'Images of Iranian women engaged in defiant acts make their daily oppression visible,' writes paricherry_for conversationus.
started with one woman, Vida Movahed, standing atop a utility box on Tehran’s Revolution Street to wave her headscarf on a stick like a flag. Soon, others joined Movahed by repeating her action in other public spaces in Iran.
Images showing dozens of people protesting mandatory veiling in this way were widely shared on social media and later picked up by global news networks, bringing international attention to women’s resistance efforts in Iran. ;“It was the quietest protest Iran has ever witnessed. Vida Movahed, a 31-year-old mother of a toddler, stood atop a large utility box and removed the hijab that all women are required to wear by law: https://t.co/O93RGaBDOe;”The use of images by protesters has been a central practice of resistance in other protests around the world as well.
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