"Mothers who want justice" in Iran
Résumé
From the "mothers of Khavaran" who demanded truth about the fate of their children,
imprisoned and killed in the 1980s, to the "mothers seeking justice" (madaran-e dadkhah) who
denounce States killings of protesters from 2017 up until today, movements of "mothers" have
radically challenged State legitimacy in Iran, while travelling from the periphery to the center of
public attention. The paper will explore the history of different generations and organizations of
justice seeking mothers since the 1979 revolution: How did they reconfigure the relationships
between affects, kinship and politics? How did these changes reshape the practice of political
resistance, drawing one genealogy (among others) of the "Woman Life Freedom" movement, and
shedding light on its scope and meanings?