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Message To the People of Iran

My beloved sons and daughters,
I have intensely been following your heroic face-off with hope and
anxiety, hour by hour, against the forces of darkness and the
harrowing savage crackdown. The murder of Mahsa Amini and so
many other of my young compatriots is devastating. My
compassion and condolences go out to their families. Though
heavyhearted, I take strength in seeing Iran back on its feet and
rising up against ferocious forces. Our youth yearn and deserve to
live in the era in which they are born, and I proudly salute their
bravery, sacrifice, and struggle for freedom and equality. As a
mother, I call upon all factions of the security forces, the Army, the
Pasdaran, the Basiji, the plainclothes, and others, whatever their
conviction may be, to refrain from further bloodshed of their
young compatriots.
Light will prevail upon darkness.