protests

On 16 September, Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a 22-year-old girl was killed while in the custody of the Guidance (morality) Police. The Iranian state’s troops have beaten, arrested and killed protesters and withheld Internet access across the country. This letter is an invitation to join millions of protestors to express solidarity, raise global awareness and condemn these ongoing acts of violence. 

These events occur in the context of more than a century of the Iranian people's incessant struggles for autonomy in spite of ongoing corruption and state suppression. Just this year, the “Islamic Republic” repressed protests and strikes of teachers in more than 50 cities and arrested trade union, labor, and environmental activists to name a few. There are now about 700 political prisoners in Iran. The US sanctions have enabled the most oppressive factions within the Iranian state, hurt ordinary people, and—along with authoritarianism and corruption of the state—have significantly impeded  transnational coalition building. 

While this tragedy could happen to any Iranian woman, Zhina’s story represents intersectional struggles, and historical interlocking systems of oppression, in Iran. Zhina was a Kurdish-Sunni Iranian woman; her murder is a sobering reminder of normalized Persian-centrism, ethnic violence, and the erasure of many languages over the last hundred years. Her death also underlines the dangers of the monopoly of the reading of Islam that centers absolute Guardianship of the jurist (velayat-e-motlaghe-faghih), erasing religious diversity. The disinvestment in border cities like Zhina's hometown Saghez and the huge opportunity gap between Tehran and the rest of the country is appalling. These recent killings evoke immense rage and trauma that have accumulated in Iranian bodies for hundreds of years under different regimes—from secularist Reza Khan’s (1936) mandatory unveiling of grandmothers to the IRI mandatory veiling of mothers and daughters. 

We also recognize that the Iranian’s struggle is a double bind. On the one hand, the Supreme leader of Iran condemns the murder of George Floyd and repudiates police brutality in the US while civilians are killed in peaceful demonstrations against state brutality in Iran. On the other hand, in the global north, right-wing discourses avoid adressing the ways in which women’s bodies and gender expressions are controlled in the US and rather co-opt and capitalize on the fight of Iranian women to justify Islamophobia, xenophobia, transmisogony, and racial capitalism. This tussle between the Iranian state and mainstream western representations drowns out the voices of Iranian women on the street.

The grief and protests call for transnational solidarity; the time to speak up is now!  Let’s not limit these struggles to the simplified story told by mainstream media and form ethical solidarity. In rising against generational state oppression and violence, the message is clear. Brave Iranian women* on the streets are showing that they do not need saving, and they do not need to be used by an imperialist agenda. Let’s speak up and support this movement in establishing transnational networks of ethical solidarity.

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A Collective of Iranian Students 
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Appel à la Solidarité Transnationale avec les Protestations Iraniennes

Le 16 septembre 2022, Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, une jeune femme iranienne âgée de 22 ans a été tuée en détention par la police de la “Guidance” (police des mœurs) iranienne.

L'armée d'État a battu, arrêté et tué des manifestants et bloqué l'accès à internet, à travers le pays. Cette lettre est une invitation à se joindre aux milliers de manifestants, d’exprimer de la solidarité, mais aussi un appel à une sensibilisation internationale et à une condamnation de ces actes de violence et de répression.

Ces événements se déroulent dans un contexte de plus d’un siècle de lutte incessante de la population iranienne pour son autonomie, dans un cadre corruption et suppression continue. Seulement cette année, la République islamique a réprimé les protestations et grèves de professeurs dans plus de cinquante villes, et a procédé à l’arrestation de syndiqués, d’ouvriers et d’activistes environnementaux, pour ne citer que quelques secteurs. On compte aujourd’hui 1000 prisonniers politiques en Iran. Les sanctions américaines quant à elles ont eu pour conséquences le durcissement des factions les plus oppressives du gouvernement et une dégradation considérable de la situation économique de l’ensemble de la population. Enfin, joints à l’autoritarisme et la corruption du gouvernement, ces sanctions ont drastiquement entravé la possibilité de construction d’une coalition transnationale.

Cet évènement tragique peut se produire pour n’importe quelle femme iranienne, mais l’histoire de Zhina représente également des luttes intersectionnelles et un système historique d’oppressions imbriquées en Iran. Zhina était une femme iranienne kurde sunnite ; son meurtre est une manifestation évocatrice du perso-centrisme ordinaire, de la violence ethnique et de l’effacement de nombreuses langues du pays au cours des derniers siècles. Son meurtre souligne de plus le danger que représente la domination d’une certaine version d’Islam, qui se construit autour de la Tutelle absolue de son Juriste (velayat-emotlagh-e-faghih), supprimant ainsi toute diversité religieuse. Le désinvestissement du gouvernement des régions frontalières comme Saghez, ville natale de Zhina, et le gouffre immense séparant Téhéran du reste du pays en termes d'opportunités est consternant. Ces meurtres récents évoquent une rage et un trauma immense, accumulés dans le corps des iraniens depuis des siècles et sous différents régimes politiques - depuis la politique séculaire de Reza Khan (1936) imposant le "dévoilement" des grands-mères iraniennes jusqu'à l'obligation du port de voile de la RII pour les mères et leurs filles. 

