Why are Western feminists silent on the war on Iranian women?

"In the 40 days of strikes, the Iranian Health Ministry reported that 251 women and 216 children were killed. Among them were the victims of the missile strike on the girls' school in Minab, where more than 165 children, most of them young girls, lost their lives."

"Despite the scale and visibility of this violence, it has not generated the kind of sustained feminist outrage that we witnessed in 2022. When Iranian women removed their headscarves, their images circulated globally, amplified across academic institutions, activist networks, and media platforms for weeks and months."

"What we are witnessing is not simply a gap in attention, but a patterned withdrawal of feminist support, exposing a deeper logic of selective solidarity that determines which forms of gendered violence are recognized."

In 2022-2023, Western feminists rallied for Iranian women's protests against compulsory hijab, but have since remained silent as war devastates women and girls. The Iranian Health Ministry reported 251 women and 216 children killed during strikes, including a missile attack on a girls' school. Despite the scale of this violence, it has not sparked the same feminist outrage as the protests did. This silence reveals a selective solidarity that determines which gendered violence receives attention and which is ignored.

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