“The wave does not tend to subside. The hope is that after 42 years this protest will turn into a real revolution: the Iranian people have reached the point that they have nothing more to lose and therefore no longer fear in front of repression policies. From internal sources we know that during the demonstrations in Iran there were over 240 deaths, when the regime speaks of only a few dozen. At least 12,000 arrested. The Iranians want a radical change, an overthrow of the dictatorial regime as well as of the previous monarchical form. The same slogans in the streets, increasingly incisive, underline this “. This was told to Adnkronos Ghazal Afshar of the Young Iranians in Italy association, daughter of two Iranian fighters (her father was executed in the 1988 massacre) who fled the country with her when she was not even a year old, taking refuge in Italy. Also as a child, Ghazal Afshar lived for a few years in Iraq with her parents who by now had embraced the Iranian resistance. Before the start of the Gulf War, Ghazal Afshar returned to Italy, also engaging in activism.
“Many soldiers are withdrawing: news arrives of soldiers who are fleeing for fear of retaliation by the Iranian people. What is more worrying, according to what we have learned, is to go to make up for the shortage of anti-riot forces – reports Ghazal Afshar -, the regime it is even starting to hire children. “
Ghazal Afshar today participated in the demonstration in support of the struggle of Iranian women, triggered by the death of Masha Amini, in front of the Iranian embassy in Rome. “Now more than ever – she highlights – it is necessary to keep attention and support the revolt of Iranian women which is no longer just their protest but a transversal movement against the regime that involves everyone, young people, intellectuals, workers “.
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