Saying No To WarmongeringIn a situation where tensions between Iran and Israel have reached their peak, and concerns about the outbreak of a widespread war have become prevalent, the need for solidarity among democracy advocates in “saying no to warmongering’ has doubled.
We, a group of civil activists and Iranian activists, believe that in these circumstances, ‘saying no to warmongering’ is an essential stance both in terms of denying militarism in the structure of the Islamic Republic and in delineating against war and bloodshed in the region.
In a situation where Iran is facing multidimensional economic, political, and social crises, increased tension between Iran and Israel is detrimental to the streams of democracy advocates. The existing war atmosphere, in addition to covering up the unaccountability of the political system established in response to mega-crises, has also facilitated the increasing suppression of protest movements in Iran. ‘Guidance patrols’ or the same street mobilization of the Islamic Republic against women, just a few hours before the attack on Israel and numerous summonses of political and media activists and the execution of civil activists in recent days, testify to the argument that the warlike security atmosphere broadens the field of suppression and opens the hands of authoritarians to exert more pressure on civil society activists in Iran.
We, civil activists, believe that the discourse of democracy advocacy is intertwined with ‘saying no to war,’ and this discourse has no relation with warmongering streams, whether in the position of the Islamic Republic or in the guise of the opposition. The experience of war in the Middle East and Central Asia shows that war, in addition to endangering the lives of citizens, destroys the infrastructure of the country and is not a suitable solution for sustainable development. Therefore, supporting war under any pretext is not justifiable.
We, the signatories of this statement, while believing in the necessity of advancing the discourse of peace in the fiery and bloody region of the Middle East, express serious concern about any action by the Islamic Republic of Iran that would increase the flames of war in the region, suppress people domestically, and further securitize the atmosphere, and we warn against the warmongering approaches of other governments. We condemn any aggression on our country’s soil, Iran, for any reason, and insist on the necessity of a ceasefire in the Gaza war and the advancement of peace negotiations.
In an atmosphere where the domestic repressive policies of the Islamic Republic on the one hand, and its inefficient and undemocratic foreign policy on the other, are leading the country towards destruction, we believe that demarcating against warmongering and emphasizing the will of protesting citizens and using protest spaces to pressure governments is the duty of anti-war activists and activists.
Therefore, we call on all civil activists and activists to voice, unequivocally and without hesitation, ‘saying no to warmongering’ and to remain committed to democracy advocacy together.”
Signatures:
Afaq Rabieizadeh Afroz Maghzi Afsaneh Jahangir Ahmad Pourmandi Ahmed Naqvi Ahmed Nejati Aida Saadat Akram Misbah Ali Akbar Shamali Ali Bangi Ali Farshchian Ali Kalai Ali Moini Ali Orumieh Ali Porsan Ali Samadi Ahadi Ali Taghipour Alireza Abdi Alireza Abu Fazli Alireza Darvish Alireza Mashhadnemati Alvand Faighi Ameneh Dehshiri Amir Ali Rezazadeh Amir Rashidi Amir Rezaei Amir Soltani Aras Amiri Arash Azizi Arjang Barhan Armin Sharifi Arta Davari Arvin Firuzi Asadullah Shabani Ashkan Boozerzad Ashkan Faiyaz Bakhsh Asia Amini Atefeh Nabavi Avideh Samardar Azade Devachi Azade Ebrahimpour Azade Fazili Azade Kiamarshi Azam Porehmerang Azam Yousefian Azar Khanani Akbari Azar Mahlujian Azarmidakht Elahi Azin Mohajerin Aziz malekzadeh Bahar Pour Hamzah Bahman Guderzzadeh Bahram Emami Bahram Rasta Banafseh Jamali Barbad Golshiri Behdad Esfahbad Behnam Chegini Behnaz Sayani Behzad Karimi Calie Vafadar Daoud Biatoni Dariush Jafarudi Dariush Jafarudi Dariush