Who will stand up for the Iranian people as death rains on them from the skies? | Nasrin Parvaz

The Guardian · March 10, 2026 War
Who will stand up for the Iranian people as death rains on them from the skies? | Nasrin Parvaz

Calls for a popular uprising and empty promises of help are reckless in the extreme – and no answer to my country’s plight Nasrin Parvaz is a women’s rights activist and torture survivor from Iran I have been watching the news from inside Iran, unable to hold in my sorrow. As an Iranian who was imprisoned and tortured by the regime, I have been pleading with the world’s human rights organisations and media to keep a focus on the country’s plight. But now I see US-Israeli bombs falling on Iran, and some Iranians celebrating this war while innocent people die.

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