IRAN: Schoolgirls remove hijabs in protests nationwide, ‘If we don’t unite, they will kill us one by one’

These schoolgirls are putting their lives on the line. Western feminists, meanwhile, remain mum for fear of appearing “Islamophobic.”

Iranian schoolgirls remove their head coverings and chant "mullahs must go away" today, on day 18 of protests over the death of #MahsaAmini in morality police custody for "improper hijab" amid mass arrests of activists and an internet shutdown.#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/a01ILrgOlS

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) October 3, 2022

Iran schoolgirls remove hijabs in protests against government

by David Gritten, BBC, October 4, 2022:

Schoolgirls in Iran have been waving their headscarves in the air and chanting against clerical authorities, in an unprecedented show of support for the protests engulfing the country.

Videos verified by the BBC showed demonstrations inside schoolyards and on the streets of several cities.

They echoed the wider unrest sparked by the death last month of a woman who was detained for breaking the hijab law.

In Karaj, girls reportedly forced an education official out of their school.

Footage posted on social media on Monday showed them shouting “shame on you” and throwing what appear to be empty water bottles at the man until he retreats through a gate.

In another video from Karaj, which is just to the west of the capital Tehran, students are heard shouting: “If we don’t unite, they will kill us one by one.”

In the southern city of Shiraz on Monday, dozens of schoolgirls blocked traffic on a main road while waving their headscarves in the air and shouting “death to the dictator” – a reference to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters.

Further protests by schoolgirls were reported on Tuesday in Karaj, Tehran and the north-western cities of Saqez and Sanandaj….