Dear Marianne, thank you very much for supporting us. I was in many demonstrations in Tehran, beaten and arrested many times... and I know well how precious it is when the world witnesses your pain & suffering & acknowledges your bravery. As you said, “One can only imagine what is going on behind prison walls once protestors are rounded up” if we don’t push/force politicians to take action now, those in prisons will pay a huge price...
As a second generation Holocaust survivor, all the plights of persecuted people are in my heart and as a woman, the plight of all women everywhere speaks to me of the sadness and eternal hope we pray for. Love is what I stand for. Thank you Marianne.
Thanks so much for this piece. As a member of the Baha'i Faith, I have seen only heartache for my Faith Kindred, knowing it has been thus for over 160 years-and all for the sake of power being maintained by a select few. It is time for women to completely claim their just places as full members of the human race-and for religious minorities to be likewise seen as full members of each nation's community.
Honestly I don't care. I'm 32 years sober. Deeply & meaningfully sober and spiritually connected. And yet living in abusive housing for homeless veterans in Mass, I am the one with the suicidal thoughts. I am the one that shakes in fear because of the untreated white male abusers I live with. And the organization does nothing. Even when I contacted our female congresswoman. Nothing. You see I have lived my whole life except for that year on Okinawa in the US. Let me be clear. The US is one of the worst human rights violators on the planet. I just pray that you all are safer than I am.
Wonderful writing ... The Iranian people are struggling with a regime that we in the US helped to create ... So we bear some the responsibility for this ... Thank You for your prayers and your support!
Powerful and inspirational message by Banafsheh Sayyad. Thank you Marianne for sharing this with us. It is indeed time to wake up and see what's going on in the world. To set our souls free and leave behind the old models of living & leading! And hold the intention for a new quantum humanity and a world that works for all!
I had a dear friend that I met in college in New York and then renewed friendship with 20 years later here in Arizona. He was a medal winner in the 1960 Olympics as a Greco-Roman wrestler representing his native country that he called Persia. Both of us had become members of a 12 Step Program, un beknownst to each other, in the same year. He began translating A.A. literature from English to Parsee, the official language of Iran for the rest of his life. He had great respect for President Mossadeq.
Marianne, this is a heartbreak. I wonder too what my life would have been like if I was raised in another country or another time and under different circumstances. My family came to this country as refugees of a little talked about genocide of over 1.5 million people. The heartbreak crushing my soul in this moment is that last week when this terrible incident occurred to Mahsa Amini, another horrific incident happened to a young woman and the world is turning a blind eye, to her and to the genocide that is happening again. Her name was Anush. Anush was caught, gang raped, her entire body cut up, had stones put where her eyes once were and a cut off finger was put in her mouth. This was all videotaped and shared on Youtube by the Azeri perpetrators. Did you know that the Azeri's have a CURRICULUM in their schools that teaches children to HATE Armenians. I am a school librarian and the thought of sanctioning this type of literature for children is frightening beyond measure. They also have a theme park where a person can choke an effigy of an Armenian. The oil that Azerbaijan provides is what is keeping America quiet about what is happening there and has been happening since 2020 when NATO's Turkey along with Azerbaijan, attacked an enclave of Armenia using cluster bombs, white phosphorous and drones on civilians and churches, markets and hospitals, bringing jihadist mercenaries (who were paid $100 more if they beheaded their captives) to the small Democratic, Christian country of a mere 3 million people. A generation of young men were sacrificed protecting their families, their homes. No one came to help. No one is coming now. The world (other than France) is turning their heads aside. Why is it that Armenian lives are expendable? Armenian men, women and children's lives don't matter in this geopolitical chess game. It pains Armenian Americans beyond measure that there is no mention in the media despite our raising our voices and working with our representatives. Please, Marianne, won't you use your voice? Will you help by using your platform. The ancient country of my family is facing annihilation.
Thank you for sharing and keeping those suffering the unimaginable in our consciousness. I see this rising of the Iranian women as a sign that the planet is experiencing the shift back to the Divine Mother. Birthing can be painful. I bow down to these courageous women and pray that the correction to this horror happens swiftly. Prayer is the medium of miracles. God bless them.
Thank you Marianne. Reading the comments here I had no idea what was happening in some parts of our world and the cruelty is beyond horrible. Prayers that this is the big quantum shift to healing our world of these atrocities.
My heart is breaking for these brave women. Who will organize a solidarity Women's March to stand with them as they did across the globe for us in January, 2017? I will join in, but I just can't be the organizer....have I missed the call to action?