Majlesi, Netherlands Daud Kaviani Daud Sarfraz Dawood Nouzmani Effat Mahbaz Ehsan Fathi Azar Ehsan Hakimi Ehsan Qashqai Elaheh Amirentezam Enrica Carnaza Eshrat Hosseini F. Habibi Fanus Badrvand Farhad Farjad Farhanaz Mohammadi Fariba Baloch Fariborz Poya Farida Mahjoub Farshid Faryabi Farzaneh Mahdavi Fateme Fanaian Fateme Hosseinzadeh Fatemeh Rezaei Fatemeh Homsian Fatemeh Mahdavi Fatemeh Moin Fatemeh Sedki Fatemeh Shams Fatemeh Gholamalinejad Fazel Ganji Fazi Sojudi Fereshte Rahimi Almasi Ferishte Ahmadi Parasto Forohar Forozan Farzaneh Freshteh Molavi Golli Najafi Gorzi Marzban Habib Nikmorad Hamed Abdulahi Sirjani Hamid Akbari Hamid Asafi Hamid Mokhtari Hamid Omrani Hamila Nisgilli Hasan Golshahi Hasan Zahtab Hashem Aghai Hashem Aghai Hassan Naib Hashem Helen Nosrat Hengameh Falah Heyde Khorramabadi Hoda Jalalian Homa Emami Homa Kalhari Homan Azari Hori Fouladpour Hossein Anwar Hossein Bahrami Hossein Faraji Hossein Porjanki Hossein Sarbandi Iman Arianfar Iraj Kahramanlu Irene Farad Isha Momeni Ismail Khatai Jafar Qadimkhani Jalal Sarfaraz Jamal Safari Jamila Davoudi Jiran Moghadam Kamal Jafari Yazdi Kamran Ghaderi Kaveh Angarghashkai Kazem Rostami Khadija Moghadam Kiana Karimi Kimia Moradi Kobra Abbasi Leila Asadi Leila Ghanbari Leila Saifullahi Lida Darfsheh Madeh Nazari Maeda Jamal Mahdia Golro Mahmoud Abdi Mahnaz Parakand Mahsa Alikhani Mahsa Hamidi Mahsa Rahbari Mahshid Navidi Mahshid Nazimi Mahtab Javadi Mahvash Hoshmand Maleeha Zahtab Mandana Hosseini Mani Mostofi Manijeh Tam Manochehr Javanmard Mansoureh Motevazeh Mansour Azadi Mansoura Khosrowshahi Mansoura Shojaei Manzar zarabi Maria Mahmoudi Mehran Mostaed Maryam Ashrafi Maryam Fomeni Maryam Namazi Maryam Palisban Maryam Sadeghi Maryam Satut Maryam Shirinsokhan Maryam Talebi Marzia Labber Masoud Dakhihi Masoud Molazadeh Masoume Dehghan Masoume Tofanpour Masoumeh Yekta Massoud Rasa Mazdak Daneshwar Mazdak Etemadzadeh Mehdi Khademi Mehdi Mortezaei Mehdi Mossadegh Mehrangiz Kar Mehrdad Darvishpour Mehrdad Mehr Mehri Kia Mehsti Vahidi Mehtab Moalem Melody Karimy Merangar Durgoli Mersedeh Qaidi Mihan Rusta Mina Madrasi Mina Najafi Mino Taheri Minoovash Eshaghi Mitra Mehrgan Mohammad Besharti Mohammad Karim Asaish Mohammad Moghimi Mohammad Reza Nikfar Mohsen Amiri Mohsen Mossadegh Mojgan Fadakar Mojgan Ghasemian Mojtaba Sadeghi Ashkuri Mojtaba Safarlo Molod Hajizadeh Molouk Ghahverokhi Monireh Alavi Monireh Baradaran Mortals Tavangar Rizi Morteza Davar Davar Mursada Shahabuddin Mustafa Khosravi Miryousef Teimoori Nahid Amiri Nahid Hosseini Nahid Nazimi Naima Dosdardar Naimeh Hashemi Narges Keshavarznia Narges Zarifian Nasi Zabih Nasim Azadi Nasim Roshanaei Nasrin Basiri Nasser Khazri Navid Naderi Nayereh Tohidi Negar Khayat Kalkari Nikbakht Nilofar Foladi Nima Naserabadi Nima Yajam Nina Afschari Nora Bayani Noshin Keshavarznia Nozli Kamori Nushi Nazeminushan Omid Aghdami Ordvan Ershad Pari Namazi Parisa Nazari Parisa Sayad Parsa Pourgfar Maghferati Parvaneh Hosseini Parveen Shahbazi Parveneh kiai Parvin Ardalan Parvin Ebrahimzadeh Parvin Esfandiari Payam Zoghi Pooyan Moghadasi Pooyesh azizaldin Poulad Monzavi Poya Jagrund Poya Khazani Oskoei Priya Ismaili Puran Mehdizadeh Rahman Rahmani Ramin Parvin Reza Alijani Reza Jafarian Reza Karimi Reza Ler Reza Mir Rezq Ghorashi Rifat Shahabi Rizvan Moghadam Rouhi Shiranipour Roya Fadaeli Nia Roya Sahraei Ruhollah Ghasemi Saab Mahdizadeh Saber Abbasian Sabri Najafi Sadegh Shojaei Saeed Bakrior Saeed Ebrahimi Saeed Naderi Saeed Rahnavard Sahar Aghakhani Sahar Nejati Karimabad Said Ahghari Saida Alinejad Sajjad Zargham Salim Mashaikh Salma Bani Sadr Samane Mousavi Samia Rashidi Samia Rostampour Samin Sarabadani Sanaz Khadrari Sanaz Suri Sara Iqbali Sara Nirobakhsh Sara Sarehkhani Seema Moed Semane Swadi Shadi Guruipur Shagaig Akbari Shahin Pirzad Shahrad Nurkjuri Shakib Nasrallah Shima Kapele Shima teaching Shirin Bromand Shiva Barumand Shiva Nazarahari Shiva Shafahi Shole Zamini Siavash Hatem Sima Azar Sima Sahibi Sima Tabrizi Sina Alizadeh Ousalou Soheila Golshahi Sonia A. 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