 Nous reconnaissons également que la lutte iranienne est un sujet très complique. D’une part, le Guide Suprême condamne la mort de George Floyd et accuse les violences policières aux États-Unis, tandis que les civils iraniens sont tués lors de manifestations pacifiques dénonçant la brutalité de l'État. D’autre part, dans les pays du Nord, les discours d'extrême droite évitent d’aborder le problème du contrôle du corps de la femme aux Etats-Unis, préférant instrumentaliser la lutte des femmes iraniennes pour justifier l’islamophobie, la xénophobie, la transphobie, et le capitalisme racial. Cette tension entre le gouvernement iranien et les représentations occidentales dominantes et courantes noient les voix des femmes iraniennes qui manifestent dans les rues. 

Le deuil et les protestations appellent à une solidarité internationale ; c’est le moment de prendre la parole ! Refusons de réduire cette lutte au récit simplificateur et simplifié donné par les médias et optons pour une solidarité éthique Le message est clair, il s’agit de s’engager contre une oppression et une violence d'État qui traversent des générations. Par leur courage, les femmes iraniennes présentes dans les rues montrent qu’elles n’ont ni besoin d'être sauvées, ni d'être instrumentalisées par l’ordre impérialiste. Prenons la parole, et soutenons ce mouvement en établissant un réseau transnational de solidarité ethnique. 

Un Collectif d’étudiant.e.s irannien.ne.s

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Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University Professor of Anthropology , ​​Montreal ,Canada

Azadeh Kian, Université Paris Cité, Professor of Sociology, Director of Cedref, Paris, France

Shahla Haeri, Boston University, Professor of Anthropology, Boston, USA

Sima Shakhsari, University of Minnesota, Department Co-Chair, Minneapolis , USA

Manijeh Moradian, Barnard College, Columbia University, Assistant Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, New York, USA

Angela Y Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Syracuse University, Distinguished Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Syracuse, USA

Wendy Brown, Princeton, professor, Institute for Advance d Study, USA

Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Professor Emerita, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak , Columbia University, Manajog Pathsala Samiti, University Professor, President,New York, Kolkata, U.S.A, India

Cornell West, Union Theological Seminary, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy & Christian Practice, NY, USA

Walter D. Mignolo, William Hane Wannamaker distinguished professor of Romance Studies, Duke university, USA

Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney & NTEU, Professor Emerita, Sydney, Australia

Sara Ahmed, Independent Scholar, Cambridge, UK 

Ervand, Abrahamian, CUNY, Emeritus Professor, Middle Eastern Studies, NY,  USA

Asma Barlas, Ithaca College, Professor Emerita of Politics, Ithaca, USA

Sally Haslanger, MIT, Ford Professor of Philosophy and WGS, Boston, USA

Diane L. Moore, Harvard Divinity School, Faculty Director of Religion and Public Life, Cambridge, USA

Sarah Eltantawi, Fordham University, Associate Professor, New York City, USA

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, University of Vermont, Associate Professor, Religion & Director, Humanities Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Zillah Eisenstein, Ithaca College, Prof. Emerita, Political Theory, Ithaca, USA

Margo Okazawa-Rey, San Francisco State University, Professor Emerita, Claremont, USA

Linda Martín Alcoff, City University of New York Professor, New York, USA. 

Inaash Islam, Saint Michael's College, Assistant Professor, Colchester, USA

Beth E Richie, Professor and Author, Department Head, Criminology, Law, and Justice, Chicago, USA

Linda Carty, Emerita Faculty, Syracuse University , Syracuse, USA. 

Agnès Devictor,  Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne , Maitresse de conférences,  Paris, France.

Lorgia García Peña, Tufts university, Professor, Medford, USA

Michael Bronski, Harvard University, Professor of the Practice in Media and Activism,  Cambridge, USA

Syed Farid Alatas, Professor at National University of Singapore, Singapore

Nadje Al-Ali, Brown University, professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies, Providence, USA

Mohamad Tavakoli, University of Toronto, Professor & Director, Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, Toronto, Canada

Alireza Doostdar, University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion, Chicago, USA

Amira Jarmakani, San Diego State University, Professor of WGSS, San Diego, USA

Persis Karim, San Francisco State University, Professor, San Francisco, USA

Nim Naghibi, Toronto Metropolitan University, Professor, Toronto, Canada

Farzaneh Milani, University of Virginia, Raymond J, Nelson Professor, Charlottesville, USA

Mojtaba Mahdavi, University of Alberta  Professor of Political Science, and ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies, Edmonton, Canada

Fereshteh Ahmadi, Uversify of Gävle, Full professor Stockholm, Sweden

Neda Maghbouleh, University of Toronto  Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology          Toronto, Canada 

Haideh Moghissi, Emerita Professor and Trudeau Fellow, York University, Toronto, Canada , Toronto, Canada

Shahrzad Mojab , University of Toronto Professor, Toronto, Canada.

Ali Mirsepassi, New York University, Professor, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Professor, NY, USA

Fatemeh Keshavarz, University of Maryland, College Park, Professor & Chair, Washington DC, USA

Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, University of Maryland, Emeritus Professor, College Park, MD, USA

Abbas milani, Stanford university,  Director of Iranian Studies, Stangord , California

Farzaneh Milani, University of Virginia Raymond J, Nelson Professor Charlottesville United States

Claudia Yaghoobi, UNC-CH, Associate Professor of Persian Studies, Chapel Hill, USA

Shirin Khanmohamadi, SFSU, Professor, San Francisco, USA.

