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Writer Rana Soleimani on the women’s protest in Iran: Schools and universities have become a slaughterhouse

Writer Rana Soleimani on the women’s protest in Iran: Schools and universities have become a slaughterhouse

Protests of the young people in Iran (source: YouTube)

Ionela Dobos

This article was published on 30 October 2022 at Press Hub.

The death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police for allegedly violating the country’s ultra-conservative dress code, sparked massive anti-government demonstrations.

The protests were initially started by women tired of obeying the harsh rules of the Islamic regime, where they have almost no rights, not even the right to go bare-headed or to sing alone on stage.

Later, many men joined the street demonstrations. Despite the violent interventions of the authorities – 243 deaths, 23 children among, thousands of arrests, and a weak political support from abroad, the protests not only did not stop, but 40 days after the young woman’s death, they intensified.

PRESShub spoke to Iranian writer Rana Soleimani about the harsh living conditions for women in Iran, one of the toughest patriarchal societies and the chances of the Islamic regime falling.

Her first book, Lorca on the Street of Angels, was banned from publication by the Iranian authorities. Although in Iran she participated in many literary contests, she was not among the winners because of her refusal to conform to the rules of the Islamic Republic.

Finally, Rana Soleimani left Iran, and since 2014 she has been living in Sweden. Rana’s books include The Ulysses Syndrome, a novel published in London that describes the story of a Jewish woman forced to leave Iran with her child, and Viva la Vida, the story of four women in Ervin Prison, each accused of a different crime. This book was an Iranian bestseller abroad last year.

The most important statements of Rana Soleimani

The Ministry of Culture and Guidance of the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for limiting access to any non-Islamic content and preventing the promotion of foreign culture in the Islamic Republic.

The big problem of Iranian society is that censorship does not only operate in the field of fiction, but also manifests itself on academic, scientific, theatrical, cinematographic productions, etc.

Solo performance by women on stage, in a play or in a film, is prohibited, and touching a woman’s body or hair is prohibited altogether.

Iran’s Islamic Penal Code is the reflection of a patriarchal society among the harshest, where women’s rights are half of men’s rights.

There have also been protest movements in recent years generated by the obligation to wear the hijab. The protest movement of the Elkhebal Street girls since January 2016 turned the issue of compulsory hijab into one of the main issues at the political and social level.

The problem is that, as the regime itself admits, culture has been a fortress that they have not been able to conquer so far, remaining one of the main pillars of people’s resistance against the regime.

It can now be said that the dictatorial regime has lost the game and that the spirit of the collectivity has changed. The Islamic Republic must be removed. The main problem is not the removal of the veil. People want civil rights and they want those rights respected.

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Amb. Seyed Mohammad Javad Rasouli: Iran and Bulgaria can strengthen their cooperation in economic affairs, tourism and culture

Amb. Seyed Mohammad Javad Rasouli: Iran and Bulgaria can strengthen their cooperation in economic affairs, tourism and culture

The Iranian religious center of Qom (source: Pixabay, CC0)

The relations between Bulgaria and Iran have always been based on mutual respect and friendship. In the future the two countriies can intensify their cooperation in a number of areas, said the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran His Excellency Seyed Mohammad Javad Rasouli  in a special interview with the Bulgarian National Radio

Georgi Markov

This interview was broadcast in the show 12 + 3 of the program “Horizon” of the Bulgarian National Radio on 10th November 2020. Georgi Markov interviewed His Excellency – Seyed Mohammad Javad Rasouli, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Bulgaria, on the occasion of the 123th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Iran.

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Н.Пр. Сейед Мохаммад Джавад Расули: Можем да засилим сътрудничеството си в икономиката, туризма и културата

Н.Пр. Сейед Мохаммад Джавад Расули: Можем да засилим сътрудничеството си в икономиката, туризма и културата

Град Гом e религиозен център на шиитите (снимка: Pixabay, CC0)

Отношенията между България и Иран винаги са били и продължават да се основават на взаимно уважение и приятелство и занапред бихме могли да активизираме още повече сътрудничеството си в сфери като икономиката, туризма и културата. Това каза посланикът на Ислямска република Иран в София – Негово Превъзходителство Сейед Мохаммад Джавад Расули, в разговор за постиженията и възможностите в двустранните отношения

Георги Марков

Това интервю бе излъчено в предаването 12+3 на програма “Хоризонт” на Българското национално радио на 10 ноември 2020 г. Георги Марков разговаря с Негово Превъзходителство – Сейед Мохаммад Джавад Расули, посланик на Ислямска република Иран в България, по повод годишнина от установяването на дипломатически отношения между България и Иран.

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