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Waiting to die

them have written Iran’s history of human rights in their blood; the eternal 

word they have written is freedom, a cause that will succeed with the Iranian people’s resistance.

Of course, it’s been a long time since the mullahs have embedded repression in the lives of Iranians as a permanent factor.

They have not abandoned gouging of eyes and amputation of limbs, and executions are repeated every few hours.

Our compatriots, however, have not surrendered to this barbarism. They have never accepted violation of their rights and removal of their freedoms.

The mullahs’ brutality in violating our people’s rights is because they want to hold on to power.

In Iran, girls are held criminally accountable by law from the age of nine, and can be sentenced to death by hanging for crimes such as murder,

drug trafficking and armed robbery. Sadegh Souri has photographed girls in the harsh conditions of juvenile detention – many of whom are marking time until they turn 18, when their executions will be carried out

Mahsa is 17. She fell in love with a boy and intended to marry him, but her father was against the marriage. One day she had an argument with her father, got angry, and killed him with a kitchen knife. Mahsa’s brothers are requesting the death penalty for her