Iran protester: ‘You know that you might never come back’

Whenever you take to the streets you must count on something. Deep down, you understand that you just may by no means come again. You may get arrested, detained for days, months and even years, as we’ve seen earlier than. To date, I’ve been fortunate. I’ve been crushed with a baton [by security forces], I’ve been kicked. However I’ve seen worse. The state of affairs is kind of hectic, however it’s fairly hopeful as effectively. It’s hectic since you by no means know whether or not the particular person standing subsequent to you is a member of the safety forces. And but it’s hopeful as a result of you possibly can see that your voice is lastly being heard, particularly this time on a global stage, regardless of all of the [internet] filtering that is happening in Iran.