Buttons that say “I oppose the mandatory hijab” in Persian are cropping up around the world and on social media—showing that the fight for women’s rights in Iran is a global one. From PSaranj:
,” who publicly waved their headscarves on a stick and received severe punishment for it. In solidarity, Khandan and Meysami hand-pressed thousands of buttons that said, “I oppose the mandatory hijab” in Persian.
Now, more than 7,000 miles away, the banished buttons are returning to life. Kaufman and Ross got the idea to reproduce them after seeing Sotoudeh wear her button in a group photo from February with Farhad Meysami after his release from prison. In the picture, Sotoudeh and her husband are standing on two sides of an emaciated, unrecognizable man who has barely survived more than three months of hunger strike.
The wide range of campaign sponsors and supporters show how the fight for women’s rights being waged in Iran is universal.
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