Farsi Language Nonviolence Resources:

From the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict: A collection of key nonviolence texts for supporting pro-democracy movements, strategic support for activists, and educational tools.

Nonviolence Animations in Farsi from the Metta Center for Nonviolence

Mahsa Amini Protests:

On 16 September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی), also known as Jina Amini or Zhina Amini (Persian: ژینا امینی, Kurdish: ژینا ئەمینی), died in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances, allegedly due to police brutality. A massive protest movement has grown in Iran and beyond in protest of the "Morality Police” as well as solidarity with Mahsa and Iranian women more broadly.

Social Media Hashtags:

#mahsaamini #mahsa_amini #opIran #Iranprotests #Iran #مهسا_امینی

Slogans:

Women! Life! Freedom!; We Are All Mahsa; and Be Our Voice

Actions: A huge number of actions are covered on Twitter social media, so use the hashtags above to find individual videos of actions and protests, but the primary call to action includes—

Women Burning hijabs and cutting hair in public

Analyses:

Democracy Now: Iranian American writer Hoda Katebi @hodakatebi says protests for #MahsaAmini, a young Kurdish woman who died while in custody of Iran's morality police, have been intersectional, with women chanting the Farsi translation of the Kurdish slogan “Women! Life! Freedom!” (Video contains many examples of protest actions)

Middle East Focus Podcast: “Iran’s Growing Protests” Episode challenges preconceived notions about Iranian society, the hijab, and the regime clinging to power in Tehran. Includes two Iran experts, Marjan Keypour Greenblatt and Alex Vatanka.

Voices from Iran: A series of articles on the protests from the Center for Human Rights in Iran

Al Jazeera: Protests are sweeping across Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, with women cutting their hair and burning their hijabs. Correspondent Dorsa Jabbari explains what they mean for women’s rights.

Protests spread in Iran as President Raisi vows to crack down

Women in Iran: Political representation without rights

Solidarity Actions: Some examples

Bay Area solidarity marches and demonstrations

Anonymous Targets Iranian Government Websites in Solidarity Actions to Internet Outages

Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi Rallies Support for Iranian Women’s Rights Protestors: ‘This Is a Human Responsibility’ (Video)