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Latest update from Iran.

Women, life, freedom...

this is not my post but one of many people who have lost a loved one to what’s going on in Iran.

Interview with Nele, Nika Shakarami’s girlfriend by Zeit Magazine

‘‘Nika loved the moon, and it became an important symbol in their relationship, says Nele. When they missed each other, they would say: “We don’t live in the same country, but beneath the same sky.” Sometimes, Nika would tell Nele over the phone that she was looking at the moon, saying: You should go outside too, Nele, so we can look at it together. They even called each other “my moonie.” Or Niki and Neli. Or Haku and Chihiro, like the main characters in the anime film “Spirited Away,” which both of them loved. The story involves a courageous boy helping a shy girl escape a world full of monsters. “That was us,” Nele says today‘‘

Nika Shakarami was a 16 year old brave Iranian girl who was kidnapped by the police during the ongoing protests in Iran, brutally tortured, raped and murdered in cold blood. Her burial was on her birthday. Say her name, Nika Shakarami

reblog to let people know you were here before the great twitter migration

Sorry I know what happens in the books I don’t excuse what happened but I’m still team jellyfish 🪼 all the way

BELLY CONKLIN and JEREMIAH FISHER THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY (2023)

It's a forest. Just say it.

This is the exact section of South River Forest property that's becoming the "cop city" training facility for the City of Atlanta.

I'm no expert on what constitutes a forest. But from Google Earth, this sure resembles one.

And yet the City of Atlanta put out some "facts" about the police training center being built here, and they're trying to convince us this is no big loss because it's not really a forest:

Weird. They know we have access to the internet, right?

Whatever this greenery is (and I still say it's a forest) it's going away for the training center. We're losing a huge stretch of trees -- which was supposed to all be a public green space, per the Atlanta City Design -- while massive highways stay the same & even get bigger. It's screwed up.

Remember this:

Nobody regrets the forests we saved. Just the ones we lost.

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Darin Givens is co-founder of ThreadATL, an urbanism advocacy group in Atlanta.

This is Sarina Esmaeilizadeh, a 16 yo who was killed by regime forces

there's a poem by Rumi written on the paper:

"so many worlds on every strand of your hair!

so let it flow because I broke free from [my] world"

Worry grows for Iran athlete who competed without her hijab | AP News

AP NEWS

Worry grows for Iran athlete who competed without her hijab

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An Iranian competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed withou

An Iranian competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation’s mandatory headscarf covering, authorities said. Farsi-language media outside of Iran warned she may have been forced to leave early by Iranian officials and could face arrest back home, which Tehran quickly denied.

The decision by Elnaz Rekabi, a multiple medalist in competitions, to forgo the headscarf, or hijab, came as protests sparked by the Sept. 16 death in custody of a 22-year-old woman have entered a fifth week. Mahsa Amini was detained by the country’s morality police over her clothing.

The demonstrations, drawing school-age children, oil workers and others to the street in over 100 cities, represent the most-serious challenge to Iran’s theocracy since the mass protests surrounding its disputed 2009 presidential election.

A later Instagram post on an account attributed to Rekabi described her not wearing a hijab as “unintentional,” though it wasn’t immediately clear whether she wrote the post or what condition she was in at the time. The Iranian government routinely pressures activists at home and abroad, often airing what rights group describe as coerced confessions on state television.

RATS 😈

There are so many lives at risk and you shouldn’t be ignoring it, them or using it for clout. If you are using it for clout. I hope you find a different way to “help” people. So just please don’t forget the Iranian people need. Every ounce of help that’s in this world.

DONT FORGET ABOUT IRAN

Dont forget about Jina amini (mahsa amini)

Dont forget about Nika Shakarami

Dont forget about Fereshteh Ahmadi

Dont forget about about Sarina Esmailzadeh

Dont forget about Farideh Moradkhani

Dont forget about Armita Abbasi

Dont forget about Soheyla Hejab

Dont forget about Amir Nasr-Azadani

Dont forget about Saeed Shirazi

Dont forget about Taraneh Alidoosti

Dont forget about Elnaz Rekabi

Dont forget about Mohammad Mehdi Karami

Dont forget about Majidreza Rahnavard

Dont forget about Mohsen Shekari

Dont forget about Baluch people

Dont forget about Kurd people

Dont forget about Iranian women

Dont forget about LGBTQ Iranians

Dont forget about the voices of Iran here on tumblr

Dont forget about disabled and elderly Iranians

Dont forget about the famlies who were seprated and/or lost loved ones

Dont forget about the protestors who died throughout the past three months

Dont forget about the innocent victims who were slaughtered under the regime for the past 44 years

DONT FORGET!!! NEVER FORGET WOMAN LIFE AND FREEDOM