Dadkhah mothers of Iran, from Khavaran to Aban: digital dadkhahi and transnational coalitional mothering

This article offers a theoretical account of the figure ‘Dadkhah mother’, ‘justice-seeking by highlighting her historical, political and feminist significance in contemporary Iran beyond. By drawing on conceptual analysis visual images, oral written history social media posts, I outline key qualities Dadkhah mother longstanding activism solidarity-building practices. elaborate what call ‘transnational coalitional mothering’ ‘digital dadkhahi’. The builds theorisations mothering, resistance, affective (mediated) solidarity conditions (un)grievability to argue that multiple mediatised, resistant strategies mothers offer radical alternative modes thinking about mothering (elderly) women's resistance. Such acknowledge these undeniable contribution doing gender politics across borders, beyond patriarchal motherhood, familial kinship ties, Western-centric co-optive voices hierarchical framings, direct opposition authoritarian spatiotemporal nation-building myths impositions.