Mandana Shahoon
Model Mandana Shahoon has a deep personal connection to Iran.
She currently lives in Stockholm, but the importance of her familial ties to the country and her cultural heritage, makes the connection to Iran a place from which she understands herself.
Following the death of the kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in September 2022, protests erupted across Iran.
The events have now evolved into the largest civil rights movement in Iran since the revolution in 1979, uniting the Iranians and igniting outcry around the world and across social media.
We got the chance to ask Mandana about the current events and her hopes for the future of Iran. Speaking up about this matter and taking a stance against the regime is a sacrifice she’s ready to take for spreading awareness, that might cost her possibility to ever visit her home country and relatives again.