Paris: The regime will be overthrown by protests in 2023, according to a coordinated statement by several well-known exiled pro-Iranian opposition figures.

Conveyors include leaders from the fields of culture, human rights and sports. The Iranian diaspora has long been perceived as divided into various political factions with different coping mechanisms for the Islamic Republic, which overthrew the Shah in 1979.

The message appears to be an attempt to forge long-desired unity, but protests continue in Iran more than 100 days after the death of young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini.

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It said that 2022 was a glorious year of unity for Iranians of all religions, nationalities and orientations. "The Iranian nation will win with organization and unity in 2023. Iran's" year of freedom and justice.

Several people simultaneously posted the message on social media, including Masih Alinejad, a well-known US-based dissident and Reza Pahlavi, the American-born son of the ousted Shah.

Noted actors Golshifteh Farahani and Nazneen Bonnadi, who received the Best Actress award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in France, as well as Zar Amir Ebrahimi, all tweeted the message.

To achieve freedom, we stand together. Farhani posted a message on her Instagram page. "We will continue to stand together and keep talking."

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Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi and Hamed Esmailian, leader of the Canada-based Campaign for Justice for the Victims of the Ukraine Airlines plane shot down by Iran in January 2020, were among prominent rights activists who posted. Message.

Former Iranian international football star Ali Karimi, who has been a vocal supporter of the protest movement, joined them from the world of sports.

The death of Amini, who was detained for allegedly violating the Islamic republic's strict dress code, triggered a protest movement that is presenting the clerical leadership with its toughest test since the 1979 revolution.

According to the Norway-based rights organization Iran Human Rights, 476 people have been killed as a result of the crackdown. In response to the protests, two people have already been executed, and according to the IHR, at least 100 other detainees have met the same fate.

At least 14,000 people have been detained, according to the United Nations, and several well-known individuals, including actor Taraneh Alidosti, are still being held.

According to Roham Alvandi, professor of history at the London School of Economics, the message was "a hopeful sign in dark times".

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Fars news agency reported that Iranian police were launching a new initiative to increase enforcement of the required hijab as authorities showed no signs of making concessions to the protesters.