scenario for protest
INTRODUCTION
Thank you everyone for joining us this afternoon to show your solidarity with the people of Iran.
Today we are here in the form of a protest performance.
Iran has entered into a stage of continual protests for the past 7 weeks following the death of an innocent young woman by the name of Mahsa Jina Amini on the 16th September.
A young girl who travelled from Kurdistan to Tehran for shopping, soon turned into the Iranian morality police beating her so severely that she later died in hospital.
These protests are mostly being led by women, which is the reason you will hear WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM on the lips of all Iranians across the globe right now. Now this movement has evolved from being a woman rights movement to a humans right movement.
Regardless of age, ethnicity and gender, the people of Iran stand should to shoulder to fight this dictatorship known as the Islamic Republic of Iran.
For us there is only ONE solution, Revolution.
Currently over 14,000 people are imprisoned, over 300 have been murdered and the numbers are changing on a daily basis. Please note that these figures are what has been ‘reported’, actual numbers we believe to be higher. Please look at some of their faces, Nika Shakarami, 16 years old, buried on her 17th birthday… Sarina Esmailzadeh, a beautiful 16 year old girl who was learning to vlog and put on some makeup for the first time. These are real people with real hopes and dreams that they had every right to live.
This is the longest period of time, most brutal and most effective fight we have had to date since the Islamic Republic took control of the country in 1979.
In 2019 the month of November became what we know it to be as ‘Bloody November’. Bloody November got its name from 1,500 innocent Iranian’s being killed on the street in the space of 3 days. Countless more were taken to prison with reports of rape and severe torture. The initial reason the protests began was because of the 50-200% increase in fuel prices, but soon turned to anti-government protests.
Today we are here to stand in solidarity with the people of Iran. What you see before you are just a handful of innocent victims from bloody November who were murdered for which I will share their stories with you. Some of these victims are from current protests and are in prison under severe torture. We are here today to RAISE AWARENESS for them. If we stand together in solidarity, if we raise their voices enough, we will be able to save them.
Pouya Bakhtiari
A 27 year old electrical engineer, Pouya Bakhtiari, came home from work and asks his mother to go out to the demonstrations in 2019. On the way to the protest, they told each other they will hold each others hand so they don’t loose each other in the crowd. On arrival, tear gas was thrown into the crowd and they got seperated. Pouya was killed with 2 gun shots directly to his head. click here
Pouya’s mother, Nahid Shirpishe did not stay silent for the injustice that faced her son and held interviews with Persian speaking TV channels outside of Iran. The Islamic Republic have since arrested Nahid, she is currently serving time in Evin Prison with a 6 year sentence. click here
now we visualising in memory of Pouya bakhtiyari the actors will move around and the voice of POUYA WILL BE PLAY
Pouya’s father, Manouchehr Bakhtiari was also summoned numerous times by intelligence services of Iran. Manouchehr was detained by security forces on April 29 2020 after being beaten at his home. He has been sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison and 2 years and 6 months in exile. click here
Madaran e Abaan
An 18 year old young man Pejman Gholipiur was fatally shot in the heart 5 times during Bloody November in 2019. His mother Mahboubeh Ramezani has since been fighting to seek justice for the death of her son. She is now presently being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison and is to serve a 100 lashes sentence.
Mahboobeh says:
My son’s share in my homeland, in my country, was 5 bullets. I, Mahboobeh Ramezani, mother of Pejman Gholipoor, I swear, for the unjust bloodshed of my son, that each bullet will be one finger of my hand. You shot 5 times and it became a fist. With which I will STRIKE THE OPPRESSOR who OPPRESSED AND KILLED. here
NOW THE ACTOR WHO PLAY ROLE OF MAHBOBE WILL BE GO AROUND THE PEOPLE AND THIS SONG WILL BE PLAY
Navid Afkari
This young 27 year old man was a national and international wrestler. He was tortured on countless occasions and eventually was sentenced to death and executed on the 12th September 2020. He was falsely accused of the murder of Hasan Turkman - a security official.
