Iran protests: Graffiti from Tehran to Mexico City
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Supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) hold a portrait of Iranian Mahsa Amini with an Arabic placard reading "Women are life. Life, don't kill life", during a protest against her death in Iran in Beirut on 9 October 2022 -
The Iranian embassy in Mexico City: in solidarity with women in Iran and in memory of Mahsa Amini, a woman spray-paints messages against the "macho country" Iran on a wall of the Iranian embassy in Mexico City -
Frankfurt, Germany: Iran's morality police arrested 22-year-old Mahsa Amini because of her allegedly "un-Islamic outfit". She fell into a coma and died in hospital on 16 September. The police deny having used violence. Few believe it. Many Iranian women have experienced first-hand how brutal the vice squad is. The picture shows an angry female demonstrator with her hair blowing freely -
Simpsons in solidarity in Milan: in Iran, women cut off their hair in protest on camera. On a wall in Milan, Italy, directly opposite the Iranian consulate, Marge Simpson does the same. The picture was created by the street artist AleXsandro Palombo -
Mahsa Amini, honorary citizen of Paris: in the French capital, it is not only murals that commemorate Mahsa Amini and the protests in Iran. The city wants to make Mahsa Amini a posthumous honorary citizen. A square in Paris is to be named after Amini "so that no one forgets her name," Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced last week. "Paris will always stand by those who fight for their rights and their freedom" -
"Women, Life, Freedom" in Frankfurt: artists from the "Collective without a Name" have painted a picture of Mahsa Amini on a vacant building in Frankfurt. Next to it are the Persian words Jin, Jiyan, Azadi - women, life, freedom. This is the ever-present slogan of those demonstrating against the mullah regime in Tehran -
Solidarity in Krakow, Poland: the women's uprising against their oppressors in Iran deserves solidarity, many women say. And they are taking to the streets worldwide - like here in Krakow, Poland. In many places in the world, women are disadvantaged or even discriminated against because of their gender. The idea of a feminist revolution in Iran fascinates many -
Protest through performance in Tehran: art students from Azad University in Tehran protested in front of the art faculty building on Monday. The red paint on their hands symbolises the bloody repression of the protests by the security forces -
Desired domino effect: the protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini are no longer directed solely against the strict dress codes for girls and women. Throughout the country, demonstrators are questioning the system and chanting: "Get rid of the mullahs" or "Death to the dictator", meaning the country's supreme leader Ali Khamenei -
