Jailed women's rights activist Bahareh Hedayat says the Iranian regime must be overthrown adding that if Iranians want freedom they must oust the Islamic regime.

In a letter sent from prison and published by Iranwire, Hedayat referred to the killing and execution of youths during the nationwide protests against the Islamic Republic, stressing that she has faith more than ever that victory can be won.

"The Islamic Republic has become the most immoral element in Iranians' daily life and its survival is the negation of our survival, our children and our land, therefore demanding its ouster still makes sense,” underlined Hedayat.

This is not the first time that Hedayat calls for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic from prison.

Earlier and during the popular uprising against the Islamic regime she explained the difference between the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini and previous protests saying that people detached themselves from political and regime-made Islam this time.

Hedayat was one of the activists who worked on the One Million Signatures campaign to change laws that discriminate against women in Iran. She has been arrested and imprisoned several times.

She was arrested by security forces in Tehran on October 11, 2022, amid the Mahsa Amini protests. After eight days of detention, in a phone call, she informed her family that she was in ward 209 of Evin prison and did not know the reason for her arrest, nor the charges against her.