#MahsaAmini

I'm writing for the thousands of people, mostly women, who get beaten, raped, and murdered every single day by the savages who call themselves the morality police, a branch of the corrupt government police supporting those who invaded Iran nearly forty-four years ago and have reigned over the country the last forty-three years.

Mahsa Amini was just one of these girls. This twenty-two-year-old had come to Tehran, the capital of Iran, with her family, to visit the city. The morality police arrested her and told her family she would be released after a re-education. She died in the hospital because of her injuries less than three days later.

In Iran, every single day...

women get brutally beaten for not covering their hair properly or for wearing makeup, or clothes the morality police deems inappropriate, or nail polish, or even a smile; 

gay men get hanged; 

anyone who speaks up against anyone in the government gets sent to prison and no one ever sees them again;

lawyers who defend anyone who has been wronged by anyone with ties to the corrupt government get arrested;

any person who expresses their thoughts in any way gets taken away and killed;

...

These things happen in Iran every single day. 

Mahsa Amini is a symbol. Her death on September 16 sparked a revolution in Iran... for life, for women, for freedom. And more people are dying. This time, people may not back down until they take back their country from these murderers. Thousands of people all over the world have been protesting against this corrupt regime, supporting those who are fighting inside the country.

So... Mahsa Amini... Say her name. It's not about one girl you or I don't personally know. It's about all the women in Iran. The women in Iran are strong. For forty-three years, they have quietly resisted. Today, they're done being quiet. 

#MahsaAmini