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300 Iranian Christians release statement in support of protests

300 Iranian Christians release statement in support of protests

Protests have been taking place across the country.

Over 300 Iranian Christians have signed a joint statement in support of the nationwide protests, which have been raging since the death in custody of a young woman, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, on 16 September.

The full statement and list of signatories, including 11 former prisoners of conscience, can be read below.

It was coordinated by the “Kahma” (The Church is the Right of All Christians) campaign.


We are very pained and angry about the murder of Mahsa Amini. As before, our hearts are crushed and bleeding from the countless murders of freedom-loving men and women. 

But we don’t think it is enough to only express our solidarity in words, and instead want to join in practical action against this bloodthirsty 43-year-old infection on our society.

For days the brave people of Iran have come to the streets to take a stand against oppression, tyranny and dictatorship. 

Men and women, old and young, from different ethnic groups and religions are shouting for freedom, equality and justice – a loud cry that comes from throats full of suffering and pain, a suffocating suppression of more than 40 years.

Despite the fact that the regime has pointed guns and tear gas at the people and has narrowed the Internet channel, these days we are witnessing more and more people’s courage, dedication and unification with the intention of a complete revolution; a revolution against oppression, which not only aims to destroy women but also to destroy human beings and humanity.

We Christians have not been spared from the brutal repressions since the first day that the Islamic Republic stepped into our country – from serial murders to imprisonment, torture, humiliation, rejection, flogging, exile, forced veiling, deprivation of privacy even in our own homes, deprivation of work and education, confiscation of property and destruction of our churches, which are only part of the regime’s desperate attempt to crush us. 

We have suffered but we have not retreated. For our Messianic beliefs and belief in freedom and choice of thought, by saying a firm “no” to compulsory religion, we have proudly accepted the punishment of standing and resisting for years, both ourselves and our families.

We all sympathise. Our pain comes from the wounds caused by the sharp claws of oppression on our bodies; a body that is taller these days but screams for freedom with all its heart. 

So we are with each other and we stay and we are not afraid. As we consider ourselves a part of the body of society, and not separate from it, we are still with each other in nationwide protests and for people’s rights inside and outside of Iran, both virtually and on the ground. We continue. And we share in the cost of fighting for Iran’s freedom from captivity and darkness.

