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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’s 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, “Woman, Life, Freedom,” 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’s 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 Hernández, University of Sussex, UK
- Fataneh Farahani, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Fereydoon Rahmani, York University, Canada
- Siavash Saffari, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Azadeh Kian, Université Paris Cité, France
- Khatereh Sheibani, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Ian H. Angus, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Emerita Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Kaveh Abbasian, University of Kent, UK
- Torsten Janson, Lund University, Sweden
- Atousa Hajshirmohammadi, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Deanna Reder, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Richard Hall, De Montfort University, UK
- Denise Oleksijczuk, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Meg Holden, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Chantal Gibson, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Mariano Féliz, CONICET-National University of La Plata, Argentina
- Corina Andreoiu, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Yushu Zhu, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Frederick Harry Pitts, University of Bristol, UK
- Susan M Russell, Emerita Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Sirma Bilge, Université de Montréal, Canada
- Patricia Gruben, Emerita Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Sumi Madhok, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- El Chenier, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Verónica Dahl, Emerita Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Arlene McLaren, Emerita Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Mehmet Mashuq Kurt, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
- Sheila Delany, Emerita Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Janice Matsumura, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Ronda Arab, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Gaëlle Planchenault, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Carolyn Mamchur, Simon Fraser University, 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, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Maryam Jafari, Monash university, Australia
- Dax D’Orazio, Queen’s University, Canada
- Maria Vamvalis, University of Toronto, Canada
- Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Brad McNeney, Simon Fraser University, 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, Södertörn University, Sweden
- Lena Sawyer, Gothenburg University, Sweden
- Paulina de los Reyes, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Sarah Ganter, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Serap Saritas, Researcher, Norway
- Kristina Boréus, Upsala University, Sweden
- Tobias Froese, ESCP Business School, Germany
- Morten Ougaard, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- Fanny Ambjörnsson, 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, Örebro University, Sweden
- Deise Faria Nunes, University of Agder, Norway
- Linnéa 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, Södertörn 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 Gävle, Sweden
- Marral Shamshiri, LSE, UK
- Fereshteh Ahmadi, University of Gävle, Sweden
- Paola Rivetti, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Zara Saeidzadeh, Örebro University, Sweden
- Cecilia Åse, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Jeff Hearn, Örebro University, Sweden
- Kendra Strauss, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Peyman Jafari, The College of William and Mary, USA
- Stefan Jonsson, Linköping University, Sweden
- Misagh Javadpour, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Parvaneh Saeedi, Simon Fraser University, 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, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France
- Nicky Didicher, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Clare McGovern, Simon Fraser University, 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
- Álvaro Rodríguez Pastrana, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
- Sara Kermanian, University of Sussex, UK
- Maureen O’Reilly-Landry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA
- Vahid Ravaghi, University of Birmingham, UK
- Mohammad-Reza Nikfar, Independent scholar, Germany
- Renée O’Leary, Independent Scholar, Canada
- Edda Manga, Mångkulturellt Centrum, Sweden
- Ali Mozaffari, Deakin University, Australia
- Päivi Turunen, University of Gävle, Sweden
- Nanna Ramsing Enemark, Aalborg University, Denmar
- Yvonne Franke, University of Vechta, Germany
- Lottie Wahlin, University of Gävle, 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 Garduño Garcia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Isaura Castelao-Huerta, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Mark Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University, Canada
- Samir Gandesha, Simon Fraser University, Canada
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