Lara Nova

*(With tear-filled eyes and a trembling voice)* "Sisters and brothers of the world, today I speak for millions of silenced Iranian women! In a country where a single stray strand of hair can be an excuse for beating, rape, or even death—how can we breathe? Every day, our women are flogged in the streets, tortured and assaulted in prisons, while the law shields their oppressors... We need your help! Will the world turn its back on this injustice?"*I stretch out my hands, continue*