On the streets of Tehran

Two anonymous voices report from Iran and create a literary portrait of a city on the brink: Nila (pseudonym) tells of her everyday life as an activist in On the Streets of Tehran. Raha Nik-Andish (pseudonym) records the events surrounding the military escalation "Epic Fury" in Tehran Diaries: News from a country under siege. Laura Palacios will read from both texts, while the writer Asal Dardan will provide context. On the streets of Tehran Translated from Nila by Asal Dardan After the death of Mahsa Jina Amini in September 2022, which triggered nationwide protests, Nila also takes to the streets. Fear is the constant companion of the women who fight together for their rights - threatened and intimidated by the notorious morality police, who indiscriminately arrest, torture and kill. Nila vividly and movingly describes her personal experiences as an activist on the streets of Tehran and places them in the context of a long history of female strength in Iran. Tehran Diaries: News from a country under siege By Raha Nik-Andish translated by Asal Dardan The sky over Tehran is black. The US-Israeli war has begun, oil is raining down, corpses lie under the rubble. Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead. People sing and dance at the graves of their dead - a sign of resistance. What does it mean to live in a state of siege? Where oppression and total fear are part of everyday life? Raha Nik-Andish, an ordinary resident of Tehran, documents life in Iran in the months and days before and during the outbreak of war. A unique document - as immediate and moving as a last stand against the darkness.