CARLE PLACE, NY (SEPTEMBER 26, 2022) - Following protests in Iran over the killing of Mahsa Amini, New York State Senator Anna Monahemi Kaplan (D-Port Washington) issued the following statement:
Senator Anna Monahemi Kaplan said “I'm awestruck by the courage and bravery on display by Iranian women who are fed up with the extremist regime that has robbed them of their freedom, dignity, and hope for far too long.
In the name of so-called modesty, the regime has shamefully taken something that should be a personal expression of one's faith and beliefs, and twisted it into an excuse to punis