Obamas praise ‘Iranian girls and women who have inspired the whole world through their ongoing protests’

Michelle Obama and Barack Obama issued a statement Tuesday, praising Iranian protesters who took to the streets over the death last month of a 22 year-old woman while being held in custody by the so-called morality officers. 

“On this International Day of the Girl,” we stand in solidarity to the brave Iranian girls and women who have inspired the entire world with their continued protests.” The ObamasIn a statement 

“The rights they seek is universal: equality, freedom to choose how and what they wear and express their identities, as well as the freedom to do this without fear, intimidation, or violence.”

Barack Obama (left) and Michelle Obama (right) attended the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago. 
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast).

Protests continue into their fourth week against Mahsa, 22, who was arrested on Sept. 16 for improperly wearing her hijab. Although police claim she fell while being held, her family claims that her body displayed signs of beatings and bruising. 

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Many thousands of girls and ladies marched in the Streets throughout IranSome of them even took off their headscarves to protest. 

Iran’s government has violently reacted to protests and led to the Deaths of at least185According to Iran Human Rights 

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Barack Obama was Some U.S. lawmakers accusedHe failed to support Iran’s Green Movement when he was president. During that movement, protesters marched on the streets for several months to demand the resignation of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, the former president. 

A protester gestures in support of Mahsa, a woman who was killed by the Islamic republic’s morality police, in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 19, 2022. 
(West Asia News Agency via REUTERS

Protesters shout slogans in protest against the detention of a woman by the morality police in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 21-2022.  
(AP Photo, File)

President Joe BidenObama’s vice-president, he has spoken out stronger in support of the current Iranian protests, promising to increase internet access in the face of regime attempts to restrict access to other platforms. 

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Tuesday’s statement by the Obamas stated that protesters were “transmitting a powerful message about injustice that should not be tolerated.” 

The Obamas stated that “we are in awe” of Iranian girls who played such a leading role in insisting on a different future and that Iranian women have the rights and opportunities they deserve.