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Statement from global academics on the death of Mahsa Amini and people’s uprising in Iran
October 19, 2022
We are deeply saddened by the brutal death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in the hands of the so-called Morality Police in Iran. Her untimely and tragic death represents the continued repression of Iranian women in particular and Iranian civil society in general. Outraged by her death, Iranian people from all walks of life have taken to the streets, in the past few days, to not only grieve Mahsa鈥檚 death and express sympathy with her family, but to once again protest against the repressive measures of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The new wave of nationwide protests in Iran indicates the latest episode in the continued movement of dignity and quest for a free and better life, as it unfolds in the movements of women, workers, university students, teachers, retirees, minorities, merchants and middle classes. This movement is being led by women who constitute a formidable social force. The key motto of this movement, 鈥淲oman, Life, Freedom,鈥� captures the social imagination of Iranians who are struggling for a bright future. The protest movement indicates the fact that it has been a long time since Iranians have outgrown their static and unresponsive state and its medieval measures and rules.
We express our deepest condolences to Mahsa Amini鈥檚 family and the families of the brave souls who lost their lives in this recent protest movement and stand in solidarity with the Iranian peoples and their continued fight for liberation, justice, and dignity.
177 Signatories
- Noam Chomsky, Emeritus Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Ervand Abrahamian, Professor Emeritus, City University of New York, USA
- Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University, USA
- Janet Afary, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA
- Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Dean, Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA
- Haideh Moghissi, Emerita Professor, York University, Canada
- Saeed Rahnema, Emeritus Professor, York University, Canada
- Ramin Jahanbegloo, Jindal Global University, India
- Peyman Vahabzadeh, University of Victoria, Canada
- Fatemeh Shams, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A
- Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, University of California-Los Angeles, USA
- Ehsan Kashfi, University of Alberta, Canada
- Megan Aiken, University of Alberta, Canada
- Kamran Matin, University of Sussex, UK
- Benjamin Selwyn, University of Sussex, UK
- David Wearing, University of Sussex, UK
- Wassim Naboulsi-Lebanese, University of Sussex, UK
- Barzoo Eliassi, Linnaeus University, Sweden
- Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, University of London, UK
- Dinah Rajak, University of Sussex, UK
- Alistair Markland, University of Sussex, UK
- Katie Walsh, University of Sussex, UK
- David Brenner, University of Sussex, UK
- Sally R Munt, University of Sussex UK
- Fatemeh Karimi, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, France
- Orkideh Behrouzan, SOAS University of London, UK
- Nader Hashemi, University of Denver, UK
- Pinar Dinc, Lund University, Sweden
- Minoo Derayeh, York University, Canada
- Shahrzad Mojab, University of Toronto, Canada
- Mehran Rezaei, University of Sussex, UK
- Faiz Sheikh, University of Sussex, UK
- Kevin Gray, University of Sussex, UK
- Andrea Brock, University of Sussex, UK
- Sunit Bagree, University of Sussex, UK
- Daniela Soto Hern谩ndez, University of Sussex, UK
- Fataneh Farahani, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Fereydoon Rahmani, York University, Canada
- Siavash Saffari, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Azadeh Kian, Universit茅 Paris Cit茅, France
- Khatereh Sheibani, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Ian H. Angus, Professor Emeritus, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Emerita Professor, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Kaveh Abbasian, University of Kent, UK
- Torsten Janson, Lund University, Sweden
- Atousa Hajshirmohammadi, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Deanna Reder, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Richard Hall, De Montfort University, UK
- Denise Oleksijczuk, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Meg Holden, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Chantal Gibson, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Mariano F茅liz, CONICET-National University of La Plata, Argentina
- Corina Andreoiu, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Yushu Zhu, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Frederick Harry Pitts, University of Bristol, UK
- Susan M Russell, Emerita Professor, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Sirma Bilge, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Canada
- Patricia Gruben, Emerita Professor, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Sumi Madhok, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- El Chenier, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Ver贸nica Dahl, Emerita Professor, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Arlene McLaren, Emerita Professor, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Mehmet Mashuq Kurt, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
- Sheila Delany, Emerita Professor, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Janice Matsumura, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Ronda Arab, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Ga毛lle Planchenault, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Carolyn Mamchur, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Touraj Atabaki, International Institute of Social History, The Netherlands
- Nima Naghibi, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