Bahar Davary, University of San Diego, Professor, San Diego, United States

Amy Motlagh  UC Davis, Associate Professor, Davis, CA , USA

Inaash Islam, Saint Michael's College, Assistant Professor, Colchester, USA

Michael Bronski, Harvard University, Professor of the Practice in Media and Activism,  Cambridge, MA, USA 

Teren Sevea, Harvard Divinity School,Cambridge, MA, USA

Mohsen Kadivar, Duke University, Research Professor, Chapel Hill, USA

Mahdi Tourage,King's University College,Associate Professor, LONDON, Canada

Orkideh Behrouzan, SOAS university of London,  London, UK

S. Yaser Mirdamadi, Researcher in bio-medical ethic, the Institute of Islami‘li Studies, London, UK

Mohammad Ali Kadivar, Boston College, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies, Boston, USA

Nancy Bauer, Tufts University, Professor of Philosophy, Newton, MA, USA

Hamid Dabashi , Columbia University Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative LiteratureNew York, USA

Diane L. Moore, Harvard Divinity School, Faculty Director of Religion and Public Life Cambridge, USA.

Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh, PhD researcher, Huddersfield, UK

Touraj Daryaee, Maseeh in Persian Studies, UCI, USA

Dr. Danilo Mandic, Harvard University, Associate Senior Lecturer, Boston, USA

Hadi Enayat, SOAS  Associate Tutor, London, United Kingdom

Khorshid Khodabakhshreshad , Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Amr Ahmed, Inalco, Associate Professor, Paris , France

Rima Majed, American University of Beirut, Assistant Professor of Sociology,  Beirut  Lebanon

Fatemeh Shams, University of Pennsylvania, Assistant professor of Persian Literature, Philadelphia    U.S.A

Shirin Vossoughi, Northwestern University, Associate Professor, Chicago, USA

Mary Jo Klinker, Winona State University, Professor, Winona, USA

Roozbeh Shirazi   University of Minnesota , Associate Professor, Minneapolis, US

Paola Bacchetta, University of California, Berkeley, Professor, Gender and Women's Studies, Berkeley, USA

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst  University of Vermont, Associate Professor, Religion & Director, Humanities Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Asma Barlas, Ithaca College Professor Emerita of Politics  Ithaca  USA

Asmaa Malik, Toronto Metropolitan University, Associate Professor, Journalism, Toronto, Canada.

Aytak Akbari-Dibavar, McMaster University, Assistant Professor, Global Peace and Social Justice, Toronto, Canada.

Justine Landau, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France.

Bernadette Marie Calafell, Ph.D. Gonzaga University, Professor, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Spokane,  USA

Farha Ternikar, LeMoyne College, Faculty, Syracuse, United States 

Haneen Shafeeq Ghabra, Kuwait University, Associate Professor, Kuwait Kuwait.

Corazon Valdez-Fabros,  International Peace Bureau , Vice President Quezon City, Philippines.

Suzuyo Takazato  Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence, Co-chair, Naha, JAPAN.

Anna Gil-Bardají  Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona  PhD Professor Barcelona, Espanya

Sushila Mesquita  Gender Research Office, University of Vienna ,Vienna Austria.

Mariam Popal, University of Bayreuth,  habilitation candidate Nürnberg, Germany.

Ruth-Gaby Vermot, PeaceWomen Across the Globe ,President, former MP Berne  Switzerland

Elias Poya International Law Student, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Elena Garot, University of Amsterdam, Student , Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Dr. Maryam Palizban, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Zentrum für Islamische Theologie                 Berlin, Germany.

Alexandra Criveanu, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam , Netherlands.

Kinga Pocze, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Roxanne Rannou, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Sanaâ Mouhou, Student, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Karishma Desai, Rutgers University, Assistant Professor, Philadelphia, United States.

Shada Aamer, Solidarity from Palestine, Kfar Qassem,  Palestine. 

Ragad Rabi, None , Kafr qasim,  Palestine.

Mohan Dutta, Massey University, Professor, Palmerston North, Aotearoa, New Zealand. 

Hajar Kabiri, Hacettepe University,  Istanbul, Turkey. 

Satyel Larson  Princeton University, Assistant Professor, Near Eastern Studies, Princeton , United States 

Nima Bassiri, Duke University, assistant professor, Durham, USA

 Gilberto López y Rivas, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Profesor investigador, Cuernavaca     México

Ole van der Meulen, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Student, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Yordanos  Afewerki, OYA Bar Queer-Feminist Kollektiv Co-Owner,  Berlin, Germany. 

Farha Ternikar, Le Moyne College, Professor of Sociology/Gender and Women's Studies , Syracuse          United States

Parvathy Binoy, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY USA

Neben Rosalía Quadflieg, PhD Student, Ruhr Universität Bochum , Vienna, Austria. 

Sean Gilsdorf, Administrative Director and Lecturer on Medieval Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. 

Ritty Lukose, Associate Professor , New York University , NEW YORK, United States. 

