Sacramento Iranian reacts to woman detained over hijab

For more than a month, women across Iran have taken off their hijabs in public to protest the country’s repressive regime. The protests were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after morality police detained her for not properly wearing her hijab. Iranians in Sacramento have joined in protests over the last several weeks in an effort to bring attention to the Middle East.Naeirika Neev spent her childhood in Iran but fled 10 years ago and now lives in Sacramento, fighting for the rights of women that go beyond the hijab.”Almost every Iranian woman has at some point in their life been harassed, assaulted, humiliated or arrested by the morality police for the most superficial little things for no reason,” Neev said. “A woman’s value is in many ways is half of a man’s. For example, a woman’s testimony is half of a man’s in a court so if a man says something you’re going to need two women to say the opposite thing in order to be equal, which is infuriating.”That plus many other oppressive laws is why Neev and people across the world are speaking out.The regime has been in control of Iran for more than 40 years and Neev said Iranians have always been in protest of the regime, but this time they’re being led by the younger generation screaming louder than ever before. “I think the younger generation is so much more open to break down the gender apartheid that keeps the oppression on women and therefore keeps the regime in place. I think the young people have not yet given up in a way that the older generations kind of have,” Neev said. The fight to regain control has proven to be a deadly one with dozens of people being killed, which is why Neev said Iran needs people across the world to keep sharing, protesting and ultimately holding the regime accountable.”This It’s also very significant when non-Iranians show up and they want to learn, and they want to become aware and show solidarity because that within itself means that you’re watching what’s happening and for us as long, as you’re watching they sort of have someone to answer to in regards to what they do,” Neev said. Another protest is planned in Sacramento at the state Capitol on Saturday at 12 pm

For more than a month, women across Iran have taken off their hijabs in public to protest the country’s repressive regime.

The protests were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after morality police detained her for not properly wearing her hijab. Iranians in Sacramento have joined in protests over the last several weeks in an effort to bring attention to the Middle East.

Naeirika Neev spent her childhood in Iran but fled 10 years ago and now lives in Sacramento, fighting for the rights of women that go beyond the hijab.

“Almost every Iranian woman has at some point in her life been harassed, assaulted, humiliated or arrested by the morality police for the most superficial little things for no reason,” Neev said. “A woman’s value is in many ways is half of a man’s. For example, a woman’s testimony is half of a man’s in a court so if a man says something you’re going to need two women to say the opposite thing in order to be equal, which is infuriating.”

That plus many other oppressive laws is why Neev and people across the world are speaking out.

The regime has been in control of Iran for more than 40 years and Neev said Iranians have always been in protest of the regime, but this time they’re being led by the younger generation screaming louder than ever before.

“I think the younger generation is so much more open to break down the gender apartheid that keeps the oppression on women and therefore keeps the regime in place. I think the young people have not yet given up in a way that the older generations kind of have,” Neev said.

The fight to regain control has proved to be a deadly one with dozens of people being killed, which is why Neev said Iran needs people across the world to keep sharing, protesting and ultimately holding the regime accountable.

“This is one of the cases where just posting about it and just talking about it does actually help. It’s also very significant when non-Iranians show up and they want to learn, and they want to become aware and show solidarity because that within itself means that you’re watching what’s happening and for us as long, as you’re watching they sort of have someone to answer to in regards to what they do,” Neev said.

Another protest is planned in Sacramento at the state Capitol on Saturday at 12 pm

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