Iran situation

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http://idiomagic.livejournal.com/144770.html

An email from an Iranian woman named Fayah about her plans for Thursday's protests:

"I love life. I love to laugh and be with my friends. There are so many books I want to read, movies I want to see, people I want to meet. I want to marry, to be a good wife and mother. I want to grow old with the people I love, to feel the sun on my face, to see the ocean, to travel.

My country is in a terrible state. People have no jobs. There is no money. People have no freedom. Women must hide themselves from the world, and we have no choices.

Our people--we are not terrorists. We hate terrorists. And that is what our government has become. They kill our people for no reason. They torture us in their prisons because we want freedom. They make our country look evil, they make our religion look evil.

We are fighting for our freedom, for our religion, for our country. If we do nothing while injustice abounds, we become unjust. We turn into the ones we hate.

I have to fight. I have to go back on the streets. I will make them kill me. I will join Neda, with my friends, and then maybe the world will hear us.

I never thought I would become a martyr, but it is needed. The more of us they kill, the smaller they become, the more strength the people will have. Maybe my death will mean nothing, but maybe it will buy my country freedom.

I am very sad that I will never be a mother, that I will never do the things I love, but I would rather die than do nothing and know that I am to blame for the tortures, the murder, the hatred.

Please tell the world how much we love life. That we are not terrorists. We just want to be free."

Comments

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Dear gods, wow. That's not something I'd ever do or wish anyone I cared about to do, but it is nonetheless very powerful statement. I wish her and the other protesters very well.

[lefaym.livejournal.com]

Her courage humbles me.

[genmaicha.livejournal.com]

I have to sit and let this sink in after reading.

[weirdodragoncat.livejournal.com]

Oh my gods....that's a horrible choice to have to make. I applaud her courage...I don't know that I'd be able to make the same decision.

[kaffy_r]

I'd fallen off on my Iran watching the past week and a half. Shame on me, when there are people like this woman having to make choices like this.

[idiomagic.livejournal.com]

I've been posting and compiling like a madwoman, if you want to get caught up.

No shame, my dear. The only shame is in not caring.
*hugs*

[kaffy_r]

It's taken me a while to respond, but many thanks for your offer; it has been taken up. The hugs are also gratefully accepted.

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Gods. Reposted.

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

I am speechless.