A month ago, the French actress had, like other artists, cut one of her locks of hair to send, she says, “a little strength” to Iranian women who defy the mullahs’ regime.
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A first version of the title of this article could suggest that Isabelle Adjani launched a “call” to women to remove their veil. What she did not formally do. She said there was no question of “not hearing the call” from Iranian women. “This fight makes me want to expect women who wear the veil to remove it, all over the world, in solidarity with those who are killed, massacred, by doing this gesture.”
While the demonstrations against the regime continue in Iran, the French actress Isabelle Adjani estimates Monday, November 7 on franceinfo that there is no question of “don’t hear the call” Iranian women. “This fight makes me want to expect women who wear the veil to remove it, all over the world, in solidarity with those who are killed, massacred, by doing this gesture”, she justifies.
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A month ago, several women artists, including Isabelle Adjani, Juliette Binoche, Apple and Marion Cotillard, cut a lock of their hair to support the protest movement born in response to the death of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old student died on September 16, three days after she was arrested in Tehran by morality police who accused her of breaking the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code. “It is not us who are going to change the policy of the mullahs and bring them back to human reason, explains Isabelle Adjani. Even if what we do with a pair of scissors is strictly symbolic, we are not risking anything, we are not in the street, we are there. We are here and we are sending Iranian women a message that can bring them a little strength in a fight that goes beyond the understanding of courage.”
For Isabelle Adjani, it’s hard not to feel “pessimistic”. “I feel bad. The world is bad, there have never been so many mentally disturbed people, psychiatric cases in power in so many countries and at the same time. It’s very difficult to come to experience the world as a place that makes you feel secure, protects you and gives you hope.”
Fresh protests erupted across Iran on Sunday, including in universities and Kurdish areas in the northeast, with the protest movement showing no signs of letting up despite the crackdown. According to the latest UN report, at least 250 people died in the context of these demonstrations.