October 2025

The struggle for bodily autonomy is a struggle for the future — for breaking the chains that have bound women for centuries. It is the most revolutionary act of resistance because it begins with the most intimate sphere: the body.

The deployment of Iranian forces on the three islands in November 1971, after the British government withdrew from the Persian Gulf and ended its occupation of these three islands, was in fact the restoration of Iran’s sovereignty over these islands. None of the Iranian governments had recognized the occupation of these islands by the British government, so it was natural for the government at the time to take action to exercise sovereignty over these islands after the occupation was lifted.

Through years of destructive and confrontational policies, including limiting IAEA inspections and blocking negotiations, the Islamic Republic has squandered opportunities to avoid this outcome, driving the nation into one of its gravest crises in decades.