The recent acid attacks on women in Isfahan are the latest incidents of the systematic backward and inhuman attacks against women in Iran. Experience shows that where the Iranian regime fails in its attempts to make women stay at home by legislation, it resorts to such outrageous behaviour. The Islamic Republic has tried, from the start of its establishment, to legislate discriminatory policies against women and has used the most inhuman tactics to put them into practice. Evidence also shows that women have been victims of the misogynous attitudes of the ruling clique and their hunger for power.

The failure of the regime's repressive policies and assaults on women to bring about the practice of veiling by force and its desperation underlie such horrible crimes. The recent events, such as forced segregation of civic workers, the announcement by motorcyclist thugs of their readiness to enforce compulsory veiling, provocative language by MPs and explicit threats by Imams and ayatollahs are some of the examples of the regime’s strategy to force women back home.

During the past thirty five years of Islamic rule, women have been fighting against fundamentalist laws and various forms of discrimination and have tried hard to protect their rights in very dire situations. They are still standing firm and will continue to do so. We are sure that they will come through the current hard and inhuman episode as well.

Support from the concerned and sympathetic male members of society helps to move on from this situation faster. The involvement of the large number of men in the past few days protests shows their solidarity with women.

We the undersigned strongly condemn acid attacks on women, and demand the arrest and prosecution of perpetrators and instigators of these crimes. We ask all human rights campaigners, organisations and international bodies to support us and speak up against these inhuman attacks in Iran.

Signatories:

Abigel Amoo,
Ahmad Karimi Hakkak,
USA,Ahmad Raafat
Akbar Karimian, UK
Ali Arjomand, USA
Ali Matin-Daftary, UK
Ali Naybi, USA
Alireza Rashidi, UK
Ameneh Bamedi, Germany
Amir dargipour
Amir Nasim, UK
Anvar Mirsetari
Arman Shirazi, USA
Asghar Jilow, UK
Asmar Memari, Sweden
Ayar Atar, UK
Azadeh Bagherzadeh, UK
Azadeh Shafiee, UK
Azin Izadifar, USA
Aziz Anzabi
behrouz Sotoodeh
Bijan Naderi-USA
Bijan Sina, Germany
Chawra Makaremi
Chiao Hui Tu
Danesh Bagherpour,Germany
Djavad khadem, UK
Efat Mahbaz, UK
Efat Rezaei, Germany
Elahe Amani, USA
Elahe Sadr, Germany
Elahe Shokerai, Canada
Elham Malekpoor, Netherland
Esmat Vatanparast, Sweden
Esmail Khoi, UK
F. Kazemian, UK
Farah Kamangar, Germany
Faramerz Dadvar
Farhad Ghani, Canada
Farhad Mahdavi, UK
Fariba Mohammadi, Kurdistan
Farid ashcan
Farideh Pourabdollah, USA
Farkhondeh Sabi, UK
Farshid Ariyan
Fatemeh Rezaei, Germany
Fathieh Zarkesh Yazdi, UK
Fereydoon Ahmadi, Germany
Geti Salamy, Germany
Halaleh Taheri, UK
Hamid Armande, USA
Hamid Jahanbakhsh
Hamid Sabi, UK
Hamila Nissgilli, Germany
Hasan Makaremi
Hassan Massali, USA
Haydeh Ravesh, UK
Homa Khodadoust, USA
Homayoun Mobasseri, USA
Hossein Bagherzadeh, UK
Hossein Shariatmadari, Germany
Ilia Malekzadeh
Iraj Karimi
James Chiriyankandath, UK
Jamileh Nedai, France
K. Alvand
K. Daneshyar
Kaveh Beheshti Zadeh
Karim Shambayati, Germany
Khadij Moghaddam, Germany
Kianoosh Sanjari
Kourosh Sehhati, USA
Ladan Boroumand, USA
Lale Norroozi
Leila Aslan, Germany
Leonardo Raafat, Italy
M. Izadpanah
Mahan Heidary, UK
Mahin Khadivi, USA
Mahin Shokrolahpoor, France
Mahmoud Tadjallimehr, Germany
Mahoud Naraghi
Mahshid Pegahi, Germany
Mana Amir
Manijeh Mirmokri
Manouchehr Dadfar, UK
Mansour Osanlo
Mansoureh Khosrowshahi, Iran
Mansoureh Shojaee, Netherland
Maral Shafafy
Maryam Namzie
Maryam Safari
Mehdi Kharrazi, Austria
Mehdi Pour Hashem
Mehdi Vaziri,Germany
Mehdi Zolfaghari, USA
Mehrab Zarin, Dero, USA
Mehrdad Esfandiari
Mehrdad Khoshrang
Mehrdad Darvidhpour
Mehrnaz Khamesh
Merlinda Baji, UK
Milad malek, Netherland
Mino Hemati
Misagh Parsa,USA,
Mohamad Nafissi, UK
Mohammad Alahmad USA
Mohsan Najafi- UK
Mohsen Sazegara, USA
Mojgan Rad, UK
Mojdeh Rad,
Mojdeh Ebrahimi, Germany
Monireh Baradaran, Germany
Nadar Forouzi
Nahid Bahmani, UK
Nahid Husseini, UK
Nahyeh Khoshkalam, Germany
Nastaran Samei, USA
Nima Raafat,Italy
Nushin Nazemi
P. Heydari
Pardis Shafafi
Pari KaramLoie, Italy
Partow Nooriala, USA
Parvin Ardalan
Parvin Ashrafi
Parvin Shahbazy, Netherland
parviz Mokhtari
Payam Akhavan, Canada
Peyman Ferydouni
Ramin Parham
Reyhane Esmaeli, UK
Reza akrami, Paris
Reza Gooharzad, USA
Rezvan Moghaddam, Germany
Rojan Feyz USA
Roya Pazooki, USA
Roya Toloui, USA
Runak Behnam
S. Dastar
Saba Khoi, UK
Saeed Ohadi
Samer Shams
Samnak Aghaiy
sangar Reza
Sasan Ahmadi
Sepideh Hadad
Shahab Mehrnami
Sahar Dinarwand, UK
Shahla Abghari USA
Shahnaz Gholami, France
Shahram Aghdasi
Shahran Tabari, UK
Shahryar Ahy, Sweden
Shamzin Jihani, Belgium
Shikofeh Ghobadi, Sweden
Shila Ziarati, France
Shirindokht Nourmanesh, USA
Shiva cooper, UK
Shler Shebli,Norway
Shokooh Mirzadegi, USA
Shokoufeh Sakhi
Siavash Abghari, USA
Silvia Zangrilli, Italy
Silvija Gorelconok aite
Sima khashe, USA
Sima Motamen-Samadian, UK
Sima Vatan
Simin Nasrolahi, Fenland
Simin Yahaghi,
Sirus Malakooty
Sodabeh Gashtasebi
Soghra Zare, USA
Sonia Shakerly
Sonja Sina, Germany
Soraya Fallah ,USA
Susan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand, France
Tahmineh Gashtasebi, UK
Trouska Sadeghi, Kurdistan
Vahab Davari
Zanij Noruzi
Zara Agharezaei

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