Anniversary of Iran's girl revolution, strike in Kurdistan

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0:01 Hello. Today is Wednesday, 25 Shahrivar 1405, September 16, 2026, the anniversary of the killing of Mahsa Amini by the Guidance Patrol (morality police) and the regime's agents, and of the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution, which must be counted as one of the most important events in our contemporary history. It shows the continuity of this deep social and cultural movement. The Woman, Life, Freedom revolution, for which the killing of Iran's daughter, Mahsa Amini, Jina Amini, at the hands of the agents

0:58 of the regime was the spark that set it ablaze, was built on a foundation embodied in its central slogan: Woman, Life, Freedom. In fact, with the "Woman" part: women are the largest group facing discrimination in our society, half of our society, and the people chanting the slogan are demanding justice, an end to discrimination, and equal civil rights. With the slogan of wanting life, set against a death-loving religious government that is in fact medieval, one can say that the demand "we want life" is the slogan of the era

1:55 from the Renaissance onward and of the modern age, and is in fact a rejection of religious government and a demand for a secular, popular government. And as for freedom, which has been our lost treasure for the past 100 years, it is what guarantees both economic progress and justice. These three slogans, Woman, Life, Freedom, and this deep social and cultural movement were in fact the logical continuation of the transformation and evolution of our society since the 1360s [1980s], with the changes that emerged in the great social movements. In practice, this shift in discourse in our society, from

2:59 revolutionary religious ideologism to Woman, Life, Freedom, has followed a course over the past 47 years that has now led to the dominant discourse of our society being the pursuit of democracy, equal civil rights, secularism, and commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, within the framework of a united Iran, relying on the broad presence of the people and the methods of civil resistance. That is also why this movement, which shaped more than a hundred-some days of protests across the country, has endured, and in fact a great change in our

3:58 society, or better said, a great movement for change in our society, is underway to achieve this, with all its ups and downs, with all the regime's repression, and despite the emergence of certain slogans that are in practice out of step with the times and are in fact calling for, for example, a military dictatorship, a return to the 1350s [1970s], and so on and so forth. These, one can say, run against the powerful current of our society. And this war, too, whose shadow has fallen over the country, with its state of both war and peace, or rather neither war nor peace, and the uncertainty it has created, is in practice

4:54 an obstacle in the path of this movement. That is why, for proper action, the first steps must be the demand for peace, calm, and life, so that afterward we can move on to other campaigns, which, especially today, can center on the economic demands of the people. An economy whose crises are arriving like a storm, like a tsunami, and in practice the severe stagflation of our economy is on the verge of turning into hyperinflation or galloping inflation, whose towering waves will drown everyone.

5:52 As for how one can create a movement in this atmosphere, and what campaigns might be able to shape our path toward the central demands that have become the dominant discourse of our society, we will talk again in the coming days and in future programs. Today, on the anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution, the parties and civil society of Kurdistan, in a coordinated action, had called for a one-day strike, which was answered positively by the people in the cities of Saqqez, Sanandaj, Kamyaran, Baneh, Marivan,

6:47 Mahabad, Oshnavieh, Piranshahr, Divandarreh, and Bukan. As far as I have reviewed the reports, shops had closed, at least a large part of them, and people had staged a one-day strike in complete unity. The regime, as usual, by deploying military and police forces and creating a heavy security atmosphere, tried to create fear, but it did not succeed, and it was shown how tactics such as strikes, closing shops, and protests that do not necessarily involve confrontation and clashes can be carried out despite all the regime's bluster.

7:46 As usual, as in past years, the regime had blocked the roads to Aichi Cemetery, where Mahsa Amini's grave is, and Mahsa's father, Amjad Amini, in a message, while announcing that the roads had been blocked, thanked all the people for answering the call to this one-day strike. Meanwhile, professors at Shiraz University announced that from 28 Shahrivar, if their demand is not met, they will go on strike. Their demand is that the resolution reforming the salaries of faculty members, approved on 18 Esfand 1404, be implemented, and they have threatened

8:44 that if their demand is not addressed in these few days before the start of the academic year, that is, in the next three days, they will not go to class. Now a fever of excitement has also spread to other universities, and there is talk of professors at other universities joining this action by the professors of Shiraz University. Meanwhile, Mahan Air has announced that from tomorrow, 26 Shahrivar, its flights to Muscat, the capital of Oman, will be canceled, and from 30 Shahrivar, flights to Ankara, Istanbul, and Tbilisi will also be cut. Following American pressure

9:39 for countries to close their airports to all 27 Iranian airlines, it seems these threats are taking effect, and flight routes, which were mostly through Turkey, then Oman, Georgia, and so on, are being closed. Meanwhile, Axios has reported that a confidential meeting of military commanders from the United States, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar was held in Germany, convened by Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM.

10:38 In this meeting, the issues of the Strait of Hormuz and America's actions to open it were explained, as well as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the recent conquests of Yemen's Ansar Allah, which could put this strait at risk of closure as well. It was also reported in the news that officials of Yemen's Ansar Allah had a meeting with American officials in Oman, and Mr. Mohammed Abdulsalam, Ansar Allah's representative in this meeting, assured the Americans that, except for Saudi Arabia, Bab el-Mandeb is open to everyone, including Israeli ships and American ships.

11:37 In any case, on Monday, the day before yesterday, a meeting was supposed to be held in Oman with the presence of Iran, Oman, Iraq, and the other Persian Gulf littoral states to explain the agreement between Iran and Oman, and this meeting was also postponed at the request of the Saudis. Essentially, Saudi Arabia, after the puppet government it supports in Yemen suffered a crushing defeat and lost the entire western coast of Yemen, and Ansar Allah, with the Houthis at its core, took this entire coast and reached Bab el-Mandeb,

12:32 has run into problems, especially since attacks on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline have also intensified, and the Houthis have also attacked the port of Yanbu, which is Saudi Arabia's oil loading terminal on the Red Sea. Finally, some news agencies report that the Saudis have, for now, delayed oil deliveries for September to European countries, especially Eastern Europe. In any case, the issues of Yemen have been added to the issues of the Strait of Hormuz and have affected the world's oil markets. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Canada, who these days, after

13:32 Mr. Trump's moves and his games with tariffs, with the so-called verbal clashes having intensified, is traveling to Europe, is due to give a speech tomorrow at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Today, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, also gave a speech and declared Canada an associate member of the European Union. Although the definition of this associate membership is not very clear, it is said that economic cooperation between the European Union and Canada will take place in the areas of defense know-how, science and technology, artificial intelligence,

14:25 energy, minerals, and various other fields. In fact, Canada, after American pressure and the conflict Mr. Trump has created with Canada, has turned toward Europe, which is, well, one of the largest markets in the world. Meanwhile, the "Alaj" system, which was designed to spy on Iranian citizens abroad and to deal with opponents outside the country, and whose so-called unveiling the regime announced yesterday with great fanfare and propaganda, has been shut down today in several countries, showing that at the very first blow all that hype deflated.

15:25 Hoping for the victory of Iran and Iranians.