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Parichehr Kazemi, PhD Candidate, University of Oregon

How female Iranian activists use powerful images to protest oppressive policies

Women have been at the forefront of protests in Iran. Hawar News Agency via AP via AP

Images of unveiled Iranian women and adolescent girls standing atop police cars or flipping off the ayatollah’s picture have become signature demonstrations of dissent in the past few months of protest in Iran.

In fact, among the Iranian protest photos selected for inclusion in Time magazine’s list of the “Top 100 Photos of 2022” are one of women running from military police brigades and another of an unveiled woman standing on a car with hands raised.

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