As the impacts of Iran’s 'Women, Life, Freedom' protests continue to be felt around the world, people in Australia are adding their messages of support to a banner which has grown to more than 50 metres in length.
As the impacts of Iran’s 'Women, Life, Freedom' protests continue to be felt around the world, people in Australia are adding their messages of support to a banner which has grown to more than 50 metres in length. The fashion designer behind the cloth says she hopes it will honour the bravery of people in Iran.
In Australia, Iranian-Australians have held dozens of rallies almost every weekend in different cities.Ahead of one of these rallies in Canberra, Parisima Kouklan contemplated how to use her background in fashion to draw attention to the circumstances in Iran. "The banner is doing its job by raising more awareness and being a beautiful sign of unity in Australia."Ms Kouklan has taken the cloth to rallies in Canberra and Melbourne, and she has pledged to take it to protests in other cities.
Senator Sarah Johnson Young, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Senator David Van and MP Keith Wolahan are some Australian politicians who have condemned the actions of the Islamic Republic regime.
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