Petak, 20.03.2026., 18-20h @ MaMa, Preradovi\u0107eva 18, Zagreb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pozivamo vas da nam se ponovno pridru\u017eite u krugu Transnacionalnih solidarnosti<\/em>,<\/strong> okupljanju koje se, na\u017ealost, doga\u0111a usred teku\u0107ih napada na Iran i iranski narod. Vojna agresija na Iran zapo\u010dela je krajem velja\u010de, pokrenuta od strane Izraela i Sjedinjenih Ameri\u010dkih Dr\u017eava i uokvirena poznatom gramatikom cini\u010dne \u201epreventivne akcije\u201c. Taj jezik sna\u017eno priziva sje\u0107anje na invaziju Iraka, opravdavanu la\u017enim tvrdnjama, koja je za sobom ostavila nekoliko stotina tisu\u0107a mrtvih Ira\u010dana, raseljavanje ljudi diljem svijeta i razaranje \u010ditave zemlje. U trenutku kada se \u0161kole i mladi \u017eivoti nalaze na ni\u0161anu onoga \u0161to se predstavlja kao nu\u017ean \u010din oslobo\u0111enja, pozvani smo suo\u010diti se s na\u010dinima na koje se imperijalno nasilje iznova odvija pod izlikom spa\u0161avanja ljudi od autoritarnih re\u017eima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vi\u0161e od stolje\u0107a Iran oblikuju kolonijalna nadmetanja oko nafte, regionalne borbe za mo\u0107 i trajne vanjske intervencije. Od britanskih i ruskih upliva u 19. stolje\u0107u, preko svrgavanja demokratske vlade Irana 1950-ih i ponovne uspostave ameri\u010dki podr\u017eanog re\u017eima \u0161aha Pahlavija, pa do katastrofalnih sankcija uvedenih nakon revolucije 1979. godine \u2014 sve te povijesti i danas odzvanjaju. Prostor zapadne Azije i dalje se pre\u010desto tretira kao igrali\u0161te kapitalisti\u010dkih i neokolonijalnih manevara, umjesto kao dom u kojem suverenitet i pravo naroda na samoodre\u0111enje moraju biti po\u0161tovani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Istodobno, teokratski autoritarizam koji se u\u010dvrstio nakon revolucije \u2014 proveden nasilnim gu\u0161enjem neslaganja, brutalnim obra\u010dunima sa \u017eenskim pokretima za slobodu, ciljanjem kurdskih i balo\u010dkih zajednica te sustavnim kr\u0161enjem temeljnih sloboda \u2014 nanio je duboke rane iranskom dru\u0161tvu. Ove su okolnosti desetlje\u0107ima poticale otpor, ali i valove prisilnih migracija koje su iranske glasove i borbe raznijele diljem svijeta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ovo okupljanje u sredi\u0161te stavlja glasove Iranki i Iranaca koji stoje na strani oslobo\u0111enja iranskog naroda \u2014 protiv strane intervencije, ali i protiv doma\u0107e represije \u2014 odbacuju\u0107i rat kao oru\u0111e imperijalnih ambicija jednako kao i klerikalne dominacije. Zajedno \u0107emo promi\u0161ljati kako se imperijalna geopolitika, dr\u017eavna represija i globalne hijerarhije mo\u0107i presijecaju i proizvode nasilje, raseljavanje i patnju.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Na\u0161 je cilj osporiti i delegitimirati svaki oblik vladavine koji naru\u0161ava dostojanstvo i suverenitet ljudi, istovremeno grade\u0107i solidarnosti utemeljene na antiimperijalnim, antikolonijalnim i antiautoritarnim opredjeljenjima. Vjerujemo da time otvaramo prostor i doprinosimo razgovorima koji njeguju pravdu, dostojanstvo i istinsko pravo na samoodre\u0111enje za sve koji Iran nazivaju domom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U petak 20.3. razgovarat \u0107emo sa Shirin Mirzanejad<\/strong> i Mehrdadom Khamenehom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shirin Mirzanejad<\/strong> pravna je stru\u010dnjakinja, prevoditeljica, spisateljica i istra\u017eiva\u010dica kazali\u0161ta. Trenutno djeluje kao voditeljica projekata u Exit Art Studiju u Hrvatskoj. Radila je kao glavna urednica publikacije Theatre Today<\/em> i izvr\u0161na urednica u okviru Exit Theatre Group, te kao pomo\u0107nica redatelja u petnaest kazali\u0161nih produkcija i dvanaest televizijskih drama i dokumentarnih filmova. Nastupila je i u televizijskoj drami The Girl with the Red Ribbon<\/em>, koja komemorira masakr politi\u010dkih zatvorenika u Iranu tijekom 1980-ih. Njezin rad povezuje pravnu znanost, kulturnu kritiku, \u017eenska prava i kazali\u0161nu praksu, s posebnim fokusom na susreti\u0161ta politike i izvedbe. Me\u0111u njezinim radovima