News Center- “Today, we raise our voices louder and strengthen our resolve,” Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said in a message on the second anniversary of the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini that sparked the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising in Iran.

Her message is as follows:

“Two years have passed since the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini and the magnificent and powerful movement of “Women, Life, Freedom.” In these two difficult and agonizing years, although the wounds have left marks on the bodies of those exhausted and tormented by oppression, discrimination, and tyranny, and despite the challenging road ahead, we all know that nothing is as it was before. The people feel the greatest change in their beliefs, lives, and society. A change that, while it has not yet toppled the Islamic Republic regime, has shaken the foundations of religious tyranny.

The “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement has made the people’s disillusionment with the regime so visible that a presidential candidate, during a live debate, admitted, “Which people are we talking about? The 60 percent who were unwilling to go to the polls.” The “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement has redefined the people’s role in confronting tyrannical rule, imposing a new understanding that instills fear within this theocratic regime.

From Kurdistan to Sistan and Baluchestan, and from Tehran to Azerbaijan and Khuzestan, people with diverse voices have come together to challenge the very foundations of tyranny.

On the second anniversary of the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement, we reaffirm our commitment to achieving democracy, freedom, and equality and to defeating theocratic despotism.

Today, we raise our voices louder and strengthen our resolve.

I call on international institutions and people around the world not only to observe but to take active action. I urge the United Nations to end its silence and inaction in the face of the devastating oppression and discrimination by theocratic and authoritarian governments against women by criminalizing gender apartheid. The liberation of women from the grip of oppression and discrimination is essential for empowering the force that drives peace and democracy.”