Dr. Francine Broadous Oputa , CEO, DEISJ Consultant , Fresno , USA. 

Estevan Parra, Coordinator , CALIFORNIA State University, Fresno , USA. 

Vrushali Patil, Professor, Florida International University, Miami, United States. 

Beth E Richie, Professor and Author, Chicago, USA.

Barbara Applebaum, Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. 

Rebecca E Karl, Professor, New York University, New York, USA. 

Professor Surya Monro, Professor , University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK. 

Jennifer Rycenga, Professor of Humanities, San José State University, San José, USA. 

Neferti Tadiar, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. 

Carolin Zieringer , Universität Bremen,  Bremen, Germany

Isabel Dean , University of Siegen   post-doctoral research assistant, Siegen Germany

Szczepanska Ania , Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne , Maitresse de conférences, Paris, France

Beth Ferri, Professor , Syracuse University, Syracuse , USA. 

Eunjung Kim, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA. 

H. L. T. Quan, , QUAD Productions, Phoenix, U.S.A.. 

Paul Austerlitz , Distinguished Professor , City  University of New York, New York, USA. 

Medhin Paolos, Professor of the practice, Tufts University, Boston, United States. 

Zoe Marks, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Lecturer in Public Policy, Cambridge, USA

Sheena Sood, PhD, Delaware Valley University, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Philadelphia, USA

Mafaz Al-Suwaidan, Harvard University, PhD Student, Cambridge, USA

Dr. Jackie Orr, Associate Professor, retired, Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States. 

Carolina Arango-Vargas, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio, United States. 

Beth E Richie , Professor and Author, Chicago, United States.

Leyla Modirzadeh, Asst Professor theater, SUNY new paltz, New paltz, ny, Usa. 

Hiva Shamsborhan, Lecturer and researcher, ICAM of Grand Paris Sud, Paris, France. 

Mike Gill, Syracuse University, Associate Professor, Syracuse, USA

Tula Goenka, Syracuse University, Professor, Television, Radio & Film  Syracuse, USA.

Srivi Ramasubramanian,Syracuse University, Newhouse Professor, Syracuse, USA

Karma R. Chávez The University of Texas at Austin, USA, Bobby and Sherri Patton Professor, Austin, TX      USA

Catherine Wineinger  Western Washington University, Assistant Professor, Bellingham, United States

Wai Wai Nu, Human Rights Center , UC Berkeley, School of Law, USA and Founder & Executive Director of Women's Peace Network in Myanmar, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Berkeley, Myanmar & USA

Kathryn Babayan, University of Michigan, Professor, Department of History , Ann Arbor, USA.

Himika Bhattacharya, Syracuse University, Associate Professor ,Syracuse, USA.

Daphne WInland, Department of Anthropology, York University, Associate Professor, Toronto, Canada.

Nof Nasser-Eddin Centre for Transnational development and collaboration , Director, London , United Kingdom

Samuel Hodgkin, Yale University , Assistant Professor, New Haven ,USA.

Carolyne J. White Rutgers University Newark,  Professor, Newark,  US

Annahita Mahdavi West ,Long Beach City College , Professor - Health Sciences, Long Beach, California, United States 

Alejandra Elenes, University of Texas at San Antonio, Chair and Professor, San Antonio, USA. 

Olga Estrada , University of Texas- San Antonio, Professor, San Antonio, USA

Aaron Soum Viengkhou, Harvard University, PhD Student, Cambridge, USA.

Salonee Bhaman, Yale University, Asian American Feminist Collective, PhD Candidate, Co-Leader, Brooklyn, USA

Sheida Soleimani  Brandeis University, Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Providence, RI 

Sarah Eltantawi, Fordham University, Associate Professor, New York City, USA 

Sadaf Jaffer, Princeton University, Lecturer and Researcher, Princeton, USA. 

Anita Keshmirian ludwig maximilian university of munich, Post-Doc, München, Germany.

Maryam Ghasemi, Harvard University, Boston, USA

Nour Abu-Assab, Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration, Co-Director,London, United Kingdom

Easton Davis, Syracuse University, PhD Student, Syracuse, USA.

TD Tso, Asian American Feminist Collective Co-leader,  NYC, USA

Lisa Rofel University of California, Santa Cruz  Professor Emerita and Research Professor, San Francisco USA

Ronak K. Kapadia ,University of Illinois Chicago  Associate Professor and Director of Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies Chicago           USA

Debjani Chakravarty, University of Utah, Associate Professor, Salt Lake City, United States

Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Sisters 2 Sisters - Solidarity Campaign (Myanmar), Yangon, Myanmar

Shirin Deylami Western Washington University        Professor of Political Science Bellingham     United States

Fatemeh Moghaddam, PhD Candidate , Syracuse University, Education & Women’s & Gender Studies, Cambridge , USA. 

Elham Shahsavar Zadeh, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology , York University , Berkeley , USA. 

Azadeh Tajpour, Multimedia Artist/Archivist, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, Iran. 

Masoud Ariankhoo, PhD Candidate, NELC, Harvard University , Cambridge, USA. 

Milad Mohebali, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. 

Hamed Movahedi Pour, University of Montreal , Montreal, Canada 

Mary Stephens, ASU, Phoenix, USA.

