Dec. 2, 2016 – A group of Ghashghaie community locals held rallies in the cities of Isfahan and Shah-reza, central Iran, protesting a regime official insulting Ghashghaie women. This picket line was held outside the regime governorate office in these two cities.
Sadegh Zibakalam, a close affiliate to former Iranian regime president Akbar Rafsanjani, had recently insulted Ghashghaie women in a TV program.

“Zibakalam made a huge insult on a TV show. He used a phrase to describe Ghashghaie women, while also insulting another minority group… All human beings have rights and other people’s different lifestyles gives no one the mandate to insult them… It is crystal clear that Zibakalam intended to make an insult in his remarks,” one protester said.