Appeal to all, but especially Cubans and Cuban Americans: Show your solidarity on January 3rd in Washington DC for Iranian protesters

 “The solidarity of the shaken can say ‘no’ to the measures of mobilization that make the state of war permanent. … The solidarity of the shaken is built up in persecution and uncertainty: that is its front line, quiet, without fanfare or sensation even there where this aspect of the ruling Force seeks to seize it.” - Jan Patočka

This appeal is to all, but especially Cubans and Cuban Americans in the Washington DC area.

Protests broke out in Iran on December 28, 2025 over currency devaluation and hyperinflation, but university students on December 30th linked the economic demands to political ones, and the protests have spread nationwide.

The Islamic theocracy has responded with brutal violence visited on the protesters. This is why it is so important to expose their crimes, and demand accountability.

Please come out and show your solidarity on January 3rd in Washington DC at 12 noon, in front of the interest section of  the Islamic Republic of Iran located at 1250 23rd street NW, Washington, DC 20037 for Iranian protesters seeking to restore democracy and the rule of law in Iran.

Their struggle is our struggle. The communist dictatorship in Cuba has been allied with the theocracy in Iran since 1979. 

Cuban and Iranian democrats need to join forces in the struggle for our respective peoples freedom. 

The Center for a Free Cuba is calling for Cubans to show their solidarity.

CFC calls on #Cubans to show solidarity with the brave people of #Iran fighting for #freedom. Nationwide protests have broken out across Iran. https://t.co/Kp36KoBaXG 1/9

— Center for a Free Cuba (@cubacenter) January 1, 2026

Below is a mashup of Patria y Vida and Baraye. These are two protest songs that have shaken tyrants in Havana and Tehran.  

Update on the national nonviolent uprising in Iran: #MahsaAmini #ZhinaAmini #WomenLifeFreedom #IranRevolution #IranProtests

Women, Life, Freedom.

 

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, was arrested in Iran by the Morality police on September 13, 2022. They beat her badly, left her in a coma, and she died on September 16th. She was beaten to death for not properly wearing her hijab. A little bit of her hair was visible. 

News of her extrajudicial killing at the hand of agents of the Islamist regime in Iran sparked nationwide protests. 

Protests have been underway across Iran for the past 56 days. 916 protests have erupted in 140 cities throughout Iran. Over 15,000 Iranians have been arrested, and 1,981 detainees have been identified. 339 protesters have been killed, out of which 52 children have been killed, reports Human Rights Activists in Iran.   

Women, life, freedom.

Revolutionary acts continue all over Iran. A woman in Shiraz is walking unveiled. #MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/BOy3feM6o9

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) November 14, 2022

Iranians are writing a new chapter in the history of their country. 

Concerned about the life of prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi that is in danger. His family asked for Iranians to surround the hospital that security forces took him to, to protect him from further harm. He is thought to be in the surgery ward, surrounded by doctors and nurses loyal to the Islamist regime.

Hundreds of courageous Iranians gather around Dey Hospital in Tehran chanting “death to the dictator” in support of unjustly imprisoned prominent activist #HosseinRonaghi hospitalized and in critical condition after 50 days of hunger strike. #MahsaAmini #IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/5u4h8i2VFJ

— Dr. Nina Ansary (@drninaansary) November 13, 2022

On November 1, 2022 a number of prominent Cuban American women asked President Biden to remove "the murderous Iranian regime from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women." They are calling attention to the Iranian people protesting the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022 by the morality police of the misogynist mullahs. In addition they asked if perhaps First Lady Jill Biden "could ask women leaders around the world to call on Iran to stop its repression of women."

The protest song Baraye continues to have an international outreach. In Buenos Aires, Argentina at a Coldplay concert on October 28, 2022 the song was played by the band, and exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani.

Appeal to all, but especially Cubans and Cuban Americans: Show your solidarity on October 22nd in Washington DC for Iranian protesters

“The solidarity of the shaken can say ‘no’ to the measures of mobilization that make the state of war permanent. … The solidarity of the shaken is built up in persecution and uncertainty: that is its front line, quiet, without fanfare or sensation even there where this aspect of the ruling Force seeks to seize it.” - Jan Patočka

This Saturday (Oct 22) in #DC we will gather from all across the United States to show solidarity with our sisters and brothers in #Iran. 

Meeting point: Washington DC, National Mall (3pm) 

March Destination: White House (5pm) 

Also take action online signing and sharing this petition to  expel Iran's diplomats / demand that political prisoners be freed. https://www.change.org/p/g7-leaders-expel-iran-s-diplomats-demand-that-political-prisoners-be-freed

Please share with all your friends‌  #MahsaAmini

This appeal is to all, but especially Cubans and Cuban Americans in the Washington DC area: Please come out and show your solidarity on October 22nd in Washington DC for Iranian protesters seeking to restore democracy and the rule of law in Iran.

Their struggle is our struggle. The communist dictatorship in Cuba has been allied with the theocracy in Iran since 1979. Cuban and Iranian democrats need to join forces in the struggle for our respective peoples freedom. The Center for a Free Cuba called out for Cubans to show their solidarity.

CFC calls on #Cubans to show solidarity with the brave people of #Iran fighting for #freedom. Their protest anthem's gone viral like #PatriaYVida; now its composer's been arrested same as @MaykelOsorbo349. https://t.co/YfCJafS7iI #IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini #ShervinHajipour 1/3

— Center for a Free Cuba (@cubacenter) October 6, 2022

Anna Mahjar Barducci posted this mashup of Patria y Vida and Baraye. These are two protest songs that have shaken tyrants in Havana and Tehran.

Mashup of Songs Associated with #Iranian, #Cuban Protests: No More Lies, We Want #Freedom! #baraye #PatriaYVida @cubacenter https://t.co/IWye7roQgf

— Anna Mahjar Barducci (@AnnaMahjar) October 19, 2022