Hey guys, welcome back to Bitch From Pakistan!
On this episode, we welcome Kales, an Iranian-American girly who shared a passion in collaborating to talk about what has been going on in Iran and what it means to be a descendant living in the West. We have all seen or heard of what has been going on, but there is always more to the story and it's an important one to know.
Heads up, we recorded this a few weeks back, and want to acknowledge that plenty has happened since then. A few of those things: several more people are being killed, several people are completing suicide due to the conditions, people who have been protesting are at risk of being under arrest, women are in danger of being raped and social media is being controlled to allow lack of clarity of the situation internationally. Most importantly, Iranians feel that what is happening in their country is revolutionary against the Islamic Regime, and more and more people continue to stand up everyday.
In the age of so much information, it is important to clarify facts. I am addressing two: 1) 15,000 protestors are being imprisoned or receiving a death penalty and 2) virgin women are being raped prior to being executed. Nur Ibrahim, Snopes reporter did the fact checking and found that '"The claim that the 15,000 protestors currently imprisoned will be executed en masse is based on unfounded speculation. The claim that female prisoners will be raped before execution relies solely on reports and accounts from the 1980s about systemic sexual abuse of women in Iran's prisons." This does not undermine that people are being hurt, imprisoned and sexually harassed as those are all still very likely outcomes for the people in Iran.
Ignorance is bliss, but not in this case. Thank you so so much for listening and for having a desire to be more aware and educated. Stay connected <3
So much love to you for giving me your trust, time and support thus far. BFP will be taking a break after this episode, but if you want me, I'll be back! <3