Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of the former president of Iran Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was also arrested in Tehran yesterday for “inciting riots in a demonstration”.
The protests over her death do not stop Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the moral police, despite a bloody crackdown. For the 12th night in a row, Iranians took to the streets yesterday in several cities of the country to protest the death of Amini, but also dozens of other demonstrators, demanding freedom.
The Iranian authorities announcement that more of 1,200 protesters have been arrested from September 16. As NGOs complain, activists, lawyers and journalists have also been arrested. Yesterday, moreover, Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of the former president of Iran, was also arrested in Tehran Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, for “inciting riots in a demonstration”, as reported by the Tasnim news agency.
Faezeh Hashemi
Ignoring international calls not to resort to violence, Iranian authorities continue to crack down on protesters, calling them “rioters” who “harm security and public property”.
Demonstrations have been held every night since September 16, the day 22-year-old Amini died, three days after she was arrested in Tehran for not wearing her headscarf properly.
According to opposition media based outside Iran, protests resumed last night in various cities. But activists complained that problems with internet access made it more difficult to transmit images.
A video posted by the opposition Manoto TV network shows a woman without a headscarf waving her hands in the air in Tehran’s Narmak district.
According to images broadcast by London-based Iran International TV, in Sanadaz, the capital of Kurdistan province, where Amini is from, women threw away their headscarves, while in Shiraz, a man burned a photo of Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Women of Iran are leading a movement against religious dictatorship.
We are not fighting against a small piece of cloth.
Forced hijab is one of the most visible symbols of oppression.
We want separation from religion and politics in the Middle East.#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/LqdGw6FPK8
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 26, 2022
Arrest of former president’s daughter
According to the latest tally published yesterday by Iran’s Fars news agency, “about 60 people have been killed” since September 16. Police said 10 were killed in their ranks, but it is not clear if they are among the 60 deaths.
The Oslo-based non-governmental organization Iran Human Right (IHR) announced on Monday the death of “at least 76 people”, including “six women and four children”, noting that it had obtained “videos and death certificates that confirm the use of live bullets against protesters.”
Videos in recent days have shown police beating protesters with globes and students tearing up large pictures of Khamenei and his predecessor Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
According to human rights activists, the police also used live bullets against protesters who threw stones at them, set police cars and public buildings on fire.
Health Minister Bahram Einolahi accused protesters of destroying 72 ambulances, while the opposition abroad complained that authorities used the ambulances to transport members of the security forces.
In order to limit the protests, the authorities have blocked access to Instagram and WhatsApp, while the internet connection is also problematic.
The bravery and strength of Iran’s women in one image ✌🏻 pic.twitter.com/F7NfJZFMo1
— Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert (@KMooreGilbert) September 24, 2022
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