The girls can also be seen raising their headscarves above their heads as the chant. Nika Shakarami, 16, was protesting in the Iranian capital when she was set upon by security forces In another video from Iran, a group of bare-headed girls are seen chanting 'Death to the dictator,' in reference to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they force a man, reportedly the principal, out of a school in Karaj, west of Tehran on Monday. Swedish lawmaker Abir Al-Sahlani joined the actresses in cutting her hair as she delivered a speech during an European Union debate on Iran on Tuesday. Their courage and their dignity obliges us. We have decided to respond to the appeal made to us by cutting - us too - some of these locks.' The post has been widely relayed on other social media, including Facebook and Twitter.Ī post on the video read: 'These women, these men are asking for our support. She died for having a few locks of her hair exposed,' read a text on the Instagram video posted by soutienfemmesiran (Support for Women of Iran). All she stood accused of was wearing her veil in an inappropriate manner. 'Mahsa Amini was abused by the morality police until death followed. Gainsbourg was filmed cutting the hair of her mother, Birkin. 'For Freedom,' said Binoche as she snipped off a huge handful of her auburn hair and held it up to the camera. Binoche was joined by other French A-list actresses and singers including Cotillard and Isabelle Adjani in cutting their hair, with a Farsi rendition of Italian protest song 'Bella ciao' behind the video montage. Protests in Iran and other countries including Turkey, Lebanon and France have seen women cutting off their hair in a show of solidarity. Their video was released on Instagram and hash-tagged HairForFreedom. Meanwhile, Oscar-winning actresses Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche and other stars including the UK's Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg and singer Jane Birkin have filmed themselves cutting off locks of their hair in support of protesters. Some of the girls are shown to have removed their headscarves and are holding them above their heads while they make the gesture - with their long hair draped down their backs. One powerful image shows a group of schoolgirls raising their middle fingers at a portrait of Iran's leaders in a classroom. A post shared by SOUTIEN FEMMES IRAN the brutal crackdown, footage emerging from across the country shows schoolgirls have bravely come to the fore in the protests, fighting for their rights in the patriarchal country.
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