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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent

‘Iranians are fed up of dictatorship’: the exiled female activists daring to dream of a new era

Activists from the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK during a rally outside 10 Downing Street.
Activists from the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK during a rally outside 10 Downing Street. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

“In Europe, women are running countries. Women in Iran deserve that. They have always been a leading part of the resistance,” Diana Nammi, a longtime campaigner against autocracy in Iran, says in London.

Female activists and youth campaigners are at the forefront of the fight to shape a new direction for Iran after decades of repressive rule in the Islamic Republic. In the UK, exiled Iranian activists have also mobilised.

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