Protests have raging across Iran over the last week after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman in the custody of the Islamic Republic’s morality police due to her defiance against the strict dress code. The country’s desperate effort to silence Iranian feminists has taken the form of violent responses and crackdowns of both in-person demonstrations and online activism.
Author: Samaneh Savadi
Samaneh Savadi is a feminist activist and the founder of Cheragh Academy, the first online education platform of its kind to confront the longstanding issue of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace in Iran.