Iranian protests spark wider fightbacks
While raising pictures of Mahsa Amini and calls against oppression, a number of women have held a rally ( 2 October ) in front of Beirut’s National Museum in solidarity with the protesting women of Iran. Lebanese women held banners that said: “Our anger is one, our struggle is one”, “Women’s hair is not sinful, your oppression is sinful”, “The veil is a personal freedom, not a governmental matter”, and “My body and my hair belong to no-one but me.” The demonstrators refused the attendance of Abbas Yazbek, a Shia cleric opposed to the Iranian regime, at the vigil because of their stance against...