To this day, I still listen to Navid Afkari’s conversation with his lawyer. He said:
My audience are not only to the people of Iran but to the noble people that have a bit of honour in them. Your complacency means rooting for oppression and the oppressor. It means supporting the execution of an innocent. It means I will be getting closer, step-by-step to the hanging noose.
From the bottom of his heart, he says:
People! It is only logical that I will fight for my life; and as per the evidence, all clues are an affirmation of my innocence. All the evidence that we have collected and everything that I am saying right now, is only here to let you know that if I ever get executed, in the 21st century and with all the human rights organisations, the UN or security council or the whatever else, an innocent human being, which had tried to the best of his might and fought, to have his voice heard, was hanged.
Navid, in the Persian language means ‘good news’. One day our brother, we will have good news of the democracy, freedom and unity in our Iran.
Rest in powerhere
THE ACTORS ALL WILL SEAT DOWN AND ACTOR WHO ROLL THE NAVID AFAKARI WII MOVE AROUND AND HIS VOICE WILL BE PLAY
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Mohamad AminTakali : in memory of our friend Mohamad AminTakali two days ago was his chehlom( 40 days after death ) we will listen to his favourite songs
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Iranian Artists React With Outrage, Calling for Solidarity as Protests Over Women’s Rights Spread Globally
Iranian Artists React With Outrage, Calling for Solidarity as Protests Over Women’s Rights Spread Globally.
Arash Sabet,Iranian singer-songwriter based in Sheffield, UK whose music is a combination of rock, blues and folk. Staying close to his roots, lyrics are often sung in Gilaki or Farsi.
part 2
Everyone standing here today, everyone listening to us today, remember that our silence helps the oppressor. The whole international community stayed silent in what I would say was a genocide of November 2019, 1,500 innocent people were killed - like Navid, like Pouya, like Pejman.
Today is the time to stand by the Iranian’s uprising, to not repeat the mistake of November 2019 and keep silent about these deaths. Each one of these people deserved freedom of speech, deserved to live a free, beautiful and fulfilled life without fear.
Now we are faced with 14,000+ people in prison and counting! 227 of the 290 members of the Iranian parliament have voted to severely punish those arrested - including execution. Now is our chance to continue our protests, stand in solidarity with the Iranian people and not stop until they get their freedom.
Your silence today is a win for the oppressor tomorrow.
On the 19th November please join us for the Global Rally for Iran’s Revolution, the Silent Massacre of November 2019. This is with association of families of flight PS752 Victims.
HOSSEIN RONAGHI
Hossein Ronaghi, a talented blogger and human rights activist. He was imprisoned multiple times in 2009 for his role in the post-election protests that erupted in Iran. Hossein was one of the first this year to focus his activities against a bill by hardliner lawmakers to introduce highly restrictive internet policies. Hossein was summoned by the intelligence services and on 24th September 2022, he was arrested along with his lawyers by non-uniformed security agents infant of Evin’s prosecutor’s offices. Hossein has now got 2 broken legs and has entered into day 48 of his hunger strike. Hossein has one kidney, at any point under these conditions he is at risk of having a heart attack. . here
I’m not coming with you! I wanna go to court!
me and siyamak go and grab him and his voice will be play
Mahsa Amini
I have already told you the story of Mahsa Amini, you will have heard it on the lips of all Iranians the past 8 weeks. Mahsa Amini’s name means more than a 22 year old woman who stood against injustice, it is a code, a code to call on all Iranians, all men, all women and children, to fight for their rights, to fight for their freedom. here
O my good sympathizer, sing so that I sing,
My life is you, stay so that I stay,
A part of sky is cloudy, another part is starry,
A part is sunshine, another part is rainy,
But, without you, every. gbwhere is cloudy and gloomy,
Cloud of the sky doesn't have a drop of rain,
If you are present, the clouds will rain,7
The barren plains will be filled with flowers,
With you, I'm the spring,
Without you, I'm a salt desert,
When you are present, I feel good
actor who play Mahsa will go around audience like dancing and show her hand and this song will play
Nika Shakarami
Nike was a beautiful 16 year old girl with the dream to become a famous singer. She was one of the first women on the streets waving her headscarf in defiance of the terrorist Islamic Republic Regime. There are videos that pin point she was hiding from the revolutionary guards, who pursued her. 2 weeks later after she was reported missing, her dead body was given to her parents.