nalaze se dokumentarni scenariji o Emmi Goldman (Emma Goldman: Living My Life<\/em>), Rosi Luxemburg i Vladimiru Ilji\u010du Lenjinu; televizijska adaptacija drame The Teachers<\/em> Mohsena Yalfanija; te prijevodi triju drama Howarda Zinna \u2014 Marx in Soho<\/em>, Emma<\/em> i Daughter of Venus<\/em> \u2014 kao i djela Eve Ensler I\u2019m an Emotional Creature<\/em> i A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer<\/em>. Prevela je i eseje poput Theatre Against Dictatorship<\/em> Marte Coco, Art and the Class Struggle<\/em> i Ideas of Karl Marx<\/em> Alana Woodsa te Performance and Value: The Work of Theatre in Karl Marx\u2019s Critique of Political Economy<\/em> Michaela Shanea Boylea. Autorica je i knjige Theatre within the Capitalist System: Seven Essays<\/em>, me\u0111u ostalim radovima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mehrdad Khameneh<\/strong> filmski je i kazali\u0161ni redatelj, pisac, edukator, prevoditelj i istra\u017eiva\u010d s vi\u0161e od trideset godina profesionalnog iskustva u Europi i Iranu. Kao osniva\u010d vi\u0161ejezi\u010dne kazali\u0161ne skupine Exit Theatre Group spaja kreativnu re\u017eiju s kazali\u0161nom pedagogijom, terapijom kroz izvedbu i kulturnom kritikom. Re\u017eirao je vi\u0161e od dvadeset kazali\u0161nih predstava i trideset pet filmskih i televizijskih projekata prikazanih u Teheranu, Zagrebu, Berlinu, Oslu i drugim gradovima. Govori perzijski, hrvatski, engleski, norve\u0161ki i njema\u010dki jezik, a njegov umjetni\u010dki rad sna\u017eno je oblikovan interkulturnim i vi\u0161ejezi\u010dnim pristupom. Njegovo knji\u017eevno stvarala\u0161tvo obuhva\u0107a memoare, filozofske eseje, teoriju kazali\u0161ta, prijevode i umjetni\u010dki aktivizam. Me\u0111u novijim naslovima su Caf\u00e9 Tehran<\/em>, Cafe Tito<\/em>, Daughter of the Sea (Pjesme k\u0107eri mora)<\/em> \u2014 dvojezi\u010dno izdanje na engleskom i hrvatskom \u2014 te Art at the Barricades: Aesthetics in the Political History of Art<\/em>, djela koja istra\u017euju teme sje\u0107anja, identiteta i otpora. Dugogodi\u0161nji je zagovornik dru\u0161tveno anga\u017eirane umjetnosti, nastavljaju\u0107i povezivati umjetnost i aktivizam kroz podu\u010davanje, pisanje i me\u0111unarodnu suradnju.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iranian Voices and Narratives of Freedom<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We invite you to join us once again in the Transnational Solidarities circle, a gathering that regrettably takes place amid the ongoing attack on Iran and the Iranian people. The military aggression against Iran began in the final days of February, initiated by Israel and the United States and framed within the familiar grammar of cynical \u201cpre-emptive action.\u201d This language starkly recalls the invasion of Iraq, justified by false claims and resulting in millions of Iraqi deaths, mass displacement across the world, and the devastation of an entire country. At a time when schools and young lives are caught in the crosshairs of what is presented as a necessary act of liberation, it is long overdue that we confront how imperial violence repeatedly unfolds under the pretext of rescuing people from authoritarian rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more than a century, Iran has been shaped by colonial contestations over oil, regional power struggles, and sustained external interference. From nineteenth-century British and Russian interventions, to the overthrow of Iran\u2019s democratic government in the 1950s and the reinstatement of the U.S.-backed regime of Shah Pahlavi, to the catastrophic sanctions imposed after the 1979 revolution, these histories continue to echo in the present. The region of Western Asia is still too often treated as a playground for capitalist and neo-colonial maneuvering rather than as a home where peoples\u2019 sovereignty and self-determination must be respected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, the theocratic authoritarianism consolidated after the revolution\u2014enforced through the violent repression of dissent, brutal crackdowns on women\u2019s movements, the targeting of Kurdish and Baloch communities, and systematic