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Californian women protested for ‘Palestine’ — why so silent on Iran?

If feminism means standing for all women, then the silence surrounding Iranian women today demands an answer.

Not all women are free — and not all feminists are willing to say so.

Members of Iran’s women’s national soccer team recently sought asylum in Australia after refusing to sing the Islamic Republic’s national anthem. 

For that act alone, an act of conscience, they were treated as enemies of the state. 

Some were ultimately forced to return to Iran after being warned that their families’ lives were at risk.

That is what courage looks like in Iran: choosing between your own freedom and the safety of the people you love most.

And if that were not enough, the regime made its message even clearer.

On the eve of the Persian New Year, a time meant to symbolize renewal, hope, and life, the ruthless Iranian regime executed a 19-year-old wrestler, along with two other young men, for the simple act of protesting. 

They were not soldiers. They were not armed militants. They were young voices demanding change. 

They were not victims of war. They were executed by their own government.

This was not justice. This was a warning. A calculated act of terror designed to send a message to an........

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