Dr. Nina Ansary
@drninaansary
Iranian-American author | Historian | Director @Cambridge_Uni Middle East and North Forum Women's Leadership Initiative
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Why Iran must not execute brave hip hop artist Toomaj Salehi and should free all political prisoners: virg.in/3QuJcRX
#ToomajSalehi
Secret document reveals Islamic Republic security forces molested and killed teen protester #NikaShakarami
Horrific but sadly not surprising under this bloodthirsty theocracy.
#WomanLifeFreedom bbc.com/news/world-mid…
Iranian authorities have barred jailed dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi from having phone call with his family from Isfahan's Dastgerd Prison, ايران اينترنشنال can reveal.
Any other prisoner who talks to Toomaj in jail will also face severe reprisals, ايران اينترنشنال has learned.
Toomaj was…
Today, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) Board Director and 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate Nazanin Boniadi and ABC Executive Director Roya Boroumand sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Secretary Antony Blinken and United States Ambassador to the…
For all those following the news around dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence in Iran, this is an imp resource based on open source that breaks down his court case and even reveals details about his interrogation videos screenshot by screenshot. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransour…
The Islamic Revolutionary Court has sentenced beloved Iranian rapper #ToomajSalehi to death for courageously using his music to support the 2022 freedom protests and for shedding light on the brutality and oppression of the regime in Iran.
Be his voice.
#توماج_صالحی
Since Saturday morning when Iran’s “morality” police started a fresh round of crackdown on women removing their hijab, ايران اينترنشنال has obtained several videos showing violent arrests of women with “improper” hijab.
This one’s from eastern Tehran.
Prominent Iranian wildlife conservationist and scholar #NiloufarBayani wrongfully convicted and sentenced by the Islamic Revolutionary court in Iran to 10 years after a torture-tainted confession and sham trial behind closed doors has been released along with three of her…
In 2017 women artists hung wedding dresses along Beirut seafront in protest at a law allowing rapists to escape punishment if they married their victim. The law was eventually repealed after such pressure from Arab women's groups #WomensArt
Every month is #WomensHistoryMonth
With best wishes for a healthy and Happy Nowruz. May the new year bring hope and renewal and a future where the principles of freedom, human rights and democracy flourish in every corner of Iran🌺
#HappyNowruz #PersianNewYear
The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of #Iran concluded that Jina #MahsaAmini 's death was unlawful and that the State was responsible.
A year-and-a-half after her death, Iranian women continue to suffer, the #Iran FFM said.
#HRC55