violations of fundamental freedoms\u2014has inflicted profound harm on Iranian society. These conditions have fueled decades of resistance, as well as waves of forced migration that have carried Iranian voices and struggles across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This gathering centers the voices of Iranians who stand on the side of the liberation of the Iranian people\u2014against both foreign intervention and domestic oppression\u2014rejecting war as a tool of imperial ambition and clerical domination alike. Together, we will reflect on how imperial geopolitics, state repression, and global hierarchies of power intersect to produce violence, displacement, and suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our aim is to challenge and delegitimize any form of governance that violates people\u2019s dignity and sovereignty, while building solidarities grounded in anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, and anti-oppressive commitments. In doing so, we hope to nurture conversations that advance justice, dignity, and genuine self-determination for all who call Iran home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will be in conversation with Shirin Mirzanejad<\/strong> and Mehrdad Khameneh,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shirin Mirzanejad<\/strong> is a legal expert, translator, writer, and theatre researcher. She currently serves as project manager in Exit Art Studio in Croatia. She has served as the managing editor for the Exit Theatre Group and editor-in-chief of its publication Theatre Today<\/em>, as well as assistant director in 15 theatre productions and 12 tele-plays and documentary films. She has also performed in the tele-play The Girl with the Red Ribbon<\/em>, commemorating the massacre of political prisoners in Iran during the 1980s. Her work bridges legal scholarship, cultural criticism, women\u2019s rights, and theatrical practice, with a particular focus on the intersection of politics and performance. Her works include documentary screenplays on Emma Goldman: Living My Life<\/em>, Rosa Luxemburg, and Vladimir Ilich Lenin; a tele-play adaptation of The Teachers<\/em> by Mohsen Yalfani; and translations of Howard Zinn\u2019s three plays Marx in Soho, Emma, and Daughter of Venus<\/em>, as well as Eve Ensler\u2019s I\u2019m an Emotional Creature<\/em> and A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer<\/em>. Among her translated essays are Marta Coco\u2019s Theatre Against Dictatorship<\/em>, Alan Woods\u2019s Art and the Class Struggle<\/em> and Ideas<\/em> of Karl Marx, and Michael Shane Boyle\u2019s Performance and Value: The Work of Theatre in Karl Marx\u2019s Critique of Political Economy<\/em>. She is also the author of Theatre within the Capitalist System: Seven Essays, among other works<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mehrdad Khameneh<\/strong> is a film and theatre director, writer, educator, translator, and researcher with more than 30 years of professional experience across Europe and Iran. As the founder of the multilingual Exit Theatre Group, he combines creative directing with theatre pedagogy, performance therapy, and cultural criticism. He has directed more than 20 stage productions and 35 film and television projects, presented and broadcast in Tehran, Zagreb, Berlin, Oslo, and other cities. He speaks Persian, Croatian, English, Norwegian, and German, and his artistic practice is strongly shaped by an intercultural and multilingual approach. His literary work includes memoir, philosophical essays, theatre theory, translation, and artistic activism. Among his recent titles are Caf\u00e9 Tehran, Cafe Tito, Daughter of the Sea<\/em> (Pjesme k\u0107eri mora)\u2014a bilingual English\u2013Croatian work\u2014and Art at the Barricades: Aesthetics in the Political History of Art<\/em>, which explore themes of memory, identity, and resistance. A long-time advocate of socially engaged art, Khameneh continues to connect art and activism through teaching, writing, and international collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Izvor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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