Women's rights activist Azam Jangravi is now posting on Joko Winterscheidt's Instagram account, and Sarah Ramani is reporting on Klaas Heufer-Umlauf. The entertainers are giving away their reach - "forever". In her eyes, the worst thing would be that the protests in Iran get too little attention.
Two of Germany's best-known entertainers support the system-critical protest movement in Iran with concentrated attention: Joko and Klaas have given away their personal Instagram accounts "forever" to two Iranian activists - together they have almost two million followers. The two ProSieben moderators announced the solidarity campaign in their program "Joko and Klaas 15 minutes live". They had previously deleted all of their own posts.
For minutes, ProSieben aired prime-time footage of the protests in Iran and images of how brutally security forces were cracking down on them. Women's rights activist Azam Jangravi, who had to flee after a protest against the headscarf ban in Iran, will in future post on Joko Winterscheidt's account. The Klaas Heufer-Umlauf account is now being used for messages by Sarah Ramani of The Voice of the Streets movement. "We can't talk to Europe's governments, but you can," appealed Ramani, who dared not show her face. "
So much changes every day," said Joko. "And if our attention is to be effective, it has to be sustainable and reliable. We want the protests in our world to remain perceptible and our joint observation to become part of the international pressure that is currently forming on the Internet." That's why, according to Klaas, you're giving away your own reach to the two women, "forever" "Everything he and Joko can think of to post is not worth much compared to the protests in Iran. The worst that can happen is that nobody is looking.
The trigger for the system-critical mass protests in Iran was the death of the 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini. The vice squad arrested her for allegedly violating Islamic dress codes. The woman died in police custody on September 16. Since her death, thousands have been demonstrating across the country against the government's repressive course and the Islamic system of rule.
In the irregular program section "Joko and Klaas 15 minutes live", Joko and Klaas are allowed to spend a quarter of an hour as they wish - they often use the time for serious social issues, but on other days they just do nonsense. They earn the airtime in a game show beforehand.
(This article was first published on Thursday, October 27, 2022.)
