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# ourstoryisone 18 June 1983

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# our story is one 02:27
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Akhtar Sabet, 25 03:00
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Ezzat-Janami Eshraghi, 57 02:41
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Mashshid Niroumand, 28 05:14
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Simin Saberi, 24 03:28
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Zarrin Moghimi-Abyaneh, 29 03:29
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Tahereh Arjomandi Siavashi, 30 04:08
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Nosrat Ghufrani Yaldaie, 46 04:08
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Shahin -Shirin - Dalvand, 25 03:49
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Roya Eshraghi, 23 03:06
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Mona Mahmoudnejad, 17 04:48
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# our story is one - today 06:00
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On 18 June 1983 — only 40 years ago — 10 Baháʼí women were taken to a square in Shiraz, Iran, under the cloak of night. After months of torture and imprisonment, they were mass executed without the knowledge of their families. One was 17, most in their 20s. Their crime was their belief in a faith that promoted gender equality — absent and criminalized in Iran — justice and truthfulness. They were hanged one by one, each forced to watch the next woman’s death in a harrowing attempt to coerce them into renouncing their faith. None did.

Their story, however, is not over. It was a chapter in the unfolding story of Iranian women’s resilience and sacrifice for equality. Following that tragic event and for the four decades that followed, hundreds more Baháʼí women were persecuted — facing discrimination both as women and as Baháʼís – imprisoned, tortured, and executed. Baháʼí women serving in positions of influence in the country were dismissed from their jobs, arrested or killed. Those left to live were barred from universities, public employment and virtually all aspects of social life.

Today, in the blood, tears and wounds of thousands of young women in Iran fighting for equality, we can see the legacy of the 10 women of Shiraz whose tragic death touched the lives of many. We see the same spirit, the same choice being made: to stand up for the principles of justice and equality at any cost, even one’s life. Though mistreated and imprisoned, today’s women — just like those before them — are bravely and joyously sacrificing their all to live in a more prosperous Iran.

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released September 24, 2023

All Compositions & Piano: Stefan Mennemeier

1-10 & 12 improvisations recorded in one session 1 hour before the memorial event at Bürgerhaus Korbach - thank you so much for this opportunity.09/22/2023.

11 is the event piano introduction.

Instrument: Kawai grand piano;

Zoom Recorder: 1-10 &12: Recorder Position right in front / diskant of the piano; 11: 5m in front in the auditorium)

purely mixed & mastered with Audacity by S.Mennemeier, 09.23.2023

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FlorAzul Kassel, Germany

FlorAzul - 1994, gegründet von Stefan Mennemeier
Vivian Rekus - violine, voc
Martina S.Schäfer, flutes, voc
Kai Dumeier, git, voc
Stefan Mennemeier, bass, git, bariton-git, keyb., perc / voc

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mit: Sonja Kaufmann, voc
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