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An event was held at the United Nations to amplify the voices of Iranian women.
One of many talks at the UN aimed at bringing the voices of silenced women to the world.
NTD's Sean Marshall has more information.
U.S. forces recently started to dismantle the Iranian regime,
but Iranian women have been silenced by the regime much longer.
On March 9th, Iranian women spoke at the United Nations
about human rights abuses from the Iranian regime.
Today, I stand before you with one eye.
But the story I bring with me is not only about losing an eye.
It's the story of a generation of Iranian women whose bodies
have become the battlefield for freedom.
In November 2022, during the protests in Iran,
I was shot and I lost the sight in my right eye.
Why was a bullet fired at my eye?
The answer is painful, yet clear, for the crime of seeking freedom.
I was simply a young woman who had taken off her compulsory hijab,
walking through the streets with a smile, carrying a simple dream to live freely.
According to analysis by iranprobe.com, the past 47 years of structural discrimination
against women in Iran has been a pillar of the regime's survival strategy.
It has become the fuel of the resistance movement.
The freedom of Iran is closely linked to the freedom of its women.
Growing up, this regime did everything it could to brainwash us,
to plant slogans like death to America and death to Israel,
to silence human dignity and to turn athletes into tools
that could be used for political propaganda on the international stage.
In my country, sports are under complete control of politicians.
Sports have become a tool to whitewash the crimes of the regime.
I remember going to national team selections and seeing incredibly talented individuals rejected.
And why is that?
It's because of this gender apartheid regime.
It's because these people were Baha'i.
Because they were Afghan, even though they were born in Iran.
Or sometimes simply because they were Kurdish.
This discrimination goes even further.
We were never allowed to compete against Israeli athletes,
even if it meant losing the final and wasting years of hard work and dedication.
This was just one of many sessions from the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women,
CSW70.
It goes on from March 9th to March 19th.
Sean Marshall, NTD News.