Azadeh Ghanizadeh, PhD Student, Syracuse University , Syracuse, USA. 

Renata Pretti, , N/A, Lisbon, Portugal. 

Taveeshi Singh , Syracuse University , Syracuse , USA. 

Luisa Pereira Harduim , Student of doctorship, IESP - UERJ, São Gonçalo , Brazil. 

Armin Tahmasbi, Adjunct Professor, CEO of Encapsulate LLC, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.

Lamees Galal, PhD Student , Syracuse University , Syracuse, NY, USA. 

Salvador Mendoza , Student, Fresno, USA. 

Gemma Cooper-Novack, Visiting Assistant Professor, Literacy Education, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA. 

Yasmin Curzi de Mendonça, PhD Candidate, IESP-UERJ , Rio de Janeiro , Brasil. 

GIOVANA ESTHER ZUCATTO, PhD Student, IESP-UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. 

Amy Hoffman, Writer, Jamaica Plain , USA. 

Gabriela de Brito Caruso, Researcher, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.  

Nadia Cortes , Student , Fresno, USA. 

Mina Khanlarzadeh, Postdoctoral scholar , Northwestern University , Chicago , USA. 

Melina Gaona, Researcher , Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina , Quilmes , Argentina. 

Bahar Azadi, Postdoctoral researcher , University of Paris, Paris, France. 

Hadieh Afshani , Artist, Jersey City , USA. 

Delaram Ghanbari , Grad student at UConn , Hartford , USA. 

Sehriban IMRAK, PhD candidate, Université Paris 8 , Paris, France. 

Donna Nevel , PARCEO , Miami, US. 

Mahbube Moqadam , Student, UIUC, Urbana , US. 

Jiwoon Yulee, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, US. 

Shanel Khaliq, Doctoral candidate , Syracuse University , Syracuse , USA. 

Atiya McGhee, Syracuse University, Doctoral Student, Syracuse, USA.

Ilaria Sparacimino CPIA A.LEOGRANDE, English teacher, Bari, Italy.

Mona Khneisser, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Doctoral student, Urbana, USA

Shiila Seok Wun Au Yong, Syracuse University, PhD Fellow, Syracuse, NY  US/Malaysia

Alice Attie , Artist, New York, USA.

Gabrielle Onorato MSc, GANGES, France

Natalie El-Eid, Syracuse University, PhD Candidate, Syracuse, USA.

Sharon Bridgforth Our Next Now/Facilitation, Writer/Facilitator, Inglewood, USA

David J Wolken, PhD, TIYT , Syracuse University alum, Santa Fe, NM  USA

Alberta Laviola, Alma Mater Studiorum- Bologna University, History student, Bologna, Italia.

Jamie Magnusson, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 

Leila Rahimi Bahmany, Visiting Scholar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA       

Cassaundra Guzman ,Syracuse University, PhD Student, Syracuse , USA

Pegah Hosseinpour, None, Boston, USA.

Mojgan Ghasemian , Harvard University , Clinical Social worker,  Boston, USA.

Barbara Ransby, Historian, Author, Activist , Chicago, IL, USA. 

Ionah M. Elaine Scully , Cree-Métis, Michel First Nation, PhD Candidate, Syracuse, USA. 

Margaret Schulz, Citizen, Santa Rosa, USA.

Hayley Bowen , Syracuse University, Graduate Student, Syracuse, USA.

Sue-jin Green, Syracuse Univerisity, Graduate Student, Syracuse,  USA.

Arda Asli Ozyenginer, Syracuse University, PhD Student, Syracuse, USA. 

Lauren Cooper, Syracuse University , Syracuse, USA. 

Morgan Shaw, Syracuse University, Instructor & Graduate Student,  Syracuse, USA

Al Dabiri, Graduate Student, Doctoral Candidate, Columbia,  USA. 

Poonam Argade, Syracuse University, PhD candidate, Syracuse, USA. 

Necla Acik, Middlesex University London , Research Fellow, London, UK.

Max Delsohn, Syracuse University,Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student, Syracuse, USA

María Reinat-Pumarejo, Colectivo Ilé, Antiracist Organizer/Educator,  Cayey, Puerto Rico

Amy Applebaum, Syracuse University,  Doctoral Student , Syracuse, NY  US

Johanna Bermudez,  Syracuse University,  PhD student, Syracuse, USA

LaVerne Love , member of change.org and Indivisible in USA, dues paying member, Flossmoor ,USA 

Merel Kernkamp, University of Amsterdam , Student,  Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Daniel Mazinani, Independant, Paris, France.

Sepideh Nikoukar, Student, Musik-Akademie Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Cyra Akila Choudhury, Florida International University College of Law, Professor of Law, Miami United States

Letellier ,Lea,Paris , France 

Shamim Haghshenas, Student ,Tehran ,Iran 

Raha Sharaflari, Student , New York, USA 

Drew Kopp, Rowan University ,Professor, Glassboro, USA  

Lilinaz Hakimi, Columbia , Student ,NYC, USA. 

Regina E McNabb Concerned Citizen of the Planet Earth, Flossmoor, USA. 

