Letter to the editor: The windows of Iran echo with defiance every night

Lighting a candle for those being executed by the Iranian government

placeholder image — Lighting a candle for those being executed by the Iranian government

The windows of Iran echo with defiance every night. Weeks after the government's massacre on 8th and 9th January, survivors still chant anti-regime slogans into the darkness, risking everything for freedom.

Last Sunday, we stood vigil at Chichester Cross again; not just to remember those murdered, but to honour those still being executed: the doctors who treated the wounded, the shopkeepers who sheltered protesters, the teenagers who dared to dream of change. They are being hanged daily.

Next weekend, we will join the demonstrations in Munich, Los Angeles and Toronto to send a message to world leaders at the Security Conference: the Iranian people are not their government. They want regime change, and they need our support.

Shiva Knight