Statement of 14 Political Activists

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The Statement of 14 Political Activists ({{langx|fa|بیانیه چهارده فعال سیاسی}}) is an open letter signed by 14 political activists inside Iran, aimed at People of Iran, calling Ali Khamenei to resign his post of Supreme Leader after 30-year tenure. It was published online on tenth anniversary of controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election.{{cite web |title=14 Activists Inside Iran Call for Khamenei's Resignation |url=https://iranwire.com/en/blogs/29/6089 |publisher=Iran Wire |accessdate=2019-09-12 |date=2019-06-12}}{{cite web |title=At Least 13 Signers of Open Letters Urging Khamenei's Resignation Are Arrested |url=https://iranhumanrights.org/2019/08/at-least-13-signers-of-open-letters-urging-khameneis-resignation-are-arrested/ |publisher=Center for human rights in Iran |accessdate=2019-09-12 |date=2019-08-29}} One week after first letter, they published another letter asking for abolition of Islamic republic and establishment of a democratic secular government.{{cite web |title=نامه‌ی دوم ۱۴ فعال مدنی- سیاسی داخل کشور: هیچ راهی برای بازسازی و نوسازی این رژیم ایران‌ویران‌کن وجود ندارد! |url=https://kayhan.london/fa/1398/03/30/نامه‌ی-دوم-۱۴-فعال-مدنی-سیاسی-داخل-کشو |publisher=Kayhan London |accessdate=2019-08-12 |language=fa |trans-title=Second Letter Of 14 Civil-Political Activists Inside Iran |date=2019-06-20}}

Hashem Khastar, Gohar Eshghi (Mother of Sattar Beheshti), Mohammad Maleki (former Tehran University Chancellor), Mohammad Nourizad and Mohammad Karimbeigi (Father of Mostafa Karimbeigi) were among signatories of this letter.

Weeks after the letter was released, 14 female activists inside Iran issued a similar statement on August 5, 2019. These women said theocratic rule has led to "gender apartheid" and "erased" the rights of half of the country’s population; They called on Khamenei to resign.{{cite web |title=Fourteen Iranian Women's Rights Activists Call On Khamenei To Resign |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/fourteen-iranian-women-s-rights-activists-call-on-khamenei-to-resign/30095002.html |publisher=Radio Liberty |accessdate=2019-09-12 |date=2019-08-06}}{{cite web |last1=Zachary |first1=Keyser |title=FOURTEEN IRANIAN WOMEN PEN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNMENT CALLING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS |url=https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Fourteen-Iranian-women-pen-open-letter-calling-for-equal-rights-597901 |publisher=Jerusalem Post |accessdate=2019-09-12 |date=2019-08-12}}{{cite news |last1=Esfandiari |first1=Golnaz |title=The 14 Defiant Women Who Want To Change The Islamic Republic Of Iran |newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/the-defiant-women-who-want-to-change-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/30113638.html |publisher=Radio Liberty |accessdate=2019-09-12}}{{cite web |title=Iran Activists Call On Khamenei To Step Down |url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-activists-call-on-khamenei-to-step-down/29997046.html |publisher=Radio Farda |accessdate=2019-09-12 |date=2019-06-13}}{{cite web |last1=Elsharqawi |first1=Lamis |title=Iranian Women Call on Khamenei to Step Down – Two Arrested |url=https://7dnews.com/news/iranian-women-call-on-khamenei-to-step-down-two-arrested |publisher=7D News |accessdate=2019-09-12 |date=2019-08-07}}{{cite web |last1=Svensson |first1=Sofia |title=Iran's latest crackdown on women and freedom of expression |url=https://observatoryihr.org/news_item/irans-latest-crackdown-on-women-and-freedom-of-expression/ |publisher=International Observatory of Human Rights |accessdate=2019-09-12}}

On August 10, 14 Iranian women's rights activists, who reside outside Iran, published an open letter and expressed their support for previous letters.

As of September 2019, 16 of 28 signatories, who reside in Iran, have been arrested.{{cite web |last1=Oppenheim |first1=Maya |title=Iranian women's rights activists arrested after calling for end to 'gender apartheid' in open letter |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-womens-rights-letter-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-a9045256.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-womens-rights-letter-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-a9045256.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |accessdate=2019-09-12 |date=2019-08-12}}{{cite web |title=۱۶نفر از ۲۸ امضا کننده دو بیانیه برای «استعفای خامنه‌ای» طی دو ماه بازداشت شده‌اند |date=2 September 2019 |url=https://iranintl.com/ايران/۱۶نفر-از-۲۸-امضا-کننده-دو-بیانیه-برای-«استعفای-خامنه‌ای»-طی-دو-ماه-بازداشت-شده‌اند |publisher=Iran International |language=fa |trans-title=16 of 28 signatories who asked for "Resignation of Khamenei" have been arrested. |accessdate=2019-09-12}}