Jordan Dorsey, Ex-grad student, Washington, D.C.,  U.S.A

Jenny Lee, Independent, Toronto, Canada

Dorothy Kou, University of Maryland, Washington DC, US

Christina White, Mutiny Publicist, Ocean Grove, USA

Telli Davoodi, Boston University, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chicago, USA

Praveen Kenderla Boston University, Ph.D. Candidate, Boston, MA, USA

Schneur Newfield BMCC, City University of New York, Assistant Professor, New York, USA

Maria Schmutte, None, Woman, Hamburg, Deutschland. 

Hannah Darabi, None, Paris, France

Brice Nordquist, Syracuse University, Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric    Syracuse, USA

Yea-Wen Chen, Institute for Dialogue & Social Justice, San Diego State University Professor, San Diego, USA

Francine FLANDRIN, Madame, Artiste Paris, France

William Granara, Harvard University, Research Professor of Arabic Cambridge MA, USA

Artemis Snijders, University of Ghent, PhD Researcher, Antwerp, Belgium

Ali Karjoo-Ravary, Columbia University, New York, USA

Halil Ibrahim Yenigun , University of Virginia, Researcher, Charlottesville, US 

Laura Krystal Porterfield  Rutgers University-Newark, Assistnat Professor, Newark, USA

Shaista Patel, University of California, San Diego, Assistant Professor of Critical Muslim Studies, San Diego       USA

Margaret MacDonald, York University, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Toronto           Canada

Leah Z Owens, Rutgers University, Adjunct Professor, Newark, US

Valentina Gaddi, Université de Montréal, PhD Candidate, Montreal, Canada

Kübra Kısa, University of Tübingen, Research associate and Phd student   Tübingen, Germany

Soumaya Majdoub, VUB - Universitat de Barcelona, Doctoral Researcher   Brussels - Barcelona   Belgium - Spain

Mary Ann Manahan, Conflict Research Group, Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University, Academic Assistant , Ghent  Belgium 

Graciela Trevisan Retired Writer  San Francisco United States

Laury Silvers, None, Toronto, Canada

Deborah Kelemen Boston University, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston USA

patricia rodriguez  former associate prof. ithaca college, tucson  estados unidos

Mahruq Khan, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Teaching Associate Professor Urbana USA

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Syracuse University , Associate Professor    Syracuse          New York

Diar Enayatpour   ACC    Student, Austin United States

Najwa Mayer, Boston University, Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows, Boston United States

Ida Yalzadeh , Harvard University, Postdoctoral Scholar, Cambridge, USA

Jeanette Ehrmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Postdoctoral Researcher, Berlin, Germany

Bramsh Khan, Syracuse University, Graduate student, Syracuse, USA

Meghan Healy, Syracuse University, PhD Student, Syracuse, USA

Diana Wong, New Era University College, Research Professor ,Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

Nilia Díaz Ríos, Colectivo Ilé   Comunidad Acesora   San Juan          Puerto Rico 

Ashkan Bahrani    Monash University     Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Religious Studies   Melbourne, Australia

Sunaina Maira , UC Davis, Professor, Asian American Studies, Oakland,  United States

Molly Stillwell, University of Washington, Researcher, Seattle United States

Manuela Ruiz Reyes,  N/A, PhD, Bogotá Colombia

Abolfazl Moshiri University of Toronto, Research associate,  Toronto ,Canada

Manuela Coppola Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge MA , United States

Liana Saif University of Amsterdam, Assistant Professor , Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Jessie Speer, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom

Rusaslina Idrus, Universiti Malaya, Senior Lecturer, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

Susanne Sreedhar Boston University, Professor, Boston USA

Younes Saramifar Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Lai Suat Yan , Gender Studies Program, Faculty of Arts n Social Sciences, University Malaya     Senior Lecturer, Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia

Carna Brkovic, University of Goettingen ,  Professor, Goettingen, Germany

Deren Ertas, Harvard University, PhD Candidate,  Cambridge, MA,  USA

Cynthia Choi, Le Moyne College , Syracuse, USA

Clara Irene Reyes Ohio State University Alumni, Columbus, USA

Alison Marganski Le Moyne College, Syracuse , United States

Diana Jiménez, University of Marburg , Doctoral researcher     Marburg          Germany

Kathryn Fowler, Social Work, Philadelphia    USA

Leigh Fought, Le Moyne College, Professor, Fayetteville, United States

Laila farah Depaul university, Associate professor, Chicago, United states

Tabor Fisher, Le Moyne College, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Syracuse, NY  USA

Sylvia Chan-Malik, Rutgers University, Associate Professor, American Studies/WGSS , New Brunswick, NJ    USA

Kari Zhe-Heimerman, Le Moyne College, Librarian, Syracuse, United States

Evan Berry, Arizona State University, Associate Professor, Tempe , USA

Asli Zengin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States

Morgan Wilson, Student, Boston, United States 

Mariam Durrani, American University, Washington DC, USA

Jill Swiencicki , St. John Fisher University, Associate Professor, Rochester, USA

Emrah Karakus, Brandeis University, Postdoctoral Associate, Boston United States

Mara Ahmed, Neelum Films, Documentary Filmmaker, Long Island, USA

Lisa J. Cunningham, St. John Fisher University, Director, Women and Gender Studies, Director, Women and Gender Studies, USA

Nausheen Husain, Syracuse University, Assistant Professor, Journalism, Syracuse, USA

Makda Isak, Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V., Berlin, Deutschland.