Dear Marianne, thank you very much for supporting us. I was in many demonstrations in Tehran, beaten and arrested many times... and I know well how precious it is when the world witnesses your pain & suffering & acknowledges your bravery. As you said, “One can only imagine what is going on behind prison walls once protestors are rounded up” if we don’t push/force politicians to take action now, those in prisons will pay a huge price...
Please keep us in your thoughts & prayers 💖
As a second generation Holocaust survivor, all the plights of persecuted people are in my heart and as a woman, the plight of all women everywhere speaks to me of the sadness and eternal hope we pray for. Love is what I stand for. Thank you Marianne.
Thanks so much for this piece. As a member of the Baha'i Faith, I have seen only heartache for my Faith Kindred, knowing it has been thus for over 160 years-and all for the sake of power being maintained by a select few. It is time for women to completely claim their just places as full members of the human race-and for religious minorities to be likewise seen as full members of each nation's community.
Only when we see what’s happening can we arouse compassion and right action. Thank you again for your good work and thinking, sharing, bravado.
Honestly I don't care. I'm 32 years sober. Deeply & meaningfully sober and spiritually connected. And yet living in abusive housing for homeless veterans in Mass, I am the one with the suicidal thoughts. I am the one that shakes in fear because of the untreated white male abusers I live with. And the organization does nothing. Even when I contacted our female congresswoman. Nothing. You see I have lived my whole life except for that year on Okinawa in the US. Let me be clear. The US is one of the worst human rights violators on the planet. I just pray that you all are safer than I am.
Thank you for your work in publicizing this series of events.
Wonderful writing ... The Iranian people are struggling with a regime that we in the US helped to create ... So we bear some the responsibility for this ... Thank You for your prayers and your support!
Powerful and inspirational message by Banafsheh Sayyad. Thank you Marianne for sharing this with us. It is indeed time to wake up and see what's going on in the world. To set our souls free and leave behind the old models of living & leading! And hold the intention for a new quantum humanity and a world that works for all!
I had a dear friend that I met in college in New York and then renewed friendship with 20 years later here in Arizona. He was a medal winner in the 1960 Olympics as a Greco-Roman wrestler representing his native country that he called Persia. Both of us had become members of a 12 Step Program, un beknownst to each other, in the same year. He began translating A.A. literature from English to Parsee, the official language of Iran for the rest of his life. He had great respect for President Mossadeq.
Marianne, this is a heartbreak. I wonder too what my life would have been like if I was raised in another country or another time and under different circumstances. My family came to this country as refugees of a little talked about genocide of over 1.5 million people. The heartbreak crushing my soul in this moment is that last week when this terrible incident occurred to Mahsa Amini, another horrific incident happened to a young woman and the world is turning a blind eye, to her and to the genocide that is happening again. Her name was Anush. Anush was caught, gang raped, her entire body cut up, had stones put where her eyes once were and a cut off finger was put in her mouth. This was all videotaped and shared on Youtube by the Azeri perpetrators. Did you know that the Azeri's have a CURRICULUM in their schools that teaches children to HATE Armenians. I am a school librarian and the thought of sanctioning this type of literature for children is frightening beyond measure. They also have a theme park where a person can choke an effigy of an Armenian. The oil that Azerbaijan provides is what is keeping America quiet about what is happening there and has been happening since 2020 when NATO's Turkey along with Azerbaijan, attacked an enclave of Armenia using cluster bombs, white phosphorous and drones on civilians and churches, markets and hospitals, bringing jihadist mercenaries (who were paid $100 more if they beheaded their captives) to the small Democratic, Christian country of a mere 3 million people. A generation of young men were sacrificed protecting their families, their homes. No one came to help. No one is coming now. The world (other than France) is turning their heads aside. Why is it that Armenian lives are expendable? Armenian men, women and children's lives don't matter in this geopolitical chess game. It pains Armenian Americans beyond measure that there is no mention in the media despite our raising our voices and working with our representatives. Please, Marianne, won't you use your voice? Will you help by using your platform. The ancient country of my family is facing annihilation.
Thank you for sharing and keeping those suffering the unimaginable in our consciousness. I see this rising of the Iranian women as a sign that the planet is experiencing the shift back to the Divine Mother. Birthing can be painful. I bow down to these courageous women and pray that the correction to this horror happens swiftly. Prayer is the medium of miracles. God bless them.
Thank you Marianne. Reading the comments here I had no idea what was happening in some parts of our world and the cruelty is beyond horrible. Prayers that this is the big quantum shift to healing our world of these atrocities.
Powerful words with history we all should know about.
The US needs to investigate its Muslim communities...child brides, and mistreatment here...
My heart is breaking for these brave women. Who will organize a solidarity Women's March to stand with them as they did across the globe for us in January, 2017? I will join in, but I just can't be the organizer....have I missed the call to action?
Welcome Scott.