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Slides Guidelines

These slides are for educators to learn about how they can speak with their students in an age appropriate way about the events that have been unfolding in Iran.

Purpose:

These slides are not appropriate for any student under the age of 16 due to the graphic nature of the violence contained within.

Content Warning:

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Iran Solidarity: Woman, Life, Freedom

1979

The Islamic Regime (IGRC) took power IN Iran in 1979 and stripped Iranians, especially women, of liberties including but not limited to: playing music, dancing, holding hands with a partner in public, showing arms, legs, ankles and hair, being in mixed spaces (schools & sport centres are segregated), freedom of speech and having certain occupations etc.

Many times since 1979 the Iranian youth have come out on the streets in protest. The regime has always answered by torturing, imprisoning, raping and murdering the protestors; anyone who criticised the regime risked thir life.

2022

On September 16th 2022, the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian, sparked a never before seen outrage worldwide. The Kurdish slogan previously used by female Kurdish freedom fighters: “Jin, Jihan, Azadi” has been adopted for this revolutionary movement, as a means of creating unity between different struggles worldwide.

Jina was arrested for improper coverage of her hair. She died in police custody, and government forces deny all accusations insisting that she died of natural causes.

Following the peaceful protests demanding justice for Jina, the government and police have:

Shut down the internet to halt the spread of information.
Shot, incarcerated, and assaulted 10.000+ people, including celebrities, athletes, artists, journalists and school-goers.
Raided elementary schools, high schools and universities.
Massacred groups of people, including in Zahedan where in a few hours they murdered 82 people and injured hundreds.

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Keep sharing resources and keep the news flowing. Coverage of these crimes against humanity increase the pressure on international organisations to take measures to stop the Islamic Republic.

Iran is currently in defense mode and depleting its resources to keep the protests at bay. If the momentum is lost, the regime will have time to go from defense into offense mode, tracking down not only people within Iran but also the diaspora who have been sharing their support.

Many Iranians are at risk of being followed even those part of the diaspora; the regime has always invested in following people around the world who, like those imprisoned and tortured in Iran, criticise the government. Be their voice!

How you can help?

Shot into homes and cars killing people with no warning; using AI to surveil and track Iranian citizens
Forced people to make false confessions or lie about relatives’ causes of death
Hijacked ambulances to discreetly transport weapons and kidnap protestors
Sent spies into hospitals to kidnap injured protestors
Stormed the top University in Iran, taking students to Evin prison where protestors & other offenders of the regime have been held for decades
Set fire to Evin prison, attacked the prisoners with bombs and guns
Amputated prisoners’ limbs, raped women,sexually assaulted, & impregnated them
Imprisoned over 18.000 protesters who risk being given the death sentence

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Mainstream News Sources to Check

Media Landscape �in Iran

Manoto Official

We encourage our critical thinking staff and students to read news from these mainstream sources with a critical eye: always ask yourself who owns these media, and who benefits from the depiction of conflicts in a certain way. We encourage you to do the same with the carefully selected social media accounts on the next page.

BBC Persian

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Social Media Accounts to Follow

@united4mahsa

@nazaninboniadi

@persianswithpurpose

Tiktok

@smoyheddin

Instagram

@centerforhumanrights

@chelseahartisme

@middleeastmatters

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