Mick Hartley

One year ago today, 16-year-old Armita Garavand was killed by Iran’s morality police for the “crime” of #WalkingUnveiled on her way to school. This act of defiance cost her everything. Taken to a military hospital, even in death Armita was held hostage, her family forced into… pic.twitter.com/qcn0mLGQ8J

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One year ago today, 16-year-old Armita Garavand was killed by Iran’s morality police for the “crime” of #WalkingUnveiled on her way to school. This act of defiance cost her everything. Taken to a military hospital, even in death Armita was held hostage, her family forced into false confessions.

Now, on the anniversary of her killing, authorities have stationed guards outside her family’s home to prevent any memorial, even banning posts of flowers on her grave.

Armita loved painting and dancing to K-pop. In Iran, a regime of absolute apartheid against women rules without mercy. Mahsa Amini and Armita Garavand were both killed in the 21st century for showing their hair—a testament to the cruel reality that, for Iran’s women, even the smallest freedoms come at the highest cost.

Despite the threat of death for defying hijab laws, Iranian women are still resisting, walking unveiled in public to challenge the oppressive rule of the mullahs.