Farah Bakaari, Cornell University, Graduate Student, Ithaca, USA

Negar Razavi, Northwestern, Washington DC, USA

Balbir K Singh, Concordia University, Assistant Professor, Montreal, Canada. 

Latoya Lee, CSU Fullerton, Assistant Professor, FULLERTON, USA 

Virginia Maier, St John Fisher University, Rochester, USA

Farzaneh Moghadam None ,Cambridge, USA

Heidi R. Lewis Colorado College ,Associate Professor of Feminist & Gender Studies, Colorado Springs, CO  United States

Robert Ruehl   St. John Fisher College , VAP, Department of Philosophy, Rochester, U.S.A.

Barbara Lowe St. John Fisher University, Associate Professor, Rochester , NY, USA

Vivian Solana  Carleton University, Assistant Professor, Ottawa, Canada

Amin Moghadam , Toronto Metropolitan University, Senior Research Associate, Toronto, Canada

Justine Landau, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France

Diana Ojeda, Cider, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá Colombia

Tobias Linnemann, University of Bremen, Germany, Bremen, Germany

Esha Momeni  UCLA, Gender Studies Department, Lecturer, Los Angeles     USA

Kamran Talattof, University of Arizona Professor of Near Eastern and Gender Studies, Tucson United States

Kevin Nixon, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Sessional Instructor, Toronto, Canada

aydogan kars   Monash University, Senior Researcher      Melbourne      Australia

Junko Takeda  Syracuse University, Professor, History       Syracuse          USA

Beeta Baghoolizadeh Princeton University   Associate Research Scholar   New York        USA

Niloufar Keyhani, Artist, Boston, USA

YV Nay, Zurich university of applied sciences Senior lecturer & researcher  Zurich Switzerland 

Johanna Ullmann, University of Osnabrück, Institute for Migration Reserach and Intercultural Studies (IMIS)           PhD Candidate Osnabrück, Germany

Laura Jaffee , Colgate University , Visiting Assistant Professor   Syracuse, NY   USA

Diana Aldrete  Trinity College Assistant Professor of Language and Culture Studies and Human Rights    Hartford, CT    United States

Ali Naserianfard, Senior Engineering Surveyor, Perth, Australia 

Vivian Solana  Carleton University     Assistant Professor, Ottawa, Canada

Rushaan Kumar, Colorado College, Assistant Professor ,Colorado Springs, United States

Elham Golpushnezhad , SAE Creative Media Institute Lecturer, Melbourne, Australia

Daniela De Fex Wolf, Cardiff University, PhD student, Gainesville  US

Kaye Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland, associate professor , Baltimore , USA

Leslie Robertson Foncette      SUNY Empire State College   SUNY PRODiG Fellow/Visiting Assistant Professor  Syracuse, NY   USA

Lorena Albert-Ferrando, University of Florida, Gainesville ,  United States

Laura Mijares  Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid Spain

Ariella Rotramel, Connecticut College    Vandana Shiva Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies, New London United States

Alice Julier, Chatham University, Professor, Pittsburgh, USA

Edna Du, Los Angeles , USA

Sylvie Lindeperg, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne , Professeure ,Paris    France

Ceylan Begüm Yıldız   University of Sussex   Lecturer, London UK

Crea Jackson   California State University, Fresno    Graduate, Los Angeles     USA

Jaleh Pirnazar University of California at Berkeley   Retired Faculty, Berkeley, California    United States 

Montinique McEachern, QueerWOC the Podcast, Host, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Miriam Gutekunst      Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität        Postdoctoral Researcher        Munich            Germany

Marte Beldé    Ghent University, PhD researcher, Ghent  Belgium

Sabina Vaught University of Pittsburgh, professor, PIttsburgh       U.S.

Sumeera Shrestha      Gyanbodh        Founder           Kathmandu     Nepal

Sophia Armen University of California, San Diego    PhD Candidate            Los Angeles, CA          United States

Heather Rastovac Akbarzadeh, Ph.D. Golden Thread Productions    Independent Scholar   San Francisco  United States

Esra Tunc        WashU            Postdoctoral Research Associate       St Louis           USA

Rameen Javadian       Harvard Divinity School           Graduate Student       Cambridge      United States

Karin    PWAG,  Bern    Switzerland

Gwen D'Arcangelis     Skidmore College        Director           Saratoga Springs        USA

Christian Jochim         San Jose State University       Professor Emeritus     San Jose          USA

Sutapa Majumdar       King's College London(Affiliate),IWWAGE,New Delhi          Post Doctoral Research Associate      Kalyani,Kolkata           India

Elham Hajesmaeili     Pennsylvania state university             Ph.D. candidate           state college   United States

Joanna Tam    Massachusetts College of Art and Design     Visiting Lecturer         Boston U.S.A.