The Islamic Republic tries to hide the reality of these deaths with total lies, for Mahsa they said she had epilepsy and that was the reason for her death, not that she was brutally beaten with batons. For Nika, they said she fell from the top of a building - they even went as far as making a fake video of a woman entering a high rise building. All lies. here
A part of my heart tells me to, go, to go,
The other part of my heart tells me not to go, not to go,
My heart is not patient, not patient,
What should I do without you,
For the love, o my pretty one, my pretty one,
The world is so small, so small,
Everywhere I go, your memory is with me, your memory is with me,
I won't leave you alone,
You're the sultan (king) of my heart, my heart,
the actors who played Nika stay like picture and rest actors will seat down and this song will play
Sanandaj
One of the biggest uprisings have been in the Kurdistan province, security forces use firearms and are firing teargas into people’s homesShot by the Islamic Republic whilst sitting in his car - why? Because he was honking the horn in support of the protestors. His mother’s only request is ‘don’t offer condolences, continue the uprising here
His mother has a simple request: “Don’t offer condolences, continue the uprising.”
In Sistan and Baloochestan, it is known as the step-child of Iran. Some of the people in this part of the country, live in such poverty they do not even have an ID card - it means they can’t get a bank account, they can’t go to university. I ask you, tell me a reason why a country that holds the 2nd largest gas reserves in the world has people who don’t have shoes and don’t go to school whilst the Islamic Regime’s children live a luxurious life in the West with endless funds in their bank accounts?
In Zahedan which is like the capital of Sistine and Baloochestan was attacked by security forces on the 4th November, whilst people were at prayer. At least 18 Balooch, including 2 children were murdered. To date, amnesty has the names of 100 protestors, including 16 children killed in this region. here here
Khodanour
One of these brave men was a 27 year old by the name of Khodanour, his name if you translate it means God’s light. He was a talented dancer and there are many videos of him online sharing this beautiful talent. Khodanour was shot and taken to hospital. The security forces stopped him from receiving medical attention and he died from internal bleeding.
Prior to his death Khodanour was arrested for standing up for human rights in Iran. He was wounded from torture and to humiliate him, they tied him to a pole and took a photo. When he said he was thirsty - they placed a cup of water that he couldn’t reach in front of him.
tomaj
Toomaj, a wonderful and talented Iranian rapper, who would use his artistry and talent to echo the voice of the people in Iran. By standing against this oppressive regime, he was violently arrested and taken to Evin prison. It is believed that he is under severe torture.
conclusion
Ladies and gentleman I can talk about each one of these people without a piece of paper, I can tell you the hurtful videos, photos and testaments I have read and cried for every evening. But now is the time to be strong for these heroes who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Please stand with us together in solidarity.
If you think they would not commit a massacre like they have done before, think again. This is a ruthless and merciless regime. Previously, when the number of prisoners to be executed was so high, prisoners were loaded onto trucks and hanged in groups of 6 from cranes in 30 minute intervals. An hour will pass for the time we are here today - 18 people would have been executed during this period of time.
Freedom for Iran means more than setting the Iranian’s free, it means peace in the Middle East and the rest of the world.
I find it fitting that today is Remembrance Sunday. A day to remember all the brave men and women who stood in unity and sacrificed their lives for freedom. Who believed that unity, justice and freedom were worth fighting for - and with persistence and belief, they got there. Please join us in laying a flower to remember these brave heroes, to remember brave Iranian heroes; those who have passed, those who are imprisoned, those who are out on their streets fighting for us to hear their voices.
We will remember them.
Woman Life Freedom
Man Country Prosperity
we will then move peacefully to the World War I and II memorial to place the flowers together. All the people who have died during these movements are individuals who fought and believed in freedom, democracy, and unity.
We will remember them.
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ARASH SABET