Je voulais que justice soit rendue

Maryam Tafakory has published an opinion piece in the French newspaper Libération, reflecting on the silencing of anti-war voices in Iran and the instrumentalisation of Iranian suffering in global political discourse. In the article, Tafakory warns against the growing marginalization of dissenting perspectives and rejects the idea that war could bring freedom to the Iranian people.

“Seeing the suffering of my people, of my family and my friends, being instrumentalized to legitimize war, while Western media amplify certain voices and erase others, is the nightmare we are living in.”

Read the full article here.