Susette Min    UC Davis          Associate Professor    Oakland           United States 

Sharanya Sekaram      VOICE  Global Women's Movements Engagement Lead      Colombo          Sri Lanka

Nicole Waller  University of Potsdam                        Potsdam          Germany

Xun-ling Au     #MilkTeaAlliance Calendar team       Team lead       London UK

Yasmin Ullah  Rohingya Women Webinar Series                 Vancouver       Canada

Marc Batac     Initiatives for International Dialogue             Manila Philippines

Lea Schlenker University of Tübingen           Research Associate and PhD student             Tübingen         Germany 

Greta Nettleton, None, Writing, New York, USA

Michelle Girard, International Development Professional, Portsmouth, USA

Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Institute for Global Prosperity,  University College London (UCL), Principal Investigator Fellow, London United Kingdom

Secil Dagtas, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

Nasim Basiri, Oregon State University, Phd Candidate in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Corvallis          United States

Pey Pahl, Just a human being supporting the Iranian women, Chicago, USA

Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylania, Catherine Bryson Professor of English, Philadelphia    USA 

Sara Azmoudeh          Tufts University Philosophy Department       Graduate Student       Medford          United States

Charlotte Witt University of New Hampshire            Professor         Portland          USA

SJ Brison         Dartmouth College     Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values        Hanover, NH    USA

Ann Ferguson  University of Massachusetts at Amherst       Professor emerita, Philosophy and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies,      LEVERETT, MA      United States

Naomi Scheman         University of Minnesota         Professor Emerita       Arlington MA  United States

David Greenberg         Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution              Colrain United States

kate H albrecht           Woman           Woman           Plainfield         United States

Gail Fleischaker          Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (FCCPR)            Member          Shutesbury      United States

Sharon Tracy   FCCPR, Franklin County, MA   member          New Salem     United States

Swechchha Pradhan   Arizona State University         Postdoctoral Researcher        Tempe USA

Mitra Rastegar           New York University   Clinical Associate Professor   New York        United States

Savannah Pearlman    Indiana University - Bloomington      Associate Instructor    Bloomington   United States

Louise Amyot  none    Grandmother. retiree Greenfield       United States of Amreica

Artemis Akchoti          BCA                 Boston USA

Ghazaal Tahmasebi    Case Western Reserve University      PhD Candidate            Cleveland        US

Ásta     Duke University           Professor of Philosophy          Durham, NC    USA

Aishah Nofal   Wazana Law   Lawyer Toronto           Canada

Bryan J. McCa.            Louisiana State University                  Baton Rouge, LA         USA 

Delaram Ghanbari      University of Connecticut                   Hartford          United States 

Rasmus Elling University of Copenhagen      Associate Professor    Copenhagen    Denmark

Veronika Kourabas      Faculty of Education, University of Bielefeld             Bielefeld         Germany

Laura Holderied          UN University Bonn; University of Gießen, Germany            Postdoc           Hamburg         Germany 

Susan Worgaftik         Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution Member          Greenfield       Massachusetts, USA

Jamal Elias      University of Pennsylvania     Director, Wolf Humanities Center      Philadelphia    USA

Dr Jules Holroyd          The University of  Sheffield    Senior Lecturer           Sheffield         UK

Friederike Lorenz-Sinai           Potsdam University of Applied Sciences        Professor         Potsdam          Deutschland

Jennifer Saul   University of Waterloo           Waterloo Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language        Waterloo         Canada

Alisa Bokulich Boston University       Professor         Boston USA

Esa Diaz-Leon University of Barcelona          Associate Professor    Barcelona        Spain

Axel Mueller   Northwestern University        Director of UG Studies, Dept of Philosophy   Evanston IL      USA

Shayan S         No political affiliation            Perth   Australia

Asra P  No political affiliation            Perth   Australia

Wendy Brown Institute for Advanced Study  Professor         Princeton         US

Niels Uhlendorf          HU Berlin        Research associate     Berlin  Deutschland

Luisa Genovese           Pädagogische Hochschule Bern                      Bern    Schweiz

Edie Heinemann         Greening Greenfield   Communications         Greenfield       U.S.A.

Elizabeth Delgado       Texas Biomedical Research Institute Senior Research Assistant      San Antonio, TX          USA 

Hamid Asgari  None, Ekbartan, Iran

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Below we have listed statements from both inside and outside of Iran.
  • A collective of Iranian feminists: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdz9BjlyN60PjoStPSOiVWtvwefeLddCxdkCI5uwvnAWujOg/viewform
  • The Iranian Sociological Association:
http://isa.org.ir/تازه-ها/6021-بیانیه-انجمن-جامعه%E2%80%8Cشناسی-ایران-درباره-حوادث-منجر-به-بروز-اندوه-و-خشم-عمومی
https://www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imgen/1350-iranian-sociological-association-statement-in-english.pdf
  • The International Sociological Association:
https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/about-isa/isa-human-rights-committee/isa-statement-concerning-the-iran-protests?fbclid=IwAR30kyk_4RxkEwyrIutfdA_fTA8N_HA3O-39yonUoEY6iijyXCKE4-E23co
  •  Academics across the globe:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHDZw1X3mqa4IWC3DNb4HzyCotTubQiXJDqtOFNhtRZJRnfg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3qmjYvEw94NCHbkdfGCECvIu1VlARNCb_ROezkUn1hVnbz3OgfWfD4Ol4
  • The Association for Iranian Studies
https://associationforiranianstudies.org/sites/default/files/AIS-CAF-Statement-solidarity-with-the-Iranian-academics-petition.pdf

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