Shocked by the comments made by Sandrine Rousseau this Monday, November 4 after the arrest of the courageous 22-year-old Iranian student in Tehran, the Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi strongly criticized the elected environmentalist on Instagram.
The French political class praised, this Monday, November 4, the courage of the 22-year-old Iranian student, arrested this Sunday, November 3, in Tehran after having undressed.
Ahou Daryaei appeared in her underwear in the street in front of Azad University in Tehran, Iran, in protest against harassment by the moral police over wearing her headscarf. The arrest of this Iranian woman also relaunched the debate around the wearing of the veil in France.
“Our body, and everything we put – or not – into it, belongs to us. Force to Iranian women, to Afghan women, to all those who suffer oppression,” wrote environmentalist MP Sandrine Rousseau.
In a video posted on her Instagram account, Marjane Satrapi, a Franco-Iranian artist known in particular for her series of autobiographical comics “Persepolis”, strongly criticized the elected environmentalist by declaring that “everyone has the right to be stupid. , but in this case, it is better to keep quiet.
“If you booed, it’s because you were stupid”
The Franco-Iranian artist clarified, in a long two-minute message posted on Instagram, that this was not the first time that Sandrine Rousseau had been reprimanded for a controversial position.
“Madame Rousseau, two years ago, or a little more, we held our first rally at Place de la République for the Femme Vie Liberté revolution after the death of Mahsa Amini (…). You spoke and everyone booed you because previously, you had announced that the veil ‘is the beautification of women’,” declared Marjane Satrapi.
“Everywhere, on radio and television, you then explained that you had been booed because you are a woman. Now, there were six women, but we were all applauded, except you. If you booed, it’s because you were stupid,” added the Franco-Iranian artist.
“Now you make a tweet in which you compare the situation of girls in my country who, for daring to remove their veil, are arrested, raped, tortured, imprisoned, to the situation of the young girl, here in France, who decides to veil oneself for a reason that escapes me. That’s enough,” said Marjane Satrapi.
“By not wanting to be racist, you are playing the game of the fanatics. It’s OK if you don’t understand the situation and are stupid. Everyone has the right to be stupid, but at that moment, it is better to keep quiet,” concluded the Franco-Iranian artist.
