Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi on the Anniversary of Mahsa: A Spark Could Start the 'Uprising Until the Overthrow of Khamenei'

On the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody and the start of the nationwide protests of 1401 in Iran, Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, two imprisoned students, emphasized that 'from university and school to the streets' until the end goal of 'overthrowing Khamenei', it is a 'bloody oath'. In a message shared on social media platform X on Sunday, September 25, marking the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death while in custody of the Islamic Republic's Guidance Patrol, they described the nationwide protests of 1401 as a 'brave uprising of the Iranian people' and stated: 'On the eve of the new school year, which is tied to bloody days but brilliant battles, we say to our classmates from university to the streets, to all those who believe we must stay and reclaim, to all those who turned the street into a university of resistance, to those who were unable to step into their second home (school and university), to those who this year bear the responsibility in the trench of freedom, to all our comrades behind prison bars who could never create distance between us and you, we say we still stand shoulder to shoulder with you.' These two imprisoned students asserted that 'our generation is the generation of uprising', adding that this generation 'fought valiantly in Mahsa's uprising' and endured arrests and deaths 'but did not surrender and will not surrender.' Moradi and Younesi emphasized that the entry of the generation of students from the nationwide protests of 1401 into universities and their experience of that 'uprising' for students still in school has turned this 'matter into a translation of the government's nightmare from the start of the school year' and 'from this date, the regime [Islamic Republic] must expect a response from schools and universities for every crime.' In their statement released on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death and the start of the nationwide protests of 1401, they recalled that Masoud Pezeshkian, the head of the fourteenth government of the Islamic Republic, 'deceptively claimed that students have the right to protest', emphasizing: 'But he did not say what happens to students after they protest! Yes, we have this right, whether he hypocritically admits it or not.' These political prisoners, emphasizing their republicanism, considered 'the right of people's sovereignty and democracy' as 'the most fundamental right' and added that they will 'achieve it at any cost alongside the people.' Moradi and Younesi also stated: 'The powder keg of anger and hatred, accumulated due to executions, killings, and oppression, only needs a spark to explode; a spark that can be ignited in a school or university and start a nationwide uprising that will not end until the overthrow of Khamenei.' Mahsa (Zhina) Amini died a few days after being detained by the Guidance Patrol on September 25, 1401, in Kowsar Hospital in Tehran, and her death sparked widespread protests across Iran that continued for months in the streets, universities, and schools. During the suppression of the nationwide protests of 1401 by government forces, hundreds of citizens were killed, and thousands were injured and detained. Concurrently with the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, several political prisoners in the women's ward of Evin Prison have gone on hunger strike, and some civil activists, including Zartosht Ahmadinejad, have emphasized in messages from prison the insistence of protesters on their demands. Additionally, the father of Mahsa Amini praised the 'general strike' on the second anniversary of his daughter's death as a 'clear warning and protest message' to the Islamic Republic. Narges Mohammadi stated on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death that 'the foundation of the religious dictatorship' of the Islamic Republic has become shaky. Iranians abroad held protest gatherings and marches in dozens of cities worldwide on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death. There were also strikes by tradespeople in Kurdish cities, while the Ministry of Intelligence threatened Mahsa's family; political prisoners went on hunger strike.