Statement by More Than 170 Prominent Artistic and Cultural Figures in Support of Iran’s National Uprising

Statement Addressed to Iranians Living Abroad

At this critical juncture in our nation’s history, a historic responsibility rests on Iranians living outside the country.

In the absence of internet access and reliable channels of communication, silence on our part effectively enables the suppression and killing of a nation demanding freedom, human dignity, and the right to self-determination.

We expect the Government of the United States, and President Trump in particular, as the most powerful political leader in the world, to uphold their stated commitments to supporting the people of Iran and to stand firmly alongside the Iranian nation.

Accordingly, we respectfully urge President Trump to meet as soon as possible with the leader of Iran’s national movement, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, in order to hear directly the authentic voice of the Iranian people. Such a meeting would provide the clearest and most effective means of understanding the will of the Iranian nation and would represent a meaningful step toward its protection and liberation, a demand consistently echoed by millions of Iranians inside and outside the country.

We call upon Iranians living abroad to organize peaceful and united gatherings in front of U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide to convey this message clearly to President Trump and other world leaders: support for the people of Iran is support for regional and global peace and stability, as well as for human rights and human dignity.

Today, history will judge whether, at a moment of profound isolation for our nation and homeland, we chose to give voice to the Iranian people or remained silent. Let us act in a manner worthy of the judgment of history and of our own conscience.

Ebrahim Hamedi (Ebi)

Abnoos Gholami Jam

Araz Panahi

Arash Jahanfar

Arash Rahbari

Arian Karami

Arian Dorbeiki

Arvin Elahifar

Ava Shadmani

Arjang Amirfazli

Arsalan Rahbari

Arsalan Zeimaran

Ardavan Hatami

Edris Foroughi

Ehsan Haeri

Ehsan Shovarbi

Ehsan Sadeghi

Ehsan Karami

Afrooz Ansari

Afshin Emam

Afshin Ava

Elyas Ghahremani

Elnaz Abedini Golankeshi

Amin Diba

Amin Nayebpour

Amin Yahyazadeh

Amir Javadzadeh

Amir Hossein Fotouhi

Amir Hossein Mardi

Amir Reza Khilayi

Amir Reza Yaghoot

Amir Ali Kamali

Babak Amini (musician)

Babak Karimkhan Zand

Barbod Bayat

Baharak Salehnia

Baharan Bani-Ahmadi

Behrouz Ghaemi

Benyamin Deylam Katooli

Borzou Arjmand

Bardia Taghipour

Bardia Kiaras

Pouria Sanadgol

Pouya Khani

Pouya Ghorbani

Pejman Haddadi

Pezhvak Aryamehr

Payam Samimi

Parastoo Salehi

Parisa Torabi

Parisa Dolatzadeh

Javid Mohammadi

Janan Almasi

Danial Ebrahimi

Dariush Motaghi

Ramtin Kharrazi

Ramin Mazaheri

Ramin Yousefzamani

Ronak Younesi

Reza Raayin

Reza Zarei

Reza Salehi

Reza Kousha

Reza Mohseni-Pour

Sajedeh Ostadi

Sahar Sabour

Sam Yar

Sasan (Hassan) Mohammadi

Sahar Zhalehrokh

Sahar Moghaddas

Setin (Farnaz Maleki)

Soheil Khodabandeh

Soheil Zand

Soheil Salemi

Soheil Zamani

Sohrab Labib

Siavash Mehrpooya

Sina Asadi

Sina Sadeghpour

Sina Sarlak

Saman Krampeh

Siamak Karimpour

Shamiram Ghoshapour

Shabnam Tolouei

Shervin Savadkouhi

Shahab Tolouei

Shahkar Bineshpajouh

Shahin Najafi

Shahin Yousefzamani

Shahram Azar

Shahram Sadidi

Shahrzad Shakeri

Shahriar Farshid

Sheida Kouhini

Sahba Motallebi

Abbas Ghazali

Ali Esmaili

Ali Azizian

Farzaneh Rostami

Farnaz Rahimi

Forough Hosseinpour

Hafez Babashahi

Hamed Fard

Hamed Nouri

Hamid Talebzadeh

Hamid Saeedi

Hamid Farrokhnezhad

Hossein Khalaj

Khosrow Kianrad

Karen Vosough

Kambiz Rahmani

Kaveh Yaghmaei

Kataneh Dadashi

Kourosh Hamekhani

Kosar Abbasi

Keyvan Jahanshahi

Keyvan Ranjbar

Gelareh Sheibani

Ladan Tabatabaei

Leila Forouhar

Mahan Esfahani

Mazyar Fallahi

Mazyar Nazari

Mike Aria

Mandana Khazraei

Matin Khaledi

Morteza Barjesteh

Mazdak Nezafat

Mojgan Shajarian

Mohammad Khodadadi

Mohammad Yavari

Mohammadreza Akhavan

Mohammadreza Sabokroo

Mohammadreza Shiran

Mehdi Rostampour

Mehrdad Gholami

Mehran Atash

Mehran Aminian

Mehrzad Safari

Mehrsa Dabiri

Mahtab Haghighi

Mahnaz Afshar

Mahnaz Karimi

Mohsen Izadi

Mohsen Taremi

Mohsen Abdollahian

Meisam Asadpour

Meisam Baziyari

Meisam Faraji

Moein Shirpour

Nakta Pahlavan

Nazila Hajizadeh

Negar Estakhr

Niaz Navab

Niloufar Farzandshad

Nila Zajaji

Nima Masiha

Noushafarin

Hatef Pishdad

Hannibal Joseph

Hormoz Dowlaty Jalilian

Hiva Salehzadeh

Houman Javid

Vahid Tabrizi

Vahid Jafari

Yalda Zamani

Mary Apick

Tohid Farzan

Tekin Hamzehloo

Joseph Hovsepian

Danesh Sarouei

Peyman Khosravi

Alireza Sheybani

Mahdieh Mohammadkhani

Farzin Sabouni