we are joined now by sussan tahmasebi. is a women's rights activist and feminist from iran who is joining us from brussels, belgium. she is the director of femena, an organization that promotes gender equality and supports women human rights defenders. sussan tahmasebi also co-founded the iran civil society training and research center as well as the one million signatures campaign, a grassroots effort working to end gender-biased laws in iran. she herself was summoned to court in iran in 2007 due to her organizing a peaceful gathering against gender-discriminatory laws. sussan tahmasebi, welcome to democracy now! we are now reporting one execution after another of the anti-government protest. can you talk about what is happening on the ground? >> thank you very much for paying attention to iran and what is happening inside iran. protests have been going on now for over three months. they were sparked by the death of mahsa amini, a young 22-year-old kurdish woman who was arrested by the morality police for not observing pr