"'We create this society; it comes from us,' said Hakimeh Zadeh of Northampton, who spoke softly about fleeing Iran 40 years ago while organizing against the Shah’s oppressive regime from afar, always running, always subject to arrest.
'2023 should be supported and amplified,' said Zadeh, contrasting the present with conditions in 1909, the year of the first Women’s Day march, with: 'A dog and a woman, they have the same status.'
“'Every five minutes 22 women get raped and killed,' she said. 'We don’t have to go to Iran — it’s here. There is a long line of women under torture, and they die.'”
~ Bob Flaherty
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