- Mehmet Ugur, University of Greenwich, UK
- Nuno Ferreira, University of Sussex, UK
- Maral Karimi, University of Toronto, Canada
- Saeed Paivandi, University of Lorraine, France
- Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham, UK
- Ouldooz Baghban Karimi, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Maryam Jafari, Monash university, Australia
- Dax D鈥橭razio, Queen鈥檚 University, Canada
- Maria Vamvalis, University of Toronto, Canada
- Jinko Graham, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Brad McNeney, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Anissa Bougrea, Ghent University, Belgium
- Elisabeth Hultqvist, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Rachel Rosen, UCL Social Research Institute, UK
- Susanne Gannon, Western Sydney University, Australia
- Birgitta Svensson, Emerita Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Katarina Mattsson, S枚dert枚rn University, Sweden
- Lena Sawyer, Gothenburg University, Sweden
- Paulina de los Reyes, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Sarah Ganter, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Serap Saritas, Researcher, Norway
- Kristina Bor茅us, Upsala University, Sweden
- Tobias Froese, ESCP Business School, Germany
- Morten Ougaard, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- Fanny Ambj枚rnsson, Stockholm university, Sweden
- Sara Ahmed, Independent Scholar
- Rajvir Gill, De Montfort University, UK
- Lisa Tilley, SOAS University of London, UK
- Josephine Sirotkin, University of Leeds, UK
- Mai Taha, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Diana Mulinari, Lund University, Sweden
- Clive Gabay, Queen Mary University of London, UK
- Rowena Abdul Razak, London School of Economics & Political Science, UK
- Kim Allen, University of Leeds, UK
- Amin Parsa, 脰rebro University, Sweden
- Deise Faria Nunes, University of Agder, Norway
- Linn茅a Bruno, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Erika Cudworth, De Montfort University, UK
- Anupama Ranawana, University of St Andrews, UK
- Catherine Chiniara Charrett, Queen Mary University, UK
- Emil Edenborg, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Irene Molina, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Patricia Lorenzoni, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Rinaldo Walcott, University of Toronto, Canada
- Alireza Behtoui, S枚dert枚rn University, Sweden
- Nadira Omarjee, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Redi Koobak, University of Bergen, Norway
- Annika Lindberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Nil Mutluer, EUME-Berlin, Germany
- Moira Dustin, University of Sussex, UK
- Katrina Gaber, Uppsala university, Sweden
- Chris Beasley, University of Adelaide, Australia
- Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
- Sharareh Akhavan, University of G盲vle, Sweden
- Marral Shamshiri, LSE, UK
- Fereshteh Ahmadi, University of G盲vle, Sweden
- Paola Rivetti, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Zara Saeidzadeh, 脰rebro University, Sweden
- Cecilia 脜se, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Jeff Hearn, 脰rebro University, Sweden
- Kendra Strauss, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Peyman Jafari, The College of William and Mary, USA
- Stefan Jonsson, Link枚ping University, Sweden
- Misagh Javadpour, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Parvaneh Saeedi, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Elise Sammons, University of Alberta, Canada
- Sara Naderi, University of Victoria, Canada
- Shekoufeh Sakhi, Independent Scholar, Canada
- Nadira Omarjee, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
- Redi Koobak, University of Bergen, Norway
- Annika Lindberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Nil Mutluer, EUME-Berlin, Germany
- Nafiseh Mousavi, Linnaeus University, Sweden
- Taina Maki Chahal, Lakehead University, Canada
- Nazanin Ghaffari, University of Texas-Arlington, USA
- Farhad Khosrokhavar, Emeritus Professor, 脡cole des Hautes 脡tudes en Sciences Sociales, France
- Nicky Didicher, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Clare McGovern, 丁香园AV, Canada
- David Esteban Builes Morales, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
- Maria Cristina Rengifo Ramirez, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
- Hugo Alberto Buitrago Montoya, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
- 脕lvaro Rodr铆guez Pastrana, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
- Sara Kermanian, University of Sussex, UK
- Maureen O鈥橰eilly-Landry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA
- Vahid Ravaghi, University of Birmingham, UK
- Mohammad-Reza Nikfar, Independent scholar, Germany
- Ren茅e O鈥橪eary, Independent Scholar, Canada
- Edda Manga, M氓ngkulturellt Centrum, Sweden
- Ali Mozaffari, Deakin University, Australia
- P盲ivi Turunen, University of G盲vle, Sweden
- Nanna Ramsing Enemark, Aalborg University, Denmar
- Yvonne Franke, University of Vechta, Germany
- Lottie Wahlin, University of G盲vle, Sweden
- Ulrika Dahl, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Meera Atkinson, University of Sydney, Australia
- Maija Runcis, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Kayhan Valadbaygi, Leiden University, The Netherlands
- Hossein Sheiban, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Elaine Swan, University of Sussex, UK
- Ben Luongo, St. Lawrence University, USA
- Gi Yeon Koo, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Hedvig Ekerwald, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Moises Gardu帽o Garcia, Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico, M茅xico
- Isaura Castelao-Huerta, Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico, M茅xico
- Betty A. Schellenberg, 丁香园AV, Canada
- Mark Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University, Canada
- Samir Gandesha, 丁香园AV, Canada
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