Elnaz Sa’adat
Bahman Saber
Arash Sabetghadam
Payam Sabouri
Elham Sadeghi
Rambod Sadeghian
Saba Sadeghloo
Shahla Sa’dipour
Azar Saeedian
Mehrzad Safa
Maryam Safarvandi
Foad Salamat
Maryam Salehi
Azadeh Salim
Helena Salimi
Faramarz Salimzadeh
Ava Samangani
Abbas Sarjaloonejad
Helma Sarmad
Sana Sarmadi
Mani Shabani
Asma Shafiei
Pezhman Shahmir
Setareh Shahmoradi
Hesam Shams
Nima Sharif
Ali Shirazi
Chakavak Shirazi
Iman Shirkani
Roozbeh Shirvan
Monin Shokrollahi
Baharnaz Soleimani
Behzad Solhjoo
Soheil Taghadomi
Mohsen Taghizadeh
Reyhane Talebzadeh
Reyhane Tavasoli
Yashar Tayeb
Omid Tayebi
Hanane Tofighi
Mehri Torabi
Hasan Torkaman
Arsalan Vaezi
Bahar Valibeygi
Bahare Varaste
Mandana Yaghoobi
Sam Yarahmadi
Hadi Yazdani
Vahid Yeganeh
Kaveh Yousefi
Masoud Zahedi
Baran Zakeri
Ahmad Zand
Naser Zandi
Sima Zangeneh
Tarane Zera’ati
Kamand Zarabi
Piter Zarei
Parastoo Zariftash
Mojtaba Zariftash
Taha ZarinpourBashir Kamali
Gilda Kamali
Yashar Kamangar
Leila Karami
Sahar Karimi
Elham Kazemi
Shirin Kazemzadeh
Parinaz Kermani
Maryam Keshvari
Meysam Khalili
Roshanak Khamseh
Hadise Khani
Yousef Khanipour
Arsalan Khanloo
Payam Kharaman
Saeed Khueini
Nastaran Khayatzadeh
Rooh Khoshamadi
Aysan Khoshniat
Sam Khosravi
Amin Kia
Meysam Kianfar
Roohangiz Kiani
Ghazal Kianooshrad
Hanie Kushanfar
Shadi Madadi
Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad
Elnaz Mahdavi
Shervin Majd
Farzaneh Malek
Sahar Maleki
Shabnam MalekMohammadi
Aylar Malekzadeh
Morteza Masoumi
Kianoosh Mehrab
Golshid Mehrani
Kamran Mehryar
Nastaran Mirza’aghaei
Ahoora Miralvand
Pegah Mirzadeh
Atoosa Mirzaei
Danial Mirzaei
Shahrzad Moeini
Anahita Moghadam
Soofia Moghadam
Shahyar Moghadamnia
Azam Mohajeri
Leila Mohammadi
Mary Mohammadi
Sezavar Mohammadi
Shokoofeh Mohammadi
Sare Mohammadpour
Dariush Mohebizadeh
Niki Mojalali
Behrad Mokhtari
Asal Mollaei
Hamid Momtaz
Sepideh Moridi
Anahit Mortezaei
Parsa Mostafavi
Ashkan Mostofi
Sepehr Motamedi
Negar Mousavi
Sare Nabati
Bahare Naderi
Ashkan Nahavandi
Ayda Najafloo
Atena Nasiri
Kamil Navaei
Moghgan Nazmi
Zohre Nejati
Robabe Nemati
Saman Nikmanesh
Kamran Noorafzali
Poone Noori
Siavash Nowroozi
Nina Olsoon Islani
Kambiz Pakzad
Shirin Parandvar
Milad Panahi
Amin Pahlevani
Sahar Piram
Faezeh Pourkazem
Katayoon Pursalehi
Davood Puyanfar
Mohoor Rabiei
Sasan Rad
Mohsen Radmanesh
Shokoofeh Raf’ati
Erfan Rafiei
Behnaz Rahimi Sarteli
Mobina Rahimizadeh
Neda Rahmani
Kasra Rahmanian
Yunes Rahmati
Esmaeil Rahpour
Mahsa Ramezani
Shaghayegh Ramezani
Zohre Ranjbar
Hedie Rashedi
Mahan Rasouli
Shabnam Rasoulpour
Negar Rastak
Kimia Rastegar
Amir Rezaei
Mostafa Rezaei
Sogand Rezaei
Donya Rezaeian
Golrokh Rezazadeh
Parviz Riyahi
Fahime Roshan
Fariborz Roshanzamir
Rana Roohparvar
Samin Roostaei
Keyvan Rostami
Habibe Abbasi
Shakila Abdi
Nafiseh Abdollahzadeh
Sohrab Abedi
Farnaz Abtahi
Arvin Afkar
Omid Afshar
Parham Afshar
Amin Afshar-Naderi
Shahrokh Afzali
Romina Aghaei
Fariba Aghamiri
Afshin Ahangarani
Mahyar Ahmadi
Parsa Ahmadi
Shahin Ahmadi
Bemani Ahmadipour
Babak Ahmadpour
Sama Akbari
Parisa Alavi
Shahram Alipour
Atena Amini
Elena Amiri
Soroush Arabnia
Amir Arsalan
Davood Asadi
Ramin Asadi
Osman As’adi
Azita Ashrafnejad
Mona Askari
Peyman Aslani
Fereshteh Azadkia
Elahe Azari
Parham Azarian
Moradi Azhdari
Aref Azizi
Ehsan Azizi
Saheb Aziznia
Alale Babaei
Rasoul Bahiraei
Arezoo Bakhshi
Mehran Bakhtiari
Negar Bakhtiari
Mahsa Banitaleb
Pouya Barati
Mona Bavi
Mehrsa Bayati
Narges Bazargan
Fateh Behdel
Sara Behrang
Banafshe Behzadian
Mohsen Beigi
Sina Beigi
Negin Bordbar
Pouria Bozorgnia
Milad Chamani
Soozan Dara
Behnam Darvish
Danial Dehghan
Sima Dehghan
Matin Dehghanpour
Maryam Derakhshan
Neda Doosti
Mahshid Eghbalnia
Fargol Emami
Melika Eskandari
Hamid Esmaeili
Kurosh Etesami
Navid Ezati
Shakiba Fakour
Kiana Fallahdoost
Aria Fallahi
Maryam Falahi
Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi 
Behrooz Farahani
Hamed Faraji
Kosar Farajivand
Mina Farazar
Niloofar Farhadi
Parastoo Farhangpour
Mahtab Farokhzad
Adel Farshadi
Fereydoon Farshchi
Parvin Fateh
Rayehe Fatehi
Mobina Fathi
Saghar Fat’hinejad
Sadaf Fereydooni
Mehrnoosh Forooghi
Ebrahim Forootan
Farzad Fotoohi
Nastaran Ghaedi
Samira Ghafarnejad
Roshanak Ghafoori
Nadia Ghajarloo
Farnoosh Ghalandarnia
Tara Ghanbari
Sharareh Gharib
Anooshe Ghariban
Raha Ghasemi
Hadis Ghashghaei
Paria Ghazizadeh
Reza Ghodsi Ghomi
Amir Ghorbani
Naghme Golestani
Mehran Golrokh
Nima Goodarzi
Sadegh Haghani
Nazanin Haghighatparast
Maryam Haghtalab
Baharak Hashemi
Samaneh Hatefnia
Arash Hedayat
Mohammad Hedayat
Foroozan Hedayati
Azam Heydari
Maryam Heydari
Ghazal Hojati
Solmaz Hojati
Alireza Hormoz
Bagher Hoseinian
Dorsa Hoseinzadeh
Soheil Jabarian
Niloo Jafari
Shima Jahani
Hosna Javanmardi
Soheil Javid
Donya Javideh
Shapoor Jozi
Shirin Jozi

 

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