Eyes On Iran - Art Activation Faces the UN in New York City

Artist Sheida Soleimani

The world must keep our eyes on the brave citizens of Iran and open to the possibility of justice. We have our #EyesonIran and stand in solidarity with the movement to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Commission for the Status of Women. Sign the petition at bit.ly/IRIoffCSW

EYES ON IRAN ART ACTIVATION FACES THE UN IN NEW YORK CITY
November 28, 2022

Speakers:
Hilary Rodham Clinton, Gissou Nia, Sheida Soleimani, Shirin Neshat

Hillary Rodham Clinton

“Iranian artists Sheida Soleimani, Aphrodite Désirée Navab, Z, Icy and Sot , Shirin Neshat, Mahvash Mostala, Sepideh Mehraban, and Shirin Towfiq, alongside artists Hank Willis Thomas and JR, activate New York’s FDR Four Freedoms State Park with a provocative multi-day and multi-media art installation facing the United Nations entitled Eyes on Iran, Nov. 28, 2022 – Jan. 1, 2023.

The New York installation was unveiled at an event featuring former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Human Rights Lawyer and Director of the Strategic Litigation Project at the Atlantic Council Gissou Nia, artists Sheida Soleimani and Shirin Neshat, actor and singer Sepideh Moafi and more at FDR Four Freedoms State Park with a performance by Grammy award-winner Jon Batiste.

November 28 is significant because it is the anniversary of the 1943 Tehran Conference where Allied leaders, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met in Tehran to coordinate the Allied military strategy and also stated a shared desire for the maintenance of the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Iran. Today, Woman, Life, Freedom shares the call for human rights for the people of Iran.”

– Globe Newswire

Sheida Soleimani, Mahsa, 2022, Photo by Austin Paz, Courtesy of For Freedoms