Overview
- The nighttime clip shows an elderly woman in Tehran shouting, “I’m not afraid. I’ve been dead for 47 years,” a line widely interpreted as a reference to the 1979 revolution.
- Iranian-American activist Masih Alinejad shared the video on X, propelling it across global platforms and casting it as a stark expression of exhaustion with clerical rule.
- Protests have stretched into a second week across multiple cities following calls for night demonstrations, including one from exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi.
- Human-rights tallies vary: HRANA reports at least 42 killed and more than 2,270 arrested, while other accounts cite over 1,000 arrests and six killed in a single incident in Ilam province.
- State media acknowledged unrest but blamed foreign “enemies,” and reporters note uncertainty over whether the red liquid on the woman’s face is blood or symbolic paint.