Iran: Mahsa Amini Protests in Washington

For the past four months, the Iranian people have been besieged by their own government. They’ve faced beatings, torture, incarceration, and unfathomable violence for the crime of yearning to be out from under the thumb of a hard-line theocratic dictatorship.

What started as localized demonstrations in the hometown of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini — in response to her murder at the hands of the morality police who apprehended her for wearing her hijab “improperly” — have morphed into a general grievance movement that has engulfed the nation in civil unrest. We are witnessing the most significant uprising in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Hundreds have been arrested and killed, and nearly daily reports lay bare the regime’s depravity. The Iranian people are calling for nothing less than the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and remain steadfastly committed to their cause.

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Bobby Miller

Bobby Miller is an ISI Fellow at National Review and a graduate student at Georgetown University.

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For the past four months, the Iranian people have been besieged by their own government. They’ve faced beatings, torture, incarceration, and unfathomable violence for the crime of yearning to be out from under the thumb of a hard-line theocratic dictatorship.

What started as localized demonstrations in the hometown of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini — in response to her murder at the hands of the morality police who apprehended her for wearing her hijab “improperly” — have morphed into a general grievance movement that has engulfed the nation in civil unrest. We are witnessing the most significant uprising in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Hundreds have been arrested and killed, and nearly daily reports lay bare the regime’s depravity. The Iranian people are calling for nothing less than the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and remain steadfastly committed to their cause.